Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town free for downloading

Really loved the use of this in the King Of The Hill episode where Luanne gets visited by Buckley's angel

A classic 1980s British rock song. It takes me back 30 years when I close my eyes and hear it. Thank God for British rock in the 1980s!

Time stops for me every time I hear this beautiful song. Somehow it's just hypnotic and i can almost travel back to my youth. Sweet and sad at the same time. I wonder if anyone else feels that way bout thus song.

Anyone still loving this in 2019 with the old school power of MTV?

i do grumble about the north, but i wouldn't live anywhere else! it's got so much character! heeeeeeeeey! life in a northern town!

discovered this song from one of the best king of the hill episodes, "buckley's angel"

Ive always fantasized about opening an 80s music themed bar/night club. Lots of 80s memorabilia, neon colored lights, staff dressed in 80s styles, televisons playing 80s sitcoms or news events from that era. 10% discount to customers dressed in 80s wear!

what a timeless song. something special was happening in the 80's.

Kate St. John was cute as hell in this video.

I've been suffering a fierce depression and this song is a mighty weapon.

Now I'm feeling wistful. Shedding a few tears, too. I experienced the ethos of this place in the late 1980s and throughout the 90s. The Northern Town depicted here is Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, U.K. . I have fond memories of this town and the family to which I belonged for an all-too-brief time...

Shortly before my dad died when I was a kid he asked me if I could find him a copy of this song on the internet and record it from my computer to a cassette so he could listen to it during his commute to and from work. I did and he loved having it to listen to. Shortly after he was killed in a card wreck during his commute. This may have been one of the last songs he heard.

Who's watching this during the Corona virus quarrantine?...???

A Salvation Army Band played And Children drunk lemonade And the morning lasted all day, All day And through an open window came Like Sinatra in a younger day, Pushing the town away Ah Ah hey ma ma ma Life in a northern town. They sat on the stoney ground And he took out a cigarette out And everyone else came down To listen. He said "In winter 1963 It felt like the world would freeze With John F. Kennedy And The Beatles." Ah hey ma ma ma Life in a northern town. Ah hey ma ma ma All the work shut down. The evening had turned to rain Watch the water roll down the drain, As we followed him down To the station And though he never would wave goodbye, You could see it written in his eyes As the train pulled out of sight Bye-bye Ah hey ma ma ma Life in a northern town. Ah hey ma ma ma Life in a northern town.