Rock n' Roll and Serial Killers: London's Denmark Street

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

In this video, Sinead takes you for a walk down London's iconic Denmark Street - where London's music scene began. NEXT VIDEO: Rock n' Roll in London - kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKSygZ-NhdqHfdU Want to book Sinead for a private tour? Contact our London Manager, Margaret: [e-mail]. If you enjoyed this London tour, then please consider leaving Sinead a Tip at www.buymeacoffee.com/sinead (no account needed) or on Paypal at www.paypal.com/paypalme/sineadFTBF.

[@LinzYoutube]

One day, I will book! For now, I enjoy these videos from Canada, and wish this channel to a million subs, keep it up! It will happen!

[@candicesantiago727]

That light instillation is awesome. Love the music history. I love history.

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Loved it myself Candice

[@Bahlsted1]

Thanks for yet another story - and I visit Denmark each time I am in London... Such a history in music

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Incredible place real Old School London

[@rickmiller6520]

Sinead, brilliant video with incredible history previously unknown to me. Thank you for bringing us along!

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Always a pleasure lovely

[@LinzYoutube]

Thank you for these videos, and thank you for being one of the only Free Tour channels that stay consistent and upload regularly! I look forward to these videos every week, you all are awesome! Keep up the amazing work! This channel will flourish!

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

What a wonderful compliment Thank you Sinead

[@WillieUnvlkan]

@@LinzKZbin Hi Linz Good evening. I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….🌺🌺🌺

[@Kate_kdlopa1]

Thank you for mentioning Donovan! No one ever does (outside of the Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Jeff Beck connections) and as a huge fan, it was nice to hear his contributions mentioned! Fabulous mini-walk - Thanks for taking us along!

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

A pleasure Kate Thrilled you enjoyed it

[@WillieUnvlkan]

@@Kate_kdlopa1 Hi kate Good evening. I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….🌺🌺🌺

[@johntate5050]

Those guitar emporiums are magical.

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Agreed!

[@davidmooney7091]

Another great walk Sinead very informative keep it up really look forward to seeing your walks Well done

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Glad you liked this one, David :)

[@michellethomas8029]

This lovely lady is gold. Love her tours.

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Thanks for the support, Michelle!

[@alanchriston6806]

Groovy Sinead 😊🏴‍☠️

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Love that street Alan

[@alanchriston6806]

@@ToursbyFootLondon Sinead, you have wonderful Taste Enjoy the Holiday Weekend, hopefully the weather is kind. I can see a very Large G&T, before you. Salante 😊🏴‍☠️🥃

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

@@alanchriston6806 doing a livestream at 9pm tonight so no G&T until after x

[@alanchriston6806]

@@ToursbyFootLondon Great if it’s Q&A, Ideas, I’ll tune in. My Question would be would you consider a Tour of Pete Doherty , Libertines, Shane MacGowan , Pogues tour, they tended to at one point hang out at Filthy McNadtys Pub in North London , with Johnny Depp and Kate Moss, then of course Kate Moss went out with both JD And PD. Enjoy the live stream and Later the G&T. Sinead. Cheers 😊🏴‍☠️🥃

[@sharonleong7120]

Great and interesting content. I love it as always. Keep up the good work. Thanks. 👍👍👍😍😍😍

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

You always do Sharon Thank you

[@iowawrek]

Thanks!

[@levistubbs8949]

Thanks

[@susannahhunt100]

Wonderful so interesting. Thank you.

[@maggie9001]

Great video, thank you Sinead ❤. Seeing all those guitars makes me want to pick mine up again😁 Looking forward to your Q&A this evening xx

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Thanks Maggie Look forward to chatting to you x

[@jilljones6541]

Wow! I enjoyed that tour. ❤

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@carolmurray5048]

Catching replay while exercising see you tonight

[@jo71992]

what a great vid! So much history in just a few steps. Thanks Sinead for the background info and sneak peeks inside!

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Always a pleasure lovely x

[@scruff520]

Excellent very interesting x

[@AWalkfromHome]

Nice video. Thank you for sharing

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Glad you liked it!

