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charlie and algernon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-20-09 12:03 AM
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DUers from mid-size to small towns: post any popular songs about your town/area.
Obviously there are tons of songs about NYC, LA, Chicago, Miami, Boston, Philly, etc, so you can't answer. Post songs about small towns, even better if it's about YOUR town.


my town, Nazareth, PA has a starring role in The Band's "The Weight"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY_5JOEmFK0

Nearby Bethlehem is sung about in Billy Joel's "Allentown"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K62DdoFoNeg


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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-20-09 12:12 AM
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1. Palo Alto, CA
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alarimer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-20-09 12:18 AM
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2. Corpus Christi Bay
Robert Earl Keen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQWC69osBZQ

Surprising not the only song to mention Corpus. There is "Meet me in Corpus" by Larry Joe Taylor and there is even a mention in Nanci Griffith's Lone Star State of Mind.
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-20-09 12:24 AM
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3. Stuck in Lodi, again...
series.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-20-09 08:00 AM
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4. I live in Woodstock, GA
Since there aren't any songs about my town, here's Joni Mitchell's song about Woodstock, NY.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuISB2ksnMM
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mikeytherat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-20-09 08:05 AM
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5. Richmond, VA: "Oregon Hill" - Cowboy Junkies
The hoods are up on Pine Street,
rear ends lifted too
The great-grandsons of General Robert E. Lee
are making love with a little help from STP
Their women on the porches comparing alibis

Greasy eggs and bacon,
bumper stickers aimed to start a fight,
full gun racks, Confederate caps,
if you want some 'shine
well, you can always find some more,
but what I remember most is the colour of Suzy's door

And Suzy says she's up there
cutting carrots still
And Suzy says she's missing me
so I'm missing Oregon Hill

A river to the south
to wash away all sins
A college to the east of us
to learn where sin begins
A graveyard to the west of it all
which I may soon be lying in

'Cause to the north there is a prison
which I've come to call my home,
but some Monday morning no country song
will sing me home again

And Suzy says she's up there
cutting carrots still
And Suzy says she's missing me
so I'm missing Oregon Hill

Sunday morning, eight A.M.,
sirens fill the air
Sounds like someone made the river
Sounds like someone being born again
Me, I'm just lying here in Suzy's bed

Baptists celebrating with praises to the Lord,
rednecks doing it with gin
Me and Suzy, we're celebrating
the joy of sleeping in
because tomorrow I'll be home again

But Suzy says she'll wait there
cutting carrots by the window sill
And Suzy says, 'Always think of me
when you think of Oregon Hill'


mikey_the_rat
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-20-09 08:11 AM
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6. Doesn't get much closer than this. (CAUTION: Merle Haggard alert.)
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-20-09 08:11 AM
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7. Any theme songs for the NFL programs/ pre-game shows, etc.
Our home town <5,000 makes all of the NFL footballs!
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-20-09 08:13 AM
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8. Closest I could find..about Rockville, MD..
REM--"Don't Go Back to Rockville".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erBvUeQCeVs
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