# Songs set in Los Angeles **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 10, 2010, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-in-los-angeles/549802 "2010-08-10T07:44:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-in-los-angeles/549802/81 "2010-08-13T10:50:52Z")
Say Goodbye to Hollywood-- Billy Joel [Ain’t Nobody Straight in LA-- The Miracles (of Smokey Robinson and The Miracles fame)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h6OVwvAiIs) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-in-los-angeles/549802/82 "2010-08-13T15:03:29Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > > [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > > > … > > “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” > > San Jose is about 350 miles from LA, though. Or I’m being wooshed. The singer is in LA and asking how to get to San Jose. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-in-los-angeles/549802/83 "2010-08-13T15:08:04Z")
[Men’s Room L.A.](http://www.lyricstime.com/kinky-friedman-mens-room-l-a-lyrics.html) ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-in-los-angeles/549802/84 "2010-08-13T15:20:30Z")
Just remembered another country one: _You’re the Reason God Made Oklahoma_, the duet by David Frizzell and Shelly West. \*Everyone’s a star here in L.A. County You oughta see the things that they do All the cowboys out on the Sunset Strip Wish that they could be like you. The Santa Monica Freeway Sure makes a country girl blue.\* ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-in-los-angeles/549802/85 "2010-08-13T22:06:22Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > > [@NAF1138](#): > > > > A whole slew of Tom Waits songs > > _If you want a taste of madness > you’ll have to wait in line > you’ll probably see someone you know > on Heartattack and Vine._ You could probably make the case that all of the album Frank’s Wild Years takes place in LA, since it is based on the spoken word piece Frank’s Wild Years from Swordfishtrombones, in which Frank clearly lives in the northern San Fernando Valley, which is part of Los Angeles. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-in-los-angeles/549802/86 "2010-08-13T22:24:09Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > That’s Warren Zevon’s song, already mentioned. Ah, so it is. Didn’t realize. Well, Dwight Yoakam does a really nice cover of _Carmelita_ with Flaco Jiminez on accordion. It was on Flaco’s [Partners](http://www.amazon.com/Partners-Flaco-Jimenez/dp/B000002LSD) CD. Worth checking out. ---
**Author:** ![Docta\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Docta\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Docta_G)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-in-los-angeles/549802/87 "2010-08-13T23:46:28Z")
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**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-in-los-angeles/549802/88 "2010-08-14T04:05:19Z")
Try this album? > **[Forever Changes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever_Changes)** > > Forever Changes is the third studio album by the American rock band Love, released by Elektra Records in November 1967. The album saw the group embrace a subtler folk-oriented sound, acoustic guitar, and orchestration, while primary songwriter Arthur Lee explored darker themes alluding to mortality and his creeping disillusionment with the 1960s counterculture. It was the final album recorded by the original band lineup; after its completion, Bryan MacLean left the group acrimoniously and the [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-in-los-angeles/549802.md?page=4)