This post is a follow-up to a previous post. It’s an imaginary
double album that may have come out in about 1969.
The unnamed Everyteens enter the Green from opposing sides ‘neath
the watchful gaze of Mrs Raven and the towns-folk of Fantastic; a town born in
a dream. Their only commonality being youth and maybe mouths sore from boiled sweets.
Before them the holy innocents will meet and journey hand in hand across the
summits and valley depths of teenage love with all its incumbent terrors and
delights. The sound of wurtlitzers and calliopes puncture the darkening early summer
skies with the soft balm of fun. Scattered hither and thither, candy-coloured
tents offer seemingly innocent diversions, with aged story-tellers recounting
tall tales to the accompaniment of children’s choirs and strummed balalaikas. Tales
of experience and portent, delivered as warnings and signs; an adult
counterpoint to the inner confusion and drama within their young minds. Along
the way they find and lose love, they break-up, they come back together, they
part as friends and all the way through they don’t know why. They don’t
understand what guides their turbulent journey. But Weatherman speaks of the changing
skies and if they’d only listened they would have learnt. Did Sam not ride into
the night to remain free and did bullied Geraldine not take her revenge? And
what of Grocer Jack, taken for granted for so long, did he not curse the Town from
his grave? When it’s gone it’s gone and young love is only a part of this World.
And behind the curtain of every Teenage Opera ...perhaps something wicked this
way comes.
SIDE ONE
SIDE TWO
SIDE THREE
SIDE FOUR
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