songs about people and where they live or lived.

spongebob squarepants / pineapple under the sea

Davy CROCKETT /Tennessee/song, king of the wild frontier

JED CLAMPETT/ beverley hills/song the beverley hillbillies

Charlotte The Harlot/22 Acacia Avenue/song, 22 Acacia Avenue (Iron Maiden)

mother Kelly / paradise row

i am not sure about this but kenny will be along to tell me if i am wrong.
one of the move's girlfriends/song/blackberry way/the move.(reminds me of a cold wet night in birmingham long ago )and my heart still beats when i think about it

Does this one count?

Pauline, lived in a tree. Birmingham

BODIES - sex pistols

"We're off to Button Moon,
we'll follow Mr Spoon, Button Moon"

gene pitneys un-named girlfriend at 24 sycamore

on that train from Dublin up to Sandy Row
throwing pennies at the bridges down below
and the rain, hail, sleet and snow

sean south / garryowen / sean south from garryowen

Marie- Claire came from the back streets of Naples.
She also talked like Marlene Dietrich and danced like Biffo the Bear.

kelly the boy from killane

Scarborough fair./yer one who lives there./paul simon (remember me to the one who lives there)

mary queen of scots/france/song mike oldfield.

sally,the girl that called the guy who lived next door to alice,so must have lived close by herself./smokie

Holly came from Miami, F.L.A. / Walk On The Wild Side / L Reed

cushie butterfield , ...from gateshead




Aw's a broken hearted keelman and Aw's owerheed in luv
Wiv a yung lass in Gyetshead an’ aw caals her me duv;
Her nyem's Cushy Butterfield, an’ she sells yella clay,
An’ her cusin is a muckman, an’ they caall him Tom Gray.


She's a big lass an' a bonny one,
An' she likes her beer;
An, they call her Cushy Butterfield
An aw wish she was here.

Puff the magic Dragon - By the sea, A land called Honalee

Mean Mr Mustard - In the park

Angel from Montgomery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Oz9ocSaY0k

Last I heard, Living In A Box were living in a box. Apparently made of cardboard. That's the Tories for you.

My name is Luka
I live on the second floor
I live upstairs from you
Yes I think you've seen me before

Suzanne Vega: Luka

Molly Mallone lived in Dublin used to push a barrow round there ..

now Ernie had a rival,an evil looking man..called two bun Ted from Teddington and he drove the bakers van.

Wichita Lineman..... he's still on the line.

Johnny M - Just in case you have never seen this live version.   I was there!   She was amazing as usual, but as usual Thompson was amazinger.

JM - I guess a link would be good - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPmSyt6kqCY

Excellent link Blackbarn, thank you. Hope all's well with you.

Thanks JM, all well here. I will pm you re this year's 10 to follow when it is out.

No.69 - a transvestite
No.4 - a man who swears he's Saddam Hussein
No.110 - they haven't paid the rent
No.999 - they make a living from crime
No.18 - a big butch queen
No.666 - Mr Miller

All from Neighbourhood by Space

"She lives on Pony Street,
and they should scatters flowers at her feet"

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW8XO2mmp4k

On the street where Hugh Lives, from Pygmalion

OOoohh..The Grand Old Duke Of York......

he had 10,000 men

his case comes up next week

I laughed out loud at that SF. very good.

John Peel.....Troutbeck

Madness; Our House

Location  in the middle of our street

Bono tried to write one once, but had severe trouble pinning down a specific geographic map location.

We all live in the yellow submarine

Happy Jack wasn't old but he was a man, he lived in the sand at the Isle of Man.

Subjects: Tommy & Gina
Location: On a prayer
'Artist': Bon Jovi

billy ocean / on a ball and chain in the danger zone / red light spells danger

The Man From Laramie

Red velvet lines the black box.. Bela Lugosi's dead

Anchorage - Michelle Shocked ?

Grand Central Station - Steve Forbert

Twas Michelle Shocked's old friend who was in Anchorage.

Only just noticed Fishy's shoehorning of Billy Ocean too. WAC!

Girl From Ipanima. (tall and tanned and young and lovely).

I got a girl she lives cross town
She's the one that really gets down when she boogie
She do the tube snake boogie
Well now, boogie, little baby
Boogie-woogie all night long

I got a gal, she lives on the block
She kinda funky with her pink and black socks, she likes to boogie
She do the tube snake boogie
Well now, boogie-woogie baby
Boogie-woogie all night long

I got a girl, she lives on the hill
She won't do it but her sister will when she boogie
She do the tube snake boogie
Well now, boogie, little baby
Boogie-woogie all night long
Blow your top, blow your top, blow your top!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiVNsis2h0M

Classic Top!

This is the story of ma Baker the meanest cat from old Chicago town

He's just a poor boy from...






a poor family

The Girl from Ipanema not sure who sung it originally and although I'm not a massive Frank Sinatra fan I like his version, also, surprised no one has mentioned this one The Little Old Lady From Pasadena - Beach Boys. Van Halen are from there as well