Community Song Post

Hometown Glory by Adele

I've been walking in the same way as I did  

And missing out the cracks in the pavement

 And tutting my heel and strutting my feet "

 Is there anything I can do for you dear? Is there anyone I could call?

 No, and thank you, please madam, I ain't lost, just wandering"

Round my hometown, memories are fresh

Round my hometown, ooh, the people I've met

Are the wonders of my world, are the wonders of my world

Are the wonders of this world, are the wonders and now

I like it in the city when the air is so thick and opaque

 I love it to see everybody in short skirts, shorts and shades

 I like it in the city when two worlds collide

You get the people and the government

Everybody taking different sides

Shows that we ain't gonna stand

Shows that we are united

Shows that we ain't gonna take it

Shows that we ain't gonna stand

Shows that we are united

Round my hometown, memories are fresh

Round my hometown, ooh, the people I've met
Are the wonders of my world, are the wonders of my world

Are the wonders of this world, are the wonders of my world

Of my world, yeah, of my world, of my world, yeah

The artist is showing in this song that she loves where she is from. She definitely supports the people of the town and feels that her town is not necessarily perfect, but handles their business in the correct way, by not backing down to the government. The artist does not really describe the place she lives in but, I believe the place that the author describes is in London, although she does not explicitly say so. In my opinion I think that the place she grew up in is an urban area due to the part of the song where she says “I like it in the city when the air is so thick and opaque” or when she “I love it to see everybody in short skirts, shorts and shades” the scene and clothing Adele describes seems very urban to me.