"Is that concrete all around, or is it in my head?" All The Young Dudes - Mott The Hoople. And then of course the writer of ATYD David Bowie; "Like to take a cement fix, be a standing cinema" Andy Warhol - David Bowie Are these early 70s glam rockers, who were both quite different before and became quite different afterwards, not implying that the city is the place to be? They don't mention London of course, but I think we can read between the syllables.