# Give me some songs about London **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 16, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-songs-about-london/149009 "2003-01-16T17:48:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-songs-about-london/149009/41 "2003-01-17T19:32:17Z")
_Originally posted by Francesca_ > [@](#): > > My personal favourite: There’s No Place Like London from \*\*Sweeney Todd[/] I prefer “The Worst Pies in London.” You can also include “The Lambeth Walk” from _Me and My Girl_. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-songs-about-london/149009/42 "2003-01-17T19:37:50Z")
You know, if you include _all_ of these songs, you’ll need about ten CDs. And when the flight lands, she’ll probably want to get back on the plane and go back home. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Toffe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19adc/32.png) [@Toffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toffe)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-songs-about-london/149009/43 "2003-01-17T20:33:39Z")
Lots of good stuff here… just adding “Emit Remmus”, Red Hot Chili Peppers. ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-songs-about-london/149009/44 "2003-01-17T20:39:47Z")
One of my favorites… “London Rain” by Heather Nova. ---
**Author:** ![Winterwren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Winterwren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winterwren)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-songs-about-london/149009/45 "2003-01-17T22:32:04Z")
“London, Luck, and Love” by Hall and Oates “Sights and Sounds of London Town” by Richard Thompson ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-songs-about-london/149009/46 "2003-01-18T00:05:24Z")
More Dire Straits: ‘Wild West End’ ‘Lions’ ---
**Author:** ![Infectious\_Lass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e56c9b/32.png) [@Infectious\_Lass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infectious_Lass)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-songs-about-london/149009/47 "2003-01-18T00:51:31Z")
I can’t believe anyone hasn’t mentioned ‘London Town’ by Bucks Fizz! All about a social misfit (as the protaganist refers to themselves in the lyrics) who gets beaten up (or something) but still wants to stay because they are a social misfit etc. I think it was Bucks Fizz’s attempt to do biting social commentary. I downloaded it off of kazaa. I think hte nicest thing you can say of it is that it is ‘very much of its time’ ahem…I like it though! ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-songs-about-london/149009/48 "2003-01-18T12:58:18Z")
Hmm… **Narrad** , I’m impressed. What a (relatively) obscure song to doublepost on. ---
**Author:** ![stringy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@stringy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stringy)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-songs-about-london/149009/49 "2003-01-19T06:14:58Z")
I came in just to mention _London Still_, too, but was well and truly beaten to the punch. Um, what else then… how about _Storm the Palace_ by Catatonia? ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-songs-about-london/149009/50 "2003-01-19T07:08:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gex gex \* > \*\*Hmm… **Narrad** , I’m impressed. What a (relatively) obscure song to doublepost on. \*\* Not so obscure lately, it seems. Triple J is spinning “London Still” heavily, plus the Waifs are touring at the moment (they were in Perth two weeks ago – I missed the show, but I’ll catch 'em at Big Day Out. :)) ---
**Author:** ![Vanyel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Vanyel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vanyel)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-songs-about-london/149009/51 "2003-01-19T07:47:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > \*\*Warren Zevon – Werewolves of London > > “I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic’s. And his hair was perfect.” \*\* You know, I’d like to meet his tailor. ---
**Author:** ![Ave\_Minerva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@Ave\_Minerva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ave_Minerva)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-songs-about-london/149009/52 "2003-01-19T15:14:41Z")
“London Girls” the Vibrators. “Satellite” the Sex Pistols “you know I don’t like where you come from. It’s just a satellite of London.” “Last Gang in Town” the Clash “Cheapskates” the Clash “I don’t like to hang around in this lonely road, cause London is for going out and trying to hear a tune” Also “Capitol Radio” and “Guns of Brixton” by the Clash. “Kiss Me Deadly” Generation X ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-songs-about-london/149009/53 "2003-01-19T19:03:18Z")
“Just A City” by Voice of the Beehive “Route To Love” by the Band of Holy Joy ---
**Author:** ![Boldface\_Type](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@Boldface\_Type](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boldface_Type)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-songs-about-london/149009/54 "2003-01-19T21:10:04Z")
‘Duplex Ride’ - Sidsel Endresen & Bugge Wesseltoft. The lyric consists of a spoken list of London Underground tube station names. Darned fine track, too. ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-songs-about-london/149009/55 "2003-01-20T01:03:39Z")
“London” by **Queensryche** ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-songs-about-london/149009/56 "2003-01-20T03:08:27Z")
I just recently went to an _Austin City Limits_ taping, so I’ll have to contribute my personal favorite, _London Homesick Blues_ When you’re down on you luck and ya ain’t got a buck In London, you’re a goner… ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-songs-about-london/149009/57 "2003-01-20T04:46:07Z")
**Hey London** by Unrest…although I get the feeling that it is actually about a girl named London, not the city. But I have also thought that it might all be some weird metaphor. > [@](#): > > Hey London > Your bedroom is your sanctuary > From all the messed up teenage girls outside > Of which you’re one. Also, I really like the lyrics to **London Song** on the new Breeders album. “Mercy here gets meaner overnight…” ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-songs-about-london/149009/58 "2003-01-20T11:58:17Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by Narrad_ > Not so obscure lately, it seems. Triple J is spinning “London Still” heavily, plus the Waifs are touring at the moment (they were in Perth two weeks ago – I missed the show, but I’ll catch 'em at Big Day Out. ) Yeah, I’m one of the bandwagon-jumpers (I thought I was really good having found this great new song until my mother told me that she liked it), but I meant in an international context. Then again, they’ve just come back from the states, right? Surely it’s only a matter of time til they win over the Americans! ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-songs-about-london/149009/59 "2003-01-20T13:17:40Z")
“London Song” - Ray Davies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-songs-about-london/149009.md?page=2)