C90: Songs about going to California

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1. Poison, "Fallen Angel"

― Annouschka Magnatech (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 16 October 2003 00:37 (twenty-three years ago)

2. Phil Ochs, "Tape from California" (kinda)

― hstencil, Thursday, 16 October 2003 00:38 (twenty-three years ago)

3. Warren Zevon, "Join Me In L.A."

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 16 October 2003 00:40 (twenty-three years ago)

4. That song by Phantom Planet that they use in the commercial for "The O.C." that I see every other commercial break while watching baseball.

― hstencil, Thursday, 16 October 2003 00:41 (twenty-three years ago)

5. Arlo Guthrie, "Coming Into Los Angeles"

― Annouschka Magnatech (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 16 October 2003 00:42 (twenty-three years ago)

further - "california bummer" (better than any song posted before and after this)

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 16 October 2003 00:42 (twenty-three years ago)

7. Scott McKenzie, "San Francisco"

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 16 October 2003 00:42 (twenty-three years ago)

8. Al Jolson (i think), "California, Here I Come"

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 16 October 2003 00:43 (twenty-three years ago)

9. Bobby Troup, "Route 66"

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 16 October 2003 00:44 (twenty-three years ago)

10. Neil Young, "L.A."

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 16 October 2003 00:46 (twenty-three years ago)

11. Sloan, "Losing California" (sorta)

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 16 October 2003 00:47 (twenty-three years ago)

12. Burt Bacharach/Hal David - "Do You Know The Way To San Jose?"

― Annouschka Magnatech (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 16 October 2003 00:52 (twenty-three years ago)

(sorta)

― Annouschka Magnatech (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 16 October 2003 00:53 (twenty-three years ago)

Going to California - Led Zeppelin
Goin' Back to Cali - LL Cool J

― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 16 October 2003 00:56 (twenty-three years ago)

16. The Byrds, "Mae Jean Goes To Hollywood"

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 16 October 2003 00:56 (twenty-three years ago)

17. Frank Zappa, "Village Of The Sun"

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 16 October 2003 00:57 (twenty-three years ago)

18. Tom Waits, "San Diego Serenade" (sorta)

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 16 October 2003 01:03 (twenty-three years ago)

19. Matthew Sweet, "Come To California"

― Jeremy (Jeremy), Thursday, 16 October 2003 01:07 (twenty-three years ago)

20. Joni Mitchell, "California"

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 16 October 2003 01:08 (twenty-three years ago)

21. Soul Coughing, "Screenwriter's Blues"

― Jeremy (Jeremy), Thursday, 16 October 2003 01:20 (twenty-three years ago)

22. "California, Here I Come," Al Jolson

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 October 2003 01:30 (twenty-three years ago)

that was #8

― Annouschka Magnatech (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 16 October 2003 01:31 (twenty-three years ago)

22. "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay," Otis Redding

― chris breitenbach (Chris808), Thursday, 16 October 2003 01:41 (twenty-three years ago)

23. Luna "California (all the way)"

― cybele (cybele), Thursday, 16 October 2003 01:52 (twenty-three years ago)

24.Jad Fair & Kramer-California

― scott seward, Thursday, 16 October 2003 01:55 (twenty-three years ago)

25. Urge Overkill-Heaven 90210 (sorta-just for Jody, tho)

― adaml (adaml), Thursday, 16 October 2003 01:57 (twenty-three years ago)

Is California Dreamin' about going to California?

― Debito (Debito), Thursday, 16 October 2003 02:12 (twenty-three years ago)

no, it's about dreamin'.

― Annouschka Magnatech (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 16 October 2003 02:13 (twenty-three years ago)

Alice Coltrane "Om Supreme" - from Eternity. super duper beautiful song. the first time i heard it was the day i decided to move back to california.

― JasonD (JasonD), Thursday, 16 October 2003 02:17 (twenty-three years ago)

Old 97's - "Dressing Room Walls" and kinda-sorta "Just Like California"

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 16 October 2003 02:30 (twenty-three years ago)

Village People - Go West

― Sean (Sean), Thursday, 16 October 2003 02:32 (twenty-three years ago)

Rivieras/Dictators/Ramones-"California Sun"

― Arthur (Arthur), Thursday, 16 October 2003 02:39 (twenty-three years ago)

Bob Dylan~California

― Phil Dokes (sunny), Thursday, 16 October 2003 02:44 (twenty-three years ago)

Wax -- Southern California

― ModJ (ModJ), Thursday, 16 October 2003 02:45 (twenty-three years ago)

The Mamas & Papas-"TwelveThirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon)"

― Arthur (Arthur), Thursday, 16 October 2003 03:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Frank Black and the Catholics, "End of Miles"

― Famous Athlete, Thursday, 16 October 2003 04:09 (twenty-three years ago)

Frank Black and the Catholics: "California Bound"

― gusbot (eternal_fields), Thursday, 16 October 2003 04:19 (twenty-three years ago)

errrr, Too Short-"Oakland"!

