Fake Plastic Trees & Common People - Songs About London
Une collection (incomplète) de chansons sur Londres de mes genres preférés - rock, pop, alternatif... et des autres.
Liste de 64 morceaux
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Common People
04 min.
Morceau de Pulp
Annotation :
"She came from Greece she had a thirst for knowledge
She studied sculpture at Saint Martin's College,
that's where I caught her eye"
Fake Plastic Trees (1996)
Fake Plastic Trees
04 min. Sortie : 15 juillet 1996 (France). Pop rock
Morceau de Radiohead
Annotation :
Sur une zone à Londres, Canary Wharf.
A Day in the Life
05 min.
Morceau de The Beatles
Annotation :
"I read the news today oh boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall."
Waterloo Sunset (2004)
Waterloo Sunset
03 min. Sortie : 15 juin 2004 (France). Pop rock
Morceau de The Kinks
Annotation :
"Dirty old river, must you keep rolling, rolling into the night
People so busy, make me feel dizzy, taxi light shines so bright
But I don't, need no friends
As long as I gaze on Waterloo Sunset, I am in paradise
Every day I look at the world from my window
But chilly, chilly is the evening time, Waterloo sunset's fine."
"Millions of people swarming like flies 'round Waterloo underground
But Terry and Julie cross over the river where they feel safe and sound"
For Tomorrow
04 min.
Morceau de Blur
Annotation :
"London ice cracks on a seamless line"
"London's so nice back in your seamless rythmes
But we're lost on the west way
So we hold each other tightly"
"Goes to a house in Emperor's Gate"
"Says, 'Let's take a drive to Primrose Hill"
"London ice can freeze your toes,
Like anyone, I suppose"
The Guns of Brixton
03 min.
Morceau de The Clash
Annotation :
"Born under the Brixton sun
His game is called survivin'"
Play With Fire
02 min.
Morceau de The Rolling Stones
Annotation :
"Your mother she's an heiress, owns a block in Saint John's Wood"
...
"Now she gets her kicks in Stepney
Not in Knightsbridge anymore"
Half a Person (1987)
Half a Person
03 min. Sortie : 1987 (France). Pop rock
Morceau de The Smiths
Annotation :
"Sixteen, clumsy and shy
I went to London and I,
I booked myself in at the Y ... W.C.A.
I said : "I like it here - can I stay ?
I like it here - can I stay?"
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (1987)
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
02 min. Sortie : 1987 (France). Hard/metal, Pop rock
Morceau de The Beatles
Annotation :
"The celebrated Mr. Kite
Performs his feat on Saturday at Bishopsgate"
Up the Bracket (2002)
Up the Bracket
02 min. Sortie : 2002 (France).
Morceau de The Libertines
Annotation :
"Saw two shadowed men on the Vallance Road
Said they'd pay me for your address
Oh, I was so bold"
...
"Saw the same two men on the Cally road
Said now they double their offer
I was so bold"
England (2010)
England
05 min. Sortie : 11 mai 2010 (France).
Morceau de The National
Annotation :
"You must be somewhere in London
You must be loving your life in the rain
You must be somewhere in London
Walking Abbey Lane"
...
"Famous angels never come through England
England gets the ones you never need"
Techno Fan (2011)
Techno Fan
03 min. Sortie : 25 avril 2011 (France).
Morceau de The Wombats
Annotation :
"East London's not a bomb site
It is a treasure chest
We use our penguin costumes
More than our evening dress"
Chelsea Girls (1967)
Chelsea Girls
07 min. Sortie : 1967 (France). Hard/metal
Morceau de Nico
Annotation :
"Here they come now
See them run now
Here they come now
Chelsea Girls"
Bar Italia (1996)
Bar Italia
03 min. Sortie : 27 février 1996 (France). Pop rock
Morceau de Pulp
Annotation :
"And now it's morning there's only one place we can go.
It's around the corner in Soho where other broken people go. Let's go."
Green Fields (2007)
Green Fields
02 min. Sortie : 23 janvier 2007 (France). Pop rock
Morceau de The Good, The Bad & The Queen
Annotation :
"I wrote this song years ago late at night somewhere on the Goldhawk Road
I was never sure how or why"
Sorted for E’s & Wizz (1996)
Sorted for E's & Wizz
03 min. Sortie : 27 février 1996 (France). Pop rock
Morceau de Pulp
Annotation :
"Oh yeah the pirate radio station told us what was going down
Got the tickets from some mashed up bloke in Camden Town
Oh and no-one seems to know exactly where it is
But that's okay 'cause we're all sorted out for E's and wizz"
London Loves (1994)
London Loves
04 min. Sortie : 14 juin 1994 (France). Pop rock
Morceau de Blur
Annotation :
"London loves
The way people just fall apart
London loves
The way you just don't stand a chance
London loves
The mystery of a speeding car"
Blue Jeans
03 min.
