Mar 252014
 

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In honor of cliffsofinsanity’s recent inclusion of “Indiana Wants Me” in this week’s Saturday Night Shut In, I thought that we couldn’t be regionalist, and that it would be important to consider all of our wonderful (some more wonderful than others) 50 states. Please include a song title that includes a state’s name. Once a state is mentioned, it’s out of the running.

This is a Last Man Standing with no more than 50 entries.

I’ll start out with Propellerheads’ “Take California.”

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  68 Responses to “The (Sonic) License Plate Game”

  1. Can we exclude all songs by bands who have made entire albums with songs about each state? I suspect They Might Be Giants and that indie-rock guy who was big about 8 years ago – not Conor Oberst, but the other guy who made some albums with state name titles – may need to be excluded. They would make this too easy.

  2. ladymisskirroyale

    I’ll take those rules. And you mean Sufjan Stevens?

  3. Yes, he’s the other Boy Genius I was thinking of. Thanks!

  4. Enough rules. Let’s get it on!

    “Oklahoma, USA,” The Kinks.

    LAST MAN STANDING!

  5. diskojoe

    “Massachusetts”, The Bee Gees

  6. cherguevara

    CSN – Ohio

  7. Lyle Lovett – North Dakota

  8. “Kansas” – The Wolfgang Press

  9. 15 Years in Indiana – Jack Logan

  10. H. Munster

    Private Idaho — The B 52s

  11. mockcarr

    Texas Jailcell – Jon Wayne

  12. 2000 Man

    Kentucky Woman

  13. “By the Time I Get to Arizona” -Public Enemy

  14. Montana – Frank Zappa

  15. “Delaware” -Drop Nineteens

  16. cliff sovinsanity

    Saginaw Michigan – Lefty Freizzell

  17. cherguevara

    Tennessee – Arrested Development

  18. cherguevara

    That there is a beautiful song, and a stunning recording by George Massenburg.

  19. 2000 Man

    New York State of Mind. I think Billy is singing about the city, but it clearly says New York State in the title.

  20. cherguevara

    Midnight Train to Georgia!

  21. cliff sovinsanity

    Florida – Modest Mouse

  22. “New Hampshire” – Sonic Youth

  23. ladymisskirroyale

    First one I thought of (unfortunately).

  24. ladymisskirroyale

    That’s the other song I was thinking of.

  25. ladymisskirroyale

    Jack White and Loretta Lynn – Portland, Oregon

  26. Pennsylvania Polka.

    “Polka? I hardly knowa!”

  27. ladymisskirroyale

    Colorado – Grizzly Bear

  28. Pick your preposition:

    Moonlight In Vermont – Frank Sinatra

    Moonlight On Vermont – Captain Beefheart

  29. Mississippi Queen!

    If you know what I mean.

  30. Blossom Dearie – Rhode Island is Famous for You

    BEST STATE SONG!

  31. I love swooping in and stealing a Stones title before CDM takes it! Come on down.

    Sweet Virginia.

  32. Jersey Girl – Tom Waits

  33. Along the lines of “NY State of Mind”

    “Washington Bullets” Clash

    aloha
    LD

  34. “Fly Hawaii” – Luke Vibert & B.J. Cole

  35. “Louisiana 1927” Randy Newman

    aloha
    LD

  36. Kudos! I suspected my sig would prompt a Beach Boys nom

    aloha
    LD

  37. H. Munster

    “North to Alaska” — Johnny Horton

  38. cherguevara

    Connecticuts like a knife by Ryan Adams.

  39. Nice!

    “New Mexico” – Brightblack

  40. Broooce – Mary, Queen Of Arkansas

  41. cherguevara

    That was a joke, btw!

  42. The Dictators — “The Minnesota Strip”

  43. ladymisskirroyale

    And an excellent one at that…

  44. ladymisskirroyale

    I’ll follow up RaoulG’s Washington and post:

    Washington DC by the Magnetic Fields
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYLLNhTiQZc

  45. ladymisskirroyale

    Ok, musically-inclined geography buffs, we’re still looking for:

    Nevada
    Utah
    Wyoming
    Nebraska
    South Dakota
    Iowa
    Missouri
    Wisconsin
    Illinois
    West Virginia
    North Carolina
    South Carolina
    Maryland
    Maine

    Creativity is encouraged!

  46. “Nebraska” – Springsteen

  47. Dar Williams – Iowa

  48. Reno, Nevada – Fairport Convention

  49. “South Dakota” – Liz Phair’s Girly songs rewrite of Iggy Pop’s “Funtime”

    “Gonna get drunk and fuck some cows.”

  50. Vonda Shepard — “Maryland”

  51. The Captain scores twice!

    Zappa & Beefheart – Poofter’s Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead

  52. “Missouri” – Low

  53. Johnsburg, Illinois – Tom Waits

  54. “Creativity”?

    Howzabout two birds with one stone?

    “Oh Carolina” Shaggy

    aloha
    LD

  55. Parquet Courts – N Dakota

  56. cliff sovinsanity

    Salt Pork, West Virginia – Louis Jordan

  57. general slocum

    Ornamental Wigwam’s “Wisconsin.”

  58. general slocum

    Union Carbide (West Virginia version) by The Revolting Cocks (still a toe-tapper!) This would never have come to mind if I hadn’t been archiving some lps into the computer recently…

  59. general slocum

    Jerry Reed’s “Welcome to Nevada” from the soundtrack to Vanishing Point. Love that whole record.

  60. “Utah Me Down” – Flamin’ Groovies

  61. 2000 Man

    Ugh! That took me a second and once I got it, well, ugh.

  62. ladymisskirroyale

    Points for creativity…I’ll take it!

  63. ladymisskirroyale

    That leaves Maine for the Last Man Standing!

    Go!

  64. ladymisskirroyale

    How about Roxy Music – The Main(e) Thing ???

  65. Or Frank Sinatra – Charmaine…

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