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Song 19 of the 50/90 Challenge, and I must still have London on the brain (though after song 18, the Olympics closing ceremony and a recent visit, that's probably understandable), as I ended up writing a slightly tongue-in-cheek tribute to the M4, the motorway which links the UK's capital with south Wales, taking in much of southern England along the way.

I could spend some time explaining all the references, but will save myself the effort by pointing the curious to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M4_motorway">the Wikipedia entry for the M4 motorway</a> :-) I meant the song to sound like Kraftwerk doing a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorik">"motorik"</a> beat, but I think it has come out a bit more like a tribute to John Shuttleworth. Funny how things turn out sometimes...

I should apologise to any listeners from the great land of Wales - not perhaps so much for the odd humorous reference to towns along the route, but I imagine I have fatally mauled the pronunciation of "Pontarddulais" ;-)

(Tech notes: this is another Garageband (iPod Touch) production, albeit with the main underpinning vintage drum machine loop having been programmed in FunkBox and pasted in.)

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It starts off somewhere near Hammersmith
Bending round the office blocks like a concrete Thames
Emerging out of London, wave hello to Heathrow
Look for Windsor Castle, when the city ends

[chorus]
From the streets of London, to the far west coast
of Wales, we take the M4 - the road we love the most

Through the Berkshire countryside, following the sun
Past the lights of Swindon - all human life is there
Always break for coffee - where? You have a choice
of Reading, or Membury, or Leigh Delamere

From the streets of London...

[bridge]
Fly the Severn Crossing, and through the Newport bores
Wave hello to Cardiff - pedal to the floor
Port Talbot, Neath and Swansea, they all go flying by
'Til finally at Pontarddulais, we bid you goodbye...

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from 50​-​90​-​2012 Vol. 1, released August 27, 2012
TA Walker - Garageband programming, vocals, guitalele

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Guitarist/multi-instrumentalist, composer and songwriter, often with "electronica", "lo-fi" and "prog" inclinations.

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