Fact #60337

Construction work begins on The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, USA. The bridge will not only become a world-famous landmark and a symbol of the American west, but will inspire several musicians to compose songs in its honour. Ocean Colour Scene released Golden Gate Bridge in 2003. The rather more grim Golden Gate Jumpers by Cold War Kids takes as its theme the fact that many people have deliberately jumped to their deaths from the bridge. In 1997 The Bridge: Golden Gate, with lyrics by Noah Griffin and music by Bob Voss was chosen as the Official Song Of The Bridge, and in 2012 the San Francisco Synthesizer Ensemble released A Day In The Life Of The Golden Gate Bridge, an abstract music video tribute whose music was created entirely from sounds generated by the bridge itself.