What are some beautiful songs about places throughout the United States? Could be well known or obscure, who made the song?
Posted by Agile_Property9943@reddit | AskAnAmerican | View on Reddit | 534 comments
Hello! I’m a big music connoisseur. I love music of all kinds but right now I’m outside listening to my music playlist and I’ve got some interesting songs. Just wanted to see others’ musical tastes and varieties.
randomangelface@reddit
It's annoying but every time I tell someone I'm from Amarillo (city in the Texas Panhandle), they start singing "Amarillo by Morning," particularly the George Straight cover. Not a country fan but it's a nice song!
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
I think that’s cool but then again after like the first 5 times I’d be annoyed too. Lol. I feel bad for people from West Virginia too!
sdmcdaniel@reddit
‘New Mexico’ by Jacob Smigel is an obscure one that comes to mind
caskey@reddit
Leaving on a jet plane. John Denver.
CardiologistIcy5368@reddit
It doesn’t directly mention a place by name but “How boys become men” DB Allen (Vegabonds front man) is about his life growing up in small town Alabama
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Will check it out
djdksudjjd@reddit
Apologies for the long list but I love the question.
Arkansas - Chris Stapleton /Bob Fudge - Colter Wall (Ian Tyson original) /Carolina - Lukas Nelson /Chino - Kassi Valazza /City of Roses - Charley Crockett /Going Back to Texas - Charley Crockett /H-Town Kinda Day - Z-Ro /Harlem Rivers Blues - Justin Townes Earle /Is Anybody Going to San Antone - Charley Pride /The Jamestown Ferry - Tanya Tucker /July in Cheyenne - Aaron Watson /King of Oklahoma - Jason Isbell /Little Rock - Reba McEntire /Live from Chattanooga - YGTUT /Magnolia - JJ Cale /Miami, My Amy - Keith Whitley /Midnight Drain to Memphis - The SteelDrivers /Montana - Dave Stamey /Muhlenberg County Line - Lost Dog Street Band /Odessa - Charley Crockett /Oklahoma City - Zach Bryan /Paint Me a Birmingham - Tracy Lawrence /PROM/KING - Saba /San Francisco Bay Blues- Ramblin Jack Elliot /Saskatchewan in 1881 - Colton Wall /Screw You, We’re From Texas - Ray Wylie Hubbard /Snakes and Waterfalls - Nick Shoulders /Streets of Laredo - Marty Robbins /Tennessee Whiskey - George Jones /Texas Sun - Leon Bridges /That’s How I Got to Memphis - Tom T. Hall /Tijuana - JJ Cale /Trinity River - Charley Crockett /West Virginia Waltz - Sierra Ferrell /What’s Made Milwaukee Famous - Charley Crockett /Wyoming - Benjamin Tod
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Nope it’s all good! You’re the second person to have Charley Crockett on their list! Also you have Leon Bridges! He’s a good artist as well. Will check the ones I don’t know out! Thanks
FredsIQ@reddit
This is where I grew up-South Louisiana:
https://youtu.be/Y0znZnMOhRY?si=uDLGUsFkzuVnqy6U
webbess1@reddit
Some songs about New York that haven’t been mentioned:
Bleecker Street- Simon and Garfunkel
Only Living Boy in New York- Simon and Garfunkel
Take the “A” Train- Ella Fitzgerald
New York, New York- Frank Sinatra
New York- Alicia Keys
Englishman in New York- Sting
Fillmore_the_Puppy@reddit
Warning to everyone: This song is an insidious earworm! It's kind of fun and catchy, and I love playing it as a joke, but then I can't get it out of my head for days.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Bleecker Street and Only Living Boy in New York are really good songs. Simon and Garfunkel always make good songs. Bless you for putting Ella Fitzgerald on here! New York New York is so iconic. Every new year when the ball drops and that song plays I always can-can with folks lol New York has been posted but it’s a cool song. Englishman in New York is soo good the jazz part in that song is incredible! Never heard that Seattle song but it’s pretty good. Boulevard of Broken Dreams is good but it always makes me laugh because it’s been turned into a meme song lol Party in the USA is classic on the 4th every big firework event plays it. Joni Mitchell California is good and my city is gone I thought was okay.
SomethingClever70@reddit
Arlo Guthrie’s “City of New Orleans” is about riding a train from Illinois to Louisiana. Pretty song, nostalgic feel, about the Mississippi heartland.
Mundane-Debt-950@reddit
Arlo Guthrie made this song famous. Steven Goodman authored it. My dad worked at Gibson guitar in Bozeman MT and was lucky enough to meet Mr. Guthrie. He shared a story that Mr. Goodman first tried to sell this song to Johnny Cash BUT he had just recorded Folsom Prison Blues and didn’t want to do another train song. So he offered it to Mr. Guthrie. And I think he did it justice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Goodman#Discography
https://youtu.be/2SfPyg-mGhU?si=3foIqHiAVQtRAWP0
SomethingClever70@reddit
Oh, cool! I always loved that song. I remember listening to it in the 1970s when I was little. Great nostalgic feelings.
BluegrassRailfan1987@reddit
Can still ride the same train today via Amtrak. Trains 58/59.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Someone else posted it earlier up in the comments. Yeah I like it!
sky033@reddit
This is the first one I thought of, and I’ve driven across quite a bit of the country.
AnalMoss@reddit
Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash
"I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die"
msspider66@reddit
New York State of Mind by Billy Joel.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
BILLY JOEL!!!! sorry I love Billy Joel! I like New York State of Mind! My favs gotta be Movin Out, Piano Man and Big Shot too!
msspider66@reddit
All great songs but the New York State of Mind fits the bill as a beautiful song about somewhere in the US. I can’t hear it without getting teary eyed and homesick.
I think my favorite Billy Joel song is My Life. Or is it So It Goes? Maybe The Ballad Of Billy The Kid? So much wonderful music!
GeorgePosada@reddit
Movin Out is a beautiful song about Hackensack and never going there
Danarchy0119@reddit
PA native. Billy Joel also sings Allentown which is about the failing economy of the Lehigh valley where I’m from after the steel industry died.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
lol “You should never argue with a crazy mi mi mi mi mi mind! You oughtta know by nooow!”
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
My life is so good too!!
toddlschuler@reddit
I saw Garth Brooks play in Central Park. Billy Joel came out and did New York State of Mind. Don McLain did American Pie as the encore.
BluegrassRailfan1987@reddit
Don't forget Allentown, as well.
msspider66@reddit
Not really beautiful to me
BluegrassRailfan1987@reddit
I admit my mind was on songs about places in the U.S., maybe not the context.
DanceClubCrickets@reddit
[googles “Most Popular Song About Maryland”]
Ugh, of course it’s Hairspray. 🙄
I did, however, find that Origami Angel has a few Maryland songs in their catalogue, so that’s cool! I’ll have to look into that a little more 😊 I’m guessing they’re from here. I did not know!
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Can’t lie I do love Hairspray! 😁 let me know when you find the songs about Maryland
PleasantReputation0@reddit
As long as you don't mind lots of F-bombs, "Mesa Town" by Authority Zero is about my hometown...kinda. They mention my high school, Mountain View lol
https://open.spotify.com/track/6y5ywzp0y1FSutanJbyEzg?si=a_bxA4FgSlC_uYzgIQ6XOg
Moist-Relationship49@reddit
https://youtu.be/u-D9rOwKj04?si=THlp_CxYs-RqJryX
Home means Nevada.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Aww your state song! It’s nice!
Moist-Relationship49@reddit
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mAFdcWNtODSFbJn5icPfz-w0omuHtYvNg&si=Hd6ZJKc9ynk00Uzc
This guy has four Playlists with all fifty state songs. Be warn, they're like state flags. 30 are generic, 5ish are from the confederates, few are good, and the rest are...unique.
beachybreezy@reddit
I’m from Eastern Long Island and I used to say Billy Joel was like our country music.
Allll the songs, especially Captain Jack, teenage years and then Downeaster Alexa when I was older and struggling to make a living as a single mom on LI.
Just the coming of age stuff and then the adult coming of age…
Idk so overtired now, not doing the explanation justice but I wanted to make sure this got mentioned/represented bc I know for sure other LI gen x people have to relate. Thanks for reading :)
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Thanks for posting!
CPolland12@reddit
My Texas - Josh Abbott Band (mentions many things in the state)
She’s Like Texas - Josh Abbot Band (mentions different parts of the state)
West Texas Rain - Wade Bowen (pretty song)
They Call it the Hill Country - Randy Rogers Band (about corporate building on beautiful land)
Hearts Are Breaking Across Texas - Aaron Watson (pretty wedding song)
Playful_Dust9381@reddit
I may be a bad Texan. I am familiar with exactly none of these (for now).
