Your personal favorite songs about specific cities
#1
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Your personal favorite songs about specific cities
What are your personal favorite songs about specific cities?
For Los Angeles, I've always liked Soul Coughing's “Screenwriter Blues”:
For New York, few songs capture the city like Nas's “NY State of Mind” and “NY State of Mind Pt 2”
For Los Angeles, I've always liked Soul Coughing's “Screenwriter Blues”:
For New York, few songs capture the city like Nas's “NY State of Mind” and “NY State of Mind Pt 2”
#3
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Re: Your personal favorite songs about specific cities
Los Angeles:
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Liverpool:
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New York:
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Adelaide:
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Vienna:
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Berlin:
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Multiple cities:
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Liverpool:
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New York:
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Adelaide:
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Vienna:
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Berlin:
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Multiple cities:
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#4
DVD Talk Limited Edition
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San Francisco
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New York
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New York
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#5
DVD Talk Special Edition
Re: Your personal favorite songs about specific cities
Going to Acapulco - Bob Dylan & The Band
(Dylan's people has a pretty tight grip with his music being aloud on youtube, so no example here)
(Dylan's people has a pretty tight grip with his music being aloud on youtube, so no example here)
#6
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Your personal favorite songs about specific cities
I like these:
Joe Purdy: "The City"
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Springsteen: "New York Serenade"
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Randy Newman: "I Love L.A."
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Joe Purdy: "The City"
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Springsteen: "New York Serenade"
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Randy Newman: "I Love L.A."
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#9
Re: Your personal favorite songs about specific cities
Apparently, my favorite songs about cities have "Blues" in them:
Mexicali
My hometown, V-V
Mexicali
My hometown, V-V
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I defy anyone to top Frank Black on a hovercraft:
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Las Vegas:
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Chicago:
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#13
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London :
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Seattle:
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Bremerton:
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Bremerton:
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#15
DVD Talk Special Edition
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Modesto
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Bangkok
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Akron
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Memphis
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Pompeii
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Butt Town
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Bangkok
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Akron
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Memphis
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Pompeii
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Butt Town
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#21
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Re: Your personal favorite songs about specific cities
For the city of London - I have 2 favorite songs...
The Smiths - "London"
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The Clash - "London Calling"
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The Smiths - "London"
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The Clash - "London Calling"
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#22
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Re: Your personal favorite songs about specific cities
"UMass" by Pixies is about my hometown. It just about nails it.
"New York I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down" by LED Soundsystem.
The entirety of Love's "Forever Changes" is about various aspects of San Fransisco in the late 60's and captures it perfectly.
"Streets of Your Town" by The Go-Betweens is an awesome little ditty about Brisbane. Australia.
"Everyday is Like Sunday" by Morrissey is a perfect song about Blackpool or Borth or any other seaside town in G.B.
"We're a Happy Family" by The Ramones is basically the perfect Queens, NY song.
"Waterloo Sunset" by The Kinks. The definitive London song.
"New York I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down" by LED Soundsystem.
The entirety of Love's "Forever Changes" is about various aspects of San Fransisco in the late 60's and captures it perfectly.
"Streets of Your Town" by The Go-Betweens is an awesome little ditty about Brisbane. Australia.
"Everyday is Like Sunday" by Morrissey is a perfect song about Blackpool or Borth or any other seaside town in G.B.
"We're a Happy Family" by The Ramones is basically the perfect Queens, NY song.
"Waterloo Sunset" by The Kinks. The definitive London song.
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