POST a song about YOUR city... or a city you like

[AsahinaKimi]

Last edited Thu Jun 20, 2013, 07:10 PM - Edit history (1)

Here is mine!

adding one more:

[Shrek]

1. Walking in Memphis

[pinboy3niner]

13. I missed that you had posted this already

But it's a great song, and worth posting twice!

[AsahinaKimi]

21. Agree!

[NYC_SKP]

2. I could go with this one...

[AsahinaKimi]

22. great song..

I thought you might go with something a bit more NYC like

[pinboy3niner]

3. L.A. Break Down

[AsahinaKimi]

5. Nice song! thought I would toss this one your way!

[pinboy3niner]

4. Not my city, but a great song...New York State Of Mind

[AsahinaKimi]

14. Always liked Billy Joel..

Great Tune

[Xipe Totec]

6. Oh God! Remember that you asked for it

My city is Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México.

[AsahinaKimi]

8. love it...

reminds me of that Freddy Fender song... I forget the name of it... now.

[bluesbassman]

7. Not my city, or even one I've been to...

Just a great Dead tune...

[AsahinaKimi]

23. nice!

[pinboy3niner]

9. Another GREAT city song, by Marc Cohn - Walking In Memphis

[nomorenomore08]

26. I didn't realize for many, many years that he was a white guy...

[pinboy3niner]

31. Well, it was covered by a white girl...named...Cher

[AsahinaKimi]

33. Wait...

I thought she was Native American (Nice song too.)

[pinboy3niner]

40. I don't know--but I think Sonny was an alien :) nt

[Wait Wut]

10. Sweet Home Chicago - Blues Brothers version

Because my favorite version isn't on friggin' YouTube. This is pretty damned awesome, though!

[pipi_k]

38. Another

Chicago song...

(not my city, BTW)

[AsahinaKimi]

43. Nice!

[Kingofalldems]

11. Only one I could find

[AsahinaKimi]

24. ooh!

like! Had not heard this before.

[pinboy3niner]

35. Rock Creek Park in D.C.?

I remember that.

[Kingofalldems]

44. Yes.

They went to Howard U.

[AsahinaKimi]

12. Here is a song, for my dad, who is from OSAKA, Japan

[Tuesday Afternoon]

15. Hotlanta

[AsahinaKimi]

18. ooh nice!

[rug]

16. 53rd and 3rd

Deadly accurate when written.

[AsahinaKimi]

19. Like..

The Ramones influenced a lot of Jrock bands, that I know, cool song!

[nomorenomore08]

28. Name me a better pure rock'n'roll band than the Ramones. You can't do it!

nt

[pinboy3niner]

17. From the city of EXCITEMENT...Chula Vista :)

[AsahinaKimi]

20. funny!

[pinboy3niner]

27. My little brother lived there when he was attending San Diego State

Back in those days (early '70s) there was a fad going around of producing 'Home Grown' albums in and about cities. 'Chula Vista' was a song on San Diego's first Home Grown album, and my brother thought it was a real hoot.

[nomorenomore08]

25. CCR - "Wrote A Song for Everyone"

"Richmond 'bout to blow up..."

[AsahinaKimi]

30. Nice song!

I thought for sure someone would post, "Detroit Rock City" by Kiss ..

[nomorenomore08]

34. I'm a lifelong East Bay resident. So of course I love CCR.

[AsahinaKimi]

36. Cool..

I was dropping a hint, so someone would...I can't believe we don't have anyone from Detroit on here..but maybe they will!

[pinboy3niner]

37. Not from there, but always loved CCR--and still love Fogerty

Never saw CCR in concert, but I've seen Fogerty a bunch of times and they always were great shows.

Just remember, "There's a bathroom on the right."

[Ron Obvious]

29. Seattle doesn't inspire a lot of songs, I fear...

But there's this:

I moved here from:

[AsahinaKimi]

32. wow..

I have heard both these songs, nice choices!

[pinboy3niner]

39. Thanks for posting 'El Paso'

That is a GREAT song!

[Chan790]

41. The District sleeps alone tonight.

[AsahinaKimi]

42. ooh lovely!

[bluedigger]

45. "City"?

How about a song about the guy my town is named for?

[AsahinaKimi]

47. works for me..

nice choice!

[csziggy]

46. An classic oldie about this town

Here's an even older one!

[AsahinaKimi]

48. Like the first one best..

love that classic rock n roll sound!

[csziggy]

50. It's pretty cool - but there is also a great Blue Grass song "Tallahassee"

For something completely different:

I like them all!