Head_Razzmatazz7174@reddit
Not necessarily a bad Texan. Just a young one. These are some old country classics.
Playful_Dust9381@reddit
I think young is quite a stretch, but the country explained a lot. I have a limited familiarity with country, though a few legends like George Strait, Garth, Trisha, Reba, and Dolly occasionally find their way on to my playlists.
CPolland12@reddit
Well it’s all Texas country music. You can deep dive into their entire catalogues (and then other too) 😂
bannana@reddit
How are you talking about TX and not talking about
Amarillo By Morning - George Strait
Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) - Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Josh Abbott Band is nice! West Texas rain is a good song!
According-Bug8150@reddit
Georgia on My Mind. Lovely and haunting.
HowLittleIKnow@reddit
I feel like the jury is still out on whether "Georgia" in that song is the state or a woman.
Ok-Simple5493@reddit
Or both. I have never understood why it had to be limited to a woman or the state. Maybe Georgia lived in Georgia, and the memories are intertwined? I wish we could ask him!
Guinnessron@reddit
Nerd alert. In high school I was in Marching Band and we did this song. We did it well and I love it to this day!
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
My uncle was in the marching band too!
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Oh man of course!! Where both my granddaddys from!
oxichil@reddit
California by Chappel Roan is about leaving her home state of Missouri. I love it because no one ever sings about us. Especially not in a positive way.
buefordwilson@reddit
Easily [The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald]] (https://youtu.be/9vST6hVRj2A?si=gDsOeXhB7Dswt64o) by Gordon Lightfoot for my state.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
I know this song. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald gets brought up everytime the Great Lakes are mentioned lol which happens to be more often than one would think.
RupeThereItIs@reddit
Why would you NOT talk about the great lakes often.
They're GREAT, it's right in the name!
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
True true! I didn’t say they didn’t deserved to be talked about! Lol my widdle Lake Erie gets no love though 😅
time-for-jawn@reddit
Mine, too. Ohio side.
RupeThereItIs@reddit
I'm sorry, but it by far the grossest of the great lakes.
It would be second grossest if St. Clair where great.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
See what I mean 🥲
SailingWavess@reddit
Came here to see if someone had already posted it 😂♥️👏🏼
TheLastRulerofMerv@reddit
Canadian artist I like it.
funniefriend1245@reddit
I was looking for this one!
scarylesbian@reddit
kansas and idaho by gorillaz (ironically a british group but idc i love these songs)
efflorae@reddit
City of New Orleans by Steve Goodman
Head_Razzmatazz7174@reddit
It was a long time before I fully understood The Night Chicago Died. I knew it happened during Prohibition and knew who Al Capone was, but didn't quite get it.
BallinBC@reddit
I had to scroll too far to find City of New Orleans by Steve Goodman. So many great songs on that list.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
All these songs are good but I’m a big fan of Bon Iver, the songs California Dreaming, Devil Went Down to Georgia, Detroit City Rock, and Modest Mouse, Chuck Berry and Sufjan Stevens!!
mellowtimes@reddit
Here are my favorites!
Memphis, Tennessee - Chuck Berry Copperhead Road - Steve Earle Death Trip to Tulsa - Mark Lanegan Mississippi - Bob Dylan Bourbon Street - The Deep Dark Woods Blue Bayou - Linda Ronstadt Rainy Night in Georgia - Brook Benton (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 - Nat King Cole Down I-5 - Neko Case, k.d. lang, Laura Veirs King of the Road - Roger Miller San Francisco (Be Sure...) - Scott McKenzie San Francisco Days - Chris Isaak Streets of Bakersfield - Dwight Yoakam Fair to Midland - Dwight Yoakam The Late Great Golden State - Dwight Yoakam Viva Las Vegas - Elvis Presley
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Ooh you put Nat King Cole! You’re the first commenter to do that! I love Nat King Cole! Viva Las Vegas is so iconic! I listen to that sometimes while cleaning up the house. Have you heard of a Neko Cases’ song Things that Scare Me? It’s sooo good and technically it’s about America as well.
mellowtimes@reddit
I haven't heard that one, but I'll check it out!
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Tell me what you think when you do
mellowtimes@reddit
Just listened and I like it! A haunting, propulsive little snippet. 🎵🎵
ktm_motocross420@reddit
Song of Wyoming by Chris Ledoux always puts a tear to my eye
Gonococcal@reddit
Sweet home alabama
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Classic! Give ‘em all to me! I wanna see whatcha got! Lol
real_agent_99@reddit
Hotel California
It never rains in Southern California
secondmoosekiteer@reddit
Ventura Highway is one of my favorite songs of all time. Sighhhhh 💖
real_agent_99@reddit
I agree!
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
🔥 never heard that Randy Newman song but I like it!
mangomarongo@reddit
San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) by Scott McKenzie
So appropriate— there was a literally baby earthquake just now as I was typing this 😂
JeremiahYoungblood@reddit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wldRoZenss
real_agent_99@reddit
California Dreamin'
Gonococcal@reddit
You listed four of the songs I was thinking if when I blurbed. Toss in The Doors LA Woman
https://youtu.be/TMiAQPABgHA?si=lAWXdUb_eRPir2EC
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Love this song it’s on one of my playlist!
catiebug@reddit
Hope you have time on your hands... this topic has its own (almost certainly not comprehensive) Wikipedia article
webbess1@reddit
Free Fallin- Tom Petty
It contains references to Mulholland and Ventura Boulevard.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Freeeeee! Freeee Faaaaallling!!! Lol this song
ThrowingTheRinger@reddit
Reddit is comprised of Californians who have decided the universe is summed up by California.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
They ain’t the only state to do that.
kteerin@reddit
Just name all the Red Hot Chili Peppers songs. 🤣
MichigaCur@reddit
Well except 'Especially In Michigan'
Watchfull_Hosemaster@reddit
LA Woman
msflagship@reddit
I’ll add in a few songs from the Deep South
Tennessee Orange - Megan Maroney
A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke
Mississippi Queen - Mountain
Mississippi In The Spring - Sam Mooney
Boston - Augustana
Ole Miss - Lauren Watkins
cryptoengineer@reddit
Country Roads - John Denver.
...but don't miss Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's Hawaiian cover
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Very interesting rendition! Never knew it existed
cryptoengineer@reddit
He did some great stuff. His rendition of "Over the Rainbow" is haunting.
educated_dumdum@reddit
Anything Charlie Crockett.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
The first person on here to say Charley Crockett! I like his rendition of Ghost Riders in the Sky and the song Round this World!
educated_dumdum@reddit
As the legend goes. But hey, I’ll say he is just because he’s one of a kind. The Lone Star is very fortunate for the music scene we’ve got!
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Yeah y’all need to promote people a lot more!!
educated_dumdum@reddit
It’s by design. Most of our guys don’t want to go big time because Nashville takes guys away from their roots as we’ve seen with guys like Parker McCollum.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Then how will people know and hear your music?
educated_dumdum@reddit
It’s a culture thing. Texas is facing a crisis right now of people exploiting the economy, and want nothing to do with the actual culture. Used to be that people moved to Texas to be Texan. So I personally think the way we hold our music scene near and dear just further embodies the culture and what it means to us
god_damn_bitch@reddit
Boston by The Dresden Dolls.
Maine by Noah Kahan.
Maine by Hey, Nothing.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Amanda Palmer from the Dresden Dolls has the best song ever called Astronaut. I really also liked both songs about Maine. I like Noah Kahn and I’m going to add the song Maine by Hey Nothing to my playlist thanks! It’s right up my alley
god_damn_bitch@reddit
I love everything Amanda Palmer! I see her/The Dresden Dolls whenever she comes home to Boston. I have one of Brian's drumsticks from a show. I already have my tickets for November!
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Lucky! Don’t live anywhere near Boston unfortunately!
Glum_Yak_6630@reddit
Winter in Chicago - flatfoot56
NassCeary@reddit
"California Stars" by Wilco and Billy Bragg, lyrics by Woody Guthrie. I've lived in CA for 23 years and that song still makes me shiver and sigh.
MGSteezus@reddit
Heart of idaho - Muzzie braun
intraepid@reddit
Blue Ridge Mountains by the Fleet Foxes
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Great song already posted!
intraepid@reddit
My bad, I tried to scroll through most comments to make sure it wasn't already posted!
