Songs about Los Angeles

[ggw]

My sister is moving to Lalaland and I am making her a mixtape.  I've got the obvious ones (Missing Persons, X, Decemberists, Death Cab, NWA), but I need some more suggestions for songs about LA.  Thanks.

[showlistdc]

Soul Coughing, "Screenwriter's Blues"

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Lana Del Ray - Radio
"No one even knows what life was like -  Now I'm in LA and it's paradise"

[grateful]

Doors LA Woman
Arlo Guthrie Coming into Los Angeles
America Ventura Highway
Sheryl Crow Santa Monica Blvd
Bob Seger Hollywood Nights
Neil Young LA
The Mamas and the Papas California Dreamin' (If I was in LA...)
The Mamas and the Papas Creeque Alley (McGuinn and McGuire just a-gettin' higher in L.A...)

[grateful]

"City of Angels" by 10,000 Maniacs
"City of Angels" by Thirty Seconds to Mars
"City of Angels" by Cactus World News
"City of Angels" by The Distillers
"City of Angels" by The Generators
"City of Angels" by Jay Ferguson
"City of Angels" by The Miracles
"City of Angels" by Nik Kershaw
"City of Angels" by Red Elvises
"City of Angels" by Ozomatli
"City of Angels (Dumb Ol' Country Boy) by 10 City Run
"City of Devils" by Yellowcard
"City of the Angels" by Bill Withers
"City of the Angels" by Dave Dudley
"City of the Angels" by Fred Astaire
"City of the Angels" by Gowan
"City of the Angels" by Journey
"City of the Angels" by Linda Hargrove
"City of the Angels" by Wang Chung

[grateful]

Wait - you didn't want good songs, did you?

[Julian, Bespoke SEXPERT]

Sheryl Crow Santa Monica Blvd

Isn't that called "All I Wanna Do"?

[grateful]

Sheryl Crow Santa Monica Blvd

Isn't that called "All I Wanna Do"?

I bow to your encyclopedic knowledge of all things Sheryl Crow

[Julian, Bespoke SEXPERT]

Sheryl Crow Santa Monica Blvd

Isn't that called "All I Wanna Do"?

I bow to your encyclopedic knowledge of all things Sheryl Crow

Encyclopedic knowledge? Because I know the actual name of a song that went to #2 on the pop charts for the better part of two months, won Grammys in 1995 for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal, and was pretty much mainstream America's first introduction to Sheryl Crow?

That's like calling someone a U2 fanboy for knowing the words to that Pride for the Name of Love song. Come on, man!

[grateful]

True, true.  I guess I made a mistake and you were trying to make me eat crow.

[ggw]

Wait - you didn't want good songs, did you?

I said this was for my sister, not my grandmother.

Bob Seger?  Really...?

[grateful]

Well I dunno, maybe your sister is...older?

Maybe all you young'uns recognize some of these:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_about_Los_Angeles

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^dang kinda takes the fun out of asking people for songs about X
but that is quite a list
I was getting ready to add this "Born in East L.A." by Cheech Marin....but that's there too

[Julian, Bespoke SEXPERT]

Bob Seger?  Really...?

You can hate me no big deal, but crap on the Silver Bullet Band and you'll have all of southeastern Michigan rising in confederacy against you.

[ggw]

I think of Bob Seger as the Michael Bolton of his day.  Apologies to southeastern Michigan.