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debm55

(55,504 posts)
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 04:12 PM Aug 2025

Name a song that has a city or state in the title or lyrics. Mine would be "I LeftMy Heart in San Fransico" Can you

name a song?

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Name a song that has a city or state in the title or lyrics. Mine would be "I LeftMy Heart in San Fransico" Can you (Original Post) debm55 Aug 2025 OP
By the Time I Get To Phoenix CanonRay Aug 2025 #1
Thank you very much, CanonRay. debm55 Aug 2025 #3
Amarillo By Morning... Mark.b2 Aug 2025 #2
Thank you very much , Mark.b2. debm55 Aug 2025 #5
That is a really good song. underpants Aug 2025 #100
El Paso BarbaRosa Aug 2025 #4
Thank you BaraRosa. for your selection. debm55 Aug 2025 #8
State of confusion by the kinks. GreenWave Aug 2025 #6
HAHAHAHHAHA. thank you very much, GreenWave. debm55 Aug 2025 #10
Good one! nt Mark.b2 Aug 2025 #11
Streets of Philadelphia FalloutShelter Aug 2025 #7
Thank you , very much. I used to teach in NW Philadelphia. Haunting song and movie. debm55 Aug 2025 #13
Unforgettable. FalloutShelter Aug 2025 #19
Midnight Train to Georgia 2MuchNoise Aug 2025 #9
Thank you very much. 2MuchNoise. I loved Gladys, debm55 Aug 2025 #14
Allentown. Billy Joel doc03 Aug 2025 #12
Thank you very much, doc03. Great song. debm55 Aug 2025 #16
L.A. Shake by yours truly Msongs... msongs Aug 2025 #15
Wow. Is that you or your group? Congratulations. msongs. That is fantastic and thank you for posting. debm55 Aug 2025 #17
wrote it, sing it. a life off of DU lol msongs Aug 2025 #30
Thank you very much, msongs. debm55 Aug 2025 #32
Do you know what it means rogerashton Aug 2025 #18
Thank you very much, rogerashton for your selection. debm55 Aug 2025 #22
"Lodi" by CCR Ritabert Aug 2025 #20
Thank you Ritabert. Love it. and love CCR debm55 Aug 2025 #23
Love CCR. Ritabert Aug 2025 #24
Warren Zevon's "Join Me in LA" YorkRd Aug 2025 #21
Thank you very much YorkRd. Great song. I didn't know Bonnie sang background. debm55 Aug 2025 #26
Does "Werewolves of London" count? Ritabert Aug 2025 #27
Sure. Go right ahead. debm55 Aug 2025 #99
Carolina In My Mind tonkatoy8888 Aug 2025 #25
Wow, tonkatoy8888, You have given us a great selection of cities and states. debm55 Aug 2025 #29
New York, New York AltairIV Aug 2025 #28
Thank you very much , for the information behind New York, New York. I knew it was song by Frank Sinatra. but not the debm55 Aug 2025 #31
"Paradise" Kentucky....John Prine Thunderbeast Aug 2025 #33
Thank you for sharing Thunderbeast. Sad song.but very true. debm55 Aug 2025 #34
I heard that in Austin City Limits and was an immediate fan underpants Aug 2025 #104
Not to mention Roger Ebert! Thunderbeast Aug 2025 #148
Okay. I'd never heard that. underpants Aug 2025 #151
Here's the review... Thunderbeast Aug 2025 #211
I grew up about 35 miles from Paradise yellowdogintexas Aug 2025 #114
"Please Come to Boston". greatauntoftriplets Aug 2025 #35
Thank you very much greatauntoftriplets. I agree with you, very sweet song. debm55 Aug 2025 #36
Fats Domino "I'm walking to New Orleans" MadLinguist Aug 2025 #37
Thank you very much.MadLinquist.. debm55 Aug 2025 #42
New York, New York - Sinatra Liberty Belle Aug 2025 #38
Wonderful. thank you Liberty Belle. debm55 Aug 2025 #48
John Denver- "Guess He'd Rather Be In Colorado"... hlthe2b Aug 2025 #39
Thank you very much, hlthe2b. wonderful singer. Loved his songs. debm55 Aug 2025 #49
Sweet Home Alabama. 😊 a kennedy Aug 2025 #40
Thank you a kennedy for sharing with us. debm55 Aug 2025 #50
Lake Shore Drive 1969 Chasstev365 Aug 2025 #41
Thank you very much Chasstev365, debm55 Aug 2025 #167
Dallas - recorded by Joe Ely, written by Jimmie Dale Gilmore tanyev Aug 2025 #43
Thank you very much for sharing, tanyev. debm55 Aug 2025 #168
Wichita Lineman, by Jimmy Webb for Glen Campbell. Harker Aug 2025 #44
Thank you very much Harker and I agree with you. Webb was a terrific writter and Campbell really brought out the song. debm55 Aug 2025 #91
