Re: Pronunciation of New Orleans as :"New Or-leens." Nothing hilarious about it at all. Most north Louisianans, i.e. people living north of New Orleans and the Cajun French country, pronounce it that way, or as "New Or-luns." "N'awlins" is used only by New Orleans natives or tourists.



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duke richardson
West Virginny

Dancin with Mr D

Thanks Duke, West Virginia already on the list but this reminds me to add NYC for Mr D.

Drew

[youtu.be]
___________ (Midnight Rambler)


"Ev'rybody in ___________ say 'OW!' "

Wichita (Wichita Lineman)

judges?

New Orleans also in Down Home Girl

Dixieland in Down Home Girl

New Jersey Turnpike in You Can't Catch Me (as well as New Jersey)

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schillid
Wichita (Wichita Lineman)

judges?

Thanks schillid, but the judges rejected it. Something about "it's a descriptor of the lineman, not a direct reference to the place itself." They're brutal. I pointed out to them that we have Harlem Shuffle on the list and they said "remove that too". Ouch.

Drew

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thecitadel
New Orleans also in Down Home Girl

Dixieland in Down Home Girl

New Jersey Turnpike in You Can't Catch Me (as well as New Jersey)

Good ones! I'll add.

Drew

Love Train mentions England, Russia, China, Africa, Egypt, Israel.

The Mississippi Bridge in Memphis Tennessee - though there is probably more than one of those.

I would vote to remove cover versions and unreleased material.

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Rocky Dijon
I would vote to remove cover versions and unreleased material.

That's not a bad idea. Unless there are strong objections from anyone, I'll do that when I post the next list.

P.S. It's interesting how the previous generation of songwriters (Bobby Troup, Chuck Berry, etc) often piled so many place names in their songs!

Drew



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Here's the updated list, not including any covers or unreleased tracks. New York City is the winner by a mile. Thanks to all who contributed.

