songs namechecking places in london
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Dieselpunk2000
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Puddy_Tat
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A few of Songdog's fit (Lyndon Morgans hails from Blackwood, but has spent chunks of his life in south London)
'Rainy Night in Chinatown'
'South London Winter'
' She Said I Kind Of Looked Like Strindberg' includes a line with "the top deck of the 159"
'1979' has line "remember that first dump we rented, in SE5"
'I got drunk and wrote you a poem' has line "I woke up in Pottersfield Park"
'Rainy Night in Chinatown'
'South London Winter'
' She Said I Kind Of Looked Like Strindberg' includes a line with "the top deck of the 159"
'1979' has line "remember that first dump we rented, in SE5"
'I got drunk and wrote you a poem' has line "I woke up in Pottersfield Park"
billy_bob
Air of bewilderment model's own
"Ride the sainted rhythms on the midnight train to Romford"
"All I could see was Doris Day... disappearing down the tube hole on Farringdon Street"
God, dubnobass... was a hell of an album. Must put it on later.
skyscraper101
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Ahhhh Dirty Epic. yeah.. Almost did that
hot air baboon
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I'll run to you now
From somewhere you won't find me
A different place
A different time
Together that summer
We raised some hell, yeah
But I couldn't forget
You're a kiss and tell
Carrie's got a boyfriend
Carrie's got a boyfriend
Carrie's got a boyfriend
June 4th, 1989, Primrose Hill, Staten Island
Chalk Farm, Massif Central, Gospel Oak, Sao Paolo
Boston Manor, Costa Rica, Arnos Grove
San Clemente, Tufnell Park, Gracetown, York Way
Videoton, Clerkenwell, Portobello, Maida Vale
Old Ford, Valencia, Kennington, Galveston
Holland Park, Studamer, Dollis Hill, Fougeres
London Fields, Bratislava, Haggerston
Lavinia, Canonbury, Alice Springs
Tooting Graveney, Baffin Island
Pollard's Hill, Winnepeg, Plumstead Common
Hyderabad, Silvertown, Buffalo
If I hadn't left you
Suppose we'd still be lovers
Still be the fights
And I'd ladder my tights
Carrie's got a boyfriend
Carrie's got a boyfriend
Carrie's got a boyfriend
Is Hersham in London?
eatmorecheese
He's fallen out of the car again
New Park Road, Brixton Hill
mx wcfc
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Oooh, good bump. Have I never posted Eastfield's "Second Fastest Cycle Courier in London" before? Can't find a video or tune and have no idea to copy from my itunes, but here's the words.
Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
Caught in the wake of a bullet train
He's the second fastest cycle courier
He's faster than the TPO's
From Bishopsgate to Euston Road
He's the second fastest cycle courier in London
Go Go Go - He's faster than the TPO's
The city is his velodrome
He slaloms round the traffic cones
He's the second fastest cycle courier
Every street's a racing track
With a yellow jersey on his back
He's the second fastest cycle courier in London
Go Go Go - He's faster than the TPO's
Watch him glide watch him go
All the way down the Kingsland Road
He's the second fastest cycle courier
The coppers try to flag him down
From St Pancras to Camden Town
He's the second fastest cycle courier in London
Go Go Go - He's faster than the TPO's
He wants to ride his bicycle
He wants to ride his bike
In speed trials for Quiksilver
He goes like dynamite
Car-swerving, lane-changing
Wing mirrors rearranging
Tyres screeching, rubber burning
Drivers heads constantly turning
Watch him glide watch him go
He's faster than the TPO's
He's faster than Pony Express
From Canonbury to Kentish Town West
He's faster than Parcel Force
He thinks he's in the Tour De France
He's faster than Barry Sheene
He'll end up through a windscreen
Go Go Go - He's faster than the TPO's
Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
Caught in the wake of a bullet train
He's the second fastest cycle courier
He's faster than the TPO's
From Bishopsgate to Euston Road
He's the second fastest cycle courier in London
Go Go Go - He's faster than the TPO's
The city is his velodrome
He slaloms round the traffic cones
He's the second fastest cycle courier
Every street's a racing track
With a yellow jersey on his back
He's the second fastest cycle courier in London
Go Go Go - He's faster than the TPO's
Watch him glide watch him go
All the way down the Kingsland Road
He's the second fastest cycle courier
The coppers try to flag him down
From St Pancras to Camden Town
He's the second fastest cycle courier in London
Go Go Go - He's faster than the TPO's
He wants to ride his bicycle
He wants to ride his bike
In speed trials for Quiksilver
He goes like dynamite
Car-swerving, lane-changing
Wing mirrors rearranging
Tyres screeching, rubber burning
Drivers heads constantly turning
Watch him glide watch him go
He's faster than the TPO's
He's faster than Pony Express
From Canonbury to Kentish Town West
He's faster than Parcel Force
He thinks he's in the Tour De France
He's faster than Barry Sheene
He'll end up through a windscreen
Go Go Go - He's faster than the TPO's
skyscraper101
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Tottenham Court Rd gets a fleeting mention in this track which I rather like.
hash tag
Lighting the blue touch paper
From Lalu's The Fish Who Would Be King, the track is that a London Number name checks a fair few London places and road names
www.paroles-musique.com
Is That A London Number lyrics by Lalu | Paroles-musique.com
Find Is That A London Number lyrics, a song performed by Lalu : Is that a London number? Ring ring You'll find me in the phonebook Ring ring Now you've got my
wtfftw
roof's about to blow ♩♪♩♬ ♬♩♪♩
Yes. Just been through the thread looking for this.
Jennaonthebeach
The mind is everything; what you think, you become
hitmouse
God laid a big egg in my heart to tell you this
There must be a fair few other Hard Skin songs that qualify, e.g.
Do any of the songs on Exile on Coldharbour Lane actually mention Coldharbour Lane? Sister Rosetta starts with "It's a rainy night in Brixton":
And sure there must be loads and loads of grime, like:
AverageJoe
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