# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/41 "2019-02-05T21:27:49Z")
_From Nothing to Nowhere_ Bleed into your shoes, Man. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/42 "2019-02-05T22:04:53Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > “Kansas City” - lots of good versions, not sure I could pick a favorite. That was going to be my pick, even though I’m about 40 miles away. If that doesn’t count, there’s “Help I’m A Rock” by the Mothers of Invention, with the line that goes “Who could imagine that they would freak out somewhere in Kansas?” ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/43 "2019-02-05T22:10:13Z")
Dennehy by Serengeti is peppered with fun Chicago references. The video sure has me missing summer. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/oqrtoFWglMY/hqdefault.jpg "Serengeti "Dennehy"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqrtoFWglMY) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/44 "2019-02-05T22:27:40Z")
“Ohio” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. “Four Dead In O-Hi-O” is the unofficial state motto. 🙂 ---
**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, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/45 "2019-02-05T22:43:30Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > [You posted the wrong link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAz50pZn6Ys). Reminds me of **this song:** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHIozqsqwIs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHIozqsqwIs)😉 ---
**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, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/46 "2019-02-05T22:45:19Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > I like the comment below: “The Russian version of the Power Rangers is very different than the others.” I thought they were German? :dubious: 😕 ---
**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, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/47 "2019-02-05T23:17:39Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I thought they were German? :dubious: 😕 Well, the [original lineup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dschinghis_Khan) had 2 Germans, 2 Hungarians, one Dutch, and one Afrikaaner. But in that video, they were wearing vaguely Russian-esque costumes. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/48 "2019-02-05T23:23:17Z")
[I Love My Green bay Packers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QAUCygOFcw) ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/49 "2019-02-06T02:04:04Z")
“[Cigarette State](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTwQEhk15tA)” from Robbie Fulks. > [@EscAlaMike](#): > > That’s a tough one. > My favorite song about the South in general is probably [All I Can Do Is Write About it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH-gnMSzmtI) by Skynyrd. Good call, sir. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/50 "2019-02-06T02:19:44Z")
> [@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. How about [The Black Ball Ferry Line](https://youtu.be/alttvzdVBPE)? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/51 "2019-02-06T03:56:55Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I thought they were German? :dubious: 😕 I thought they were [ABBA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk_Vu6AcbWg)😕 ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/52 "2019-02-06T04:01:05Z")
[Khe Sanh](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTjvG4WJD_A) by Cold Chisel. If you want to go with something more traditional [Botany Bay](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5L3ssIlG_I) in this version by John Williamson ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/53 "2019-02-06T04:12:38Z")
[My Hometown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOrILYGV6dE)– Girl Trouble ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/54 "2019-02-06T14:31:43Z")
“Who needs a house out in Hackensack” comes closest to where I live. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/55 "2019-02-06T15:14:46Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > “Kansas City” - lots of good versions, not sure I could pick a favorite. > [@Shoeless](#): > > That was going to be my pick, even though I’m about 40 miles away. > > If that doesn’t count, there’s “Help I’m A Rock” by the Mothers of Invention, with the line that goes “Who could imagine that they would freak out somewhere in Kansas?” Here’s my submission: [The New Basement Tapes - “Kansas City”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X3hdFWmerQ) A really fantastic song with an interesting story behind it: "Following a motorcycle accident in 1967, Bob Dylan retreated to upstate New York where he would go on to record the original Basement Tapes. Forty-seven years later, a selection of hand-written lyrics from the period surfaced that were never made into songs. In early 2014, world-renowned produced T Bone Burnett recruited five of today’s finest musicians to write and create music for the long-lost lyrics." ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/56 "2019-02-06T15:18:40Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > God damn it. I was trying to think of a song for Toronto. I am ashamed to say it took longer than 3 seconds for me to come up with [YYZ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdpMpfp-J_I). ??? [The Kings - This Beat Goes On/Switchin to Glide](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxkjvKBPQjo) > [@](#): > > Hey Judy, get Trudy, > You said to call you up if I was feelin’ moody, > Hey little Donna, ah still wanna > You said to ring you up when I was in Toronto. Can’t believe I’m the first to mention… I’ve been Everywhere - originally written by australian Geoff Mack but re-recorded many times, including Hank Snow and Johnny Cash. I’ll go with the [Stompin Tom version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAAzTOefHrc) Listen for your town! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/57 "2019-02-06T15:33:03Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > ??? If it helps, YYZ is the airport code for Toronto Pearson International. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/58 "2019-02-06T15:43:51Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > Earth Blues, Jimi Hendrix. [Ha!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq4uCWtQE24) ---
**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 6, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/59 "2019-02-06T15:51:59Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > “Who needs a house out in Hackensack” comes closest to where I live. Possible alternative: [Hackensack](https://youtu.be/TVoFq7zc5po) by Fountains of Wayne. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/60 "2019-02-06T16:02:23Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > If it helps, YYZ is the airport code for Toronto Pearson International. Errr…thanks but every Canadian and Rush fan know that… as well as all the lyrics to The Kings only real hit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011.md?page=4)