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Kat Somebody To Love Posts: 234	Songs about America - game Feb 2, 2007 17:57:05 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Kat on Feb 2, 2007 17:57:05 GMT -5 I'll start with the obvious.... "Born In The USA"-Bruce Springsteen
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arjan Moderator Posts: 3,929	Songs about America - game Feb 2, 2007 17:59:29 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by arjan on Feb 2, 2007 17:59:29 GMT -5 Porn in the USA - The Riplets

erik Administrator Administrator Posts: 36,304	Songs about America - game Feb 2, 2007 18:30:52 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by erik on Feb 2, 2007 18:30:52 GMT -5 Elvis Presley--"An American Trilogy"
	"I don't think of myself as a star. I didn't set out to become a star, I set out to become a singer. I would have sung no matter what. The star part is just something that they made up in Hollywood in 1930." - Linda Ronstadt

arjan Moderator Posts: 3,929	Songs about America - game Feb 2, 2007 18:35:40 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by arjan on Feb 2, 2007 18:35:40 GMT -5 R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. - John Cougar Mellencamp Kids in America - Kim Wilde American Woman - The Guess Who

erik Administrator Administrator Posts: 36,304	Songs about America - game Feb 2, 2007 18:37:21 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by erik on Feb 2, 2007 18:37:21 GMT -5 Simon and Garfunkel--"America" Linda Ronstadt--"Back In The USA"
	"I don't think of myself as a star. I didn't set out to become a star, I set out to become a singer. I would have sung no matter what. The star part is just something that they made up in Hollywood in 1930." - Linda Ronstadt

jhar26 Administrator Posts: 5,927	Songs about America - game Feb 2, 2007 18:41:01 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jhar26 on Feb 2, 2007 18:41:01 GMT -5 "I'm so bored with the USA" (The Clash) ;D Gaston
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egoodstein Moderator Posts: 34,923	Songs about America - game Feb 2, 2007 18:44:58 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by egoodstein on Feb 2, 2007 18:44:58 GMT -5 Paul Simon-- "American Tune" Kate Smith-- "God Bless America" of course. . . Ed

erik Administrator Administrator Posts: 36,304	Songs about America - game Feb 2, 2007 18:47:00 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by erik on Feb 2, 2007 18:47:00 GMT -5 Ray Charles--"America The Beautiful"
	"I don't think of myself as a star. I didn't set out to become a star, I set out to become a singer. I would have sung no matter what. The star part is just something that they made up in Hollywood in 1930." - Linda Ronstadt

Kat Somebody To Love Posts: 234	Songs about America - game Feb 2, 2007 19:12:24 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Kat on Feb 2, 2007 19:12:24 GMT -5 Star Spangled Banner - Jimi Hendrix
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erik Administrator Administrator Posts: 36,304	Songs about America - game Feb 2, 2007 19:21:41 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by erik on Feb 2, 2007 19:21:41 GMT -5 Bruce Springsteen--"Chimes Of Freedom"
	"I don't think of myself as a star. I didn't set out to become a star, I set out to become a singer. I would have sung no matter what. The star part is just something that they made up in Hollywood in 1930." - Linda Ronstadt

bluesron Guest	Songs about America - game Feb 2, 2007 22:02:58 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by bluesron on Feb 2, 2007 22:02:58 GMT -5 This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie

erik Administrator Administrator Posts: 36,304	Songs about America - game Feb 2, 2007 22:23:27 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by erik on Feb 2, 2007 22:23:27 GMT -5 John Denver--"Rocky Mountain High"
	"I don't think of myself as a star. I didn't set out to become a star, I set out to become a singer. I would have sung no matter what. The star part is just something that they made up in Hollywood in 1930." - Linda Ronstadt

Andrew Over The Rainbow Posts: 1,477	Songs about America - game Feb 2, 2007 23:28:17 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Andrew on Feb 2, 2007 23:28:17 GMT -5 John Mellencamp - "Pink Houses" Lee Greenwood (?) - "Proud to be an American" (gag) Lenny Kravitz - "American Woman" Green Day - "American Idiot"
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erik Administrator Administrator Posts: 36,304	Songs about America - game Feb 2, 2007 23:30:27 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by erik on Feb 2, 2007 23:30:27 GMT -5 The Beach Boys--"Surfin' USA" (vintage 1963)
	"I don't think of myself as a star. I didn't set out to become a star, I set out to become a singer. I would have sung no matter what. The star part is just something that they made up in Hollywood in 1930." - Linda Ronstadt

Kathy ~ Over The Rainbow Stand Back ~ Posts: 1,796	Songs about America - game Feb 3, 2007 0:23:19 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Kathy ~ on Feb 3, 2007 0:23:19 GMT -5 CALIFORNIA GIRLS INDIANA WANTS ME ? NEW YORK, NEW YORK.. SINATRA CHICAGO LEE GREENWOOD-PROUD TO BE AMERICAN SONG
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If we're going for states and cities. . . :

I Love LA-- Randy Newman
LA Woman-- The Doors
I Got a Gal in Kalamazoo-- lots of people
Rhode Island is Famous for You-- Blossom Dearie, Erin McKeown (recently) & others
California, Here I Come--Al Jolson & about a million others
California--Joni Mitchell
Colorado--Linda Ronstadt
St. Louis Blues-- Louis Armstrong & a zillion others
Stars Fell on Alabama-- Ella/Louis/Doris Day & others
San Francisco-- Alice Faye & yeah the dippy hippy one

