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(02/19/08 10:36 PM)

Frickin' Fred Durst on Stilts

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We haven't played a game in awhile and I thought of an idea for one.

The subject is songs that have the name of a place in the title. The place can be real or fictitious. I'll start with a few off the top of my head:

Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Werewolves of London (Warren Zevon)
Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road (Elton John)
Baker Street (Gerry Rafferty)
One Tree Hill (U2)

Your turn

Think of what you're saying,
You can get it wrong
And still you think that it's all right.
Think of what I'm saying,
We can work it out
And get it straight or say good night.

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one

Captain Ladd Spencer

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(02/19/08 11:42 PM)

Behold the many
uses of my amazing
BIONIC ARM!

Albuquerque (Weird Al)

da dick

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Posts: 1769

(02/20/08 12:05 AM)

and my bird can sing too!

rockville (r.e.m.)
berlin (lou reed)

"How can we jump over our shadows when we no longer have one?How can we pass out of the century (not to
speak of the millennium)if we do not make up our minds to put an end to it, engaged as we are in an indefinite work of mourning for all the incidents, ideologies and violence which have marked it?"
- THE END OF THE MILLENNIUM OR THE COUNTDOWN , Jean Baudrillard.

Crawl and 1OOO

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(02/20/08 12:15 AM)

The Fuzzy Physicist
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Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle (Nirvana)
Man on the Moon (REM)
Living in America (James Brown)
Back in the USSR (The Beatles)
L.A. Woman (The Doors)

Flying Omelette

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Posts: 17531

(02/20/08 12:21 AM)

Frickin' Fred Durst on Stilts

Red Hill Mining Town (U2)
Solsbury Hill (Peter Gabriel)
Rubicon (Journey)
Back in the USA (Chuck Berry)
China Grove (The Doobie Brothers)

Think of what you're saying,
You can get it wrong
And still you think that it's all right.
Think of what I'm saying,
We can work it out
And get it straight or say good night.

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one

Crawl and 1OOO

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(02/20/08 12:28 AM)

The Fuzzy Physicist
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The Devil Went Down to Georgia
Tennessee (Arrested Development)
Straight Outta Compton (NWA)
New York, New York
Goodbye England's Rose

What with his right eyebrow in this video?

da dick

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Posts: 1769

(02/20/08 12:50 AM)

and my bird can sing too!

made in england (elton john)

"How can we jump over our shadows when we no longer have one?How can we pass out of the century (not to
speak of the millennium)if we do not make up our minds to put an end to it, engaged as we are in an indefinite work of mourning for all the incidents, ideologies and violence which have marked it?"
- THE END OF THE MILLENNIUM OR THE COUNTDOWN , Jean Baudrillard.

Flying Omelette

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(02/20/08 7:51 AM)

Frickin' Fred Durst on Stilts

Blue Bayou (Linda Ronstadt)
Colorado (Linda Ronstadt)
Rocky Mountain High (John Denver)
Miss the Mississippi (Crystal Gayle)

Think of what you're saying,
You can get it wrong
And still you think that it's all right.
Think of what I'm saying,
We can work it out
And get it straight or say good night.

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one

James FP

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(07/18/18 3:03 PM)

Schmendrick's Nose
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Birmingham Blues (Electric Light Orchestra)
Xanadu (Electric Light Orchestra)
Hollywood Nights (Bob Seger)
Main Street (Bob Seger)
On Broadway (George Benson)
Philadelphia Freedom (Elton John)

Get out of my cheese, get into my corn!

James FP

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(02/20/08 8:54 AM)

Schmendrick's Nose
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Da hell at the time stamp??

Get out of my cheese, get into my corn!

sethrashnoo

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(02/20/08 1:43 PM)

I Look Like an Egg
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Creque Alley (The Mamas & the Papas)
Angel of Harlem (U2)
Allentown (Billy Joel)
Katmandu (Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band)
Last Train to Clarksville (The Monkees)
Don't Cry For Me, Argentina (Madonna)

Got Shnoo?
Proud Staff Member of Deathamster's Nest

Crawl and 1OOO

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(02/20/08 2:04 PM)

The Fuzzy Physicist
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Africa (Toto)
Space Oddity (David Bowie -- I'm considering space to be a place, even though it's vague)
Streets of Philadelphia (Bruce Springsteen)
The Planets (Holst)
Fascination Street (The Cure)

(Edit: Removed a duplicate)

See how your opinion ruined Christmas for everyone!