Alabama Song The Wizard Aug 2025 #45
Thank you very much for sharing with us, The Wizard. debm55 Aug 2025 #53
Back in the USA The Wizard Aug 2025 #46
Thank you very much. The Wizard. debm55 Aug 2025 #51
I've Got A Gal in KALAMAZOO. Glen Miller 1939 Srkdqltr Aug 2025 #47
Pardon me boys...is that the Chattanooga Choo Choo? 🎵 MIButterfly Aug 2025 #52
HAHAHAHHA. I remember that song as I like old movies. Thank you MlButterfly. debm55 Aug 2025 #54
The Illinois Enema Bandit JoseBalow Aug 2025 #55
OMG, JoseBalow. debm55 Aug 2025 #72
"No poo-poo jokes!" JoseBalow Aug 2025 #86
Carolina Tucker08087 Aug 2025 #56
Thank you very much, Tucker08087 debm55 Aug 2025 #169
san fransico , open your golden gate . shuffle off to buffalo. i left my heart in san fransico. AllaN01Bear Aug 2025 #57
Thank you very much, Bear, for your selection of songs. debm55 Aug 2025 #171
'On Wisconsin"it is the State song. riversedge Aug 2025 #58
HAHAHAHha. thank you very much, riversedge. debm55 Aug 2025 #170
Tennessee Stud- Billy Strings and London Calling- The Clash Alpeduez21 Aug 2025 #59
Thank you very much, Alpeduez21. debm55 Aug 2025 #172
Massachusetts Rastapopoulos Aug 2025 #60
Thank you Rastapopoulos. I believe it was before Saturday Night Fever. debm55 Aug 2025 #173
I'm a Ding-Dong Daddy from Dumas-Louis Armstrong Midnight Writer Aug 2025 #61
HAHAHAHAH. Thank you very much, Midnight Writer. debm55 Aug 2025 #178
Ohio Raven123 Aug 2025 #62
Thank you, Raven123. I remember when the shootings happend, I was in 9th grade. Students walked out of school. I have debm55 Aug 2025 #102
Perry Como "Seattle" FuzzyRabbit Aug 2025 #63
That song was the theme to the TV show Here COmes the Brides LogDog75 Aug 2025 #149
Thank you FuzzyRabbit. I remember that song. I always watched the show. debm55 Aug 2025 #176
Tangled up in Blue Botany Aug 2025 #64
Thank you very much. Botany. I know where Ashtabula, Ohio, is. debm55 Aug 2025 #177
Galveston nt Trueblue Texan Aug 2025 #65
Thank you very much. Trueblue Texan. My girlfrind and I drove from Pittsburgh to Galveston. Every so often we would sing debm55 Aug 2025 #165
I was about 10 years old when that song hit it big... Trueblue Texan Aug 2025 #206
Tallahassee Lassie The Blue Flower Aug 2025 #66
Thank you very much, The Blue Flower. debm55 Aug 2025 #164
Pennsylvania 6-5000 popularized by Glenn Miller and KitFox Aug 2025 #67
Yes, that is so sad . I loved the Big Band sound. Thank you KitFox debm55 Aug 2025 #139
Gotta represent Michigan... catbyte Aug 2025 #68
Outstanding Performance. Great singing and oasis Aug 2025 #112
Thank you, catbyte. I can really get into the Big Band sounds. debm55 Aug 2025 #138
Thank you catbyte. debm55 Aug 2025 #179
Panic in Detroit- David Bowie WestMichRad Aug 2025 #69
Thank you very much. WestMichRad. I loved that song. I would constantly play it and dance to it. debm55 Aug 2025 #137
Madonna: I Love New York Coventina Aug 2025 #70
Love it, Thank you very much, Coventina. debm55 Aug 2025 #136
Vampire Weekend: California English Coventina Aug 2025 #71
Thank you very much, Coventina. I have never heard of them before. But I honestly liked the song. debm55 Aug 2025 #74
Abilene Sneederbunk Aug 2025 #73
Thank you, Sneederbunk. I really like it. debm55 Aug 2025 #76
REM: Leaving New York Coventina Aug 2025 #75
All my exes live in Texas.... George Strait Tanuki Aug 2025 #77
We're not the jet set.... George Jones and Tammy Wynette Tanuki Aug 2025 #78
Thank you very much for sharing with us. debm55 Aug 2025 #94
Thank you, Tanuki. for sharing with us. debm55 Aug 2025 #96
Texas Flood pandr32 Aug 2025 #79
Thank you pandr32. Stevie Ray Vaughan was a great guitarist. RIP Stevie Ray. debm55 Aug 2025 #92
Pennsylvania 6-5000 PAMod Aug 2025 #80
Thank you, PAMod. I am from PA, I didn't know the state had a song written about it. debm55 Aug 2025 #90
You're not familiar with the Pennsylvania Polka? Wiz Imp Aug 2025 #117
Oh yes, I remember. "We're from the town with the great football team, da,da da. the Pittsburgh Steelers" debm55 Aug 2025 #182
