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traflagar sq. Rufus Wainwright
the nelson column line from rolling stones

― anthony, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Waterloo Sunset - the Kinks

― jel --, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Krome & Time ~ Manic Stampede (sandringham road rmx)

― gareth, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

This is e-z...

A side: Fox Base Alpha B Side: So Tough

― Robin, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The Hit Parade - In Gunnersbury Park

― gareth, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Costello - I Don't Want to Go to Chelsea

Moz - Piccadilly Palare

Lurkers - Fulham Fallout

The Jam - Carnaby Street

My Life Story - Mornington Crescent

St. Etienne - Archway People

The Clash - Guns of Brixton

Desperate Bicycles - New Cross, New Cross

Carter - 24 Hours from Tulse Hill

Not that you'd necessarily want to visit all these!

Recd Labels : Chiswick, Deptford Fun City

― Dr. C, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Pet Shop Boys - Kings Cross.

Abba - Waterloo.

― Billy Dods, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Shop Assistants - Caledonian Road
Microdisney - Singer's Hampstead Home
Suggs - Camden Town
Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street

― Graham C, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Kitchens Of Distinction: On Tooting Broadway Station

― Baxter Wingnut, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

TV Personalities: Parties In Chelsea

― Baxter Wingnut, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I refer you to the cornier efforts on Marcello's famous tube/band thread on ILE.

― Alan The Thread Killah, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I am giggling at the thought that anthony will think these places are really landmarks and will ask directions to Caledonian Road when he visits London.

Proper answer(?): Towers (sic) of London - XTC

― Jeff W, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

the LMC just issued a CD called Your Favourite London Sounds ("in lieu of RESONANCE, the next issue of which will be ready in november: thanks for yr patience")... and it's just that, a field recording everything from "Big Ben" to "Swifts Over Stoke Newington"

― mark s, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

(Gunnersbury Park is a great place...my friend says that there is going to be some sort of playstation festival going on there over the May bank holiday, bizarre)

― jel --, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Sirus - Big Ben

― Rick, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Microdisney - Singer's Hampstead Home

Kinks - Lavender Hill

― Dr. C, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Rolling Stones - "Play With Fire"
Television Personalities - "Part-Time Punks", "Oxford Street"
Kinks - "Denmark Street"
Roger Miller - "England Swings"

― Curt, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Caravan - "Waterloo Lilly" (On a trip through Picadilly...)

― Curt, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

'Storm The Palace' - Catatonia (also 'Londinium' from same lp mentions Euston and Paddington)

'Dirty' - Underworld

― Jeff W, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The Lines - 'Barbican' Snowpony - '10 [or 12?] Hours Out Of Dalston'

― David, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Is the Caledonian Road not where all the really rough prostitutes are?

I happen to know that the rhythm guitarist from a very well known (and frequently dissed here) band lives in that locale

― Leigh, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Not that you'd necessarily want to visit all these!

Quite right. Carnaby Street's an absolute dump.

Erm, something by Oval?

― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Okay, just things that could be called landmarks or tourist places. Destination Victoria Station - Johnny Cash. Buckingham Palace - Dillinger. The Mall - Gang Starr. Barbican Dub - Keith Hudson. Piccadilly Palare - Morrissey. London Bridge is Falling Down (Shame and Scandal in the Royal Family) - Mighty Sparrow.

― Martin Skidmore, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Beatles - "A Day In the Life" (Albert Hall)
Everything But the Girl - "Walking to You" (St. Martin's Lane, Leicester Sq.)
Nick Drake - "Mayfair"
Dire Straits - Wild West End (Shaftesbury Avenue, etc.)
Kinks - "Lola" (Soho)
Warren Zevon - "Werewolves of London" (Soho, Mayfair)
Blur - "Blue Jeans" (Portabello Road)
Black Box Recorder - "Gift Horse" (Notting Hill) Van Morrison - "He Ain't Give You None" (Notting Hill Gate, Curzon St.)

― Curt, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Goldhawkwind Road Goodge Street You Black Emperor = the new name of my band!!

― geeta, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)


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