Little known fact, but Cocker initially wrote this with a Cork reference in the first line. But record execs asked him to rewrite it in a more commercial and accessible way.
What did he say about Cork?Little known fact, but Cocker initially wrote this with a Cork reference in the first line. But record execs asked him to rewrite it in a more commercial and accessible way.
The opening lines were originally about a.guy, not a girl. I don't remember fully but it was something like:What did he say about Cork?
Do ya, while your at it can you uncover Oasis 's original lyrics for WonderWall which referred to a druggie from East Wall in Dublin.The opening lines were originally about a.guy, not a girl. I don't remember fully but it was something like:
"He came.from Cork, he had a thirst for Beamish.
He studied med'cin but was far too squeamish."
"He was so fat they called him Billy Bunter.
His wife was ugly she was quite the munter."
As I said, I don't remember it fully, but that's the gist of if. I'll do a bit.of digging and.see if there was more / correct the above.
You could be on to something there. Wonderwall was a reference / tip of the hat to George Harrison's Wonderwall album. George's mother's family were from Dublin. (He visited them when the Beatles came to Dublin in '63.) Though I don't know if there was a.specific East Wall connection.D
Do ya, while your at it can you uncover Oasis 's original lyrics for WonderWall which referred to a druggie from East Wall in Dublin.