Goin' Back to Indiana - The Jackson 5 Eugene Aug 2025 #81
Thank you very much, Eugene. debm55 Aug 2025 #89
The streets of Baltimore Tanuki Aug 2025 #82
Thank you very much, Tanuki. I had never heard the song before and the ending was a shock. debm55 Aug 2025 #85
North to Alaska.... Johnny Horton Tanuki Aug 2025 #83
Thank you, Tanuki. I remember this song as a kid. Thank you sharing. debm55 Aug 2025 #88
Nagasaki... the Mills Brothers Tanuki Aug 2025 #84
Thank you Tanuki, for sharing with us. debm55 Aug 2025 #87
Private Idaho--B52s Dulcinea Aug 2025 #93
Thank you very much, Dulcinea. for sharing with us. debm55 Aug 2025 #95
The ones by red hot chhili peppers about la or detroit SSJVegeta Aug 2025 #97
Thank you. debm55 Aug 2025 #180
Country Roads Tanuki Aug 2025 #98
Thank you Tanuki. One of my favorites of John's, It is also the state song of WV. debm55 Aug 2025 #183
Frank Zappa, San Bernadino PufPuf23 Aug 2025 #101
Thank you very much, PufPuf23 debm55 Aug 2025 #230
Petaluma Afternoons IGoToDU Aug 2025 #103
Thank you very much , IGotoDU. I will go to You Tube and take a look. debm55 Aug 2025 #163
City of New Orleans by Arlo Guthrie RainCaster Aug 2025 #105
Thank you RainCaster. I agree--a classic. debm55 Aug 2025 #162
It was by Syeve Goodman.. Arlo made it a hit, though. OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2025 #201
Thought of another...Luckenbach, Texas... Mark.b2 Aug 2025 #106
Thank you very much, Mark.b2 for posting your selection. debm55 Aug 2025 #161
Take it Easy by the Eagles. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2025 #107
Thank you very much, greatauntoftriplets. I believe that the town on Winslow, Arizona. has a statue of the band on one debm55 Aug 2025 #159
Here's one for all 50 states Wiz Imp Aug 2025 #108
Oh wow. Thank you very ,very much, Wiz Imp. what a great post. debm55 Aug 2025 #135
Viva Las Vegas! MIButterfly Aug 2025 #109
It's mentioned now. Thank you very much, MIButterfly, for sharing. debm55 Aug 2025 #132
"Oregon Hill" (Richmond VA) Cowboy Junkies underpants Aug 2025 #110
Thank you very much, underpants, I like it. Thanks for posting. debm55 Aug 2025 #130
Philadelphia Freedom bpj62 Aug 2025 #111
That"s great. Thank you very much, bpj62. debm55 Aug 2025 #129
My Old Kentucky Home yellowdogintexas Aug 2025 #113
Wow . thank you very much for your selection, yellowdogintexas. debm55 Aug 2025 #128
REM: (Don't Go Back to) Rockville Coventina Aug 2025 #115
I like it. Always liked REM. Thank you Coventina. debm55 Aug 2025 #127
They Might Be Giants: New York City Coventina Aug 2025 #116
Thanks, Coventina, for sharing. debm55 Aug 2025 #126
Beastie Boys: An Open Letter to NYC Coventina Aug 2025 #118
Thank you very much, Coventina. for sharing. debm55 Aug 2025 #125
Camarillo Brillo JoseBalow Aug 2025 #119
HAHahahah. Thank you very much, JoseBalow. debm55 Aug 2025 #124
Biloxi Doc_Technical Aug 2025 #120
Thank you very much, Doc_Technical for sharing with us. debm55 Aug 2025 #123
Johnny Rivers' "Memphis, Tennessee" HowlingWulf Aug 2025 #121
Thank you very much, Howling Wulf. I remember that song. debm55 Aug 2025 #122
Abilene by Dave Alvin. A different song that noted earlier in this post. chicoescuela Aug 2025 #131
Thank you very much, chicoescuela. for sharing your song. debm55 Aug 2025 #133
Wichita Lineman The Blue Flower Aug 2025 #134
Thank you very much, The Blue Flower. debm55 Aug 2025 #142
Alabama, Albuquerque, and LA. All by Neil Young MichMan Aug 2025 #140
Thank you very much, MichMan debm55 Aug 2025 #143
Kiss- Detroit Rock City MichMan Aug 2025 #141
Thank you very much, MichMan. debm55 Aug 2025 #144
Take Me Back to Tulsa by Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. Dorothy V Aug 2025 #145
Thank you very much, Dorothy V, debm55 Aug 2025 #146
Sweet Home Chicago. Robert Johnson. Harker Aug 2025 #147
Thank you very much, Harker. I don't remember but thank you for adding to our selection. debm55 Aug 2025 #157
First recorded ca. 1936, covered many times since. An unofficial city song. Harker Aug 2025 #175
The Streets of Laredo LogDog75 Aug 2025 #150
