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Paging fr33manator: Why is "Baton Rouge" in so many songs?
Posted on 10/29/22 at 10:27 pm
Posted on 10/29/22 at 10:27 pm
Does "Baton Rouge" have some word structure that makes it suited to music lyrics?
I can't think of another city besides "Nashville" in so many songs?
I can't think of another city besides "Nashville" in so many songs?
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Posted on 10/29/22 at 10:28 pm to jbgleason
NOLA?
Posted on 10/29/22 at 10:30 pm to jbgleason
quote:it isn't
Why is "Baton Rouge" in so many songs?
quote:uh, New Orleans?
I can't think of another city besides "Nashville" in so many songs?
New York, Chicago, San Francisco... going back to Tin Pan Alley many cities are mentioned more often than BR
Or are you just talking about tractor rap of the last ten years?
Posted on 10/29/22 at 10:31 pm to jbgleason
I dont think it is, but if it was?....it would be because its like New Orleans but more rustic.
Posted on 10/29/22 at 10:31 pm to jbgleason
You want Fr33manator to provide you the lyrics of “Killin Baton Rouge”?
Posted on 10/29/22 at 10:32 pm to Kafka
FWIW more songs have been written about the South than all the other regions of the country combined
just thought I'd say
just thought I'd say
Posted on 10/29/22 at 10:32 pm to jbgleason
rhymes with spooge
and syllables
and syllables
This post was edited on 10/29/22 at 10:33 pm
Posted on 10/29/22 at 10:33 pm to Kafka
Huey Lewis mentioned Baton Rouge in “Heart of Rock and Roll” and I know there are others I can’t think of right now.
Posted on 10/29/22 at 10:34 pm to jbgleason
It’s a state capital of a fairly unique state at the end of the largest river system in North America.
Thinking off top of my head…
Callin Baton Rouge
Bobby McGee.
There’s nothing particularly special about Baton Rouge I don’t think. It’s got 3 syllables, and not many cities end with that sound, so it’s unique like that. But you wouldn’t randomly choose to use Baton Rouge in a song over another place, I don’t think.
Thinking off top of my head…
Callin Baton Rouge
Bobby McGee.
There’s nothing particularly special about Baton Rouge I don’t think. It’s got 3 syllables, and not many cities end with that sound, so it’s unique like that. But you wouldn’t randomly choose to use Baton Rouge in a song over another place, I don’t think.
Posted on 10/29/22 at 10:35 pm to Cycledude
quote:Bobbie McGee
Huey Lewis mentioned Baton Rouge in “Heart of Rock and Roll” and I know there are others I can’t think of right now.
Back In The USA (Chuck Berry)
Goin Back To Louisiana - great Delbert McClinton song
Posted on 10/29/22 at 10:36 pm to fr33manator
I'm always a little surprised it's mentioned at all even tho it's the cap and all. Shreveport is rarer.
Posted on 10/29/22 at 10:37 pm to fr33manator
Chuck Berry:
New York, Los Angeles, oh, how I yearned for you
Detroit, Chicago, Chattanooga, Baton Rouge
Let alone just to be at my home back in ol' St. Lou
New York, Los Angeles, oh, how I yearned for you
Detroit, Chicago, Chattanooga, Baton Rouge
Let alone just to be at my home back in ol' St. Lou
Posted on 10/29/22 at 10:39 pm to jbgleason
Got a few new pop country songs with it in there. John Mayer has it in one of his for whatever reason. And most Lil Boosie songs
Posted on 10/29/22 at 10:39 pm to Kafka
"Goin' Back To Louisiana"
She used to live in Shreveport*,
But then she moved
Bet you ten to one she's gone to Baton Rouge
I'm gonna look her up, if you know what I mean
If I have to go as far as New Orleans
*How many songs mention that city?
She used to live in Shreveport*,
But then she moved
Bet you ten to one she's gone to Baton Rouge
I'm gonna look her up, if you know what I mean
If I have to go as far as New Orleans
*How many songs mention that city?
Posted on 10/29/22 at 10:39 pm to sqerty
Well, no one is Callin Krotz Springs
Posted on 10/29/22 at 10:42 pm to Kafka
Ty Herndon “What Mattered Most”
“Her eyes were blue,
Her hair was long,
In 64, she was born in Baton Rouge…”
“Her eyes were blue,
Her hair was long,
In 64, she was born in Baton Rouge…”
Posted on 10/29/22 at 10:44 pm to Kafka
I've Been Everywhere, Hank Snow and numerous others.
Fun fact, it was originally an Australian song with Australian names. It's since been done referring to many other countries, including most of Europe and even India.
Fun fact, it was originally an Australian song with Australian names. It's since been done referring to many other countries, including most of Europe and even India.
Posted on 10/29/22 at 10:45 pm to jbgleason
Lots of words rhyme with “rouge”
Posted on 10/29/22 at 10:46 pm to Jim Rockford
quote:
I've Been Everywhere, Hank Snow and numerous others
Does not mention Baton Rouge. Mentions Louisiana, Shreveport, and Ferriday.
Posted on 10/29/22 at 10:47 pm to Blink_Jared
quote:
Lots of words rhyme with “rouge”
Spooge
Stooge
Scrooge
Luge
Rouge
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