k'road song
Karangahape Road, Auckland - it had a reputation as being a bit seedy, a bit on the dark side, the street where the sex shops are located. Lately though it has been cleaned up a bit and gentrified so has lost some of its edge. It is still the main place to go for a night out clubbing in the city. Regardless of all that it has a lot of associations for me and at one stage my family all lived there (as the song says). We had a wonderful view of the Harbour from the K Road ridge. I had this great guitar riff that sounded urban and I worked it into a song quite easily, the words were refined over a week or so to include all the visual markers of the street, the Vegas Girl, George Courts, the cemetery and the characters on the street. I cannot deny what Karanagahape used to be and in no way would I sanitise it just to make it more acceptable to the middle of the road listeners.
Melodica played by Takashi Kawabata, thank you Takashi!
Thank you to Keith Pine for the use of the Geddes Dental Jingle.
about karangahape road
Karangahape Road (commonly known as K' Road) is a famous street in Auckland, New Zealand, known for cafes, boutique shops, nightlife and for being a red light district.
It is located close to the CBD and runs mostly west-east, perpendicular to Queen Street. At its intersection with Ponsonby Road in the west, Karangahape Road becomes Great North Road, at its eastern end it connects to Grafton Bridge.
Courtesy of Wikipedia : To read more : Visit www.en.wikipedia.org
Also vist the K Road website :
You are free to download the 'K'Road Song' for your own listening pleasure, and I would appreciate your feedback. Please email me in return for the download as I would really like your encouragement and support. Would you please forward the link on to anyone else you think might enjoy it? I will try my best to respond personally to everyone who emails me. My email address is chrisvb@xtra.co.nz
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k'road song
