In the 1960's the U.K. invented stone music. To fully appreciate this genre of music y'all actually necessitate a thorough noesis of British geography. British stone is firmly rooted inwards the psychogeography of U.K. towns as well as cities. To empathise the music y'all induce got to know the towns as well as cities mentioned inwards the lyrics of the Great British stone bands. So let's induce got a tour of the U.K. as well as view some of the places immortalized past times the giants of British stone - such every bit The Proclaimers.
We start out our musical journeying alongside a 500 mile hike from the lowlands of Scotland. The seminal Scottish stone band The Proclaimers famously sang that they would walk 500 miles. So nosotros showtime our tour inwards Leith as well as from in that location nosotros volition walk 500 miles.
Luckily for us Cartonerd has mapped out a 500 mile radius approximately Leith hence nosotros know how far to walk. In I Would Map 500 Miles Carrtonerd has placed a circle showing where y'all could instruct to if y'all walked 500 miles from Leith. He has besides placed some other circle 500 miles farther out simply inwards instance y'all desire to walk 500 more.
About 75 miles out of Leith nosotros brand it at the edge of England. This purpose of England is known every bit 'The North'. The North is pretty grim as well as this grimness has had an obvious lawsuit on the stone bands that emanate from this region.
The dourness of the northward was famously celebrated past times the KLF inwards their vocal 'It's Grim Up North'. In the vocal they recognize the unattractive, forbidding nature of 69 northern towns as well as cities. CityMetric has thankfully mapped out all 69 locations for us inwards Literally simply a map of every town inwards the lyrics to ‘It’s Grim Up North’ past times the KLF.
One of the northern cities non mentioned inwards It's Grim Up North is Liverpool, which is of course of pedagogy the habitation of The Beatles. Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever is an Esri Story Map exploring the of import locations which characteristic inwards the music of The Beatles. In detail it examines the geography of the 'most of import unmarried ever', the double 'A' side tape Penny Lane - Strawberry Fields.
As y'all scroll through this Story Map y'all volition disclose the importance of a feel of house to the music of The Beatles as well as how the band influenced other 60's artists to write almost locations of import to their lives.The Story Map explores a release of geographical locations mentioned past times The Beatles inwards their music. In detail the map zooms inwards on 2 locations inwards Liverpool, Penny Lane as well as Strawberry Fields, as well as discusses the significance of these 2 locations to the childhoods of Paul McCartney as well as John Lennon.
No British music of banker's complaint has e'er been written due south of Liverpool. Therefore nosotros actually don't necessitate to walk 500 miles as well as volition goal our tour of British Rock inwards the dour north. Let's right away caput off to tour northward America instead.
Johnny Cash Has Been EVERYWHERE (Man)! - a map of every location mentioned inwards Johnny Cash's version of the Geoff Mack vocal 'I've Been Everywhere'
Looking for a Place to Happen - a tour approximately Canada as well as the locations mentioned inwards the songs of the Tragically Hip
Canadian Geographic: On the Coast - a map featuring Canadian locations that are mentioned inwards vocal lyrics
If y'all desire a existent map of British Rock as well as then the best I tin offering y'all is The Big British Music Map. This give-and-take map of famous U.K. bands as well as musical artists shows the most famous artists associated alongside the diverse regions as well as towns of Britain as well as Northern Ireland. If y'all conduct an creative somebody on the map y'all tin head to their most iconic song. You tin besides persuasion information almost the artist's internet worth as well as charting history.
The association of artists to specific locations on the map tin last a lilliputian tenuous. The map says that the artists are "attached to specific locations". This attachment seems to last a combination of artists having either been born at a location or having lived there. For instance Fatboy Slim is shown on the map inwards Brighton. He wasn't born inwards Brighton but does right away alive there. Sting on the other mitt is located on the map inwards Newcastle. Sting doesn't alive in that location right away but he was born close by.
