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Lazer Guided Melodies

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Re: Less Impossible Mixtape
« Reply #15 on: August 13, 2007, 12:10:00 pm »
Ten or 11 Towns Ago--Lee Hazlewood (Denver)

mbg73

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Re: Less Impossible Mixtape
« Reply #16 on: August 13, 2007, 12:13:00 pm »
Liz Phair - "Stratford-on-Guy" (Chicago)
 Pavement - "Unfair" (Sacramento and other CA cities)
 Grateful Dead - "Friend of the Devil" (Reno)
 
 and for a way-obscure city:
 REM - "Can't Get There From Here" (Philomath, GA)
 
 Man, I gotta get back to work.

Bombay Chutney

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Re: Less Impossible Mixtape
« Reply #17 on: August 13, 2007, 12:25:00 pm »
"Dancin' in the Streets" has a slew of cities, including Baltimore and DC.

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« Reply #18 on: August 13, 2007, 12:26:00 pm »
heart of rock and roll - huey lewis & the news - reference a ton of cities as well starting with new york - then sunset strip hollywood - DC, San Antone and the Liberty Town, Boston and Baton Rouge
 Tulsa, Austin, Oklahoma City, Seattle, San Francisco, too
 
 you could use just this and route 66 and you'd be covered   :D
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Re: Less Impossible Mixtape
« Reply #19 on: August 13, 2007, 12:42:00 pm »
Death Cab for Cutie - Why You'd Want To Live Here (Los Angeles, CA)

mbg73

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Re: Less Impossible Mixtape
« Reply #20 on: August 13, 2007, 12:54:00 pm »
Steve Miller Band - "Take the Money and Run" (El Paso, TX)

Sage 703

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Re: Less Impossible Mixtape
« Reply #21 on: August 13, 2007, 12:57:00 pm »
Steve Miller Band - "Rocking Me" (Phoenix, AZ | Tacoma, WA | Philadelphia, PA | Atlanta, GA | Los Angeles, CA)

PigIron

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Re: Less Impossible Mixtape
« Reply #22 on: August 13, 2007, 12:57:00 pm »
Freedom of '76.  Best song ever about Philadelphia and best song ever about any place.

mbg73

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Re: Less Impossible Mixtape
« Reply #23 on: August 13, 2007, 01:05:00 pm »
Chuck Berry - "Johnny B. Goode" (New Orleans)
 Decemberists - "Song for Myla Goldberg" (NYC)
 Ramones - "Danny Says" (LA)

Sage 703

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Re: Less Impossible Mixtape
« Reply #24 on: August 13, 2007, 01:05:00 pm »
Bright Eyes - "Cleanse Song" (Los Angeles, CA)

HoyaSaxa03

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Re: Less Impossible Mixtape
« Reply #25 on: August 13, 2007, 01:11:00 pm »
the ramones - "sheena is a punk rocker" (new york city really has it aaaaalllll, oh yeah, oh yeah)
 
 johnny cash - "i've been everywhere" (this one is perfect because it has a lot of cities mentioned in it)
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mbg73

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Re: Less Impossible Mixtape
« Reply #26 on: August 13, 2007, 01:17:00 pm »
Quote
johnny cash - "i've been everywhere" (this one is perfect because it has a lot of cities mentioned in it)
   
Too funny.

HoyaSaxa03

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Re: Less Impossible Mixtape
« Reply #27 on: August 13, 2007, 01:20:00 pm »
FYI -- i know this breaks the rules of the game, but the best song ever about NYC is dylan's "hard times in new york town"
 
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLC_NXYvYJI
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Mobius

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Re: Less Impossible Mixtape
« Reply #28 on: August 13, 2007, 01:25:00 pm »
Steely Dan - Deacon Blues (Alabama)

Brian_Wallace

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Re: Less Impossible Mixtape
« Reply #29 on: August 13, 2007, 02:01:00 pm »
My Old School by Steely Dan (Annandale-on-Hudson, NY)
 
 She Was Hot by the Rolling Stones (New York, NY and Detroit, MI)
 
 Rock Star by Hole (Olympia, WA)
 
 American Without Tears by Elvis Costello (New Orleans, LA)
 
 Brian