Amy’s Back in Austin
New San Antonio Rose
Houston Solution
La Grange
Little Rock (not the city, really…)
Are these municipal melodies disproportionately country tunes?
“Skinny Little Boy from Cleveland, Ohio”
I’m a skinny little boy from Cleveland, Ohio
Come to steal your women and drink your beer
Chattanooga Choo-choo
Sally from Syracuse
Tallahassee Lassie
He Went to Paris Jimmy Buffett
Biloxi also by JB
West Nashville Grand also by JB
Livingston Saturday Night also by JB
Havana Daydreamin’ also by JB
Tokyo Love Song Arrogant Worms
*Werewolves of London
Things to do in Denver when you’re dead
Just thought I’d mention that, according to an arcade trivia machine I was playing a while back, Memphis is mentioned in rock songs more often than any other city (not necessarily just in the title, but in the entire lyrics). Not at all a reliable source, but seems reasonable.
Nashville sung by the Indigo Girls
Walkin’ in Memphis Marc Cohn
L.A. Song Beth Hart
Stockton Gala Days 10,000 Maniacs
Say Goodbye to Hollywood
New York State of Mind
Allentown
Goodnight Saigon all by Billy Joel
Callin Baton Rouge
The Beaches of Cheyenne by Garth Brooks
Tijuana Jail
Straight Outta Compton
Pretoria
The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati
[ul][li]Chicago (“Chicago, Chicago, that toddlin’ town”)[/li][li]Mention My Name in Sheboygan (Wisconsin)[/li]Jerusalem (hymn, Blake’s poem set to music, used by Monty Python)[/ul]
Surely we don’t want this thread to drag on forever with every place on Cecil’s green earth mentioned.
Surely there must be an existing database somewhere on the vast internet? Yes?
Bueller? Bueller?
You’re right, it does exist:
At least for soul music, that is.
Lsura, you are a goddess.
Now let’s nail down some lists for other genres and sew this puppy up.
“The Lights of Albuquerque,” is a country song.
I can’t believe I spent this much time on this, but here ya go
Neenah Menasha by Sponge
Two cities for the price of one actually. And the song really has nothing to do with the small Wisconsin cities, the singer just saw them on a sign and thought they sounded neat.
Planet of New Orleans (Dire Straits - what a great album!)
Stuck in Lodi (already mentioned, but I always thought it meant Lodi, NJ)
Take it Easy (Eagles, “standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona”)
Long Walk Back (to San Antone) (Junior Brown)
There Is No Arizona (Jamie O’Neil - country song. Mentions Tombstone, Sedona, Grand Canyon, etc.)
Anybody Seen My Baby (Rolling Stones - mention all the boros of NY City and New Jersey!)
And two albums - Page & Plant: Walking into Clarksdale and London Calling by The Clash!
Tripler
And don’t forget Springsteen who mentions “Highway 9” in Born to Run
“Savannah Nights” - Tom Johnston
do you know the way to san jose
honolulu lulu (jan and dean)
wkrp in cincinatteeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
and i scrolled thru twice and didnt see new york new york
start spreading the news…
is that even the name of it? all i remember is theyd play it when the yankees beat the dodgers in the 77 and 78 world series and broke our hearts (when we still loved the dodgers)