The Crookes - Backstreet Lovers (Official Video)

Official video for The Crookes' third single 'Backstreet Lovers'. The single is the lead track from the 'Dreams of Another Day' E.P. which will be released through 'Fierce Panda' on CD and digital download on 27th September 2010.

Camera and Editing by Matt Silcox and Russell Bates

Lyrics

Razor tea-cups and tip top craic
of the crooked, Backstreet Lovers and sons
Lawless law men walk the streets of
Dirty meadows of foul mouthed mothers and guns
Brick blacked-up kids mugged me the day I
ran off with your sister
a young school maid, caught up in a world of
Backstreet Lovers.
Lovers and sons, I waved her away to a friend
at least that's what she said.

Rotting teeth of a grubby gran
fill the alleys of the stolen roll-ups and blunts
a skin-head dad came cap in hand
with a duster and flash of switch blade fun
still on the dole, though the picket was broken
a soiled age ago.
But he's caught up, caught up in a world of
Backstreet Lovers
Lovers and sons, I waved her away to a friend
at least that's what she said

tangled in the roots and tangled in the weeds
of a concrete jungle came that girl from Leeds
in torn dress and tights,
she ain't no slag.
i won her over with a '40 bag.

The Crookes are not pickpockets or pilferers, but rather met in a leafy Sheffield suburb of the same name. The Crookes are four literature graduates whose music is bound with storytelling and tinged with nostalgia. Though all originally hailing from other cities, George Waite, Alex Saunders, Daniel Hopewell and Russell Bates have found a spiritual home in Sheffield. Whilst their musical roots lie in Spector's Wall of Sound, the stories they tell are drawn from the stone walls of Yorkshire. A mutual love for post- war literature, 80's pop and 60's girl groups inform their kitchen-sink inspired stories of life and love set to a backdrop of 80s indie classicism and 60s beats. With inspiration drawn from classic Literature as much as music... http://www.thecrookes.co.uk

Category:

Music

Tags:

• The Crookes
• Indie Pop
• Indie
• Pop
• Backstreet Lovers
• Tour
• Tour Video
• British Pop
• Litpop
• Newpop

[blackcoffeeaddict]

Could someone please post the full lyrics to this song? I'm an american and I can't decipher his accent...

[thecrookes]

@blackcoffeeaddict Lyrics added to the video description! Enjoy.

Crookes xx

[Jamesthedrake]

Khyan sent me :)

[poppygreen35]

Hope you stay slightly obscure. Don't want to share you with too many people... :)

[Bookerella]

i love love love this kind of band and music. i hope you guys won't stop having fun with this. you made my day!

[TheROOTminus1]

My mind snaps back to the pre-Fuzz ale and sambuccas in Tapton posh block ..and spraying Liam's head silver XD

[MyLittleClumsyFellow]

love you guys hope youll get famous someday

[Shapeum]

im British and i can't understand what he is saying ?

[TomEngland94]

So happy i have found you guys :) sooo good!

[jaipskd100]

Found this from Kyan:D

[patrichelle117]

My native language is spanish and I`m actually understand them, I think sometimes americans could be so arrogant!

[Aznorakh]

Saw them tonight in Zwolle, Holland

Blow me away.

Keep on the good work guys!

[loveoffamily]

If an American can´t understand them, what should we say - we, foreigners? :D No matter what, I love their pronounciation... :) Anyway, beautiful song, great band...