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02 Mar 2015, 4:32 pm

Tim_Tex wrote:

San Francisco and Montana are mentioned in "Come Monday", by Jimmy Buffett.

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He's the only artist I can think of who ever mentioned my current hometown (Buzzards Bay, MA) in a song---Volcano.

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04 Mar 2015, 12:40 pm

Basso53 wrote:

Tim_Tex wrote:

San Francisco and Montana are mentioned in "Come Monday", by Jimmy Buffett.

Tim

He's the only artist I can think of who ever mentioned my current hometown (Buzzards Bay, MA) in a song---Volcano.

Reminded me of "Old Cape Cod" by Patti Page

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25 Mar 2015, 3:04 am

"Chemical X", by Cherish
"PEnnsylvania 6-5000'', by Glenn Miller
"All Over the World", by Electric Light Orchestra
"Harlem Shake", by Baauer

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25 Mar 2015, 10:43 am

"Ohio" - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
"Student Demonstration Time" - Beach Boys (University of California, Berkeley, Peoples Park, Isla Vista, L.A., Jackson State University, Kent State University)
"Wichita Lineman" - Glen Campbell

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25 Mar 2015, 2:15 pm

Tim_Tex wrote:

Here's the song with probably the most place names:

"Heart of Rock 'n' Roll", by Huey Lewis and the News

Hollywood, New York, Austin, Oklahoma City, Seattle, San Francisco, Baton Rouge, Tulsa, Philadelphia (called "the Liberty town" in the song), Boston, San Antonio, D.C.

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The Motown classic by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas 'Dancing in the Street' mentions a comparable number of cities to that Huey Lewis song:"...Baltimore, and D.C. now, don't forget the Motor City, everywhere there is music...". Cant remember each town mentioned.

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25 Mar 2015, 2:28 pm

Manhatten Transfer "The Duke of Dubuque", "The Boy From New York City".

The Austin Lounge Lizards "Pfluggerville" (probably the only song ever about Pfluggerville Texas).

Rolling Stone "Honkey Tonk Woman" (mentions New York City, and Memphis).

Marc Cohn "Walking in Memphis"

Wilbert Harris "Kansas City"

Bob Dylan "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again"

The Standells "Dirty Water" ( Boston).

Tom Browne "Funkin' For Jamaica" (Jamaica New York, not the Island home of Bob Marley).

Oddessy "Native New Yorker"

Sting "An Englishman in New York"
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NYC alone has countless songs.

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25 Mar 2015, 8:57 pm

naturalplastic wrote:

NYC alone has countless songs.

Beastie Boys - No Sleep till Brooklyn
Beastie Boys -An Open Letter to NYC (numerous NYC locations)
Duke Ellington - Take the A train
Talking Heads - Life During Wartime (CBGB''s)
Nina Hagen - New York/N.Y (numerous early 80's clubs, E 7th Street)
Robin Hitchcock - Balloon Man (Sixth Avenue, Bryant Park, Empire State Building, 44th Street)
Taylor Swift - Welcome to New York

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26 Mar 2015, 3:52 am

They Might Be Giants, "P.S.O.K."
Liza Minnelli, Theme from New York, New York
Fred Fisher, "Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)"
Frank Sinatra(?!), "My Kind of Town"
Lee Montgomery, "Calling Me Home, Chicago"
2 Live Crew, "Banned in the U.S.A."
Bruce Springsteen, "Born in the U.S.A."
Cheech & Chong, "Born in East L.A."
Ya Boy, "We Run L.A."
Jay-Z, "Empire State of Mind"
The J. Geils Band, "Californicatin"
Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Californication"
Steve Karmen, "I Love New York"

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26 Mar 2015, 5:43 am

naturalplastic wrote:

NYC alone has countless songs

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/M ... Applesauce
Check the music tab.

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28 Mar 2015, 3:20 pm

Come Back to Texas by Bowling for soup mentions Texas, Cleavland, Ohio, & Denton County.

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28 Mar 2015, 3:41 pm

Rancid--"Outgunned" :
Alabama, Florida, Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh, Norfolk, Richmond, Baltimore, Knoxville, Nashville, Memphis, Tennessee, Little Rock, Flagstaff, Boston, and Bakersfield...

Twelve of the fifteen locations mentioned are southern--all in a single punk rock song...

I win! :cheers:

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01 Apr 2015, 1:56 pm

US FNA by Baldbox mentions all 50 states, DC, & Pluto.

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01 Apr 2015, 6:04 pm

Country is chocked full of place names

Elvis: The Kentucky Rain
Glen Campbell: Wichita Lineman
Glen Campbell: By the Time I Get to Phoenix
Glen Campbell: Galveston
Glen Campbell: Country Boy (You've Got Your Feet in L.A.)
George Strait: Amarillo By Morning
George Strait: I Can Still Make Cheyenne
George Strait: Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind?
George Strait: All of My Ex's Live in Texas
Lefty Frizell and Shelly West: "You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma
Don Gibson: Living on Tulsa Time
Jimmy Buffet: Living on Key West Time