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There are a lot of bands with places names too:
America
The Ohio Players
New York Rock and Soul Revue
Nazareth
Kansas
Chicago
Cypress Hill
Boston
Bauhaus
Alabama
Asia
The detroit…forgot the..wait spinners
TexasThere is one more but I feel ashamed to add it….USA for a africa.
Nice post to puzzle.
That detroit thing caused some crazy synapse firings in my brain…
KISS – Detroit Rock City.. (if someone mentioned it, I apologize for missing it….)
so lets see, I had Jan and Dean and KISS.. What is wrong with me?!?!?!? <img>
Carl
Ramones – Bonzo goes to Bitburg
Jesus and Mary Chain – Kill Surf City <img>
Pixies – Letter to Memphis
Pixies – Motorway to Roswell
Dead Kennedys – California uber alles
Kiss – Detroit Rock City
Tocotronic – Freiburg
Pavement – Zurich is stained
Posies – Ontario
Michelle Shocked – Anchorage
Belinda Carlisle – Heaven is a place on earth <img> <img>Jan and Dean — Little Old Lady (from Pasadena) <img>
Ugh, how do I know that.. I swear I am only 29.. Seriously.. Really, I am..
Carl
Jayhawks-Nevada California
Howe Gelb-Halifax In A Hurricane <img>
Townes Van Zandt-Greensboro Woman
Shuffle Demons-Yukon Girl
George Russell-New York New York
Duke Ellington-Paris Blues
Horace Silver-Calcutta Cutie
Boards Of Canada-The Robots Of Nova Scotia <img> <img>
Superchunk-Conneticutt
Sonic Youth-Chapel Hill
Ryan Adams-Jacksonville Skyline</font><blockquote><font>quote:</font><hr><font>Originally posted by Carl.:
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so lets see, I had Jan and Dean and KISS.. What is wrong with me?!?!?!? <img>Carl[/QB]</font><hr></blockquote><font>Hé Carl,
If we only remember the things we like it would be a strange world and all these list wouldn’t be so funny. so….don’t worry <img> <img>A Nightengale Sang in Berkly Square- Jazz Standard
Barcelona-The Rentals
(?) Hawthorne-That DogHansoine, you forgot about the Bay City Rollers and Sleator Kinney (named after an offramp).
los angeles–X
los angeles–frank black
cheyenne–slim cessna’s auto club
trembling blue stars–a london story
gram parsons–ooh las vegas
the court and spark–dunedin, dunedin
my morning jacket–bermuda highway
my morning jacket–nashville to kentucky
bill monroe–kentucky waltzfour from one john cale album:
paris 1919
half past france
child’s christmas in wales
antarctica starts heresome silver jews:
new orleans
dallas
transylvania blues
tennesseeSpeaking of That Dog,I forgot about their song Minneapolis.
2 of the Sloan guys used to be in a band called Kearney Lake Road which is highway about 10 miles away from me.
Rosa mentioned Hoagy Carmichael,he also wrote Georgia On My Mind and Darktown Strutter`s Ball,Darktown is a nickname for Atlanta.
Another nickname of a city in a song is Crescent City by Lucinda Williams,which is a nickname for New Orleans<small>[ 07-25-2002, 12:17 PM: Message edited by: Salamiguy ]</small>
More songs:
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet home Alabama
Little Feat – Oh, Atlanta
the Ruts – Babylon is burning
John Cale – Strange times in Casablanca
the Cash Brothers – Nebraska
(well, actually it’s not about the state, but about driving in a car listening to the Springsteen album, fine song….)
la Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf
the Nits – In the Dutch mountains <img>
Jackson 5 – Going back to Indiana <img>Some more bands:
Idaho
Georgia Sattelites
Nashville Pussy <img>
Japan
Osdorp Posse <img>
Uncle TupeloSome blues musicians with place names:
Memphis Slim
Texas Alexander
Tampa Red
Georgia Tom
Mississippi John Hurt
Louisiana Red
St Louis Jimmy
Memphis Minnie<small>[ 07-26-2002, 08:54 AM: Message edited by: Salamiguy ]</small>
The Pixies-U mass
The Pixies-Palace of the Brine
The Pixies-River Euphrates
The Pixies-Letter to Memphis
The Pixies-Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons. <img>Jason Loewenstein – Jerusalem
Jason Loewenstein – NYC III
Mike Watt – Red Bluff
Mike Watt – Pedro bound
Townes van Zandt – Tecumseh Valley
TVZ – Snowin’ on Raton
Hazeldine – Rostock
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