Morceau de Blur
Annotation :
"Air-cushioned soles, I bought them on the Portobello Road on Sunday"
Wild West End
04 min.
Morceau de Dire Straits
Annotation :
"I saw you walking out Shaftesbury Avenue"
...
"And we went down to Chinatown"
Maid of Bond Street (1997)
Maid of Bond Street
01 min. Sortie : juin 1997 (France).
Morceau de David Bowie
Annotation :
"This girl is a lonely girl
Takes the train from Paddington to Oxford Circus
Buys the Daily News
But passengers don't smile at her, don't smile at her"
"Maids of Bond street picture clothes, eyes of star
Maids of Bond street shouldn't have worldly cares
Maids of Bond street shouldn't have love affairs"
Dedicated Follower of Fashion (1994)
Dedicated Follower of Fashion
02 min. Sortie : 25 janvier 1994 (France). Pop rock
Morceau de The Kinks
Annotation :
"And when he does his little rounds,
'Round the boutiques of London Town,
Eagerly pursuing all the latest fads and trends,
'Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion"
...
"They seek him here, they seek him there,
In Regent Street and Leicester Square
Everywhere the Carnabetian army marches on,
Each one an dedicated follower of fashion"
Mile End (1996)
Mile End
04 min. Sortie : 9 juillet 1996 (France). Bande-originale
Morceau de Pulp
Annotation :
"I know this place off Burditt Road
It was on the fifteenth floor
it had a board across the door"
...
"Ooh, it's a mess alright,
yes it's Mile End"
Come Back to Camden (2004)
Come Back to Camden
04 min. Sortie : 18 mai 2004 (France). Pop rock
Morceau de Morrissey
Annotation :
"Drinking tea with the taste of the Thames
Sullenly on a chair on the pavement"
...
"Here you'll find, my heart and I
And still we say come back
Come back to Camden"
London Traffic (1997)
London Traffic
01 min. Sortie : 26 mai 1997 (France).
Morceau de The Jam
Annotation :
"London traffic (state of confusion)
London traffic (blocking the streets)
London traffic (going nowhere)
London traffic (polluting the air)
Drive round London in a car
Don't really want to go far
So many cars fill the streets
Wonder why we bother at all"
...
"Dirt and filth cover London
Give it a chance to breath again"
Piccadilly Palare (1990)
Piccadilly Palare
03 min. Sortie : 15 octobre 1990 (France). Pop rock
Morceau de Morrissey
Annotation :
"So why do you smile
when you think about Earls Court?
but you cry when you think of all
the battles you've fought (and lost)?"
The Eton Rifles (2002)
The Eton Rifles
03 min. Sortie : 2002 (France).
Morceau de The Jam
Annotation :
"Sup up your beer and collect your fags -
There's a row going on down near Slough"
Carnaby Street (1998)
Carnaby Street
02 min. Sortie : 1998 (France).
Morceau de The Jam
Annotation :
"Carnaby Street
The street is a mirror
For our country
Reflects the rise and fall
Of our nation
The street that was a legend
Is a mockery
A part of the British tradition
Gone down the drain"
Pentonville (2005)
Pentonville
03 min. Sortie : 14 novembre 2005 (France).
Morceau de Babyshambles
Annotation :
"Now in Pentonville there's all type of nation
Russian, Columbian and Jamaican
Latvian, Croatian and a Polishman
Indian, Chinaman down from Vietnam
And from the Carribbean an Jamaican
Poorly paid people formed the Irish gang
And the Scottish and the Englishman"
Gates of the West (1993)
Gates of the West
03 min. Sortie : 1993 (France). Pop rock
Morceau de The Clash
Annotation :
"I should be jumpin' shoutin' that I made it all this way
From Camden town station to 44th and 8th"
North London Trash (2008)
North London Trash
03 min. Sortie : 3 novembre 2008 (France).
Morceau de Razorlight
Annotation :
"I've got a hot body girlfriend
I've got a wallet full of cash
You can bury my body
I'm just North London trash, trash"