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Naw you’re good! Just means people got good taste right? Lol
djxpress@reddit
Not a song about a place but about a thing, beer. This song is as American as it gets : https://youtu.be/ZEvQOPUHGH8?si=v2HlRkGB0Qbap_h7
ayebrade69@reddit
Dixieland Delight
Wespiratory@reddit
Spend my dollar parked in the holler neath the mountain moonlight
TRLK9802@reddit
My husband and I wouldn't be married if it wasn't for that song. I'm a country girl and he's more of a city boy (or at least he was...he's taken to my way of life). I only gave him a chance because he said that he loved Dixieland Delight. We've been married for 21 years.
secondmoosekiteer@reddit
Take manhattan, just give me that countryside!
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Cool song, pretty chill and relaxed.
TelevisionNo4428@reddit
“Lights” by Journey is for San Francisco Bay (and a bit about LA, too).
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Yep half of these songs everyone already posted like 10 times they’re so good! I love Horse With No Name!! Another one of my favorite America songs!!
Severe-Excitement-62@reddit
Green day "take me to the tracks at Christie Roads"
Owned_by_cats@reddit
"I'm Going Back to Indiana" by the Jackson 5.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
🔥🔥🔥
Girlonlakehuron@reddit
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by the Headstones. Gordon Lightfoot also has a slower version. It’s about a legendary ship wreck in the Great Lakes…
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Yep one of the more popular songs in this comment section
-plottwist-@reddit
Carolina in My Mind James Taylor.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
A earlier commenter got you beat
JeremiahYoungblood@reddit
"Resurrection Bay" by John Craigie.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Another song about Alaska! Resurrection Bay is beautiful, nice name for a bay! Good song! Ghost stories are some of my favorite types of songs!
Reliable_Narrator_@reddit
“Cleveland Rocks” by the Presidents of the United States (originally Ian Hunter).
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
🎶Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks, Clevelaand Rocks!🎶
fromwayuphigh@reddit
Alaskan musician Marian Call's son "Anchorage".
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
That is beautiful! Not too many responses from Alaska on here. I’m glad you posted!
zeroentanglements@reddit
Ku'u Home o Kahalu'u by Olomana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI0hkdyU1tY
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Love for my home Kahalu’u such a nice peaceful song!
zeroentanglements@reddit
Koke'e by Dennis Kamakahi (though he's one of many who have covered it)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAneSz95vTQ
It's about many places on Kauai
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Koke%CA%BBe+State+Park/@22.0355469,-159.5930735,35349m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x7c06ff65fc3f8f5b:0xcf316244e95a399!8m2!3d22.1395756!4d-159.639393!16zL20vMDdmdjJx?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkwNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
Honolulu City Lights by Keola and Kapono Beamer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98e7A1XdkxM
Waimanalo Blues by Country Comfort
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HreF7Ql4pRI
Waimanalo is a small town on the Windward side of Oahu
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Waim%C4%81nalo,+HI+96795/@21.3490041,-157.7157309,4236m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x7c00137c0eddba3f:0xc77b6db079ac607f!8m2!3d21.3490045!4d-157.7157309!16zL20vMHMwM2w?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkwNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Koke’e is a beautiful song. Koke’e means to wind or twist/bend?
Honolulu Lights is kind of a sad song though.
I like Waimanelo Blues!! Thanks for the song!
Chogihoe@reddit
Allentown by Billy Joel
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Someone gotcha beat posting that song!
surlycur@reddit
"Home Means Nevada."
I live up north now because I can't stand the heat anymore, but the southwest was where I grew up, and I still think it's beautiful.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Someone beat you to it! Nice state song
picklesupreme@reddit
Am I glossing over a piece of criteria because otherwise, why has no one mentioned Jersey Girl yet? I mean… down the shore everything’s alright, ya know!
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Yeah I’ve seen Livin on a Prayer but no Jersey Girl!!
r2d3x9@reddit
Dirty Water by The Standells https://youtu.be/5apEctKwiD8?si=kUDTwl6rrrNI4Sg7
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
The Standells. Weird how I’ve never heard of them. What they were out in the 60s?
oohkt@reddit
Yes! It's tradition to have this song played after Red Sox and Bruins games at the end of every home win.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Ok! Cool!
Mewpasaurus@reddit
Blue Ridge Mountains - Fleet Foxes
Blue Ridge Mountains
Tiger Mountain Peasant Song - Fleet Foxes
Tiger Mountain Peasant Song
Lake Shore Drive - Aliotta Haynes and Jeremiah
Lake Shore Drive
90210 - Dent May
90210
Waking Up in Los Angeles - Fruit Bats
Waking Up in Los Angeles
America - Simon and Garfunkel
America
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
I love Fleet Foxes. I already heard Blue Ridge Mountains but I had not heard of Tiger Mountain Peasant Song. Very good song it’s going on my play list.
Some one already suggested Lakeshore Drive pretty good
90210 is a good song, I like it, Waking Up In Los Angeles is decent
America is song iconic so there’s that. Lol love it
BluegrassRailfan1987@reddit
"Hillbilly Rock" by Marty Stuart mentions a bunch of places in the southeast U.S. "Way back in old Kentucky where the Bluegrass grows" is one line.
"I've Been Everywhere", at least the Johnny Cash version, is a favorite of mine. I might've been to three or four places of all the ones he mentioned.
TheBimpo@reddit
https://youtu.be/ediaZ5DhYjw?si=gUfxqB8rBZ2W8Xj_
Paradise is a love song to western Kentucky.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Never heard of John Prine but I like the song. Kind of sad.
BluegrassRailfan1987@reddit
There was a power plant at Paradise for many years, you could see it from the WK Parkway as you crossed the Green River. I think it's even closed now.
jessie_boomboom@reddit
For a happy, kinda goofy (like a lot of his songs) reminiscing about Americana gone-by JP song, try "Grabdpa was a Carpenter."
TheBimpo@reddit
One of the greatest songwriters this country has ever produced.
CupBeEmpty@reddit
I’m so glad someone posted this before I got here. I don’t know too many songs to sing all the way through but this is one.
Thedonitho@reddit
"Old Cape Cod" by Patty Page
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
I like it. Makes me kind of sleepy, like I need a fireplace and a blanket.
therealsanchopanza@reddit
My Beautiful America by Charlie Daniels. The end is a little bit cheesy but it’s a great song and reflection on the USA.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Charlie Daniels! It’s a good song about the country overall. I mean the last part if that’s how he feels then he can say it. No cheesy here.
rattlehead44@reddit
Welcome To Paradise - Green Day
Written about West Oakland, CA. The band moved out of their parents’ houses and lived in an abandoned warehouse or something with a bunch of others.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
I know this song! Pretty good Green Day song!
jephph_@reddit
Autumn in New York
most jazz musicians have done it.. here’s Diana Krall singing it:
https://youtu.be/v5FVmJKPSrY
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Finally some jazz! It’s been rare hearing it in this comment section. Very relaxing. I like it!
Nobody-72@reddit
Billie Holiday did it best
jephph_@reddit
The video is shot during the Covid shutdowns.
I figured if I’m linking to a video instead of just audio, should put something visually interesting as well ;-)
(plus, Diana Krall has a beautiful voice anyway so there’s that)
Nobody-72@reddit
Didn't mean to be snarky. Just adding another idea for OP since he seemed so excited about the jazz. 😊
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Just listened to it. Billie Holiday is the best! Both are awesome!
Nobody-72@reddit
Like it! She has a great voice.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
She does! her music is pretty good overall.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
I did like the pics, New York is always a aesthetically pleasing city for me
__Noble_Savage__@reddit
King Park by La Dispute. A song about a murder and it's aftermath in Grand Rapids, MI
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
That’s a deep sad fucking song.. the last part of the song I damn near cried… jfc
__Noble_Savage__@reddit
It's a doozy but it's beautiful and it makes me cry
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Yeah it is still is applicable to this very second too
Specific_Education67@reddit
https://youtu.be/BauIBEs0Rwc?si=qN_7zGbvmEKz1-uu
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
They talking about the infamous Bohemian Grove? I know it’s metaphorically speaking.
Orienos@reddit
I have two for you, both by Randy Lee Ashcraft. One is about my hometown and the other the surrounding area as a whole.
“Shore Thing” about Virginia’s Eastern Shore. https://youtu.be/Z2jPSbKDzCU?si=IDVRo3ajsV8OVula
“Pony Penning Time” about Chincoteague and its century old tradition. https://youtu.be/e1e5b7WC8cU?si=UIWRFP5qIC8dA9R7
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Cool songs! I always wanted to go to Assateague Island and see all the horses…
Valley_Forge_77-78@reddit
An old song but a favorite that refers to Eastern Tennessee…
https://youtu.be/wC6bo3XJnVQ?si=SLfS6pBSoWnFbUAi
Smoky Mountain Rain by Ronnie Milsap
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Pretty good!
