Kendte sange om byer

Rigtigt mange kendte sange omhandler forskellige byer rundt omkring i verden. I denne artikel forsøger vi at lave en oversigt over sange, der beskriver forskellige byer (rejsedestinationer).

Nogle gange hører man en sang om en by og har med det samme lyst til at tage dertil. Et godt eksempel på dette er “Theme from New York, New York”, der blandt andet indeholder følgende tekst:

Start spreading the news
I am leaving today
I want to be a part of it
New York, New York

… og samme følelse giver et hav af andre sange. Her forsøger vi at opsamle de mest kendte sange om byer, så du eventuelt kan finde noget inspiration til din næste rejse.

USA

Sange om New York

• Theme from New York, New York – skrevet af Fred Ebb og John Kander, fremført af Liza Minnelli og Frank Sinatra
• Empire State of Mind – skrevet af Alicia Keys m.fl., fremført af Jay-Z og Alicia Keys
• New York Minute – Don Henley
• Talkin’ New York – Bob Dylan
• The Rising – Bruce Springsteen
• New York City – John Lennon
• New York State of Mind – Nas

Rambling out of the wild west
Leaving the towns I love best
Thought I’d seen some ups and down
‘Till I come into New York town
People going down to the ground
Building going up to the sky.

– Bob Dylan, “Talkin’ New York”

Sange om Los Angeles

• Desperados Under the Eaves – Warren Zevon
• Shaky Town – skrevet af Danny Kortchmar, fremført af Jackson Browne
• I Love L.A. – Randy Newman
• L.A. Woman – The Doors

I was sitting in the Hollywood Hawaiian Hotel
I was staring in my empty coffee cup
I was thinking that the gypsy wasn’t lyin’
All the salty margaritas in Los Angeles
I’m gonna drink ’em up

And if California slides into the ocean
Like the mystics and statistics say it will
I predict this motel will be standing until I pay my bill

– Warren Zevon, “Desperados Under the Eaves”

Sange om New Orleans

• I Wish I Was in New Orleans – Tom Waits
• The House of the Rising Sun – traditionel folk sang
• The Saints Are Coming – Skids, U2 og Green Day
• Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry

I’ll drink you under the table, be red-nosed, go for walks,
The old haunts what I wants is red beans and rice
And wear the dress I like so well, and meet me at the old saloon,
Make sure that there’s a Dixie moon, New Orleans, I’ll be there

– Tom Waits, “I Wish I Was in New Orleans”

Sange om Chicago

• Chicago – Tom Waits
• My Kind of Town – Frank Sinatra
• Sweet Home Chicago – Robert Johnson

And each time I roam, Chicago is
Calling me home, Chicago is
Why I just grin like a clown
It’s my kind of town

– Frank Sinatra, “My Kind of Town”

Sange om andre byer i USA

• Viva Las Vegas – Elvis Presley (Las Vegas)
• I Left My Heart in San Francisco – Tony Bennett (San Francisco)
• Santa Fe – Bob Dylan (Santa Fe)
• El Paso – Marty Robbins (El Paso)
• Streets of Philadelphia – Bruce Springsteen (Philadelphia)

Hvis vi har overset nogle sange, så sig gerne til – kommentarer er åbne herunder.