Song calls for time on takeovers
A HORFIELD songwriter has penned a new protest song highlighting the number of pubs being converted into Tesco supermarkets.
Peter Rayland, who has been performing in pubs around Bristol for more than 40 years, said that the decline in pubs was forcing local musicians out of business too.
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Songwriter Peter Rayland Picture: Dan Regan BRDR20120911A004
The 66-year-old said: "I thought nothing of it when I first heard people moaning, but then I looked around and saw how all the old pubs that we have worked in are disappearing.
"I looked into it and what I found was shocking.
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"With every new supermarket taking over our pubs there's one less venue."
Mr Rayland added: "I first played the new tune at an open mic night recently and it went down well."
The Post reported last month that pub campaign group CAMRA has written to Tesco to demand that the supermarket giant stops converting pubs into stores. The campaign group is also asking Tesco to pull out of potential conversions of the Bristol House in Weston-super-Mare and the Foresters in Westbury-on-Trym.
You can listen to the Mr Rayland's song on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1nT0S172Eo.
Comments
by Jonnyfandango
Thursday, September 13 2012, 1:51PM
“Foresters in Westbury was a really family friendly lovely pub. No drug addicts, dealers etc at all.”
by katachua
Thursday, September 13 2012, 1:35PM
“Rambling_Sid
"The landlords dog sni*** round my leg,
Slobbering over my clothes.
If I'd wanted a pet I'd have bought one myself.
Oi! Watch where you're poking that nose"
Just what is wrong with S N I F F S? My God, this is an awful site...”
by Rambling_Sid
Thursday, September 13 2012, 11:11AM
“Why are pubs closing? Feel free to set this one to music !
I used to enjoy going down to the pub
When I was a much younger guy.
There to enjoy, for an hour or two
Good company, good ale and a pie.
Pubs were split into several rooms
A smoke room, a lounge and a bar
Sometimes a music room, sometimes a snug
Where a man could relax with a jar.
Now it seems there's a resident loud mouth
Installed in each modern bar
Holding court from a bar stool
For friends that are seated afar.
He treats you to his great wisdom
In a language that's both foul and loud
With two F words to every sentence
Above the noise of the crowd.
You're treated to his opinion,
Whether you want it or not,
Immigration, politics, religion
And just what's causing the rot.
There's a direct co relationship,
I've noted for many a time,
The fouler the mouth, the louder the voice.
It's time that they made it a crime.
His overweight tart, Two Ton Tracey
Sits barking into her phone
Bragging of sexual exploits
She should have kept quietly at home.
"Music" blares from speakers.
Some Bimbo sounds like she's in pain
There's nobody bothering to listen
To her rantings, banal and inane.
She competes with the noise from the corner
Is it monkeys at war in a tree?
No, its foul mouthed youths making comments.
There's a football match on the TV.
The landlords dog sni*** round my leg,
Slobbering over my clothes.
If I'd wanted a pet I'd have bought one myself.
Oi! Watch where you're poking that nose
Perhaps I'm just old and past it
With no inclination to roam
Seeking beer that's like fizzy water.
I'm enjoying a night in at home.
Rambling Sid”