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| An alternative playlist for Her Majesty's water music | An alternative playlist for Her Majesty's water music |
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| According to Adrian Evans, the "pageant master" tasked with arranging a London Philharmonic Orchestra soundtrack for the Jubilee flotilla's voyage down the river Thames, the Kinks' Waterloo Sunset didn't quite make the cut. Come 3 June, the 86-year-old monarch will instead be serenaded with movie themes and century-old chestnuts. This, though, is G2's fantasy flotilla playlist: | According to Adrian Evans, the "pageant master" tasked with arranging a London Philharmonic Orchestra soundtrack for the Jubilee flotilla's voyage down the river Thames, the Kinks' Waterloo Sunset didn't quite make the cut. Come 3 June, the 86-year-old monarch will instead be serenaded with movie themes and century-old chestnuts. This, though, is G2's fantasy flotilla playlist: |
| Albert Bridge The Clash: London Calling. "London is drowning and I live by the river." The video for this Thameside apocalypse was shot beside the bridge. | Albert Bridge The Clash: London Calling. "London is drowning and I live by the river." The video for this Thameside apocalypse was shot beside the bridge. |
| Royal Hospital, Chelsea Bert Jansch: The Gardener. Horticulturally minded British folk for the flower show venue. | Royal Hospital, Chelsea Bert Jansch: The Gardener. Horticulturally minded British folk for the flower show venue. |
| Battersea Power Station Pink Floyd: Dogs. The four chimneys adorn the cover of Pink Floyd's Animals album and this scabrous satire also nods to the local dogs' home. | Battersea Power Station Pink Floyd: Dogs. The four chimneys adorn the cover of Pink Floyd's Animals album and this scabrous satire also nods to the local dogs' home. |
| MI6 building John Barry: The Ipcress File. Replacing the LPO's James Bond Theme, the classic Swinging London alliance of Barry and Caine. | MI6 building John Barry: The Ipcress File. Replacing the LPO's James Bond Theme, the classic Swinging London alliance of Barry and Caine. |
| Tate Britain The Creation: Painter Man. Brush-wielding 60s art-school graduate laments the rise of modern art. | Tate Britain The Creation: Painter Man. Brush-wielding 60s art-school graduate laments the rise of modern art. |
| Ministry of Defence PJ Harvey: Let England Shake. An eerie vision of England at war, "weighted down with silent dead". | Ministry of Defence PJ Harvey: Let England Shake. An eerie vision of England at war, "weighted down with silent dead". |
| Lambeth Palace Mark Stewart & the Maffia: Jerusalem. Sir Hubert Parry's arrangement of William Blake fed through a dub mangle. | Lambeth Palace Mark Stewart & the Maffia: Jerusalem. Sir Hubert Parry's arrangement of William Blake fed through a dub mangle. |
| Houses of Parliament Dusty Springfield: Nothing Has Been Proved. The 1963 Profumo scandal, retold by the Pet Shop Boys. | Houses of Parliament Dusty Springfield: Nothing Has Been Proved. The 1963 Profumo scandal, retold by the Pet Shop Boys. |
| Victoria Embankment The Kinks: Victoria. Some family history for Her Maj; anthemic ambivalence for her subjects. | Victoria Embankment The Kinks: Victoria. Some family history for Her Maj; anthemic ambivalence for her subjects. |
| The BFI Underworld: Born Slippy. The techno duo's unforgettable contribution to the Trainspotting soundtrack. | The BFI Underworld: Born Slippy. The techno duo's unforgettable contribution to the Trainspotting soundtrack. |
| Shakespeare's Globe Akala: Shakespeare. The London MC behind the Hip Hop Shakespeare Company: "I do it for kids that's illiterate, not Elizabeth." | Shakespeare's Globe Akala: Shakespeare. The London MC behind the Hip Hop Shakespeare Company: "I do it for kids that's illiterate, not Elizabeth." |
| Southwark Bridge S'Express: Theme from S'Express. Shoom, in nearby Southwark Street, was ground zero for British acid house. | Southwark Bridge S'Express: Theme from S'Express. Shoom, in nearby Southwark Street, was ground zero for British acid house. |
| HMS Belfast Robert Wyatt: Shipbuilding. Heartbreaking tale of how bloodshed overseas means jobs back home. | HMS Belfast Robert Wyatt: Shipbuilding. Heartbreaking tale of how bloodshed overseas means jobs back home. |
| Tower of London Kate Bush: Oh England, My Lionheart. Florid, hallucinatory nostalgia. Includes ravens, umbrellas and Spitfires. | Tower of London Kate Bush: Oh England, My Lionheart. Florid, hallucinatory nostalgia. Includes ravens, umbrellas and Spitfires. |
| Tower Bridge Blur: This is a Low. The flotilla turns around here, but the song follows the river eastwards. "And into the sea/ Goes pretty England and me." | Tower Bridge Blur: This is a Low. The flotilla turns around here, but the song follows the river eastwards. "And into the sea/ Goes pretty England and me." |
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