London's music landmarks

The 1990s saw bands like Suede and Blur centre stage, complementing the funk and soul flavours of acts like Jamiroquai and Faithless to dance bands Basement Jaxx, and Groove Armada. London szerteágazó zenei energiái nem apadtak el azóta sem, jó példa erre a Razorlight, Dizzee Rascal, Lily Allen vagy éppen a Babyshambles.

Érdekes helyek

Abbey Road
London’s most famous rock ‘n’ roll landmark. 1969 augusztusában a Beatles egy tízperces fotózás apropóján kijött az Abbey Road-i stúdiókból St John’s Woodban, és elkészült a popzene egyik legikonikusabb képe, mely

Heddon Street
The cover of David Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars album was shot here in 1972. Bowie – mint Ziggy – a 23-as számú épület előtt lett lekapva.
Don’t miss nearby Carnaby Street: epicentre of 1960s fashion and centre of Swinging London that inspired The Kinks’ Dedicated Follower of Fashion, and later The Jam song Carnaby Street. A hely arculatváltáson esett át, hogy a 2000-es évek méltó új divatcentruma lehessen.

430 Kings Road
Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood renamed their shop ‘Sex’ in the mid-70s and it became the cradle of British punk, pioneering the punk look. Itt alakult meg a Sex Pistols is, főként az üzlet promótálása céljából.

23 Brook Street
A blue plaque marks the 1960s residence of guitar legend Jimi Hendrix.

34 Ridgmount Gardens
Where reggae legend Bob Marley has been honoured with a blue plaque. 1972-ben ez a ház volt a reggae-sztár első londoni otthona.

Berwick Street
Oasis chose this central London street for the cover of their classic Britpop album (What’s the Story) Morning Glory.

Waterloo Bridge
“Dirty old river, must you keep rolling” - Ray Davies paid homage to the Thames and London in the classic Kinks’ track, Waterloo Sunset.

The Savoy Hotel
The famous video for Bob Dylan’s Subterranean Homesick Blues was filmed in the street at the back of the hotel after he and Donovan had sat up all night writing the caption boards!

Denmark Street (Tin Pan Alley)
Area famous for its music shops and studios where The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and The Kinks recorded in basements in the 1960s. A Sex Pistols a Denmark Street 6. szám alatt lakott az 1970-es évek közepén, amikor olyan punk himnuszokat írtak, mint az ’Anarchy in the UK’ és a ’God Save the Queen’.

Londoni szórakozóhelyek

Barfly
Formerly known as The Monarch, this Camden music venue is a great place to see up-and-coming bands.

Koko
Formerly the Music Machine and then Camden Palace, this was an early venue for The Police, Siouxie and the Banshees and it has more recently hosted acts like Coldplay, Madonna and Babyshambles.

Carling Hammersmith Apollo
Formerly the Hammersmith Odeon, this large but somehow still intimate venue still hosts major entertainments. David Bowie itt végzett saját híres alteregójával – Ziggy Stardust-tal – 1973-as brit turnéja végén.

O2 Brixton Academy
Anyone who is anyone in the rock scene is likely to have played here under its beautiful, black velvet starry ceiling.

Wembley Stadium
Newly reconstructed Wembley Stadium netted the big cats and was the venue for the world’s biggest bands. Zeneileg legszebb óráit 1985-ben élte át a hely, amikor otthont adott a Live Aid koncertnek.