Red Mosquito

People from NYC or Chicago are probably used to it, but references to Peoria, IL in pop culture are pretty scant so it's always pretty novel when one shows up, even if it is from an album specifically about Illiniois:

Sufjan Stevens:


Songs: Ohia also has "Peoria Lunch Box Blues," though I don't think the lyrics themselves actually mention the town.

What about you? What no-name town are you from and where does it turn up in song?

although he doesn't mention my town, I grew up about 90 seconds off of highway 9, so Born to Run I guess.

Neil Young, Ambulance Blues. "Now I'm up in T.O., keeping jive alive..."

Every Hold Steady song



"Hey, bloomington what'd ya let em do to ya?"

Bringing that good stuff down from Vanderburgh county Indiana!

Johnny Cash & "I've Been Everywhere". But I'm sure that song got almost everyone's town.

probably all foreigner songs

@2:30... "Mira, en Barranquilla se baila así, SEH!"

New Orleans is the closest real town to where I'm from, so House of the Rising Sun would be my favorite.

Although I think there is a song by the legendary Afroman that name drops my hometown. Can't remember for sure.

Didn't Afroman poké-evolve into Questlove

theplatypus wrote:Didn't Afroman poké-evolve into Questlove

The resemblance is uncanny, but I think Questlove has better things to do than drive a van with his face painted on it through the streets of Hattiesburg, MS.

BurtReynolds wrote:New Orleans is the closest real town to where I'm from, so House of the Rising Sun would be my favorite.

Although I think there is a song by the legendary Afroman that name drops my hometown. Can't remember for sure.

[YouTube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAZUsCONjIQ&feature=kp[/YouTube]

He did a whole song, not just a mention.
Rest in Power.

Fresh dressed 'cause I shop at Models
Deep in Brooklyn I rode the L's
Used to ride the D to beat the morning bell
At Edward R. Morrow out on Avenue L

Just missing the house number. You can look up the zip.

philpritchard wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:New Orleans is the closest real town to where I'm from, so House of the Rising Sun would be my favorite.

Although I think there is a song by the legendary Afroman that name drops my hometown. Can't remember for sure.

Ironically unavailable in my country.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaeEopDW0V4

Speaking of songs about New Orleans. My favorite song about NO:

"Going Back to New Orleans" by Blind Snooks Eaglin

https://myspace.com/snookseaglinmusic/music/songs