A friend is going to London this summer to study art, and I want to make a mix CD for her with songs about London. So far I have:
Clash - London Calling
Cornershop - Good to Be on the Road Back Home Again (" Too many nights… in dirty London town…")
Third Eye Blind - London
Alanis Morissette - London
Any others that you can think of?
Warren Zevon – Werewolves of London
“I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic’s. And his hair was perfect.”
bup
January 16, 2003, 5:59pm
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The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset.
Prince - Two Nigs from West Compton.
What?
On the Street Where You Live
“London Town” - Wings
“London After Midnight”- Wrathchild America
“London Boys” -David Bowie
“London Girl”- The Jam
“London Leatherboys” - Accept
“London’s Brilliant Parade”- Elvis Costello
I got all those from a search at songfile.com . There were a ton more, these were just the ones from groups I knew of.
Hairdresser on Fire–Morrissey (“here is London, home of the brash outrageous and free”)
A few more for the list…
Rick Wakeman: “Chamber of Horrors”
Joni Mitchell: “Chelsea Morning”
Wings: “London Town”
Pet Shop Boys: “West End Girls”
Tangerine Dream: “London” (Lyrics direct from William Blake)
Third Eye Blind: “London”
You didn’t specify Taste and/or quality…
ARGH - Judith beat me to it!
“London Crawling” - Rialto
West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
London Bridge is Falling Down - the five-year-old kid down the street.
There’s ‘Street of London’ by Ralph Mctell:
So how can you tell me you’re lonely
And say, for you,
that the sun don’t shine
Let me take you by the hand
And lead you through the streets of London
I’ll show you something to make you change your mind
And there’s ‘Maybe it’s Because I’m a Londoner’ by whoever it is:
‘Streets of London’, covered by various people.
T-Rex, ‘London Boys’
You could go for specific parts of london:
Red Snapper, ‘Spitalfields’
Or an entire album:
Sabine Sciubba & Antonio Forcione, ‘Meet Me In London’
“London You’re A Lady”- The Pogues
There’s Gershwin’s “A Foggy Day in London Town.”
I suppose songs by Julie London don’t count.
cart
January 16, 2003, 6:54pm
15
Towers of London - XTC
London Loves - Blur
Hey, if you want something longer there’s Rush: The Camera Eye. Half of it is about London and the feel of the place.
Skammer
January 16, 2003, 6:58pm
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How about the well-known tune “London Derriere”?
Oooo, good one.
Try this:
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square - Various artists (I’m partial to the Manhattan Transfer and Mel Torme)
Noel Coward’s London Pride , written early in WW2, and supposedly based on the Cockney flowersellers’ street chant:
I see London
I see France
I see Tsarina’s
Underpants!
Daniel