10leej@reddit
The Cowsills have a song called Indian Lake which is where I live.
https://youtu.be/LS0z-UuP6JY?si=YfeELhJbOqYzmjHr
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
I like it it’s nice and cheery! I was like they have to be siblings or something because they all look exactly like each other 😂
10leej@reddit
It is a family band actually.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Yeah I looked it up you can definitely tell just by looking though. Just wanted to make sure it wasn’t some weird coincidence.
tonsofun08@reddit
Ohio by Daniel Dye
Oh, Cincinnati by the Seedy Seeds
NewMexicoVaquero@reddit
South of Santa Fe by Brooks and Dunn.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Aww this song is sweet! 🥹
FwapoMcGee@reddit
“Lights” by Journey is about San Francisco
“Saturday in the Park” by Chicago is about Central Park in New York City
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Man Steve Perry has such a strong beautiful voice! Very nice song! Saturday in the Park is my moms favorite song by Chicago! Mines has to be Street Player I love both songs though.
L4ZYSMURF@reddit
Carolina in my mind
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Somebody beat ya to it! Very beautiful song though
TRLK9802@reddit
Amarillo by Morning by George Strait is one of the greatest songs of all time.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Yep it’s been posted a bunch of times, great minds think alike
Head_Razzmatazz7174@reddit
Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but the Battle of New Orleans by Johnny Horton.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXfuQqkwa5I
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
This song! Where’s my alligator cannons at? Lol
Turbulent_Bullfrog87@reddit
Off the top of my head, Shenandoah
shelwood46@reddit
Bit of a joke, but S3 of Girls5eva (now on Netflix) is how they are touring based on writing a very specific song about Fort Worth, "Tap Into Your Fort Worth" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLTlvc9soHU (written by the same people who wrote the Cleveland song for 30 Rock)
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
LOL what is Girls5eva? Is it good?
GarlicAftershave@reddit
Warren Nelson's "Keeper of the Light" is a folk ode to the lighthouses of the Great Lakes, and their keepers. There are many recordings, which show up with regularity on Wisconsin Public Radio's weekly folk music program, and this version was simply the first one I could find.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Interesting! Did you ever go to any of the shows it seems like they used to have? Done by a man named Warren I think?
GarlicAftershave@reddit
If you mean the Big Top show, yes I did! It was a few decades ago, during a family trip up around Lake Superior. Unfortunately I was too young to appreciate it very much so I don't remember it very well.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Too bad sounds interesting for sure!
handcraftedcandy@reddit
Baltimore by Nina Simone is hauntingly beautiful
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
I really like it, kind of reminds me of in the same vein of What’s going on by Marvin Gaye. Do you like Sinner Man and Be My Husband too? Those are some of my favs from her.
Euphoric-Ad-6710@reddit
The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota, by Weird Al Yankovic. 😎
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
I think this is the most normal song from Weird Al Yankovic I’ve ever listened to. Lol
DisgruntledGoose27@reddit
“Idaho” - Yonder Mountain String Band
TheFrogWife@reddit
o pennsyltucky!
Gonococcal@reddit
Take me home country roads ..
sarcasticorange@reddit
Also, Rocky Mountain High
https://youtu.be/cOS5-n7dyj4?si=h1WPygGkj9tdVjTT
About a person in a place but I think it counts.
Tactical_Epunk@reddit
This was waaaaaaay father down than I expected.
Capnmolasses@reddit
John Denver is daddy
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
👌👌
siandresi@reddit
My first thought too. I am in Philly so honorable mention to Streets of Philadelphia by Bruce Springsteen. And I’m not sure if this counts, but sitting on the dock of the bay (Chesapeake bay), by Otis reading.
Gonococcal@reddit
San Francisco Bay. He started writing it while on a house in in Sausalito.
Great song
ThrownAback@reddit
Sadly, Otis Redding died in a plane crash just three days after recording Dock of the Bay. Learning that put the lyrics in a new light for me.
velociraptorjax@reddit
Even worse, his plane crashed into a frozen lake. I first heard this story while riding on a pontoon on said lake, and I can't stop thinking about it every time I go there. (It's Lake Monona in Madison, WI)
Chogihoe@reddit
This is the song. Got drunk in FL & found a piano man in universal & got him to play this repeatedly while we danced along. All raised in a major city in PA & it’s the most relatable song somehow.
Tears4BrekkyBih@reddit
I had to scroll way to far to find this.
para_diddle@reddit
I came here to say this. Let's GOOOOOO MOUNTAINEERS 💛 💙
arcinva@reddit
👀 Everything in the song is about westERN Virginia. So, you know... Let's GOOOOOO CAVS & HOKIES!! 💙🧡❤️
para_diddle@reddit
Well, JD performed that song at Mountaineer Field. He wasn't exactly distancing himself from WV.
Lulusgirl@reddit
I scrolled way too far to see this comment.
wooper346@reddit
I once went to a gay bar in Connecticut during karaoke night. Someone chose this song and the entire floor was singing along. Bears, twinks, those going through twink death… didn’t matter, all were included.
unphil@reddit
Uhhh... What?
jacqueline_daytona@reddit
It's when you age out of being considered a twink
wooper346@reddit
Some take it gracefully, others go kicking and screaming
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
LMAO
spkr4thedead51@reddit
so they're tweenks
Massive_Length_400@reddit
They twunk
CupBeEmpty@reddit
https://youtu.be/lQFKMar4x-w That is not about the US it’s about Jamaica, duh 😘
Playful_Dust9381@reddit
Oh my
CupBeEmpty@reddit
I just rep toots any time I can. One of my absolutely favorite concerts ever.
Playful_Dust9381@reddit
Appropriately, the artist also has a place for a last name! Objectively a fantastic song.
WarrenMulaney@reddit
I don’t
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Yep it’s already on one of my playlists
Subvet98@reddit
I love this song.
Snoo_63187@reddit
My 9 year old niece knows all the words to this song. I don't know how or why.
ThatOneGayDJ@reddit
Montana by Owl City
AdImaginary6425@reddit
Kentucky Anthem is a good one by Craig Russell.
skeletonspook96@reddit
Ballad of the Illinois Opry by REO Speedwagon
pinkgallo@reddit
David Bazan/Pedro The Lion has been putting out albums about all of the places he’s lived! So far he has released Havasu, Phoenix (both Arizona) and Santa Cruz (California)
Shytemagnet@reddit
Michigan, 1975 by The Gaslight Anthem. It’s not about the beauty of the state or anything, but I think it’s an absolutely gorgeous song, musically. It makes me deeply regret selling my Fender Twin Reverb amp a few years ago.
sorebuddah@reddit
Palmetto Rose by Jason Isbell
Ladyposh@reddit
Hurricane by band of heathens .
Louisiana
Nobody-72@reddit
Walking to New Orleans, Fats Domino
dekdekwho@reddit
As a Chicagoan, I love Lake Shore Drive by Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah.
For San Francisco, that has to go to Tony Bennet’s I Left My Heart in San Francisco
warrenjt@reddit
Shenandoah has always been beautiful to me. There are tons of versions, but this was the first that popped up on Spotify and probably one of the first versions I heard as a kid.
Tennessee by Stephen Lynch is a beautiful song about the state. Might as well be its state anthem, honestly.
droozer@reddit
Shenandoah is actually being away exploring and fur trading in the Missouri valley and addressed to Chief Shenandoah rather than being about the valley in Virginia
warrenjt@reddit
Ah, I see. I just looked up lyrics for it, and there’s all sorts of variations. The one I sang in high school choir omitted anything about indigenous people and pretty exclusively talked about just missing Shenandoah. Looking back, while I took it at the time as being about the area (basically, “I miss my home”), I totally see how it could be otherwise. And reading other lyrics for it makes that make sense.
Royal-Alarm-3400@reddit
Baltimore by Randy Neumann and The Streets of Baltimore by Bobby Bare are songs about America's favorite city. Flying into Los Angeles by Arlo Guthrie is about travel adventures in the 60's. California Here I Come by Shocking Blue. A very underrated band from the 60's.
rosiegal75@reddit
The House of the Rising Sun, by The Animals
Algoresrythm@reddit
Philadelphia Freedom has always given me a bit of emotional pause because it’s British people writing about American freedom and it’s great . I went back to Ohio is fantastic what a great bass line . Albuquerque by Weird Al for the win lol .
NOLALaura@reddit
St. James Infirmary about New Orleans
DigitalDroid2024@reddit
I remember the Eerie Canal, I think it was.
