1979. Düsseldorf, Ratingen, Wohnsilos. Ich, ca 9 Jahre alt, zu Besuch bei meinem Grossonkel und meiner Großtante. Die Kids in der Umgebung haben einen "Discokeller" mit Aluminiumpapier ausgestattet und diesen Hammersong rauf und runter gespielt! Meine kindlich-musikalischen Sinne von Disney, Pumuckel und Hui-Bui waren von da ab befreit! Schöne Zeit - Erinnerungen... DANKE FÜRS REINSTELLEN!!!
always good to hear good old british songs as old as this, this song is 43 years old from 1979 to 2022, i remember when this was in record shops so i bought it in 7 inch record,
Liegt daran, dass die Musiker früher noch Musiker waren. Heute hat man eine Produzenten und Songwriter die die ganzen Charts bedienen. Die ''Musiker'' sind nur noch Werbegesichter zu Vermarktungszwecken. Gilt nicht für alle, aber leider die meisten.
@oklolmann ungefähr wie: "Hier klicken um ihr gewonnenes IPad abzoholen. Wir benötigen nur ihre Kreditkartennummer ihr Geburtsdatum und den Mädchennamen ihrer Mutter."
Memories of the late 70's discos and fun fares with the roller boots on the girls and us boys on our skateboards or choppers.. Long hot summers and yes that was here in the UK. Quality song thats still got a great beat to it now all these years on. 70'S and 80's music rules .
Ausgezeichnetes Lied, gute Stimme, feiner Rythmus, dezenter Bass und ein halbwegs sinnvoller Text, mehr braucht ein guter Song nicht. Fazit: Sehr empfehlenswert !
this song is my awakening in music, played in the GDR from a woman in my kindergarden that i was crying for days since my parents sticking me into it.... i was crying again today... but not for sadness :D
As someone else mentioned, mostly the single or the inferior 80’s remixes on Spotify. Finally, someone posts the original 79 extended version. Cheers 🥂❤️
I didn't hear this song for roundabout ten years. While having a walk in the park with my dad today, he started singing this and I felt like being a child again for a moment.
A walk in the park. I've got to get some sense Back into my head. I`m in the dark. And I can`t see Where I`m being led. I`d give the world To set the clock back And act like a man. Where can I turn To save myself from this confusion. A walk in the park, a step in the dark. A walk in the park, a trip in the dark. I`m getting away, escaping today. A walk in the park. Away from all The busy streets of my mind. I seek a straighter path. I seek a shady clay in which to unwind. But why do we go on. In spite of mistakes. In spite of destruction. Life can be fun Depending on the situation. A walk in the park, a step in the dark. A walk in the park, a trip in the dark. I`m getting away, escaping today. A walk in the park, a step in the dark. A walk in the park. [Repeat] I`m getting away. A walk in the park. [Repeat] I`m getting away. from Nicholas Charles Bailey
35 years after I first heard this, I came back to Google, Nick Straker Band, 'A Walk in the Park'. Why this was never a hit, when it managed to burn its way into my memory for that length of a time having first heard it as an 11 year old schoolboy, is a mystery to me. Along with Landscape's 'Einstein A Go Go' and Tenpole Tudor's 'Swords of a 1000 men' they were a couple of other songs I heard and never forgot from my coach tuned to Radio 1 on the way to and from school.
I was just serving in the German Bundeswehr at that time. Everytime when I listen to this song, I still see the grinning mugs of corporals and sergeants in the garrisons pub.
This was a hit in Europe in 79. In March 1980 BBC Radio 1 put it on their rotation playlist, three times a day, but it failed to chart significantly. The UK's loss...
Reminds me of the endless parties during the year I graduated from High School. Most of the time I didn't even know whether I was stoned or drunk... Or both. XD
A wonderful preview of the English romantic movement (Duran Duran, Pete Shelley, Thompson Twins, Heaven 17, etc.) who along with Prince would dominate early-80s post-disco.
I like having a walk in the park; so this song gives out a clear message of the social and mental benefits to be achieved by anyone who participates in such pleasures! :-/
A walk in the park I've got to get some sense back into my head I'm in the dark and I can't see where I am being led I'd give the world to set the clock back and act like a man Where can I turn to save myself from this confusion A walk in the park, a step in the dark A walk in the park, a trip in the dark I'm getting away escaping today A walk in the park Away from all the busy streets of my mind I seek a straighter path I seek a shady glade in which to unwind But why do we go on in spite of mistakes, in spite of destruction Life can be fun depending on your situation. A walk in the park, a step in the dark A walk in the park, a trip in the dark I'm getting away escaping today A walk in the park, a step in the dark A walk in the park, a trip in the dark I'm getting away escaping today . .
Tuesday 12th November 2002 I was listening to this song on the Brig VS repeater frequency of DRS3 (now SRF3) and the Inter Regio train that I was riding at the time, was pulling into Siders / Sierre, about the end of the song. The train's next-stop announcement was in German, not in French. It was crossing the Röstigraben heading west to Sion / Setten and further to Geneva. When the train left Siders / Sierre, DRS3 played "Häbs güet" by Plüsch just afterwards.
