This
blog has tried to feature London songs before. It’s very difficult to find a
song that doesn’t fall into the Cockney Pearly King and Queen trap, all having
a “right old knees up down the Old Kent Road”.
Well I have finally found one.
Jack White and Jools Holland singing the “St James Infirmary
Blues”. The song is based on an 18th
century traditional folk song where the narrator visits his dead sweet heart on a
cold, white mortuary slab. Not
as evocative as Jay-Z's, "Empire State of Mind" I agree (the
definitive song about a city) but if it's good enough for Jack White it's good enough for me.
Fantastic! What a talent!
ReplyDeleteSo Steve, did Jay-Z call the song Empire State of Mind because Billy Joel already had a song called New York State of Mind?
ReplyDeleteThat's a very good question. My guess is that Jay-Z has never heard of Billy Joel
DeleteHow can the singer of Uptown Girl have never been heard of!!!!!
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