KlimRous@reddit
Really obscure but Pennsylvania by Bloodhound Gang
Dinocop1234@reddit
El Paso by Marty Robins.
KDY_ISD@reddit
Drove my companion absolutely bananas playing this on a loop during my approach to and departure from El Paso on a cross country trip lol I-10 is long as hell.
Glittering-Eye1414@reddit
Idk I sort of enjoyed I-10
Hussein_Jane@reddit
And Streets of Laredo.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
🎶Ouuut in the West Texas town of El Pasooo I fell in love with a Mexican giiirl” Iconic!
TriforceP@reddit
Coming Home by Mat Kearney is about his hometown of Eugene, Oregon.
bannana@reddit
Amarillo By Morning - George Strait
Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) - Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
iaafunicorn@reddit
Manhattan - sung by the greatest Queen, Dinah Washington
JeremiahYoungblood@reddit
Oregon, My Oregon
ohthesarcasm@reddit
Maine recently(ish) made the “Ballad of the 20th Maine” the state ballad and it’s amazing. I’m not from Maine but if I were I’d be proud to have such a legacy represented.
sponge_welder@reddit
Hmmm, Alabama Pines by Jason Isbell is first in my mind, it name checks a lot of places around here. Listen to the version on the "Live from Alabama" record
Tuxedo Junction is a song about a jazz club in Birmingham
The whole album Angels in Science Fiction by St Paul and the Broken Bones is sort of Birmingham/Alabama-themed. Oporto-Madrid Boulevard and City Federal Building are both named after Birmingham area things. They're not really about the places, but there's definitely a setting to the music
Birmingham by Shovels and Rope (are you sensing a theme)
Midnight in Montgomery
Ohio by The Pretenders
Simon and Garfunkel have several, Bleeker Street is one of my favorites, The Only Living Boy in New York
Olympia, WA (originally by Rancid, I really like Molly Tuttle's cover)
missannthrope1@reddit
California has a hundred songs about it.
One that's under the radar is Gold, by John Stewart, featuring a young Stevie Nicks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reFlgu1vq3Q
California girls are the greatest in the world/each one a song in the making.
TheLastRulerofMerv@reddit
Chattahoochee - Alan Jackson
sponge_welder@reddit
Damn, Shreveport is such a great song
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Oh shit Alan Jackson! I haven’t listened to him in a minute lol
Just listened to Shreveport that’s a good song! 👌
ThrowingTheRinger@reddit
Somehow I missed his live album with George Strait and Jimmy Buffett. The whole thing is pure gold!
TRLK9802@reddit
Two of my favorite artists!
TT has so many songs that mention places. Someone put together a map: https://www.reddit.com/r/TurnpikeTroubadours/comments/1difmqi/updated_map_of_every_town_state_area_or_business/
let-it-rain-sunshine@reddit
Lot about livin and a lil bout love
TheLastRulerofMerv@reddit
Just talking about cars and dreaming about women. Never had a plan just living for the minute.
matata77@reddit
Blue ridge mountains by fleet foxes
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
YEEEES!!! I LOVE that song!
melonlollicholypop@reddit
I don't know if you can tolerate any contemporary Christian music. There are two songs by Rich Mullins that I still adore even though I've been an atheist for more than two decades. Both these songs feel like love songs to the natural beauty of America. "Here in America" and "The Color Green".
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Not too bad! Listen to David Nevue, Jennifer Haines and Liz Story and see if you like those artists.
msondo@reddit
Here are a few that I feel really capture the essense of places I have known.
"Front Porch Song" by Robert Earl Keen. I think this the most beautiful song ever written about Texas.
"Amarillo Highway" by Terry Allen. Another fantastic song about Texas.
"Choctaw Bingo" by James McMurtry. Great song about the backwaters of Oklahoma.
"Lonely Still" by Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter. Haunting song about Seattle.
"We Looked Like Giants" by Death Cab for Cutie. Another haunting song about Washington State.
olveraw@reddit
Lake Charles by Lucinda Williams. I think the whole album will capture some of what you’re describing
629mrsn@reddit
Lake Charles is also mentioned in Cripple Creek by The Band
Dr_ChimRichalds@reddit
And also "Take Me to Lake Charles," by Shinyribs.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Will definitely listen to it! Sounds good what kind of album is it? Rock? Classical? Jazz?
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
The song is chill!
olveraw@reddit
it’s a folk/country leaning record - the subgenre ‘Americana’ might be most accurate - titled Car Wheels On A Gravel Road. It’s one of the greatest albums ever made
Necessary-Elk-45@reddit
Paradise by John Prine, a bit of a protest song https://youtu.be/DEy6EuZp9IY?si=IN3D-tpaArLBIo_Q
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Somebody beat you to it! Never heard it before but it’s pretty good! I was saying it was kind of a sad song.
Necessary-Elk-45@reddit
Ah whoops, anyone post his cut of My Old Kentucky Home? https://youtu.be/lYQ4WnFG_0I?si=Wk0OcMuAYJMZObdj
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Nope all good! Good song
positivelydeepfried@reddit
This land is your land - Woody Guthrie
attlerexLSPDFR@reddit
That song always gave me a really sour manifest destiny vibe
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Pretty much is supposed to
Ihasknees936@reddit
It's not supposed to, it's a criticism of private property
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
You know what your right. But other people see it other ways too I guess
Ihasknees936@reddit
That song is actually written as a response to America the Beautiful and supports abolishing private property. Woodie Guthrie was an open communist after all.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Yep i know that one!
OkInfluence7787@reddit
San Luis Valley & Great Sand Dunes National Park
San LuisSan Luis
https://www.nps.gov/grsa/index.htm
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
I really like Gregory Alan Isakov! Never heard San Luis but it’s very nice and the music video is very beautiful 🥹. My favorite song from him has to definitely be The Stable Song with the Colorado Symphony. I really would love to hear that live.
Satyrsol@reddit
Take Me Home, Country Roads is an amazing song that describes, contrary to popular belief, western Virginia rather than the state West Virginia, though that doesn't stop the latter state from claiming it.
And for context for the Americans, the Shenandoah River runs through the Blue Ridge Mountains, but both the mountains and river are (almost) entirely contained within Virginia.
Ellecram@reddit
My home area - gorgeous place to live.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Yeah it’s already been posted up in the comment section. I have heard that it was supposed to be Western Virginia and not West Virginia. I think it’s too late now. 😂
Knights_When@reddit
Not a classic per se but San Diego by Blink 182 is pretty rad.
rageagainsthevagene@reddit
Oh Shenandoah
jaylotw@reddit
Temperance River Blues by Charlie Parr is about Duluth, MN
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Is it? Listening to it I would have never guessed that
03zx3@reddit
You Ain't Just Whistling Dixie - The Bellamy Brothers.
Lost cause imagery aside, it's a fantastic love letter to the South.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
👌
DrWecer@reddit
Colorado - Manassas Stephen Stills really got his act together for the first Manassas album.
JustAuggie@reddit
Walking in Memphis Graceland
ThrowingTheRinger@reddit
Rocky Mountain High!
The whole song is great but Colorado is flat as hell and hit and humid. Don’t bother coming. (Total /s…unless you’re from California—y’all can stay there)
Kelekona@reddit
"Blue Mountain Road" by Tom Paxton. Really a lot of his music is good, just a lot of it is political.
jastay3@reddit
America the Beautiful.
West Virginia
Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald (well it's about the wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald but also about the Great Lakes)
Downtown (generic city)
CFBCoachGuy@reddit
There was a popular post here maybe a year ago about the best songs featuring your home state. That might be worth revisiting.
I’ll also mention:
Graceland by Paul Simon
God in Chicago by Craig Finn
America by Simon & Garfunkel
Seminole Wind by John Anderson
ATLiens by OutKast
Stick Season by Noah Kahan
Alabama Pines by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Paradise by John Prine
Compton by Kendrick Lamar
You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive- several version (my favorite is by Patty Loveless)
Atlantic City- Bruce Springsteen
Folsom Prison Blues- Johnny Cash
Oklahoma City- Zach Bryan
The Bird Hunters- Turnpike Troubadours
Raise Up- Petey Pablo
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
We got too many songs about our country, states and cities! 😭Good lord!! Lol
Zestyclose-Bottle-52@reddit
I think Greg Grafin wrote a couple as a soloist
smartassboomer@reddit
Amarillo by morning…….By George Straight
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Good ass song!
