Re: List of Stones songs that reference New York
Date: October 6, 2006 16:03
As for NYC, i think we can add “Do You Think I Really Care?” (written in 1978, never released)
As for orher name- places of USA, without including covers (only songs written by the Stones), i can remember these:
NEW ORLEANS- Brown Sugar, Parachute Woman, Rip This Joint, Till The Next Goodbye
BATON ROUGE- Memory Motel
BOSTON – Midnight Rambler, Memory Motel
CALIFORNIA- Sweet Virginia, Winter, Far Away Eyes
LOS ANGELES – Far Away Eyes, When The Whip Comes Down
HOLLYWOOD- @#$%&
SAN JOSE- Rip This Joint
ZUMA BEACH- Some Girls
TENESSEE- Rip This Joint
MEMMPHIS- Honky Tonk Women, Rip This Joint, Strictly Memphis
VIRGINIA- Sweet Virginia, Dear Doctor, Dancing With Mr. D
PHILADELPHIA- Jiving Sister Fanny
CHICAGO- She Was Hot
DETROIT- She Was Hot
BUFFALO- Rip This Joint
DELAWARE- Hold Back
SAN ANTONE - Memory Motel, Memo From Turner
TEXAS- Too Much Blood, Rip This Joint, Memory Motel
DALLAS- Rip This Joint, No Spare Parts
SANTA FE- Rip This Joint
MIAMI- Luxury
TAMPA- Rip This Joint
LITTLE ROCK- Rip This Joint
ALABAMA- Rip This Joint
BIRMINGHAM (Alabama)- Rip This Joint
PENTAGON- Sweet Neo Com
Maybe i forgot something. As you can see, the catalogue is long. It’s impressive: USA places which are mentioned by Stones songs are much more than what they mention from the other world. Much, much more.
Think, in the years 1968- 1978 EVERY Stones album mentioned places- names from USA! Everyone…