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  4 0 Oh man, this is going to be a great playlist. Lift, by Brad, fits. Zappa's Mud Shark. Robyn Hitchcock's Belltown Ramble. Nirvana's Frances Farmer. Aurora, by the Foo Fighters.  And the a throw down between Perry Como's Seattle and PIL's Seattle. David Wright answered in Music/Bands/Venues 10 months ago | Report 2 comments by David Wright and MyrnaMinkoff… 2 0 And then there's Loretta Lynne & Jack Whyte: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuC_l3ymXhM and Neko Case's Thrice All American is just great... David Wright commented 10 months ago | Report 0 0 Thank you! This is awesome. MyrnaMinkoff commented 10 months ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  4 0 I thought you'd never ask. My list is more about legit representation of the PNW, not concentrated around a specific genre or level of fame: There's "Ode to Puget Sound" by Captain Puget http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohYQUQQ9J2U A whole bunch of songs by Woody Guthrie, some highlights are: "Roll on Columbia" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20ZffI6by3A "Grand Coulee Dam" (the Lonnie Dunnigan cover is pretty good) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jc2efqj5Js&feature=related "Oregon Trail" also by Woody Guthrie, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgvFnPFtXZI "The Last One to Leave Seattle" by Waylon Jennings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0PkA1FuqAM "Seattle Ain't Bullshittin" by Sir Mix A Lot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFoaJuIbtv0 "My Oh My" by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis (about Dave Neihaus) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvNQWQSwmow "The Bluest Skies You've Ever Seen are in Seattle" by Perry Como http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkHy3FA1eCU "Bellingham State of Mind" by Nathan Cox & Rashawn Scott http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMiBZ6s4SjY (this one is more for hardcore Bellinghamsters) "A Movie Script Ending" by Death Cab for Cutie, also about Bellingham http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77We-tPmScs "Posse on Broadway" by Sir Mix A Lot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n13K5BWZBP4 "Move to Bremerton" by MxPx http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKtB1Oij-Eg&ob=av3e And of course, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention "Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen. While it doesn't really have anything to do with Washington (the band was from Portland), there was a push in 1985 to get it declared our state song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vae_AkLb4Q Crazier things have happened around these parts. In the 1960s the Provincial Parliament of British Columbia declared the Hot Tub the official symbol of Grooviness in BC. As for WA, we're still stuck with the unbelievably lame "Washington My Home" as our official state anthem, a tune that WALLOWS IN LAMENESS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXZv7ha0xGM I say we revive the push to get Louie Louie declared our anthem. Why the hell not? soundslikepuget answered in Music/Bands/Venues 10 months ago | Report 1 comment by MyrnaMinkoff… 0 0 Thank you! I knew about the Woody Guthrie songs -- I had to learn "Roll On, Columbia" and "Grand Coulee Dam" when I was in elementary school. However, I did *not* know about the supreme dorkiness of Captain Puget and his repertoire. That video is the best thing I've seen in ages. MyrnaMinkoff commented 10 months ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  3 0 I'm partial to Jesse Sykes's "Lonely Still": This is where my ship has run aground. Stuck in the mud, on the Puget Sound. However, the all-time classic is "Acres of Clams", also called "The Old Settler's Song": I've traveled all over this country Prospecting and digging for gold; I've tunneled, hydraulicked and cradled, And I have been frequently sold — And I have been frequently so-o-old, And I have been frequently sold: I've tunneled, hydraulicked and cradled, And I have been frequently sold! For one who gained riches by mining, Perceiving that hundreds grew poor, I made up my mind to try farming, The only pursuit that was sure — The only pursuit that was su-u-ure, The only pursuit that was sure, I made up my mind to try farming, The only pursuit that was sure! So, rolling my grub in my blanket, I left all my tools on the ground And started one morning to shank it For the country they call Puget Sound — For the country they call Puget Sou-ou-ound, For the country they call Puget Sound, I started one morning to shank it For the country they call Puget Sound. Arriving flat broke in midwinter, I found the land shrouded in fog And covered all over with timber Thick as hairs on the back of a dog — Thick as hairs on the back of a do-o-og, Thick as hairs on the back of a dog — And covered all over with timber Thick as hairs on the back of a dog! When I looked on the prospects so gloomy, The tears trickled over my face And I thought that my travels had brought me To the end of the jumping-off place! To the end of the jumping-off pla-a-ace, To the end of the jumping-off place: I thought that my travels had brought me To the end of the jumping-off place. I staked me a claim in the forest, And sat myself down to hard toil: For six years I chopped and I labored, But I never got down