I went out with an American girl a couple of times
She had an interest in record collecting like me, and she asked me 'what is your most English record?' I said 'In the Land of Grey & Pink' by Caravan. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G61UV0U0APc) I stand by this, or perhaps 'Defecting Grey' by The Pretty Things (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30xBn2OkXyk).

What say you?

EDIT: please do not mention David Bowie, thank you.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 12:15, 39 replies, latest was 17 years ago)

Space Oddity
Edit - I see your edit, and I say RAZZZZZ! as the bash street kids would say.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 12:16, Reply)

*sends the boys round*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 12:17, Reply)

Why can't I mention Bowie?
Does he freak you out?
(PsychoChomp, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 12:20, Reply)

Quite the reverse
He freaks me out about as much as a tedious, uninteresting wet afternoon in Croydon would freak me out. Perhaps slightly less even than that.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 12:23, Reply)

Dark side of the moon
or something by chaz and dave
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 12:20, Reply)

My obvious response would be
The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society, but I do wonder if that's too deliberately English. Something by the Kinks though, possibly.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 12:21, Reply)

Waterloo Sunset

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 12:35, Reply)

This was my immediate response
But you could apply this to almost any Kinks album.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 13:34, Reply)

Tenpole Tudor
Swords of a thousand men.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 12:26, Reply)

Love this.
The sales guy at work has it on his phone and played it to me yesterday. The memories of yoof came flooding back.
( girlinthehole, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 12:45, Reply)

Baker Street
Gerry Rafferty
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 12:37, Reply)

Well
there's nothing quite as English as Bob Holness, eh?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 12:48, Reply)

Not a lot of people know this
but apparently the guy that played the saxophone on Baker Street used to present a weekday afternoon quiz on the television.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 12:51, Reply)

I love that blokes name
Raphael Ravenscroft. Now theres englishness.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Wed 14 Oct 2009, 16:23, Reply)

I've had the pleasure of seeing the Mayor of Barrow
finish his speech then perform this, singing and saxophoning it.
Surreal.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 13:02, Reply)

Probably something by New Model Army -
a band that could never be a household name in Ireland.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 12:43, Reply)

Anything by Madness
Proper London geezers
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 12:43, Reply)

Something by Blur

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 12:51, Reply)

That's
exactly what I was thinking - Parklife.
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 14 Oct 2009, 12:57, Reply)

It's difficult
There are different tunes for different situations.
Parlife, Best Days, The Universal, This is a Low, Bank Holiday, Sunday Sunday.

"Trellick Tower's been calling"
"But we're lost on the Westway"
They're the most English lines to me.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 13:00, Reply)

You're right
I do like The Universal too! :)
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 14 Oct 2009, 13:02, Reply)

"end of a century"
and "there's no other way" are the best blur songs. FACT
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 13:34, Reply)

What about For Tomorrow and This is a Low?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 13:51, Reply)

Anything by Half Man Half Biscuit
My fave here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSNMTa7Yd3E&feature=PlayList&p=3F6F138416735860&index=3
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 14 Oct 2009, 13:00, Reply)

I LOVE HALF MAN!
Paintball's Coming Home is so English.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 13:01, Reply)

Joy Division Oven Gloves
Has my vote for best song name and best cover of recent years
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 13:31, Reply)

English Rose by The Jam.
Makes me want to put on a flowery dress and drink tea from a china cup.
( girlinthehole, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 13:10, Reply)

Grantchester Meadows
Pink Floyd. My dad made me listen to it in the dark sat in the sweet spot between the speakers. Sounds silly, but it worked.

Especially the fly-swatting at the end.
(beanojam isn't really Ricardo Flange, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 13:17, Reply)

Kunt and the Gang
I sucked off a bloke.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 13:19, Reply)

Nick Drake
5 Leaves Left or Bryter Layter
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 13:27, Reply)

Black Box Recorder
England made me
(raymond "three griddle pans" luxury yacht lovin' the christmas action, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 13:33, Reply)

VINDALOO

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 13:34, Reply)

Since it's you Monty
I'm gonna say London Calling for iconic-ness

<sub>I appreciate the influence of all sorts of foreign music (American, Spanish, Jamaican man, but....

LONDON CALLING</sub>
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 13:35, Reply)

Of course!
What about Ogden's Nut Gone Flake by the marvellous Small Faces?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 13:47, Reply)

I'd say.....
something folky; perhaps Justin Sullivan, Rev Hammer or The Oyster Band.

They seem to be quintessentially English in my opinion.
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 13:50, Reply)

fair point
Fairpoint Convention, you might say AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH


Sorry
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 14:23, Reply)

Mile End
by Pulp. It's just my opinion though.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 14:04, Reply)

Well, it depends what you mean
English as in "That London" means blur or the Clash.

English as in "bored provincial town" means Pulp, or some early Smiths.

English as in "mists and old maids cycling to Morningsong" means Nick Drake

English as in "quirky humour and laughing at life" means Bonzo Dogs

English as in "can't quite put your finger on it" means the Floyd.
(ragged, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 14:23, Reply)

Up In The World
By Clifford T Ward

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGcw7dPGXqc

NOTE Not for use by BGB. Too depressing.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Wed 14 Oct 2009, 16:07, Reply)