Destination: London
Various Artists
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- The Basics
Much as we love to stoke the fires of the Pom-Aus rivalry, we all know that a ticket to London is a passport to the city of great music, intensive pub culture, and 24-hour party people. So if you're heading over to Old Blighty anytime soon, take along these Essentials as your sonic companions: the Pogues set you up for "A Rainy Night in Soho," the Clash heralds your arrival with "London Calling," and the Chemical Brothers direct you to clubland with "Hold Tight London." Rock 'n' roll London gets mucky, in Next Steps.
$38.61 The Basics
Parental AdvisoryName Artist Time Price 1 London Calling The Clash 3:19 $2.19 View In iTunes 2 Baker Street Foo Fighters 5:37 $2.19 View In iTunes 3 London Still The Waifs 3:46 $1.69 View In iTunes 4 West End Girls Pet Shop Boys 4:45 $2.19 View In iTunes 5 Warwick Avenue Duffy 3:46 $2.19 View In iTunes 6 Strange Town The Jam 3:47 $1.69 View In iTunes 7 Towers of London XTC 5:24 $2.19 View In iTunes 8 Cool Britannia The Bonzo Dog Band 0:57 $2.19 View In iTunes 9 Hold Tight London The Chemical Brothers 6:00 $2.19 View In iTunes 10 A Rainy Night In Soho The Pogues 4:45 $1.69 View In iTunes 11 ExplicitLondon Bridge Fergie 3:28 $2.19 View In iTunes 12 Waterloo ABBA 2:48 $2.19 View In iTunes 13 London Boys The Go-Go's 2:39 $2.19 View In iTunes 14 Up the Junction Squeeze 3:06 $2.19 View In iTunes 15 Werewolves of London Warren Zevon 3:25 $1.69 View In iTunes 16 (I Don't Want to Go To) Chelsea Elvis Costello 3:10 $2.19 View In iTunes 17 Next Plane To London Chocolate Seastorm 2:33 $1.69 View In iTunes 18 Heart of the City Nick Lowe 2:07 $1.69 View In iTunes 19 Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd 5:34 $2.19 View In iTunes Total: 19 Songs - Next Steps
"The lift is always full of piss, the fifth floor landing smells of fish": no one said London was non-stop glamour — in fact, the city's grubby backside, captured here by Jarvis Cocker on Pulp's "Mile End," is why it has remained a beacon of authenticity, ever reluctant to put on airs and graces. Still, you're sure to experience sublime moments, perhaps at sunset on Primrose Hill (Fatboy Slim's "North West Three") or further up the Northern Line ("Highgate Shuffle"). Barry Crocker misses home, in Deep Cuts.
$40.87 Next StepsName Artist Time Price 1 London Loves blur 4:15 $2.19 View In iTunes 2 Highgate Shuffle Rod Stewart 3:54 $1.69 View In iTunes 3 London Skies Jamie Cullum 3:42 $1.69 View In iTunes 4 Chelsea Dagger The Fratellis 3:35 $1.69 View In iTunes 5 North West Three Fatboy Slim 4:30 $1.69 View In iTunes 6 Whippin' Piccadilly (Turbo Version) Gomez 3:20 $2.19 View In iTunes 7 Born To Be A Dancer Kaiser Chiefs 3:30 $1.69 View In iTunes 8 London Bombs Eskimo Joe 3:51 $1.69 View In iTunes 9 Carnaby Street Sonic World Orchestra 3:45 $1.69 View In iTunes 10 Mile End Pulp 4:30 $1.69 View In iTunes 11 City of London Mekons 4:02 $1.69 View In iTunes 12 Aftermath R.E.M. 3:52 $1.69 View In iTunes 13 CleanBlack Boy Lane Babyshambles 2:47 $1.69 View In iTunes 14 Notting Hill Blues Aztec Camera 6:41 $1.69 View In iTunes 15 CleanMornington Crescent Belle and Sebastian 5:40 $1.69 View In iTunes 16 Trafalgar Square Chris Difford 3:22 $1.69 View In iTunes 17 LDN Lily Allen 3:10 $2.19 View In iTunes 18 Guns of Brixton Calexico 3:59 $1.69 View In iTunes 19 Itchycoo Park Small Faces 2:48 $1.69 View In iTunes 20 Camden Town Suggs 3:52 $1.69 View In iTunes 21 Portobello Belle Dire Straits 4:31 $2.19 View In iTunes 22 A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square Harry Connick, Jr. 5:10 $1.69 View In iTunes 23 Big Ben Chimes Carter, Cantrell & Nightwing 2:36 $1.69 View In iTunes Total: 23 Songs - Deep Cuts
It's practically an Aussie rite of passage to live in a rundown Earl's Court crash-pad at some point during any London trip, but Barry Crocker's version of the experience ("Earls Court Blues") belongs to a bygone era, in the early days of our colonization. The modern London belongs to breakfast at Mario's Cafe in Kentish Town (immortalised by St. Etienne) and Renegade Soundwave's delirium-inducing "Brixton." When it comes time to leave, cue up Bowie's "London Bye Ta Ta."