[AsahinaKimi]

52. That's pretty awesome...

I was never much into Country music, but I did like Blue Grass music. I once saw the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in a free concert once. They were amazing.

[csziggy]

57. Same here - really can't listen to "country music"

And living in the South, I get bombarded with it constantly. But good picking, whether guitar or banjo, I love. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is awesome!

[Art_from_Ark]

49. How about a state?

[AsahinaKimi]

51. Sure...

for you Art san, hai dozou!

[Art_from_Ark]

53. And here's a song that mentions my current location

"Kimi no kirai na Tokyo mo
Aki wa suteki na machi..."

[AsahinaKimi]

54. Sugoii!

When ever I think of songs for Tokyo, this always pops into my head:

[Art_from_Ark]

55. I'll try to listen to it when I have some time

Right now I have to act like I'm working

[AsahinaKimi]

56. This one too...by Otsuka Ai from Tokyo Friends

[Art_from_Ark]

65. Bideo arigatou

Yatto mimashita

[AsahinaKimi]

66. Yatta!

Yokatta!

[sheshe2]

58. Boston!

Boston Proud!

Boston Strong Forever!

[baldguy]

59. Buffalo Gals

The song refers to the prostitutes who would come out a display their assets & describe their services to the barge crews on the Erie Canal.

[MichaelSoE]

60. The whole friggin' state ... Jersey stomp by Dave Van Ronk

No cool video ... just the song

[pipi_k]

61. My town is so small

we're lucky to have our own zip code, let alone our own song, so I'll post one about the largest city in my state...

[AsahinaKimi]

68. wow

Cool song, thanks!

[DFW]

76. Beat me to it!!!

I was raised OUTSIDE of a one-horse town (at least it was then) in Virginia, but I learned to love Boss Town while in college, and never lost it. Even now, when I go on vacation, it's across the pond for me, and back to "that dirty water" and Maaaasachusetts.

[tabbycat31]

62. Ok it's about a neighboring town

And the name of the song has a completely different meaning in the area now

[AsahinaKimi]

69. great !

like!

[tabbycat31]

73. Looking back at the events of last year

I'm not sure if I agree with the name of the song anymore. That name now has a much darker meaning.

[GoCubsGo]

63. More love for Chicago.

The city, not the band of the same name, although this song is one of theirs. Since the hell hole where I live does not inspire any songs, I'll just post one about my home:

On edit: There may not be a song about my current location, but our next door neighbor does get a mention in the song below. And, I more than concur. I don't want to be here, either.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

64. Raining in Baltimore--Counting Crows

[AsahinaKimi]

71. nice tune !

[MrSlayer]

67. Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John

[AsahinaKimi]

70. I love this song, great choice!

[LWolf]

72. The city I was born in,

though I haven't lived there since 1967:

[Arcanetrance]

74. Not exactly about my city but by a guy from my home state

Holds a special place cause when I was a kid my dad used to play this on his acoustic for me.

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[From The Ashes]

75. China Grove

I was surprised to find that China Grove actually exists.

[DFW]

77. Here's one from my adopted home of Düsseldorf

It's by an aging, but still popular punk band called the Toten Hosen. Literally, it means "dead trousers," but it's a slang expression meaning "nuthin' goin' on." It mentions their home town of Düsseldorf in the verse that starts out with 8 left:

Acht kleine Jägermeister fuhren gerne schnell
Sieben fuhren nach Düsseldrf und einer fuhr nach Köln

Eight little Jägermeister liked to drive fast
Seven drove to Düsseldorf and one "drove (see the video)" to Cologne

Düsseldorf and Köln are only about 25 to 30 miles apart and have a friendly/not so friendly rivalry that goes back a loooong way.

It's kind of gory (animated--fear not), and shows a dark humor, but still very funny if you can understand German.

"Jägermeister" means "master of the hunt," and is a smelly potent herbal liquor that has a very distinctive broad-antlered stag as it's trademark logo. The video makes fun of that, and starts out with "ten little Jägermeister" and eliminates them one by one until one is left, who then, at the very end, invites nine "new" Jägermeister to his Easter party (oops).

It has a very philosophical chorus, even if it might not sound like it:

Einmal muss jeder gehen
Und wenn dein Herz zerbricht
Davon wird die Welt nicht untergehen
Mensch, ärger' dich nicht.

At some point we all have to go
Even if your heart breaks
The world won't go down because of it
Don't let it bother you.

(by the way, China Grove, TX really is near San Antonio)

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

78. Here's one with my hometwon in the title!