Thank you very much, LogDog75 for your selection. I remember it being played. debm55 Aug 2025 #156
I'll never go back to Georgia Keepthesoulalive Aug 2025 #152
Thank you very much, Keeptheloulalive for your selection. debm55 Aug 2025 #155
Wichita Lineman CanonRay Aug 2025 #153
Thank you very much, CanonRay. Yes, it is a lovely but haunting song. debm55 Aug 2025 #154
Starwood in Aspen--John Denver Jilly_in_VA Aug 2025 #158
Thank you , Jilly_in_VA, Lovely song. Miss John. debm55 Aug 2025 #160
Vienna, City of Dreams soldierant Aug 2025 #166
Thank you very much, soldierant. debm55 Aug 2025 #184
Hitch Hike The Wizard Aug 2025 #174
Thank you very much, The Wizard. debm55 Aug 2025 #185
New York State of Mind - Billy Joel dflprincess Aug 2025 #181
Thank you very much, dflprincess. debm55 Aug 2025 #186
San Antonio Rose NoPasaran Aug 2025 #187
Thank you very much, NoPasaran for sharing with us. debm55 Aug 2025 #193
Several. Morbius Aug 2025 #188
Thank you oh so much, Morbius. The words are very chilling. debm55 Aug 2025 #191
The City of New Orleans, Arlo Guthrie rickyhall Aug 2025 #189
Thank you very much, rickyhall. Love that song. debm55 Aug 2025 #190
Atlantic City Delarage Aug 2025 #192
Thank you Delarage. I love Bruce because he sings from the heart and personal experiences. debm55 Aug 2025 #196
"Georgia on my mind" JPPaverage Aug 2025 #194
Thank you very much, JPPaverage. I love that song. debm55 Aug 2025 #200
One more JPPaverage Aug 2025 #195
Thank you very much, JPPaverage. The Louge is now offeicially your hobby. debm55 Aug 2025 #198
City of New Orleans justaprogressive Aug 2025 #197
Thank you very much, justaprogressive. Love,it. debm55 Aug 2025 #199
Minutemen - Tony gets wasted in 'pedro DBoon Aug 2025 #202
Thank you very much, DBoon. debm55 Aug 2025 #207
"(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" by R.E.M. VTderry Aug 2025 #203
Thank you very much. Loved REM debm55 Aug 2025 #210
Miami, My Amy by Keith Whitley AmBlue Aug 2025 #204
Thank you very much AmBlue for your selection. debm55 Aug 2025 #209
Coast of Marseilles, Jimmy Buffett AmBlue Aug 2025 #205
Thank you very much, AmBlue. for bringing up a Jimmy Buffett song. debm55 Aug 2025 #208
Seattle ballardgirl Aug 2025 #212
Thank you , ballardgirl. I live in the Pittsburgh area and Perry Como was from around this area. debm55 Aug 2025 #213
The Boy from New York City - The Ad Libs Eugene Aug 2025 #214
Thank you very much Eugene. debm55 Aug 2025 #215
The Only Living Boy in NY - Paul Simon, New York - U2, America - Simon & Garfinkle electric_blue68 Aug 2025 #216
Thank you very much for your selections, electric_blue68 for your selections. debm55 Aug 2025 #217
The most Energetic & Fun one is a Live version of Springsteen's (Just Around The Corner) Till the Light of Day; where... electric_blue68 Aug 2025 #218
HAHAHAHHHAHHAHH. I agree. Thank you very much. electric_blue68. debm55 Aug 2025 #219
LA Women-----The Doors debm55 Aug 2025 #220
N.Y. Rush sakabatou Aug 2025 #221
Thank you very much, sakabatou. debm55 Aug 2025 #223
East St Louis Toodle-oo a Duke Ellington composition yellowdogintexas Aug 2025 #222
Thank you very much, yellowdogintexas. for your selections. I don't think any mentioned "Detroit City" but you just did debm55 Aug 2025 #232
Cincinnati, Ohio RazorbackExpat Aug 2025 #224
I broke out in tears when I heard this song RazorbackExpat Aug 2025 #225
Listening to this song on the radio, RazorbackExpat Aug 2025 #228
I can't explain it, but this song RazorbackExpat Aug 2025 #229
Thank you very much, RazorbackExpat. debm55 Aug 2025 #233
Thank you very much, RazorbackExpat. debm55 Aug 2025 #234
"I've Been Everywhere" by Johnny Cash Emile Aug 2025 #226
Thank you very much, Emile. Love that song debm55 Aug 2025 #235
North to Alaska Mz Pip Aug 2025 #227
Thank you very much , Mz Pip. I remember that songs from an oldies channel around here. debm55 Aug 2025 #231
"North to Alaska" by Johnny Horton Emile Aug 2025 #237
Thank you, Emile. debm55 Aug 2025 #238
Hollywood Nights. Bob Seger. debm55 Aug 2025 #236