$42.87 Deep CutsName Artist Time Price 1 Primrose Hill John & Beverley Martyn 2:55 $1.69 View In iTunes 2 Harrow Road (Ska Mix) Big Audio Dynamite 3:39 $1.69 View In iTunes 3 Last Train to London Electric Light Orchestra 4:30 $2.19 View In iTunes 4 London Bye Ta-Ta David Bowie 2:36 $2.19 View In iTunes 5 Old River Thames Automatics 4:16 $1.69 View In iTunes 6 Leicester Square Rancid 2:34 $1.69 View In iTunes 7 Mario's Cafe Saint Etienne 4:37 $1.69 View In iTunes 8 Walking Back to Waterloo Bee Gees 3:50 $1.69 View In iTunes 9 I Luv U (Original Mix) Dizzee Rascal 4:04 $1.69 View In iTunes 10 King's Cross Pet Shop Boys 5:12 $2.19 View In iTunes 11 London Social Degree Billy Nicholls 2:20 $1.69 View In iTunes 12 Has It Come to This? (Original Mix) The Streets 4:05 $1.69 View In iTunes 13 Jeffrey Goes to Leicester Square Jethro Tull 2:12 $2.19 View In iTunes 14 Gertcha Chas & Dave 3:54 $1.69 View In iTunes 15 For Tomorrow blur 4:20 $2.19 View In iTunes 16 Brixton Renegade Soundwave 3:17 $2.19 View In iTunes 17 Old Kent Road Pipas 2:38 $1.69 View In iTunes 18 London In Love I Heart Hiroshima 3:00 $1.69 View In iTunes 19 Debris Faces 4:36 $1.69 View In iTunes 20 Meltdown (At Madame Tussaud's) Steve Taylor 4:27 $2.19 View In iTunes 21 Old Father Thames Peter Dawson 3:23 $1.69 View In iTunes 22 You Can't Always Get What You Want The Rolling Stones 7:28 $2.19 View In iTunes 23 Crouch End Star~Trip 7:43 $1.69 View In iTunes Total: 23 Songs - Complete Set
There are several ways to navigate your way around London — but if you plan to rely on the bare necessities, pack a map of the Underground and these tunes, which have been carefully chosen to constitute a geography of sound for Aussies new to the big smoke. Get a feel for Clapham via Squeeze ("Up the Junction"), sample Donovan's jazzy version of "Sunny Goodge Street," drift through Belle & Sebastian's mellow rendering of "Mornington Crescent," picture the Sex Pistols on a Thames barge thrashing out "God Save the Queen" . . . and then visit all those places and experience the city for yourself.
