Buggles Elstree

From their 1980 album The Age of Plastic

Copyright Owner: UMG
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Lyrics:

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I had a dream on a back lot
I saw my life like a long shot
I smile at faces in a picture parade
of all the stills from the films that you've made
and we would see me solo
up there drinking coffee on the G O condo

Elstree, Remember me
I had a part in a B movie
I played a man from history
Elstree, I look at me
Now I work for the BBC
Life is not what it used to be

I took no dives in the fight scene
I had a stuntman keep my suit clean
there's no technology could make up the song
they stop the orchestra and you get it wrong

Elstree, remember me
I had a part in a B movie
I played a man from history
Elstree, I look at me
Now I work for the BBC
Life is not what it used to be
Elstree

They made a field into a war zone
I beat the enemy on my own
all the bullets just went over my head
there's no reality and no one dead

Elstree, remember me
I had a part in a B movie
I played a man from history
Elstree, I look at me
now I work for the BBC
Life is not what it used to be
Elstree
Elstree
Elstree
Elstree
Elstree

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• Elstree
• Age
• of
• Plastic

[gangrenahumana]

I love them

[jht1414]

I wish so badly that this band could've stayed together. They were so inventive, so ahead of there time, so creative, and so good. So why does crap like Madonna continue on, why do no talents like Kesha get played, but amazing songs like this get buried by time? It feels like a huge injustice. But Trevor and Geoff's music will be with me forever, even if it's only a few songs. Do you remember me Elstree?

[charliez61]

It's one of my favorite songs ever.

[TheAndade]

I love the snare on the song

[spqr1732lego]

Two people are not rememberd by Elstree.

[abokittens]

bit. ly/sRoyfy

Also, is it just me or does he sound a bit like Billy Joel?

[lsmoulton]

A bona fide classic ........utterly sublime !!!

[burteriksson]

Search & Destroy - Iron Man

[sprucey22]

Brilliant

[TheViralSBK]

@sweatymanipples1993 no, that's "that you would see me at the Essoldo, after drinking coffe at the Gioconda" Essoldo was a chain of cinema theaters, Gioconda is another name for the Mona Lisa painting, maybe there was a cofee bar named after it.

[thunderbay63]

I love this album. It still sounds as fresh today as it did in 1980.

[keladry12]

This was the theme song of my summer. THANK YOU DAD FOR HAVING THAT OLD TAPE IN THE CAR!!!!!