Songs About City Life

[jamiroquai]

City Song by Luscious Jackson

 

[elgecko]

Ray Price - City Lights

 

[elgecko]

Elvis - In The Ghetto

 

[69shovlhed]

welcome to the jungle - G n R
more trouble every day - FZ
$#!+town - Live
tinpan alley - SRV
oh atlanta - little feat

 

[pnchad]

lot's of great old standards that scream Big City - Tin Pan Alley, etc.

I also agree with Little Stevie's 'Livin' for the City'

 

[bassfran]

Lou Reed- "Dirty Boulevard"

 

[String Theory]

The only one I can think of right now would be Fear's "I love living in the city", but that's pretty explicit.

+1. Also by Fear is New Yorks Alright (if you like saxophones). I think the lyrics are more PG rated.

 

[bolophonic]

The only one I can think of right now would be Fear's "I love living in the city", but that's pretty explicit.

Great song, we played Fear on the radio in college and regretted it.

 

[fmoore200]

Empire state of mind - jay z ft alicia keys

There is also the ballad version by alicia keys, which is where jay z sampled from for his song

Edit: Billy Joel also has a song with the same name

Edit: the Billy Joel song is new york state of mind

 

[skwee]

Free Man in Paris: Joni Mitchell
City of Angels: 10,000 Maniacs
Harlem: Bill Withers

 

[Richland123]

Downtown - Petula Clark
Fool For The City - Foghat
C.I.T.Y. - John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band
My Town - The Michael Stanley Band
We Belong To The City - Glenn Frey
We Built This City - Starship
Detroit Rock City - Kiss
My Town - Montgomery Gentry

Related Tunes
Bus Rider - The Guess Who
Downtown Train - Rod Stewart
Morning Train - Sheena Easton

 

[MegaSwing]

"Take the 'A' Train" - Duke Ellington
"Bright Lights, Big City" - Jimmy Reed
"The Ghetto" - Donny Hathaway
"Masterpiece" - The Temptations
"City Country City" - War

 

[kevteop]

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Strange Town - The Jam
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In The Crowd - The Jam
Down In The Tube Station At Midnight - The Jam
Just Who Is The 5 O'Clock Hero - The Jam

 

[gjbassist]

"The Camera Eye" by Rush

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LmIOg33oPo

 

[Bassics101]

Am I missing something? No one has mentioned Springsteen? Many songs about city life.

 

[Bassbubble11]

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Strange Town - The Jam
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In The Crowd - The Jam
Down In The Tube Station At Midnight - The Jam
Just Who Is The 5 O'Clock Hero - The Jam

We have a winner.

 

[GLEN18INCHSPICA]

The Cult "New York City", The Stones "Shattered".

 

[Richland123]

In The Ghetto - Elvis Presley (this song was written by Mac Davis)
Harlem Shuffle - originally by Bob & Earl and covered by many including The Rolling Stones
The World Is A Ghetto - War
Where The Streets Have No Name - U2
Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
Dancing In The Streets - Martha & The Vandellas

 

[cdef]

Street Life - Randy Crawford w/ The Crusaders (1979)

 

[LSquared]

This week, I'm planning on doing songs about city life. I'm having a hard time coming up with enough songs to fill up the 2 hours. I'm not necessarily looking for songs about a particular city, but just about life in the city (good and bad sides).

Start with "Life In The City" by Neil Young