Thomas Dolby - Cloudburst At Shingle Street

My favourite track from one of my all time favourite albums, 'The Golden Age Of Wireless'. The photo is of Shingle Street, Suffolk, England.

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We climb the cliffs
And hang from trees
Wrap the rocks and the beach
State of shock at flick of switch

(mindless) into the cloudburst overhead
I wanna get my face wet
Been buried in the sand for years
(headlong) into the cloudburst naked
There's really no escaping it
There's gonna be a cloudburst here.

Come out of your shell
And look at the sea
It may be just as well
You stayed here with me
Private hell at turn of a key

(blindly) into the cloudburst overhead
I wanna get my face wet
Been buried in these hands for years
(mindless) into the cloudburst naked
There's really no escaping it
There's gonna be a cloudburst here

And it's dawning on me
I've been a cork in the ocean, been bobbing in the North Sea
Then take this vest of plaster, these boots of concrete
And make them down as surplus, return to Mulberry...

Cloudburst at Shingle Street
Cloudburst at Shingle Street
Cloudburst at Shingle Street

When I was small I was in love in love with everything

Now there's only you

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Shingle Street is a small coastal hamlet in Suffolk, England, at the mouth of Orford Ness, situated between Orford and Bawdsey. This part of the coast is also known as Hollesley Bay and there is the HM Young Offender Institution, Hollesley Bay Colony Hollesley Bay (HM Prison) nearby.

Shingle Street was originally a home for fishermen and river pilots for the River Ore. Early in the 19th century a Martello tower was built, and was later home for coastguards. Many of the original buildings date from this period, also several buildings were destroyed during World War II, including the hamlet's pub. A report from October 2004 suggests that Shingle Street is at risk from the sea and could disappear within 20 years if sea defences are not erected.

Shingle Street was the inspiration of the Thomas Dolby song "Cloudburst at Shingle Street", from the album The Golden Age of Wireless.

Source: Wikipedia

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[anologuekid]

OMG thanks for posting!!

[LeapyLeeP]

love this song so much! I had it on vinyl but have never seen it on CD :-(

[ExiledStardust]

Love this song, love the album, even more today than I did 30 years ago. (has it really been that long?)

[gotoalex100]

When this album came out I wondered how Thomas Dolby got his music through record company execs. Because at the time this music was far more original than that generally distributed,

[Raketmensch1]

Yes, THANK YOU!!  Brilliant . . . .

[watergoddess9]

Thank you for posting!! Also for all the information :)

[weegerri1sm]

Brilliant song.

Little did I know, with Asperger's, that it was gonna be the theme tune of my life!

I couldn't ask for a better theme tune! ^_^

[Beadbud5000]

It is a great track!

[sheisasylph]

So rich metaphorically. The rain pours down, washes us clean, makes us pure. This song has accompanied me through some of the most difficult transitions of my life. Each time, its meaning is deeper and more intense.

[ivorlottandtonybroke]

Fantastic! Kraftwerk meets Benjamin Britten with something else besides. There's nothing like getting your face wet after years of dryness and burial, it's what I'm doing at present.

I know Shingle Street well; its wide-open spaces and rather mysterious atmosphere have inspired many artists and musicians.

[Nealbopper]

I grew up and was right on top of EVERYTHING Thomas Dolby released. I waited in the rain for the record shop to open when Flat earth came out. I still have every CD he made. A true genius and a man way ahead of his time.