[Music] A Bit Of Americana For Your Indulgence

[Ooh it’s a corner]

The stunningly attractive woman with the beautiful voice

 

[Si Gull]

Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

 

[GT49er]

A fair few on this one too (sorry if already mentioned!)

 

[JJ McClure]

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

I'm very disappointed with the lack of effort

I'm not some sort of hipster, if somebody asks me for a song with a US state in the title then they're getting Sweet Virginia.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

 

[Triggaaar]

I'm not some sort of hipster, if somebody asks me for a song with a US state in the title then they're getting Sweet Virginia.

Nothing wrong with Sweet Virginia (or any other song anyone comes up with). It was the 'also mentions California in the lyrics' I was disappointed with (instead of actual quoting the lyrics).

 

[North of Robertsbridge]

So what are we missing? At a guess
- Connecticut
- Vermont
- Rhode Island
- Maine
- New Hampshire
Not the most romantic of places (and i’ve worked in that part of the world)

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Nothing wrong with Sweet Virginia (or any other song anyone comes up with). It was the 'also mentions California in the lyrics' I was disappointed with (instead of actual quoting the lyrics).

On the basis that it already has a state named in the title, I considered my work to be done.

You're lucky I wrote anything else and actually bothered to post it.

 

[el punal]

So what are we missing? At a guess
- Connecticut
- Vermont
- Rhode Island
- Maine
- New Hampshire
Not the most romantic of places (and i’ve worked in that part of the world)

Exile on Maine Street - Rolling Stones

Yes, I know. I’m just pulling a fast one here with the ‘e’ numbers.

 

[Stato]

Is anybody anal enough to go through and list what's taken and what's missing? Eleven to go.

Alabama - Sweet Home - Lynyrd Skynyrd - #3
Alaska - Anchorage - Michelle Shocked #11
Arizona - Get Back - Beatles - #1
Arkansas
California - Dreaming - Mamas & Papas - #1
Colorado - Me and My Uncle - Grateful Dead #32
Connecticut - Judy Garland #103
Delaware - Perry Como #79
Florida Man - Flo Rida #23
Georgia - On My Mind - #2
Hawaii Happy - ABBA #27
Idaho Private - B52s #10
Illinois - UFO Sightings Near - Sufjan Stevens - #6
Indiana Wants Me - R Dean Taylor - #8
Iowa Stubborn - Meredith Wilson #40
Kansas - City - Wilbert Harrison #99
Kentucky - My Old Kentucky Home - Loretta Lynn #54
Louisiana - Up On Cripple Creek - The Band #16
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts - Bee Gees - #2
Michigan - Say Yes To - Sufjan Stevens - #6
Minnesota - I've Been Everywhere - Johnny Cash #39
Mississippi - Up On Cripple Creek - The Band #16
Missouri - Route 66 - Chuck Berry #29
Montana - Moving to Soon - Frank Zappa #32
Nebraska - Springsteen - #3
Nevada - Reno - Ian Matthews #105
New Hampshire - Sonic Youth #98
New Jersey - America - Simon & Garfunkle - #4
New Mexico - Route 66 - Chuck Berry #29
New York New York - Sinatra - #2
North Carolina - Promised Land - Chuck Berry #29
North Dakota
Ohio Is For Lovers - Hawthorne Heights - #8
Oklahoma - Route 66 - Chuck Berry #29
Oregon Girl - Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin #76
Pennsylvania - Atlantic Soul - The Band #16
Rhode Island - Sweet - Ike an Tina Turner #105
South Carolina - Neil Diamond #30
South Dakota - Ballad of Hollis Brown - Bob Dylan #100
Tennessee Whiskey - Chris Stapleton - #7
Texas - Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry #29
Utah - No Not Now - Frank Zappa #45
Vermont - Moonlight In - Willie Nelson - This post
Virginia - Trail of the Lonesome Pine - Laurel & Hardy #50
Washington - I've Been Everywhere - Johnny Cash #39
West Virginia - Country Roads - John Denver #50
Wisconsin - Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald -Gordon Lightfoot #41
Wyoming

I've not included the States song and not bothered looking things up if people haven't mentioned a state. (Except for 'I've been everywhere' which mentions relatively few states). I could fill in some more of the missing, but I'll add Willie's lovely version of 'Moonlight In Vermont' and leave the field open.