$122.35 Complete SetParental AdvisoryName Artist Time Price 1 London Calling The Clash 3:19 $2.19 View In iTunes 2 Baker Street Foo Fighters 5:37 $2.19 View In iTunes 3 London Still The Waifs 3:46 $1.69 View In iTunes 4 West End Girls Pet Shop Boys 4:45 $2.19 View In iTunes 5 Warwick Avenue Duffy 3:46 $2.19 View In iTunes 6 Strange Town The Jam 3:47 $1.69 View In iTunes 7 Towers of London XTC 5:24 $2.19 View In iTunes 8 Cool Britannia The Bonzo Dog Band 0:57 $2.19 View In iTunes 9 Hold Tight London The Chemical Brothers 6:00 $2.19 View In iTunes 10 A Rainy Night In Soho The Pogues 4:45 $1.69 View In iTunes 11 ExplicitLondon Bridge Fergie 3:28 $2.19 View In iTunes 12 Waterloo ABBA 2:48 $2.19 View In iTunes 13 London Boys The Go-Go's 2:39 $2.19 View In iTunes 14 Up the Junction Squeeze 3:06 $2.19 View In iTunes 15 Werewolves of London Warren Zevon 3:25 $1.69 View In iTunes 16 (I Don't Want to Go To) Chelsea Elvis Costello 3:10 $2.19 View In iTunes 17 Next Plane To London Chocolate Seastorm 2:33 $1.69 View In iTunes 18 Heart of the City Nick Lowe 2:07 $1.69 View In iTunes 19 Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd 5:34 $2.19 View In iTunes 20 London Loves blur 4:15 $2.19 View In iTunes 21 Highgate Shuffle Rod Stewart 3:54 $1.69 View In iTunes 22 London Skies Jamie Cullum 3:42 $1.69 View In iTunes 23 Chelsea Dagger The Fratellis 3:35 $1.69 View In iTunes 24 North West Three Fatboy Slim 4:30 $1.69 View In iTunes 25 Whippin' Piccadilly (Turbo Version) Gomez 3:20 $2.19 View In iTunes 26 Born To Be A Dancer Kaiser Chiefs 3:30 $1.69 View In iTunes 27 London Bombs Eskimo Joe 3:51 $1.69 View In iTunes 28 Carnaby Street Sonic World Orchestra 3:45 $1.69 View In iTunes 29 Mile End Pulp 4:30 $1.69 View In iTunes 30 City of London Mekons 4:02 $1.69 View In iTunes 31 Aftermath R.E.M. 3:52 $1.69 View In iTunes 32 CleanBlack Boy Lane Babyshambles 2:47 $1.69 View In iTunes 33 Notting Hill Blues Aztec Camera 6:41 $1.69 View In iTunes 34 CleanMornington Crescent Belle and Sebastian 5:40 $1.69 View In iTunes 35 Trafalgar Square Chris Difford 3:22 $1.69 View In iTunes 36 LDN Lily Allen 3:10 $2.19 View In iTunes 37 Guns of Brixton Calexico 3:59 $1.69 View In iTunes 38 Itchycoo Park Small Faces 2:48 $1.69 View In iTunes 39 Camden Town Suggs 3:52 $1.69 View In iTunes 40 Portobello Belle Dire Straits 4:31 $2.19 View In iTunes 41 A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square Harry Connick, Jr. 5:10 $1.69 View In iTunes 42 Big Ben Chimes Carter, Cantrell & Nightwing 2:36 $1.69 View In iTunes 43 Primrose Hill John & Beverley Martyn 2:55 $1.69 View In iTunes 44 Harrow Road (Ska Mix) Big Audio Dynamite 3:39 $1.69 View In iTunes 45 Last Train to London Electric Light Orchestra 4:30 $2.19 View In iTunes 46 London Bye Ta-Ta David Bowie 2:36 $2.19 View In iTunes 47 Old River Thames Automatics 4:16 $1.69 View In iTunes 48 Leicester Square Rancid 2:34 $1.69 View In iTunes 49 Mario's Cafe Saint Etienne 4:37 $1.69 View In iTunes 50 Walking Back to Waterloo Bee Gees 3:50 $1.69 View In iTunes 51 I Luv U (Original Mix) Dizzee Rascal 4:04 $1.69 View In iTunes 52 King's Cross Pet Shop Boys 5:12 $2.19 View In iTunes 53 London Social Degree Billy Nicholls 2:20 $1.69 View In iTunes 54 Has It Come to This? (Original Mix) The Streets 4:05 $1.69 View In iTunes 55 Jeffrey Goes to Leicester Square Jethro Tull 2:12 $2.19 View In iTunes 56 Gertcha Chas & Dave 3:54 $1.69 View In iTunes 57 For Tomorrow blur 4:20 $2.19 View In iTunes 58 Brixton Renegade Soundwave 3:17 $2.19 View In iTunes 59 Old Kent Road Pipas 2:38 $1.69 View In iTunes 60 London In Love I Heart Hiroshima 3:00 $1.69 View In iTunes 61 Debris Faces 4:36 $1.69 View In iTunes 62 Meltdown (At Madame Tussaud's) Steve Taylor 4:27 $2.19 View In iTunes 63 Old Father Thames Peter Dawson 3:23 $1.69 View In iTunes 64 You Can't Always Get What You Want The Rolling Stones 7:28 $2.19 View In iTunes 65 Crouch End Star~Trip 7:43 $1.69 View In iTunes Total: 65 Songs
