The Jam - "The Planners Dream Goes Wrong"
― Mark G, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 15:11 (seven years ago) link
WE BUILT THIS CITY
― passionate plant-based athlete (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 15:13 (seven years ago) link
A song about a building... Leonard Cohen - Tower of Song
Also, for an actual building: Chelsea Hotel #2, and all other songs that reference the place.
― Valentijn, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 15:14 (seven years ago) link
Blind Willie Johnson: "If I Had My Way I'd Tear the Building Down"White Stripes: "Let's Build A Home"Waco Brothers: "Building Our Own Prison"Codallo's Top Hatters Orchestra: "I Want to Build a Bungalow"
― Jazzbo, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 15:14 (seven years ago) link
Robyn Hitchcock - My Favorite Buildings
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 15:16 (seven years ago) link
the Who, "Welcome"
("We need more roomBuild an extensionA colourful palaceSpare no expense now")
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 15:18 (seven years ago) link
"Hoover Factory" by Elvis Costello"Towers of London" by XTC"Goldfinger" by Shirley Bassey obv.
― Tim, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 15:24 (seven years ago) link
Orange Juice - Bridge
"Brunel's phoned my lawyerHe's threatening to sue"
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 15:26 (seven years ago) link
Something by Iannis Xenakis
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 15:29 (seven years ago) link
By the way, I suppose you're not looking for songs about ordinary, unnamed buildings? Or are you also fine with Madness singing about their house in the middle of the street; Pulp's My Lighthouse etc?
― Valentijn, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 15:34 (seven years ago) link
WHAT she gonna do with a chimney on ha
― Mark G, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 15:39 (seven years ago) link
"I Need A Roof" by the Mighty Diamonds"Winchester Cathedral" by The New Vaudeville Band or whoever"Piano" by Jimmy Webb obv.
― Tim, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 15:41 (seven years ago) link
XTC - Red Brick DreamThe Alan Parsons Project - Gaudi (album) w/ La Sagrada Familia
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 15:43 (seven years ago) link
Underworld - Mmm... Skyscraper I Love You
― del esdichado (NickB), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 15:45 (seven years ago) link
It's for the final night of the film festival I'm working at, so I'm choosing songs on whether or not I think they kinda, sorta, fit our theme (and including songs from the films, which means for instance Gilberto Gil and Bjork is on there) So, like, mention them all, I need a brainstorm.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 15:55 (seven years ago) link
Are the films also about buildings and architecture? What are you showing?
― jmm, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 16:00 (seven years ago) link
pavement, "the hexx" ("architecture students are like virgins...")
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 16:03 (seven years ago) link
Yes, it's Copenhagen Architecture Festival, and we show everything from straight ahead documentaries like BIG Time about Bjarke Ingels Group (so therefore: Big Time Sensuality) and Having a Cigarette with Alvaro Siza to less obvious stuff like Rem Koolhaas own documentary Lagos Wide and Close (so I have a 'Rand and Nairas' on there due to the chorus 'We'll be popping bottles from Josi to Lagos) and the latest from Harvard SEL, El Mar La Mar, about the desert between US and Mexico. And some fiction stuff, O Fantasma, Solaris, 24 City, old Danish films. A bit of everything, really.
The program is here: http://cafx.dk/program/
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 16:07 (seven years ago) link
Connectivity by Mahogany sounds like architecture
https://youtu.be/8t9cFJb2rz0
― sleepingbag, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 16:10 (seven years ago) link
"Buildings To Photograph" by the New Lines is a favourite of mine.
― Tim, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 16:24 (seven years ago) link
Eddie Cochran - Twenty Flight Rock
― del esdichado (NickB), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 16:24 (seven years ago) link
Pavement - "Grave Architecture"
― Fluffy Saint-Bernard (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 16:26 (seven years ago) link
Anything by Bauhaus.
(Also anything by my band, Slum 0f Legs, named after a quote by Saarinen, and half of our songs have stuff to do with architecture somewhere in the lyrics.)
― emil.y, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 16:30 (seven years ago) link
Einstürzende Neubauten - Krieg In Den Städten
― del esdichado (NickB), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 16:35 (seven years ago) link
Palais Schaumburg - Wir bauen eine neue Stadt
― del esdichado (NickB), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 16:49 (seven years ago) link
The Clash - Lost In The Supermarket
― del esdichado (NickB), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 16:52 (seven years ago) link
Grant Hart - 2541 & Run Run Run to the Centre Pompidou
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 16:55 (seven years ago) link
John Foxx - Underpass
― del esdichado (NickB), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 16:59 (seven years ago) link
The Specials - Concrete Jungle(or Bob Marley obv)
― del esdichado (NickB), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 17:13 (seven years ago) link
Neil Innes, "Concrete Jungle Boy"
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 17:15 (seven years ago) link
Gong, "Master Builder"
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 17:30 (seven years ago) link
Robert Wyatt - Catholic Architecture
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 17:32 (seven years ago) link
The Nits - Adieu, Sweet Bahnhof - a travelogue song that mentions the Gare Du Nord, Centre Pompidou, Paris streets 'like fjords' and the Hotel d'Angleterre in St Germain
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 17:35 (seven years ago) link
Something by Taj Mahal.