2120 South Michigan Ave. (song title)
53rd Street (When The Whip Comes Down)
57th and Broadway (Do You Think I Care)
7th Avenue (Shattered)
A boardwalk on Broadway (Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man)
A movie house on 42nd street (Till the Next Goodbye)
Africa (Undercover of the Night, Dance Little Sister, Laugh I Nearly Died)
Arabia (Laugh I Nearly Died)
The American zone (Down in the Hole)
Angola (Indian Girl)
The arctic zone (She's So Cold)
Australia (Send It To Me)
Bakersfield (Faraway Eyes)
Barney’s (So Young)
Baton Rouge (Memory Motel)
Benson (No Spare Parts)
Birmingham, Alabam' (Rip This Joint)
Bombay (Sympathy for the Devil)
Boston (Midnight Rambler)
Buffalo (Rip This Joint)
The bus stop in downtown LA (Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man)
California (Sweet Virginia, Winter)
Cannes (?uncertain) (Casino Boogie)
Caroline (Carolina?) (Parachute Woman)
Central Park (Miss You)
Chelsea Drugstore (You Can't Always Get What You Want)
Chicago (She Was Hot)
The church of the sacred bleeding heart of Jesus located somewhere in Los Angeles California (Faraway Eyes)
A coffee shop down on 52nd street (Till the Next Goodbye)
The Crazy Horse (Live With Me)
Cuba (Undercover of the Night)
Dallas (Rip This Joint, Parachute Woman)
The Delaware (Hold Back)
Detroit (She Was Hot)
England (Keep Up Blues)
The Factory (Do You Think I Care)
Frederick's Street (Dance Little Sister)
Gold Coast (Brown Sugar)
Greece (Laugh I Nearly Died)
Hemlock Road (Memo From Turner)
High Street (Live With Me)
Hollywood (Starfu*ker)
India (Laugh I Nearly Died)
Jackson (Country Honk)
Jamaica (Hot Stuff)
Knightsbridge (Play With Fire)
LA (When The Whip Comes Down)
Lebanon (Look What the Cat Dragged In)
Leicester Square (Cocksu*ker Blues)
Little Rock (Rip This Joint)
London (Hot Stuff, Street Fighting Man)
Long Island (Expressway) (Do You Think I Care)
Louisiana (Doom and Gloom, Till the Next Goodbye)
Manhattan (Shattered)
Marfa (No Spare Parts)
Masaya (Indian Girl)
Max’s Kansas City (Do You Think I Care)
The Memory Motel (an actual motel in Montauk on Long Island) (Memory Motel)
Memphis (Rip This Joint, Honky Tonk Women)
Mercer Street (Anybody Seen My Baby)
Mexico (Already Over Me)
Miami (Luxury)
Munich (Highwire)
New Orleans (Brown Sugar, Till The Next Goodbye, Rip This Joint, Parachute Woman)
New York City (Doo doo doo doo doo (Heartbreaker), Hot Stuff, Honky Tonk Women, When The Whip Comes Down, Undercover of the Night, Dancing With Mr D)
Newport Street (Downtown Suzie)
The Nile (Blinded By Love)
Nueva, Granada (Indian Girl)
ole DC (Rip This Joint)
Paraiso, Mexico (I'm Going Down)
Paris, Bois de Boulogne (Too Much Blood)
Philadelphia (Jiving Sister Fanny)
Phoenix (No Spare Parts)
Rampton (Memo From Turner)
Rome (Laugh I Nearly Died, Keep Up Blues)
The Rubicon (Streets of Love)
Russia (Undercover of the Night)
Saint John's Wood (Play With Fire)
Saint Patrick's (Do You Think I Care)
San Antone (Memo From Turner, Memory Motel)
San Jose (Rip This Joint)
Santa Fe (Rip This Joint)
St. Petersburg (Sympathy for the Devil)
Sonora (No Spare Parts)
South America (Undercover of the Night)
Stepney (Play With Fire)
Stone Canyon (Winter)
Syria (Look What the Cat Dragged In)
Tampa (Rip This Joint)
Texas (Too Much Blood)
Tucson (No Spare Parts)
Uptown (Shattered)
Virginia (Dear Doctor)
West 8th St and "the" 6th Avenue (Dance Pt. 1)
The West Side (Shattered)
West Virginia (Dancing with Mr. D)
The White House lawn (Respectable)
Zuma Beach (Some Girls)

Drew

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drewmaster

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Rocky Dijon
I would vote to remove cover versions and unreleased material.

That's not a bad idea. Unless there are strong objections from anyone, I'll do that when I post the next list.

P.S. It's interesting how the previous generation of songwriters (Bobby Troup, Chuck Berry, etc) often piled so many place names in their songs!

Drew

I strongly object. Rocky of Dijon gets his way all the time. Enough, I say!

Actually...sure, sounds like a plan.

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Bakersfield (far away eyes)

If you're from Europe...and doing a roadtrip in the USA.
And you drive 3 hours the wrong direction,
with the only goal just to drive through Bakersfield...

Is that weird?

You still missed Hal(l)iburton (where life is good) - or does this refer to a company by that name?

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ErwinH
If you're from Europe...and doing a roadtrip in the USA.
And you drive 3 hours the wrong direction,
with the only goal just to drive through Bakersfield...

Is that weird?

Maybe you weren't listening to gospel music on the colored radio station?

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Rocky Dijon
I would vote to remove cover versions and unreleased material.

...All in favor, say ‘aye ’ -

Aye.

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RoughJusticeOnYa

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Rocky Dijon
I would vote to remove cover versions and unreleased material.

...All in favor, say ‘aye ’ -

Aye.

Aye

Interactive Global Map of all (?) the official releases..

[www.google.com]

You forgot Australia.

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MisterDDDD
Interactive Global Map of all (?) the official releases..

[www.google.com]

I would have thought the US would have had the most references. Didn't even see the US on the map though.