#283426 - 17/06/2006 12:20
Theme song for each of the 50 states
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pooh-bah
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In my quest to find something unique and interesting about all 50 states, I've been looking for the states' theme songs. I'm not talking about these songs or these songs (Google Music?? AllMusic killer???). I mean, songs that the states' residents feel represents their state. (and maybe I'm just sore because my NJ has no official state song) Here's what I can think of off the top of my head: Alabama - Sweet Home Alabama by The Allman Brothers New Jersey - Jersey Girl by Bruce Springsteen New York - New York, New York sung by Frank Sinatra Ohio - Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young What are some others? There must be one for every state out there somewhere.
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#283427 - 17/06/2006 12:31
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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pooh-bah
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Hotel California - The Eagles
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#283428 - 17/06/2006 13:00
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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old hand
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Funky Western Civilization - Tonio K
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#283429 - 17/06/2006 13:26
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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carpal tunnel
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South Carolina:
James Taylor › Carolina In My Mind
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#283430 - 17/06/2006 13:58
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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Actually, that should be North Carolina. James Taylor grew up in Chapel Hill.
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#283431 - 17/06/2006 14:44
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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old hand
Registered: 17/07/2001
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Loc: Boston, MA USA
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Massachusetts - Dirty Water by the Standells
Although it's about Boston and played at Fenway Park after each Red Sox win, I feel it fits, as there isn't much else that's important about Massachusetts.
Georgia - Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles
Edited by ithoughti (17/06/2006 14:45)
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#283432 - 17/06/2006 14:46
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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carpal tunnel
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I guess for Pennsylvania you gotta go with Glenn Miller's "Pennsylvania 6/5000." "Philadelphia Freedom" is a good one, but I don't think the rest of the state would be happy with that.
Others that come to mind just based on the name:
Georgia - Georgia on My Mind (take your pick of the thousand artists that have done it)
Nebraska - Nebraska (Bruce Springsteen)
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#283433 - 18/06/2006 03:09
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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carpal tunnel
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Loc: Manteca, California
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Hotel California - The Eagles
Truly!
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#283434 - 18/06/2006 03:11
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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carpal tunnel
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Georgia - Georgia on My Mind (take your pick of the thousand artists that have done it)
Thank you! I'll take Ray Charles please.
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#283435 - 18/06/2006 07:17
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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carpal tunnel
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Loc: Cambridge, England
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If only for the great title, Sufjan Stevens' Come On Feel The Illinoise...
Peter
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#283436 - 18/06/2006 08:28
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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pooh-bah
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Bowie's version of the Alabama Song is excellent
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#283437 - 18/06/2006 08:30
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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pooh-bah
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Loc: London
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South Carolina (that's a state isn't it?) by Gil Scot Heron
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#283438 - 18/06/2006 08:32
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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pooh-bah
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Loc: London
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New York, New York by the Last Poets
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#283439 - 18/06/2006 08:33
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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pooh-bah
Registered: 27/02/2004
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Loc: London
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California Uber Alles - Dead Kennedys (sooo much better than Hotel California)
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#283440 - 18/06/2006 08:40
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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pooh-bah
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I think I'll stop there, not sure these are the kinds of songs you're after. 
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#283441 - 18/06/2006 09:43
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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pooh-bah
Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1919
Loc: London
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Orange Blossom Special - Johnny Cash
That's Florida & California
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#283442 - 18/06/2006 09:45
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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pooh-bah
Registered: 27/02/2004
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Loc: London
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New England - Jonathan Richman
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#283443 - 18/06/2006 11:23
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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Sweet Home Alabama by The Allman Brothers
That song is by Lynyrd Skynyrd, not the Allman Brothers.
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#283444 - 18/06/2006 16:28
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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Registered: 23/12/2002
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Loc: Winston Salem, NC
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Hotel California - The Eagles
Truly!
Or California Girls (Beach Boys) or California Dreamin' (Mamas and the Papas).
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#283445 - 18/06/2006 19:40
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 24/01/2002
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Loc: Providence, RI
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In my quest to find something unique and interesting about all 50 states, I've been looking for the states' theme songs. I'm not talking about these songs or these songs (Google Music?? AllMusic killer???). I mean, songs that the states' residents feel represents their state. (and maybe I'm just sore because my NJ has no official state song)
Here's what I can think of off the top of my head:
Alabama - Sweet Home Alabama by The Allman Brothers
New Jersey - Jersey Girl by Bruce Springsteen
New York - New York, New York sung by Frank Sinatra
Ohio - Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
What are some others? There must be one for every state out there somewhere.
