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Songs with place names in them?

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  • 15-09-2009 1:33am
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    Doc
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    I’m looking for songs with names of places in America in them.

    The song doesn’t have to have the place named in the title but it dose have to be somewhere in the lyrics of the actual song. It’s for a friend who is doing research for a book, we where talking about it and I got brain freeze and could only think of a few most of which had the place name in the title.

    So got any?


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    Amazotheamazing
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    Wanted Man by Johnny Cash, Southern Accents by Tom Petty.


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    loyatemu
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    pretty much any Johnny Cash song for that matter - "I've been everywhere" has about a hundred places mentioned; "Folsom Prison Blues" - I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die; "Big River" namechecks various cities on the Mississippi, Baton Rouge, New Orleans etc...


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    boredatwork82
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    Detroit Rock City by KISS
    Beverly Hills by Weezer
    New York, New York By Frankie.
    House of teh rising sun by The Animals
    Are you going to San francisco by The Byrds...(I Think)


    Those ones are just off the top of my head, bound to be loads more in my cd collection.


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    asdasd
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    Do you know the way to San Jose
    new york state of mind.


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    Rigsby
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    Sweet Home Chicago

    New York New York

    Spanish Harlem

    Electric Los Angeles Sunset ( Al Stewart)

    Almost Lucy (mentions California) Al Stewart

    L.A. Woman

    What did Delaware Boys ( lots of place names in this song). Here are the lyrics :
    http://www.scoutsongs.com/lyrics/delaware.htm

    Little Old Lady from Pasadena

    Trouble Child (Joni Mitchell) mentions Malibu


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    Xavi6
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    'City of Chicago' - Christy Moore

    'New York' - Eskimo Joe

    'New York, New York' - Ryan Adams

    'Mercy Me' - Alkaline Trio (San Francisco and Chicago)


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    asdasd
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    At the risk of destroying everybodys fun I tenatively add this link

    SOngs With Cities in the Title


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    Rigsby
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    asdasd wrote: »
    At the risk of destroying everybodys fun I tenatively add this link

    SOngs With Cities in the Title


    Forget that link, it's not authentic..... no mention of Dublin in it !! :rolleyes: :D


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    delbertgrady
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    Via Chicago: Wilco
    Nebraska: Bruce Springsteen
    New York City Serenade: Bruce Springsteen
    A Good Man is Hard to Find (Pittsburgh): Bruce Springsteen
    Santa Ana: Bruce Springsteen
    Manhattan Skyline: a-ha
    Twin Falls: Built to Spill/Ben Folds Five
    California Dreamin': The Mamas and the Papas
    California Earthquake: Cass Elliott
    All the Way to Reno: REM
    Dayton, Ohio - 1903: Randy Newman
    My Old Kentucky Home: Randy Newman
    Baltimore: Randy Newman
    Birmingham: Randy Newman
    Texas Girl at the Funeral of Her Father: Randy Newman
    Hey Manhattan: Prefab Sprout
    San Diego Serenade: Tom Waits
    Virginia Plain: Roxy Music
    Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again: Bob Dylan
    New York City Cops: The Strokes
    By the Time My Head Gets to Phoenix: Peter Bruntnell
    El Paso: Marty Robbins
    Albuquerque: Neil Young
    Omaha: Counting Crows

    The aforementioned San Francisco song that was thought to be The Byrds is possibly Let's Go to San Francisco by The Flowerpot Men, but more likely San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair) by Scott McKenzie.

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    Insect Overlord
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    Is it too early for "Fairytale of New York" :D


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    fillmore jive
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    Straight outta Compton


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    laoisforliam
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    Body of an American - The Pogues
    Harry Chapin - 30 000 pounds if bananas


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    bullpost
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    The Lakes Of Pontchartrain - Paul Brady
    THOUSANDS ARE SAILING - Pogues
    Galveston - Glen Campbell
    All My Exes - George Strait
    Cities - Talking Heads
    Wichita Lineman
    MacArthur Park
    Junco Partner
    Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice)
    Washington Bullets
    Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street


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    laoisforliam
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    House of the rising sun- The Animals (New orleans)
    Fake tales of san francisco - Arctic monkeys (San francisco)
    Bitches aint **** - NWA (Compton)
    The lonesome death of hattie carroll - Dylan (Baltimore)
    Across 110th street - Bobby womack (new york)?
    rainy night in gerogia - Brook benton
    streets of phillidelphia - bruce springstein
    coyotes - don edwards (texas)
    mona lisas and mad hatters - elton john (spanish harlem, new york city)
    tiny dancer - elton john (LA)
    in the ghetto - elvis pressley (chicago)
    seven nation army - white stripes (wichita)


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    Nailz
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    New Orleans is a Dying Whore - Down


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    Dr Gradus
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    Idaho - Nerina Pallot


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    Fuzzy_Dunlop
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    There's Lawrence Ks by Josh Ritter


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    Headshot
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    California by phantom planet



    dani California by red hot chilli peppers (mentions Mississippi,alabama,Louisiana,Indiana)

    especially in Michigan by red hot chilli peppers


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    Micilin Muc
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    The Waterboys - Glastonbury Song (Glastonbury, Maybole, Stornaway, The Boyne, Carraroe)


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    jd007
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    sweet home alabama


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    #22
    cashback
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    Cuyahoga - REM
    Houston - REM

    I'm too tired to think of more!


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    Twee.
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    Up on Cripple Creek - The Band (Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana)
    Dixie Chicken - Little Feat (Memphis, Tennessee)
    The Jeep Song - Dresden Dolls (Boston)
    Memphis in the Meantime - John Hiatt (Eh, Memphis!)


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    anti-venom
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    California Uber Alles -Dead Kennedys
    New York's Alright If You Like Saxophones - Fear


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    PrivateEye
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    Possible some of these have already been listed, I once made a playlist of songs with places in their titles.

    Alkaline Trio- San Francisco
    Ramones- California Sun
    Misfits-Hollywood Babylon
    The Shangri Las-The Train from Kansas City
    Woody Guthrie-New York Town
    Jawbreaker-West Bay Invitational
    Luke Kelly-Alabama 58
    Against Me!- Sink, Florida, Sink!
    Phil Ochs-Here's to the State of Mississippi


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    Deeper Blue
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    Slow Night, So Long - Kings of Leon
    Arizona - Kings of Leon


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    BornToRun88
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    Songs with place names

    Penny Lane-The Beatles (most obvious one that no one has thought of)
    Strawberry Fields Forever-The Beatles
    Belfast Child-Simple Minds
    Dakota- Stereophonics
    Mersey Paradise-The Stone Roses
    London Loves-Blur
    London-The Smiths
    Amsterdam-Coldplay
    Kansas City (Hey,Hey)- The Beatles


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    delbertgrady
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    BornToRun88 wrote: »
    Penny Lane-The Beatles (most obvious one that no one has thought of)

    ... because the thread asked for places in the USA. :rolleyes:

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    2025 Gigs and Events: Billie Eilish (x2)



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    BornToRun88
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    delbertgrady wrote: »
    ... because the thread asked for places in the USA. :rolleyes:
    ah yes, i didn't read that. i would have got top marks if it wasnt america, well count kansas city (hey,hey) in that list and dakota, has anyone thought of streets of philadelphia yet by the boss

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_about_California food for thought, wikipedia here has songs about california, which means it has california in the song title


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    Omnomnom
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    Phantom Planet - California


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    Dr Gradus
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    Augustana - Boston


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