# Streets, Roads, and Highways in Popular Culture Titles **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 12, 2008, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-roads-and-highways-in-popular-culture-titles/463204 "2008-09-12T01:38:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-roads-and-highways-in-popular-culture-titles/463204/21 "2008-09-12T13:19:03Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > _Stanley Road_ by Paul Weller (the street in Woking where he grew up) …and _‘A’ Bomb in Wardour Street_, by that other band he was in… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-roads-and-highways-in-popular-culture-titles/463204/22 "2008-09-12T13:39:46Z")
**Lake Shore Drive** , by the long-forgotten Aliotta Haynes and Jeremiah (the Jeremiah who was _not_ a bullfrog). ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-roads-and-highways-in-popular-culture-titles/463204/23 "2008-09-12T14:50:48Z")
“Gun Street Girl” – Tom Waits “9th and Hennepin” – Tom Waits “Bourbon and Division” – Firewater (_On the corner of Bourbon & Division / Crawling down the crooked streets at dawn…_ [Although Bourbon St.'s in New Orleans, and the only Division St. I’m aware of is in Spokane, WA.]) ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-roads-and-highways-in-popular-culture-titles/463204/24 "2008-09-12T15:13:41Z")
_South Rampart Street Parade_ – Bob Crosby and the Bobcats ---
**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:** [September 12, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-roads-and-highways-in-popular-culture-titles/463204/25 "2008-09-12T15:20:43Z")
**Real:** Gun Hill Road (Bronx, NY), a one-hit wonder rock group with “Back When My Hair Was Short.” “Grant Avenue” (San Francisco) – from the musical **Flower Drum Song** **Fictional:** “Gilbert Street” by Sweet Thursday. “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” “Electric Avenue” – Eddy Grant ---
**Author:** ![Octalcode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Octalcode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octalcode)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-roads-and-highways-in-popular-culture-titles/463204/26 "2008-09-12T16:14:35Z")
Dead End Street - Kinks Slaughter on Tenth Avenue. - various ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-roads-and-highways-in-popular-culture-titles/463204/27 "2008-09-12T18:49:36Z")
2400 Fulton Street - title of a Jefferson Airplane ‘best of’ collection, and the address of their former hippie crashpad/band headquarters. A Tom Petty song “Free falling” mentions Ventura Boulevard (dunno if that’s seperate from Ventura **Highway** though). “What’s the Matter Here?” by 10,000 Maniacs. Natalie Merchant sings “We live on Morgan Street…” ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-roads-and-highways-in-popular-culture-titles/463204/28 "2008-09-12T19:01:56Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > **Lake Shore Drive** , by the long-forgotten Aliotta Haynes and Jeremiah (the Jeremiah who was _not_ a bullfrog). Wow! For some reason, I always thought it was Jim Croce! ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-roads-and-highways-in-popular-culture-titles/463204/29 "2008-09-12T19:28:02Z")
> [@gallows\_fodder](#): > > [Although Bourbon St.'s in New Orleans, and the only Division St. I’m aware of is in Spokane, WA.]) There’s also a Division Street in Chicago. I don’t know if there’s a Bourbon Street there too. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-roads-and-highways-in-popular-culture-titles/463204/30 "2008-09-12T21:25:07Z")
> [@The New and Improved Superman](#): > > 2400 Fulton Street - title of a Jefferson Airplane ‘best of’ collection, and the address of their former hippie crashpad/band headquarters. > > A Tom Petty song “Free falling” mentions Ventura Boulevard (dunno if that’s seperate from Ventura **Highway** though). > > “What’s the Matter Here?” by 10,000 Maniacs. Natalie Merchant sings “We live on Morgan Street…” Ventura Boulevard is a major thoroughfare in the San Fernando Valley, where the song takes place. There is a Ventura Freeway, which could be Ventura Highway, although I’ve never heard that usage and I’m a native Valley Girl. So, no. Not quite the same thing. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Algorithm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/algorithm/32/12204_2.png) [@Algorithm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algorithm)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-roads-and-highways-in-popular-culture-titles/463204/31 "2008-09-12T21:49:28Z")
Posse on Broadway (Seattle), Sir Mix-A-Lot 9th at Pine (Portland), Less Than Jake ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-roads-and-highways-in-popular-culture-titles/463204/32 "2008-09-12T22:07:23Z")
Pico & Sepulveda, by Felix Figueroa and His Orchestra (contains references to Doheny Drive, Cahuenga Blvd, La Jolla St, Sequoia St, Alvarado St, Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Drive, and Vine St (besides the title references of Pico and Sepulveda Blvds)) ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-roads-and-highways-in-popular-culture-titles/463204/33 "2008-09-12T22:59:26Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > U.S. Highway 61 - Bob Dylan’s “Highway 61 Revisited” Dylan also covered \*\*Highway 51 \*\* on his first album. John Mayall did \*\*Sawmill Gulch Road \*\* on The Turning Point. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-roads-and-highways-in-popular-culture-titles/463204/34 "2008-09-12T23:07:37Z")
\*Arlington Road Hanover Street\* ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-roads-and-highways-in-popular-culture-titles/463204/35 "2008-09-12T23:08:25Z")
22, Acacia Avenue – Iron Maiden > [@MsRobyn](#): > > Ventura Boulevard is a major thoroughfare in the San Fernando Valley, where the song takes place. There is a Ventura Freeway, which could be Ventura Highway, although I’ve never heard that usage and I’m a native Valley Girl. I’m a native Valley guy, and I’ve never heard either road referred to as “Ventura Highway” in my life. Maybe it was called that before my time, I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-roads-and-highways-in-popular-culture-titles/463204/36 "2008-09-12T23:43:31Z")
Chris Rea’s _Road to Hell_ was written about the M25 (the motorway that goes all the way around London in a big circle). ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-roads-and-highways-in-popular-culture-titles/463204/37 "2008-09-13T00:10:41Z")
There’s an old song about 52nd Street in New York (yes, 52d not 42nd - apparently there were and maybe still are a lot of jazz clubs on that street). Also, I was told about but have never heard a rap number about a street near where I live, Lakeview in San Francisco. If anyone knows this song, please point me towards some lyrics or something? Ta Roddy ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-roads-and-highways-in-popular-culture-titles/463204/38 "2008-09-13T00:22:19Z")
[_Church on Cumberland Road_](http://www.lyricsdownload.com/shenandoah-church-on-cumberland-road-lyrics.html) – Shenandoah [_Carefree Highway_](http://www.lyricsdepot.com/gordon-lightfoot/carefree-highway.html) – Gordon Lightfoot, who may have been inspired by a [stretch of State Route 74](http://www.azdot.gov/Highways/Valley_Freeways/SR74/index.asp) in Arizona [_Summit Ridge Drive_](http://www.musicweb-international.com/jazz/2005/shaw_cdajs2007.htm) – Artie Shaw and his Gramercy Five (named for where Shaw lived at one time) ETA: _52nd Street_ is by [Billy Joel](http://www.metrolyrics.com/52nd-street-lyrics-billy-joel.html). ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-roads-and-highways-in-popular-culture-titles/463204/39 "2008-09-13T00:58:57Z")
Bleecker Street by Simon and Garfunkel. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-roads-and-highways-in-popular-culture-titles/463204/40 "2008-09-13T03:36:37Z")
_Zyzzyx Road_- a film which is last alphabetically and in box office gross ($30, $10 of which was paid back). Is there a real Zyzzyx Road? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-roads-and-highways-in-popular-culture-titles/463204.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-roads-and-highways-in-popular-culture-titles/463204.md?page=3)