underpants

(194,823 posts)
100. That is a really good song.
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 09:13 PM
Aug 2025

Good waiting painting a picture
Clean crisp sound
Great voice.

FalloutShelter

(14,173 posts)
7. Streets of Philadelphia
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 04:17 PM
Aug 2025

Bruce Springsteen.

https://m.

&pp=ygUpc3RyZWV0cyBvZiBwaGlsYWRlbHBoaWEgYnJ1Y2Ugc3ByaW5nc3RlZW4%3D

debm55

(55,504 posts)
17. Wow. Is that you or your group? Congratulations. msongs. That is fantastic and thank you for posting.
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 04:38 PM
Aug 2025

YorkRd

(431 posts)
21. Warren Zevon's "Join Me in LA"
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 04:52 PM
Aug 2025

“Join Me In LA”by Warren Zevon with Bonnie Raitt singing background

tonkatoy8888

(170 posts)
25. Carolina In My Mind
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 05:02 PM
Aug 2025

James Taylor

St. Louis Blues-WC Handy

LA Woman-The Doors

Georgia On My Mind-Ray Charles

Chicago, My Kind of Town-Van Heusen & Cahn

Symphony #104, London-J. Haydn

Symphony #31, Paris-WA Mozart

Symphony #7, Leningrad-D. Shostakovich

AltairIV

(1,004 posts)
28. New York, New York
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 05:04 PM
Aug 2025

Written by Frank Ebb, from the film by Martin Scorsese, and immortalized by Frank Sinatra.

debm55

(55,504 posts)
31. Thank you very much , for the information behind New York, New York. I knew it was song by Frank Sinatra. but not the
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 05:08 PM
Aug 2025

Other background of the song. Thank you very much.

Thunderbeast

(3,769 posts)
33. "Paradise" Kentucky....John Prine
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 05:09 PM
Aug 2025

"Daddy won't you take me back to Muellenburg County....Down by the big I river where PARADISE lay".

"Well I'm sorry my son, but your too late in askin'. Mr. Peabody's coal train has hauled it away".

underpants

(194,823 posts)
104. I heard that in Austin City Limits and was an immediate fan
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 09:24 PM
Aug 2025

The story of his path with Kris Kristofferson and Neil Sedaka is amazing.

