Wednesday, 24 July 2024

Culturally Connected Songs

The other day I was listening to Sweet Home Alabama on the radio while driving a car. It made me think about other such American songs, like Wichita Lineman, Walking in Memphis, By the Time I Get to Phoenix, Hotel California and many others.


However, they just don't work for British locations.

  • Sweet Home Yorkshire,
  • Burnley Lineman,
  • Walking in Jarrow,
  • By the Time I get to Milton Keynes, and
  • Hotel Kent.
Nah.

That's not so say we don't have any similar songs. One only has to think of:

  • Waterloo Sunset,
  • Penny Lane,
  • London Calling,
  • Baker Street,
  • It's Grim Up North,
  • Wokingham Town, and 
  • Fog on the Tyne.
Yet the romanticism and feeling of spiritual and cultural connection is not as strong.


1 comment:

David Boffey said...

We had 'romanticism and feeling of spiritual and cultural connection' before the USA existed.