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bands that talk about their hometowns

jamesdenial [Edit] [Delete] 32 replies 10:51, 9 May '08

So, Johnny Foreigner have got a fair few mentions of Birmingham in on their first few records. Can anyone think of any others, old or new? Specifics?

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  • Obvious ones

    Pulp ('Sheffield Sex City')
    Arctic Monkeys (pretty much their entire first album)
    Model Morning ('This Town')
    The Zutons ('Dirty Dancehall')

    domgourlay | 9 May '08, 10:57 | X
  • Less Than Jake - Gainesville Rock City

    shucks | 9 May '08, 10:59 | X
  • Interpol - NYC

    ;)

    Scatterheart1985 | 9 May '08, 11:02 | X
  • Leonard Skinner

    He always brags about Alabama and having intercourse with his sister and how much of a gaywad Neil Young is.

    Oh, and Boston. They were always on about how awesome Boston is but, oddly, made no mention of Neil Young being a gaywad.

    BAY CITY ROLLERS always braggin about Bay City and how awesome the roller skate rinks were.

    stalecloud | 9 May '08, 11:06 | X
  • i'm thinking about it

    and almost every band I think about has mentioned their hometown/home state at some point.

    e.g. Wilco - Via Chicago
    Jimmy Eat World - Goodbye Sky Harbor/Anderson Mesa
    The Wrens - tonnes of New Jersey references
    Get Up Kids - Campfire Kansas
    Every Hold Steady song ever
    Loads of Weakerthans songs, especially One Great City
    etc.

    OceanStorm | 9 May '08, 11:07 | X
  • slipknot dedicated their 'love' record to their home state

    inside-outside | 9 May '08, 11:08 | X
  • come to think of it:

    most rap is very referential to the hood

    inside-outside | 9 May '08, 11:09 | X
  • JoFo live:

    This next one's about our home town Birmingham and how rubbish it is...

    This song is about the place we grew up, Birmingham, we didn't much like it...

    Yeah, so this song is about this city.........

    You get the point.

    DangerousSnails | 9 May '08, 11:43 | X
    • Atmosphere

      'Always Coming Back Home To You'

      ConcentrationFace @DangerousSnails | 9 May '08, 11:45 | X
  • Six by Seven

    100 and something foxhall road, slab square, peveril hotel.......

    marklas @arthurs_dad | 9 May '08, 11:53 | X
  • Most Stephin Merrit songs are about New York

    ... even the songs about other places (Come Back From San Francisco) are about leaving those place to go back to New York.

    basil | 9 May '08, 11:58 | X
  • erm...

    Jens Lekman - Do You Remember the Riots?
    The Hidden Cameras - Mississauga Goddam
    Patrick Wolf - London
    The Smiths - Suffer Little Children

    goldenstreams | 9 May '08, 12:09 | X
  • ryan adams/whiskeytown!

    my hometown
    onslow county
    jacksonville skyline
    the end

    and probably loads more that i've forgotten.

    Heliotrope | 9 May '08, 12:12 | X
    • then

      Strokes - NYC Cops
      Clash - London Calling
      Smiths - Rusholme Ruffians
      Doves - M62 Song, Black and White Town, Northenden

      the funniest I've heard is a Broadcast song that goes "Michael! Wake up, time to go back to Chelmsley Wood!" Don't know why but it always makes me laugh...

      onslow @Heliotrope | 9 May '08, 12:46 | X
      • gotta lose your mind...

        ...in DETRIOT ROCK CITY!

        that's assuming Kiss actually are from detriot, i have no idea.

        I resent johnny foreigner saying that about birmingham. it's wicked.

        horrorbiz @onslow | 9 May '08, 13:18 | X
  • Disappointingly...

    I'm From Barcelona, who sing "We're From Barcelona", aren't from Barcelona. *head explodes*

    How about 'Morden' by Good Shoes?

    Adas | 9 May '08, 13:21 | X
  • X - Los Angeles

    TheSoundofBastards | 9 May '08, 13:26 | X
  • LCD Soundsystem

    New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down.

    Corpsey | 9 May '08, 13:46 | X
    • That's just songs with placenames in the title

      unless there's something Stuart Murdoch isn't telling us.

      simon_t @enfantterrible | 9 May '08, 13:54 | X
    • Isn't the entire enemy album about coventry?

      and them moaning about having to work.

      titan_grip | 9 May '08, 14:06 | X
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