# Streets mentioned in Pop/Rock songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 10, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931 "2006-10-10T14:32:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/61 "2006-10-11T16:56:56Z")
157 Riverside Avenue - REO Speedwagon Highway 6 - ZZ Top Shakin’ Street - MC5 Tobacco Road - The Nashville Teens ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/62 "2006-10-11T18:12:03Z")
I checked the whole thread, and don’t _think_ any of these have been mentioned: Titles: “Bop Street”, Gene Vincent “Highway 49” Howlin’ Wolf “Positively Fourth Street” Bob Dylan “On Broadway”, Drifters “Lost Highway”, Hank Williams “Basin Street Blues”, Ray Charles and others A1A, mentioned in Jimmy Buffett’s “Trying To Reason With Hurricane Season” Fifth Avenue, mentioned in “Easter Parade” ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/63 "2006-10-11T21:03:36Z")
“You’ve got the Fairfax Street mid-morning paranoia blues” from Fairfax Rag- Harry Nillsson Tom Petty got a lot of airplay around here with a song mentioning “Market Square.” Though Market Square Arena (where Elvis played his last concert) is no longer standing, Market Square is still there. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/64 "2006-10-11T21:15:32Z")
“Just a come-on from the whores on **Seventh Avenue** ” - The Boxer, Simon & Garfunkel ---
**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:** [October 11, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/65 "2006-10-11T22:02:03Z")
_Movin’ Out_, by Billy Joel tells of a Medical Center on Sullivan Street (across the street from a bar, or possibly a restaurant with full bar, called Mr. Cacciatore’s). ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/66 "2006-10-11T23:09:03Z")
Parkline Drive East and West River Drive i-76 all in I-76 by G.Love and Special Sauce ---
**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/67 "2006-10-12T00:20:30Z")
Tom Petty - Free Fallin’ “All the vampires, walkin’ through the valley, move west down Ventura Boulevard…” ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/68 "2006-10-12T00:51:28Z")
Here’s an obscure (by SDMB standards, I imagine) one. “The Corner” - **Common w/ Kanye West** : mentions Stony and Cottage Grove - 2 notorious south side streets in Chicago (Stony is Stony Island). ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/69 "2006-10-12T00:56:23Z")
Also… “Love Street” -\*\* The Doors\*\* “Oppenheimer” - \*\*Old 97s \*\* (…_On a road called Oppenheimer_) “St. Ignatius” - **Old 97s** (…_Tanked up out on Elm Street_) “4 of 2” - \*\*They Might Be Giants \*\* (…_Underneath a big clock at the corner of 5th Avenue and 22nd Street_) ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/70 "2006-10-12T03:56:51Z")
[QUOTE=John Carter of Mars] A1A, mentioned in Jimmy Buffett’s “Trying To Reason With Hurricane Season” [/QUOTE] A1A also gets a name check in Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby.” Staying in the state of Florida, Sheryl Crow incorrectly states that she “took the I-95 down to Pensacola” in “Maybe Angels.” ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/71 "2006-10-12T04:17:01Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] 59th Bridge Street song…S&G [/QUOTE] [nitpick] 59th Street isn’t actually _mentioned in_ the song; it’s just the title. [/nitpick] And for those who think I’m being noo nitpicky, **Abbey Road**. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/72 "2006-10-12T04:28:33Z")
CHURCH ON CUMBERLAND ROAD, by Shenandoah Did someone say, and I am embarassed to say, Vanilla Ice, A1A-Beachfront Avenue Sgt Schwartz ---
**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:** [October 12, 2006, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/73 "2006-10-12T04:35:36Z")
Slaughter on 10th Avenue ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/74 "2006-10-12T13:04:54Z")
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