Flying Omelette

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Posts: 17531

(02/20/08 2:14 PM)

Frickin' Fred Durst on Stilts

This is My Year for Mexico (Crystal Gayle)
Misty Mountain Hop (Led Zeppelin)
Waterloo Sunset (The Kinks)
Istanbul, Not Constantinople (They Might Be Giants)
Panama (Van Halen)

Think of what you're saying,
You can get it wrong
And still you think that it's all right.
Think of what I'm saying,
We can work it out
And get it straight or say good night.

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one

MaskedSheik

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Posts: 427

(02/21/08 12:20 AM)

Las Vegas (Martin Stenmarck)
Castle on a Cloud (Les Misérables)
Kokomo (The Beach Boys)
Another Rainy Day In New York City (Chicago)
Heartbreak Hotel (Elvis)

da dick

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Posts: 1769

(02/21/08 5:13 AM)

and my bird can sing too!

majulah singapura (forgot)
di tanjong katong (forgot)
belsen was a gas (sex pistols)
berlin wall (sex pistols)
holidays in the sun (sex pistols)
isle in the sun (weezer)
little america (r.e.m.)
moon river (forgot)
rule britannia (forgot)

"How can we jump over our shadows when we no longer have one?How can we pass out of the century (not to
speak of the millennium)if we do not make up our minds to put an end to it, engaged as we are in an indefinite work of mourning for all the incidents, ideologies and violence which have marked it?"
- THE END OF THE MILLENNIUM OR THE COUNTDOWN , Jean Baudrillard.

Flying Omelette

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(02/21/08 7:18 AM)

Frickin' Fred Durst on Stilts

Ventura Highway (America)
House of the Rising Sun (The Animals)
6th Avenue Heartache (The Wallflowers)
Kentucky Woman (Neil Diamond)
America (Neil Diamond)

Think of what you're saying,
You can get it wrong
And still you think that it's all right.
Think of what I'm saying,
We can work it out
And get it straight or say good night.

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one

Lord Vyce

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Posts: 818

(02/21/08 8:59 AM)

Lord of Women's Lingerie

Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) - The Doors
Santa Monica - Everclear
Hollywood (Africa) - The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Dani California - The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Jesus Just Left Chicago - ZZ Top

I want my cake, wanna eat it, too...I want blue diamonds and yellow moons.
I spend my money on Lucky Charms...My favorite sausage is Hickory Farms.

I want pizza, lots and lots o pizza...I want that pie in the sky.
I want tuna, lots and lots o tuna...ain't got a fucking clue why.

I wanna be fat!

0o

Captain Ladd Spencer

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(02/21/08 2:55 PM)

Behold the many
uses of my amazing
BIONIC ARM!

More from Weird Al:

Christmas at Ground Zero
Buckingham Blues
Nature Trail to Hell
I Lost on Jeaopardy (does that count?)
Jurassic Park
Bedrock Anthem

Flying Omelette

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Posts: 17531

(02/21/08 6:41 PM)

Frickin' Fred Durst on Stilts

I don't really think we should count TV shows unless the show has the same name as an actual place. Because the place would actually be the studio it's filmed in.

Temples of Syrinx (Rush)
La Grange (ZZ Top)
MacArthur Park (Donna Summer)
California Girls (The Beach Boys)
My Head's in Mississippi (ZZ Top)

Think of what you're saying,
You can get it wrong
And still you think that it's all right.
Think of what I'm saying,
We can work it out
And get it straight or say good night.

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one

Crawl and 1OOO

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(02/21/08 7:07 PM)

The Fuzzy Physicist
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Ground Zero also is iffy, since it's not a specific place. Wherever a bomb is dropped is ground zero. It'd be like calling "home" a place.

See how your opinion ruined Christmas for everyone!

Crawl and 1OOO

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(02/21/08 8:54 PM)

The Fuzzy Physicist
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Amerstdam (Van Halen)
Folsom Prison Blues
Route 66
California Dreaming
Walking on the Sun (Smash Mouth -- FO was telling me that "The sun is not a place", but not only does it exist in our 3 dimensional universe and has at any time set coordinates, but in the context of this song, it IS about being there [at least metaphorically], as opposed to something just going across the sky)

Flying Omelette

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(02/21/08 9:11 PM)

Frickin' Fred Durst on Stilts

Well, it just seems odd to consider the sun a place when you can't really go there, except metaphorically.