Thedonitho@reddit
One of my favorites
TheGreenMileMouse@reddit
Shenandoah
gotellmeagain@reddit
Rocky Mountain High Wild Montana Skies Country Roads Take me Home Whispering Jesse (All by John Denver)
DanielCallaghan5379@reddit
It isn't really about named places as much as it's about geographic features, but I think "America the Beautiful" fits the bill. Personally, I think this should be the national anthem.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Cheat code song when talking about geographical features really
DanielCallaghan5379@reddit
I think "purple mountain majesty" is a Crayola color too.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Our mountains are too iconic lmao
gotellmeagain@reddit
Crystal0422@reddit
My home's in Alabama - Alabama
Crystal0422@reddit
Georgia -Ray Charles
Ok-Parfait2413@reddit
Hotel California - Eagles
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Someone had the same thought as you earlier!
RedSolez@reddit
Living on a Prayer is the unofficial state anthem of NJ, with Bon Jovi its patron saint 😂
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Not a bad unofficial state anthem
personguy@reddit
Marilyn Bailey - Wisconsin
Streamjumper@reddit
I don't know if you'd call it beautiful, but this one perfectly covers Boston.
Hussein_Jane@reddit
Paradise by John Prine. It's about mining the Appalachian mountains.
I also love this tune about the difference between Arkansas Ozark life and Missouri Ozark life.
LettuceUpstairs7614@reddit
Highways by Alpha Rev is a pretty song (although if you look online, the lyrics are wayyyy off lol)
thephotobook@reddit
David Mead “Nashville”
FemboyEngineer@reddit
My favorite place-based song (and one of my favorites of all time) would have to be Glenn Campbell - Wichita Lineman. Its lyrics were inspired by a drive through western Oklahoma.
IoSSBM@reddit
agree, but the Willie Hutch version clears IMO
fishred@reddit
Galveston is another great one sung by Glenn Campbell--and, like Wichita Lineman was written by Jimmy Webb. (Who also wrote "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," for the record.)
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
I love it! Love the strings in the song!
sofaraway00@reddit
That Was Your Mother by Paul Simon - about Lafayette, Louisiana. Also one of the most boomery songs I've ever heard, but I love Paul Simon so I try not to get angry.
asiledeneg@reddit
On the way to Cape May
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
I actually know this song! Lol I do like it! I would never guess someone would post this song
asiledeneg@reddit
I even have the original sheet music on the piano right now 😺
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
😂 How’d you get that?
Xyzzydude@reddit
Philadelphia Freedom.
Also not about one place but Neil Diamond’s I am I Said is a good song about a homesick New Yorker in LA.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Both songs are really good. I am I said makes me feel a type of sadness I don’t know what to call it though.
deafbitch@reddit
Songs about/referencing Massachusetts: Sweet Baby James - James Taylor Massachusetts - Bee Gees Alice’s Restaurant- Arlo Guthrie
Both Sweet Baby James and Alice’s Restaurant reference Stockbridge MA, an otherwise pretty but unremarkable village of 2k residents which I think is interesting
flamingmaiden@reddit
Graceland by Paul Simon
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Nice!
mesembryanthemum@reddit
Allentown - Billy Joel
Very obscure - Benson, Arizona. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t_oevtaeYKw&pp=ygUOYmVuc29uIGFyaXpvbmE%3D And yes, it is a real place.
Seminole Wind - John Anderson I like this version. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7Auzohpyw2E&pp=ygUNc2VtaW5vbGUgd2luZA%3D%3D
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Allentown, those lyrics man..another good song by Billy Joel
Seminole Wind is pretty good too!
I thought for some odd reason John Carpenter was sing that Benson Arizona song. Stupid me
ScrimshawPie@reddit
Came here to say to say Allentown. What an ode to the whole Rustbelt really
PM_ME_BOREHOLES@reddit
Stockyards by Casey Donahew is fantastic for references to Fort Worth.
LebronsHairline@reddit
‘Why Georgia’ and ‘3x5s’ are two of my favorite Iohn Mayer songs from his early days
asiledeneg@reddit
I like Jersey best. John Pizzarelli https://youtu.be/5JtZBSNQRCI?si=r1ws-bZZ—UNABrQ
Jersey Bounce Benny goodman https://youtu.be/n5hwOBPjzpk?si=i41U-Qd_KrOw5pJ0
Maleficent-Ad-9532@reddit
Blue Ridge Mountains - the Fleet Foxes
California - Mates of State
America - Simon & Garfunkel
Carolina in My Mind - James Taylor
BarriBlue@reddit
I’m bias towards New York by Frank Sinatra and Empire State Of Mind by Jay-Z
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Frankie!! Both have already been suggested good looking out though! I really really love New York New York though.
Superlite47@reddit
Ventura Highway by America
Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Love both songs Ventura Highway is iconic and was posted already but Green River is amazing too and nobody has said that one yet!
orangeunrhymed@reddit
Where The Road Goes by The Old 97’s
jinxedkacht@reddit
Louisiana Saturday Night by Mel McDaniel - It was a song my mom always played for us while I was growing up. It's a really good memory that survived a shitty period in my childhood.
OldMusicalsSoar@reddit
If you want a toe-tapper, “I’ve Been Everywhere” by Johnny Cash.
https://youtu.be/mNj6spCtUE0?si=NY1sxocLanZ8DZUe
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Oh that’s beyond toe tapping lol yeah people in the comment section are already way ahead of you with Johnny Cash lol
halfcafsociopath@reddit
Sufjan Stevens has written 2 whole albums about different states - Michigan & Illinois. Many of the references in both albums are quite detailed and involve obscure locations or historical events within the states.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
I know!! I love Sufjan Stevens! My favorite off of there definitely has to be Holland, For the Widows in Paradise, for the Fatherless in Ypsilanti and of course Chicago! Was excited to hear it play on The Bear!
halfcafsociopath@reddit
I saw Sujfan live when he was touring for Carrie & Lowell. He did Chicago for his encore and it was absolutely beautiful.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Lucky!!!
StrawberryDipstick@reddit
I'm from Holland!
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Are you? Cool Lol have you seen him in concert? Have you heard the song actually first. It’s a good song
Watchfull_Hosemaster@reddit
All things go!
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
All things go!
RetroRocket@reddit
I consider Carrie and Lowell to be the Oregon album. The 50 States project lives!
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
I love that album as well!
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Did you know he has a Broadway show too? https://youtu.be/jS7QtYFmepE?si=jE7-h9hWkWdMWtYX The song is so..😫
Throwawaydontgoaway8@reddit
Aw man says their last show was last month and no indication of a tour. Told bad
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Yeah his partner passed away recently as well so it might be a while
c1m9h97@reddit
Oh what beautiful albums.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
They really are!!
twisted_stepsister@reddit
Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight and the Pips
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Yeeees!! Thank you for saying this. You and like two others said it
ScrimshawPie@reddit
Houston is Hot Tonight -Iggy Pop All my Exs live in Texas - George Strait Midnight Special by CCR is about the prison train that ran from downtown Houston to the prison farm in Sugar Land.
Welcome 2 Houston -Slim Thug Tennessee Waltz -not really about Tennessee but it’s a great traditional. I think my favorite versions are Sam Cooke and the Chieftains/Tom Jones 15 Miles on the Erie Canal?? I think Bruce Springsteen does a version.
llcooljessie@reddit
A Town Called Luckey and With Arms Outstretched are both tracks from Rilo Kiley based on town names they found during road trips.
Mr_Washeewashee@reddit
Texas Sun by Khruangbin
HandheldHeartstrings@reddit
A major punk band from my hometown in Florida wrote a song about it. It’s not very descriptive of the area, but it definitely captures the small-town vibe and the music video was shot there. Always makes me feel nostalgic and a little homesick listening to it
Canada_Haunts_Me@reddit
Carolina in My Mind - James Taylor
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
I like it 🥹
moritura222@reddit
Georgia on my mind - Ray Charles
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Yep iconic! Up in the top comments some where
snarkypant@reddit
Old school: Moonlight in Vermont. I enjoy Jane Monheit’s recording of it.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Gotta say I like Frank Sinatras’ and Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrongs’ versions but the two you posted are good as well
HowLittleIKnow@reddit
Came to post this one. I think Stephane Grappelli's version is one of the ten most beautiful popular song recordings of all time.
peebed@reddit
Light of Cheyenne - James McMurtry
the-godpigeon@reddit
Texas - Chris Rae
Travelin' Texas - Shake Russell
I miss my home state, sometimes.
Kooky-Swing178@reddit
The iditarod trail song! https://youtu.be/F_ZbOqFRnxw?si=ciAzYsUjmXpqsssv
Wespiratory@reddit
Bama Breeze by the late, great Jimmy Buffett is about the Gulf Coast area. He’s got a lot of songs about the Gulf Coast.