[@dodiatkins4515]

Sending Love from SanDiego. Another awesome video.😊

[@eppityrrell8236]

Lovely to see you Sinéad great video the history is awesome ✨

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Thank you lovely x

[@mickmcguire4571]

Brilliant work as always sinead and co 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Thank you as always Mick

[@debschmitt761]

Oh to see all the guitars! Ii have an acoustical folk guitar and would have a hard time choosing an instrument with all those choices. Thanks fir another interesting tour.

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

You would love it in there Deb

[@WillieUnvlkan]

@@debschmitt761 Hi Deb Good evening. I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….🌺🌺🌺

[@lizstevenson7801]

Thank you Sinead that was so interesting, love the history of London in any form. 💕🇦🇺

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Incredible the history is on every corner x

[@WillieUnvlkan]

@@lizstevenson7801 Hi Liz Good evening. I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….🌺🌺🌺

[@MichelleBruce-lo4oc]

Hi Sinead awesome live history video I enjoyed it. How are you doing? I'm doing well and so is my cat Benjamin. Have a great day see you next video 😊

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Hello to you and Benjamin!

[@opheliagrove666]

Lovely vid , so informative . Thank you

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Thank you Ophelia for your kind words Sinead

[@bobbybartram]

another terrific london tour sinead.thank you sinead for all the great tours.i hope to chat with you live friday.i am the bobby that is always saying how great you and the tours are.i am bobby bartram from north ridgeville,ohio.i would love to go on a london tour some day sinead.

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Glad you liked this one, Bobby!

[@bobbybartram]

@@ToursbyFootLondon thank you Sinead for replying.and thank you for saying my name bobby several times and answering my questions on the live stream.i asked those questions when you said bobby that's how I knew it was me it was very exciting thank you Sinead take care.

[@MusicalAddictionOnlineLessons]

I keep away, due to temptation 😅 Good video, some little gems I didn't know.

[@susie5668]

Thank you for sharing, sinead ❤

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

You are most welcome, as always, Susie!

[@Nils_Martin]

Worth knowing is that Orange amplifier actually started on Denmark Street and i think they still got their store on Denmark Street. Also Regent Sound Studios is were i purchase my Gibson Les Paul formerly owned by the King of guitars and my personal guitar hero no 1 Gary Moore. I absolutely love Denmark Street and can easily spend an entire day walking up and down that street visiting all the music stores. Well done Sinead, you got a gold star for this one! ⭐️

[@gingerroot8906]

Thank you, Sinead! You're "hitting me where I live!" I was just a child when the Stones were recording their first EP and LP but grew up with all of the music of that period here in the U.S. Small Faces, Kinks, Jimi, etc. By the mid 70s I was a clerk in a record store while going to college and read NME and so many more UK music mags; saw early tours of Pretenders, Elvis Costello, Rockpile and on and on. I loved this tour almost as much as I loved the Bloomsbury Group tour! Love your, "We never let the facts get in the way of a good story." 🤣

[@WillieUnvlkan]

Hi ginger Good evening. I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….🌺🌺🌺

[@briansymes2936]

What a mad video… I’d love to get into see those sketches from the Sex Pistols. Thanks Sinead

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Us, too, Brian!

[@jonathanstempleton7864]

When I was in London last year (when I joined one of your tours - thank you), I was looing for somewhere I could buy a new guitar tuner. By chance I saw a guitar shop so went in and got what I wanted. It was only when I came back out that I noticed another guitar shop across the road. And another. And another. And another. It was a surreal moment to realise I had accidentally stumbled across the famous Denmark Street. Such amazing history. When I'm ready to buy my next guitar, I shall make a special trip back 😃

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Ah - amazing! We hope to see you when you come back :)

[@Katkatburg3223]

Sinead , I love your walking toors. I’m coming to London from Mtl Canada next week to research my grandparents home life from intact families to becoming orphans and sent to Canada as British home children. I’ll be all over the London neighborhoods.

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Hopefully you can join us on one of our tours x

[@AWalkfromHome]

We have similar videos, but for me is from Singapore. Thank you for sharing

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Our pleasure!

[@Aras012]

Happy 135k plus subs!

[@manuelzafra1527]

Hi, Sinead! Interesting place, darling, and what a beautiful guitar stores. A real rock & roll history video, with the high level of your commentary. And, as always, you looks sooo gorgeous. All my best wishes, my beloved friend. A kiss for you from Barcelona. I ❤ Sinead O' Leary! 💋💋💋💋

[@deborahroberts1854]

If those buildings could talk, what stories they could tell! Beautiful day for a walk Hope you're doing well Sinead. Thank you!

