Coming to Liverpool is like travelling back in time about 30 years. The buildings are old and un-snazzy, the men have naturally windswept long hair and wear vests and no one is really sure what to do when they meet people from somewhere other than Liverpool. Mind you, I have no idea what to do with them either, can barely understand a word they're saying.
Having said all of that, Natasha Goss has asked me to point out that coming to Liverpool is not a bad thing. I tend to agree, its certainly an experience. The one thing this city is famous for is the Beatles, and their presence is everywhere you care to look. John Lennon International Airport is apparently a favoured tourist destination for many a Japanese tourist.
It is then something of a surprise to find that the city that produced probably the most influential rock band of all time has a nightlife which revolves entirely around cheese. A walk down Mathew St will take you past the Cavern Club, which the Beatles played in hundreds of times. A bit of culture. By the end of the street however, you have walked past (and certainly not into) 2 x 70's bars, 2 x 80's bars and a 90's bar which apparently focusses on recent house music. The most surprising bar was perhaps 'Rubber Soul'. A name like that conjures up images of Rockabilly types jitterbugging late into the wee hours. The truth however was that this was the Down Under bar without the backpackers. We found ourselves surrounded by mid-30's scousers wearing far less than the weather demanded of them sculling bacardi breezers and dancing around to such classics as 'How will I know' by Whitney Houston.
Truly a surreal experience and I wish to thank Tash and Tim for humouring me on what was quite the magical mystery tour.
Off to see an aunt and uncle this evening before heading home tomorrow. Its a long weekend here and at home, hope that you're all having a good one.
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2 comments:
Unfortunately, I feel compelled as an honoury Liverpudlian to correct some of the glaring errors that are contained in this post.
First and foremost, we are not living in a time warp. Yes the buildings are not new but Liverpool has one the highest proportion of historic buildings outside of London and they are beautiful - not "unsnazzy". Secondly, the men. I am not by any means saying that they are not stuck in a different era/planet but I'm not sure where Sam has got the impression of vest wearing, long-haired louts - they are actually in general like clones with shaved hair and white trainers (or "traineeees" as they say here)
Lastly, I would like to point out that Sam has spent a great deal of time criticising the pubs and clubs in Liverpool...is it not odd then that he spent most of the night boogying to the classics after specifically requesting that we enter an 80's bar and oggling the scouse girls??
I only wanted to use the toilet :-)
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