The Chain (aka tune association)

[Accy cyclist]

The Prettiest Star - David Bowie

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

David Bowie
Oh You Pretty Things


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBQ-S6njQQw

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I'll presume Natalie Wood was overdubbed?

West Side Story Cast
I Feel Pretty


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye7PIyIcCro

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

The Beautiful South
The Prettiest Eyes


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR9LYrCR_4I

 

[Accy cyclist]

Pretty Vacant - The Sex Pistols

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Tenuous?
One line is; "Now, main streets white-washed windows & vacant stores".................

Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band
My Hometown


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77gKSp8WoRg

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

This is one of those songs (along with a few others) that brings a tear to my eye (& I'm not the only one, looking at the comments)
It's just so perfect as a song of longing/heartache/regrets (maybe)

Iris Dement
Our Town


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9IUj1mDENg

 

[Alex321]

Dirty Old Town - Ewan McColl

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baFIaOGkN90

 

[blade1889]

Come What May - Ewan McGregor & Nicole Skidmark


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lGP78ckF_Q

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Which could be taken in the Whatever Will Be, WIll Be' sense, as in this song

Doris Day
Ke Sera Sera


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9nWB5XifBI

 

[Accy cyclist]

Whatever - Oasis

 

[Alex321]

Midnight at the oasis - Maria Muldaur

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bjzuSO27fA

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

80's synth-pop (from the 'Upstairs At Erics' LP)

Yazoo
Midnight


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lJWev1WxX8

 

[blade1889]

Living After Midnight - Judas Priest


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VVFNgbsDC4

 

[Alex321]

Living on a Prayer - Bon Jovi. (Sort of appropriate to both sides )

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDK9QqIzhwk