San Jose songs

[KamaAina]

a very short copycat, beginning (and perhaps ending) with our unofficial civic anthem.

Best use of same in the three months I've been here: I was on a VTA bus coming back from Fremont BART one night when the driver realized his on-ramp was blocked. He actually had to pull over and call dispatch for directions -- at which point the African American dude next to me busted out a chorus of "Do You Know The Way To San Jose? (ba ba ba-ba ba ba ba-ba ba)! :rofl:

[Arugula Latte]

1. Oooh, I've got another one -- "Rattlesnakes" by Lloyd Cole

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iMbBrzjoTw

Jodie wears a hat although it hasn’t rained for six days
She says a girl needs a gun these days
Hey, on account of all the rattlesnakes

She looks like Eve Marie Saint
In On the Waterfront
As she reads Simone de Beauvoir
In her American circumstance

She’s less than sure if her heart has come to stay in San Jose
And her neverborn child still haunts her
As she speeds down the freeway
As she tries her luck with the traffic police
Out of boredom more than spite
She never finds no trouble, she tries too hard
She’s obvious despite herself

She looks like Eve Marie Saint
In On the Waterfront, she says
All she needs is therapy, yeah,
All you need is love, is all you need

Jodie never sleeps ‘cause there are always needles in the hay
She says a girl needs a gun these days
Hey on account of all the rattlesnakes

She looks like Eve Marie Saint
In On the Waterfront
As she reads Simone de Beauvoir
In her American circumstance
And her heart, heart’s like crazy paving
Upside down and back to front, she says
Ooh, it’s so hard to love when
Love was your great disappointment

[Arugula Latte]

2. Another thing ... Your post revived a distant memory.

We moved to the Bay Area when I was five, in 1971, when that song was very popular. I'll never forget as we were leaving the airport upon our arrival my Dad pointed to a freeway sign and said: "Do you know the way to San Jose? Well, that's the way!" I was soooo impressed!

[Swede]

3. Sausalito Summernight

Close anyhoo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppYhgqrZIqU