Songs about LA and California

buddha

Joined: May 13, 2004 at 05:01 AM UTC

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Re: Songs about LA and California June 28, 2006 at 05:37 PM UTC #

Rilo Kiley - I Love L.A.

slowgraffiti

Joined: March 04, 2005 at 06:01 AM UTC

Posts: 150

Re: Songs about LA and California June 28, 2006 at 05:42 PM UTC #

cex- los angeles

boweswana

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Re: Songs about LA and California June 28, 2006 at 05:43 PM UTC #

Every beach boys song except Kokomo.

Carmelita by Warren Zevon
Hollywood by Junkyard
Welcome to the Jungle

beetsnotbeats

Joined: May 18, 2005 at 05:01 AM UTC

Posts: 1181

Re: Songs about LA and California June 28, 2006 at 05:56 PM UTC #

LL Cool J "Going Back to Cali"
Translator "L.A., L.A."

andyrichter

Joined: September 17, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC

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Re: Songs about LA and California June 28, 2006 at 06:09 PM UTC #

Adolescents-California Son

Sir HC

Joined: August 31, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC

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Re: Songs about LA and California June 28, 2006 at 06:32 PM UTC #

The Fall "LA"
WAX "California"

definitivedoodle

Joined: May 09, 2005 at 05:01 AM UTC

Posts: 494

Re: Songs about LA and California June 28, 2006 at 06:50 PM UTC #

I love L.A.-2Pac

Going back to Cali(?)-Biggie

L.A.-Murs

Califoria Love-2Pac Dr Dre

HoyaSaxa03

Joined: March 22, 2004 at 06:01 AM UTC

Posts: 7053

Re: Songs about LA and California June 28, 2006 at 11:04 PM UTC #

Atmosphere - "Los Angeles"
Matmos - "California Rhinoplasty"
The Olivia Tremor Control - "California Demise"
REM - "I Remember California"
Billy Bragg & Wilco - "California Stars"
Her Space Holiday - "Sleepy California"
2PAC - "To Live & Die in L.A."
Air - "Californie"
The Magnetic Fields - "Come Back From San Francisco"
The Magnetic Fields - "Busby Berkeley Dreams"
Frank Zappa - "San Ber'dino"
The 6ths - "San Diego Zoo"
Thelonious Monk - "San Francisco Holiday"
Fischerspooner - "L.A. Song"
Black Flag - anything
The Fall - "L.A."
Liz Phair - "Dogs of L.A."

HoyaSaxa03

Joined: March 22, 2004 at 06:01 AM UTC

Posts: 7053

Re: Songs about LA and California June 28, 2006 at 11:09 PM UTC #

The Whiny Vaginas - "I Got A Refund After the Show for Which I Had Tickets Got Moved Back an Hour and a Half When the Band Added a Second Show That Night at the Same Venue"

Venerable Bede

Joined: October 16, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC

Posts: 3863

Re: Songs about LA and California June 28, 2006 at 11:23 PM UTC #

Originally posted by bearman:
I need everyone's help…I'll start:

Frank Black - Los Angeles

but that song isn't about the one in south california, it's about the one in south patagonia.

Venerable Bede

Joined: October 16, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC

Posts: 3863

Re: Songs about LA and California June 28, 2006 at 11:31 PM UTC #

Randy Newman- I Love L.A.
Beach Boys- California Girls
Red House Painters- Strawberry Hill, Revelation Big Sur
Disposible Hereos of Hiphoprisy- California Uber Alles (update of the Dead Kennedy's version)
Johnny Cash- Folsom Prison Blues
Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens- Streets of Bakersfield

jaguar

Joined: October 28, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC

Posts: 3869

Re: Songs about LA and California June 29, 2006 at 02:24 AM UTC #

West Indian Girl - "Hollywood"
The Mamas & The Pappas - "California Dreaming"

lwoxley

Joined: October 06, 2004 at 05:01 AM UTC

Posts: 4792

Re: Songs about LA and California June 29, 2006 at 06:41 AM UTC #

Originally posted by kcjones119:

Isn't every Red Hot Chili Peppers song about California (or at least having sex there)?

I was going to say the complete Red Hot Chili Peppers catalogue.

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Re: Songs about LA and California June 29, 2006 at 01:46 PM UTC #

California Kid, by Teh Beat Farmers

J'Mal

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Re: Songs about LA and California June 29, 2006 at 02:25 PM UTC #

REM – Electrolyte
Death Cab for Cutie – 405
Tom Petty – Free Fallin'
Eels – Susan's House

vansmack

Joined: October 04, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC

Posts: 19725

Re: Songs about LA and California June 29, 2006 at 05:27 PM UTC #

No true LA setlist is complete without Dramarama - Anything, Anything. The song has little to about LA, but ask anybody from LA and they will know what you are talking about while most others won't.

El Tee

Joined: October 09, 2003 at 05:01 AM UTC

Posts: 3809

Re: Songs about LA and California June 29, 2006 at 07:41 PM UTC #

Hotel California - Eagles (am I dork for not avoiding this one too?)
California - Jeff Klein

bunnyman

Joined: November 19, 2001 at 06:01 AM UTC

Posts: 5542

Re: Songs about LA and California June 30, 2006 at 04:06 AM UTC #

Found two more…

Urge Overkill – Ticket to LA
The Strawberry Alarm Clock – Girl From the City

jaguar

Joined: October 28, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC

Posts: 3869

Re: Songs about LA and California June 30, 2006 at 05:06 AM UTC #

Starflyer 59 - "Monterey"
Starflyer 59 - "West Coast Friendship"
Film School - "Monville, Ca" …(Or is that in Canada?)