# 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:** 4
**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, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/61 "2019-02-06T17:39:04Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > Errr…thanks but every Canadian and Rush fan know that… as well as all the lyrics to The Kings only real hit. Sorry for the mansplain. I was responding to your “???” after the selection of “YYZ” for Toronto, which only made sense to me as “What has one got to do with the other?” FWIW, “YYZ” was introduced to me simply as “the one where Neil Peart quintuplets on the bass drum.” ---
**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, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/62 "2019-02-06T17:57:59Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Sorry for the mansplain. I was responding to your “???” after the selection of “YYZ” for Toronto, which only made sense to me as “What has one got to do with the other?” > > FWIW, “YYZ” was introduced to me simply as “the one where Neil Peart quintuplets on the bass drum.” No worries… as long as you agree to pronounce it “Why-Why- ZED”! ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/63 "2019-02-06T18:41:23Z")
Frankly, all the songs about Austin suck. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/64 "2019-02-06T18:44:29Z")
Tacocat - [F.U. #8](https://youtu.be/V6X36imE2I4), about Seattle’s crappy bus routes. Sir Mix A Lot - [Posse on Broadway](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBPpy_SVV_0), about cruising Seattle’s Capitol Hill. ---
**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/65 "2019-02-06T19:24:35Z")
Judy Garland - San Francisco [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sSr47vIUz94/hqdefault.jpg "Judy Garland - San Francisco") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSr47vIUz94) ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/66 "2019-02-06T19:49:47Z")
Not many songs about Maryland. _Maryland, my Maryland_ _Crabs for Christmas_ is kind of cute although I don’t really like that singing style. ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/67 "2019-02-11T04:01:36Z")
Ian Tyson’s “Summer Wages” mentions Vancouver, in particular “all the beer parlours, all down along Main Street”. Any West Coast Canadian my age will remember it from his tv show in the ‘70’s. Vancouver gets a shout out in a few other songs too. Trooper, who are actually local, mentions ‘this rainy city’ in “Here For A Good Time”. Of course back in the early Seventies, transplanted Aussie Rolf Harris immortalized is with “Vancouver Town” and “Vancouver Town ‘73”. To the best of my knowledge, there are no actual songs about Surrey, which is probably a good thing. Surrey is Vancouver’s trashy little sister, that nobody wants to hang out with, but you do, because she’s cheap and easy! Ok, I wrote and have performed “The Surrey Song” at Open Mic, but it’s never been recorded…I hope! “They’re shootin’ in Newton Brawlin’ in Whalley In Fleetwood, they’re looking to fight In Strawberry Hill They’re stabbin’ for thrills There’ll be bloodshed In Surrey Tonight! ---
**Author:** ![Drum\_God](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drum_god/32/44_2.png) [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/68 "2019-02-11T04:13:06Z")
For the first time on SDMB, I’m gonna actually reveal the small town in Central Texas where I live. There is actually a very popular song written about it. When the world-famous band that plays the song came to town a few years ago, there was a huge crowd to hear them perform it. Many of the old-timers in town were very upset that the county fair association invited this band (and paid their huge performance fee) because the subject-matter is somewhat of an embarrassment to some. However, the subject of the song was well-known in the town (long before I moved there or was old enough to understand such things). Ladies and gentlemen, I give you[ZZTop.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE1xO44FlME) ---
**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/69 "2019-02-11T04:28:15Z")
I wonder how many people have heard that song a million times without realizing it’s dirty as hell (“I hear it’s tight…Most every night”) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/70 "2019-02-12T18:49:39Z")
No one would ever write a song about Oakville but it’s a suburb of Toronto, so I’ll take that. I’ll go with “Crabbuckit” by k-os, with honorable mentions to “416/905” by Maestro and “Toronto #4” by The Tragically Hip. “Bobcaygeon,” also by the Hip, refers to Toronto but is less about it than, well, Bobcaygeon. In our Lots of Songs category, Drake has dozens of Toronto-related songs, but I just can’t get into his music. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/71 "2019-02-13T18:08:51Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > No one would ever write a song about Oakville but it’s a suburb of Toronto, so I’ll take that. > . Not so fast… I give you… Cynical Bastards by Arkells! > [@](#): > > Those Oakville moms, they stick up their nose. > Those Burlington dads keep their daughters at home [I like this acoustic version at Strombo’s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLCpMkUJE90) ---
**Author:** ![Reindeer\_Flotilla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reindeer_flotilla/32/3024_2.png) [@Reindeer\_Flotilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reindeer_Flotilla)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/72 "2019-02-13T20:35:39Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Sorry for the mansplain. I was responding to your “???” after the selection of “YYZ” for Toronto, which only made sense to me as “What has one got to do with the other?” > > FWIW, “YYZ” was introduced to me simply as “the one where Neil Peart quintuplets on the bass drum.” My understanding is that the guitar intro riff also is the actual Morse code for “YYZ”. There’s lots of songs referencing my city, but ‘Surfin’ USA’ by the Beach Boys is the only one I know of that specifically mentions my neighborhood. Of course the song references a few other places as well, but I’ll take what I can get! As for our Chicago brethren, unless I missed it is there no love for ‘Sweet Home Chicago’? I’m kinda partial to the Blues Brothers version. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/73 "2019-02-13T21:10:29Z")
There are very few songs about my town, but [this will do as a proxy.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra5vyO4_T-4) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/74 "2019-02-13T21:19:49Z")
There aren’t too many songs about Tucson. The closest I can get is the Beatles’ “Get Back,” although it’s not entirely about the Old Pueblo. _Jo Jo left his home in Tucson, Arizona for some California grass._ ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/75 "2019-02-13T21:31:38Z")
[City I Luv](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpM8w9E7As0) ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/76 "2019-02-14T07:16:41Z")
Kenny Chesney’s _El Cerrito Place_ is set in southern California, not my home town in the Bay Area. I can see the bay from my front porch, so I’ll go with [San Francisco Bay Blues](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SzP3_K_7EE). ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/77 "2019-02-14T08:50:51Z")
[Olympia, WA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsTKUrcLR2I) by Rancid. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/78 "2019-02-14T15:12:19Z")
> [@Reindeer\_Flotilla](#): > > My understanding is that the guitar intro riff also is the actual Morse code for “YYZ”. Not exactly, the rhythm of the percussion, bass, and guitar are all based on the -.-- -.-- --… repeating pattern using an alternating tritone between F# and C. ---
**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 14, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/79 "2019-02-14T15:34:01Z")
Of course, if you are talking about songs that mention the state I live in, nothing is more New Jersey then Bruce Springsteen’s Jersey Girl, even if he didn’t write it. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011/80 "2019-02-14T15:36:24Z")
In that case, John Pizzarelli’s [“I Like Jersey Best”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ6_ikx3qoI) has to be the choice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011.md?page=5)