Who knows where he could’ve gone if his bike wasn’t stolen.įrom the lyrics of this song it appears Annie Clark also had her bicycle stolen at some point. The group is from Dundas, in Hamilton, On., a city that has produced some of Canada’s best cyclists. This song’s lyrics start as a letter to the guy who stole a bike from one of the bandmates. To the Guy Who Stole My Bike – The Dirty Nil

This sad song is about a dying man riding his bike from Minnesota to New York to see his family. Nothing like a little 2007 post-hardcore to remind a millennial about some questionable high school music taste. Bombay Bicycle Club and the rise of fixed-gear bikes and horrible bike-themed tattoos are an example of the trend.Īlso from this 2010s era, Kimya Dawson (of Juno soundtrack fame) sings about their broken bike and their brother. In the late 00’s and early 10’s bikes had a bit of a moment in the indie scene.

Some say this song is about Albert Hoffman’s famous ride home on his bike after he invented and ingested the first dose of LSD.

In the video for Bike Dream, he rides a city bike in Paris, Berlin and Copenhagen. Rostam left Vampire Weekend after the release of Modern Vampires of the City, but it’s clear that he was the cyclist of the group. Obvious Bicycle is the first song off of Vampire Weekend’s Modern Vampires of the City, this track doesn’t actually mention a bicycle (but it’s still a great song.) Xiu Xiu’s Girl With Basket Of Fruit is (vaguely) about a girl who “sits on a bicycle and floats in space.” RELATED: Remembering Kraftwerk founder and cycling fan Florian SchneiderĪutechre’s first studio album ‘Incunabula’ (released in the UK in 1993), contains a track called Bike, a fan favourite. They were known to have their tour bus drop them off outside of the city they were scheduled to play in so that they could have a chance to cycle before their shows. Kraftwerk’s musical dedication to the Tour de France is a testament to the group’s interest in the sport. The beat lends itself to a nice, steady pedalling cadence and the bird samples that come in later give the song a riding by the ocean feel. This song is from Boards of Canada’s iconic 1998 electronic album Music Has The Right To Children. Tom Waits’ super depressing song about forgotten and broken bicycles with old chains and rusted handlebars is definitely not a pump-up cycling track.Ī nice sequel to Bicycle Race, Frank Ocean’s Biking is perfect for when you are finally biking and can sing to yourself “I’m bikin’ uphill and it’s burnin’ my quads.” The song also features Ocean’s Odd Future collaborator Tyler, the Creator who has his own song about biking. Fortunately he did not forget to mention, as the song was released in 2006 as a bonus track on the iTunes release of the band’s album By the Way. “How could I forget to mention, the bicycle is a good invention,” sings Anthony Kiedis. In Bike, Pink Floyd generously offers to give a girl their bike that has “a basket, a bell that rings and things to make it look good.” They can’t give it to her though, because the bike is borrowed.

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