i walked through soho square the other morning and found myself completely affected by this bench. it always slips my mind that there'll be no more kirsty maccoll albums. gorgeous voice. lovely songs.
One of Kirsty's most poignant songs remains 'Soho Square'. From the 1994 Titanic Days album, all the tracks form part of what she called her 'sad break up album' after her divorce with Steve Lillywhite. Soho Square is about lost love on 'an empty bench' where 'the pigeons shiver in the naked trees' and as a tribute to her, fans campaigned for the necessary funds and permission from Westminster Council to place a bench in the square. The bench remains there today, on the south side and just to the right of the recent Londonist Timewarp photo.
No empty bench in Soho Square
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In 2001, a bench was placed by the southern entrance to London's Soho Square as a memorial to her, after a lyric from one of her song of the same name which goes "One day I'll be waiting there / No empty bench in Soho Square". Every year on the Sunday nearest to MacColl's birthday, 10 October, fans from all over the world hold a gathering at the bench to pay tribute to her and sing her songs.
She was marvellous!"One day I'll be waiting there. No empty bench in Soho Square." reads the plaque on the KM memorial bench in the square just up the road from my Soho office. The wording alludes to the lyric of her song Soho Square, set in that space "where the pigeons shiver in the naked trees". The huge array of flowers left on the bench on the anniversary of Kirsty's birth, last month, is testament to the warmth with which she is remembered.One day you'll be waiting there, no empty bench in Soho Square.No I don't know the reason why I'll love you till the day I die.But one day you'll be waiting thereCome summertime in Soho SquareAnd I'll be painting stars up in the skyBefore I get too old to cry before my birthdayI hope I see those pigeons fly before my birthdayIn Soho Square on my birthday
6: KIRSTY MACCOLL The English singer-songwriter is best remembered for her bitter yet passionate duet with Shane MacGowan on the Pogues's recurring Christmas hit Fairytale of New York. She released several acclaimed albums in the Eighties, and was the writer behind Tracey Ullman's They Don't Know, a top 10 hit in the UK and US. MacColl was still releasing music when she was killed in a boating accident while on holiday in Mexico in 2000. In 2001, a bench in Soho Square was engraved with her lyrics "One day I'll be waiting there / No empty bench in Soho Square".
In 2001, a bench was placed by the southern entrance to London's Soho Square as a memorial to her, after a lyric from one of her most poignant songs: "One day I'll be waiting there/ No empty bench inSoho Square.
I trädgården vid Soho Square finns en bänk till minnet av sångerskan Kirsty MacColl. Till sitt album Titanic Days så skrev hon en sång, "Soho Square", med raderna; "One day I'll be waiting there / No empty bench in Soho Square".[3] Efter hennes död 2000, köpte hennes fans en bänk med de raderna inskrivna på en platta som sitter på bänkens ryggstöd.
In 2001 a memorial bench was placed by the southern entrance to Soho Square, after a lyric from her song "Soho Square" - "One day I'll be waiting there / No empty bench in Soho Square". Every year on the Sunday nearest her 10th of October birthday, fans from all over the world gather at the bench to sing her songs and pay tribute to her. 2ff7e9595c