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Surfah · 12-09-2006, 06:18 PM

Si El Norte Fuera El Sur - Ricardo Arjona

Parrot Head · 12-09-2006, 06:39 PM

How about "Downtown"?

BarbaraGordon · 12-09-2006, 06:45 PM

Ick!

I was actually thinking of mentioning Downtown, but not that version.

who IS that girl?
And what did she do with Petula Clark???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GVE7...elated&search=

(I have a feeling I'm not going to win this one on a board with a bunch of guys.)

Parrot Head · 12-09-2006, 06:50 PM

It's Emma Bunton -- wasn't she a Spice Girl? Dirty Spice or Nasty Spice or Self-pleasuring Spice maybe?

BarbaraGordon · 12-09-2006, 06:55 PM

Trashy Spice?

And why do I get the feeling she's not singing about a geographic location?

She's so subtle, though, it's hard to tell...

il Padrino Ute · 12-09-2006, 07:01 PM

I don't like either version of the song. Blech!

ute4ever · 12-09-2006, 07:33 PM

Werewolf in London

I think that's what it is called

BarbaraGordon · 12-09-2006, 07:36 PM

I'm surprised no one mentioned Hotel California. When I started the thread I had guessed that was the song I'd see listed most often.
Oh, that and Chatahoochie.

creekster · 12-09-2006, 08:52 PM

Hotel calif. is a good one, but the two best eagles songs about a place are Desperado, about the vanishing west (sort of; work with me here) and The Last Resort, which is literally about the condominiumization (is that a word?) of Maui.

I am also surprised no one has mentioned New York, New York. Is there any song that so clearly and immediately evokes a city as "Start spreadin' the news ..."?

(I am browsing on my b-berry in the airport so pardon me if someone did mention it and I missed it)

creekster · 12-09-2006, 08:57 PM

Oh yes, and given that I live oin the Bay Area (there is only one that counts) I must mention I left my heart in san francisco, which is right behind NY,NY on the evocative scale.

12-09-2006, 06:18 PM	#21
Surfah Master Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: F'burg, VA Posts: 3,211	Si El Norte Fuera El Sur - Ricardo Arjona __________________ Ernie Johnson: "Auburn is a pretty good school. To graduate from there I suppose you really need to work hard and put forth maximum effort." Charles Barkley: "20 pts and 10 rebounds will get you through also!"

12-09-2006, 06:39 PM	#22
Parrot Head Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 763	How about "Downtown"? __________________ Oh, he's very popular Ed. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, waistoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude. - Bronco, when asked how to describe PH

12-09-2006, 06:45 PM	#23
BarbaraGordon Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Gotham City Posts: 7,157	Ick! I was actually thinking of mentioning Downtown, but not that version. who IS that girl? And what did she do with Petula Clark??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GVE7...elated&search= (I have a feeling I'm not going to win this one on a board with a bunch of guys.) Last edited by BarbaraGordon; 12-09-2006 at 06:49 PM. Reason: add url

12-09-2006, 06:50 PM	#24
Parrot Head Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 763	It's Emma Bunton -- wasn't she a Spice Girl? Dirty Spice or Nasty Spice or Self-pleasuring Spice maybe? __________________ Oh, he's very popular Ed. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, waistoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude. - Bronco, when asked how to describe PH

12-09-2006, 07:01 PM	#26
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	I don't like either version of the song. Blech! __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

12-09-2006, 06:55 PM	#25
BarbaraGordon Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Gotham City Posts: 7,157	Trashy Spice? And why do I get the feeling she's not singing about a geographic location? She's so subtle, though, it's hard to tell...

12-09-2006, 07:33 PM	#27
ute4ever I must not tell lies Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5,103	Werewolf in London I think that's what it is called

12-09-2006, 07:36 PM	#28
BarbaraGordon Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Gotham City Posts: 7,157	I'm surprised no one mentioned Hotel California. When I started the thread I had guessed that was the song I'd see listed most often. Oh, that and Chatahoochie.

12-09-2006, 08:52 PM	#29
creekster Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: the far corner of my mind Posts: 8,711	Hotel calif. is a good one, but the two best eagles songs about a place are Desperado, about the vanishing west (sort of; work with me here) and The Last Resort, which is literally about the condominiumization (is that a word?) of Maui. I am also surprised no one has mentioned New York, New York. Is there any song that so clearly and immediately evokes a city as "Start spreadin' the news ..."? (I am browsing on my b-berry in the airport so pardon me if someone did mention it and I missed it) __________________ Sorry for th e tpyos.

12-09-2006, 08:57 PM	#30
creekster Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: the far corner of my mind Posts: 8,711	Oh yes, and given that I live oin the Bay Area (there is only one that counts) I must mention I left my heart in san francisco, which is right behind NY,NY on the evocative scale. __________________ Sorry for th e tpyos.