Re: (TV) Interview from 87: Back to Walker

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From: "Rex Broome" <rexbroome@gmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 12:10 AM
Subject: Re: (TV) Interview from 87: Back to Walker


> Weirder still! Why did Burdon & Co. change it to "Walker"-- is that an
> English town?-- and is that what Tom was riffing on in his song (pun
> basically intended)?

I always assumed it was a town in the UK, though I never investigated. (So 
why not do it now? There is a Walker in Newcastle, where the Animals are 
from. Maybe that's how they won over their early audiences.) Lyrically, 
there seems to be a connection. The earlier song has the singer telling his 
girlfriend "the big city is too much for you, you'd better go back to your 
small town," and Tom is telling Janey "You don't want to go back to the 
small town, it's a lot worse than you think." 
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