Comments on: Crowdsourcing the “I Hate [City]” playlist http://zedequalszee.com/2010/02/03/crowdsourcing-the-i-hate-city-playlist/ Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:32:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Bennett http://zedequalszee.com/2010/02/03/crowdsourcing-the-i-hate-city-playlist/#comment-2198 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:01:26 +0000 http://zedequalszee.com/?p=4348#comment-2198 While not about a specific city, I’ll add Flight of the Conchords’ “Inner City Pressure” to this list.

Their songs are addicting, I can’t stop myself from hitting the repeat button one more time.

]]> By: meredith http://zedequalszee.com/2010/02/03/crowdsourcing-the-i-hate-city-playlist/#comment-2177 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:22:24 +0000 http://zedequalszee.com/?p=4348#comment-2177 Nerissa & Katryna Nields, “This Town is Wrong” (about a fictional Boston equivalent, but close enough maybe?)

Maybe stretching it a bit to states, but The Pretenders’ “My City Was Gone” doesn’t exactly express much love for Ohio.

And in the same vein, “Connecticut Is For Fucking” by Jesus H Christ & The Four Hornsmen Of The Apocalypse. Which pretty much sums my little state up quite well. :)

(I feel like there’s gotta be something not flattering about at least one town in Illinois on Sufjan Stevens’ “Illinois” … ?)

]]> By: Erich http://zedequalszee.com/2010/02/03/crowdsourcing-the-i-hate-city-playlist/#comment-2176 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:07:04 +0000 http://zedequalszee.com/?p=4348#comment-2176 I can think of a few more, despite people nailing some of my favorites already.

Grandmaster Flash – The Message, another story about how NYC can suck.

Dar Williams – Southern California Wants to be Western New York. Yes, Dar knows what all of us from WNY know, San Diego really just wants to be a lakeside region where it gets really, really cold sometimes.

Vagiant – Fuck the Kells. Not about all of Boston, just about the worst part of a specific part of Allston. I couldn’t agree with them more.

Fallout Countdown – The Blood’s in Your Backyard. My friends rail on our nation’s capital (their hometown) for being less than a stellar place sometimes.

]]> By: debcha http://zedequalszee.com/2010/02/03/crowdsourcing-the-i-hate-city-playlist/#comment-2174 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:36:27 +0000 http://zedequalszee.com/?p=4348#comment-2174 Wonderful! I actually live in the next town over, so it’s not obscure at all. You might like Jonathan Coulton’s “Brookline” that Scott mentioned above (another town on the periphery of Boston, of course).

]]> By: David http://zedequalszee.com/2010/02/03/crowdsourcing-the-i-hate-city-playlist/#comment-2173 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:18:14 +0000 http://zedequalszee.com/?p=4348#comment-2173 Check out “Somerville” by David Misch, the guy who wrote and produced NYPD Blue was once a folkie. I know it’s an obscure city (Mass) but you can hear it here, if you like soft sarcasm:

http://www.archive.org/details/Somerville_By_David_Misch

Cheers,
D

]]> By: debcha http://zedequalszee.com/2010/02/03/crowdsourcing-the-i-hate-city-playlist/#comment-2171 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:48:11 +0000 http://zedequalszee.com/?p=4348#comment-2171 Here’s another bunch from my Twitter replies.

via @shoebox:
“Fuck California” by the PotUSA
John Prine – Angel from Montgomery
Hedwig & The Angry Inch – Wicked Little Town
Eliot Smith – Alphabet Town
Moldy Peaches: NYC’s like a graveyard
Brer Brian – Harlem ’99

via @jadudm:
“Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio” by John Denver

and a couple more votes for “I Hate California” (@failjolesfail), “New York I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down” (@quantazelle)and “Why You’d Want to Live Here” (@johnnyarguedas).

Thanks, everyone! This was really fun!

]]> By: quinn http://zedequalszee.com/2010/02/03/crowdsourcing-the-i-hate-city-playlist/#comment-2170 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:11:42 +0000 http://zedequalszee.com/?p=4348#comment-2170 Wow, there’s a lot of hate’n on the city songs out there. Additional from my twitter replies:

“New York’s Not My Home” Jim Croce
“Saturday Night In Toledo Ohio” John Denver
“Talkin New York” Bob Dylan
“Uptown” Prince [generic city]
“Fuck This Town” Robbie Fulks [nashvilled]
“Los Angeles” X
“Ooh, Las Vegas” by Gram Parsons
“NY NY” by Grandmaster Flash
“I Hate California” Jonathan Coulton [general, but mentions LA]

Bonus Hebrew track! “I can’t believe that I live in Petach-Tikva!” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU8nFc9_29o

]]> By: Georgy http://zedequalszee.com/2010/02/03/crowdsourcing-the-i-hate-city-playlist/#comment-2169 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:50:12 +0000 http://zedequalszee.com/?p=4348#comment-2169 “California On My Mind” by Wild Light, totally hates on SF

http://www.lala.com/song/504684639485035511

]]> By: Scott http://zedequalszee.com/2010/02/03/crowdsourcing-the-i-hate-city-playlist/#comment-2168 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:05:04 +0000 http://zedequalszee.com/?p=4348#comment-2168 I’d propose that Randy Newman’s “I Love L.A.” is the quintessential “I hate L.A.” song.

Having lived there for three years, I can confirm that L.A. makes itself easy to hate. I still enjoy visiting, but wouldn’t want to live there ever again.

I’m also surprised no one has yet mentioned Jonathan Coulton’s “Brookline”.

]]> By: Anna vR http://zedequalszee.com/2010/02/03/crowdsourcing-the-i-hate-city-playlist/#comment-2167 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:19:06 +0000 http://zedequalszee.com/?p=4348#comment-2167 Haha hooray! I do what I can. ;)

As a side note, I’m always fascinated by the songs that are named after cities but have no recognizable reference to the city in their lyrics… I’ve got plenty of those too.

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