Keith West - Excerpt From A Teenage Opera (1967) HQ

[lewisner]

I always thought this should have been sung by Cat Stevens.

[franckpourcelfan]

Great song!

[jimmyjustpassing]

Music to my ears. No chance of classics like this in today's monotone manufactured manipulated money focused music market. (sorry about the f word).

[MrCORB123]

takes me way back to great times as a little kid with my mom dad on hols in the late 60s fantastic

[gilllew]

HEARING THIS AGAIN TAKES ME RIGHT BACK TO THAT "SUMMER OF LOVE" FLOWER POWER ETC. WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT, I COULDNT QUITE FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT. FORTY ODD YEARS ON I STILL CANT!

[niqrah]

@gilllew shut up bitch im trying to watch the video

[prben2]

Tesco bumped Jack off, corporate bastards!

[remyboy86]

MrAttPatt has no penis.stay off YouTube you dispicable speck of vomit.

[MrAttPatt]

Well that's eBay for you. Some idiot think his father being called Jack and being a grocer is so outstanding that the world needs to know. There are THOUSANDS of people in the world called Jack who work in grocery shops, I'd wager. The question is, is he a paedophile to boot? You see, called Jack AND a grocer AND a paedophile - now that would probably lessen the odds a little......

[TheChez56]

Yes i heard it tonight in the taxi cab and thought omg i would never have remered this song in a million years but has brought back so many memories

[mrwells111]

We can do dry milk and eggs. We can do more. This is about food supply. At some point food runs out. We need to realise food is not for granted.

[alastairjfindlay]

Brings back memories of listening to "Stewpot" on a Saturday morning.

[Ictbiker]

This song was in the charts when my brother died aged 14 and I was 4 . I asked when he was coming home and was told he won't come back. This still breaks my heart.

[JasonFerguson01]

I did'nt realise this was Kanye West's dad....its a small world!!

[underpants1965]

@JasonFerguson01 the resemblance is uncanny

[reeper04]

I always saw it as a genera point. One day sources of food dry up however familear to us it is. There are always other shop is so childish and thoughtless to future problems.

[hydroliekboer]

thanks keith for make this song

i love it so much

brings me back when i was yong

this is a song who tel about a live.

thanks for all

[CaptainBlack1965]

georgejacktheripper

Thanks for the info

I still think its a brilliant track and will always listen to it

[CaptainBlack1965]

I heard this on the radio a few months ago and thought I need to know more about this song.

i'm still not sure what its meant to be but its a great track !

[georgejacktheripper]

@CaptainBlack1965 its from a propsed musical that they never done it was going to be called ''a teenage opera'' this song was about an elderly grocer who was dying and the locals dident know where he was, the rest of the opera i dont know what it was about but i always imagined it was like oliver set somehwere in the north of england

[t140v1973]

fab,like a ep of heartbeat-scrumping and the copper in a moggy.the tone of the motor always gave him away . run and hide .bless the 60s

[hoipiepeloiification]

Grocer Jack was crushed by the new time and the supermarkets...

[shmuli9]

Wow - this IS high-quality (and apparently in stereo, too).

[TwistAndSh00t]

My name's Jack, when i was a kid my dad always played this on a LP... Lovely song :)

[robertodowneso]

what was up with grocer jack? why was he on his back? we´re the kids starving? so many question remain unanswered, was grocer jack smacked up?

[midmodgal]

@robertodowneso I was very young when this came out. I knew what happened to grocer Jack. This song made me sad, all the hungry children. Same with Eleanor Rigby, all the lonely people. On reflection one wonders why they couldn't go to another store, maybe Jack gave credit.

[shmuli9]

@midmodgal I think there was probably  only one store in the town....

[robbo3166]

@robertodowneso He was dead from a heart attack, not really unanswered. All you have to do is listen to the words. Not difficult.

[mensa29]

@robertodowneso Grocer Jack had died.Kids starving?? no way,plenty of other shops.

[redredreds100]

@robertodowneso The trouble in the world, is governments, and fucking idiots like you

[MrLawman10]

if ever a song reminded me the late sixties this was it, fantastic song.

[milbury55]

A 60's classic from Keth West!

[lukeydoeslikey]

this re-minds me of my lovely uncles and aunties who have all sadly passed away now...but most of all my lovely brother who passed away in july this year...he was only 42...god i miss him so much..god bless you all..xxxx

[clarky00000]

@lukeydoeslikey Nice posting, god bless them.

[dreamonwish]

there's a real innocence about him and that time

[jarirusi]

@dreamonwish Yes, this is fantastic song. Mix of children's tune and classic pop, very warm and tender.

[TheSuetis]

i love this song me old mate just past away he use to sing it to me and make me cry every time

[plague71]

I was 13 when this came out, what a great song!

[immotus]

thanks for the memories

[heidiskabo]

Thank you Hanna! :)