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Title: Songs about the fifty states
Post by: on May 03, 2006, 10:46:00 am
no cities
 One-Per-Poast
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  Montana, by Frank Zappa
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Post by: ggw on May 03, 2006, 10:47:00 am
Alabama Getaway
 -Grateful Dead
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Post by: brennser on May 03, 2006, 10:49:00 am
California Dreamin
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Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on May 03, 2006, 10:50:00 am
"Sink, Florida, Sink" - Against Me!
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Post by: Herr Professor Doktor Doom on May 03, 2006, 10:51:00 am
"DC Don't Stand for Dodge City"  -- Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers
 
 oh wait, it's not a state  :(
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Post by: ggw on May 03, 2006, 10:51:00 am
Going to Georgia
 -The Mountain Goats
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Post by: on May 03, 2006, 10:52:00 am
California Man, by Cheap Trick
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Post by: Sage 703 on May 03, 2006, 10:58:00 am
"Wild Montana Skies"
 John Denver
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Post by: BookerT on May 03, 2006, 10:59:00 am
tennessee
 the silver jews
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Post by: Herr Professor Doktor Doom on May 03, 2006, 11:09:00 am
Massachusetts -- the Bee Gees
 
 --
 http://www.alex.to/blogs (http://www.alex.to/blogs)
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Post by: amnesiac on May 03, 2006, 11:10:00 am
"The Fifty States Song"
 Sufjan Stevens
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Post by: Sir HC on May 03, 2006, 11:12:00 am
51rst state of America?
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Post by: Sir HC on May 03, 2006, 11:13:00 am
Country Road, John Denver
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Post by: sonickteam2 on May 03, 2006, 11:13:00 am
since i am Canadian
 
 "Ontario" the Posies.
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Post by: Sage 703 on May 03, 2006, 11:19:00 am
"Oh My Sweet Carolina"
 
 Ryan Adams
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Post by: Sage 703 on May 03, 2006, 11:20:00 am
"Sweet Home Alabama"
 Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Post by: ggw on May 03, 2006, 11:21:00 am
Virginia Reel Around the Fountain
 -Built to Spill
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Post by: Sage 703 on May 03, 2006, 11:21:00 am
"Tennessee Sucks"
 
 Ryan Adams
 
 and are we not including Sufjan Stevens in this list for obvious reasons?
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Post by: Guiny on May 03, 2006, 11:22:00 am
"Goin' back to Cali, Cali, Cali"  LL Cool J
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Post by: Sage 703 on May 03, 2006, 11:23:00 am
"Mississippi"
 
 Bob Dylan
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Post by: kcjones119 on May 03, 2006, 11:23:00 am
"Never Going Back to New Jersey" - Less Than Jake
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Post by: matts on May 03, 2006, 11:25:00 am
Sink with California
 Youth Brigade
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Post by: kcjones119 on May 03, 2006, 11:31:00 am
"Nebraska" - Bruuuuuuuuuce
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Post by: ggw on May 03, 2006, 11:35:00 am
Minnesoter
 -The Dandy Warhols
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Post by: Shadrach on May 03, 2006, 11:40:00 am
Oregon
 - Clutch
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Post by: Herr Professor Doktor Doom on May 03, 2006, 11:41:00 am
does the state have to be in the song title?
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Post by: Chromie on May 03, 2006, 12:04:00 pm
Blue Moon Over Kentucky (I think that is the name) Bill Monroe.
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Post by: Dr. Anton Phibes on May 03, 2006, 12:06:00 pm
"Moving To Florida" BUTTHOLE SURFERS
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Post by: BookerT on May 03, 2006, 12:06:00 pm
tennessee
 carl perkins
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Post by: brennser on May 03, 2006, 12:08:00 pm
Washington DC The Magnetic Fields
 And the Washington Monument Blinks Goodnight - Q and Not U
 
 subject to not really a state restrictions noted earlier
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Post by: amnesiac on May 03, 2006, 12:09:00 pm
"N.Y." - doves
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Post by: you be betty on May 03, 2006, 12:25:00 pm
"Arizona," Pedro The Lion
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Post by: Sir HC on May 03, 2006, 12:34:00 pm
Well it might be about the city but they don't include it in the title:
 