 

[Stato]

If we want the districts & territories too then obviously 'America' from West Side Story covers Puerto Rico. 'Washington D.C.' by Gil Scott Heron could cover the District of Columbia.

 

[Albion my Albion]

Indiana Wants Me, fantastic song.

No, it doesn't.

 

[Albion my Albion]

I'm thinking lyrics and not a title.

She grew up in an Indiana town
With them Indiana boys on an Indiana night

I hope nobody will get Petty about Indiana not being in the title. It could Break my Heart.

 

[lasvegan]

Suffering terribly from Hurricane Helene…

 

[Vankleek Hill Seagull]

Convoy - C.W McCall

"They'd brought up some reinforcements from the Illinois National Guard"

 

[smillie's garden]

Sonic Youth - New Hampshire
B.B. King just turns on
The New Hampshire boys
Steve and Joe

An Aerosmith reference perhaps? You’ll have to ask Thurston.

 

[GT49er]

Kansas (City) - also covered by The Beatles.

 

[GT49er]

Is anybody anal enough to go through and list what's taken and what's missing? Eleven to go.

Alabama - Sweet Home - Lynyrd Skynyrd - #3
Alaska - Anchorage - Michelle Shocked #11
Arizona - Get Back - Beatles - #1
Arkansas
California - Dreaming - Mamas & Papas - #1
Colorado - Me and My Uncle - Grateful Dead #32
Connecticut
Delaware - Perry Como #79
Florida Man - Flo Rida #23
Georgia - On My Mind - #2
Hawaii Happy - ABBA #27
Idaho Private - B52s #10
Illinois - UFO Sightings Near - Sufjan Stevens - #6
Indiana Wants Me - R Dean Taylor - #8
Iowa Stubborn - Meredith Wilson #40
Kansas
Kentucky - My Old Kentucky Home - Loretta Lynn #54
Louisiana - Up On Cripple Creek - The Band #16
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts - Bee Gees - #2
Michigan - Say Yes To - Sufjan Stevens - #6
Minnesota - I've Been Everywhere - Johnny Cash #39
Mississippi - Up On Cripple Creek - The Band #16
Missouri - Route 66 - Chuck Berry #29
Montana - Moving to Soon - Frank Zappa #32
Nebraska - Springsteen - #3
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey - America - Simon & Garfunkle - #4
New Mexico - Route 66 - Chuck Berry #29
New York New York - Sinatra - #2
North Carolina - Promised Land - Chuck Berry #29
North Dakota
Ohio Is For Lovers - Hawthorne Heights - #8
Oklahoma - Route 66 - Chuck Berry #29
Oregon Girl - Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin #76
Pennsylvania - Atlantic Soul - The Band #16
Rhode Island
South Carolina - Neil Diamond #30
South Dakota
Tennessee Whiskey - Chris Stapleton - #7
Texas - Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry #29
Utah - No Not Now - Frank Zappa #45
Vermont - Moonlight In - Willie Nelson - This post
Virginia - Trail of the Lonesome Pine - Laurel & Hardy #50
Washington - I've Been Everywhere - Johnny Cash #39
West Virginia - Country Roads - John Denver #50
Wisconsin - Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald -Gordon Lightfoot #41
Wyoming

I've not included the States song and not bothered looking things up if people haven't mentioned a state. (Except for 'I've been everywhere' which mentions relatively few states). I could fill in some more of the missing, but I'll add Willie's lovely version of 'Moonlight In Vermont' and leave the field open.

South Dakota