• Music Thread

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 8:22 am**

A couple of less known ones to start with:

Andrew Leigh - Windy Baker Street

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLLJPkWD_cE

Iain Matthews - In London

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkJtvq1PUeQ

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 8:51 am**

The Jam - Down in the tube station at midnight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38vRXdfyLOA

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 9:11 am**

The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 9:17 am**

Chas & Dave

https://youtu.be/miJ35MfyvnM?si=30AHN7dyfeY8YSdh

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 10:55 am**

Jim Dale

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnQwIOiC1SI

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 11:34 am**

Pink Floyd…Another Brixton The Wall

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 12:44 pm**

Not a big fan of The Clash but this is probably my favourite song by them, top two anyway.

London Calling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhwk9PTPOpU

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 12:45 pm**

Alternatively anything by London Grammar or Julie London

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 12:47 pm**

Anything by London Wainwright III...

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 12:51 pm**

Shirley Ellis ... The Clap(ham)ping song

https://youtu.be/qWuSPPLtkEQ?si=JN_Ej8m-qrewYze8

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 12:59 pm**

(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 1:03 pm**

Ralph Mctell, The Streets of London.

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 1:22 pm**

and another Clash song - The Guns of Brixton.

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 1:35 pm**

https://youtu.be/2V4F3-oPOsg?si=vHLxKDwl2uRONK4W

My Name Is London Town

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 1:40 pm**

https://youtu.be/LN7h4neI4eU?si=hevSMXOQIy1lwXiR

Stranglers:- London Lady

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 1:55 pm**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGfefCPChEk

Indoor Pets - London (love to hate)

some amazing new music out there !!

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 1:58 pm**

A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square - various
Ealing Comedy - Soft Machine
A bomb in Wardour Street - the Jam
Maids of Bond Street - David Bowie
St Paul’s Suite - Gustav Holst

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 2:33 pm**

https://youtu.be/qae25976UgA?si=7zwnZbrGxL8x1fPm

Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 2:36 pm**

The future sound of London
https://youtu.be/9PJhTBFN5GE?si=j20jyi8q6Fi0xcN1

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 2:41 pm**

London Boys - T.Rex

https://youtu.be/0D6MJcQNIMY?si=M6CTKz4E2iC2c-l8

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 2:43 pm**

London Girls - The Vibrators

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 2:44 pm**

Ptangyangkipperbang wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 24, 2024 2:43 pm
London Girls - The Vibrators

Available on 12"

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 2:50 pm**

claretonthecoast1882 wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 24, 2024 2:44 pm
Available on 12"

At 78 rpm no doubt. Or with a hard drive. Or as a cylinder? Stop.....

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 2:51 pm**

Dire Straits - Wild West End

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Ad_J_2l0w

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 3:42 pm**

If you know this then hats off
Sacred - Do it together (London Massive)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VgLC_TMguc

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 4:10 pm**

West End Girls..PSB

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 4:24 pm**

Doesn't get more London than this...

London Nights by London Boys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpyg2Ig7wRo

Although they were from Germany.....

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 5:30 pm**

A Rainy Night In Soho. Pogues.

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 5:40 pm**

No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith - Motörhead (an album, not a song - but it’s got a London title)
Cricklewood Green - Ten Years After (as above)
Angel - Rod Stewart, Vinegar Joe.

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 5:41 pm**

9am Londonbeat.

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 6:06 pm**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEXHeTcxQy4

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 6:17 pm**

Chelsea girl - simple minds.

https://youtu.be/nj7h70RdI_c?si=86C6nu6PvkHUIwUh

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 6:20 pm**

Blur - London Loves
https://youtu.be/7GbhjFplF3w?si=U476ZSREtII7nEX5

Corduroy - London England
https://youtu.be/BhpVVLGZSao?si=y3E8CdyYLxfDrHIF

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 6:32 pm**

Streets of London. Ralph McTell.

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 7:31 pm**

Forgot the best of the lot - Willesden to Cricklewood. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros.

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 7:43 pm**

Jel wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 24, 2024 2:36 pm
The future sound of London
https://youtu.be/9PJhTBFN5GE?si=j20jyi8q6Fi0xcN1

PNG one of the best pieces of electronic music ever written

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 7:52 pm**

Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty

Sweet Thames Flow Softly- Ewan MacColl song mentioning riverside locations going upstream tied in with the course of a romance. Sung here by Christy Moore & Sinead O'Connor with Ewan's lad on guitar.

Not forgetting Marvin's Sexual Ealing

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 11:22 pm**

Wemberley! Wemberley! We're the famous Burnley FC and we're going to Wemberley!

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 11:40 pm**

UB40 - Kingston Town

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK5w0P9 ... nnel=UB40.

Posted: **Tue Sep 24, 2024 11:57 pm**

Marillion - Chelsea Monday
https://youtu.be/HgjLshrC_X0?si=vt7liJUTNnB7PAQI
Outstanding solo

Posted: **Wed Sep 25, 2024 12:00 am**

The Kinks "Lola" Soho

Posted: **Wed Sep 25, 2024 12:10 am**

Levellers - Cardboard Box City

https://youtu.be/ur5ISYzTMPw?si=gb0J7VLrLQyhiP3p

Sol Heilo - London Is Trouble

https://youtu.be/V6g0_nqou2A?si=nX4kPNE2A5i4TGJ8

Posted: **Wed Sep 25, 2024 1:34 am**

Who can forget the Wombles' classic "To Wimbledon With Love". (Though most of their songs have Wimbledon Common in there. One of the most London-centric bands of all.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK3G3mwunZU

Posted: **Wed Sep 25, 2024 7:24 am**

https://youtu.be/4NuKUOoxEW4?feature=shared London mentioned in the lyrics (Does that count?)

Homeboy Hippy and a Funky Dread..

Posted: **Wed Sep 25, 2024 7:32 am**

Vegas Claret wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 24, 2024 7:43 pm
PNG one of the best pieces of electronic music ever written
Did a good job with the sample.

https://youtu.be/WJFFp3AEwXQ?feature=shared Tune..

Posted: **Wed Sep 25, 2024 10:06 am**

Bread - London Bridge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GiV0qzzQjg

Posted: **Wed Sep 25, 2024 10:52 am**

Another London song from The Clash 'White Man In Hammersmith Palais'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAh5eN3k0Zw

Posted: **Wed Sep 25, 2024 3:45 pm**

Not the greatest fan of Punk generally but there are some exceptions!

Rancid - Ruby Soho

https://youtu.be/0P9QMkm9Eew

Posted: **Wed Sep 25, 2024 4:05 pm**

Wombles of Wimbledon common...the wobbles
Up the junction...squeeze
White man at Hammersmith palais...the clash
Long haired lover from Liverpool street...Jimmy osmond (joke, ha)

Posted: **Wed Sep 25, 2024 4:08 pm**

Wombles of Wimbledon common...wombles
Up the junction...squeeze
Long haired lover from Liverpool street ...jimmy osmond(joke)

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