Who's got a song about their home town?

OK, this is sort of a contest. (Sorry, no prizes.) I heard a song today and it got me thinking. I know a bunch of people probably have songs about their home towns, but who is from the smallest town that has a song about it that they can post lyrics to? (And no, you cannot make up your own just to answer this post. It has to be something already written.) I guess maybe if you wrote a song you can post it but it probably works better if it's something already "famous" or well known.

Come on ... someone has to have something ... what about all you in California? I have one but I was going to wait till someone else posted something.

Well if Inglewood, CA counts.....??? I know there is a ton of songs that mention that city, but I don't know if there are songs ABOUT Inglewood..... I know it's not a small town, but it's better than anyone else's answer... Oh wait, I'm the only one playing so far..........;)

Everyone dies famous in a small town'-Miranda Lambert doesn't mention the name of my town, but the words accurately describe it lol

Snoop Dogg and other rappers rap about doing time in Chino Prision... I was raised in Chino haha

I live kind of near Arlington:

YouTube - Arlington: The Rap

Viva Las Vegas and if we are talking about small cities Las Vegas is just 15 city blocks by 20 city blocks the rest is county.

Wasnt there a nelly song about north carolina? I wonder what cities he said.

Yo yo yo Arlington! Brown flip flops! Ahhahaha - loved it :D thanks!

This was filmed approximately 2 mins from my house... R. Kelly, Ludacris, and Kid Rock filmed for three days in my town... lol Kind of cool... Kind of pathetic.

Either way, they make Chicago suburbia look like a wild wild west crap box...

YouTube - R. Kelly featuring Ludacris and Kid Rock - Rock Star

I live in Metropolis, Illinois. I am sure there is a song about my town somewhere or. Or just the words Metropolis.

well, I live near Allentown PA.. here are the lyrics for that

Well we're living here in Allentown
And they're closing all the factories down
Out in Bethlehem they're killing time
Filling out forms
Standing in line.

Well our fathers fought the Second World War
Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore
Met our mothers at the USO
Asked them to dance
Danced with them slow
And we're living here in Allentown.

But the restlessness was handed down
And it's getting very hard to staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
aaaaaaah aaahhhhh ooooooooh ooooooh ohhhhhhh.

Well we're waiting here in Allentown
For the Pennsylvania we never found
For the promises our teachers gave
If we worked hard
If we behaved.

So the graduations hang on the wall
But they never really helped us at all
No they never taught us what was real
Iron and coke,
Chromium steel.

And we're waiting here in Allentown.
But they've taken all the coal from the ground
And the union people crawled awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah aaaaaaaaaaah aaaaaah.

Every child had a pretty good shot
To get at least as far as their old man got.
If something happened on the way to that place
They threw an American flag in our face, oh oh oh.

Well I'm living here in Allentown
And it's hard to keep a good man down.
But I won't be getting up todaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy
aaaaaaaaaaah aaaaaaaaaaah aaaaaaaaah.

GUITAR SOLO

aaaaaaah aaaaaaah aaaaaaah oh oh oh.

And it's getting very hard to staaaaaaaaaaaaaay.
And we're living here in Allentown.


I grew up in New York, and there is Frank Sinatra's famous song New York, NY.

tart spreading the news, Im leaving today
I want to be a part of it - new york, new york
These vagabond shoes, are longing to stray
Right through the very heart of it - new york, new york

I wanna wake up in a city, that doesnt sleep
And find Im king of the hill - top of the heap

These little town blues, are melting away
Ill make a brand new start of it - in old new york
If I can make it there, Ill make it anywhere
Its up to you - new york, new york

New york, new york
I want to wake up in a city, that never sleeps
And find Im a number one top of the list, king of the hill
A number one

These little town blues, are melting away
Im gonna make a brand new start of it - in old new york
And if I can make it there, Im gonna make it anywhere

It up to you - new york new york

New york



there you go. :D

i dont have a song about my hometown but some songs that relate to it.
a change of pace - weekend warriors
a day to remember - downfall of us all

My hometown has a little lyric that uses the letters of the name S.A.G.I.N.A.W. Not forum friendly.

Kid Rock's - Jackson Mississippi
Can't Stop The Mississippi - Charley Pride
Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta town - Charley Pride
Dixie Chicken - Little Feat
Dixie On My Mind - The Charlie Daniels Band
Don't Mention Memphis - Tim McGraw
Down In Mississippi (Up To No Good) - Sugarland
Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones
Lonesome Boy From Dixie - The Charlie Daniels Band
Memphis - Lonnie Mack
Mississippi - The Charlie Daniels Band
Mississippi Girl - Faith Hill
Mississippi Queen - Mountain
Muddy Mississipi - The Charlie Daniels Band
My Head's In Mississippi - ZZ Top
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band
Night Train To Memphis - Dolly Parton
Ol' Man River - Paul Robeson
Jackson Town - Johnny Cash
Uneasy rider - Charlie Daniels

And many many more

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My hometown has a little lyric that uses the letters of the name S.A.G.I.N.A.W. Not forum friendly.

