"Gogs Against The Motorway" -the new "North Wales anthem!" -

"Gogs Against The Motorway" -as performed by "The North Wales Road-Gogs"

This song was written to help the cause of those good folk who are currently working so hard to make the Welsh Assembly re-think it's road transport plans. The latest is a proposed highway project that, would make the A494/A55, North Wales dual-carriageway into a vast, US style "super-highway" "across the top of Wales". From Queensferry in the east through to Anglesey and the port of Holyhead, Officials at Transport Wales are determined to push this aggressive, more-of-the-same plan through the Assembly.

Local residents along the route say road-widening on the scale envisaged is out of step with latest thinking on sustainability and climate-change -and will be of benefit only to convoys of ferry-bound trucks.
Serious concerns are being raised by the public in respect of official claims for the scheme to be environment-friendly -whilst paying scant regard to latest critical data on "carbon footprint" and sustainable infra-structure.

The song refers to, "gogs against the motorway!" Let me explain. The original, Welsh name for their stunningly scenic northern counties is "Cymru Gogledd". To generations of rugby and cricket fans (especially "Taffs" from the remote south of the country) the nick-name "gogs" is not in anyway derogatory. It's synonymous with the friendly rivalry between the two distinctive -and all too remote halves of our country. South Wales is justly famed for a tradition of sporting excellence, whilst the North is celebrated, not just as being the true, "Land Of Song" but for producing generations of incredibly intelligent and beautiful women-folk.
Thanks to the valiant efforts of the sportsmen of Plas Llan-Eurgain, Pontblyddyn and Wrecsam -we're now also catching up on the playing fields!


Please,please can anyone help with appropriate extra verses IN WELSH. These will be added and accredited in due course. Diolch yn fawr iawn.
Should students of contemporary vocal styles discern an uncanny synchronicity in the group's singing -that's exactly the sort of unified, harmonious message intended! JB

Objections to this scheme (not the song!)should be posted to:
Orders Branch TPA3
Transport Planning & Admin 3
Transport Wales
Welsh Assembly Government
Cathays Park
Cardiff CF10 3NQ

Category:

Music

Tags:

• A55
• A494
• Motorway
• Protest
• Cymraeg

[10Amber]

Ddim ond i'r Werddon gael symud popeth yn ol ac ymlaen i Ewrop. Cadwch Gymru yn gyfail! Cymru am byth. (A dyma fi, yn buw yn Seland Newydd ac Awstralia am dros 25 mlwyddyn, ond hiraeth mawr am Sir Fon a Gogledd Cymru). Emyr

[jbsandown]

Diolch yn fawr iawn Emyr! JB

[phlskl]

love this from wrexham

[kovskaja]

I am a "tourist" and I wouldn't visit a country because of a motorway. I'd rather ride a donkey. I can understand that you don't want to ride donkeys on crummy roads but - people from all over the world visit wales because of the nature. This landscape is a treasure, don't destroy it.

[danastic232]

we needed that new expressway ! would of made life so much easier ofr the people of north wales and the tourists! to have old people campaign over it wen no effence u wont be around wot more than anuva 20 years its us youngsters who are gonna be in 20 years time and still have that crummy a55 ! its our future not yours ,its hardly a scenic view in anstons hills .i didnt see any difference u already have the expressway going threw u .

[bartoncessna]

Top win boyos! How the hell did you get the Welsh Assembly to listen to the people of North Wales?

Important precedent, I think.

From a Buckley boy exiled to Yorkshire.

[erushbass]

Motorways rule, they should build them everywhere.

[callytimecat]

Well done. When I was visiting Wales recently I heard about the victory at Aston Hill - & from another recent comment I gather you've all succeeded in preventing the expansion of the expressway :)

[FreeloaderUK]

if you build the motorway the whole of Gogledd Cymru will turn into a commuter zone for those working in England. property prices will skyrocket & it will Kill the local culture etc

[hphg76]

If what I heard on the news today is true [28 feb '08] then CONGRATULATIONS!!! It's been scrapped- no motorway thank God. Looks like independant [and sensible] research showed it would be nothong but harmful, as we always knew.

[69curt69]

I live litreally 300 yards from where this was mainly shot. The Motorway Is Goin 2 Go ahead No Matter How Much Anyone Protests. Evryone Is Wastin Their Time Tbh. This VideoMust ov been shot on christmas day or summit. it does need expanding. No Point Protesting. Its Going To Go Ahead, Lets Face It!

[Dandip1]

I know you're making a serious point and I applaude you for that, but I'd just love to hear Elton John say "Hers a song about the A435 Kidderminster bypass" Sorry. I hope your campaign is a success.