Songs About Cities, Counties, States, Nations, Planets, and Galaxies

[Zzzptm]

No streets, neighborhoods, or alleys, those are for a different thread. 

Gonna kick it off with a song that sums up pretty much every single song about Texas and the places in it in a very Texas way. "Stupid Texas Song" by The Austin Lounge Lizards is a song about Texas for Texans by Texans.

"We're obnoxious. We don't care."

[Charger]

Well I'm gonna kick things off here with a lovely song about California...this is a more about a certain place in California than the entire state but it still works.


ROB ZOMBIE - (GO TO) CALIFORNIA

I will NOT be putting these in any specific order here this time.

[Vyn]

Inspired by Charger's recommendation in the other thread to "crank up some Nightwish!":

I present Elvenpath by Nightwish!


Nightwish released their debut album, "Angels Fall First," in 1997, and Elvenpath is the lead track. It references much in the way of Tolkien’s Middle-earth locales like Lothlórien and Rivendell.

And further inspired by Charger, I won't be posting these songs in any particular order.

[Charger]

^^
Good choice that one! Slipped through my mind completely! Great tune!

[Zzzptm]

"Back in the USA" by Chuck Berry, with the MC5 version being my favorite, with the original a very close second. This should be the national anthem. It's much easier to sing, it's rock and roll, and it sings the praises of the good ol' USA!

[Zzzptm]

Should also knock out all the country songs about Texas, so I don't feel tempted to crowd up my rock and roll list later on:

1. Stupid Texas Song - The Austin Lounge Lizards
2. The South Coast of Texas - Guy Clark
3. Agua Dulce - Rusty Wier
4. Have You Ever Seen Dallas From a DC9 at Night - The Flatlanders
5. Waltz Across Texas - Ernest Tubb
6. You Can't Get the Hell Out of Texas - George Jones
7. London Homesick Blues - Gary P. Nunn
8. Amarillo Highway - Terry Allen
9. Hill Country Rain - Jerry Jeff Walker
10. I Saw Miles and Miles of Texas - Jim McGraw And The Western Sundowners

I feel right about that, so it'll be rock and roll submissions from me from now on.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

Aaahhh!! I'm already behind!

Pick 1

Bob Seger - Get Out of Denver

I'm not usually a big fan of Southern Rock, but sometimes those bands can knock it out the park. This is from a fantastic live album too.

[Vyn]

Now that Z deflated the elephant in the room (soooo many songs about Texas that are of the country variety) it's time to get down to business with Mr. Tom Waits.

Not sure what the two have in common, but it sounded good!

Anyway, in 1983 Tom Waits released his eighth record, Swordfishtrombones, to universal acclaim and celebration. I remember Walter Cronkite announcing on the six o'clock news that Queen Elizabeth was so overcome with joy that she actually stripped nude and danced out in front of Buckingham Palace. Even Ronald Reagan and Fidel Castro shared a drink of vodka and a Cuban cigar in honor of Swordfishtrombones.

Or not.

But the sixth song on side one is called, "Town with No Cheer," and it is about Silverton Australia. That much of this post is true!

[Charger]

Next one for me is one that maybe stretches the parameters of the topic a bit but it DOES at least mention a place...and a pretty big place.


MOTÖRHEAD and GOING TO BRAZIL!

This is a bit of a strange song for me because in the beginning I didn't much care for it but I soon learned to dig it. It's a very nice little fast rocker wiht some really good tongue in cheek style lyrics which Lemmy does oh so well. It's about a plane ride to...well...Brazil.

This live version comes from one of their better live DVDs from back in 2013.

[Zzzptm]

^ Total banger, that one!

It should be no surprise that I also have rock and roll songs about Texas in my back pocket...

The Doobie Bros' "China Grove" has a fantastic riff to it and the song goes through a well-written bridge, making the return to that might riff quite satisfying. Perfect singalong song for a road trip.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

Never a fan of Going to Brazil either, but that live version works rather well.

2nd pick for me

Hawkwind - Arrival in Utopia

From their Choose Your Masques album, a nice chunk of space rock, with a break down in the middle I rather like. A fictional location of course!

[Vyn]

Going to Brazil was always low on my list of Motorhead songs - which isn't very low, and higher than many other bands' output. First I'd heard that live rendition; it does lift it up. Anyway...

Into the Void - Black Sabbath. You all know the story.

[Zzzptm]

"Going to Brazil" is right up my alley, it sits solidly with great Golden Age rock and roll 12-bar-blues-based efforts. It's Johnny Burnette with the amps cranked up and the hair let down, I love that track and always have.

Next stop in my rock and roll itinerary is a piercing documentary about Hadrian's Wall...

Saxon's "Carpe Diem" makes me want to stand on those old stones and wait for the ghosts of the past to come to me from that place. 

[Charger]

Well well well... I'll call your Saxon and raise with some more SAXON!

This song is about a very famous place in New Mexico where something very very interesting happend some 80 odd years ago. Weather balloon my ass!

We all know THERE'S SOMETHING IN ROSWELL!

[Zzzptm]

DUN DUN DUNNNN

I was guessing you wanted to claim that one for Finland!