13. Hotel California - Eagles14. In Zaire - Johnny Wakelin15. Lodi - Creedence Clearwater Revival
― a but (brimstead), Sunday, 27 November 2016 20:23 (seven years ago) link
scratch "in zaire", that's actually about muhammed ali, not zaire specifically
― a but (brimstead), Sunday, 27 November 2016 20:26 (seven years ago) link
Thanks, all!
― Iago Galdston, Sunday, 27 November 2016 20:32 (seven years ago) link
16. New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down - LCD Soundsystem
― pumped up kicks and levels on repeat all night (2011nostalgia), Sunday, 27 November 2016 20:32 (seven years ago) link
17. It's Grim Up North - The JAMs18. La Chanson de Gorée - Pierre Akendengué19. Wherever I Lay My Hat - Marvin Gaye
― brex yourself before you wrex yourself (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 27 November 2016 20:33 (seven years ago) link
20. Planet 10 - Mike Ladd21. Blackpool - The Macc Lads
― brex yourself before you wrex yourself (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 27 November 2016 20:34 (seven years ago) link
22. Mozambique - Bob Dylan
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 27 November 2016 20:56 (seven years ago) link
23. Roxy Music - Prairie Rose24. Tujiko Noriko - Tokyo Tower
― Ross, Sunday, 27 November 2016 20:58 (seven years ago) link
25. ...Rhodesia - Japan26. Suburban Berlin- Japan27. Life in Tokyo - Japan
― bodacious ignoramus, Sunday, 27 November 2016 21:00 (seven years ago) link
28. Sufjan Stevens - Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lake State ((15 songs about different places in state))29. Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise ((22 songs about different places in state))
― bodacious ignoramus, Sunday, 27 November 2016 21:05 (seven years ago) link
most of those songs aren't about places
― brex yourself before you wrex yourself (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 27 November 2016 21:10 (seven years ago) link
Linda Jardim - Energy in Northampton
― emil.y, Sunday, 27 November 2016 21:11 (seven years ago) link
:O
― brex yourself before you wrex yourself (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 27 November 2016 21:13 (seven years ago) link
...and why i didn't mention them all; still deserves a nod, methinks.
― bodacious ignoramus, Sunday, 27 November 2016 21:18 (seven years ago) link
30. Mission Rock Resort - Mark Eitzel31. Galveston - Glen Campbell32. Stomping tonight on the Pennsylvania / Alabama border - John Fahey
― Duke, Sunday, 27 November 2016 21:34 (seven years ago) link
33. Randy Newman - Birmingham34. Bruce Springsteen - Darlington County
― I know hoes that know Ali Farka Toure (voodoo chili), Sunday, 27 November 2016 21:41 (seven years ago) link
35. Bobcaygeon -- Tragically Hip36. Red Dirt Girl -- Emmylou Harris37. The Weight -- The Band
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Sunday, 27 November 2016 21:41 (seven years ago) link
38. Voyage na Bandundu - Pépé Ndombe Opetun avec le TP OK Jazz
― brex yourself before you wrex yourself (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 27 November 2016 21:46 (seven years ago) link
39. Four Seasons - Idaho
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Sunday, 27 November 2016 22:01 (seven years ago) link
40 La Dusseldorf - Dusseldorf41. La Dusselsorf - La Dusseldorf
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Sunday, 27 November 2016 22:03 (seven years ago) link
42. Jacques Brel - Bruxelles43. Jacques Brel - Amsterdam44. Jacques Brel - Le Platt Pays45. Scott Walker - Copenhagen46. The Kinks - Willesden Green
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Sunday, 27 November 2016 22:07 (seven years ago) link
47. Toto - Africa
― pumped up kicks and levels on repeat all night (2011nostalgia), Sunday, 27 November 2016 22:08 (seven years ago) link
48. California Love
― a but (brimstead), Sunday, 27 November 2016 22:38 (seven years ago) link
49. The Fall - Iceland
― new noise, Sunday, 27 November 2016 22:42 (seven years ago) link
50. The Dismemberment Plan - The Ice of Boston
― pumped up kicks and levels on repeat all night (2011nostalgia), Sunday, 27 November 2016 22:47 (seven years ago) link
51. Tillsonburg - Stompin' Tom Connors
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Sunday, 27 November 2016 22:52 (seven years ago) link
52. The jones girls - nights over egypt
― a but (brimstead), Sunday, 27 November 2016 23:33 (seven years ago) link
53. Egyptian lover - Egypt, Egypt
54. Tacocat - I Love Seattle
― goodoldneon, Monday, 28 November 2016 03:24 (seven years ago) link
55 Jorge Negrete - Mexico Lindo y Querido56 Joseito Fernandez - Guantanamera57 Pepe Guizar - Guadalajara58 Genaro Godina - La marcha de Zacatecas59 Juan Garrido - Pelea de Gallos60 Jose Alfredo Jimenez - Serenata Huasteca
― No longer active (Moka), Monday, 28 November 2016 04:09 (seven years ago) link
