'Potential'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
I can send you
“Back in the U.S.S.R.” by The Beatles
“Born in the U.S.A.” by Bruce Springsteen
“Katmandu” by Bob Seger
“One Night in Bangkok” from Chess
Suggestions:
Up in Indiana-Lyle Lovett
Montego Bay--Bobby Bloom
Anchorage-Michelle Shocked
Please come to Boston
Rodrigo Bay--working week
"Jersey Girl"--Tom Waits and/or Bruce Springsteen
I think the best version of "Tennessee Stud" is the one by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band from the Will the Circle Be Unbroken album.
Other suggestions:
"Mississippi Woman, Louisiana Man" -- Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty
"Wichita Lineman" -- Glen Campbell
"Rocky Top"
"Arkansas Traveler" -- Jimmy Driftwood
"City of New Orleans" -- Arlo Guthrie
"Yellow Rose of Texas"
"El Paso" -- Marty Robbins
"San Antonio Rose"
"My Old Kentucky Home"
"Way Down Yonder On The Chattahoochee" -- Alan Jackson
"Kansas City" -- Fats Domino
"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" -- Charlie Daniels
"Theme from New York, New York" -- Frank Sinatra
"New York, New York" -- from
On the Town
Oh Vienna!
Suggestions:
The Chronicles Of Sarnia - Final Fantasy
Washington, D.C. - the Magnetic Fields
Edmonton - Rose Cousins
Unique New York - Jenn Grant
Only Living Boy in New York - Simon and Garfunkel
Over Retired Explorer (Dines With Michel Foucault In Paris, 1961) - The Weakerthans
The Paris Match - Style Council
Hitting some of the Latin locales:
"Labana"- Alejandro Sanz
"Mexico Lindo y Querido"- Alejandro Fernández
"Girl From Ipanema"- Antonio Carlos Jobim
Megan, I sent Istanbul (Not Constantinople) to BR.
Other place songs I like:
Sao Paulo Rain - Tom McRae
Jerusalem - Anouk
Mancunian Way - Take That
Hong Kong Garden - Siouxie and the Banshees
Mykonos - Fleet Foxes
Trains to Brazil - Guillemots
Berlin - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Bermuda Highway - My Morning Jacket
Harrisburg - Josh Ritter
Paris is Burning - St. Vincent (I know you already have a Paris song up there, but I adore this one)
Holland, 1945 - Neutral Milk Hotel
Tokyo - The Books
Alaska - Dr. Dog
Venice - Zach Condon
Barcelona - Rufus Wainwright
Corcovado - Tom Jobim & Ellis Regina
Wichita Skyline - Shawn Colvin
Denver, 6 AM - Peter Mulvey
I'll be happy to send any of the above along to BR if you like.
(It's like I can't help myself!)
"Early Sunsets Over Monroeville" - My Chemical Romance
"London Bridges" and "Visions of Tokyo" - This Is Ivy League
"Being From Jersey Means Never Having To Say You're Sorry" - Cobra Starship
"Vegas Skies" - The Cab
Hivemind, any good That's Entertainment covers you know of?
If you have any new cities or countries to suggest, or any that are better ideas than those listed, please do so.
Soul Coughing, True Dreams of Wichita or Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago or, for that matter Pensacola
They have a lot of city songs.
heh, and not to be all self-promotional, but we've got our song with 'Baltimore' in the title up for download here
Hivemind, any good That's Entertainment covers you know of?
The oldie from Bandwagon or the awesome song by The Jam?