London's Music Video Locations: 1960s-1990s

US Depeche Mode, The Human League, Chemical Brothers, OMD, Aphex Twin, Ultravox & more      25/02/25

Knowing the location of a music video is a strangely exciting factoid, especially if the place is somewhere you grew up. This video is an absolute treasure trove of classic music video locations from a wealth of artists across London. The tracks are all time-stamped in the links below, and feature The Beatles, Depeche Mode, The Human League, Chemical Brothers, OMD, Aphex Twin, Ultravox and more. Robslondon shares that Part 3 is under way and encourages suggestions for more in the comments. Here's more:
 
London has provided the backdrop to countless music videos over the years. In this video- which is volume 2 of a series- we'll be looking at a collection of such videos from the 1960s, '70s, '80s and '90s, along with the locations as they appear today. Please feel free to add your own suggestions in the comments: I'm sure we'll be able to build quite a playlist together!
 
Here is part 1:
 

 

 
Here are the links for this episode: 
 
00:00 Intro
01:44 The 1960s
02:06 Catch Us If You Can (Dave Clark 5)
02:51 Penny Lane (The Beatles)
04:08 The Beatles' rooftop concert
04:46 The 1970s
04:51 Streets of London (Ralph McTell)
05:24 God Save the Queen (Sex Pistols)
05:51 When You're Young (The Jam)
06:59 Identity (X-Ray Spex)
07:29 The Old Grey Whistle Test (David Bowie, Bob Marley, Talking Heads & Meatloaf)
08:35 Another Brick in the Wall- Part 2 (Pink Floyd)
09:18 The 1980s
09:24 Messages (OMD)
10:21 Breaking the Law (Judas Priest)
11:39 Up the Junction & Another Nail in My Heart (Squeeze)
12:33 Vienna (Ultravox)
12:50 See You (Depeche Mode)
13:44 Love is a Stranger (Eurythmics) 14:14 Love Action & Keep Feeling Fascination (The Human League)
15:09 Rockit (Herbie Hancock)
15:42 Rip it Up (Orange Juice)
16:23 Give My Regards to Broad Street & No More Lonely Nights (Paul McCartney)
17:29 Sussudio (Phil Collins)
18:15 Dancing in the Street (Mick Jagger & David Bowie)
19:29 Walking on Sunshine (Katrina & the Waves)
19:53 Never Gonna Give You Up (Rick Astley)
20:47 The 1990s
20:52 Saturday Night (Suede)
21:32 Lucky Man (The Verve)
22:16 Come to Daddy (Aphex Twin)
22:50 Hey Boy Hey Girl (Chemical Brothers)
23:50 Turn Back Time (Aqua)
24:36 Outro
 

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About the author [midierror]: midierror is co-founder of Potato Audio, he makes nifty Max For Live devices, award-winning Sample Packs and hosts the 'midierror meets...' interview series speaking with all kinds of people working in sound & music. 


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