Huasteca is a big area in mexico and the song is probably the most popular serenata song - translated as serenade I guess? A sort of tradition where someone hires a mariachi band to go visit a loved one and sing to the them at doorstep/window... no idea how they do it in big cities - anyhooo I'm cheating on that one since the lyrics don't really mention the huasteca region at all
― No longer active (Moka), Monday, 28 November 2016 04:15 (seven years ago) link
61. Robin the Frog - Halfway down the Stairs62. Mark Sheridan - I Do LIke to Be Beside the Seaside63. Shakira - Underneath Your Clothes
― the year of diving languorously (ledge), Monday, 28 November 2016 13:30 (seven years ago) link
Here are some of my favourites about Finnish places:
64. Giant Robot - Helsinki Rock Cityhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcaVcCS9dKM
65. Liisanpuisto - Toinen Helsinkihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_juybilNq4M
66. Tavaramarkkinat - Keväthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Kt7o4np_dQ
67. Petos - Synkkä Sörkkahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H00vpbYz4XU
68. Yhdentekevää - Vesihiisibiisihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXVfEy5iAn8
― Tuomas, Monday, 28 November 2016 13:38 (seven years ago) link
65. Yhdentekevää - Vesihiisibiisihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXVfEy5iAn8
― Tuomas, Monday, 28 November 2016 13:39 (seven years ago) link
66. Liisanpuisto - Toinen Helsinkihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_juybilNq4M
― Tuomas, Monday, 28 November 2016 13:40 (seven years ago) link
67. Tavaramarkkinat - Keväthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Kt7o4np_dQ
68. Petos - Synkkä Sörkkahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H00vpbYz4XU
― Tuomas, Monday, 28 November 2016 13:41 (seven years ago) link
69. SMC Hoodrats - (untitled)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn2VcdTsy-U
I like this one in particular, because the bits with the first two rappers are shot in (and they rap about) the district of North Helsinki I grew up in, and the fourth rapper's bit takes place right next to where I live now (in Northwest Helsinki).
― Tuomas, Monday, 28 November 2016 13:44 (seven years ago) link
And yeah, they jacked the "Shook Ones Pt. II" beat for that tune... Which is why it's never been released on record.
― Tuomas, Monday, 28 November 2016 13:45 (seven years ago) link
70. Loch Raven - Animal Collective
― flappy bird, Monday, 28 November 2016 16:32 (seven years ago) link
71. The Icicle Works - Up Here in the North of England72. Lorraine Bowen - Give My Love To Hull
― soref, Monday, 28 November 2016 16:42 (seven years ago) link
everything on this guy's spotify page:
https://i.scdn.co/image/9ad606bab3bcb46fced9510b5d76e78476f78763
― soref, Monday, 28 November 2016 16:44 (seven years ago) link
sorry for unexpectedly huge pic
― soref, Monday, 28 November 2016 16:46 (seven years ago) link
73 : The JAMS : It's Grim Up North.
― mark e, Monday, 28 November 2016 16:56 (seven years ago) link
74 beach boys - kokomo
― johnny crunch, Monday, 28 November 2016 17:23 (seven years ago) link
75. Talking Heads - The Big Country
― who even are those other cats (Eazy), Monday, 28 November 2016 18:22 (seven years ago) link
76.Tom T. Hall -- That's How I Got to Memphis
― birthday party, cheesecake, jelly beans, boom (tipsy mothra), Monday, 28 November 2016 18:41 (seven years ago) link
This is amazing, you guys....thank you!!!
― Iago Galdston, Monday, 28 November 2016 21:53 (seven years ago) link
XTC - Red Brick Dream
― flappy bird, Monday, 28 November 2016 22:22 (seven years ago) link
^ #77
― flappy bird, Monday, 28 November 2016 22:25 (seven years ago) link
Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sweet Home AlabamaAllman Brothers Band, Statesboro Blues
― Brad C., Monday, 28 November 2016 22:33 (seven years ago) link
80. Thomas Dolby - Leipzig81. Metal Boys - Tokio Airport
― soref, Monday, 28 November 2016 22:37 (seven years ago) link
wait, we've had It's Grim Up North by the JAMs twice, so we're up to 80.
― soref, Monday, 28 November 2016 22:44 (seven years ago) link
Beastie Boys - No Sleep Til BrooklynUltravox - ViennaSpringsteen - Atlantic CityBad Brains - Banned in D.C.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 28 November 2016 23:01 (seven years ago) link
Melons - Memphis, EgyptMurray Head - One Night in BangkokThe Kinks - AustraliaJimmie Dale Gilmore - Dallas
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 28 November 2016 23:05 (seven years ago) link
Ha, Mekons, not Melons.
Neko Case - Thrice all-American Robyn Hitchcock - Viva Sea-Tac
― lettered and hapful (symsymsym), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 07:59 (seven years ago) link
91. Brian Eno - By This River -> about the river Weser
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 22 February 2019 10:38 (five years ago) link
92. The Go-Betweens - Here Comes the City -> Frankfurt
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 22 February 2019 10:40 (five years ago) link