Comments on: TOMMY EDWARDS ‘ ‘All In The Game’ http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2004/02/tommy-edwards-all-in-the-game/ Lollards in the high church of low culture Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:33:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: wichita lineman http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2004/02/tommy-edwards-all-in-the-game/#comment-520452 wichita lineman Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:09:00 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2004/02/tommy-edwards-all-in-the-game/#comment-520452 Even Tommy released a first draft of this in the pre rock era. And somehow it's still perfect American Graffiti material. This reminds me of a character called Dennis I used to work with when I had a saturday job on Surrey Street market in Croydon. When things went slightly awry he'd tut and smile, Norman Wisdom-esque, and say "It's a game innit?" Once, when things went more than slightly awry, he did exactly the same tut and smile, but said "It's a game and a half, innit?" Even Tommy released a first draft of this in the pre rock era. And somehow it’s still perfect American Graffiti material.

This reminds me of a character called Dennis I used to work with when I had a saturday job on Surrey Street market in Croydon. When things went slightly awry he’d tut and smile, Norman Wisdom-esque, and say “It’s a game innit?”

Once, when things went more than slightly awry, he did exactly the same tut and smile, but said “It’s a game and a half, innit?”

]]> By: rosie http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2004/02/tommy-edwards-all-in-the-game/#comment-464213 rosie Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:00:45 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2004/02/tommy-edwards-all-in-the-game/#comment-464213 Well, well, well, you live and learn. According to Wikipedia, the very familar tune to this (which the Four Tops had a go at, amongst many others) was written by one Charles Dawes, vice-president of the United States from 1925-1929 and subsequently US ambassador in London. Which probably puts him up with Bertolt Brecht amongst the creators of number ones. Well, well, well, you live and learn. According to Wikipedia, the very familar tune to this (which the Four Tops had a go at, amongst many others) was written by one Charles Dawes, vice-president of the United States from 1925-1929 and subsequently US ambassador in London.

Which probably puts him up with Bertolt Brecht amongst the creators of number ones.

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