LA songs

[mix]

I'll start: Burn Hollywood Burn, PE (w/Ice Cube and Big Daddy Kane)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6MlwT1lBk0

[Kerrytravelers]

1. I Love LA

[Kerrytravelers]

2. Under the Bridge by RHCP

[Inchworm]

21. AKA City of Angels by Red Hot Chili Peppers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UE5NV-UoGM

Beautiful.

:*

[Crabby Appleton]

3. Arlo Guthrie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsnUu71Viyo

[Tikki]

4. "True Men Don't Kill Coyotes"....The Red Hot Chili Peppers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgc3WQUjgro



Tikki

[CreekDog]

5. Free Fallin' by Tom Petty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gqT6En2O78

The Valley counts too right? :D

[mix]

7. oh yeah...

[MrScorpio]

6. Deacon Blues

[Swede]

8. LA Woman - the Doors

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMVnEGcMsFs

[livetohike]

10. Yay!

:toast:

[S n o w b a l l]

13. First one I thought of too

:hi: Swede

[livetohike]

9. L.A. Woman (The Doors)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMVnEGcMsFs

[Swede]

12. Cool

:toast:

[TK421]

11. To Live and Die in L.A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBVxvFxRClM


from one of the greatest bands of all time....WANG CHUNG, LADIES AND GERMS!!!!@!@

[CreekDog]

16. that's a great song

apparently it wasn't a bad movie either. :D

[Iggo]

19. I don't know why in L.A.

:rofl:

[Tikki]

14. "Beverly Hills"....The Circle Jerks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bFXM0OyhDY


Tikki

[CreekDog]

15. "Beverly Hills" by Weezer

:hi:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrBx8fdEZPk

[Initech]

17. Sublime - April 26, 1992

[david13]

18. "If I can just get offa this L A freeway, without gettin killed or caught."

Meditation on motorcycle.
dc

[jobycom]

50. Guy Clark--that was going to be my pick, too. Hell of a songwriter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2H3_YHnmgA

[Iggo]

20. Midnight Train to Georgia; Do You Know The Way To San Jose?

Two songs about LEAVING Los Angeles.

[david13]

22. El Paso, Marty Robbins. Hey, I have a motorcycle and I have to

ride, man. I have to ride to someplace, man. Ventura Freeway, but that one only occured to me riding in Michigan.
On the way to Palm Springs, "I been thru' the desert on a horse with no name, it felt good to be out of the rain, ... "
dc

[Zomby Woof]

23. "L.A. County" - Lyle Lovett

She left Dallas for California
With an old friend by her side
Well he did not say much
But one year later
He'd ask her to be his wife

And the lights of L.A. County
Look like diamonds in the sky
When you're driving through the hours
With an old friend at your side

One year later I left Houston
With an old friend by my side
Well it did not say much
But it was a beauty
Of a coal black .45

And the lights of L.A. County
Look like diamonds in the sky
When you're driving through the hours
With an old friend at your side

So I drove on all the day long
And I drove on through the night
And I thought of her a'waiting
For to be his blushing bride

And the lights of L.A. County
They looked like diamonds in the sky
As I drove into the valley
With my old friend at my side

And as she stood there at the altar
All dressed in her gown of white
Her face was bright as stars a'shining
Like I'd dreamed of all my life

And they kissed each other
And they turned around
And they saw me standing in the aisle
Well I did not say much
I just stood there watching
As that .45 told them goodbye

And the lights of L.A. County
Look like diamonds in the sky
When you're kneeling at the altar
With an old friend at your side

And the lights of L.A. County
Are a mighty pretty sight
When you're kneeling at the altar
With an old friend at your side

[enigmatic]

44. Absolute classic

Next to "God Will", my favorite Lovett song.

[Kutjara]

24. "Drinking in LA" by Bran Van 3000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ9KfKx8PmM

[mix]

25. excellent

:thumbsup:

[GReedDiamond]

26. "Los Angeles" by X...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wmGiDfcTnc

On edit, here's another version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGhgdxoPQbE&NR=1

Earlier version, with more, uh, eccentric vocal performances by Exene and John Doe.

