# Favorite song about where you live **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 5, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011 "2019-02-05T15:58:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/21 "2019-02-05T17:39:43Z")
I’m partial to [Cleveland Rocks!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ3plaSowWc) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/22 "2019-02-05T17:39:49Z")
I don’t particularly like _Do You Know The Way To San Jose_, so I’m going with _[Neal’s Fandango](https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/doobiebrothers/nealsfandango.html)_ byThe Doobie Brothers. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/23 "2019-02-05T17:46:46Z")
Probably this one: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvS351QKFV4) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/24 "2019-02-05T17:50:47Z")
There aren’t many, so I’ll have to go with “[So Long, Mary](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qydYuLlHdkQ)” (at 1:10) ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/25 "2019-02-05T17:52:05Z")
In no particular order: Sufjan Stevens, _[Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR2TqWDqO_w)_ True Believers, _[Lucky Moon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EP81dU4igY)_ Wilco, _[Casino Queen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jzum2jvLwA)_ Uncle Tupelo, _[Sauget Wind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_z-D2jEjtI)_ Michael Stipe from REM used to live here, but I’m unaware of any songs he wrote about the place. By all accounts he hated it. As I recently read in a Facebook meme, “Southern Illinois is St. Louis’s New Jersey”. I’m still waiting for our Springsteen. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/26 "2019-02-05T18:06:10Z")
Earth Blues, Jimi Hendrix. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/27 "2019-02-05T19:18:07Z")
[Lisa Se Klavier](https://youtu.be/eSNZar71U0A) (Lisa’s Piano) by Koos Kombuis. Paints a picture of a little bohemian slice-of-life in a particular street in my town. A very resonant word picture. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/28 "2019-02-05T19:29:29Z")
Aliotta Haynes & Jeremiah’s _Lake Shore Drive_. So much better than that drivel Sinatra spewed about his kind of town. Thankfully, I don’t hear that thing much since Frankie died. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/29 "2019-02-05T19:38:03Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > So much better than that drivel Sinatra spewed about his kind of town. Thankfully, I don’t hear that thing much since Frankie died. Hey, them’s fightin’ words! :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/30 "2019-02-05T19:42:01Z")
Also in Portland. I looked up “songs about Portland” on Wikipedia, but I’m not familiar with any of them. So I’m gonna go with “[Feel It All Around](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbSD5N03Izw)” by Washed Out. It’s not _about_ Portland, but there is a strong connection. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/31 "2019-02-05T19:43:58Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Aliotta Haynes & Jeremiah’s _Lake Shore Drive_. > > So much better than that drivel Sinatra spewed about his kind of town. Thankfully, I don’t hear that thing much since Frankie died. Agreed on both counts. Also, for those not familiar with it: _[Lake Shore Drive](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOrdtmG2IMM)_. ---
**Author:** ![Evin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@Evin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evin)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/32 "2019-02-05T20:09:00Z")
**Memphis in June** by Hoagy Carmichael [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-ZnwIMw8emc/hqdefault.jpg "Hoagy Carmichael - Memphis In June") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZnwIMw8emc) or (my preference) as interpreted by Bobby Short: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fp1sDVibCas/maxresdefault.jpg "Memphis in June") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp1sDVibCas) ---
**Author:** ![uncle\_squeegee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b5e925/32.png) [@uncle\_squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uncle_squeegee)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/33 "2019-02-05T20:18:42Z")
The Hot Toddies, “[Seattle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=0z9l_AT1Vyk).” ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/34 "2019-02-05T20:26:46Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > [White Boy From Sacramento](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gamxQTm6RL0) by Timothy B. Shmidt > > But to be fair, it’s the only song that’s explicitly about living in Sacramento I’m aware of. When I lived in Sacramento, I wrote a song about the city. It’s called “Summer in Sacramento” and its all about the heat. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/35 "2019-02-05T20:28:58Z")
[quote=“terentii, post:23, topic:829011”] Probably this one: [/QUOTE] I like the comment below: “The Russian version of the Power Rangers is very different than the others.” ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/36 "2019-02-05T20:45:32Z")
Susan Werner, “[Chicago Any Day](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhXB962sMJE)” ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/37 "2019-02-05T20:50:09Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > I’ll see your James Taylor and raise you [the Chairmen of the Board](https://www.youtube.com/watch/???v=PsTEw2QJe5Y). Ah, Shagging On The Beach… kids would rake and rope off a section of beach to be a dance floor, and crank tunes like this. We called the music Carolina Beach Shagging and the dancing style was The Shag. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > When I lived in Seattle [the theme song to “Here Come The Brides”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRNpa_vTjRM) was a favorite of mine. Yeah, but “The bluest skies you’ve ever seen/are in Seattle”??? Saw a shirt there with cartoony people in a downpour: “The bluest guys you’ve ever seen are in Seattle” > [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Aliotta Haynes & Jeremiah’s _Lake Shore Drive_. Saw a tour of “Bands that WCFL made famous” at Summerfest\*. They brought the last living member of the band to come up on stage and sing “LSD”. Best driving song ever, I often detour to “take that drive” just so I can blast that song. \*Hey, if I grew up in Milwaukee, can I count the _Laverne & Shirley_ theme song? ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/38 "2019-02-05T21:06:54Z")
“Kansas City” - lots of good versions, not sure I could pick a favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/39 "2019-02-05T21:18:39Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Ah, Shagging On The Beach… kids would rake and rope off a section of beach to be a dance floor, and crank tunes like this. We called the music Carolina Beach Shagging and the dancing style was The Shag. [There’s a movie for that](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSm1Ghy6gEo). ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/40 "2019-02-05T21:24:21Z")
[quote=“terentii, post:23, topic:829011”] Probably this one: [/QUOTE] [You posted the wrong link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAz50pZn6Ys). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011.md?page=3)