London Calling

[Brendan]

East Enders Theme - Simon May

[GSJ57]

Chelsea Drug Store was in the Kings Road - I went there a few times.... thought I was so cool..... I was 12 !

[capt_birdseye]

Brendan Wrote:

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> East Enders Theme - Simon May

I bet you googled him!

[Jeremy]

London's Burning is another good Clash one.

Strange Town is another good one by The Jam.

London by The Smiths (er... is it actually about London though?)

Bad Moon Rising always makes me think of London because of American Werewolf in London...

[Santerme]

How about some of the great BBC Talking Book CD's?

All the classics....

Include some Dickins, perhaps as a flavour of Victorian London.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Madness back catalogue

[Keef]

Not read everyone's ideas, but I'd go

Up the junction - Squeeze

Only living boy in New X - Carter USM

Chelsea Dagger - Fratellis

[daizie]

Cant believe no ones even mentioned chas n dave , or is that a bit common ?

[daizie]

p.s i spose it depends if you want him to return or not

[Moos]

giggirl, why Fake Plastic Trees? I'm intreegued.

[giggirl]

Moos Wrote:

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> giggirl, why Fake Plastic Trees? I'm intreegued.

For some reason I've got it into my head that it was directed at, amongst other things (relationships, obviously) living in London. Can't remember why I think that - I must have read it somewhere.

Px

[SteveT]

If he is returning to Seattle perhaps an umbrella would be more appropriate as it rains lots.

[LuLu Too]

The Lambeth Walk

Oranges & Lemons

And surely you've got to include Jerusalem.

[SeanMacGabhann]

I've never understood why Jerusalem was "English"? Anyone care to explain?

[LuLu Too]

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> I've never understood why Jerusalem was "English"?

> Anyone care to explain?

It's all in those lovely words of William Blake, Sean.

Did young JC hang out in Glasto or something??

And then, obviously, there's the vague Peckham connection!

[????]

Do you mean that litterally? William Blake, never left London apparently, darak satanic millis, "On England's Ggreen and pleasant land"

Or Symbolically - Blake talking aboiut building a 'new Jerusalem' or spirituality in England, leaning to socialism, (or more recently rugger buggers and the WI funnily enough)

[????]

or make your own mind up

And did those feet in ancient time,

Walk upon Englands mountains green:

And was the holy Lamb of God,

On Englands pleasant pastures seen!

And did the Countenance Divine,

Shine forth upon our clouded hills?

And was Jerusalem builded here,

Among these dark Satanic Mills?

Bring me my Bow of burning gold;

Bring me my Arrows of desire:

Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold:

Bring me my Chariot of fire!

I will not cease from Mental Fight,

Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand:

Till we have built Jerusalem,

In Englands green & pleasant Land.

[SeanMacGabhann]

you know what I've only gone and done...

* finds himself humming "Swing Low.... " *

* coughs *

[ontheedge]

The Sundays can't remember name of song but first line "england my country the home home of the free such beautiful weather" i think

[woofmarkthedog]

Stick you two fingers up at him as he leaves, then God save the queen on "Izal" bog paper over a comb.

Never will he forget you ( or ring you or call you or write you )

W**F

[daizie]

lol, hahaha but i think she likes him, lmfao

[LuLu Too]

ontheedge Wrote:

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> The Sundays can't remember name of song but first

> line "england my country the home home of the free

> such beautiful weather" i think

Good call, ontheedge. The song is "Can't be sure"... and I think you'll find it's miserable weather!

Takes me back 20 years to Uni *sigh*.

And as for you,Mr Smith; Amadan!

Now go read some Blake.

[ontheedge]

indeed miserable weather was it not '91 or '92 and what about the pogues dirty old town

[HonaloochieB]

London Girls - The Vibrators

London Lady - The Stranglers

England Swings - Roger Miller (nominally about England but really about London)

Saturday Gigs - Mott The Hoople

Good calls on White Man In The Hammersmith Palais, Waterloo Sunset and Rainy Night In Soho which was the song that my son and new bride did their first dance to at their wedding.

[SeanMacGabhann]

Amadan - ha - took me a while to figure out what you meant, but I got there - haven't heard that for a while! Fair point too