a list of all 50 stattes through song g titles

[ButterflyBlood]

we're doing this son another forfum/

current copy and adpsoted list:

Alabama - Neil Young
Alaska - rosa/ softies
Arizona - Kicked In The Head / the constantines
Arkansas
California - Phantom planet / low / rufus wainwright
Colorado - engine down
Connecticut - Superchunk
Delaware
Florida - butthole surfers
Georgia - Ray Charles
Hawaii
Idaho - These Arms Are Snakes
Illinois
Indiana - Elk City
Iowa - slipknot
Kansas
Kentucky - Papa M / Everly Brothers
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan - bear versus shark
Minnesota - Converge
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana - venus hum
Nebraska - Lawrence Arms / bruce springsteen
Nevada - The minor times
New Hampshire - sonic youth
New Jersey - nerve agents / world/inferno friendship society
New Mexico - Johnny Cash
New York - Sex Pistols
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio - CSN&Y / Modest Mouse
Oklahoma - darkest hour
Oregon - Cinematic Orchestra
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina - Archers of Loaf
South Dakota - joan jet / bellwether
Tennessee - arrested development / silver jews
Texas - songs ohia
Utah
Vermont - Cursive
Virginia - Pg.99
Washington DC - Magnetic Fields
Washington - She Na Na / Crucifucks
West Virginia - big wreck
Wisconsin - Crucifucks / samiam
Wyoming - Pinhead Gunpowder

can anayone fil in any?

[benburch]

1. Illinois - The State Song

Illinois
Written by C.H. Chamberlain
Composed by Archibald Johnston


By thy rivers gently flowing, Illinois, Illinois,
O'er thy prairies verdant growing, Illinois, Illinois,
Comes an echo on the breeze.
Rustling through the leafy trees, and its mellow tones are these, Illinois, Illinois,
And its mellow tones are these, Illinois.


From a wilderness of prairies, Illinois, Illinois,
Straight thy way and never varies, Illinois, Illinois,
Till upon the inland sea,
Stands thy great commerical tree, turning all the world to thee, Illinois, Illinois,
Turning all the world to thee, Illinois.


When you heard your country calling, Illinois, Illinois,
Where the shot and shell were falling, Illinois, Illinois,
When the Southern host withdrew,
Pitting Gray against the Blue, There were none more brave than you, Illinois, Illinois,
There were none more brave than you, Illinois.


Not without thy wondrous story, Illinois, Illinois,
Can be writ the nation's glory, Illinois, Illinois,
On the record of thy years,
Abraham Lincoln's name appears, Grant and Logan, and our tears, Illinois, Illinois,
Grant and Logan, and our tears, Illinois.

The 54th Illinois General Assembly enacted legislation establishing the State Song.
source: Illinois Blue Book, 1983-1984

[benburch]

2. MP3 here.

http://www.illinois.gov/facts/sounds/ilsong.mp3

rendition sung by Denise Yates

[Cuban_Liberal]

3. Illinois--- Dan Fogelberg

Dan Fogelberg
Souvenirs (1974)
"Illinois"

"Dusty day dawning
Three hours late
Open the curtains
And let the rest wait.
My mind goes running
Three thousand miles east
I may miss the harvest
But I won't miss the feast.

Chorus
And it looks like you're gonna
Have to see me again
And it looks like you're gonna
Have to see me again
And it looks like you're gonna
Have to see me again.
Illinois...oh, Illinois.

South California
Your sun is too cold
It looks like your hills
Have been raped of their gold.
I should have come out
When I was first told
This lamb has got to
Return to the fold.

Chorus
Illinois-I'm your boy.

Flat on the prairies
Soil and stone
Stretching forever
Taking me home
'Cause I've got a woman
Who waits for me there
And I need a breath of that
Sweet country air.

Chorus
Illinois-I'm your boy. "

[Cobalt Violet]

4. Massachusetts - Bee Gees

BEE GEES LYRICS


Massachusetts


Feel I'm goin' back to Massachusetts,
Something's telling me I must go home.
And the lights all went out in Massachusetts
The day I left her standing on her own.

Tried to hitch a ride to San Francisco,
Gotta do the things I wanna do.
And the lights all went out in Massachusetts
They brought me back to see my way with you.

Talk about the life in Massachusetts,
Speak about the people I have seen,
And the lights all went out in Massachusetts
And Massachusetts is one place I have seen.

I will remember Massachusetts...

[CO Liberal]

10. There Was Also a Big Band "Massachusetts" Song

I believe it was done by Gene Krupa.

[BOSSHOG]

5. Arkansas

"Land of Opportunity" by Glenn Campbell or:


Sweet Sweet Connie was doing her act, she had the whole show and that's a natural fact - a sweet lil ditty about post concert activities in Little Rock - Grand Funk Railroad. Bill Clinton was Governor at the time.

[Love Bug]

6. "Blue Hawaii"

"Pennsylvania 6-5000"
"Kansas City"

[Z_I_Peevey]

7. Arkansas (land of opportunity)--Glen Campbell

BOSSHOG beat me to it

[skygazer]

8. Two in one - Louisiana Woman/Mississippi Man

Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty, I believe.

[Mike Niendorff]

9. Delaware -- Perry Como

http://www.songlyrics4u.com/perry-como/delaware.html

MDN

[babylonsister]

11. Mississippi Queen-Mountain (Leslie West)

[ronzo]

12. Louisiana

Off the top of my head... aside from some traditional blues bits, your best bet may be:
Louisiana 1927 - Randy Newman

[meisje]

13. A - O - Where'd Ya Go Ohio

[ronzo]

17. Forever tainted.

That rat bastard!

[Wheaty]

14. Pennsylvania 6-5000 / Glenn Miller

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. Missouri Waltz

[name not needed]

16. World/Inferno

The song is actually "My Ancestral Homeland, New Jersey"

And for California, "All of California and Everyone Who Lives There Stinks"

[bobthedrummer]

18. "On Wisconsin..."