My Home’s in Alabama, by Alabama and a whole lot of other songs from them captured a love of the region.
Stars Fell on Alabama, originally recorded by Billie Holliday is a classic jazz love song about a magical night under the stars. Lots of beautiful recordings of this song.
Alabama Waltz, by Hank Williams Sr.
Midnight in Montgomery, by Alan Jackson. Hauntingly beautiful song.
There are really so many great songs about Alabama with so many great musicians from here that it’s hard to narrow down.
thusnewmexico@reddit
Indiana Wants Me sung by R. Dean Taylor. Not really beautiful, but a place song. Also, Kentucky Rain sung by Elvis Presley.
Chirpchirp71@reddit
A song that mentions several states, in a funny way, sung by Perry Como : Delaware
Chirpchirp71@reddit
For Boston Massachusetts: Dirty Water by The Standells. [Thankfully, the Charles River is no longer polluted. :) ]
Awdayshus@reddit
The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton by The Mountain Goats, off of my favorite place based album, All Hail West Texas.
I've never been to Denton, West Texas, or any of Texas. But I love this album and think this song is a strong opening track.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
The music is nice but the voices and the flow of the song kind of throw me off a little bit.
Ristrettooo@reddit
I would definitely recommend checking out more of the Mountain Goats! I love them and I have to say they have other songs that are easier to listen to. The song and album Tallahassee are both good, you might also like San Bernardino. Very different vibe compared to Best Ever Death Metal Band.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Will do
Unique_Mind2033@reddit
Country Roads is my absolute favorite
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
I’m right with you! They already posted it, it was like the second posted comment lol
raks1991@reddit
Streets of Philadelphia by Bruce Springsteen
Rustymarble@reddit
Delta Rae is a great band, several of their songs are about places:
Bethlehem Steel
The Wrong Ocean
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
I like Delta Rae my fav song and video from them is Bottom of The River!
Rustymarble@reddit
Same here! I can't wait until I can see the musical! (I couldn't get up to Poughkeepsie for it)
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Is this about Sufjan Stevens?
Rustymarble@reddit
No! They made a musical! It's called the 9th woman and it is definitely inspired by the Down bY The River music video! It sounds amazing!
https://www.theninthwoman.com/
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
REALLY?!!
Clands@reddit
Never Been to Spain by Three Dog Night
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
I like it! I heard the Spain bit and was where is this going but as i kept listening it made sense lol
Charvan@reddit
Small Town by John Mellencamp. He was born and raised rural Indiana.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
I’ve heard this song before, don’t listen to too much John Mellencamp but I do like this song actually!
President_Camacho@reddit
So many Springsteen songs. Songs from "The River", songs from "Nebraska", songs from "Welcome to Asbury Park", songs from "The Rising", songs from "Born in the USA", and I'm sure there are more.
seitankittan@reddit
This is more obscure/ironic but these guys did a parody of “Kokomo” but replaced the originals places with Utah town names. Early 2000s nostalgia for sure.
https://youtu.be/RqR0-FUQyp0?si=gghtQ-8mY2UbJBQj
AnimatronicHeffalump@reddit
There’s always The Guy Who Sings Songs About Cities & Towns. That’s his literal artist name on Spotify. Highly recommend.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Omg he’s on YouTube and I just listened to some of his songs LMAO what in the world lol that’s amazing!
AnimatronicHeffalump@reddit
It’s hilarious, and my smallish hometown has a song which I love
sheshesheila@reddit
I’ve been everywhere by Johnny Cash
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Love that song, somebody else posted it as well.
salty_john@reddit
Always Coming Back Home To You - Atmosphere
Rapping about South Minneapolis as he roams about.
dumbermifflin@reddit
East Chicago, IN by Michigander is an indie song with a gorgeous bridge
Going-to-the-Sun-Road by Fleet Foxes, about the road of the same name in Glacier National Park
Chicago by Flipturn
Eugene by Path (Eugene, Oregon)
And idk if anyone has said this yet, but Shenandoah, one of the best American folk songs ever
ak47blackjack@reddit
This is a survey
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Umm no it’s not it’s me interested in other peoples musical tastes. What in the world are you talking about?
hondo9999@reddit
There’s an entire musical about Oklahoma!
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
🎶“Ooooooklahoma! Where the wind comes sweeping down the plaaains!”🎶
thewanderer2389@reddit
Home on the Range is a classic folk song about life on the plains.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Yeah had to sing that in elementary school too in music class lol
somuchsublime@reddit
Georgia on my mind
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Such a good song
Watchfull_Hosemaster@reddit
Massachusetts by The Bee Gees
inmywhiteroom@reddit
Paradise by John Prine
TrillyMike@reddit
-Empire State of Mind by Jay Z and Alicia Keys -Welcome to DC by Mambo Sauce -California Love by Tupac and Dr Dre - Welcome to Atlanta by Jermaine Dupri(The remix has more rappers welcoming you to more cities) -Homecoming by Kanye West -The Recipe by Kendrick Lamar (I like the black hippy remix) -Raise Up by Petey Pablo -Harlem Streets by Cam’ron
Those are songs I can think of right now
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Empire State of Mind is cool Omg I forgot about Welcome to DC wow! Btw do you Gogo music too? If you heard of it I guess? California Love is a Classic Welcome to Atlanta i forgot about too but is a good one. Homecoming ft Chris Martin is a classic Big Kendrick Fan so most of his songs is top tier for me but yeah the black hippy version is better. Still not better than Collard Greens lol Raise up! Take ya shirt off twist it round ya hand spin it like a helicopter!! 👚 Harlem Streets is ok, Dipset and Camron had some other good ones too.
kteerin@reddit
Louisiana Bayou-Dave Matthews Band
Watchfull_Hosemaster@reddit
The Suburbs album by Arcade Fire isn’t about a specific place but more of a generic feeling of America’s suburbs. True gem of an album.
RetroRocket@reddit
The Blue Scholars' Joe Metro is about riding the bus through urban Seattle. A different perspective from most music people hear from the PNW.
btmg1428@reddit
See my flair.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Red Hot Chili Peppers!! Also Californication. Love the music.
btmg1428@reddit
California, show your teeth. 😁
Emotional-Tailor3390@reddit
Chicago by Frank Sinatra
Watchfull_Hosemaster@reddit
Vampire Weekend - Walcott
psychodogcat@reddit
Lumberjack by Johnny Cash about Roseburg Oregon
melonlollicholypop@reddit
West Virginia - Jewel Ridge Coal by Jeni & Billy (bluegrass)
Mississippi - Ode to Billie Joe by Bobbie Gentry & You Got to Walk That Lonesome Valley by Mississippi John Hurt
NotYourScratchMonkey@reddit
Michigan and Again by The Accidentals.
https://youtu.be/KB_lytx-i3I?si=i0tuSUaZTCk-5i7w
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Yep! People got good taste like you because it’s already been posted. It was REALLY good!
CupBeEmpty@reddit
https://open.spotify.com/track/17WLsYuq1XzmkWhkwRvHZP Oh Susquehanna - Defiance Ohio
https://open.spotify.com/track/17WLsYuq1XzmkWhkwRvHZP Indiana - The Samples
https://open.spotify.com/track/1ey9ub4AISvEmjM7tkoBh0 and if you like contemplated murder Going to Georgia - The Mountain Goats
“The most remarkable thing about you standing in the doorway is that it’s you and you are standing in the doorway.”
Not exactly a place but a train
https://open.spotify.com/track/0P6TTXbSLGrSoTNMz5kvB7 City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie (Willie Nelson version is acceptable too)
Oh and another train
https://open.spotify.com/track/2gd6DqPN4zXs1ATMCX463v Wabash Cannonball - Johnny Cash but like a hundred people have done versions
And a bonus track just because everyone should listen to it
https://open.spotify.com/track/4oEKgLZ8uTSioNKuO8Kydu
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
I like! The Indiana one and Mouldy Peaches link didn’t work for me but I looked them up.
On the other total opposite end of a song also called Susquehanna.. https://youtu.be/-uy9pKx9NDk?si=ROD2BdhA_GUqhum2
CupBeEmpty@reddit
Ooooh that’s nice. I like the darker songs but that’s great.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
That was cute! Zombies always have the best singing voices. Like Michael Jackson and now Harry Belafonte lol
bagpipesfart@reddit
Massachusetts by Arlo Guthrie
Seminole Wind by John Anderson
You’re The Reason God Made Oklahoma by David Frizzell & Shelly West
El Paso by Marty Robbins
Okie From Muskogee by Merle Haggard
notyogrannysgrandkid@reddit
Rocky Top
Any-Particular-1841@reddit
Minutes to Memories by John Mellencamp
Talk to Me of Mendocino - by Linda Ronstadt, written by Kate and Anna McGarrigle
California Saga by The Beach Boys
Sutter's Mill by Dan Fogelberg
TillPsychological351@reddit
A beautifully tragic song that perfectly describes Lake Superior, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".