Thunderbeast

(3,769 posts)
148. Not to mention Roger Ebert!
Sun Aug 24, 2025, 03:52 PM
Aug 2025

Apparently, he abandoned a review of a bad movie, walked into a bar across the street, and discovered John Prine. Instead of a movie review, he heaped praise on the "Singing Mailman" in his regular column. He was a lifetime friend and fan.

yellowdogintexas

(23,595 posts)
114. I grew up about 35 miles from Paradise
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 11:09 PM
Aug 2025

There were a number of people who moved down into our county when the town was destroyed.

The world's Largest Shovel is really huge.

Harker

(17,397 posts)
44. Wichita Lineman, by Jimmy Webb for Glen Campbell.
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 05:55 PM
Aug 2025

Last edited Sat Aug 23, 2025, 08:02 PM - Edit history (1)

I can not hear that song without crying.

Really.

debm55

(55,504 posts)
91. Thank you very much Harker and I agree with you. Webb was a terrific writter and Campbell really brought out the song.
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 08:44 PM
Aug 2025

MIButterfly

(2,023 posts)
52. Pardon me boys...is that the Chattanooga Choo Choo? 🎵
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 06:08 PM
Aug 2025

Kansas City (Lieber and Stoller song; not sure who sang it)

AllaN01Bear

(28,581 posts)
57. san fransico , open your golden gate . shuffle off to buffalo. i left my heart in san fransico.
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 06:13 PM
Aug 2025

debm55

(55,504 posts)
102. Thank you, Raven123. I remember when the shootings happend, I was in 9th grade. Students walked out of school. I have
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 09:19 PM
Aug 2025

been to Kent State. as it is not far from my home at the time.

debm55

(55,504 posts)
165. Thank you very much. Trueblue Texan. My girlfrind and I drove from Pittsburgh to Galveston. Every so often we would sing
Sun Aug 24, 2025, 06:46 PM
Aug 2025

That song.

Trueblue Texan

(4,186 posts)
206. I was about 10 years old when that song hit it big...
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 06:16 AM
Aug 2025

My brother was in Viet Nam and he had a girlfriend here in the states named Sherry. We all had spent many hours funning on the beaches in Galveston. I was a romantic child and could just see him staring across the ocean remembering the times he and Sherry spent on the beach. I still love the song to this day. And I still love those beaches. No matter how commercial the town of Galveston gets, the beach remain beautiful and never changing.

KitFox

(505 posts)
67. Pennsylvania 6-5000 popularized by Glenn Miller and
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 07:22 PM
Aug 2025

St. Louis Blues by W. C. Handy. In 1943, Glenn Miller and the Army Air Force Band recorded St. Louis Blues March while serving in World War II. A little over a year later, tragically, his plane disappeared over the English Channel and he was later declared dead. They never found any trace of the plane wreckage. He was only 41 years old.

oasis

(53,341 posts)
112. Outstanding Performance. Great singing and
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 11:04 PM
Aug 2025

the dance routine was out of this world.

debm55

(55,504 posts)
137. Thank you very much. WestMichRad. I loved that song. I would constantly play it and dance to it.
Sun Aug 24, 2025, 01:09 PM
Aug 2025

debm55

(55,504 posts)
74. Thank you very much, Coventina. I have never heard of them before. But I honestly liked the song.
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 07:52 PM
Aug 2025

debm55

(55,504 posts)
90. Thank you, PAMod. I am from PA, I didn't know the state had a song written about it.
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 08:36 PM
Aug 2025

Wiz Imp

(8,892 posts)
117. You're not familiar with the Pennsylvania Polka?
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 11:40 PM
Aug 2025


A Pittsburgh man used the tune for the Pittsburgh Steelers Polka in the 1970's



debm55

(55,504 posts)
182. Oh yes, I remember. "We're from the town with the great football team, da,da da. the Pittsburgh Steelers"
Sun Aug 24, 2025, 07:36 PM
Aug 2025

debm55

(55,504 posts)
85. Thank you very much, Tanuki. I had never heard the song before and the ending was a shock.
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 08:20 PM
Aug 2025

SSJVegeta

(2,262 posts)
97. The ones by red hot chhili peppers about la or detroit
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 09:01 PM
Aug 2025

Or Danny california.

