Stafford Mentioned in Songs

[The Hawk]

Listening to Emmy the Great on BBC 6Music this afternoon, one of the songs she selected was by a Hong Kong band called 'My Little Airport'. I was surprised to find that they had done a song called 'Victor, Fly Me To Stafford'.

The song, as well as having Stafford in the title, includes the line:
"It’s too late to say I miss you Victor Ching, and you are on your way to Stafford in UK"
which is fairly conclusive that it refers to our Stafford.
You can hear the song here:

I wonder if there any other songs out there that reference our Stafford in the title or lyrics?

 

[cj1]

Stafford has its very own anthem

https://m.soundcloud.com/xionstafford/xion-presents-stafford-anthem

 

[Gramaisc]

Mmm, if it was Seighford at least they could actually land there.

 

[Gramaisc]

This one seems to be about being bitten by a Staffy...

https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/36121321/Fler/Stafford

 

[Glam]

There's always this 1 ......

 

[The Hawk]

There's always this 1 ......

I've updated the lyrics:
It was great to go shopping in Stafford,
It was a lovely market town,
It was great to go shopping in Stafford,
But now it's all closed down.

 

[acpoynton]

My wife is from Hong Kong and I lived there as well until 2006 but neither of us have heard of the group. Odd to choose Stafford to be in the lyrics. Perhaps one of them had a boyfriend who moved to Stafford for education or work.

 

[The Hawk]

My wife is from Hong Kong and I lived there as well until 2006 but neither of us have heard of the group. Odd to choose Stafford to be in the lyrics. Perhaps one of them had a boyfriend who moved to Stafford for education or work.

That would be my guess, it's so specific "Stafford UK".

 

[staffordjas]

There's always this 1 ......

Oh no , you've got me singing it again now. Driving myself mad

 

[Thehooperman]

Don't forget this little gem

 

[Gramaisc]

And this.

 

[PeterD]

Watching an old Old Grey Whistle Test on BBC4 last night and there was a performance by Mike Absalom, from around 73. Pretty good in a less humorous Leon Rosselson way. I then had a look to see if he was still performing. What surprised me was his last album, Self Portraits. Live in Stafford and Brinklow 2002.
A bit of looking and it seems that it was recorded at The Prince of Wales. Not much to comment really other than he doesn't appear to have connections to the town and it seems a very random venue for an album recording.

 

[Mudgie]

it was recorded at The Prince of Wales.

I've not been in the function room upstairs since the 1970s.

 

[Theresa Green]

Watching an old Old Grey Whistle Test on BBC4 last night and there was a performance by Mike Absalom, from around 73. Pretty good in a less humorous Leon Rosselson way. I then had a look to see if he was still performing. What surprised me was his last album, Self Portraits. Live in Stafford and Brinklow 2002.
A bit of looking and it seems that it was recorded at The Prince of Wales. Not much to comment really other than he doesn't appear to have connections to the town and it seems a very random venue for an album recording.

Mike lives in Swinford and has had a shave