Songs About City Life

[smcfarland1337]

New York Time by Bob Dylan is such a good song. Easily one of the best on that album.

But going the complete opposite direction of that, there's that song 'I Love Livin In the City' by the band who's name escapes me at the moment.

 

[experimental bassist]

Across 110th Street by Bobby Womack (aka the Jackie Brown theme song).

 

[Richland123]

Hot In The City - Billy Idol
Hot Child In The City - Nick Gilder

 

[trowaclown]

Bruce Springsteen - Atlantic City
M83 - Midnight City
Interpol - NYC

 

[Richland123]

Blue Oyster Cult - Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll

 

[ee-san]

Meet me in St. Louis
St Louis Blues
Memphis Blues
Dirty Water (Boston You're My Home)
Sweet Home Chicago
Philadelphia Freedom
April in Paris
My Woman From Tokyo
My Kind of Town (Chicago)
Oh Atlanta
Allentown
New York State of Mind
Shuffle Off to Buffalo
LA Woman
I Love Paris
La Marseillaise
Look Out Cleveland
Dear Old Stockholm
Jackson
Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
Do You Miss New York (Dave Frishberg)
Manhattan
Paris Is Burning
Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me)
I Go To Rio
Singapore (Tom Waits)
The Heat Is On In Saigon
Viva Las Vegas
Nashville (Indigo Girls?)
Nashville Cats (John Sebastian)
Raining in Baltimore
Baltimore
Streets of Baltimore
City of Angels (RHCP)
Write To Me From Naples
Galveston

 

[Bassmanmike1]

Cleveland Rocks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmSW-OM8h8c

 

[Munjibunga]

"Life in the Fast Lane" ~ Eagles
"Hotel California" ~ Eagles
"The Boston Rag" ~ Steely Dan

 

[Frogleg1]

If it's not too late:

- Les Dudek, City Magic
- Ry Cooder, Down in Hollywood
- Joni Mitchell, Night in the City

 

[Unprofessional]

Hollywood (Down on Your Luck) - Thin Lizzy

 

[Richland123]

Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Streets Of Fire - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Monterey - The Animals
Down On The Corner - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Street Corner Serenade - Wet Willie

 

[BassyBill]

Sparks - This town ain't big enough for the both of us

 

[Tituscrow]

Naked City / Kiss
Baltimore / Nils Lofgren
Dancing In The City / Marshall Hain

 

[bassinplace]

City of Tiny Lights - Frank Zappa "Tiny is as tiny do".

 

[t77mackie]

The Freeze - This is Boston Not L.A.



End of thread!

 

[davidgoldman]

We got to get out of this place - Animals

 

[chuck norriss]

New York Groove

 

[bassinplace]

I Love L.A. - Randy Newman

Detroit Rock City - Kiss

 

[chuck norriss]

Early Dylan solo acoustic stuff is always good to convert/cover.

 

[bassinplace]

City Of Roses - Esperanza Spalding (LURVE! )