CITY SONGS

Submitted by ub on

I’m an experienced traveling man who made many stops throughout the world, including America, north, or  south, Asia, and Europe.

I believe that it is the best education on earth. As the song says, it is a wonderful world. The following post highlights some of my favorite cities on earth as seen through the eyes of the artists who sang their praises and the writers who wrote them to be performed by various artists. 

cities are treated positively, though sometimes they’re portrayed as places of danger and temptation. These songs celebrate individual cities, presenting them as exciting and liberating. Not all genres share the tendency to be positive about cities; in Country music cities are often portrayed as unfriendly and dehumanizing, or seductive but full of sin. However, there are many exceptions, for example: Lady Antebellum's song "This City" and Danielle Bradbery's "Young in America".
 
Let us begin in the city where I was born and then go on to the places where my careen began and where I left my professional footprints.

El Diablo Llegó A La Habana   https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fmxctoAVBUY

Miami   https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IwBS6QGsH_4&pp=ygUFTWlhbWk%3D

In the air tonight.  https://youtu.be/cJQed4gvlCU?si=ylfaUxMy-tPNGy9w

Viva Las Vegas   https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9MO1KyNUOIs&pp=ygUOVml2YSBsYXMgdmVnYXM%3D

London Calling   https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EfK-WX2pa8c&pp=ygUOTG9uZG9uIGNhbGxpbmc%3D

Walking in Memphis   https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PgRafRp-P-o&pp=ygUSV2Fsa2luZyBpbiBtZW1waGlz0gcJCVEJAYcqIYzv

Havana   https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=egtD5GfAh58&pp=ygUGSGF2YW5h

New York New York   https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=le1QF3uoQNg&pp=ygURTmV3IHlvcmsgbmV3IHlvcms%3D

New York State of Mind   https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F5LkGKJDc3Q&pp=ygUWTmV3IHlvcmsgc3RhdGUgb2YgbWluZA%3D%3D

Empire State of Mind   https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vk6014HuxcE&pp=ygURTmV3IHlvcmsgbmV3IHlvcms%3D

Baltimore   https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ztCgNQg9FCQ&pp=ygUIQmx0aW1vcmU%3D

Beverly Hills   https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HL_WvOly7mY&pp=ygUNQmV2ZXJseSBoaWxscw%3D%3D

El Paso   https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7UVVS5-9HvA&pp=ygUHRWwgcGFzbw%3D%3D

ILove LA   https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KcADqxnQA_4&pp=ygUJSSBsb3ZlIExB

L A Woman   https://m.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEA&search_query=LA+Woman

Tulsa Time  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qLZEVnjZS2s&pp=ygUXdHVsc2EgdGltZSBkb24gd2lsbGlhbXM%3D 

Shanghai Tuberose  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-ychq-sx8VI&pp=ygUTU2hhbmdoYWkgZnJhZ2FyZW5jZQ%3D%3D

Shanghai Breezes  https://youtu.be/90B97dk_6O8?si=H0zR4Kk8olfTe2X0

We wrap it up with “Living for the City” a narrative about hardship in America. Released in 1973 on Innervisions, the song tells the story of a young man struggling to escape poverty, only to face injustice at every turn. With dramatic sound effects and a tense spoken-word interlude, Stevie Wonder created one of the first soul songs to incorporate cinematic storytelling.  https://youtu.be/Nu95a_RiH54?si=Nap43WIvGJeGN-jI