Written and performed by a Canadian, Gordon Lightfoot.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Yep! Of course it’s already been posted already it’s so popular lol
brittkid999@reddit
Tennessee by Arrested Development https://youtu.be/6VCdJyOAQYM?si=5EcZ32Vl-YXYJOPo
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
I love this song! I was just listening to this song like 2 days ago! It’s on my playlist as well.
AdmiralAkbar1@reddit
Big Sur from the Beach Boys' tragically forgotten 1972 album Holland.
There's also an alternate cut of the song in 4/4 time instead of 3/4.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
BB! I Like the alternate cut more.
CODENAMEDERPY@reddit
Roll on Columbia by Woody Guthrie.
nemo_sum@reddit
Valentine, NE by Rachel Ries
PlusAd423@reddit
Whitefish Bay
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
I know that one!
darksideofthemoon131@reddit
Massachusetts by the Bee Gees
seatownquilt-N-plant@reddit
"Four Views of Rainier" - June Madrona
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
I like this! Very indie, I like indie
seatownquilt-N-plant@reddit
I may be bias because they were my friends in college, early 2000s, but the whole June Madrona catalog is an indie DIY scene dream -- from Olympia, WA, home of the super crunchy liberal Evergreen State College
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
It’s cool you went and were friends in college with them!
Messyace@reddit
California Stars by Billy Bragg & Wilco!!
real_agent_99@reddit
https://youtu.be/N-aK6JnyFmk?si=UVgRxsn7JuKc_fRL
California Dreamin, The Mamas and Papas
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Yep one of the first songs someone replied with. I love that song it’s already on my playlist lol
Sp4ceh0rse@reddit
Let’s go to Luckenbach, Texas, Willie and Waylon and the boys…
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Ok ok!
doubtinggull@reddit
"Georgia on my Mind" by Ray Charles is gorgeous https://youtu.be/ggGzE5KfCio?si=RL0TRU2NVhWNnMDt
"Going to Georgia" by the Mountain Goats is also wonderful but in a very different way. https://youtu.be/PKGPIji1uN4?si=jWEPKp8J8-DhF0Gf
"Atlantic City" by Bruce Springsteen is a perfect song, but it's not a happy one https://youtu.be/M3eu1gW-bQ8?si=O4GS00-rZsMo_3G1
FuturePrimitiv3@reddit
Gonna add Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen to your list. Great song but also decidedly not a happy one.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Yeah really not a happy song lol
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
I love Georgia on my mind, also I like Atlantic City by Bruce Springsteen.
slpgh@reddit
Colorado song (known also as “the Blizzard”) by Judy Collins
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
That’s beautiful. The piano makes it.
dharma_dude@reddit
Just saw her perform this live last Friday, she was absolutely captivating. Really beautiful song.
slpgh@reddit
Got to see her on tour a few months ago and her voice is still there. She didn’t on a piano solo. She has some senior moments but i was so glad to hear she sounds quite like she used to.
kimjongev@reddit
Shenandoah, Stars Fell on Alabama, Paradise (John Prine)
MyTacoCardia@reddit
Oklahoma Rising-Vince Gill
I ain't in Checotah anymore- Carrie Underwood
Squeengeebanjo@reddit
Pulaski Skyway - Clutch https://youtu.be/FacZF-hu_Do?si=KRKrX3d63EZSRkk- Great song pointing out a whole bunch of stuff in that part of Jersey. Pretty cool to see a band not from there making a good song about the area.
Matt_ASI@reddit
City of New Orleans written by Steve Goodman, and with many different singers having their own version. It’s about the train the City of New Orleans and America that you would see riding along at the time.
_S1syphus@reddit
LA Devotee is the only one I listen to with any regularity
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Damn I haven’t listened to PATD in soo long! It’s a pretty decent song! 👍🏾
PresidentRaggy@reddit
Two from Patty Griffin come to mind, both bittersweet in their own ways: “Don’t Let Me Die In Florida” and then “Ohio,” which are successive songs on “American Kid.”
23onAugust12th@reddit
I’ve Been Everywhere - Johnny Cash
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Classic! “I’ve been everywhere man, crossed the deserts bare man” good ol’ Johnny Cash. My favorite is Ain’t No Grave, God’s Gonna Cut You Down, Ring of Fire and Five Feet and Rising.
berriobvious@reddit
Black water by the Doobie brothers is a lovely song about mississippi
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
🎶Oh Black Water keep on rolling! Mississippi moon won’t you keep on shining on me, keep shiniiiing your liight! Gon make everythang alright!”🎶 Me and my momma listen to that song all the time!
Ristrettooo@reddit
Michigan and Again by the Accidentals
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
I love this! Thanks for making this known to me. Wow!
Ristrettooo@reddit
Yeah!! I’ve never even been to Michigan lol but I freaking love that song
Silt-Sifter@reddit
Cumberland Gap is an old folk song with many verses and versions made over the years. Too many different artists to name but you could listen to a few and get the idea.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Damn that’s a good song! I listened to David Rawlings. Will be put on my playlist, thaank you! Lol
LouisCyphresPimpCane@reddit
The Iowa Waltz - Greg Brown
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
I like this, I like the intro and I really like the picture/artwork for it.
23onAugust12th@reddit
New York State of Mind - Billy Joel
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Someone beat ya to it!
23onAugust12th@reddit
Can’t say I’m surprised! It’s a classic.
saginator5000@reddit
Lake Shore Drive is about Chicago and I love it.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
I like it! I like the piano!
23onAugust12th@reddit
I Love Tahoe - Dean Martin
fishred@reddit
A few about Colorado that come quickly to mind:
Hey Colorado, by The Flying Burrito Brothers
Rocky Mountain High, by John Denver (Rocky Mountain Way by Joe Walsh is also fun, but I'm not sure it's "beautiful".)
I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado (also John Denver, though not written by him)
Townes Van Zandt (most famous for Pancho and Lefty) had several really pretty songs about Colorado, including Colorado Bound, Colorado Girl, and My Proud Mountains. Also, his song Columbine is just a simple and beautiful love song, and while it doesn't mention Colorado specifically, the Columbine is the state flower. Oh, yeah, and Snowing in Raton (about the mountain pass between the NW texas panhandle, New Mexico, and Southern Colorado) is a beautiful song, particularly when song by the amazing Gillian Welch.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
I like Hey Colorado, Rocky Mountain High is popular because everyone already posted it lol I like Townes Van Zandt though my favorite song of his is definitely Snake Song.
23onAugust12th@reddit
My Kind of Town - Frank Sinatra
dharma_dude@reddit
Carolina on my Mind but the version by Tony Orlando and Dawn (I prefer it to James Taylor's original, I dunno why)
Bleecker Street by Simon & Garfunkel, it's about a part of Greenwich Village in New York
America the Beautiful which was originally a poem by Katherine Lee Bates that was later set to music is also a classic choice, it covers the whole country but it counts.
FrenchFreedom888@reddit
I'm from Oklahoma, so:
"Oklahoma City" by Zach Bryan has some references to OK cities and places and stuff
"Ain't No Love In Oklahoma" by Luke Combs is a bit of a light song but I really like it and think it's fun; it's about Oklahoma weather lol
"Oklahoma Smokeshow" doesn't really talk about places or cities in Oklahoma, but it describes parts of small town life here really well
Bad_RabbitS@reddit
(Colorado) Rocky Mountain High, John Denver
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Yep someone beat you to it! But I do like it!
Otherwise-OhWell@reddit
American Music by the Violent Femmes which I believe is at least partly about life in Milwaukee, WI.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Very interesting! It’s growing on me
scothc@reddit
The Femmes are from Milwaukee so that would make sense
AnalogNightsFM@reddit
Tab Benoit - Long Lonely Bayou
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BuildNuyTheUrbanGuy@reddit
Frankie Beverley and Maze - Look at California
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
Will give it a listen! I know Frankie Beverley and Maze but not the song!
BuildNuyTheUrbanGuy@reddit
Was just in norcal with my uncle and he played it. Great song.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
🔥song! It definitely reminds me of my granpa!
BuildNuyTheUrbanGuy@reddit
You're welcome!
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
I’m about to listen to it now
Whhyme00@reddit
Maybe cliche at this point but... Country Roads, Take me Home.
Agile_Property9943@reddit (OP)
I love that song it’s also a classic so I understand.