Songs About Cities- Page 2
Songs About Cities
The Grovers Corners Yenta
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/3/04
#25re: Songs About Cities
Posted: 10/25/04 at 5:42pmI fly to San Jose a few times a year and I am really beginning to dislike that insipid song. .Do You Know The Way To San Jose? A friend of mine had the nerve to play that in his car while taking me to the airport!
#26re: Songs About Cities
Posted: 10/25/04 at 6:02pmEv'ry one loves HOUSTON... hehe, yeah right!
#28re: Songs About Cities
Posted: 10/25/04 at 6:13pmwell, let's get this out of the way... "One Short Day" is all about the Emerald City.... and I thought of it? Aw... sh*t.
#29re: Songs About Cities
Posted: 10/25/04 at 6:24pm
My city has two songs:
Barcelona by Stephen sondheim (company)
Barcelona by Andrew Lloyd Webber (olympics 1992)
WE WANT A BARCELONA SONG BY MARC SHAIMAN!
#31re: Songs About Cities
Posted: 10/25/04 at 6:34pm
are you from barcelona too?
#32re: Songs About Cities
Posted: 10/25/04 at 6:36pmLast Train to Clarksville (the Monkees)
#33re: Songs About Cities
Posted: 10/25/04 at 6:38pm
"I Go to Rio!"
"Key Largo"
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#34re: Songs About Cities
Posted: 10/25/04 at 6:44pm
My Hometown - ( Hollywood ) from "What Makes Sammy Run"
24 Hrs A Day- ( Las Vegas ) from " Golden Rainbow"
#35re: Songs About Cities
Posted: 10/25/04 at 6:48pmhey cookie...i Believe the Chess song you're speaking of is "One Night in Bangkok" not "Saigon". Just thought I'd mention it.
insomniak
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#36re: Songs About Cities
Posted: 10/25/04 at 6:50pm
"One Night in Bangkok"- Chess
"Gary, Indiana"- The Music Man
"Manchester, England"- Hair
#37re: Songs About Cities
Posted: 10/25/04 at 11:34pmPlease Come To Boston is about a lot of cities.
#39re: Songs About Cities
Posted: 10/25/04 at 11:47pm
I Go to Rio~THE BOY FROM OZ
A Rumor in St. Petersburg~ANASTASIA
Ah, Paree~FOLLIES
Buenos Aires~EVITA
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#40re: Songs About Cities
Posted: 10/25/04 at 11:50pm
BARCELONA - Jewel
WALKING IN MEMPHIS - Cher (because I like that version best)
DON'T MAKE ME COME TO VEGAS - Tori Amos
#41re: Songs About Cities
Posted: 10/25/04 at 11:53pm
Anatevka~FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
No Place Like London~SWEENEY TODD
Solla Sollew~SEUSSICAL
Never, Neverland~PETER PAN
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
watchME
Stand-by Joined: 8/26/04
#43re: Songs About Cities
Posted: 10/26/04 at 12:18am
"In winter even the falling snow looks.....used"
I love love love that song, watchME.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
junglered
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#44re: Songs About Cities
Posted: 10/26/04 at 12:18am
Here are some city songs with a "Southern fried" flair:
Chattanooga Choo Choo- Glenn Miller (Gordon/Warren)
Atlanta June - Pablo Cruise
New Orleans Ladies - LeRoux
Don't Go Back to Rockville - REM
Galveston - Glen Campbell
Calling Baton Rouge - Garth Brooks
Pascagoula Run - Jimmy Buffett
Biloxi - Jimmy Buffett
Dallas - Jimmy Buffett
Everybody's Got A Cousin in Miami - Jimmy Buffett
#45re: Songs About Cities
Posted: 10/26/04 at 12:46am
Allentown- Billy Joel
Albuquerque - Weird Al Yankovic
Margaritaville- Jimmy Buffett
junglered
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#46re: Songs About Cities
Posted: 10/26/04 at 1:36am
Havana Daydreamin' - Jimmy Buffett
Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell
New York City Boy - Pet Shop Boys
London - Pet Shop Boys
San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) - Scott MacKenzie
San Francisco (Open Your Golden Gate) - Jurmann/ Kaper/ Kahn
San Francisco Days - Chris Isaak
Detroit Rock City - Kiss
Beaches of Cheyenne - Garth Brooks
Walking to New Orleans - Fats Domino
Stockton Gala Days - 10,000 Maniacs
St. Louis Blues - Handy
Sausalito Summer Nights - Diesel
kissmycookie
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/21/04
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