I have to admit that I rather like Lily Allen and her music. I particularly like this song, which I heard on the radio a couple of years after it was released and just loved the idea of it. The notion that so much more is going on under the surface of what you can see with your own eyes is something that has always excited me.
When I was an actor there was often ‘more’ going on and bubbling under the surface within the character than was immediately obvious from the lines of the play and I always liked to use that in my work (Good Heavens – I sound so L.A there don’t I?)
At the time I heard this song I was also enjoying a renewed love of London.
When I first came here in 1989 I was initially excited by the tube and the bright lights, the fact that you could get virtually any type of thing you wanted and shops and bars were open all the time and there was always a wealth of interesting people to meet who had been drawn here by a similar desire to do something exciting or get away (asin my case) from the places of their birth and infant nurture! By the time 2008 had come along I was disillusioned and tired of catching the train daily and seeing the grey and grimy aspects of the city which are always overlooked either consciously or subconsciously in youth, however at that time I discovered this song I was enjoying London all over again as I started a new job with new people and went to new places and began to look beyond what I could see with my eyes. This song reminds me of that time and that concept and it’s quite a jolly number as well.
Now Listen to the song….
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