1960s London Eastend Buskers

This video offers an interesting peek at London street life, mid 1960s. An apparently toothless man dances while his partner plays the guitar. Unfortunately, embedding has been disabled on it, so you'll need to view it on youtube itself.

My favorite line: "Well, I'm a genius, and I felt I was psychologically unfit for normal work, and that's how I started busking."

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Posted By: Alex - Sun Jan 18, 2009
Category: Music | 1960s

Comments

I would rather give these guys money than the ones who accost me in store parking lots. I always threaten them with violence.

Posted by AGFH on 01/18/09 at 01:00 PM

One day I was at CompUSA on Dale Mabry, which is a HUGE road. I was parked right next to the road. A guy comes up asking me for money. I looked him straight in the eye and said "Look at where we are. Do you realize just how many guys would stop to kick your ass if I start screaming?" He turned white as a sheet and took off running like a bat outta hell.

Works every time.

Posted by AGFH on 01/18/09 at 06:57 PM

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