25 Songs about London

25 random songs about London. Links from YouTube, work within the UK. In no particular order:

 

1. Bar Italia / Pulp

2. West End Girls / Pet Shop Boys

3. Rossmore Road (NW1) / Barry Andrews

4. Street Tuff / Rebel MC

5. North West Three / Fatboy Slim

6. Werewolves of London / Warren Zevon

7. (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais / The Clash

8. What a Waste / Ian Dury

9. Park Life / Blur

10. Westway / Baby Ford

11. Brompton Oratory / Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

12. Sonny’s Lettah / Lynton Kwesi Johnson

13. Waterloo Sunset / The Kinks

14. Warwick Avenue / Duffy

15. Up The Junction / The Squeeze

16. Underneath the Arches / Bud Flanagan and Chesney Allen

17. Mayfair / Nick Drake

18. Towers of London / XTC

19. Jazzie’s Groove / Soul II Soul

20. Electric Avenue / Eddy Grant

21. (I Don’t Want To Go To) Chelsea / Elvis Costello

22. Dirty Water / The Inmates

23. Sound of the Suburbs / The Members

24. Talk of the Town / The Pretenders

25. Smiley Culture / Cockney Translation

3 Comments

  1. Billy|August 22, 2011

    I realize Clash is already on the list, but it just wouldn’t be complete without this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbD5v2xijqw

  2. DrBobsKerningMachine|August 25, 2011

    Not bad. I raise you:

    “Raining in London” by Isaac Hayes
    “Plaistow Patricia” by Ian Dury & the Blockheads
    “North London” by Wiley
    “Itchycoo Park” by the Small Faces
    “Insomnia” by Faithless

  3. Robin|August 29, 2011

    Waterloo / Abba
    Victoria / The Fall
    Going Underground / The Jam