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Indeed!

[@robbojax2025]

This brought back memories of my mispent youth. In the eary 60s the musicians wandered around freely because they were only know by teenagers. I used to drink in a pub in Charing Cross Road frequented by many. I can only remember Brian Jones came in one night and on another a couple of the Pretty Things, (Can't remember which ones) A nod and hello at the bar was normal. No autographs or pestering. There has been a campaign (I believe successful) to stop the demolition of Denmark Street. Hopefully it will be retained as it is.

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Love that! Thank you for sharing.

[@levistubbs8949]

Rock on Sinead !

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

And you, Levi!

[@rafaelbarrera2612]

From Chicago, thank you 🎸

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

You are most welcome!

[@gillsinclair6927]

Do they have a Red Special in that shop?

[@beverley1539]

Hiya Sinead, agree I think I was born in the wrong era lol?! Thanks for tour. Take care and hopefully join you on live Friday? Southern Ontario Canada 🇨🇦🐝

[@WillieUnvlkan]

@@beverley1539 Hi Beverly Good morning. I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….🌺🌺🌺

[@NcboreasVapes]

What album sleeve was Hypgnosis responsible for with The Police?

[@LinzYoutube]

google it. lol

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da :)

[@morgansidhe3543]

Be still my beating heart, for I knew every name you spoke. Thank you, Sinead.

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Amazing street

[@Neil-pv8pw]

Regent sound was in the basement not the shop I used to go there between 1966 and 68 my dad used to do demos for the stars of the day. I was sent to get sandwich’s with a lovely Italian lady from gioconda. The upstairs and ground floor were publishing houses. Under the street in the coal store was a revolutionary metal plate which gave its classic reverb sound. The shop and the upper floors were NOT the studio

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Thanks for the extra info, Neil!

[@toobatooba5334]

❤❤❤💕

[@moggy-ie6ug]

👏👏👏😊

[@charlescorris3469]

👍🏼

[@MrCherryJuice]

Just to clarify: Sandie Shaw declined 'It's Not Unusual' because she felt the demo by a then unknown Tom Jones couldn't be bettered. She said it was perfect for him, so let him have it. A smart move given the outcome, though also generous given that the song would surely have been a big hit for her.

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Love the extra info, thank you for sharing!

[@WillieUnvlkan]

Hi MrCherryjuice Good evening. I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….🌺🌺🌺

[@karlx19]

Hipgnosis- the ‘g’ is silent 😉

[@toobatooba5334]

❤❤❤

[@Joeelkins.]

Walked into one of those music shops trying to pick up a bass guitar for around 400 quid. They laughed me out the shop 🤣

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

😂😂😂😂

[@detectivesquirrel2621]

Dennis Nilsen was one of those cases that highlighted a major issue with police investigations. When the victims were sex workers the police seldom bothered putting much effort in. The same happened when the victims, as in the Nilsen case, homosexual men, the police just didn't bother putting the effort in.

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Yaketyyak21]

Seems like a lot of the guitar shops are gone now.

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Aye :(

[@AndyKing1963]

Shame they mispelt La Gioconda on the blue plaque

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Did they apologies I didn’t notice Sinead

[@Fraudebs-r2u]

Denmark street is just a shadow of what it once was. Like Soho, the council won't be satisfied until its been completely sanitised.

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Looks like it that could be the case :(

[@gordonhawtin2181]

I worked in Denmark St from June 1967-Jan1975. Boy did you get your facts wrong. The La Gioconda 9 Denmark St was not a club, it was a cafe restaurant and Jimi Hendrix never went in there. You show a lot of people out side a music shop at 5 Denmark St and that was Top Gear Christmas 1971. It was the only guitar shop in Denmark and was the second guitar to open in Denmark st. I worked there from March 1973-Jan 1973. It later became Wunjos. Stranger Still, following the tragic suicide of Pete Ham from, Badfinger, manager Bill Collins placed this ad in the Sept 13, 1975 Melody Maker classifieds. Malcolm McLaren responded on behalf of the Sex Pistols and the rest is history, even if inaccurate. The space consisted of two rooms , the rehearsal space and a living area up above that, It wasn't a "lock up the rear of N06 " as repeated in much of the press dreck resulting from the Cross Rail redevelopment.

