Songs about somebody moving with their sweetie to some specific city and it all going south

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Preferably as sung by Bobby Bare (Sr.)

I can only think of two. Surely there most be more.

Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 July 2020 16:42 (four years ago)

"That's How I Got To Memphis" (Tom T. Hall)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veijB78t4Yo

Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 July 2020 16:44 (four years ago)

there's an album called "tallahassee" that's about this

treeship., Thursday, 23 July 2020 16:45 (four years ago)

ugh sorry but can you change your display name? it starts with the name of a terrible poster so I can't see your posts anymore, just the thread title (unless I use another browser, which is how I know who posted it)

xp to James

Joey Corona (Euler), Thursday, 23 July 2020 16:45 (four years ago)

"Streets of Baltimore" (Tompall Glaser/Harlan Howard)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61lFRCatRyE

Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 July 2020 16:46 (four years ago)

B-b-ut how can I ever think of another Display Name?

Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 July 2020 16:47 (four years ago)

HI DERE!

Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 July 2020 16:49 (four years ago)

PERFECT

Joey Corona (Euler), Thursday, 23 July 2020 16:49 (four years ago)

treeship.
Today at 16:45
there's an album called "tallahassee" that's about this

By an ILX0r?

Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 July 2020 16:51 (four years ago)

There are plenty of songs on the theme of "Bright Lights, Big City" or with, say, "Kansas City" in the title, just wondering how large this sub- or micro- genre is.

Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 July 2020 16:54 (four years ago)

dismemberment plan - the ice of boston

not directly about this, but about the aftermath

mozzy star (voodoo chili), Thursday, 23 July 2020 17:47 (four years ago)

I feel like Bruce Springsteen should have a million songs about this, but the only ones I can think of are "Atlantic City" and "From Small Things"

Lily Dale, Thursday, 23 July 2020 17:52 (four years ago)

there has to be something on crazy ex-girlfriend like this given that it's the plot of the show

like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Thursday, 23 July 2020 19:15 (four years ago)

Somehow never watched the show, but the song "West Covina" seems to fit the bll.

Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 July 2020 22:07 (four years ago)

Bill, even (with two l's, not a Scandinavian car)

Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 July 2020 22:08 (four years ago)

is "Jackson" kind of a prequel to this?

assert (MatthewK), Thursday, 23 July 2020 22:12 (four years ago)

Ha, yes, probably.

Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 July 2020 22:15 (four years ago)

Cranes In The Sky, kind of

Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 23 July 2020 22:42 (four years ago)

"My Elusive Dreams" is like this, except that they go to more than one city

Josefa, Thursday, 23 July 2020 23:18 (four years ago)

I came here to post Tallahassee and am very glad to see it was mentioned within three posts

josh az (2011nostalgia), Friday, 24 July 2020 04:05 (four years ago)

"Fairytale of New York" by the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, obviously,

Tuomas, Friday, 24 July 2020 11:07 (four years ago)

D'oh!

Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 24 July 2020 12:33 (four years ago)

Mae Jean Goes to Hollywood - The Byrds (Jackson Browne)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPRwJSW9N-8

buzza, Saturday, 25 July 2020 07:55 (four years ago)

this has been on your mind of late, no?

Gram Parsons - "Streets of Baltimore"

buzza, Saturday, 25 July 2020 09:55 (four years ago)

is "Jackson" kind of a prequel to this?

― assert (MatthewK)

Ha, yes, probably.

― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs)

not so much a prequel as an alternate history

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv4YsFJsdUo

buzza, Saturday, 25 July 2020 10:11 (four years ago)

this has been on your mind of late, no?

Gram Parsons - "Streets of Baltimore"🕸🕸

Ha, sorry to be so obvious. Really started coming at it from the angle of “That’s How I Got To Memphis” and almost started a thread only about that song, but then I went this way instead.

Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 25 July 2020 23:51 (four years ago)

three weeks pass...

How did I miss this thread? How about 100 "Streets Of _____" songs

Isinglass Ponys (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 17 August 2020 19:39 (four years ago)

doesn't name the specific city, but

Purple Mountains - "She's Making Friends, I'm Turning Stranger"

The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Monday, 17 August 2020 19:44 (four years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG8MbjRmTOU

Josh in Chicago, Monday, 17 August 2020 19:51 (four years ago)

Silver Jews - "Tennessee". Plays with the theme, without it going wrong.

Duke, Tuesday, 18 August 2020 18:33 (four years ago)

https://www.npr.org/2016/06/20/482350952/songs-we-love-karl-blau-thats-how-i-got-to-memphis

Isinglass Ponys (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 25 August 2020 16:09 (four years ago)

i always forget about karl blau and then fall in love with his music all over again

The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 25 August 2020 16:38 (four years ago)

No sweetie, but oh lord, stuck in Lodi again.

... (Eazy), Tuesday, 25 August 2020 22:39 (four years ago)

one year passes...

I haven’t eaten a bite
Or slept for three days and nights

What Does Blecch Mean to Me? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 15 September 2021 22:28 (three years ago)


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