Biography:
punk and mod group formed in Woking, UK, in 1976 consisting of Paul Weller (vocals, guitar), Bruce Foxton (bass, vocals) and Rick Buckler (drums). The band split in 1982. The band released six albums and had 18 consecutive Top 40 hits in the United Kingdom between 1977 and 1982, including four #1 singles (Going Underground, Start!, Town Called Malice and Beat Surrender). Their singles "That's Entertainment" and "Just Who Is the Five O'Clock Hero" are the best selling import singles in UK history.
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Other songs:
- That's Entertainment
- Town Called Malice
- To Be Someone
- A Bomb In Wardour Street
- Absolute Beginners
- All Around The World
- All Mod Cons
- Art School
- Away From The Numbers
- Beat Surrender
- Billy Hunt
- Boy About Town
- Burning Sky
- But Im Different Now
- Carnaby Street
- Carnation
- David Watts
- Disguises
- Dont Tell Them Youre Sane
- Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
- Dream Time
- Endless Love
- English Rose
- Eton Rifles
- Funeral Pyre
- Ghosts
- Give Me Just A Little More Time
- Going Underground
- Happy Together
- Heatwave
- Here Comes The Weekend
- I Got By In Time
- I Need You For Someone
- In The City
- In The Crowd
- In The Midnight Hour
- In The Street Today
- Its Too Bad
- Just Who Is The 5 Oclock Hero
- Just Who Is The Five O Clock Hero
- Kilos Kabataan
- Life From A Window
- Liza Radley
- London Girl
- London Traffic
- Man In The Corner Shop
- Modern World
- Mr Clean
- News Of The World
- Non Stop Dancing
- Pity Poor Alfie
- Planners Dream Goes Wrong
- Precious
- Private Hell
- Reach Out Ill Be There
- Saturdays Kids
- Slow Down
- Smithers Jones
- So Sad About Us
- Sounds From The Street
- Standards
- Start
- Strange Town
- Sweet Soul Music
- Tales From The Riverbank
- Thats Entertainment
- The Bitterest Pill
- The Butterfly Collector
- The Combine
- The Gift
- The Modern World
- The Night
- The Place I Love
- The Planners Dream Goes Wrong
- Thick As Thieves
- This Is The Modern World
- To Be
- Tonight At Noon
- War
- Wasteland
- When Youre Young
- Worlds Apart
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27th December 2000, 9.39pm
SOUNDS FROM THE STREET
(Paul Weller)
Chords used:
Eb: x6888x Bb5: 688xxx
Db: x4666x C5: 8-10-10-x-x-x--|
Bb: 688766 F: x-8-10-10-10-x-|
F: 133211 Gm: 355333
C: 8-10-10-9-8-8
Eb Db Bb
F Bb C F Bb C F Bb
Sounds from the street - sounds so sweet,
C F Bb C F C
What's my name? It hurts my brain to think.
F Bb C F Bb C F Bb
Sounds from the city - sounds so pretty,
C F Bb C F Bb5
The young bands playing, the young kids digging.
C5 F C5
And I dig them.
Bb F
The USA's got the sea, yeah but the British kids have got the streets,
C Bb C Bb
I don't mind, the city's right, sounds from the street, sounds just fine.
Gm F C F Bb
C F Bb
Ooh - ooh - ooh
C F Bb
Ooh - ooh - ooh
C
Ooh - ooh - ooh
F
(feeback)
Bb Bb C F
Bb Bb C F Bb Bb C F
I know I come from Woking, and you say I'm a fraud,
Bb C5 F C5
But my heart is in the city, where it belongs.
Eb Db Bb
F Bb C F Bb C F Bb
Words from the voices - rock'n'roll rejoices,
C F Bb C F C
It's something new, it's something here for the change.
F Bb C F Bb C F Bb
Sounds (sounds) from the street - they sound so sweet,
C F Bb C F
They gotta take notice, why should they stop us?
Bb5 C5 F C5
We don't need them.
Bb F
We're never gonna change a thing, and the situation's rapidly decreasing,
C Bb C Bb Gm
But what can I do? I'm trying to be true, that's more than you, at least I'm doing something.
F C F Bb
C F Bb
Ooh - ooh - ooh
C F Bb
Ooh - ooh - ooh
C F
Ooh - ooh - ooh
Bb C
F Eb Bb C
27th December 2000, 9.39pm
SOUNDS FROM THE STREET
(Paul Weller)
Chords used:
Eb: x6888x Bb5: 688xxx
Db: x4666x C5: 8-10-10-x-x-x--|
Bb: 688766 F: x-8-10-10-10-x-|
F: 133211 Gm: 355333
C: 8-10-10-9-8-8
Eb Db Bb
F Bb C F Bb C F Bb
Sounds from the street - sounds so sweet,
C F Bb C F C
What's my name? It hurts my brain to think.
F Bb C F Bb C F Bb
Sounds from the city - sounds so pretty,
C F Bb C F Bb5
The young bands playing, the young kids digging.
C5 F C5
And I dig them.
Bb F
The USA's got the sea, yeah but the British kids have got the streets,
C Bb C Bb
I don't mind, the city's right, sounds from the street, sounds just fine.
Gm F C F Bb
C F Bb
Ooh - ooh - ooh
C F Bb
Ooh - ooh - ooh
C
Ooh - ooh - ooh
F
(feeback)
Bb Bb C F
Bb Bb C F Bb Bb C F
I know I come from Woking, and you say I'm a fraud,
Bb C5 F C5
But my heart is in the city, where it belongs.
Eb Db Bb
F Bb C F Bb C F Bb
Words from the voices - rock'n'roll rejoices,
C F Bb C F C
It's something new, it's something here for the change.
F Bb C F Bb C F Bb
Sounds (sounds) from the street - they sound so sweet,
C F Bb C F
They gotta take notice, why should they stop us?
Bb5 C5 F C5
We don't need them.
Bb F
We're never gonna change a thing, and the situation's rapidly decreasing,
C Bb C Bb Gm
But what can I do? I'm trying to be true, that's more than you, at least I'm doing something.
F C F Bb
C F Bb
Ooh - ooh - ooh
C F Bb
Ooh - ooh - ooh
C F
Ooh - ooh - ooh
Bb C
F Eb Bb C
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