Noirsville Tune Of The week

Another Aural Noir, this time from Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band. 

My particular mainstreet  was 7th Avenue and I used to watch the dancers through the glass at The Metropole Cafe.  It was  originally a jazz club that operated in New York from the mid-1950s through 1965 when it switched to a topless gogo bar. They then painted the front window black leaving a small circular opening through which you could watch the dancers who were up behind the bar.

You can see the progression from club to Topless GoGo bar below.

So turn out the light lay your head back and go down to Mainstreet.

Mainstreet

I remember standing on the corner at midnight 

Trying to get my courage up 

There was this long lovely dancer in a little club downtown 

I loved to watch her do her stuff 

Through the long lonely nights she filled my sleep 

Her body softly swaying to that smoky beat 

Down on Mainstreet 

In the pool halls, the hustlers and the losers 

I used to watch 'em through the glass 

Well I'd stand outside at closing time 

Just to watch her walk on past 

Unlike all the other ladies, she looked so young and sweet 

As she made her way alone down that empty street 

Down on Mainstreet 

And sometimes even now, when I'm feeling lonely and beat 

I drift back in time and I find my feet 

Down on Mainstreet 

Down on Mainstreet