State Mixes

[jpgretzky15]

I wanna make mixes about certain states...not necessarily bands from that state, but songs that mention the state or a town there or even a subtle reference to something in the state...i'm working on NJ (where i live) and california (where im going to visit this summer).

california lovin (mostly a socal mix, omitted are songs like "fake tales of san francisco")
Tupac - California Love
The Beach Boys - California Girls
Tom Petty - Free Fallin
Jack's Mannequin - Holiday from Real
Weezer - Beverly Hills
Unwritten Law - California Sky
Bad Religion - LA is Burning
Augustana - California's Burning
The Notorious BIG - Going Back To Cali
The Ataris - Summer 79
Art Brut - Moving to LA
The Mamas and the Papas - California Dreaming
Sublime - Garden Grove
Phantom Planet - California
Blink-182 - Apple Shampoo
The Raveonettes - Ode to L.A.
Counting Crows - Goodnight L.A.
Spitalfield - I Love The Way She Said LA


dirty jerz
Less than Jake - 24 Hours in Paramus
Bruce Springsteen - Atlantic City
G. Love - Can't Go Back To Jersey
Coheed and Cambria - Devil in Jersey City

thats it so far, but i just started searching for songs

[WithYouInRckLnd]

a couple I can think of..

Thursday's Dying In New Brunswick

Lifetime's Theme Song For a New Brunswick Basement Show

[JohnnyG]

Patent Pending - Los Angeles
The Killing Moon - Postcard From Los Angeles
Sugarcult - Back To California
The New Amsterdams - From California

Saves The Day - Sometimes, New Jersey
Taking Back Sunday - Timberwolves At New Jersey


I just searched California, Los Angeles, and New Jersey on my itunes

[daniellee]

Rufas Wainwright - California

Bouncing Souls - So jersey
Less Than Jake - The Rest of my Life
Saves The Day - You Vandal
Less Than Jake - Never Going Back to New Jersey

[m_rue]

Taking Back Sunday - Timberwolves at New Jersey

[Colourful Dust]

Ramones: California Sun
No Doubt: By The Way
No Doubt: Total Hate

[airuhn]

Frank Black - Los Angeles
NOFX - Leaving Jesusland
NOFX - El Lay
Goldfinger - The City With Two Faces
Sublime - April 29, 1992
Bouncing Souls - So Jersey
Lifetime - Theme Song For A New Brunswick Basement Show
Saves The Day - Sometimes, New Jersey
The World/Inferno Friendship Society - My Ancestral Homeland, New Jersey
Less Than Jake - Never Going Back To New Jersey

[yoyoninjagirl]

limbeck- In ohio on some steps..It actually talks about California in that song XD

[Colourful Dust]

Green Day: Westbound Sign

[MasonR5]

fox chase drive - "so california"

just about all sublime songs

[OllieOtsenFree]

Senses Fail. NJ falls into the atlantic

[allisterkid]

lol, who's gonna make my Montana one for me?

[hjohnson021]

social distortion- highway 101


haha and there's always phantom planet's 'california'...

[MyDenverMax]

Lol Ohio might be difficult:

Over the Rhine - Ohio
Modest Mouse - Ohio
Symphony in Peril - Unsteady Docks Along the Ohio
Super Furry Animals - Ohio Heat
The Pretenders - My City Was Gone (about vocalist's home of Akron)
Beneath the Sky - 7861 (about a street in Cincinnati)
T.I. - Big Shit Poppin' (makes a Cincinnati reference)


A certain Hawthorne Heights song I WON'T include

wow. I thought I could have come up with more than that for some reason.

My other hometown of houston is too easy, because the city is referenced in 2 out of every 3 rap songs to come out of the region.

[yoyoninjagirl]

Lol Ohio might be difficult:

Over the Rhine - Ohio
Modest Mouse - Ohio
Symphony in Peril - Unsteady Docks Along the Ohio
Super Furry Animals - Ohio Heat
The Pretenders - My City Was Gone (about vocalist's home of Akron)
Beneath the Sky - 7861 (about a street in Cincinnati)
T.I. - Big Shit Poppin' (makes a Cincinnati reference)


A certain Hawthorne Heights song I WON'T include

wow. I thought I could have come up with more than that for some reason.

