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Sun Nov 27, 2022, 05:45 AM

What cities don't have songs written about them?

There are multiple songs about New York, San Francisco, Paris, London, Chicago, even Detroit.

But some cities get no love.

I mean, has anyone really written a song about how wonderful Philadelphia is? Or Baltimore? Or Seattle?


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Reply What cities don't have songs written about them? (Original post)
GoneOffShore Nov 2022 OP
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DFW Nov 2022 #59
Sedona Nov 2022 #3
PCIntern Nov 2022 #10
malthaussen Nov 2022 #41
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Trueblue Texan Nov 2022 #4
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Trueblue Texan Nov 2022 #6
emulatorloo Nov 2022 #47
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True Dough Nov 2022 #17
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Upthevibe Nov 2022 #36
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Tanuki Nov 2022 #11
malthaussen Nov 2022 #43
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Trueblue Texan Nov 2022 #24
Grumpy Old Guy Nov 2022 #14
malthaussen Nov 2022 #42
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House of Roberts Nov 2022 #18
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Response to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 05:54 AM

1. Why

Why, Arizona has no song.

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Response to Ptah (Reply #1)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 06:43 AM

7. ?

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Response to The Polack MSgt (Reply #7)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 06:48 AM

8. Why is an unincorporated rural community in Pima County, Arizona, United States.

Why is an unincorporated rural community in Pima County, Arizona, United States. It lies near the western border of the Tohono Oʼodham Indian Reservation and due north of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Southern Arizona. It is approximately 30 miles (48 km) north of the Mexican border where Lukeville, Arizona, and Sonoyta, Sonora, Mexico, border each other, and 10 miles (16 km) south of Ajo, Arizona.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why,_Arizona

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Response to Ptah (Reply #8)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 06:52 AM

9. Ahh. You got me.

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Response to The Polack MSgt (Reply #9)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 07:04 AM

13. .

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Response to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 05:55 AM

2. Johnny Cash and his song

I’ve Been Everywhere Man covers lots of em.

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Response to multigraincracker (Reply #2)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 08:31 AM

15. Bangor, Maine

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Response to GPV (Reply #15)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 04:42 PM

45. Didn't T-Rex record "Bangor Gong"? n/t

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Response to GPV (Reply #15)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 05:16 PM

46. Roger Miller's King of the Road:

"Third box car, midnight train, destination Bangor Maine"

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Response to Mr.Bill (Reply #46)

Mon Nov 28, 2022, 05:48 AM

57. That's it! Haven't heard it in forever.

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Response to GPV (Reply #57)

Mon Nov 28, 2022, 06:09 AM

59. Then there was the G.W. Bush version when he left office......

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Response to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 06:08 AM

3. Philadelphia

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Response to Sedona (Reply #3)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 06:55 AM

10. Yes and

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Response to PCIntern (Reply #10)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 03:37 PM

41. Why not the original?

Which mentions several cities.

Now, "South Street," that's a real Philly tune.

-- Mal

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Response to malthaussen (Reply #41)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 05:52 PM

48. Because I liked this one

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Response to Sedona (Reply #3)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 09:40 AM

19. Streets of Philadelphia by The Boss also (nt)

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Response to Sedona (Reply #3)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 03:36 PM

40. Of course, that's about a tennis team, not the city. :)

"The Sound of Philadelphia" also works.

-- Mal

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Response to Sedona (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 28, 2022, 01:52 AM

54. Partial to this..

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Response to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 06:24 AM

4. Houston, Galveston, Abilene, Fort Worth...

...are the ones I know of in Texas. Why don't one of you DUers get to work on those progressive cities?

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Response to Trueblue Texan (Reply #4)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 06:26 AM

5. Lyrics


Galveston, oh Galveston
I still hear your sea winds blowing
I still see her dark eyes glowing
She was 21
When I left Galveston
Galveston, oh Galveston
I still hear your sea waves crashing
While I watch the cannons flashing
I clean my gun
And dream of Galveston
I still see her standing by the water
Standing there looking out to sea
And is she waiting there for me?
On the beach where we used to run
Galveston, oh Galveston
I am so afraid of dying
Before I dry the tears she's crying
Before I watch your sea birds flying in the sun
At Galveston, at Galveston

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Response to Ptah (Reply #5)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 06:38 AM

6. When I was a little girl...

...apparently a very romantic little girl, my brother was in Viet Nam. He had a girlfriend named Sherry that lived in Pearland. Before he shipped out, my mother would drop us kids off at Sherry's house and take her with my brother to the beach in Galveston.

