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Skintight · July 13th, 2012, 06:43 AM

I came across this the other day, a song about my home town with some of the wondrous sights it has to offer also.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1_cnZs_5Uqw

It got me thinking, which other TDPRI-ers know of songs about their home towns/cities?

I want to see if we can get some really obscure ones.

Telemarkman · July 13th, 2012, 07:19 AM

This was the only one I was able to find on the web ... It's a rather new one from 2009.

There are some real old ones, but nothing that's possible to post.

DLego · July 13th, 2012, 07:26 AM

I can't name any off the top of my head since I never personally listened to them, but both Hootie & the Blowfish and Edwin McCain had a number of songs about my hometown Charleston, South Carolina. Darius Rucker (of Hootie & the Blowfish) even has an album entitled "Charleston, SC 1966".

Skintight · July 13th, 2012, 08:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Telemarkman

This was the only one I was able to find on the web ... It's a rather new one from 2009.

There are some real old ones, but nothing that's possible to post.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOnbhiDRDn0">YouTube Link</a>

Epic! This song reminds sounds like it should be the opening song on some 80's TV show!

mal paso · July 13th, 2012, 09:00 AM

Wigan looks exactly like I thought it would!

So which one of those dudes is you?

Oh, and here's one for me

Skintight · July 13th, 2012, 09:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mal paso

Wigan looks exactly like I thought it would!

So which one of those dudes is you?

Oh, and here's one for me

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf0fmqWS-kI">YouTube Link</a>

How drole! None are me, one is my Dad though, haha not really.

elihu · July 13th, 2012, 10:26 AM

muddyh2o · July 13th, 2012, 10:31 AM

memphis. there's way to many songs to even list.

Skintight · July 13th, 2012, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by muddyh2o

memphis. there's way to many songs to even list.

Surely 'Walking in Memphis' would top that list?....

José · July 13th, 2012, 10:53 AM

Lots about Paris but I like this one, great lyrics.

Voodoo Dust · July 13th, 2012, 12:15 PM

First I thought, meh. But then I remembered this gem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xBSrqpiiCk Yeah, it's in german, but the video reflects the goofiness of the lyrics.

hekawi · July 13th, 2012, 12:50 PM

Jack S · July 13th, 2012, 01:02 PM

Though it is not my home town, I now live in Chicagoland and wrote a song called Big Shoulders, my homage to Carl Sandburg. Unfortunately I do not have a decent recording of it.

Skully · July 13th, 2012, 01:14 PM

About where I've lived for more than a quarter of a century:

Skintight · July 13th, 2012, 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Voodoo Dust

First I thought, meh. But then I remembered this gem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xBSrqpiiCk Yeah, it's in german, but the video reflects the goofiness of the lyrics.

This is epic!

I wanna live here!

puremania · July 13th, 2012, 01:46 PM

Only one I could find is a live cut from a local band that broke up, then reformed in another state...

http://www.myspace.com/music/player?sid=38014130&ac=now

fezz parka · July 13th, 2012, 01:54 PM

A little tune from Frankie, I mean Nikki:

bossaholic · July 13th, 2012, 01:55 PM

ludashoeless · July 13th, 2012, 01:58 PM

who needs a song when you have a tv show?

Skintight · July 13th, 2012, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ludashoeless

who needs a song when you have a tv show?

Wigan doesn't have this. Although they were planning to do a "the only way is Wigan" like "the Hills" kind of programme, it would have been AWFUL!

July 13th, 2012, 06:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
Skintight Banned Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: UK Age: 30 Posts: 380	Songs about your home town/city I came across this the other day, a song about my home town with some of the wondrous sights it has to offer also. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1_cnZs_5Uqw It got me thinking, which other TDPRI-ers know of songs about their home towns/cities? I want to see if we can get some really obscure ones.

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July 13th, 2012, 07:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
Telemarkman Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Age: 66 Posts: 13,494	This was the only one I was able to find on the web ... It's a rather new one from 2009. There are some real old ones, but nothing that's possible to post.

July 13th, 2012, 07:26 AM	#3 (permalink)
DLego TDPRI Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Baumholder, Germany / Charleston, S.C. Posts: 11	I can't name any off the top of my head since I never personally listened to them, but both Hootie & the Blowfish and Edwin McCain had a number of songs about my hometown Charleston, South Carolina. Darius Rucker (of Hootie & the Blowfish) even has an album entitled "Charleston, SC 1966".

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mal paso Banned Friend of Leo's Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Bloomington, IN Age: 36 Posts: 3,644	Wigan looks exactly like I thought it would! So which one of those dudes is you? Oh, and here's one for me

July 13th, 2012, 10:31 AM	#8 (permalink)
muddyh2o TDPRI Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: houston,tx Posts: 73	memphis. there's way to many songs to even list.

July 13th, 2012, 10:53 AM	#10 (permalink)
José Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: paris Age: 50 Posts: 1,024	Lots about Paris but I like this one, great lyrics.

July 13th, 2012, 12:15 PM	#11 (permalink)
Voodoo Dust TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Germany Age: 28 Posts: 49	First I thought, meh. But then I remembered this gem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xBSrqpiiCk Yeah, it's in german, but the video reflects the goofiness of the lyrics.

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Jack S Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Berwyn, IL Posts: 2,908	Though it is not my home town, I now live in Chicagoland and wrote a song called Big Shoulders, my homage to Carl Sandburg. Unfortunately I do not have a decent recording of it.

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fezz parka Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In a movie... Posts: 12,466	A little tune from Frankie, I mean Nikki:

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