[mix]

27. fooking storming performance!

[Bucky]

28. "Los Angeles, I'm Yours" by The Decemberists

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e41ygKJ3ABk

[Chan790]

49. A really amazing live version with the LA Philharmonic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPiBRZy6nHE

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

29. Hollywood Nights

by the most underrated Bob Seger............. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zunyXjzJLp0

[Stardust]

30. Walking In L.A.

http://www.google.com/url?q=http://popup.lala.com/popup/576742261880849133&ei=gjMbS_jZDY_UsQP4rd38BA&sa=X&oi=music_play_track&resnum=1&ct=result&cd=2&ved=0CAgQ0wQoADAA&usg=AFQjCNH17BaAqkLNUMcHJcOwFwbvIYRDxg


I saw a movie recently where that song played as a little dog made his way around the street of L.A. Hilarious!

[mix]

31. I saw them once for free at Magic Mountain when I was 16. nt

[Stardust]

32. Fun, huh? I've always loved pop-synth music. These guys really sound like

they really love doin their stuff.

[mix]

37. i walked out

not me cup of tea

:hi:

[Richardo]

54. Were they on before or after the puppet show?

;)

[denbot]

33. Red Hot Chillie Peppers Queen of Venice

Lurvs me some Chili Peppers

[Tikki]

34. "Dry River"....Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE3ioVPS2dc



Tikki.."Some day it's gonna rain...."

[hibbing]

35. Eagles of Death Metal - I Really Wanna be in L.A.

Hi,
Can't believe this hasn't been posted yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj3kTdx1QBw

Peace

[mix]

36. .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Err1u8zv4w

[InternalDialogue]

38. "Screenwriter's Blues," Soul Coughing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laIy1PgcVnA

Exits to freeways twisted like knots on the fingers
Jewels cleaving skin between breasts
Your Cadillac breathes four hundred horses over blue lines
You are going to Reseda to make love to a model from Ohio
Whose real name you don't know

You spin like the Cadillac was overturning down a cliff on television
And the radio is on and the radioman is speaking
And the radioman says women were a curse
So men built Paramount studios
And men built Columbia studios and men built Los Angeles

It is 5 a.m. and you are listening to Los Angeles
It is 5 a.m. and you are listening to Los Angeles

And the radioman says it is a beautiful night out there
And the radioman says rock and roll lives
And the radioman says it is a beautiful night out there in Los Angeles
You live in Los Angeles and you are going to Reseda
We are all in some way or another going to Reseda someday to die

And the radioman laughs because the radioman fucks a model too
Gone savage for teenagers with automatic weapons and boundless love
Gone savage for teenagers who are aesthetically pleasing
In other words fly, Los Angeles beckons
The teenagers to come to her on buses, Los Angeles loves love

It is 5 a.m. and you are listening to Los Angeles
It is 5 a.m. and you are listening to Los Angeles

I am going to Los Angeles to build a screenplay about
Lovers who murder each other
I am going to Los Angeles to see my own name on a screen
Five feet long and luminous

As the radioman says it is 5 a.m. and the sun has charred
The other side of the world and comeback to us
And painted the smoke over our heads an imperial violet

It is 5 a.m. and you are listening to Los Angeles
It is 5 a.m. and you are listening to Los Angeles
It is 5 a.m. and you are listening to Los Angeles
And you are listening to Los Angeles

You are listening
You are listening
You are listening

To Los Angeles

[abq e streeter]

39. A case could be made that almost every early Beachboys song falls into this category

Good to see that X got mentioned too---what a great band...

[abq e streeter]

40. And Jan and Dean, Dead Man's Curve etc.

[Lethe]

41. You can buy a dream or two, to last you all through the year. And the only price you pay

is a heart full of tears.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVvIfoNBY3w

[abq e streeter]

43. That's a truly beatiful song by an artist that should have been taken more seriously than he was

having trouble posting you tubes, but there's a wonderful version by Bob Dylan backed up by Tom Petty there too...

[denbot]

46. Kinks Celluloid Heroes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh23A2GptAQ&feature=related

Everybody's a dreamer and everybody's a star,
And everybody's in movies, it doesn't matter who you are.
There are stars in every city,
In every house and on every street,
And if you walk down Hollywood Boulevard
Their names are written in concrete!

