(This post was originally posted by Sunny Jim on the Coronation Street Blog in August, 2010, reposted with permission.)I've often wondered and have never been able to make the connection before but Third Stone From The Sun by guitar legend Jimi Hendrix has a repeated refrain that sounds remarkably like Eric Spear's iconic theme tune. A piece in today's Daily Telegraph says:
"Having been shunted endlessly between foster parents and family members after the death of his alcoholic mother, Hendrix loved simple, childlike domestic pleasures: such as playing with a Scalextric racing car set and watching Coronation Street."
So it seems like he was a fan and as far as I'm concerned that's proof enough for me that the track was influenced by the theme tune to our favourite drama.
Finally did you know that the theme tune is also known as 'Capri', because that's where it was composed?
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