kivkem1 4 Posted December 10, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tYucGxToC4 Not my bag but nearly 60,000 views in 6 days. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manchesterpaul 447 Posted December 11, 2013 Whilst the video isn't by the group themselves a very speedway specific song that received a fair bit of radio air play was 'Speedway' by the Kursaal Flyers' Some of the lyrics.. ..My bike is getting rusty now the one my fans admireThe track is getting dusty and my agent just got firedAnd i don't think i can make it cos i'm feeling kind of tiredI'm feeling pretty shaky and my hands are getting soreAnd i feel like i'm nearly eighty though i'm only twenty-fourAnd i don't want to ride the speedway any moreWhere's my little siren now she ain't coming backWe was going to marry but one of us just had to crackThat's another reason i'm not out there on that trackLast night i dreamed i was riding for the AcesI hit the bend i looked up i saw their facesThen i saw my siren's face through the dusty screenI hit the fence a wheel came loose...(???)...off my machineRiders were all flashing past i couldn't hear a soundI was lying on the dusty track a crowd had gathered roundThe doctors said there ain't no hope the agony just grewThen i saw my little siren's face i knew that i'd pull through Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skthecat 90 Posted December 12, 2013 Rerun videos in the early 90's did "crashes and cock ups" with popular music to video clips..... my personal favourite was/is " I can't stand up for falling down" (Ian Dury)??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StevePark 2,780 Posted December 12, 2013 Rerun videos in the early 90's did "crashes and cock ups" with popular music to video clips..... my personal favourite was/is " I can't stand up for falling down" (Ian Dury)??? Elvis Costello Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobMcCaffery 2,752 Posted December 12, 2013 I do hope they paid the royalties for the music. It's easy to put music in videos, not always so easy to pay for it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skthecat 90 Posted December 12, 2013 Elvis Costello Whooooooops!!!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmy jimmy 298 Posted December 13, 2013 I like that video Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DexterBeauregarde 2 Posted December 13, 2013 Awesome video 'you me at six' any idea who thevriders actually were? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skthecat 90 Posted December 14, 2013 Theres lots of riders ib the video, perhaps dig it out over christmas and see if I van identify any....!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alan_Jones 1,005 Posted December 14, 2013 Awesome video 'you me at six' any idea who thevriders actually were? Tyson Nelson, Luke Bowen, Marc Owen & Chris Mills 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fourentee 987 Posted December 14, 2013 Good stuff. Hope no-one came to grief in the wet. What track, anyone? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oafski 174 Posted December 14, 2013 Good stuff. Hope no-one came to grief in the wet. What track, anyone? The totally fantastic Rye House Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fourentee 987 Posted December 14, 2013 The totally fantastic Rye House Many thanks. I've attended a fair few meetings there down the years (including some in my long-gone student days, the late seventies) but never actually seen one under lights and didn't recognise it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Walshy1974 24 Posted December 14, 2013 Many thanks. I've attended a fair few meetings there down the years (including some in my long-gone student days, the late seventies) but never actually seen one under lights and didn't recognise it. Easy mistake to make. Anymore than 7 people watching and nobody would've guessed it was Hoddesdon. JOKE before you get your knickers twisted Rye fans. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 12, 2014 (edited) Does anyone remember the awesome 440 yard original Rye Houe track that used to be towards the left as you came in past the pub. It also had as I recall a corrugated iron safety fence. On a warm day the cinder surface used to dry quickly produced great clouds of dust and cinders. My busiest time for visits there were from around 1954 to 1957. It used to be a good journey - train from 'sarf' London to London Bridge, bus to Liverpool Street Station, then train to the Hoddesdon station virtually next door to the track. It was all such a long time ago but I think it was a happier sport in those days. There were some wonderful supporters around. It was all so friendly - we used to have arguments about things but accepted different points of view, there was none of the bickering and sniping that sadly seems to pervade the sport these days. But I have no idea what the music taste was at that time - probably the early days of rock legend Bill Haley And The Comets but my favourite was Bermondsey lad Wee Willie Harris. The latter was a one-time New Cross fan but I don't if Haley ever saw the sport in the USA. Many thanks. I've attended a fair few meetings there down the years (including some in my long-gone student days, the late seventies) but never actually seen one under lights and didn't recognise it. Nor have I. My last Rye House visit was as recent as 1963. It was Sunday afternoon racing then. Edited January 12, 2014 by Guest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites