Cycling 'Themed' Songs Or Artists....
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NapoleonD wrote:Ride - Leave them all behind
OMG. I forgot all about Ride, I even had a long sleeve T with the letters of the band in square boxes, in corresponding colours of the first 4 EP's.
Nowhere is an excellent album, and I am now off up into the loft to dig it out.
God bless you.
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dmclite wrote:NapoleonD wrote:Ride - Leave them all behind
OMG. I forgot all about Ride, I even had a long sleeve T with the letters of the band in square boxes, in corresponding colours of the first 4 EP's.
Nowhere is an excellent album, and I am now off up into the loft to dig it out.
God bless you.
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Saw them at Reading 92. Fabulous. Can't believe I did'nt see the connection0 -
afx237vi wrote:all show no go wrote:afx237vi wrote:The thread title says "or artists"... yet no-one's mentioned the Delgados!
Umm, I mentioned them in my intro to the thread.
Oops, so you did. Their albums had cycling references too... one was called "Peloton" and another was "the Great Eastern", which is (was?) apparently a race in Scotland.
Always thought the latter might be an I.K. Brunel reference myself, but there you go. And no-one yet seems to have mentioned Half Man Half Biscuit's "A Lilac Harry Quinn" which seemed a blindingly obvious one!
David"It is not enough merely to win; others must lose." - Gore Vidal0 -
Boards of Canada - Happy Cycling.0
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Spinning Wheel Blues - Status Quo."There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."0
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The Smiths" This Charming Man
" Punctured bicycle on a hillside desolate. Will nature make a man of me yet? "0 -
Old hippies don't die, they just lie low until the laughter stops and their time comes round again.
Joseph Gallivan0 -
The Only One - Billy Bragg
"The chain that came off my bike last night, is now wrapped around my heart..."0 -
"I've got a bike you can ride it if you like
It's got a basket, a bell and other things to make it look good
I'd give it to you if I could
But I borrowed it"
Bike - Pink Floyd0 -
No-one has mentioned the completely obvious yet:
Kraftwerk - Tour de France0 -
Ah. Red cheeks indeed!0
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Bicycle race-Queen
Ride-TyrYou live and learn. At any rate, you live0 -
Joeyfat - From Valreas ToVillard
It's the second song on the player on this myspace: http://www.myspace.com/silverrocketclub0 -
Flux of Pink Indians - I love tube disasters........0
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Wow - Flux of Pink Indians - now there's a blast from the past. Awesome!sheepworryingbhoy wrote:Flux of Pink Indians - I love tube disasters........0 -
Porgy wrote:The Smiths" This Charming Man
" Punctured bicycle on a hillside desolate. Will nature make a man of me yet? "
Another Smiths cycling reference in Back To The Old House: "When you cycled by, here began all my dreams, the saddest thing I've ever seen"
David"It is not enough merely to win; others must lose." - Gore Vidal0 -
Die Prinzen – Mein Fahrrad (song about feeling good about having a bike)
Part translation:
Oh how I love my bicycle
Why, I don’t exactly know,
I’ll be faithful to my bike
In contrast to my wife,
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Every monkey drives a Ford
Every idiot drives a Porsche
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Every dunce a Jaguar,
Only connosieurs rides bike
And are always quicker there
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5XhEcsrg_Y&feature=related
Jango Edwards – Bicycle Seat (song about a different job)
Part of lyrics:
When I was a little boy
My momma, she said to me
Son, When you get big grow up
What you wanna be
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There's one job I'd like to have,
You can never beat
To be bolted to a chrome frame and be a bicycle seat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSL6nzNPLP8
Yves Montand - A Bicyclette (about childhood romance, from before my time but still heard on French radio today)
Part translation:
We left early in the morning
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On bikes
We were all good mates
There was Fernand and there was Firmin
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And then there was Paulette
We were all in love with her
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOZPWpiNUWQ
Lino Carballo - Heroes (song about a few great cyclists, even Agostinho gets a mention)
Part translation:
The thing the great Merckx was afraid of
Was to see Fuente climb and attack
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Who is this bald rider, the one with the handkerchief?
Who is that making a break? It's Pantani. Il Pirate!
http://es.getalyric.com/escuchar/zGnUI0tA72E/debuxos_reanimados_combarro_concert_2007_heroes_
Not really cycling but …
Ride Like The Wind – Christopher Cross0 -
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Fey Scots indie pop band the BMX BanditsCannondale Supersix / CAAD9 / Boardman 9.0 / Benotto 30000
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Kaiser Chiefs' My Kind Of Guy contains a good few cycling references (http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk/songs/kaiser ... of-guy.php) which may well relate to an episode in one of the band members' younger years (as one or two of the other Yours Truly, Angry Mob tracks do).
David (I used to live near the real-life Highroyds, y'know)"It is not enough merely to win; others must lose." - Gore Vidal0 -
The Smiths video for "Stop me if you think youv'e heard this one before" has a lot of small Mozzear and Morrisey cycling. I know it doesn't count, but any excuse. 0
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Back on the Chaingang...The Pretenders.
Ain't no Mountain High Enough...Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell.0 -
Frank Black - (Just another) 10 percenter0
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wiggle it, just a little bit
chain reaction, diana ross
pump it up, elvis costello and the attractions
the tubes
framed, Alex Harvey
you can ring my bell0 -
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When the Oil Runs Out - Newtown Neurotics
"Whats gonna happen when cycling becomes a strain
and you need a drop of 3 in 1 on your bicycle chain
what are you gonna do,
what are you gonna do
when the oil runs out."
Obviously no one told them about Prolink Progold...0 -
dmclite wrote:The Smiths video for "Stop me if you think youv'e heard this one before" has a lot of small Mozzear and Morrisey cycling. I know it doesn't count, but any excuse.
On that basis I remember that the Style Council were very keen on cycling at one point - they donned lycra gear and rode bikes in one of their videos - can't eremember which one though.0 -
Bike - Pink Floyd
I've got a bike, you can ride it if you like.
It's got a basket, a bell that rings
And things to make it look good.
I'd give it to you if I could, but I borrowed it.
Check it out....!Giant XTC Pro-Carbon
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