Or the one with Tupac that says "now let me take you back to the wild wild west... city thats untouble like Eliot Ness"

IGoToDU

(202 posts)
103. Petaluma Afternoons
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 09:21 PM
Aug 2025

By one of the greatest unclassifiable musicians/songwriter/singers Susan Werner. [link:susanwerner.com|

greatauntoftriplets

(178,610 posts)
107. Take it Easy by the Eagles.
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 09:52 PM
Aug 2025

Well, I'm a-standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona
Such a fine sight to see
It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford
Slowin' down to take a look at me

https://genius.com/Eagles-take-it-easy-lyrics

debm55

(55,504 posts)
159. Thank you very much, greatauntoftriplets. I believe that the town on Winslow, Arizona. has a statue of the band on one
Sun Aug 24, 2025, 06:28 PM
Aug 2025

of the street corners.

Wiz Imp

(8,892 posts)
108. Here's one for all 50 states
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 09:54 PM
Aug 2025

1 Alabama Getaway - Grateful Dead
2 North To Alaska - Johnny Horton
3 Arizona - Mark Lindsay
4 The Arkansas Bazooka Swing - Bob Skyles & His Skyrockets
5 California, Here I Come! - Al Jolson
6 Colorado Sunset - Lawrence Welk
7 Connecticut - Herbie Fields
8 Delaware - Perry Como
9 Florida Rag - Van Eps Trio
10 Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles
11 Hawaii Five-O - The Ventures
12 Private Idaho - The B-52's
13 When You Drop Off at Cairo, Illinois - Billy Murray
14 Indiana Wants Me - R. Dean Taylor
15 Way Down in Iowa, I'm Going to Hide Away - Irving Kaufman
16 Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison
17 Kentucky Rain - Elvis Presley
18 Louisiana Lou And Three Card Monty John - The Allman Brothers Band
19 Away Down East in Maine - Vincent Lopez
20 There's a Girl in the Heart of Maryland (with a Heart That Belongs to Me) - Harry Macdonough
21 (The Lights Went Out In) Massachusetts - Bee Gees
22 Saginaw, Michigan - Lefty Frizzell
23 Minnesota - Northern Light
24 Mississippi Queen - Mountain
25 Across the Wide Missouri - Hugo Winterhalter
26 If She Should Come To You (La Montana) - Anthony Newley
27 Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen
28 Nevada Fighter - Michael Nesmith & The First National Band
29 My Old New Hampshire Home - George J. Gaskin
30 Never Going Back To New Jersey - Less Than Jake
31 Taos, New Mexico - R. Dean Taylor
32 New York Mining Disaster 1941 (Have You Seen My Wife Mr. Jones) - Bee Gees
33 Just a Little Bit South of North Carolina - Gene Krupa
34 North Dakota - Lyle Lovett
35 Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
36 Oklahoma - Billy Gilman
37 Arrah Go On, I'm Going Back to Oregon - Peerless Quartet
38 Pennsylvania 6-5000 - Glenn Miller
39 Poor Little Rhode Island - Guy Lombardo
40 South Carolina - The Outlaws
41 I Got a Gal I Love (In North and South Dakota) - Perry Como
42 Tennessee - Arrested Development
43 The Yellow Rose Of Texas - Mitch Miller
44 The Utah Trail - Ford & Glenn
45 Moonlight in Vermont - Margaret Whiting
46 I'm Gonna Make Hay While the Sun Shines in Virginia - Marion Harris
47 Washington Whirligig - Charlie Barnet
48 I Wanna Go Back to West Virginia - Milt Herth Trio
49 On, Wisconsin! - Prince's Orchestra
50 (Oh Why, Oh Why, Did I Ever Leave) Wyoming - Dick Jurgens

underpants

(194,823 posts)
110. "Oregon Hill" (Richmond VA) Cowboy Junkies
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 10:53 PM
Aug 2025

I lived in Oregon Hill for a year. Basically (white) Appalachia in the middle of the city. Descendants of Appalachia.

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yellowdogintexas

(23,595 posts)
113. My Old Kentucky Home
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 11:07 PM
Aug 2025

Blue Moon of Kentucky
Tennessee Waltz
Rocky Top
Nashville Cats
Back Home Again in Indiana
Chicago (my home town)
Memphis
Battle of New Orleans
Jackson
Carry Me Back To Old Virginny
Carolina in the Morning
Sweet Georgia Brown
Big Daddy's Alabamy Bound
Mississippi Mud

chicoescuela

(2,634 posts)
131. Abilene by Dave Alvin. A different song that noted earlier in this post.
Sun Aug 24, 2025, 12:43 PM
Aug 2025

Same city I imagine

debm55

(55,504 posts)
157. Thank you very much, Harker. I don't remember but thank you for adding to our selection.
Sun Aug 24, 2025, 06:18 PM
Aug 2025

soldierant

(9,279 posts)
166. Vienna, City of Dreams
Sun Aug 24, 2025, 06:47 PM
Aug 2025

`but don't ask me which 19th century operetta that was in. I just know I hear it from time to time, sometimes with lyrics, sometimes not.