Don't step on Greta Garbo as you walk down the Boulevard,
She looks so weak and fragile that's why she tried to be so hard
But they turned her into a princess
And they sat her on a throne,
But she turned her back on stardom,
Because she wanted to be alone.

You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard,
Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of,
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame,
Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain.
Rudolph Valentino, looks very much alive,
And he looks up ladies' dresses as they sadly pass him by.
Avoid stepping on Bela Lugosi
'Cos he's liable to turn and bite,
But stand close by Bette Davis
Because hers was such a lonely life.
If you covered him with garbage,
George Sanders would still have style,
And if you stamped on Mickey Rooney
He would still turn round and smile,
But please don't tread on dearest Marilyn
'Cos she's not very tough,
She should have been made of iron or steel,
But she was only made of flesh and blood.

You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard,
Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of.
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame,
Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain.

Everybody's a dreamer and everybody's a star
And everybody's in show biz, it doesn't matter who you are.

And those who are successful,
Be always on your guard,
Success walks hand in hand with failure
Along Hollywood Boulevard.

I wish my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie show,
A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes,
Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain
And celluloid heroes never really die.

You can see all the stars as you walk along Hollywood Boulevard,
Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of,
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame,
Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain.

Oh celluloid heroes never feel any pain
Oh celluloid heroes never really die.

I wish my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie show,
A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes,
Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain
And celluloid heroes never really die.

[abq e streeter]

42. Los Lobos-The Neighborhood, The Vogues-Magic Town

neither overtly about LA, but pretty clear that that's what they were about. For What It's Worth too.

[bridgit]

45. Beth Hart - LA Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrZw8RToN2Y

[mitchum]

47. Most of Warren Zevon's and Bob Forrest's ouvres...

even when they don't specifically name check "LA", their songs are almost always about Los Angeles (the myth and the reality)

[Tuesday Afternoon]

48. Think I'll pack it in and buy a pick up and take it down to LA

http://www.youtube.com/v/UCElUItrLZc&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xcc2550&color2=0xe87a9f

Think I'll pack it in
and buy a pick-up
Take it down to L.A.
Find a place to call my own
and try to fix up.
Start a brand new day.

The woman I'm thinking of,
she loved me all up
But I'm so down today
She's so fine, she's in my mind.
I hear her callin'.

See the lonely boy,
out on the weekend
Trying to make it pay.
Can't relate to joy,
he tries to speak and
Can't begin to say.

She got pictures on the wall,
they make me look up
From her big brass bed.
Now I'm running down the road
trying to stay up
Somewhere in her head.

The woman I'm thinking of,
she loved me all up
But I'm so down today
She's so fine she's in my mind.
I hear her callin'.

See the lonely boy,
out on the weekend
Trying to make it pay.
Can't relate to joy,
he tries to speak and
Can't begin to say.

[Tikki]

51. "Whittier Blvd"....Thee Midniters...

from 1965.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtcLZqd1dcY



Tikki

[Bossy Monkey]

52. "Melting in the Dark," Steve Wynn, and for that matter, "MacArthur Park," which it references n/t

[SecularMotion]

53. Come A Long Way

Michelle Shocked

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cJZyjF9PlQ

[Arugula Latte]

55. "L.A." by Elliott Smith. Great song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-QdY2BJ0Xo

The gentleman's in the lane
spinning his hat on a cane
stepping out, out for a change

good morning all, it's a beautiful day

the general's are winning a war
seemed suicidal before
you come along, now
I'll protect you long as you stay

LA
morning had to come
I'd be walking in the sun
living in the day
but last night i was about to throw it all away

if patience started a band
I'd be her biggest fan
look at me, I'm talking to you
I don't want the lead in your play

the star's just a part of the scene
the gentleman in green
paying off out on the street
I can't go home, it's not on my way

LA
things I'd never done, cars parked in the sun
living in the day
but last night i was about to throw it all away
last night i was about to throw it all away
last night i was about to throw it all away
last night i was about to throw it all away