My other hometown of houston is too easy, because the city is referenced in 2 out of every 3 rap songs to come out of the region.

For Ohio:

Damien Jurado- Ohio
Limbeck- In Ohio On Some Steps

I'm from Houston too and I know what you mean about that rap songs xD

[MyDenverMax]

For Ohio:

Damien Jurado- Ohio
Limbeck- In Ohio On Some Steps

I'm from Houston too and I know what you mean about that rap songs xD

Haha "It's the H-town baby and you know what it is..." - as Paul Wall put it in his latest album.

We could do a full texas mix though, that would be pretty easy too.

[disco.tetris]

Ohio (Come Back To Texas) - Bowling For Soup

[stacymichelle]

say right where i can see you- the starting line.
just talks about states.

sink florida sink- against me!
it never snows in florida- a new found glory.
california- phantom planet.
california- copeland
california- stroke 9
new york state of mind- billy joel.

[shesarenegade]

lol, who's gonna make my Montana one for me?




haha you get "Montana" by Rocky Votolato, which is, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful songs ever. That's pretty much all I got, though.

[allisterkid]

haha you get "Montana" by Rocky Votolato, which is, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful songs ever. That's pretty much all I got, though.

ha wow quoted from forever ago and I see it right away. That's the only song I could think of as well, great great song though. I love Rocky.

[myplasticyou]

california-
saves the day- the vast spoils of america
yellowcard- rockstar land

[RbtsWthRvlvrs]

Massachusetts/Boston
1.A Boston Peace-Say Anything
2.Boston-Augustana
3.I'm Shipping out to Boston- Dropkick Murphys
4.U-Mass-Pixies
5.They Came To Boston-Mighty Mighty Bosstones

[eltroyo11]

The Junior Varsity's Ohio (And The 108 Meter Dash To Indiana) would work for a couple states.

As far as Illinois... Sufjan custom made one for my state. :-)

[rachosse]

Ohio- Hoopes I Did it Again- Relient K

Not the best song by any means but...if you want to hear about how much Ohio sucks to live in thats the song I suppose.

I've never heard a song about Wisconsin that wasn't written for the UW band. Kudos to whoever comes up with one.

[buckcheeks]

Ohio- Hoopes I Did it Again- Relient K

Not the best song by any means but...if you want to hear about how much Ohio sucks to live in thats the song I suppose.

I've never heard a song about Wisconsin that wasn't written for the UW band. Kudos to whoever comes up with one.

the suicide pact has a song called Wisconsin.

And for Ohio, how about the theme song to the Drew Carey Show?

[aolsux]

I did a PA state mix few months ago, I saved it somewhere, let me find it and post a tracklist

[Twikki]

England (not Scotland not Wales, no old songs)

1. The Maple State - Joanna
2. LostAlone - Blood is Sharp
3. The Cure - End Of the World
4. Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm
5. The Klaxons - It's Not Over Yet
6. The Horrors - Count in Fives
7. Fightstar - Paint your target
8. Gallows - Orchestra of Wolves
9. Muse - Starlight
10. Placebo - Meds
11. The Automatic - Monster
12. Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly! - I Spy

[stacymichelle]

mass pike - the get up kids.
a new found interest in massachusetts -tguk.

[probablymonday]

carolina heat - you, me, and everyone we know

[Logan95]

You should end your California mix with Local-H's California Songs. Look up the lyrics and you'll see why.

[lillie6]

California:
405 - death cab
Hell Looks A Lot Like LA - less than jake
LA - elliot smith

Montana:
Hey Montana - eve 6

[imirish06]

nfg - youve got a friend in PA

[KidRobot]

Cobra Starship- Being From Jersey Means Never Having To Say You're Sorry