Inspired by a fun comment from @redgeographics on a past Question of the Week about his toponyms playlist: What’s your favourite song that has a location in the title?
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Oh and where would I be without nominating Wilco’s “California Stars” ?
Three random favorites
- New York state of mind - Billy Joel
- Burma shave - Tom Waits
- Place de Brouckère - Django Reinhardt
Ohio (Come back to Texas) - Bowling for Soup 2004 Great song! AND the title has two place names!
Since this is still going, I’ll add that I’m a big fan of Gerry Rafferty and on his Snakes and Ladders album he has:
- The Royal Mile
- Welcome to Hollywood
- The Garden of England
And don’t forget his song Mary Skeffington - I’m sure you all know Skeffington (pronounced with a V not F) is a small village in Leicestershire!
My suggestions:
- “Europa” - Falco
- “The Girl from Ipanema" (Garota de Ipanema) – Antônio Carlos Jobim e Vinícius de Moraes
There are so many fantastic songs and I’m tempted to make a long playlist, but I need to focus on FME now so I’ll only give you one song:
Jerusalem - Alpha Blondy
Some of my favorites are:
Europe Endless - Kraftwerk
Dancing on the Berlin wall - Rational Youth
Vienna - Ultravox
Some of my favorites are:
Europe Endless - Kraftwerk
Dancing on the Berlin wall - Rational Youth
Vienna - Ultravox
I like the Vienna - Ultravox
Fantastic song, famously kept off the number 1 spot in the UK by Joe Dolce's "Shaddap You Face"!
There’s also Vienna by Billy Joel, which is a pretty good piano ballad.
The Last Saskatchewan Pirate - Arrogant Worms
New Orleans Is Sinking - The Tragically Hip
Springtime in Vienna - The Tragically Hip
The Girl from Ipanema - Getz/Gilberto
California Love - 2Pac / Dr. Dre
By the Time I Get to Phoenix - Glen Campbell. 🤠
@doniwanicka I can’t believe I missed the Last Saskatchewan Pirate! Especially since I saw the Arrogant Worms just a couple of weeks ago. Great song and great band.
- Amsterdam - Nothing but Thieves
- Brazil - Declan McKenna
- Colorado - Milky Chance
- Detroit - RHCP
- Gibraltar - Tennis
- Poplar St. - Glass Animals
Manhattan Island Serenade - Leon Russell
and its partially Dutch version
Oude Maasweg - The Amazing Stroopwafels
“San Diego Serenade” by Tom Waits
“Mediterráneo” by Joan Manuel Serrat
Here are some of my favourites:
Tom Browne - Funkin for Jamaica
Jones Girls - Nights over Egypt
Glenn Miller - Chattanoogo Choo Choo
Cutmaster DC - Brooklyn's in the House
Kurtis Blow - The Bronx
Roy Ayers – Africa, Center Of The World
Grandmaster Flash - New York, New York
Madness - Night Boat to Cairo
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
Guns N’roses - Knockin on heavens door
The Mamas and The Papas - California dreamin'
Rammstein - Moskau
I don’t even speak German but these came in mind:
Rammstein - Deutschland
Anton - Anton aus Tirol (ft. DJ Ötzi)
The 69 Eyes - Feel Berlin
And of course couple Finnish all star songs:
Juice Leskinen - Juankoski here I come
Annika Eklund - Shanghain valot
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