Gilly wrote:
Salford is indeed the dirty old town, whether the Buzzcocks are Salford/Manchester brings up an age old debate that isn't needed here so I'll take your Salford Buzzcocks band as a given and give you their Wythenshawe neighbours

I'll just link the boots from that song to Paul's rattlesnake shoes.

Paul Weller - Peacock Suit

Paul Weller, formerly of The Jam, jam is a preserve and pickling is a non-sweet way of preserving green onions

A MG is a model of car, cars carry passengers...

Iggy Pop - The Passenger

In Germany der Passagier may find themselves driving at speed along der

Hmmm...Kraftwerk - track from the film The Craft (have posted this around here before I think, but I like it)

Matthew Sweet - Dark Secret

For someone to have a secret, they keep silent about what the secret is ... they keep a code of silence ...

Billy Joel's first album was called Cold Spring Harbour, so...

All About Eve - Martha's Harbour


And what a song it is.

In 'Martha's Harbour', what 'Martha Says' is law ...

Good old John Cougar Femacamp.

A cougar is a big cat and so is a panther. The Pink Panther theme was written by Henry Mancini, who also wrote...

Henry Mancini - Peter Gunn

Peter Gunn was also a hit for Art of Noise ... who also covered Prince's Kiss, with Tom Jones.

No explanation needed

Tom Jones is Welsh and so is Shirley Bassey. And here she is singing with The Propellerheads.

The Propellerheads ft Shirley Bassey - History Repeating

Tom & Shirley are Welsh - and this is Florence Welch.

Florence & the Machine - Girl With One Eye

Before the machine met Florence it had a gender and created a timeless classic

Stepping into the Time Machine, I hit the "Random" button and it stopped at David Bowie singing "Time"

David Bowie wrote The Man Who Sold The World, later covered by Nirvana. Former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl is a member of Them Crooked Vultures, as is John Paul Jones. Jones was in Led Zeppelin. So....

Led Zeppelin - Kashmir




If it had the creation note from the end of A Day In The Life it would be the sound the universe makes as it moves.

The song 'Kashmir' is considered to 'run' for a long length ...

The song runs for 8:28,[1] a length that radio stations usually consider too long to play. However, upon its release radio stations had no problem playing "Kashmir", especially after seeing "Stairway to Heaven", which was almost as long, do so well. (Original LP releases of Physical Graffiti incorrectly list the song's length as 9:41.)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir_%28song%29

... and in 1967, from the debut album of The Doors, the song 'Light My Fire' had an album length of over 7 minutes. Unlike the Led Zepplin song 'Kashmir', The Doors song 'Light My Fire' had a 'single version' recorded for radio play ...

Although the album version was just over seven minutes long, it was widely requested for radio play,[1] so a single version was edited to just under three minutes with nearly all the instrumental break removed for airplay on AM radio.[4]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_My_Fire

Someone who lights a fire can be called a firestarter....

The Prodigy - Firestarter

A prodigy is a gifted child.

Guns 'N' Roses - Sweet Child o' Mine