From NME:
Pete Doherty, The Small Faces and Madness singer Suggs are among the musicians whose lyrics have been chosen to appear on mugs advertising Transport For London (TFL).
Eddy Grant has been honoured too, for Electric Avenue. The Small Faces selection is Itchycoo Park, the two Dohertys are Albion and The Boy Looked At Johnny, and the Suggs one is Camden Town. A comment on the NME piece says:
But no Going Underground by the Jam??? Perhaps a mug about getting beaten up on the tube isn't everyone's cup of tea.....(I'll get me coat...)
Good point, except that the Jam song about a Tube, ah, mugging wasn't Going Underground but Down In The Tube Station At Midnight. Also, the TfL mugs all feature songs recorded for EMI and the Jam were on Polydor, but now I'm showing my age.
It's a pity, though, that the mug deal is restricted to one company. There are so many other pop lyrics that would grace a TfL drinking vessel: Waterloo Sunset, Up The Junction and A Bomb In Wardour Street come straight to mind, of course, and how about Luke Jackson's more recent Goodbye London? The list could be very long...