― adaml (adaml), Thursday, 16 October 2003 05:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Spice One-"East Bay Gangsta"

― adaml (adaml), Thursday, 16 October 2003 05:40 (twenty-three years ago)

Tupac/Dre - California Love
Biggie Smalls - Going Back to Cali
Frank Black - Los Angeles

― M Carty (mj_c), Thursday, 16 October 2003 08:13 (twenty-three years ago)

Is this now simply a list of California songs?
X - Los Angeles
Hole - Malibu
Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark

― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Thursday, 16 October 2003 08:31 (twenty-three years ago)

Chuck Berry - "Promised Land"

― chris j (chris j), Thursday, 16 October 2003 08:32 (twenty-three years ago)

Pixies - 'Vamos'

Kinda

― Enrique (Enrique), Thursday, 16 October 2003 08:35 (twenty-three years ago)

Propellerheadz - Take California
Mauro Picotto - Back To Cali (might also refer to Colombia)

― Siegbran (eofor), Thursday, 16 October 2003 08:50 (twenty-three years ago)

Wedding Present - California

― Michael B, Thursday, 16 October 2003 10:37 (twenty-three years ago)

Those Bastard Souls - The Last Thing I Ever Wanted Was to Show Up and Blow Your Mind. (has a great line about "I don't remember if I told ya, but I'm going out to California")

Gillian Welch - Time the Revelator (mentions "Goin back to Cali, where I can sleep out every night")

― pauls00, Thursday, 16 October 2003 12:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Is this now simply a list of California songs?

No! Dammit! No! That's what I was hoping to avoid. Play along, please.

― Annouschka Magnatech (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 16 October 2003 14:59 (twenty-three years ago)

A few songs on the Thrills album.

― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:08 (twenty-three years ago)

Going to california songs are about roadtrips and often are bittersweet. (leaving somewhere tyring to find a happy place)

California songs are happy, fun sun songs.

(huge stereotypes used)

― A Nairn (moretap), Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:21 (twenty-three years ago)

Woody Guthrie "Do-Re-Me", "Tom Joad"
Beulah "Gene Autry"

― BrianB, Thursday, 16 October 2003 16:26 (twenty-three years ago)

the m0unt@in g0@ts: "the california song" but more importantly:

"some swedish trees"

j0hn: oh you don't want to start like that?
rachel: that's not how we ever start it.

well you were standing in the door
while I wondered what you were waiting for
I saw the wild strawberries on the vine
out of control

well I was trying to think of something clever
you were saying nothing whatsoever
I saw the berries throw their hooks into the soil
felt the blood between us churning thick as motor oil

we'd come from california
the air around you was familiar to me now
if you were gazing westward
I was looking at you again

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 16 October 2003 17:28 (twenty-three years ago)

Rufus Wainwright- California

― Leon Neyfakh, Thursday, 16 October 2003 17:32 (twenty-three years ago)

buck owens "streets of bakersfield"...actually about going to bakersfield, implies having been away from california ("thumbed a thousand miles"...but that could still be in cali too); also mentions rolling a drunk in jail for money to get back home, so ambiguous

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Thursday, 16 October 2003 17:37 (twenty-three years ago)

Does Propellerheads' "Take California" count?

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 16 October 2003 17:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Every song on Donna Summer's *Bad Girls*]
Every song on Guns N Roses's "Appetite for Destruction*
Guns N Roses "One In A Million" (same words as "Los Angeles" by X!)
At least half of pop-metal power ballads between 1986 and 1989
Dionne Warwick - "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?"
Green Day - "Westbound Sign"
Bob Seger - "Hollywood Nights"
Kid Rock - "Cowboy"
Eagles - "Hotel California"
Rancid - "Journey to the End of the East Bay"
Everclear - "Santa Monica"
Savage Garden - "Santa Monica"

― chuck, Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:11 (twenty-three years ago)

oops forgot

Counting Crows - "A Long December"
Albert Hammond - "It Never Rains in Southern California"

and that stupid song (by i forget who) about if you to san francisco be sure to wear some flowers in your hair, too.

― chuck, Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:16 (twenty-three years ago)

the rentals-"california"

― Felcher (Felcher), Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:23 (twenty-three years ago)

Notorious BIG - "Going Back to Cali"
Rob Zombie - Go To California

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Thursday, 16 October 2003 20:11 (twenty-three years ago)

Motorpsycho - Go To California

― man, Thursday, 16 October 2003 20:20 (twenty-three years ago)

rufus wainwright - california

― peter dee (peter dee), Thursday, 16 October 2003 20:58 (twenty-three years ago)

The Jazz Butcher - "Bakersfield"

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 16 October 2003 23:35 (twenty-three years ago)

oh my, who the fuck forgot the beach boys?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

California Girls
Back Home
California Saga/California

― dog latin, Thursday, 16 October 2003 23:50 (twenty-three years ago)

the m0unt@in g0@ts: "the california song" but more importantly: "some swedish trees"

how bout "See America Right"? "If we never make it back to California, I want you to know I love ya" = they must be headed in that general direction at least

― Poppy (poppy), Friday, 17 October 2003 01:17 (twenty-three years ago)

re. songs about going to SF with flowers in your hair:

Frank Zappa - Who Needs the Peace Corps?
Frank Zappa - Flower Punk

― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Friday, 17 October 2003 13:13 (twenty-three years ago)

Shouldn't the Doors be on here somewhere, too?

And isn't "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey about going to Cali? I'm pretty sure it is, but I'm too lazy now to make sure of it.

― chuck, Friday, 17 October 2003 16:55 (twenty-three years ago)

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