Rocky Mountain Way (Joe Walsh)
All My Ex's Live in Texas (George Strait)
Hotel California (The Eagles)
Back to Avalon (Kenny Loggins)

Think of what you're saying,
You can get it wrong
And still you think that it's all right.
Think of what I'm saying,
We can work it out
And get it straight or say good night.

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one

da dick

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Posts: 1769

(02/21/08 9:54 PM)

and my bird can sing too!

pink moon (nick drake)
amish's paradise (weird al) there's a place in USA right?
santa monica (savage garden)
strawberry field (beatles)
burying ground (lemonheads) not sure if this counts
radio free europe (r.e.m.)
it's the end of the world as we know it (r.e.m.)
huckleberry grove (ocean colour scene)
from the beach at belvidere (the boo radleys)
cuyahoga(r.e.m.)
the flowers of guatemala (r.e.m.)
china girl (the usual suspects)
empire state halo (echo & the bunnymen)
eurotrash girl (chicks on speed)
evergreen (echo & the bunnymen)
altamont (ditto)
hanging garden (the cure)
world in my eyes(depeche mode)
cloud 9 (seberynic)
seeing double at the triple rock (NoFX)

"How can we jump over our shadows when we no longer have one?How can we pass out of the century (not to
speak of the millennium)if we do not make up our minds to put an end to it, engaged as we are in an indefinite work of mourning for all the incidents, ideologies and violence which have marked it?"
- THE END OF THE MILLENNIUM OR THE COUNTDOWN , Jean Baudrillard.

Flying Omelette

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Posts: 17531

(02/21/08 10:09 PM)

Frickin' Fred Durst on Stilts

Suffragette City (David Bowie)
Margaritaville (Jimmy Buffet)
Kingston Town (Harry Belafonte)

Think of what you're saying,
You can get it wrong
And still you think that it's all right.
Think of what I'm saying,
We can work it out
And get it straight or say good night.

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one

Crawl and 1OOO

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Posts: 11114

(02/21/08 10:21 PM)

The Fuzzy Physicist
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You can also send objects (like space research probes or whatever) there.

The Transformers were also heading there in one episode.

Anyway:

London Calling (The Clash)
Rock the Casbah (The Clash)

I don't know if "Funky Town" counts or not. Does it refer to a real town (like MoTown), a fictitious town that's really funky, or a state of mind, or what?

I also don't know if "Rio" counts.

"Her name is rio and she dances on the sand
Just like that river twisting through a dustly land
And when she shines she really shows you all she can
Oh rio rio dancer across the rio grande"

Is he comparing a woman coincidentally named Rio to the Rio Grande, or is he comparing the Rio Grande to a woman?

I guess there's also the chance he's comparing Rio de Janeiro to either of those things.

Last Edited By: Flying Omelette 02/21/08 10:29 PM. Edited 1 times.

da dick

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Posts: 1769

(02/22/08 9:38 PM)

and my bird can sing too!

i doubt i've even been to cloud 9.

"How can we jump over our shadows when we no longer have one?How can we pass out of the century (not to
speak of the millennium)if we do not make up our minds to put an end to it, engaged as we are in an indefinite work of mourning for all the incidents, ideologies and violence which have marked it?"
- THE END OF THE MILLENNIUM OR THE COUNTDOWN , Jean Baudrillard.

Flying Omelette

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(02/22/08 11:57 PM)

Frickin' Fred Durst on Stilts

I also don't know if "Rio" counts.

Uh, yeah, I think it does. He clearly mentions the Rio Grande in the lyrics. Even if the "Rio" in the title actually refers to the woman, it's still a place name in the title. I know "Panama" is technically about David Lee Roth's station wagon, but he obviously took the name from the country, so it counts.

Kube - (Lebo M)
Omikron (New Angels of Promise) - (David Bowie)
Wuthering Heights - (Pat Benatar)
Toledo - (John Denver)

Think of what you're saying,
You can get it wrong
And still you think that it's all right.
Think of what I'm saying,
We can work it out
And get it straight or say good night.

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one

Last Edited By: Flying Omelette 02/23/08 12:01 AM. Edited 1 times.

Crawl and 1OOO

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Posts: 11114

(02/23/08 12:10 AM)

The Fuzzy Physicist
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Detroit: Rock City
R.O.C.K. in the USA
Born in the USA

Flying Omelette

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(02/23/08 12:13 AM)

Frickin' Fred Durst on Stilts

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