Du Shaozhong, deputy director of Beijing’s Environmental Protection Bureau, said: “We made a commitment to ensure air quality for the Olympic Games . . . as for whether we have reached the goal, that will be examined after the event.”
Here is a list of songs I have compiled to celebrate air quality in Beijing.
Kate Bush - Cloud Busting
The Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
The Pogues - Dirty Old Town
The Rolling Stones - Get Off My Cloud
Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze
The Rah Band - Clouds Across The Moon
Berlin - Take My Breath Away
Prodigy - Breathe
Bob Dylan - Blowin' In The Wind
Dorothy Moore - Misty Blue
Air Supply - Making Love Out Of Nothing At All
New Order - Everything's Gone Green
Here are a few more songs to mark the 2008 Beijing Olympics:
Japan - Visions of China
Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Any More
Gill Scott Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Simon And Garfunkel - Sound of Silence
Roy Orbison - Communication Breakdown
Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
Cyndi Lauper - True Colours
Joe Dolce - Shaddup You Face
The Imposter - Pills And Soap
Thin Lizzy - Chinatown
Any more?
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