[1978]
Parole di Richard Jobson
Musica di Stuart Adamson
Nell’album d’esordio del gruppo punk rock scozzese intitolato “Scared to Dance”, pubblicato nel 1979.

La canzone è dedicata ad un amico di Richard Jobson, un soldato britannico mandato a morire in Ulster…

Nel 2006 gli U2 insieme ai Green Day hanno ripreso il brano per un benefit per le popolazioni colpite dall’uragano Katrina, la grande tempesta che colpì Cuba e soprattutto il sud est degli States nell’agosto del 2005. La loro versione differisce un poco dall’originale, specie per l’introduzione mutuata dalla celebre The House of the Rising Sun.

[1979]
Album: Scared to Dance

"Into the Valley" is a 1979 single by Skids, taken off their “Scared to Dance“ album, and is their best known song, appearing on a number of punk rock and Scottish music compilation albums. It reached number 10 in the UK Singles Chart for the week ending 24 March 1979. It was written by Richard Jobson and Stuart Adamson.
"Into the Valley" is still used as a theme song for fans of Dunfermline Athletic F.C. in the Scottish First Division and Charlton Athletic F.C. of the English Football League Championship, whose stadium is aptly named The Valley. It was also used in their premiership years by Bradford City A.F.C., whose stadium is named Valley Parade.
The song's lyrics are notoriously unintelligible owing to Jobson's diction. This has been sent up in a Maxell television advertisement which features printed (incorrect) "translations" of the words. The chorus,... (continua)