Mentions in Music and Fiction
Ladbroke Grove features as the scene of Van Morrison's 1968 song "Slim Slow Slider" from Astral Weeks, and is mentioned in the 1970s pop hit "One Man Band" by Leo Sayer. The Pulp song "I Spy", from the album Different Class, features the line "your Ladbroke Grove looks turn me on". The Blur song "Fool's Day" also features Ladbroke Grove in its lyrics. Killing Joke have recently released an EP (In Excelsis) that features two mixes of a song called "Ghost Of Ladbroke Grove". The novels of author Michael Moorcock often contain references to Ladbrook Grove, the location being the headquarters of his fictional character Jerry Cornelius.
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