London 1

Artist Song
The Kinks  Waterloo Sunset 
Wings  London Town 
Ralph McTell  The Streets Of London 
Cat Stevens  Portobello Road 
Joni Mitchell  Chelsea Morning 
Steeleye Span  Barnet Fair 
Jethro Tull  Mother Goose 
The Rolling Stones  Play With Fire 
Paul Weller  Down In The Tube Station At Midnight 
Morrissey  Dagenham Dave 
Blur  London Loves 
Pulp  Mile End 
Cinerama  King's Cross 
Trembling Blue Stars  A London Story 
The Pogues  A Rainy Night In Soho 
Heather Nova  London Rain 
Squeeze  Up the Junction 
Jon Bon Jovi  Midnight in Chelsea 
The Clash  London Calling 
The Jam  Going Underground 
Stiff Little Fingers  Piccadilly Circus 

Comment:

London is my absolutely favourite city, and so many beautiful songs have been written about it, so here they are. Of course, The Jam, The Clash, and the Smiths just have to be on this CD, and all these well known tunes like "The Streets of London" or "Waterloo Sunset". Most are quite obvious London songs, since they either have "London" or a London place name in their title. Yet, sometimes it's the lyrics: "As I did walk by hampstead fair", "Was it really true there are elephants and lions too, in Piccadilly Circus" ("Mother Goose"), "Your mother she's an heiress, owns a block in St. John's Wood", "Now she gets her kicks in Stepney, not in Knightsbridge anymore" ("Play with Fire"), "Do you remember loving on the floor in Belsize Park" ("Kayleigh"). My London soundtrack :)

Feedback:

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yoyodyne
Date: 6/30/2004
i thought the joni mitchell track was about the chelsea hotel in new york. regardless, this is an awesome mix!!! a love letter to a wonderful city.
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Lavender
Date: 6/30/2004
well, it's such a nice song and maybe the hotel is named after chelsea in london ;)))
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mindtricks_xx
Date: 6/30/2004
I'm getting sick of seeing the Kinks, but I like the Cat Stevens and Stones picks.
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PradaMeinhof
Date: 6/30/2004
In a purely helpful way, I don't think Dagenham is in London. It's in Essex.

And The Jam are from Woking and "Going Underground" is not about the tube.
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Moe
Date: 6/30/2004
Really nice stuff on both mixes! I've only been there once, but I loved the city.
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Dom1
Date: 6/30/2004
Mind u...according to the news tonight..as far up as Leicester is being referred to as Greater London!
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Lavender
Date: 7/1/2004
i thought "going underground" was so associated with london & the tube ... and dagenham actually is a london borough. i cannot be that fussy ;)
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12vman
Date: 7/1/2004
Lots o' hair-splitting in these here comments, if you ask me - what's that? - you did't ask me? - oh well -
Damn fine mix - and certainly brings to mind the spirit of the place, even if not geographically correct (yet, I'd take the word of a true blue citizen of the crown like Dom) - London may be my favo(u)rite city - it's at least in the top three...