Special Sub-Topic: Places in Lyrics Authored by: vh219 Sub-topic of: Geography in Songs

In The Strokes' song "Hard To Explain", where was the girl who said "I'm not like that" raised?

Carolina. They don't specify North or South...!

A Welsh town is mentioned in a track from "Abba Gold" - True or False?

f. But they do mention Glasgow, in Scotland, in "Super Trouper" ("I was sick and tired of everything / When you called me last night from Glasgow").

Complete the U2 lyric: "Shot rings out in the _____ sky"

Memphis & memphis. It's from "Pride", which was written about Martin Luther King, who was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.

In the Thin Lizzy song "Whiskey in the Jar", what mountains are referred to?

Cork and Kerry Mountains. As in "As I was going over the Cork and Kerry mountains" - they're in Ireland.

The Kinks sang about a sunset at a London station. Which one?

Waterloo. It's technically called "Waterloo International" now. But "Waterloo International Sunset" doesn't have the same ring, does it?

In what Billy Joel song does he refer to "Levittown"?

Leningrad. The line is "But children lived in Levittown/And hid in the shelters underground".

Where did Madonna dream of in "La Isla Bonita"?

San Pedro & san pedro. I don't know where San Pedro is...if anyone does, please tell me :)

Complete the Kinks lyric: "They seek him here / They seek him there / In Regent St and ______"

Leicester Square. It's in "Dedicated Follower of Fashion".

In "If You Tolerate This" by the Manic Street Preachers, where have they walked "but not with real intent"?

Las Ramblas. It's the main shopping street in Barcelona, apparently.

The line "Lying in a den in Bombay" is in a song by who?

Men At Work. In the truly hilarious "Down Under".

"And the lights all went out in _____" - where, according to the Bee Gees' song?

Massachusetts. But they do mention San Francisco in the song as well.

"From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads" is a line from which David Bowie song?

Life on Mars. No, I have no idea what he was talking about either. But the whole lyric is: "See the mice in their million hordes / From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads".

Who, in their song "Babies", refers to a place called "Stanhope Road"?

Pulp. The line is "Well it happened years ago / When you lived on Stanhope Road" - brilliant song, by the way :)

What "City Limits" did Tina Turner sing about?

Nutbush. Nutbush is the town in Tennessee where Tina Turner was born. Incidentally, Highway number 19, which is mentioned in the song, has been named in her honour in the town!

In the Suede song "Europe is Our Playground", the lyric goes "From _____ to Hounslow" - What London airport fills in the gap?

Heathrow. I know it's a bit obscure...but you could have got it from the rhyming, maybe?

Primrose Hill and Selsey Bill

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