A special this issue as we write the definitive Beeston Hit Parade, as suggested by those pun-tastic contributors over on Beeston updated. We received over 450 entries to this which suggests a) You are fantastic fans of puns and music b) You really should get out more. Muggins here has had to plough through them all and select the Top 40.
It was painful. It was tough. And apologies to anyone who didn’t make it. You should be proud of yourself. We have spared the blushes of those who made it into the list by not printing their names.
Set your groan levels to 11. HERE WE GO POP-PICKERS:
40: Happy Daze Are Here Again
39: Fake Plastic Bees
38: I Wanna Greggs You Up
37: Hallams Lies Down On Broadgate
36: Beeman Rhapsody
35: Total Eclipse of the Art Shop
34: Shadab Balti Ya Face
33: Exile on Middle Street
32: Ava Marina
31: Beestonian Like You
30: Stuck in the Middle Street Resource Centre With You
29: Beeston Fields Forever
28: These Boots Were Made for Walking
27: Ain’t No Magic Mountain High Enough
26: Ticket To Rye
25: Last Post to Clarksville
24: Q M C A
23: West End girls
22: Poppa Pizza Don’t Preach
21: Wake Me Up Before You Bendigo
20: Trams Europe Express
19: Iguazu zu zu zu, (push pineapple shake the tree)
18: Like a Rylands Cowboy
17: Whilst My Guitar Spot Gently Weeps
16: Monkey Gone to HairVen
15: That’s Amores
14: Livin’ L’Oliva Loca
13: The White Lion Sleeps tonight
12: (Gonna Rock Down To) Devonshire Avenue
11: Gills Are Alive With The Sound Of Music
10: Going ‘umberroad
09: Chimera River
08: Applebee The Day
07: Charlie Fogg on the Tyne
06: My Heart Wilko On.
05: Message in a Pottle
04: Rylands in the Stream
03: Nothing Compares to Meat 4U
02: 24 Hours From Toton
01: 99 Problems (and a shoe shop ain’t one)
A special mention to Tim Furnish, who we rewrote the whole the Dandy Warhols ‘Bohemian Like You’ into ‘Beestonian Like You’ with full lyrics. He should be very proud/ashamed of himself.