I'm busy composing Defense Industry Daily's Monday issue, and used search to call up a list of London-related songs on my player. Here's one for our readers... use the comments-section throw in your suggestions for a London-related playlist. Up to each person to decide what "London-related" means... can be personal or thematic in the song.
UPDATE: Thanks, keep 'em coming. Tom Pechinski notes that Tim Blair hbas a post re: what's popular in London right now. Bet you'll never guess... love WereNotAfraid.com, too.
Here's what Search on "London" produced for me in my player:
You can also buy a brit a pint at nosemonkey's site to support London.
On my player:
"We'll Meet Again" by Vera Lynn. Okay, it's not about London exactly, but it was broadcast from London during WWII. And immortalized by Pink Floyd: Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn, remember how she said that we would meet again, some sunny day?
"London, You're a Lady" by the Pogues.
"Stuck in the Middle with You" by Gerry Rafferty. A parody of the London recording industry.
"Thunder Child" by Jeff Wayne. From a 70s musical version of The War of the Worlds.
"England Swings" by Roger Miller. Okay, now I realize I'm not being at all helpful.
"London's Burning" by the Clash
"Trams of Old London" by Robyn Hitchcock
"London Boys" by Johnny Thunders
"London" by the Smiths
Jinnderella:
Isn't there a saying about buying a man a fish and feed him for a day, but buy yourself a case of Bass Ale and Newcastle Brown and help feed him for a week?
Primrose Hill by Loudon Wainwright III.
London Homesick Blues, from Austin City Limits.
I put this together yesterday, while having a few pints for the good folks of Londontown. I hope they decide to hug and kiss and continue to welcome their fellow muslim countrymen. Likewise, the British muslims ought to show some spine and put their foot down and stop this.
"London Calling" by the Clash
"The Wind Cries Mary" by Jimi Hendrix
"Wicked World" by Black Sabbath
"Machine Gun"-1 (Live at the Fillmore East) by Jimi Hendrix
"London's Burning" by the Clash,
"A Final Hit" by Leftfield
"All Along the Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix
"Hate & War" by the Clash
"War Pigs/Luke's Wall" by Black Sabbath
"Death or Glory" by the Clash
"Straight to Hell" by the Clash
"One of These Days" by Pink Floyd
"Gravity Grave" (Live Glastonbury '93) by The Verve
"Machine Gun"-2 (Live at the Fillmore East) by Jimi Hendrix
"Fearless" by Pink Floyd
"Every Little Bit Hurts" by the Clash
"Lust For Life" by Iggy Pop
"This Is England" by the Clash
reposting...
I put this together yesterday, while having a few pints for the good folks of Londontown.
"London Calling" by the Clash
"The Wind Cries Mary" by Jimi Hendrix
"Wicked World" by Black Sabbath
"Machine Gun"-1 (Live at the Fillmore East) by Jimi Hendrix
"London's Burning" by the Clash,
"A Final Hit" by Leftfield
"All Along the Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix
"Hate & War" by the Clash
"War Pigs/Luke's Wall" by Black Sabbath
"Death or Glory" by the Clash
"Straight to Hell" by the Clash
"One of These Days" by Pink Floyd
"Gravity Grave" (Live Glastonbury '93) by The Verve
"Machine Gun"-2 (Live at the Fillmore East) by Jimi Hendrix
"Fearless" by Pink Floyd
"Every Little Bit Hurts" by the Clash
"Lust For Life" by Iggy Pop
"This Is England" by the Clash
Parklife - Blur
A Town Called Malice - The Jam
Should I Stay or Should I Go - The Clash
The Sun and The Rain - Madness
Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks
Clampdown - The Clash
Get Off My Cloud - The Rolling Stones
There's No Other Way - Blur
Victoria - The Kinks
Black Coffee in Bed - Squeeze
Walking in London by Concrete Blonde
London Leatherboys by Accept
Oh, and how about...
"Good Morning Britain" by Aztec Camera
"London Town, C'Mon Down" by Roger Taylor
"As the Sun Sets Over London" by Jools Holland
"London Boys" by the Go-Gos.
"Jerusalem" by ELP (no, really)
"Old England" by The Waterboys
"Hard Times of Old England" by Steeleye Span
"Driving in England" by Eric Bazillian (of the Hooters)
I'll probably think of a couple more in a minute.
I suppose Sting's "Englishman in New York" is appropriate, and how about Genesis' "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight".
Kinks Waterloo Sunset
Gerry Rafferty Baker Street
Dub Syndicate 2001 Love
Nick Drake At The Chime of a City Clock
Hawkwind Psychedelic Warlords
Sabres of Paradise Haunted Dancehall
Aztec Camera Notting Hill Blues
Eskimoes In Egypt UK:USA
Underworld Skyscraper I Love You
The Orb Majestic (Milwall Mix)
New Model Army Vengeance
"I believe in Justice,
I believe in Vengeance,
I believe in getting the bastards"