Concrete jungle
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The term concrete jungle is often used to refer to a city, or an area of a city, with many tower blocks or tenement flats made of brick and concrete.
In the UK the term is sometimes associated with crime and a way of life that is indigenous to inner city living.
The term was used by Bob Marley in his song "Concrete Jungle". The song, originally recorded in the late 1960s, was re-recorded on the The Wailers' breakthrough record "Catch A Fire" in 1972. The song depicts the ghetto lifestyle of Jamaicans. However, the term’s popular usage probably originated with British zoologist Desmond Morris, who wrote "The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo" in his best-selling book, The Human Zoo, first published 1969 by Jonathan Cape. Morris may well have derived the term from Upton Sinclair who coined the phrase asphalt jungle in his novel The Jungle published 1906.
The Specials, a band from Coventry wrote a song in the early 1980s, called Concrete Jungle. The region is synonymous with its extensive concrete estates built in the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
Black Label Society, a Heavy Metal Band released a single from their new album "Shot to Hell" called Concrete Jungle on June 24th 2006, before the actual album was released on September 12th 2006.
