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@hollydolly, I never paid attention to the verses in this song and assumed Electric Avenue was a fictional place with dance clubs (Electric Avenue sounds very disco-y; a good place to "rock down" to.)

Gave the song and lyrics full attention this morning, then dug down a little.

For the equally unenlightened, Electric Avenue is a real street in a London area that has a strong Caribbean immigration population. The song refers to tensions over racism, poverty and unemployment that culminated in the 1981 Brixton Riot that resulted in the deaths of 13 Black teens and young adults, plus many injuries to rioters and police, and quite a bit of vehicle and property damage and destruction.

See how much I learn on this forum? Thanks for piquing my interest by posting a version with lyrics under the heading of poverty.
 
StarSong said:
@hollydolly, I never paid attention to the verses in this song and assumed Electric Avenue was a fictional place with dance clubs (Electric Avenue sounds very disco-y; a good place to "rock down" to.)

Gave the song and lyrics full attention this morning, then dug down a little.

For the equally unenlightened, Electric Avenue is a real street in a London area that has a strong Caribbean immigration population. The song refers to tensions over racism, poverty and unemployment that culminated in the 1981 Brixton Riot that resulted in the deaths of 13 Black teens and young adults, plus many injuries to rioters and police, and quite a bit of vehicle and property damage and destruction.

See how much I learn on this forum? Thanks for piquing my interest by posting a version with lyrics under the heading of poverty.
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I thought I might post lyrics for that very reason Star... so that a song which is well known to many may not be very clear about it's meaning..by it's title... (y)
 
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