[Music] Musical Street Map

[Stato]

There’s the gold! Never knew as a kid that what I thought was somewhere called ‘Greysthurrock‘ was actually two places.

 

[studio150]

Its a made up street name, the poem was based on the environment in Salford, and there is no Beasley Street in Salford.

Great track though

 

[zefarelly]

This nails it for me

 

[Jam The Man]

I’ve had this in my hallway for the last 10 years, and a movie equivalent:

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

It's not a road etc but does Sovereign Light Cafe by Keane count? It does reference Powdermill Lane and several other roads in the area.

Sovereign Light Café · W Parade, Bexhill-on-Sea TN39 3DX

★★★★☆ · Cafe

www.google.com

 

[North of Robertsbridge]

Look at me mum
Squatting pissed in a tube hole at Tottenham Court Road
I just come out of The Ship
Talking to the most
Blonde I ever met
Shouting
Lager, lager, lager, lager
Shouting
Lager lager, lager lager
Shouting
Lager, lager, lager, lager
Shouting
Lager, lager, lager
Shouting

Underworld, Born Slippy

Somehow it really resonates

 

[South Stand Bonfire]

I tend to come alive, down in Devil Gate Drive.

devil gate drive - Google Search

 

[Pevenseagull]

Not a road, a specific building.

101 Chislehurst High Street used to be 'Hong Kong Garden'.

101 High Street Noble House Restaurant

chislehurst-society.org.uk

 

[BN9 BHA]

 

[Is it PotG?]

Oh my days, I still love that Faith Brothers song

 

[Lincolnshire Seagull]

 

[Stato]

I’ve had this in my hallway for the last 10 years, and a movie equivalent:

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Game over.

(Though I'm not having 'Arnold Layne')

Good to see 'Charlotte Street' from one of my all time favourite albums. Actually Upper Street in Islington: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/oct/08/lloyd-cole-and-the-commotions-how-we-made-rattlesnakes

 

[Weststander]

A cover of the 1953 song about the famous NYC road.

 

[Gazwag]

Old Shoreham Road mentioned in a song by The North Stand

 

[Whitechapel]

A couple of Portslade landmarks get a mention and appear in the video.

 

[BN9 BHA]

 

[Is it PotG?]

Schmokin'

 

[BN9 BHA]

 

[el punal]

After @el punal 's request for songs that reference US states, can we provide an A-Z Guide to Music's thoroughfares?

Name songs that reference Streets, Avenues, Roads etc. Extra kudos if the street is real and you can map it to a city, town, post/zip code etc.

Start in Belfast BT5 5NT



And without Googling, who can identify the musical pseudonym of Canning Highway, Perth?

Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant. I’m pretty sure it’s in Brixton and was at the centre of the riots in 1981.

Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty. I think everyone knows where that is.

Warwick Avenue - Duffy. Just around the corner from Baker Street.

Plaistow Patricia - Ian Dury and the Blockheads. Look, this just deserves to be mentioned because it’s rude and brilliant and has the Mile End Road in the lyrics.

 

[zefarelly]

An under rated album. A proper band on top form.

BoT . . . Another place several of us have lived . . .