 "New York's Alright If You Like Saxaphones" FEAR
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Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on May 03, 2006, 12:34:00 pm
"connecticut" - superchunk
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Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on May 03, 2006, 12:36:00 pm
"delaware" - the dambuilders
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Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on May 03, 2006, 12:37:00 pm
"house in virginia" - brendan benson
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Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on May 03, 2006, 12:39:00 pm
"california rhinoplasty" - matmos
 "california uber allies" - dead kennedys
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Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on May 03, 2006, 12:41:00 pm
"in blue hawaii" - brian wilson
 "my blue hawaii" - future bible heroes
 "blue hawaiian"  - pavement
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Post by: jude376 on May 03, 2006, 12:44:00 pm
"Holiday in Rhode Island" ~ Softies
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Post by: shemptiness on May 03, 2006, 12:47:00 pm
Ohio - CSN(Y?)
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Post by: shemptiness on May 03, 2006, 12:51:00 pm
California Sex Lawyer - Fountains of Wayne
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Post by: ratioci nation on May 03, 2006, 12:52:00 pm
Ohio - Damien Jurado
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Post by: shemptiness on May 03, 2006, 12:53:00 pm
Louisiana - Randy Newmann
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Post by: muke on May 03, 2006, 12:57:00 pm
Massachusetts - Scud Mountain Boys
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Post by: kcjones119 on May 03, 2006, 01:03:00 pm
"Hotel Arizona" - Wilco
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Post by: shemptiness on May 03, 2006, 01:04:00 pm
'Georgia' - Ray Charles
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Post by: shemptiness on May 03, 2006, 01:08:00 pm
'Tennessee Plates' - John Hiatt
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Post by: stu47 on May 03, 2006, 01:10:00 pm
Blue Rodeo - Florida
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Post by: stu47 on May 03, 2006, 01:16:00 pm
The Jayhawks - Somewhere in Ohio
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Post by: amnesiac on May 03, 2006, 01:19:00 pm
"Ohio" - Modest Mouse
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Post by: stu47 on May 03, 2006, 01:19:00 pm
Pinetop Seven - His Aging Miss Idaho
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Post by: amnesiac on May 03, 2006, 01:27:00 pm
Louisiana (http://locker.uky.edu/~mcjord2/The%20Walkmen%20-%20Louisiana.mp3) - The Walkmen
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Post by: bearman🐻 on May 03, 2006, 01:49:00 pm
California - Low
 Tennessee - Manic Street Preachers
 California - Wax
 New Jersey - Red House Painters
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Post by: shemptiness on May 03, 2006, 01:50:00 pm
'California Stars' - Woody Guthrie / Wilco
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Post by: shemptiness on May 03, 2006, 01:52:00 pm
'Hotel California' - Eagles
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Post by: on May 03, 2006, 01:57:00 pm
Beaumont, Arkansas, by Burn Witch Burn
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Post by: chi.m.lee on May 03, 2006, 02:05:00 pm
Wyoming - The Lucksmiths
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Post by: matts on May 03, 2006, 02:08:00 pm
Wisconsin - the Crucifucks
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Post by: on May 03, 2006, 02:09:00 pm
Indiana Wants Me , by They Might Be Giants
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Post by: muke on May 03, 2006, 02:11:00 pm
California - Luna
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Post by: Venerable Bede on May 03, 2006, 02:12:00 pm
Johnny Cash- "Tennessee Flat Top Box"
 Johnny Cash- "Tennessee Stud"
 Arrested Development- "Tennessee"
 Alabama- "Tennessee River"
 
 i'm just gonna stop now.
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Post by: ggw on May 03, 2006, 02:34:00 pm
Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan
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Post by: Sir HC on May 03, 2006, 02:45:00 pm
"Your own private Idaho" B-52s
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Post by: edbert on May 03, 2006, 02:55:00 pm
Delaware (Perry Como)
 
 "What did Del-a-ware boy, what did Delaware
 She wore a brand New Jersey,
 That's what she did wear
 
