Lisnaholic

After being featured in a 2012 Olympic ceremony, I guess Waterloo Sunset might be the obvious London song. Even if that mini masterpiece is disgarded, it's still pretty difficult to pin London down to just one song, because it get's so many mentions in popular music. Ones that spring to mind are Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner, Sunny Goodge Street, Finchley Central, the Lambeth Walk, Muswell Hillbillies, Slim Slow Slider and -does any one here remember Vera Lynn?- A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square.

I managed to reduce my favourites down to three:-

i) In celebration of the humble multi-ethnic neighbourhoods:-



A litany of place names, evocative without being sentimental:-



But when you're walking home at three in the morning the London streets take on a gentler quality:-

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Norg

if u draw a line straight down the middle of Houston

everything east of that line is Poor people low income housing and chemical Plants

and everything West of that line is Rich people High income Housing and Lots of biz nas Development and Zero Chemcial pants but Two HUGE Parks


jus saying I wonder if a lot of citys are like this I bet they are rather the line is north or south or east to west

rich people don't like living near poor people LOL

Janszoon

Ween—"Freedom of 76"
My favorite song about Philadelphia. The title, of course, is a reference to Philly's key role in the founding of the United States. The lyrics talk about the Liberty Bell, cheesesteaks, Boyz II Men, Fairmount Park, the movie Mannequin, and South Street (though the ho hired for tricks there seems out of place twenty years and a lot of gentrification later). What I like about this song is what is what I like about Philly: it's cool and low key but doesn't take itself seriously at all and isn't afraid to engage in some self-deprecating humor.

The video, which I didn't even know existed until this morning, adds even more with appearances by Independence Hall, the Philly skyline, the Schuykill River, various neighborhoods, and the Liberty Bell itself. The 1:45 minute intro is a little long but kind of amusing.

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Key

Did you even read the OP?

Black Francis

Conveniently, this song is about Puerto Rico. The lyrics are in spanish but its message captures the feeling of what it's like to live here.

I know the op said to post a song that described your city not your country but i live in a bad area that reflects the worst of living here.

I rather believe the experience of being from here is best expressed in that pixies song because the song that describes my city would be this one.

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Trollheart

It's Norg. He just occasionally bounces off the sides of reality. You know what he's like.
Incidentally, since we're going there, your contribution seems not to have followed the idea in the OP either, as it's just a song identified with Seattle and not one about it or that mentions it, so far as I know.

But yeah. Norg. Never On the Right Gradient...

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Key

What? Other people did what I did as well.

Trollheart

Yeah, you know, some people did, now that I look.

If anyone is interested in doing this correctly, it's a song to describe your city which should at least include a description of, reference to, or name of the city. Now I look, most of you seem to have missed the point, and DWV? I don't know what the **** that guy is doing????

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Clear as I thought the OP was, some of you seem not to have got it.
The **** is this ****? I didn't ask how you were feeling, dude! What has this to do with your home city? Or any city, come to think of it?
Come on Plank; that's not how it's played. Ki did the same thing. Bit more creative. Something with your city mentioned in it. Also, you're not Canadian are you?
I have no idea what this is meant to convey, unless you live in Death City. Do you? Live in Death City? That would be cool.

Guys, it's simple: read the OP. I surely don't have to be pointing out how wrong all the above choices are. Or were you sleep-posting, drunk or high? Or all three?

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