Songs about roads

[herman]

A Bomb on Wardour Street - The Jam
Dead End Street -The Kinks
Fistycuffs in Frederick Street- Toy Dolls
The 59th Street Bridge Song- Simon and Garfunkel
Scottish Trip- Max Boyce (references the M5)

 

[lucy5]

Dire Straits - Telegraph Road

 

[kained&able]

nofx- champes de elysees

dave

 

[Macabre]

Baker St. by Gerry Rafferty

seems most poster didnt bother reading the bit about it beeing an actual road.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Copperhead Road - Tom Petty

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street

oops - someone got that already...

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Bachman Turner Overdrive - Let It Roll Down The Highway

 

[nathansears]

Found some more obscure tracks
John Lee "sonny boy" Williamson- Shannon street Blues
Blind Blake - State Street men blues
Blind Joe Reynolds- Third Street Woman blues
John Lee Hooker- Canal Street Blues
Curley Weaver- Decatur Street 81
Furry Lewis & Frank Stokes- Beale Street Blues
Eddie Map & Guy Lumpkin - Decatur Street drag
Dave "Honeyboy" Edwards- 43rd Street jump
Peetie Wheatstraw- Third Streets going down
Charley Jordan- Two Street Blues
Papa Charley Jackson- Maxwell Street Blues
Roy Smeck- Twelth Street Rag

and not sure if anyone mentioned Morrisseys- Last night, Maudlin Street?

just searched my hard drive for "street" in case you hadn't guessed

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Billy Joel 42nd Street

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

James Taylor - Country Road
Dire Straits - Telegraph Road

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Dave Dudley - Six Days on the Road
Pretenders - Middle of the Road

 

[nathansears]

Remember we are looking for references to "ACTUAL" roads

 

[kained&able]

im sure madness have a song called kings road but i can't find it anywhere. I therefore conclude im lieing and of no help at all.


dave

 

[hiccup]

The Kinks - Denmark Street

 

[Truly Topcat]

Gypsy Road by Cinderella?

 

[Truly Topcat]

Ignore that one!

 

[Dr. Furface]

10th Avenue Freeze Out - Springsteen
Old Dirt Road - John Lennon
On Broadway - The Drifters
Kentucky Avenue, Virginia Avenue - Tom Waits
Flamingo Road - David Johansen

 

[Chorlton]

N17 - Saw Doctos
Kings of the Kilburn High Road - Flogging Molly

 

[Pigeon]

"Bristol Rd Leads to Dachau"- the Prefects.

 

[ouchmonkey]

Roxy Music - 'Do The Strand'
Basin Street Blues