Name a song that mentions a specific roadway.

This is a follow-up to my train thread from yesterday, probably because I am listening to another Kraftwerk song- this time it's "Autobahn."

Since roads make up so many songs, it should be a specific roadway- "Route 66" counts, but something like "The Long and Winding Road" wouldn't.

"I wanna ride down over Mulholland."

"All the vampires ... move west down Ventura Boulevard."

On edit: And, hey, would fictional roads count? Like The Doors' "Love Street," for example?

"Yeah, she could here the cars roll by out on the 441 like waves crashing on the beach."

"Out on the Eisenhower, well, I lost my speed, just a little bit south of a town called Weed."

Also "State Trooper," which begins with the words "New Jersey Turnpike."


OK, I'm done now.

as is the house he wrote about.

"rollin' down Highway 41"

by Alioto, Haynes & Jeremiah, I think

RL

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RL

mentions Colorado Boulevard

mentions the 295 out of Portland Maine

I don't know where that road turned onto the road I'm on"

mentions Santa Monica Boulevard

Named after a real road in Arizona. :)

Its the road to the cemetary where Hank Williams Sr is buried. I think its in Mobile Alabama.

That's one of my very favorite Eagles songs (listening to it now, actually) and I had always wondered about the name. Thank you!

It is a classic song from a great group. Its kind of them to pay tribute to musical roots.

by Ike & Tina Turner mentions "highway number nineteen"

I used to live there

All I know about it is that it's paved with good intentions.

It's a three-fer!

Well I was rollin' wheels and shiftin' gears
'Round that Jersey Turnpike
When Barney stopped me with his gun
Ten minutes after midnight....

I was chasin' sun on 101
Somewhere around Ventura
I lost a universal joint and I had to use my finger...

Well I was headed home on 65
Somewhere around Kentucky
The CB rang for a bobtail rig
That's rollin' on like thunder...

The road is Hollywood Boulevard.

but some of these fit the criteria:

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/roadsong.htm

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:D

Then I googled 'road songs' and saw this.

An absolute classic from TRB:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GMy2bmSAIeA

was jan and dean?

Driving west out on 1-40 on my way to taste some California wine
A broke down family flagged me down near the Arizona line
Their whole world was in a pickup I guess it couldn't pull the load
It was just our vacation but to them it was desperation road

The lines on their faces told the story of the places that they'd been
Now their home is a highway that never seems to end
Empty dreams and empty pockets sure can make a heavy load
To some of us it's just a highway but to others it's desperation road

Their eyes had a sadness from another place in time
A silent reminder that the grapes of wrath still make bitter wine
And it sure makes you wonder bout all the seeds our country sews
Which of us will be the next to travel down desperation road

I helped them start their pickup and watched them as they faded out of sight
Guess the last thing I remember is the faces of the children in my lights
That night in a motel room I had a dream that made my blood run cold
I saw my own wife and family standing out on desperation road

And their eyes had a sadness...
Could be your own wife and family standing out on desperation road

Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
They've all come to look for America
All come to look for America.

Also "All I wanna do is have some fun" by Sheryl Crow

"I was born in the back seat of a grayhound bus rollin' down highway 41..."

See Bob Weaver's post above too.

only I always think it's the Marshall Tucker Band!

:P

The song mentions quite a few streets in Toronto.

by World Party on the Goodbye Jumbo LP

Bob Weaver always makes me look bad cuz he gets there first! :P

Bob Seger

Road in Houston.

:+

In Houston. Done by Waylon Jennings, and no doubt a couple of others.

Bee Gees. :-(

nt

Halloween Parade: Christopher Street, Avenue B, Avenue D
Dirty Blvd: 39th Street
Hooky Wooky: Canal St.
High in the City: Sutton Place

Probably more I'm missing

There's the line "And Burnside will be our street..." Burnside is one of Portland's more well-known streets. Powell's is on E Burnside.

Rollin' in my 5.0
With my rag-top down so my hair can blow
The girlies on standby waving just to say hi
Did you stop?
No I just drove by
Kept on pursuing to the next stop
I busted a left and I'm heading to the next block
The block was dead
Yo so I continued to A1A Beachfront Avenue
Girls were hot wearing less than bikinis
Rockman lovers driving Lamborghinis

:shrug:

Chrome wheeled, fuel injected and stepping out over the line.

