Talk:List of songs about London

message: *Which part of the lyrics or title of "I'm the Face" by the High Numbers, refer to London in ANY way? Lion King 01:35, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The Rolling Stones are a British band, and although You Can't Always Get What You Want references a "drug store" it also says that the narrator there met "Jimmy" (Jimi?) who "looked really ill".  I think this is a reference to Jimi Hendrix, who died in Chelsea, London, at about the time the song was released. -- 92.40.246.178 (talk) 05:59, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: 'The Chelsea Drug Store' was a nightclub on the Kings Road in the sixties/seventies. Demolished now I think.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.141.82.192 (talk) 12:20, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I want to add a song title beginning with Q but there's no provision for it. Can anyone set it up? 80.189.143.139 (talk) 17:16, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Q is missing 

message: Absolutely, but
:"Paul Simon is American (although he lived in London for a while) so Blessèd most likely references SoHo,"
Where is your evidence for this? Blessed was recorded in December 1965 after Simon's return from an extended stay in Britain. The name SoHo in New York appears to date from the 1970s . Several Simon songs of this time were reputedly written in England, notably Scarborough Fair and Homeward Bound. London's Soho certainly has its fair share of "meth drinkers, pot sellers .. illusion dwellers..  stained glass, window pane glass .. cheap hookers, groovy lookers". Pterre (talk) 13:34, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: PS I don't have access to the original lyrics, but the first 10 Google hits for the lyrics give "I've walked around Soho" (or soho), not SoHo. Pterre (talk) 13:41, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Beware of ambiguous location names? 

message: * All the red links! I don't know what the standard is but should they be in there? Could someone inform.
* Lack of citations. Some of the songs have a line attached to them but that looks clumsy. Would it not be better if we had a nicely formatted table with a column for explanations why songs are included? In the current system, anyone could include a song and it would probably go unnoticed... Is anyone good with tables? Prylon (talk) 02:35, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problems with list 

message: I propose that songs in these categories be listed as follows:
1. songs with their own articles that are very much about the subject
2a. songs, from albums with their own articles, that are very much about the subject
2b. songs with their own articles that moderately refer to the subject, directly or indirectly
3a. songs, from artists with their own articles, that are very much about the subject3b. songs, from albums with their own articles, that moderately refer to the subject, directly or indirectly
3c. songs with their own articles that occasionally or once refer to the subject
4a. songs that are very much about the subject
4b. songs, from artists with their own articles, that moderately refer to the subject, directly or indirectly
4c. songs, from albums with their own articles, that occasionally or once refer to the subject
5a. songs that that moderately refer to the subject, directly or indirectly
5b. songs, from artists with their own articles, that occasionally or once refer to the subject
6. others (exclusive—not elsewhere on the list
a. albums about the subject
b. songs about different subjects, but from the same name, such as "Los Angeles" by Frank Black (which may be about Los Ángeles, Chile; or Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet’s “Memories of Gay Paree" may be about Paris, Ontario.
c. songs that aren’t about the city namely, lyrically, or by content; but the video is. The lyrics of Luscious Jackson’s Citysong, Daughters Of The Kaos, and 69 Année Érotique might have nothing to do about New York City, but in the videos, it’s quite prominent.
7. others (inclusive—elsewhere on the list)
a. songs with videos that are notable and/or made by the artist/producer/record company specifically to promote the song
b. specific type of songs, say Heavy Metal songs about LA, or Punk songs about New York City
c. songs within a more specified area, such as Harlem, Manhattan, Hollywood, or  Parkdale (Toronto 
d. songs immediately outside the specific area, such as the  County of Los Angeles  or  Huntington Beach
e. songs that appear on other lists. Is Neil Diamond’s “I am I said” about New York City, Los Angeles, or rootlessness? It appears on his discography, and it might appear on a future list of songs covered by Killdozer.
8. unsorted i.e. editor posts an entry here, or it’s moved here by editors who doubt where it is previously on the list.
If any sections get too lengthy, one might create new lists: combined in the case of 1 to 5, and separate in the case of 6 and 7.
Note: I’ve posted this on,
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Civic Cat (talk) 23:08, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  a proposal 

message: I've removed "To Sir With Love" by Lulu--which has its own article here as it makes no reference to London. Perhaps it should be put on the List of songs about teachers (Hot for Teacher, Teacher's Pet, Don't Stand So Close to Me, and my favourite, 38 Special's Teacher Teacher).
I've also removed "The Lass Near Primrose Hill" by Anonymous as there is no such song or (musical) group in Wikipedia (too busy pestering Scientology, I suppose), though Google seems to indicate it's a book.
I didn't remove Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits and A Day in the Life by The Beatles ("now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall"); but I wonder if they are appropriate.
In the former, there is one reference to London. In the second, I have a feeling that the news that John Lennon heard about Albert Hall could have been heard by many in much of the UK. I'm not British, nor have I been to Britain, but unless double decker buses are exclusive to London, it's possible that the bus that Paul made in seconds flat, to go upstairs, and have his smoke (a marihuana reefer?), may have been in some other city. Keep in mind that both were from Liverpool. Does Liverpool have double deckers?
But the Albert Hall is in London!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.180.251.63 (talk) 10:51, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: A Day In The Life is not about a man called Albert Hall. The news story Lennon heard was about potholes in Blackburn, Lancashire which said that there were enough of them to fill "the Albert Hall", referring to the Royal Albert Hall, a famous arts venue in London. I'm quite amused that you thought it was about a bloke called Albert Hall. Brilliant. 62.64.170.154 (talk) 04:59, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  my edits 

message: Hello Wikipedia,
Thank you for putting my song Highbury on the Songs About London section.
You have listed it Highbury from The Happy Face album.
However, could you please change this to Highbury by Ivor Game
The song is indeed from the Happy Face album by me, Ivor Game, but at
the moment the wikipedia entry does not mention my name which is important.
Thank you very much,
All the best,
Ivor
Ivor Game  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.196.231.29 (talk) 19:43, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I updated the page. Have a nice day :) —Noiratsi (talk) 08:53, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  From Ivor Game re Songs About London 

message: Given the content of this article, should we retitle it to Lists of songs that include a mention of somewhere in Greater London, however trivial? --Michig (talk) 13:11, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
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