Thursday, 22 June 2023

Benny Mixtape: New York v London

NYC v London

A mixtape based losely on a recent this house believes about which city is better. One side is for London. The other for New York.

Songs in contention

Clash - London Calling
Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Siouxsie & Banshees - Hong Kong Garden (Chislehurst Chinese Takeaway)
Small Faces - Itchycoo Park
Hubert Gregg - Maybe because I'm a Londoner
Marillion - Kayleigh (Belsize Park)
Elvis Costello - Hoover Factory (Five miles out of London)
Squeeze - Up the junction (Clapham)
Lily Allen - LDN
MIA - Galang
Carter USM - Only living boy in New Cross
Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London

Frank Sinatra - New York New York
Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind
Simon & Garfunkel - Only Living boy in New York
Beastie Boys - Hello Brooklyn
Duke Ellington - Take the A Train
Odyssey - Native New Yorker
Tom Waits - Downtown Train
Kirsty & Pogues - Fairytale of New York

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1] London
1. Clash - London Calling
2. Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
3. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
4. Siouxsie & Banshees - Hong Kong Garden (Chislehurst Chinese Takeaway)
5. Carter USM - Only living boy in New Cross
6. Hubert Gregg - Maybe because I'm a Londoner
[Side 2] NYC
7. Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind
8. Odyssey - Native New Yorker
9. Duke Ellington - Take the A Train
10. Tom Waits - Downtown Train
11. Simon & Garfunkel - Only living boy in New York
12. Frank Sinatra - New York New York
Hidden: Sting - Englishman in New York

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