Born to Run

Mentions 3rd Avenue and 72nd Street in NYC.

It was a Monday morning, I was coming in from a long trip on the road.
I flagged a cab near the East Side Terminal,
I said, "Please take me home."
We drove up along Third Avenue, crossed through Central Park.
When we came out at Seventy second Street,
I felt a cold chill in my heart.

Every time I see the Dakota, I think about that night.
Shots ringing out, the angry shouts,
A man losing his life.
Well, it's something we shouldn't dwell upon,
But it's something we shouldn't ignore.
Too many good men have been cut down,
Let's pray there won't be any more.

You can see the rest of the lyrics on Christine's website: http://www.christinelavin.com/00113013thedakota.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYq9iZIZoNQ

I should just get out of here and start driving south on Interstate 5
But I need to stay near, in case you suddenly remember that I'm alive

But I have this nagging fear that sex was all you needed
I've tried to persevere; I guess I've not succeeded

And is it sexist to say
that I thought just boys were meant to behave in this way?
And though you seemed quite sincere,
will you even recognise my face this time next year?

Well I'll remember how your eyes sparkled in the moonlight
You can surely sympathise; I just wanted more than one night

And yes there was one particular glance that made me afraid
That you were just seeing me as a chance of getting laid

Hell yeah. :thumbsup:

The crowd goes wild when he sings this verse in the Berkshires.

Now the first of december was covered with snow
And so was the turnpike from stockbridge to boston
Lord, the berkshires seemed dream-like on account of that frosting
With ten miles behind me and ten thousand more to go

The turnpike is the Mass Turnpike.

Mentions Highway 95

Christine Collister does a really nice cover of "Boulder to Birmingham".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HZtpv9mzLY&mode=related&search=

wrong spot

I don't remember the Contra Costa County roads that are named off the top of my head, but they're there. You need to know which ones to use to shop lift the steam cleaner to remove the dog juice from the orange carpet. While you're invisible.

Jonathan Richman (references Rte. 128 near Boston)

Tori Amos.

Referred to "the Ventura" And "The 101"

Same thing really, unless the Ventura was meant to refer to the 134. Don't think it would make for good continuity in the song that way though...

Born to Run : "Sprung from cages out on Highway 9"

Spirit in the Night : "It's a mile down on the dark side of Route 88"

I probably drive on the aforementioned Route 88 everyday, too.

Tikki

"The Drag" being Guadalupe Street by the University of Texas.

(Dwight Yoakam)
http://music.yahoo.com/Dwight-Yoakam/Readin-Rightin-Rt-23/lyrics/896278

Bob Dylan
» Highway 51 Blues

Highway 51 runs right by my baby's door
Highway 51 runs right by my baby's door
If I don't get the girl I'm loving
Won't go down to Highway 51 no more.

Well, I know that highway like I know my hand
Yes, I know that highway like I know the back of my hand
Running from up Wisconsin way down to no man's land.
< Lyrics found on http://www.rare-lyrics.com >

Well, if I should die before my time should come
And if I should die before my time should come
Won't you bury my body out on the Highway 51.

Highway 51 runs right by my baby's door
I said, Highway 51 runs right by my baby's door
If I don't get the girl I'm loving
Won't go down to Highway 51 no more.

actually kind of surprised this hadn't been mentioned yet! Fantastic song...Mark Knopfler concluded the show on his most recent solo tour with this. As an FYI, Telegraph Road is a major north-south thoroughfare in Michgan that runs through Detroit. Knopfler was inspired to write the song during a bus trip down that particular highway...

...great song.

instrumental and vocal versions....

Tikki

Tikki

Gilman Street- Mr T Experience

Crossroads- Robert Johnson (not just any crossroads!)

A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request- Steve Goodman 'and my last remains will reach their final resting place out on Waveland Avenue'

Love me some B-52s!!!!!

Imperial Highway...
Century Boulevard (We love it)
Victory Boulevard (We love it)
Santa Monica Boulevard (We love it)
Sixth Street (We love it, we love it)




Tikki