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 17:37 (seven years ago) link
The Go-Betweens, "The House Jack Kerouac Built"
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 17:45 (seven years ago) link
Pavement - Fin
Open call for prison architects / send me your blueprints ASAP
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 17:48 (seven years ago) link
on a similar note, xp
Aretha Franklin - The House That Jack Built
― passionate plant-based athlete (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 18:23 (seven years ago) link
The Cinematic Orchestra - To Build a Home
― passionate plant-based athlete (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 18:24 (seven years ago) link
'Demolition', which closes Act 1 of The Kinks' Preservation Acts theatrical concept album, is all about knocking houses down in order to captialize on the properties, including building new things:
"Then we'll build a rowOf identical boxesAnd sell them all off at treble the profits."
"Two up, two down,It hasn't got a garden,But it's got a lovely patio.Stainless steel kitchen sink,Gas fired central heating,Whaaa - specifically designed for modern-day living,Nothing's permanent and nothing lasts,We've sold all the houses so put 'em up fast."
― Valentijn, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 18:38 (seven years ago) link
Milemarker - Ant ArchitectMilemarker - Pornographic ArchitectureLos Campesinos! - There Are Listed BuildingsThe Aisler's Set - Falling BuildingsLightning Bolt - 2 TowersSufjan Stevens - The Seer's TowerDeath Cab for Cutie - Army Corp of Architects
admittedly, some of these are more strictly architectural than others
― fits, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 20:08 (seven years ago) link
Pulp - "Mile End"
― fits, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 20:20 (seven years ago) link
Saint Etienne - "When I Was Seventeen"
Lubetkin, Corbusier, Van Der Rohe, Mendelsohn. Modern. Modern. Brutalist architecture.Future, future. The future is clean and modern.
― epigone, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 22:40 (seven years ago) link
Malvina Reynolds - Little BoxesPiano Magic - Dutch HousingJohn Mellencamp - Pink HousesXTC - Let's Make a DenMartin Newell - We'll Build a HouseGeraldine Fibbers - A Song About Walls
― Hideous Lump, Thursday, 4 May 2017 01:25 (seven years ago) link
van der graaf generator's "house with no door" is a heartwrenching song about a total architectural failure
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Thursday, 4 May 2017 01:33 (seven years ago) link
In Every Dream Home, a Heartache
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 4 May 2017 02:22 (seven years ago) link
Different kind of building:Genesis - Driving The Last Spike(It's about 19th century British railway construction workers.)
― Valentijn, Thursday, 4 May 2017 06:30 (seven years ago) link
Chairmen Of The Board, "Working On A Building of Love" (this is a good one)
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Thursday, 4 May 2017 07:46 (seven years ago) link
Totally useless for playlist purposes but "Waiting for the Moving Van" by David Ackles is relevant (lyric from the POV of someone having to leave his house due to redevelopment, IIRC).
― Tim, Thursday, 4 May 2017 08:19 (seven years ago) link
Raiden – Beton ArméLabel: Offkey – OKCD002Format: CD, AlbumCountry: UKReleased: 08 Jun 2011Genre: ElectronicStyle: Drum n Bass
Tracklist
1 Barbican 6:072 Trinity 5:193 Tricorn 6:214 Brutalist 6:015 Trellick 6:286 Genie Civil 6:277 Habitat 67 4:578 Genex 6:089 Triangle 5:4610 Ryugyong 5:2411 Balfron 6:08
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Thursday, 4 May 2017 09:12 (seven years ago) link
XTC (kinda custom built for this subject) - Ball & Chain
― MaresNest, Thursday, 4 May 2017 12:02 (seven years ago) link
XTC, "Bungalow"
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Thursday, 4 May 2017 12:06 (seven years ago) link
Nits - The Bauhaus ChairNits - Office At NightNits - The Eiffel Tower
― MaresNest, Thursday, 4 May 2017 12:13 (seven years ago) link
gorillaz - rock the house.
― mark e, Thursday, 4 May 2017 13:31 (seven years ago) link
Geraldine Fibbers - A Song About Walls
Stupid me, I forgot that the very next track on the album is "House Is Falling"
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 5 May 2017 04:28 (seven years ago) link
Architettura - A series exploring the synergy between the man-made worlds of architecture and electronic music.
Volume 1 - Savvas Ysatis And Taylor Deupree - Tower Of Winds (1998)Volume 2 - Tetsu Inoue - Waterloo Terminal (1998)Volume 3 - David Toop - Museum Of Fruit (1999)Volume 4 - Panacea - Brasília (2000)
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 5 May 2017 04:35 (seven years ago) link
REM - Life and How to Live it IIRC
― gimmesomehawnz (Jon not Jon), Friday, 5 May 2017 13:38 (seven years ago) link
Sybarite - "Renzo Piano"
― henry s, Friday, 5 May 2017 14:50 (seven years ago) link
Papas Fritas - "Vertical Lives" is all about architecture ("only geodesic domes can save us now")
― enochroot, Saturday, 6 May 2017 20:04 (seven years ago) link
That explains the picture of the Seagrams Building on the inside of the booklet.
― Hideous Lump, Sunday, 7 May 2017 21:26 (seven years ago) link
Wax - Building A Bridge To Your Heart
― Siegbran, Monday, 8 May 2017 06:42 (seven years ago) link
Kraftwerk - Metropolis
― Siegbran, Monday, 8 May 2017 07:46 (seven years ago) link