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20 November 2006

Okay everybody, I need song help. [More:]My sister is compiling a list of songs for every state. She needs a song for Washington state. It needs to mention Washington somewhere in the lyrics. So the old song "Seattle," if you're old enough to remember that, won't do, for example, because it doesn't say "Washington" in the lyrics. And, okay, I can find songs that say "Washington" in the lyrics, but they mean either the president or DC, so they really won't do either. Her other requirement is that, while she needn't have heard the song itself, she needs to at least have heard of the band or singer. So, say, a very fine garage band from Yakima isn't doing to cut it for these purposes. Whaddya think? Is this possible?

Oh, and she'd like a song for Wisconsin, too, because she can't find anything other than the university's fight song.

It's probably cheating, but....

Johnny Cash, "I've Been Everywhere"

I don't know if he means DC or the state, but I don't think anyone could know that...
posted by mullacc 20 November | 21:29
There's always Atom and his Package's ""If You Own The Washington Redskins, You're a Cock".
posted by Greg Nog 20 November | 21:33
But the Redskins are in DC, so that doesn't work.
posted by mullacc 20 November | 21:40
....aaaaand with one fell swoop, I show just how little I know about pro football. I'm going to slink quietly backwards now.
posted by Greg Nog 20 November | 21:46
Is the Washington state song off-limits?
posted by mudpuppie 20 November | 22:14
Japancakes - Wisconsin ?
posted by Sil 20 November | 22:22
Washington.. The song THE GRAND COULEE DAM, orginally by Woody Guthrie, I think Bob Dylan covered it.

Now from Washington and Oregon you can hear them factories a-hum,
Making corn and making manganese and light aluminum.
Always a flying fortress to blast for Uncle Sam,
That King Columbia river and the great Grand Coulee dam.


Wisconsin... THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD

The ship was the pride of the American side
Coming back from some mill in Wisconson
As the big freighters go it was bigger than most
With a crew and the Captain well seasoned.


hope that helps
posted by edgeways 20 November | 22:35
There's a song called Washington State on this album.
posted by black8 20 November | 22:38
Wisconsin Death Trip?
posted by arse_hat 20 November | 23:32
The Clash - Washington Bullets
posted by taz 20 November | 23:56
Wrong Washington taz. Join the line with Nog. ;)
posted by arse_hat 20 November | 23:59
How about in the title? The punk/ska band Rancid had a song called "Olympia, WA" on the album Out Come the Wolves. They don't actually sing the word "Washington" in the song itself, though, just Olympia. Still, WA in the title is a step better than "Seattle."
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 21 November | 00:20
d'oh. I demand that JanetLand's sister change her criteria!!!

Actually... yeah, I was really turned around - I thought about it twice, and reassured that I was right *yep, D.C.!* posted it. heh.
posted by taz 21 November | 00:28
"I was really turned around" Gotta watch that, it killed JFK Jr. you know...
posted by arse_hat 21 November | 00:39
The Pixies’ Trompe Le Monde has the lines: We went to the store / and bought something great / which samples this song / from Washington State.
posted by misteraitch 21 November | 07:37
My sister says to tell you all thanks very much; it looks like the Guthrie and Edmund Fitzgerald songs are gonna fit the bill.

She also says you all are very nice in that nobody told her she needs to get a life. :)
posted by JanetLand 21 November | 08:48
""If You Own The Washington Redskins, You're a Cock".

Awesome!! Thanks.
posted by danostuporstar 21 November | 13:07
Your sister needs to get a life.
posted by dg 21 November | 17:32
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