Carnaby Street
There was a place in the dawn of time - Where fashion grew from raw design- where new music made its mark - life for a time reflected art - the Beatles a brand new pop - while naughty Stones gave Chuck a rock - a wild 'mod' celebrity scene - that was known for a while as ...Carnaby Street.
Paisley prints, bell bottom jeans - in which Mick could only be seen - the Kinks and Beatles would duly strut their stuff - on a whole new fashion scene - For the women folk, long long coats and short short skirts were the hip - swinging London was the place to trip - it was ....Carnaby Street.
Cat Stevens strode along like the rest - Twiggy showed us her pointy breasts - McLaren and Bennett were always there - showing off their coiffured hair - Dusty showed us her white man blues - Burden built his blues style too - dadaism strikes - free thinking fools - Clapton electrifies Johnson blues!
Sister morphine creates a divide - Bryan Jones simply can't survive - pool swimming wasn't his thing - underwhelmed by talent and drive - arise Sir Keith your time's come to shine - Britt in time brings style to Rod - While music sets the tone to the scene that was ...Carnaby Street.
'England Swings' was right for sure - skin tight shirts and fur coat collars - welcoming the tourist dollars - Beach Boys and Byrds look on in awe - English music tops it all - trad pop still survives - Tom Jones/Englebert set to thrive - Abbey Rd fuelled by vinyl dollars.
Yoko and Paul not aligned - creative heads do spurn - 60's pop now duly stalls - Apple soon free falls - Revolution number 9 - Beatles gone off in their prime - Cream new masters of their time - Winwood blindly offers more... - Moody Blues a lovers dream - an eclectic notion from the Leary scene - bringing fashion to the album face - much more to be had from art and music!
The Bee Gees flew in, the Easies too...Carnaby St scene oh so new - Bees Gees soared, the Easies fell - life is tough, heaven and hell - no defeating Harry & George, a taste was all it took - Marc Bolan next to town - glam rock rockers set to shake it down - Rollers, Sweet, Garry G, all join the the scene...
Bowie takes fashion out of space - Wharhol offers the Duke a place - so off they go to play NY town - Stones create 'live' rock vinyl - ya-ya's concert somehow primal - prancing and pouting Mick - a video dream, which cannot truly as yet be seen. Who have all gone to the moog!
Rod crosses Atlantic as he should - somehow losing Ronnie Wood - Keith and Mick cheering as he goes - Hendrix the new paradigm - just unbelievable in his prime - Woodstock gives us electric divine ..but he takes the 'out door' out of town - a rock angel spreads his steely wings.
Cocker brings hippy scene to dread - not far behind the acid heads - it's all gone Purple, Black and Led - Fashion no longer seems so clean - awake the 'heavy rock' machine - White lightening is the hippest thing in town - Morrison goes to Europe to settle down - George marks his passing - E.J. & Bowie mark new London scenes - An evolving Carnaby Street...
George gets a Python crush - John Cleese becomes Lord Such - Eric Clapton drugged alone, lusted much from his home - Lennon left on the 909 - Ringo promotes the rehab line - McCartney sprouted wings of his own (with ten years of nursery rhymes to follow) - Harrison retired to count his stash - before kindly giving much back ...to the London movie scene - so long sweet taste of honey adieu. This was ...Carnaby Street
Carnaby street - our Camelot - where dreams ...our dreams spiralled - a new generation bent on change - swinging sixties fashion & fame - a stellar psychedelic space - for one brief shining moment that was known as ...Carnaby Street
From my i-pad Grahame J Flynn Views in Verse
