Songs that mention a City

[Disneylover99]

Dancing with Myself - Billy Idol

On the floors of Tokyo, or in the London town to go, go.

 

[Lorelei Lee]

Jason got the "big" song, but


New York State of Mind

Miami 2017 ("I've seen the lights go out on Broadway, I saw the Empire State laid low . . . ")

Empire State of Mind

The Boy From New York City

New York City Rhythms


and of course



New York, New York
It's a Wonderful Town
The Bronx is up but the Battery's down
The people ride in a hole in the ground
New York, New York
It's a Wonderful Town

 

[debrapagliasotti]

Well, I was going to say Route 66 by Depeche Mode, but someone else already said that one...so...

Hello Texas by Jimmy Buffett

Well I just pulled out of Chicago
Partied old Chi-town 'round
Rollin' along that Interstate 10
Lord knows we're Texas bound

Chorus:
Hello Texas
Sure is good to see you again
Hello Texas
Sure is good to see me a friend

Well now we've been to New York City
We've been to L.A. too
People in them towns love to party down
But they don't boogie like the Bee Gees do

Chorus:
Hello Texas
Sure is good to see you a friend
Hello Texas
Sure is good to see you again

You know we ain't knockin' the rest of the country
No we really think it's great
Just seems I left a part of my heart
Somewhere in the lone star state

You know we ain't knockin' the rest of the country
You know we really think it's great
Just seems I left a part of my heart
Somewhere in the lone star state

Chorus:
Hello Texas
Sure is good to see you again
Hello Texas
Sure is good to see me a friend

Ah, hello Texas
Sure is good to see you again
Ah, hello Texas
Sure is good to see me a friend
Hello Texas
Sure is good to see you again
Ah, hello Texas
Sure is good to see me a friend

 

[luvflorida]

Get Back by The Beatles

Jo-Jo left his home in Tucson, Arizona

 

[tasha99]

Under the Bridge by The Red Hot Chili Peppers (if not my very favorite song, surely in my top 3)--Los Angeles

Sometimes I feel
Like I don't have a partner
Sometimes I feel
Like my only friend
Is the city I live in
The city of angels
Lonely as I am
Together we cry

I drive on her streets
'Cause she's my companion
I walk through her hills
'Cause she knows who I am
She sees my good deeds
And she kisses me windy
I never worry
Now that is a lie

I don't ever want to feel
Like I did that day
Take me to the place I love
Take me all the way

It's hard to believe
That there's nobody out there
It's hard to believe
That I'm all alone
At least I have her love
The city she loves me
Lonely as I am
Together we cry

I don't ever want to feel
Like I did that day
Take me to the place I love
Take me all that way

Under the bridge downtown
Is where I drew some blood
Under the bridge downtown
I could not get enough
Under the bridge downtown
Forgot about my love
Under the bridge downtown
I gave my life away

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

Detroit Rock City

 

[JessicaR]

Billy Joel - The Ballad Of Billy The Kid

From a town known as Oyster Bay, Long Island
Rode a boy with a six-pack in his hand
And his daring life of crime
Made him a legend in his time
East and west of the Rio Grande

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

Brad Paisley's Alcohol mentions Milwaukee, WI and Lynchburg, TN

 

[3boymthr]

"Please come to Boston"... which mentions a bunch of towns including Boston and Denver.

"Ramblin' Man" by Hank Williams/Allman Brothers - mentions New Orleans

"Boston" by Augustana

"The MTA" by the Kingston Brothers

and another oldy but goody

Meet me in St. Louis"

 

[Pinup Mommy]

No Sleep till Brooklyn , Beastie Boys

Welcome to Miami, Will Smith

 

[Julylady]

I got a Gal in Kalamazoo

Memphis Blues

 

[Northstar]

Do villages count? And provinces?

You're So Vain:

Well I hear you went up to Saratoga and your horse naturally won
Then you flew your Lear jet up to Nova Scotia to see the total eclipse of the sun


(I remember these lyrics because both of those places have significance for me!)

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

April 26 1992- Sublime

I pretty much had to cut the whole song since it not at all DIS friendly...But this is the end.


"Riots on the streets of Miami,
oh, Riots on the streets of Chicago,
oh, on the streets of Long Beach,
mmm, and San Francisco (Boise Idaho),
Riots on the streets of Kansas City
(Salt Lake, Huntington Beach, CA),
Tuscaloosa Alabama (Arcada Compton Michigan),
Cleveland Ohio,
Fountain Valley (Texas, Barstow - Let's do this every year),
Paramount, Victorville (Twice a Year),
Eugene OR, Eureka CA (Let it burn, let it burn),
Hesperia (Oh, ya let it burn, wont'cha wont'cha let it burn),
Santa Barbara, Nevada, (let it burn)
Phoenix Arizona,
San Diego, Lakeland Florida, (let it burn)
... 29 Palms (wontcha let it burn)"

 

[Disneylover99]

I Love L.A. - Randy Newman

 

[ez]

Back in the USSR

 

[Disneylover99]

Dancing in the Streets - Martha and the Vandellas

Dancin in Chicago
Dancin in New Orleans
In New York City

Also Philly & Baltimore

 

[FlightlessDuck]

"Stay (Faraway, So Close)" by U2

Faraway, so close
Up with the static and the radio
With satellite television
You can go anywhere
Miami, New Orleans, London, Belfast, and Berlin

(when sung live, Berlin is replaced with the local town ... or sometimes state)

 

[Coach K]

Streets of Philadelphia - Bruce Springsteen

 

[Zerosinthecloset]

"By the Time I Get to Phoenix"....Glen Cambell.

"Abilene"....George Hamilton IV.

 

[Brownsfan317]

"Cleveland Rocks" by Ian Hunter (covered b the Presidents of the United States for the Drew Carey Show)

"Youngstown" by Bruce Springsteen

"Cleveland" by Jewel

"Missing Cleveland" by Scott Weiland