Question of the Week: Toponym Songs

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

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

I Left My Wallet In El Segundo - by A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest - I Left My Wallet In El Segundo (Official Video)

“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