 Why did Cali-fon
 why did Cali-fon-ia
 Was she all alone
 She called to say Ha-wa-ya
 That's why she did call
 
 What did Missi sip boy
 What did Missi sip
 Through her pretty lips
 She sipped a Minne sota
 That's what she did sip"
 
 etc...
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Post by: vansmack on May 03, 2006, 03:48:00 pm
California - Phantom Planet
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Post by: pj on May 03, 2006, 04:22:00 pm
Louisiana Lowdown - Cowboy Mouth
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Post by: pj on May 03, 2006, 04:25:00 pm
Thin Air (Smells like Mississippi) - Widespread Panic
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Post by: stu47 on May 03, 2006, 04:26:00 pm
David Mead - Indiana
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Post by: twangirl on May 03, 2006, 04:41:00 pm
Texas [Waylon Jennings]
 
 Deep in the Heart of Texas [Moe Bandy wrote it]
 
 Good Texan [Stevie Ray & Jimmie Vaughan]
 
 Ain't a Cow in Texas [Dale Watson]
 
 The Eyes of Texas [many, I like the one by Masters of Reality]
 
 Way Down Texas Way [Asleep at the Wheel, Dale Watson/Gene Kurtz]
 
 Blue Texas Waltz [Billy Joe Shaver]
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Post by: jude376 on May 03, 2006, 05:05:00 pm
"Connecticut" ~ Judy Garland & Bing Crosby
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Post by: thingsfallapart on May 03, 2006, 06:32:00 pm
Alabama--Neil Young
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Post by: SPARX on May 03, 2006, 07:42:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Roger Lodge:
  Indiana Wants Me , by They Might Be Giants
Is this a cover?
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Post by: you be betty on May 03, 2006, 08:53:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by vansmack:
  California - Phantom Planet
And, "California 2005 (No Whistling)," as well by Phantom Planet.  I've been rather into that version lately...it's good...
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Post by: ChampionshipVinyl on May 03, 2006, 10:18:00 pm
The Dambuilders have songs titled after the following states:
 
 Delaware
 Idaho
 Pennsylvania
 Louisiana
 Arkansas
 (just to name a few)
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Post by: thingsfallapart on May 03, 2006, 10:25:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
  Johnny Cash- "Tennessee Flat Top Box"
 Johnny Cash- "Tennessee Stud"
 Arrested Development- "Tennessee"
 Alabama- "Tennessee River"
 
 i'm just gonna stop now.
The Mountain Goats--Going to Tennessee
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Post by: on May 04, 2006, 08:23:00 am
Quote
Originally posted by SPARX:
   
Quote
Originally posted by Roger Lodge:
  Indiana Wants Me , by They Might Be Giants
Is this a cover? [/b]
yeppers
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Post by: pj on May 04, 2006, 11:50:00 am
All My Ex's Live in Texas - George Strait
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Post by: Frank Gallagher on May 04, 2006, 05:44:00 pm
I can't be arsed to read the other 76 posts, so forgive me if this one has already been mentioned, but........................
 
 What did Delaware boys, What did Delaware?
 
 Dum de dum de dum de dum dum
 
 Why did California,, why did Californ
 
 She called to say Hawaii, she called to say Hawaii.
 
 Et cetera....et cetera...et cetera!
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Post by: twangirl on May 04, 2006, 06:27:00 pm
Kansas [The Wolfgang Press]
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Post by: SPARX on May 04, 2006, 06:59:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Roger Lodge:
   
Quote
Originally posted by SPARX:
   
Quote
Originally posted by Roger Lodge:
  Indiana Wants Me , by They Might Be Giants
Is this a cover? [/b]
yeppers [/b]
Great song! I've seen TMBG a few times at fests but never heard em do that one. I need to dig that out of my 45's.
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Post by: Venerable Bede on May 04, 2006, 07:05:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
 
 What did Delaware boys, What did Delaware?
 
she wore a brand new jersey
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Post by: lomein on May 04, 2006, 07:58:00 pm
carolina- m.ward