CSNY's Ohio is an antiwar anthem. That's all I'm gonna say. Draw your own conclusion.
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#283446 - 18/06/2006 19:46
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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pooh-bah
Registered: 19/09/2002
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California's a tough one, but I'd pick "California Uber Alles" since I couldn't decide among the rest. I had no idea there was a Nebraska song. And I have a friend from Ohio who identifies with the CSNY anthem, which is the only reason it's on the list.
Illinois - The Night Chicago Died by Paper Lace ???
I'll never understand that song.
Can't think of any others for some reason... Good call on the Georgia ones. Better than my "Midnight Train to Georgia" idea that I left out. Also, left out Nina Simone's "Mississippi Goddamn".
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#283447 - 18/06/2006 20:41
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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I am still waiting to see what kinds of things can be located for Wyoming...
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#283448 - 19/06/2006 00:27
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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pooh-bah
Registered: 06/04/2005
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Loc: Seattle transplant
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Alaska - Michelle Shocked - Anchorage
Never been there, but I can't think of any other Alaska songs.
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#283449 - 19/06/2006 02:13
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 20/12/1999
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California's a tough one,
Depending on whether you loathe or love California, you have either Jonathan Coulton, or The Paperboys.
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#283450 - 19/06/2006 02:15
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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carpal tunnel
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Truthfully, though, all state songs can be covered by a single song.
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#283451 - 20/06/2006 11:56
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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Hotel California - The Eagles
Truly!
Or California Girls (Beach Boys) or California Dreamin' (Mamas and the Papas).
or maybe Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Arizona - Mark Lindsay or Paul Revere and the Raiders
Connecticut - Bing Crosby or Judy Garland
Hawaii - Beach Boys
New Mexico - Johnny Cash
Oklahoma - From the musical of the same name
Sweet Rhode Island Red - Ike and Tina Turner
Carolina Girls - Chairmen of the Board
God Blessed Texas - Little Texas
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#283452 - 20/06/2006 12:06
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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enthusiast
Registered: 14/07/2002
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Loc: South Carolina
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South Carolina:
James Taylor › Carolina In My Mind
You've also got Shaggin' on the Boulevard by Alabama. The video for that song was recorded in Myrtle Beach and this type of dance originated along the coast of North and South Carolina. It's also South Carolina's state dance.
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#283453 - 20/06/2006 13:56
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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There's a band named Alaska. I think their track "The Western Shore" is about Alaska. But I could be wrong.
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#283454 - 20/06/2006 13:59
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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#283455 - 20/06/2006 14:03
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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Are there any good ones for Virginia? Preferably not country. Then again, I live in Northern Virginia, which is like a different state from the rest of it. I doubt if any songs about my state apply to my area.
In that case I'll have to find some for DC. Maybe I'll take a look at songs by Duke Ellington and Fugazi - not together, of course, though that would have been an interesting collaboration.
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#283456 - 20/06/2006 19:54
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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Registered: 14/12/2004
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Neil Young's Southern Man for the whole south fits well!
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#283457 - 20/06/2006 20:03
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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old hand
Registered: 15/07/2002
Posts: 828
Loc: Texas, USA
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West Virginia - Take me home, country roads
I heard a busker in a tube station the other night doing this song. It was amusing seeing the number of people coming up the escalator that were singing along.
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#283459 - 21/06/2006 10:53
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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carpal tunnel
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Loc: Columbus, OH
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Train - Meet Virginia
Billy Joel - Only the Good Die Young
Rolling Stones - Sweet Virginia
Then again...none of those are actually referring to the state of Virginia
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#283460 - 21/06/2006 13:41
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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old hand
Registered: 09/01/2002
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Loc: Tacoma,WA
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I'll submit songs for my two states of residence in my life so far <sic>:
Missouri- 16 shells From a Thirty-Out-Six, Tom Waits
Washington- Nitemare Hippy Girl, Beck
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#283461 - 21/06/2006 19:13
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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old hand
Registered: 15/02/2002
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Well, there's "North to Alaska" and "When its Springtime in Alaska, its 40 Below", both by Johnny Horton.
I was in this fantastic bar in Talkeetna Alaska, and when someone played "North to Alaska" the whole bunch of (armed) drunken Alaskans sang along. It was outrageous. 3AM drunken party and sunshine outside.
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#283462 - 22/06/2006 00:00
Re: Theme song for each of the 50 states
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pooh-bah
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Well, there's "North to Alaska" ...
Aha! Of course!
I would've sung along, too!
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