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Thanks for the extra info, Gordon!

[@fasthracing]

Frankie Fraser was not from the East End. He was out of the Elephant. Just saying.

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Omg ur so right think I got a bit caught up with The Krays etc

[@fasthracing]

@@ToursbyFootLondon No probs. People often get them mixed up. Keep up the good work by the way.

[@robertphelps1574]

I believe he was born & lived in Cornwall Road Waterloo until the age of 5 then moved to Elephant & Castle

[@fasthracing]

@@robertphelps1574 Ok thanks for the info

[@MrCherryJuice]

This video is yet another example of why it is worth having a tour guide. Sinead will know all of these places and more. Otherwise you - like me - will walk past them blissfully unaware time after time. For viewers unfamiliar with the area within which Denmark Street is located, this is just minutes' walk from the fabulous Covent Garden/Seven Dials neighbourhood, which contains a central piazza surrounded by a warren of small streets packed with shops and eats - it is a super-popular area, and for good reason. In the other direction, just over Charring Cross Road is Soho, the neighbourhood where there is Paul McCartney's office (PMC in Soho Square), Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club (great music and eats), Chinatown, the 90 Wardour Street location where the legendary Marquee Club once was, Gerrard Street, where Led Zeppelin first jammed in a cellar (they also played the Marquee)...and plenty of eats and shopping, particularly on the Regent Street side, where Carnaby Street, the place for hip fashion in the 60s still thrives, and Liberty, surely London's most beautiful department store, sits just a stone's throw from the London Palladium, where Sunday Night at the London Palladium, the TV show that introduced so many greats, including the Beatles, Dusty Springfield etc., sits on Argyll Street. Indeed, so much rock and pop history was forged within a mile or so of Denmark Street that one would need an encyclopaedia. But Denmark Street is a great starting point.

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Thank you for this wonderful comment and the additional info Sinead

[@MrCherryJuice]

​@@ToursbyFootLondon You're welcome. As a marketer I find that it is beneficial to present things - in your case Denmark Street as a proposition to have a tour - within a context whereby someone else might better recognise the ease of access and thus increase its value. With travel, relative placement and proximity are very beneficial. For example, letting viewers know that Denmark Street is a minute's walk from Charing Cross Underground on the Northern Line (black on Tube Map) and Central Line (Red), or a few minutes' walk from Trafalgar Square and the NPG etc. enables them to understand how close it is relative to things and places they might be familiar with or want to visit. Yes, they can identify that on their phone, but the suggestion of easy access is the enticement for them to go have a look. Otherwise Denmark Street might be as well south of the river near Denmark Hill. For a visitor, that would be a daunting prospect. Meeting Sinead on the corner of Charing Cross/Denmark Street is a much easier proposition. BTW - the building of the Elizabeth Line increases ease of access for visitors to the area, but it has had a detrimental effect on some Denmark Street businesses. I know of one music tutor in a basement under a shop on the north side of the street who was forced to vacate because the excavating for underground concert venue Outernet consumed part of that basement. So the street is being attacked by developers both above and below ground.

[@jontalbot1]

As a patriotic British person l have very mixed feelings about London. It is the greatest city on earth and this video is just a small example of the treasures it contains. But London is not England, let alone Britain. The rest of us pay a price for it and there are parts of England which have been neglected for decades. The older l get the less l want to go there

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us, Jon! We see a fair few with a similar opinion in the comments of the channel.

[@tommcdonald1873]

We started the English Jeffrey Dahmer today, how do you keep track of all of this history?

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

It becomes second nature after a while :)

[@regaltip8A]

Had to laugh at your pronunciation of Hipgnosis - probably the most famous album cover designers of all time. Maybe do some little research

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Thanks for the constructive criticism always appreciated x Delighted I gave u a good laugh Sinead

[@stevedavenport2975]

Terrible name for a video

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

Really ? Any other suggestion All welcome x

[@stevedavenport2975]

Social and antisocial London lol

[@LinzYoutube]

@@ToursbyFootLondon It's a perfect name!

[@ToursbyFootLondon]

@@stevedavenport2975 Not bad x