"Fog matters to you and me, but it can't touch Sherlock Holmes. Dogs bark and he knows their breed. And knows where they went last night. Knows their masters too ..." The most famous London literary creation has to be Sherlock Holmes. There must surely be scores and scores of tourists that go on a pilgrimage to Baker Street to pay homage to the greatest ever detective. I have to confess to being a real Holmes buff, though stop short of adopting a derstalker like the Downliners Sect. There oddly seems to be a dearth of songs about the great man, but you can't beat Sparks'. The Dirtbombs do a fine cover though. So, here's Sparks and Sherlock Holmes ...A site dedicated to songs about London. As simple as that. The only rules are that the songs must be brilliant and that the blindingly obvious numbers are excluded. The songs may be explicitly about London or obliquely about the city in some way. This is a project that was deliberately designed to last for one year. It will remain live for people to explore. So please enjoy discovering the lost and found songs of London, and do please spread the word.
Monday, 5 October 2009
Sherlock Holmes
"Fog matters to you and me, but it can't touch Sherlock Holmes. Dogs bark and he knows their breed. And knows where they went last night. Knows their masters too ..." The most famous London literary creation has to be Sherlock Holmes. There must surely be scores and scores of tourists that go on a pilgrimage to Baker Street to pay homage to the greatest ever detective. I have to confess to being a real Holmes buff, though stop short of adopting a derstalker like the Downliners Sect. There oddly seems to be a dearth of songs about the great man, but you can't beat Sparks'. The Dirtbombs do a fine cover though. So, here's Sparks and Sherlock Holmes ...
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