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Songs of London
Karim_myBagheri
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As most of us come from or know very well this beautiful fucked up city we call the big smoke I was thinking what songs remind you or represent it's many damp and dark streets. Streets where dreams are made some might say. (No one I know says that but anyway)
I went for a classic to begin with. I have been on this bridge at sunset and at sunrise and of course at many other times and have to say for me it's probably the best, most iconic and inspiring views of London you can have on foot.
Waterloo sunset - The Kinks
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Streets of London by Ralph Mctell.
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That was gonna be my other choice. Love that song.Afternoon Delight said:Streets of London by Ralph Mctell.2 -
Maybe it’s because I’m a Londoner!4
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Let’s all, go daaan the Strand
HAVE A BANANA5 -
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Broad street station apparently, now demolished, and some great slam doors at the end.Stig said:2 -
Did it somehow get incorporated into Liverpool Street when that was renovated (not the building, but the lines I'm thinking).swords_alive said:
Broad street station apparently, now demolished, and some great slam doors at the end.Stig said:0 -
Well, I think this could be a new record. Just over 5 comments in and we have train talk.
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24 minutes from Tulse Hill7
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(The story answer is no. However a couple of remnants remain. Details here, towards the end;Stig said:
Did it somehow get incorporated into Liverpool Street when that was renovated (not the building, but the lines I'm thinking).swords_alive said:
Broad street station apparently, now demolished, and some great slam doors at the end.Stig said:
https://blackcablondon.net/2012/06/11/tales-from-the-terminals-broad-street-station-1865-1986/ )
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FFSshirty5 said:24 minutes from Tulse Hill
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London Calling The Clash.15
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London Lady - The Stranglers4
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I think that the OP got it right with The Kinks. Many of their songs seem to give reference to London. Other songs of theirs that spring to mind are Dedicated Follower of Fashion and Come Dancing.
Other bands I can think of who did this were The Jam and Saint Etienne.2 -
Lee Green Green Grass Of Home?8
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Jamie T - Shelia
Even had the video of Bob Hoskins walking along the south bank.1 -
Harrow. Is it me you're looking for?17
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Purple Hayes.
I'll stop now.7 -
Oh, OK.
Strawberry Hill Forever.1 -
You got 4 comments in there Dave but that harrow one actually made me laugh out loud.0
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MacIntyre0
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London Girls - Chas & Dave6
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Valley, Floyd Road - The Covered End0
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Sultans of Swing- Dire Straits
“South of the river, you stop and you hold everything”
(Knopfler wrote it after watching a band called The Sultans of Swing perform in an almost empty pub in Deptford).4 -
Up the Junction- Squeeze11
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That North London Forever thing irritates the shit out of me:
Arsenal have latched on to it conveniently forgetting their Woolwich up bringing.
The Pie, Mash & Liquor reference claiming it’s part of their heritage
Bloody Arsenal creating their own history, just like the stripey lot from Surrey6 -
"Little old lady, lay mutilated late last night......Werewolves of London again"
Towers of London - XTC
A foggy day in London Town- Frank Sinatra.
Marios's Cafe - St Etienne
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Accept - London Leatherboys0
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Ed Warwick Avenue - Adele
Strange Town, A Bomb in Wardour St, Down in the Tube Station at Midnight - All the Jam1 -
Most of Ian Dury2
https://youtu.be/6u3UNwybclo?si=NwyWJjPOKJRZfYrI