When Glen Campbell came out with Galveston I would always cry thinking about my brother in Viet Nam, pining away for his pretty girlfriend, staring out at the water and thinking about the happy times they must have had running on Galveston Beach. That song ALWAYS bring sweet, sad memories. When he got back to the states, they were together, but they never made a permanent go of it. I would have loved having her for a sister, but it just wasn't in the cards, as they say.

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Response to Trueblue Texan (Reply #6)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 05:37 PM

47. It is one of the best songs from that era. Written by Jimmy Webb, who worked a lot with Glen Campbe

Thanks so much for sharing your memories.

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Response to Trueblue Texan (Reply #4)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 08:32 AM

16. Abilene

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Response to Trueblue Texan (Reply #4)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 08:44 AM

17. Don't forget...

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Response to True Dough (Reply #17)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 12:19 PM

23. Oh Yes!

How could I forget? Beautiful guitar!

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Response to True Dough (Reply #17)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 01:52 PM

35. A toungue in cheek song with a lot of Texas cities



All my exes live in Texas
And Texas is a place I'd dearly love to be
But all my exes live in Texas
And that's why I hang my hat in Tennessee

Rosanna's down in Texarkana
Wanted me to push her broom
Sweet Eileen's in Abilene
She forgot I hung the moon
And Allison's in Galveston
Somehow lost her sanity
And Dimples who now lives in Temple's
Got the law looking for me.............

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Response to Trueblue Texan (Reply #4)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 01:54 PM

36. Trueblue Texan As a native Texan (but now a Californian)....

Galveston:



.......Lots of songs written about Texas cities but probably are more written about my true love: California. Too many to post. Also a lot about California the state.

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Response to Upthevibe (Reply #36)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 02:14 PM

37. awww thanks, upthevibe! nt

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Response to Trueblue Texan (Reply #4)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 11:42 PM

53. Ft. Worth:



...and...this tender love ballad:

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Response to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 06:55 AM

11. Baltimore has this one.....

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Response to Tanuki (Reply #11)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 03:45 PM

43. And "Good Morning Baltimore"



-- Mal

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Response to Tanuki (Reply #11)

Tue Nov 29, 2022, 11:10 AM

65. And this:

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Response to sl8 (Reply #12)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 12:20 PM

24. forgot about this one too!nt

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Response to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 07:16 AM

14. Milwaukee

Milwaukee by Al Jarreau (1976)

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Response to Grumpy Old Guy (Reply #14)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 03:40 PM

42. I like "Man From Milwaukee"



-- Mal

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Response to malthaussen (Reply #42)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 04:15 PM

44. I never heard that one.

I'm not a big Hansens fan. 😉

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Response to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 08:58 AM

18. This song was written and recorded by a local Huntsville entertainer when I was 16.

Bobby Brook's brother Larry managed the Shakey's Pizza on Memorial Parkway in Huntsville, Alabama. Bobby was in a car wreck and as he recuperated, he would come into Shakey's, sit down at the piano, and do impromptu shows to recover his stamina to perform. The clubs named in the song were all real establishments operating in Huntsville when the song was written.


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Response to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 09:59 AM

20. Canada has a great song.

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Response to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 10:42 AM

21. I googled Steubenville Ohio

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Response to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 10:46 AM

22. Paterson NJ

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Response to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 01:03 PM

25. Even Sheboygan has a song.

"Mention My Name In Sheboygan"

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Response to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 01:04 PM

26. Tucson?

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Response to Elessar Zappa (Reply #26)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 01:17 PM

29. This

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Response to Elessar Zappa (Reply #26)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 01:26 PM

30. Lyrics


Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner
But he knew it couldn't last
Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona
For some California grass
Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back Jojo
Go home
Get back, get back
Back to where you once belonged
Get back, get back
Back to where you once belonged, yeah
Oh, get back, Jo
Sweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman
But she was another man
All the girls around her say she's got it coming
But she gets it while she can
Oh, get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back Loretta, woo, woo
Go home
Oh, get back, yeah, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Yeah, get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Ooh
Ooh, ooh
Get back, Loretta
Your mommy's waitin' for you
Wearin' her high-heel shoes
And a low-neck sweater
Get back home, Loretta
Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Oh, get back, get back
Get back, oh yeah

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Response to Ptah (Reply #30)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 01:28 PM

31. Ah yes.

Forgot about that song.

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Response to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 01:11 PM

27. Unfortunately, There Aren't Enough

It's a pet peeve. I HATE songs about cities. Not sure why, I just do.
A mere mention of a town doesn't bother me, though. ("Standing on the corner in Winslow Arizona" doesn't bug me, because the song isn't about that.)
But, i can't think of a song about a place that I've ever liked.

