| City |
Song |
Relevance |
| Paris |
Fly Paper Jet – Circus Charlie |
At the start of my journey I realised how much I had in common with Circus Charlie. We both set off on a trip to try and reach the stars… |
| Bruges |
AC/DC – Long Way to the Top |
The song was in my head as we climbed to the top of bell tower in Damme. The top became the end of our cycling trip, when it felt like we’d never get there. |
| Amsterdam |
Wheatus – American in Amsterdam |
The song was in my head the whole time, especially the line "and they kicked our asses out of the sex show" |
| Amsterdam |
Fly Paper Jet – Blue Light |
After learning that transvestite prostitutes have blue lights in their windows, this song will never be the same. |
| Amsterdam |
Fuzigish – Little Bird |
Stoned in Vondelpark, I was fascinated by the ducks. |
| Berlin |
Pop Will Eat Itself – Ich bin Ein Auslander |
No real reason, It just came to me and I couldn’t get it out of my head. |
| Prague |
Black Eyed Peas – Shut Up |
Our guide told us to remember our tube stop with this song; "Chodov! Just Chodov, Chodov!" |
| Prague |
Fuzigish – Southern Ska Stomper |
At the bone church, the lines "Don’t mess with my bones! Don’t mess with my broken bones!" made sense to me. |
| Prague |
Manu Chao – Malegria |
I heard Manu Chao everywhere in Prague. |
| Vienna |
Oasis – Champaign Supernova |
Any song off (What’s the Story) Morning Glory became relevant. We were discussing Oasis in the Wombats pub when Champaign Supernova came on. After that I heard the album in every hostel until Venice. It just kept cropping up. |
| Salzburg |
"High on the Hill" |
Climbing the mountain to the Ice Caves we saw a Lonely Goat. |
| Salzburg |
Jet – Are You Gonna Be My Girl? |
Emily couldn’t resist the air guitar when Jet came on! |
| Munich |
Cypress Hill – Insane in the Brain |
On the bus from Salzburg to Munich, Grant and I started rapping Insane in the Brain and got through the whole song. |
| Munich |
"Ein Proset" |
They were singing it in The Hoffbrauhaus all the time. |
| St. Johan |
Smashing Pumpkins – Today (acoustic) |
Good old Bunny’s pub had a rare Pumpkins recording on their playlist. |
| Venice |
Cake – Sheep go to Heaven, Goats go to Hell |
Absolutely no relevance other than being stuck in my head the whole time. |
| Venice |
The Killers – Somebody Told Me |
After a bottle of cherry vodka and The Killers the campsite club really started rocking. |
| Rome |
Habit To – Eden |
The word Eden kept popping up and I was listening to the track as I entered Rome. |
| Sorrento |
Incubus – 11am |
Having to wake up at 7am I was humming it all the way out of Sorrento. "7am, the garbage truck beeps as it backs up and I start my day thinking about what I’ve thrown away". |
| Florence |
Coldplay – Yellow |
Playing d drinking games, I started a "songs with a colour in the name" category. |
| Biassa |
Sky Division – Traveler’s Wine |
Biassa really is the ideal place to leave the the city lights for another world, just needed some wine. |
| Cinque Terre |
Nine Inch Nails – La Mer |
Chilling on the beach listening to this song was so apt. |
| Lauterbrunnen |
U2 – Beautiful Day |
It rocked The Bombshelter and the next day I was up early for a really beautiful day. |
| Lauterbrunnen |
Zwan – El Sol |
Freezing my arse off at the top of The Jungfrau. All I needed was "a little sunshine" |
| Reading |
Goldie Lookin Chain – Your Mother’s Got a Penis |
What a great comical start to the festival. Apparently it’s true for Rosie’s mum. |
| Reading |
My Chemical Romance – I’m Not Okay (I Promise) |
They kicked off a brilliant set with this song. |
| Reading |
The Killers – Indie Rock ‘n Roll |
The entire mood of the festival until this point was encapsulated in this song. |
| Reading |
The Pixies – Gigantic |
What a quality finale. |
| Reading |
Kings of Leon – Molly’s Chambers |
The only song I was looking forward to and they played it first. |
| Reading |
Foo Fighters – Everlong |
A brilliant solo by Uncle Dave. |
| Reading |
Funeral for a Friend – Streetcar |
The whole crowd made the sound of a telephone ringing to introduce the track. |
| Reading |
NoFX – Don’t Call Me White |
Got us to move forward and jump around a bit. |
| Reading |
Marilyn Manson – Tourniquet |
A spectacular part of the show, Manson got up on stilts and did the whole song looking like a sci-fi creature. |
| Reading |
Kaiser Chiefs – I Predict a Riot |
Although they didn’t play the fest, I kept hearing the song and it would get stuck in my head," La, La, La, fucking LA!" |
