I’m pressed for time, so there will sadly be no introductory sketch for Request Line this week. Last week’s theme was “Makin’ Movies” and quite naturally that topic bled into songs about Hollywood. So I thought I’d extend that theme into this week and make this week’s topic all cities. Since it’s such an absurdly rich topic, and since the draft is fast approaching, I’m adding a twist – once a city has been selected, it is OFF THE BOARD. If you’re selecting a song that doesn’t include the city name in the title, make sure you put that city name IN YOUR COMMENT so other folks will know it’s been taken. I’ll get us started by taking my current hometown of Los Angeles off the board with the classic from X.
Sacramento (a/k/a SACK-TOWN)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37wSwAJ98Zk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9SKxL9CnW0
Reno NV
Montauk. (Also, dammit, Rufus Wainwright is a talented SOB)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFWCJPE3_cA
How this is still available. BROOKLYN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Y0cy-nvAg
Da fuq. This ain’t buzzfeed, Brooklyn is not a city.
Brooklyn, Ohio. Duh.
Mobile, AL (with a Memphis twist!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WS-TTNaLyg
Since BFC stole Boston from me, I’m stealing New York:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKdHy18rZcI
New York ain’t mine, son.
Pick any city . . . Amarillo, I guess?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov4epAJRPMw
A bunch of cities…. How about Houston?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pafY6sZt0FE
So many songs about Lodi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA7iGxV6rt4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNpLSaCirj8
Nashville TN
Oxford, MS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnYerHNC_cc
Atlantic City
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0eZwpHtcK4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvZeYDBY4fw
Figure I better double shot this before everyone went to the treasure trove of songs about Barstow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqrKxBhKdFM
“There’s a woman he knew in Barstow who would like to see him dead.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpBa56cBmFE
A remake of a Katrina and the Waves song, complete with Spock.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj7OJeyhq2Q
Everton WOO!!
The “I Hate Winnipeg” song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLlsjEP7L-k
Find the double shot for Walcott!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ekSvnElgBA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sd6P2Tu8rw
Hope you don’t mind moar Billy Joel, complete with erotic coal miner video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHnJp0oyOxs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AH_Owld5UI
Uncle Marty! – Really.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zBzZJd-nfw
I missed this when I posted mine, at least I did a different version.
Two for one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsQrKZcYtqg
Doraville
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7VVZQ_BYFE
Down goes Detroit!
Again!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZq3i94mSsQ
I don’t know of any other songs that call out Boulder, so here ya go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI4f6JCF45c
And some youtube background weirdness for a ROCKY MOUNTAIN DOUBLE SHOT with a non-John Denver Denver selection:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLcfz8jMKzM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WWHdBuOC6Q
The Highwayman calls it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFkcAH-m9W0
Big news: Nutbush is off the board
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPTiBGlz2eU
Just to cockblock some Dropkick Murphys for BOSTON:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGC3063J-co
Thats the exact one I was going to take.
Walla Walla and Butte are off the board! Yes I know it’s not on Spotify but it’ll be on the YouTube playlist!
https://youtu.be/3OK3h3a2cX4
Just to make sure everyone hates me…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1b8AhIsSYQ
Fortunately, you didn’t name the city and it’s not in the title, so YOUR PICK IS INVALID. See you next round!
Rules? What is this, ‘Nam? I mean, what is this, not ‘Nam?
Time to represent mah beloved South! Sherman’s Ashes are off the board:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZP5U6SW_08
Double shot!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTz8g8yh8GY
I don’t like country music, but Emmylou Harris can sing anything she wants any time ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbaz_T6BN3g
You can’t talk about drafts without talking about Cleveland.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysmLA5TqbIY
And I’m going to DOUBLE SHOT this with a video I seem to be unable to turn off without watching it in entirety.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYk5B33j1NI
Europe falling liek dominoes ,, smgdh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yteXdnQQSUc
OK Göering, settle down.
Nein! Ubergruppenfuher ,, imo godbless
OK, I lied. I gotta get this double in before one of you smrt fuckers thinks of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnXRwmcKnes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4PUZBFszTQ
NOW…TO THE BOOZE STORE!!!!!!
That’s proper double shottin’.
Ok, uh, Vienna is half off the board.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wccRif2DaGs
There it is!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37w42Bfsv3E
So many choices here, but RTD is putting his foot down on me….AGAIN!!!!
OK, really off to the booze store now after this double…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-pUaogoX5o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8SSDvDI5yg
Heard about Houston? Heard about Detroit? Heard about Pittsburgh, PA?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DblvhECdws0&ab_channel=FlyingDoctor1988
Double shot and a true theme song for this Request Line!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJMxwBmQWHA
COVER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-dp2d1DzOA
This one is about OAKLAND, btw.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHZFVWBotzM
Cell phone service is not that expensive, but that takes commitment and you just don’t have it.
Nothing lasts, nearly everything lingers in life.
Christ, what an underrated band. BERLIN is off the board. ACHTUNG!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv0bBjMc6FY
’cause St. Louis! is jus’ lyke Compton. (yes, this is why I bought the navy #BFIB hat)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaCyV8eiRm8
Damn, this an agonizing decision. Should I revise the rules to allow for DOUBLE SHOTS of a single city to save myself from this Sophie’s Choice? Fuck it, why not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5VibntwQbM
Memphis is OFF THE BOARD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH5WVmaZFNE
You could’ve just done this about Memphis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaAVhRO6fdM
OK, gotta go buy booze.
And also sneak out before RTD yells at me.
Later taters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fXCjSgItgw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vHvzybkqfo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEnCxGh8kBg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKZYb_S_KBg
You choose that, and you had Robert Johnson’s “Sweet Home Chicago” sitting right there? All of us are SMH right now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8hqGu-leFc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xBxZGQ1dJk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtxKFpJ39HM
Oh shit…I didn’t read the rules.
No wonder RTD hates me.
😛
Since tWBS already fucked up LA, I want to triple it up, first with an obvious choice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwnLt6b7YHk
And then a personal fave with more animus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdrXCuwIEvw
Hoo boy there’s a lot to work with…before I start, my compliments on RTD’s choice. X is an absolutely legendary band.
I almost went with something else, but I’m saving it for a sneaky surprise later.
Can’t wait for TAWMMY to make his appearance. If I’d had time it would have been fun to have him gripe about the Super Bowl as the host.
The first song that popped into my head when I saw the general topic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSS_ty5o7x4
Almost a double shot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN4V8w23fUc
True or False? You can get mono from listening to Mono Puff.
I believe listening to Mono Puff prevents you from kissing people, so False.
Mono = One
Puff = Puff