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Response to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 01:15 PM

28. Well two cities have a band

 

named after them. Atlantic City and DC of course!

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Response to whistler162 (Reply #28)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 01:32 PM

32. Not Boston?

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Response to DFW (Reply #32)

Mon Nov 28, 2022, 05:49 AM

58. One of the best bands evah!

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Response to GPV (Reply #58)

Mon Nov 28, 2022, 06:14 AM

60. Wall of guitar sound and tight harmonies

What's not to like?

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Response to DFW (Reply #60)

Mon Nov 28, 2022, 09:27 AM

61. Exactly!

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Response to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 01:32 PM

33. The Whiffenpoofs do this about my city

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Response to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 01:45 PM

34. If anyone was hanging around the University of Pennsylvania in the early seventies........

There was a guy names Johnny Meissner who wrote a song about Philadelphia.

Its lyrics might violate the terms of service for DU, so I won't even print the title...............

(He didn't like the place much.....)

There also "Philadelphia Story," from the same time, written by another Penn Student:

Cold wind, cruel wind
Blow so cold, you'll do me in
Leave me in this shape I'm in
Makes me wish I was where I've been

Junkie with eyes dilated tries to tell me we're related
Says his fortune's decimated
And it's my turn tonight to set him right

Chilly Town, rainy town
Your mayor's gut is six feet round
Brains of solid eider down

Chilly Spring, rainy Spring
The hatred touches everything
The loneliness is deafening

Cold wind, cruel wind
Blow so cold, you'll do me in
Leave me in this shape I'm in
Makes me wish I was where I've been
--------------------------------------------
Not everyone saw Rizzo's Philadelphia as a city of brotherly love. It was a depressing place to some.

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Response to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 02:49 PM

38. This one is a twofer

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Response to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 03:34 PM

39. I looked up songs for all the cities with a baseball team...

... for background music while playing a computer BB simulation. Some cities, indeed, were hard to find music for.

Baltimore, though, had "Good Morning Baltimore," which is great.
Milwaukee had "Man from Milwaukee," which is also cool.
Pittsburgh was harder, although one could always use "We are Family," which was the song for both the Pirates and the Steelers back when. "There's a Pawnshop on the corner in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania" works, too.
Philadelphia has good tunes, "Philadelphia Freedom" being most popular, even if it is about a tennis team. "The Sound of Philadelphia" was a major hit in the early Disco days.

Sometimes, you just have to look real hard. I think I eventually found a track for every city, but I'm damned if I can remember what I used for Cleveland or Cincinnati.

-- Mal

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Response to malthaussen (Reply #39)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 08:59 PM

51. Cleveland Rocks!

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Response to malthaussen (Reply #39)

Mon Nov 28, 2022, 03:13 AM

56. There have certainly been some interesting songs that have shown up in this thread.

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Response to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 07:49 PM

49. Philadelphia Freedom, The Bluest Skies You've Ever Seen

Dancin’ in the Street mentions Baltimore

Sacramento, now…😏

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Response to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 08:12 PM

50. Cleveland, Cincinatti, Pittsburgh?


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Response to wnylib (Reply #50)

Tue Nov 29, 2022, 01:51 PM

66. "There's a Pawnshop on the Corner in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"



-- Mal

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Response to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Sun Nov 27, 2022, 09:04 PM

52. Baltimore by Randy Newman

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Response to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Mon Nov 28, 2022, 03:05 AM

55. Seattle:

The Bluest Skies You've Ever Seen Are In Seattle




The bluest skies you've ever seen are in Seattle
And the hills the greenest green, in Seattle
Like a beautiful child, growing up, free an' wild
Full of hopes an' full of fears, full of laughter, full of tears
Full of dreams to last the years, in Seattle
. . . in Seattle!

When it's time to leave your home and your loved ones
It's the hardest thing a boy can ever do
An' you pray that you will find someone warm an' sweet an' kind
But you're not sure what's waiting there for you!

The bluest skies you've ever seen are in Seattle
And the hills the greenest green, in Seattle
Like a beautiful child, growing up, free an' wild
Full of hopes an' full of fears, full of laughter, full of tears
Full of dreams to last the years, in Seattle
. . . in Seattle!


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Response to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Mon Nov 28, 2022, 04:08 PM

62. Little Rock. I don't think there are any.

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Response to raccoon (Reply #62)

Tue Nov 29, 2022, 10:26 PM

67. ...

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Response to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Mon Nov 28, 2022, 04:28 PM

63. Indianapolis?

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Response to Mad_Machine76 (Reply #63)

Mon Nov 28, 2022, 04:55 PM

64. And it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime

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