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The song by Jake Owen (Yee Haw) mentions your home town

Petey Pablo has a song about North Carolina- Raise Up
YouTube - Petey Pablo - Raise Up

And of course James Taylor-Carolina on my Mind
YouTube - James Taylor - "Carolina in My Mind "

Hotel California by the Eagles was about an old Insane Asylum that was here in Camarillo


TIM YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THAT!!!!!!!!!!

NWS LINKS NWS LINKS

It's a joke, but laugh with me folks. :rofl:

YouTube - Sir Mix-A-Lot-Jump On It

YouTube - Ludacris feat. Nate Dogg - Area Codes

there ALOT of song about LA i live kinda close to LA but those songg i wont post here haha

Don't the Beatles do a song called Rockey Raccoon? In it it mentions a town I lived in a few years back, called Deadwoood. As in Deadwood, S.D. Population about 2000. There is another song that mentions the name of the town I live in right now, but not forum friendly.... Only about 700 in my town.:D

The night Chicago died

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Originally Posted by Patrick Long

Hotel California by the Eagles was about an old Insane Asylum that was here in Camarillo


TIM YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THAT!!!!!!!!!!

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I know there are a lot of theories about what the song is referencing, I don't remember what the band said was the official explanation.

Start tearing the old man down
Run past the heather and down to the old road
Start turning the grain into the ground Roll a new leaf over
In the middle of the night, there's an old man treading around in the gathered rain
Well mister, if you're going to walk on water
Could you drop a line my way?

Omaha Somewhere in middle America
Get right to the heart of matters
It's the heart that matters more
I think you better turn your ticket in
And get your money back at the door

Start threading a needle
Brush past the shuttle that slides through the cold room
Start turning the wool across the wire Roll a new life over
In the middle of the night, there's an old man threading his toes through a bucket of rain
Hey mister, you don't want to walk on water
you're only going to walk all over me

Omaha Somewhere in middle America
Get right to the heart of the matters
It's the heart that matters more
I think you better turn your ticket in
And get your money back at the door

Start running the banner down
Drop past the color come up through the summer rain
Start turning the girl into the ground Roll a new love over
In the middle of the day, there's a young man rolling around in the earth and rain
Hey Mister, if you're going to walk on water
You know you're only going to walk all over me.

Omaha Somewhere in middle America
Get right to the heart of matters
It's the heart that matters more
I think you better turn your ticket in
And get your money back at the door

Well, I'm not sure there is a song about my hometown...but the original Barney was from my high school! :rofl:


...not joking.

There are a bunch of songs about my hometown, I recently saw a TV show covering the Top20 of them:
My favourites:


YouTube - Culcha Candela - In Da City

.. more 2 come...:partyon:

... as promised...

YouTube - Seeed - ****es B

YouTube - Peter Fox - Schwarz zu Blau - Official Video

YouTube - Görli Görli

... and I am still not ready to stop....:banana:

... some Indie stuff...

YouTube - Bosse - 3 Millionen

... some strange stuff...

YouTube - Gebrüder Blattschuss - Kreuzberger Nächte 1978

...I could go on for hours...:taz:

Okay one more (or two)...

YouTube - IN BALIN - P.R.KANTATE | Nadja Klews

...two...

YouTube - sido - mein block (Beathoavenz Remix)

... have fun...

The song Ocean Avenue by Yellowcard is set in Jacksonville. Of course, Yellowcard originated in Jacksonville, too.

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I know there are a lot of theories about what the song is referencing, I don't remember what the band said was the official explanation.

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I was just trying to participate. I didnt know that you were going to disect every post and evaluate it.

I will run my posts by you next time.


:gj::gj:

I have to add two very special classic songs to my list...

YouTube - Eine Koffer in Berlin - Marlene Dietrich

YouTube - MARLENE DIETRICH - The Ruins of Berlin

..by Marlene Dietrich, a very special german diva, who left germany because of the nazis, but always stand true too her hood and demanded to be buried in her hometown....

Kalamazoo... there are a few songs, most notably "i've got a gal in kalamazoo"... done by the Glenn Miller Orchestra.

Not song about my hometown but from around where I grew up. My hometown, Larne, is at the start of Glens :)

YouTube - The Green Glens Of Antrim