Morbius

(893 posts)
188. Several.
Sun Aug 24, 2025, 08:42 PM
Aug 2025

Chicago - Sufjan Stevens
Chicago - Graham Nash (aka We Can Change the World)

Here's a favorite, by the only band that mattered:

When they kick at your front door
How you gonna come?
With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of your gun
When the law break in
How you gonna go?
Shot down on the pavement
Or waiting in death row
You can crush us, you can bruise us
But you'll have to answer to
Oh-oh, the guns of Brixton
The money feels good
And your life you like it well
But surely your time will come
As in Heaven as in Hell
You see, he feels like Ivan
Born under the Brixton sun
His game is called survivin'
At the end of the harder they come
You know it means no mercy
They caught him with a gun
No need for the Black Maria
Goodbye to the Brixton sun
You can crush us, you can bruise us
But you'll have to answer to
Oh-oh, the guns of Brixton
When they kick at your front door
How you gonna come?
With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of your gun
You can crush us, you can bruise us
And even shoot us
But oh-oh, the guns of Brixton
Shot down on the pavement
Waiting in death row
His game was survivin'
As in Heaven as in Hell
You can crush us, you can bruise us
But you'll have to answer to
Oh-oh, the guns of Brixton
Oh-oh, the guns of Brixton
Oh-oh, the guns of Brixton
Oh-oh, the guns of Brixton
Oh-oh, the guns of Brixton

debm55

(55,504 posts)
196. Thank you Delarage. I love Bruce because he sings from the heart and personal experiences.
Sun Aug 24, 2025, 09:10 PM
Aug 2025

JPPaverage

(620 posts)
195. One more
Sun Aug 24, 2025, 09:09 PM
Aug 2025

"Folsom Prison Blues"
Johnny Cash. Folsom is a city in Calofornia.
I really need a hobby.

DBoon

(24,687 posts)
202. Minutemen - Tony gets wasted in 'pedro
Sun Aug 24, 2025, 10:45 PM
Aug 2025
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That's San Pedro, California, the harbor area of Los Angeles formerly famed for its tuna fisheries.

VTderry

(76 posts)
203. "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" by R.E.M.
Sun Aug 24, 2025, 10:51 PM
Aug 2025

The band also released songs titled
"Leaving New York" and "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)"

ballardgirl

(179 posts)
212. Seattle
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 01:34 PM
Aug 2025

The Bluest Skies are in Seattle, performed by Perry Como. Who, you say? Active singer/television star 1932-1997.

debm55

(55,504 posts)
213. Thank you , ballardgirl. I live in the Pittsburgh area and Perry Como was from around this area.
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 02:00 PM
Aug 2025

Eugene

(66,783 posts)
214. The Boy from New York City - The Ad Libs
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 05:23 PM
Aug 2025

There's also "Native New Yorker" from the disco era.

electric_blue68

(25,781 posts)
218. The most Energetic & Fun one is a Live version of Springsteen's (Just Around The Corner) Till the Light of Day; where...
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 07:13 PM
Aug 2025

he chants a whole litany of Cities, and States!

You need some energy? This'll do it!
🎤 🎸🎶🎵🎶 Brooooce!🩷😄

yellowdogintexas

(23,595 posts)
222. East St Louis Toodle-oo a Duke Ellington composition
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 11:06 PM
Aug 2025

later covered by Steely Dan.

Both versions are lovely.

Also by Steely Dan: The Boston Rag, The Caves of Altamira, Babylon Sisters,Barrytown

Did anyone name "Detroit City"?

debm55

(55,504 posts)
232. Thank you very much, yellowdogintexas. for your selections. I don't think any mentioned "Detroit City" but you just did
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 10:23 AM
Aug 2025

Mz Pip

(28,347 posts)
227. North to Alaska
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 09:01 AM
Aug 2025

I think it was sung by Johnny Horton. Old song, so I could be wrong.

debm55

(55,504 posts)
231. Thank you very much , Mz Pip. I remember that songs from an oldies channel around here.
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 10:14 AM
Aug 2025
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