Kansas City-- Leiber Stoller song.
Meet Me in St. Louis-- Judy Garland, etc.
Chicago-- Frank Sinatra & others (that toddlin' town. . . )
Blue Hawaii-- Elvis
Moonlight in Vermont-- Margaret Whiting & others.
North to Alaska-- Johnnie Horton-- also his Battle of New Orleans
City of New Orleans-- Steve Goodman song sung by Willie Nelson & others
New York St. of Mind-- Billy Joel
Moonlight Mississippi-- Willard Robson song done by Peggy Lee and others.
Miss the Mississippi-- Emmylou Harris, Laurie Lewis & many others
New York, New York-- Frank Sinatra & others
Meet Me in Montana-- Dan Seals & Marie Osmond
Oklahoma-- title song from the show

Georgia on My Mind-- Ray Charles (Hoagy Carmichael song)
Ohio-- CSN&Y
Memphis, Tennessee-- Chuck Berry (& Johnny Rivers hit)
Why oh Why Ohio-- from "Wonderful Town" by L. Bernstein/Betty Comden/Adolph Green
Detroit City-- Mel Tillis song-- Bobbie Bare had hit
George Gershwin's American in Paris (a suite but what the hell!!)

All for the moment. . .

Ed

Kat Somebody To Love Posts: 234	Songs about America - game Feb 3, 2007 12:12:32 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Kat on Feb 3, 2007 12:12:32 GMT -5 Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John
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erik Administrator Administrator Posts: 36,304	Songs about America - game Feb 3, 2007 12:25:20 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by erik on Feb 3, 2007 12:25:20 GMT -5 Scott McKenzie--"San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)" Dionne Warwick--"Do You Know The Way To San Jose?" Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young--"Woodstock"
	"I don't think of myself as a star. I didn't set out to become a star, I set out to become a singer. I would have sung no matter what. The star part is just something that they made up in Hollywood in 1930." - Linda Ronstadt

bluesron Guest	Songs about America - game Feb 3, 2007 16:57:45 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by bluesron on Feb 3, 2007 16:57:45 GMT -5 This is My Country - Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions America - Simon and Garfunkle
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Songs about America - game Feb 3, 2007 17:13:12 GMT -5

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James Brown-Living in America
Simon and Garfunkel: America

state by state:
Bonnie Raitt and John Prine: Angel from Montgomery (Alabama)
Michelle Shocked: Anchorage (Alaska)
Dan Fogelberg: Tucson, Arizona (Gazette)
R.E.M.: Texarkana (Arkansas-closest I could think of)
Mamas and Papas: California Dreamin'
Bob Seger: Get Out of Denver (Colorado)
Aerosmith: I Live in Connecticut
George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers
Billy Joel: Miami 2017 (Florida)
Ray Charles: Georgia on my mind
Waikikis: Hawaii Tattoo
B-52's: Private Idaho
Graham Nash: Chicago (Illinios)
R. Dean Taylor: Indiana Wants Me
Bing Crosby: Sioux City Sue (Iowa)
Kansas
Neil Diamond: Kentucky Woman
Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty: Louisiana Woman-Mississippi Man
They Might Be Giants: Maine
Joan Baez: Lady Came From Baltimore (Maryland)
Bee Gees: Massachusetts
Detroit City (Michigan) (forgot who does it)
Prince: Minneapolis (Minnesota)
Mountain: Mississippi Queen
Meet me in St. Louis (Missouri)
Frank Zappa: Montana
Moby Grape: Omaha (Nebraska)
Sheryl Crow: Leaving Las Vegas (Nevada)
grr. nothing is coming to me for New Hampshire!
Bruce Springsteen: Jersey Girl (New Jersey)
Dido: Theme from Roswell (New Mexico)
Art Garfunkel: A Heart in New York
James Taylor: Carolina in my Mind
not sure on the Dakotas either
CSN: Ohio
Gene Pitney: 24 Hours from Tulsa (Oklahoma)
Loretta Lynn: Portland Oregon
Elton John: Philadelphia Freedom (Pennsylvania)
Live at Newport (Rhode Island)
Mott the Hoople: All the Way to Memphis (Tennessee)
Hedningarna: Texas
Beach Boys: Salt Lake City (Utah)
Frank Sinatra: Moonlight in Vermont
Joan Baez: East Virginia
Perry Como: Seattle (Washington)
John Denver: Take Me Home (West Virginia mentioned-best I could think of without google)
Rod Stewart: What's Made Milwaukee Famous
Kansas: Cheyenne Anthem (Wyoming)

Ben

Kat Somebody To Love Posts: 234	Songs about America - game Feb 3, 2007 17:31:18 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Kat on Feb 3, 2007 17:31:18 GMT -5 Red White And Blue-Lynyrd Skynyrd
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bluesron Guest	Songs about America - game Feb 3, 2007 17:32:41 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by bluesron on Feb 3, 2007 17:32:41 GMT -5 America - from West Side Story (Chita Rivera and others)

babyblue Pearl Posts: 398	Songs about America - game Feb 3, 2007 18:29:06 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by babyblue on Feb 3, 2007 18:29:06 GMT -5 Only In America, Jay Black and the Americans

babyblue Pearl Posts: 398	Songs about America - game Feb 3, 2007 18:32:40 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by babyblue on Feb 3, 2007 18:32:40 GMT -5 From the Broadway musical and film "Hairspray" Good Morning Baltimore (The Legend of) Miss Baltimore Crabs Marty

babyblue Pearl Posts: 398	Songs about America - game Feb 3, 2007 18:39:30 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by babyblue on Feb 3, 2007 18:39:30 GMT -5 Wichita Lineman, Glenn Campbell Rocky Mountain High, John Denver Palasades Park, Freddy Cannon Marty

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