About this song
- The song tells the story of an unnamed narrator travelling on his own who enters a London Underground tube station at midnight to get the last train home, where he is attacked by a gang of men who 'smell like pubs, and Wormwood Scrubs, and too many right-wing meetings' as he buys a ticket from an automated machine. The song starts with the atmospheric sounds of a London Underground station, then a tense, syncopated beat carried by the bass guitar. The lyrics are sentimental, contrasting the warmth of home and domestic life with the dangers of 1970s London's urban decay and casual late-night violence. Tension is heightened by a heartbeat audio effect in the left stereo channel at points during the song. The sound of an Underground train at the beginning and end of the song was recorded at St John's Wood Station. Some of the lyrics to this song are quoted at the start of Chapter 10 of the novel 'The good die and the bad live on' in which the main character slides towards insanity. . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply. — lastfm
- "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" is a single by the Jam, the second single from their third album, All Mod Cons. Released in October 1978, it reached No. 15 on the UK Singles Chart. — wikipedia
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