to the soil — But I never got down to the soi-oi-oil, I never got down to the soil: For six years I chopped and I labored, But I never got down to the soil! I tried to get out of the country, But poverty forced me to stay — Until I became an old settler, Then nothing could drive me away! Then nothing could drive me away-ay-ay, Then nothing could drive me away! Until I became an old settler — Then nothing could drive me away! And now that I'm used to the climate, I think that if a man ever found A place to live easy and happy, That Eden is on Puget Sound — That Eden is on Puget Sou-ou-ound, That Eden is on Puget Sound — A place to live easy and happy? That Eden is on Puget Sound! No longer the slave of ambition, I laugh at the world and its shams As I think of my pleasant condition, Surrounded by acres of clams — Surrounded by acres of cla-a-ams, Surrounded by acres of clams, As I think of my happy condition, Surrounded by acres of clams! Tom Sackett answered in Music/Bands/Venues 10 months ago | Report 3 comments by Sacrelicious, MyrnaMinkoff, and Tom Sackett… 0 0 Oh god, that must be the song that informed the Ivars ads. Sacrelicious commented 10 months ago | Report 0 0 Pretty sure it was. Now I need to go find the tune so that I can learn it and torment friends with it while on hikes. Thanks for the suggestions! MyrnaMinkoff commented 10 months ago | Report 0 0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWICj1i9_Ds Tom Sackett commented 10 months ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 oh, please forgive me...when soundslikepugetsound mentioned our lame state song, it reminded me of the horrid song 'Christmas in the Northwest'. My husband and I make a game of it every year... whoever gets through the season without hearing it wins! Thankfully I usually win. bpmc answered in Music/Bands/Venues 10 months ago | Report 2 comments by soundslikepuget and Sacrelicious… 0 0 OMFG I HATE HATE HATE HATE that song. My dad used to play that song all the time during Christmas. I'm scarred for life. soundslikepuget commented 10 months ago | Report 0 0 I would wholeheartedly agree if not for this song, also a favorite of my Dad's: http://www.amazon.com/Wonderful-Christmastime/dp/B004AZGBJ0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312739071&sr=8-1 OH GOD THE SYNTHESIZER. Sacrelicious commented 9 months ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 Oh, don't forget Portland, Oregon by Loretta Lynn and Jack White http://youtu.be/VuC_l3ymXhM Kristin Bell answered in Music/Bands/Venues 10 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 "Roll On Columbia Pt 2" - June Madrona, Oly WA (sorry for linking to myspace but it's the only streaming version I can find: http://www.myspace.com/junemadrona/music/songs/roll-on-columbia-part-2-66196165) "North Cascades" - Grand Hallway, Seattle WA http://grandhallway.bandcamp.com/ check out these NW vistas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu_dYfYhvIM&feature=player_embedded internet_jen answered in Music/Bands/Venues 10 months ago | Report 1 comment by MyrnaMinkoff… 0 0 Thank you! This is exactly the sort of thing I'm looking for -- contemporary bands writing tunes about our landscape. I know that this subject matter lends itself to folk music, but it's nice to see in modern indie music, too. MyrnaMinkoff commented 10 months ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Someone earlier said "My Oh My" by Macklemore... That is a great choice... I myself would also recommend The Town from him. William answered in Music/Bands/Venues 6 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Young Fresh Fellows - Aurora Bridge. Not much of a gorgeous landscape song, and some of the references won't make sense to someone who wasn't here in the 80's, but it's still very fitting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e79psW4eF6o Mr_Friendly answered in Music/Bands/Venues 10 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Josh Ritter does a few. "Wings," for example, references a lot of specific locations in eastern Washington. Woody Guthrie's "Roll On, Columbia, Roll On." And ooo, check this out: http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hend/VictoryMusic/SongsPacificNorthwest.html I am dying to hear some suggestions better than mine. This is a cool question. Sacrelicious answered in Music/Bands/Venues 10 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 GREAT question, and some great answers so far. I shall have to ponder, but I did have one thought that hasn't been listed yet. The song Eddie by Brooke Pennock. She won Bob Rivers' song contest a few years ago with this tale about a guy from Stillwater. http://new.music.yahoo.com/brooke-pennock/tracks/eddie--182776857 Tracy M answered in Music/Bands/Venues 10 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 The bluest skies you've ever seen are in Seattle, and the hills the greenest green in Seattle, like a beautiful child, growin' up free 'n' wild, full of hopes 'n' full of fears, full of laughter, full of BEERS, full of dreams to last the years, in Seattle! performed by Perry Como (and Bobby Sherman, on "Here Come The Brides"). Fnarf answered in Music/Bands/Venues 10 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 I've got one from a Canadian: Allen Dobb's "Bellingham Rain" Irena answered in Music/Bands/Venues 10 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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