London in Lyrics Ride

How about a ride taking in all the places in London mentioned in song lyrics?

Wikipedia has a few hundred ideas to get us started.

I'd be up for it if noone's allowed to look at wikipedia and the song titles have to feature the location.

ie obvious starter Waterloo Sunset. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square?

plenty of ride on the calendar already.

bridges - June
dockland - sep
halloween - Oct
aus day - jan
etc

doesn't have to be massive dogs. could be one Saturday afternoon, just an excuse to ride.

plenty of ride on the calendar already.

bridges - June
dockland - sep
halloween - Oct
anus day - jan
etc

what the hell is anus day?

hahahahaha

it's when funny speaking english people drink tea and eat scones, then stick fingers up their dates ;)

Electric Avenue, Brixton - Eddy Grant

this has been done long time ago in another thread.

Try putting a different slant on the ride/challange/race
You could put together a playlist of the decent cycling tunes from that london places list. then arrange them in geographical order such that if you played them on an iPod (at a push) you should hit each destination as the song starts? like a checkpoint

It's a fair bit of hassle but would be good fun. i try to get from Parliment Hill to my door before the final note of Smack My Bitch up. i then get through the front door and slap my woman about but thats another forum

I like that idea Greasy Slag. (The playlist, not the domestic violence).

I'm going to pinch it to put together a playlist for my commute that is timed to various points. Nerdilicious.

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/11/biking_sound_system_raise.html

We need one of these on the ride, playing a tune per landmark.

London Calling - The Clash

Job done.

Panic on the streets of London.

I don't want to go to London - Third Eye Blind

this has gone completely awry. WE'RE ALREADY IN LONDON DUDES....

oh yeah. shit.

what about the early millenium grime banger "Southside Allstars - Southside"

Might get a bit ghetto though, innit..bluhd

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_about_Manchester
You could ride up to watch Revolution track racing.
None of this 10mi around Londoneitbefore shite.

Bump?

warwick avenue, duffy
carnaby street, the jam

Saint Etienne, Girl VII:
Primrose Hill, Chalk Farm, Gospel Oak, Boston Manor, Arnos Grove, Tufnell Park, York Way, Clerkenwell, Portobello, Maida Vale, Old Ford, Kennington, Holland Park, Dollis Hill, London Fields, Haggerston, Canonbury, Tooting, Pollard's Hill, Plumstead Common, Silvertown.

"My underground train runs from Mile End to Ealing, From Brixton to Bounds Green" according to the Streets on Has It Come To This.

Not the most scenic of rides minds!

You just can't win, Them.