Songs with New Orleans in them - P2P-Zone

floydian slip · 27-02-02, 01:19 AM

There is a house in New Orleans
they caaaaaaaaaaaaalllllll the riiiiiiiiiiiising sun

Animals - House of the Rising Sun

Malk-a-mite · 27-02-02, 01:52 AM

Jimmy Driftwood's "The Battle Of New Orleans"

Tom Waits "I Wish I was in New Orleans"

Better Than Ezra "King Of New Orleans"

Dire Straits "Planet Of New Orleans"

Quote:

Standin' on the corner
Of Toulouse and Dauphine
Waitin' on Marie-Ondine
I'm tryin' to place a tune
Under a Louisiana moonbeam
On the planet of New Orleans

pb8 · 27-02-02, 02:26 AM

Here's one for you old hippies

One of my favs done by Arlo Guthrie

The City of New Orleans

Riding on the City of New Orleans,
Illinois Central Monday morning rail
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders,
Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail.
All along the southbound odyssey
The train pulls out at Kankakee
Rolls along past houses, farms and fields.
Passin' trains that have no names,
Freight yards full of old black men
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles.

CHORUS:
Good morning America how are you?
Don't you know me I'm your native son,
I'm the train they call The City of New Orleans,
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.

Dealin' card games with the old men in the club car.
Penny a point ain't no one keepin' score.
Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
Feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor.
And the sons of pullman porters
And the sons of engineers
Ride their father's magic carpets made of steel.
Mothers with their babes asleep,
Are rockin' to the gentle beat
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel.

CHORUS

Nighttime on The City of New Orleans,
Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee.
Half way home, we'll be there by morning
Through the Mississippi darkness
Rolling down to the sea.
And all the towns and people seem
To fade into a bad dream
And the steel rails still ain't heard the news.
The conductor sings his song again,
The passengers will please refrain
This train's got the disappearing railroad blues.

Good night, America, how are you?
Don't you know me I'm your native son,
I'm the train they call The City of New Orleans,
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.

floydian slip · 27-02-02, 03:14 AM

Right on!

baby please dont go
baby please dont go
baby please dont go way down to New Orleans
you know I love you so
baby please dont go

Van Morrison - Baby Please Dont Go

zombywoof · 27-02-02, 03:55 AM

Calling out around the world
Are you ready for a brand new beat
Summer's here and the time is right
For dancing in the streets
They're dancing in Chicago
Down in New Orleans
In New York City

Martha And The Vandells - Dancing In the Street.

Apache Rose · 27-02-02, 08:23 AM

Of course, I just had to bring up this Red Hot Chili Peppers song, Apache Rose Peacock. from Blood Sugar Sex Majik

Sittin'on a sack of beans, sittin'down in a New Orleans,
You won't belive what I've seen, sittin'on that sack of beans.
Lunatics on pogo sticks, another soutern fried freak on a crucifix.
Hicks don't miss with politics, peolple on the street just kickin' to
the licks.

Yes my favorite place to be is not a land called Honah Lee.
Mentally or physic'lly,
I wanna be in New Orleans.

Oh good brother, just when I throught that I had seen it all, My
eyes popped out, my dick got hard and I dropper my jaw. I
saw a bird walkin' down the block, name Apache Rose Peacock, I
could not speak i was in shock, I told my knees to please not knock

Yes, my favorite place to be. It's not a land called Honah Lee.
Mentally or physic'lly,
I wanna be in New Orleans.

A little boy came along, name of Louis Armstrong.
Said that who left me silly, she liked the looks of me and my willy.
So I found her in the quarter, good God how I adored her.
Oh she made me feel so cozy, when she told me I could call her Rosey.

I kiss you hair, your skin so bare.
I'll take you with me girl, anywhere.
You fare well in stormy weather.
I never met a girl that I liked better.

Twinkle twinkle little star, shining down on my blue car.
Drivin'down the boulevard, she was soft and I was hard.
Apache Rose gotta rockin' peacock, hottest ass on the goddamn block.
Rockin' to the beat of the funky-ass Meters, she has on of those built-in heaters.

Malk-a-mite · 27-02-02, 11:29 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by floydian slip
Van Morrison - Baby Please Dont Go

Baby please don't go is actually a very old blues tune - been covered by everyone including Ted Nugent and AC/DC.

Copyright Queen · 27-02-02, 05:03 PM

Well, it's a reach, but I finally figured out why the Grateful Dead's "Truckin'" popped into my head when you asked.

Quote:

Sittin' and starin' outta my hotel window
Got a tip they're gonna bust the door in again.
I'd like to get some sleep before I travel
But if you got a warrant, I guess you're gonna come in.

Busted
Down on Bourbon Street
Set up
Like a bowling pin
It gets to wearin' thin
They just won't let me be

pb8, I've taken that Amtrak train, "The City of New Orleans" many a time, and I *always* think of that Arlo Guthrie song. I've been known to pack my harmonica along and have a little fun playing cards and music down in the cafe car.

Here's the link, in case you want to book a ticket.

http://www.amtrak.com/trains/cityofneworleans.html

floydian slip · 27-02-02, 08:21 PM

Thats fine CQ because right befor the lyrics you posted they say - "Houston to close to New Orleans."

Malk - I would like to hear that AC/DC and Motor City Madmans version. Oscars song has also been covered many times. Van Halen and David Bowie/Mick Jagger. I do wish summer were here.

Apache Rose - Great tune, I forgot about that one. Me and 4 friends spent a weekend in Nawlins in 92 and slept in my Blue Car, we sang that song alot.

Wish I was back on the Bayou,
rollin' with some Cajun Queen.
Wishin' I where a fast freight train,
just a chooglin' on down to New Orleans.

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born on the Bayou

Ramona_A_Stone · 27-02-02, 09:52 PM

Blood roses blood roses
Back on the street now
Can't forget the things you never said
On days like these starts me thinking

Chickens get a taste of your meat, girl
Chickens get a taste of your meat, yes

You gave him your blood and your warm little diamond
He likes killing you after you're dead
You think I'm a queer
I think you're a queer
I think you're a queer
Said I think you're a queer

I've shaved every place where you've been boy
Shaved every place where you been, yes

God knows I know I've thrown away those graces

The Belle of New Orleans
Tried to show me once how to tango
Wrapped around your feet
Wrapped around like good little roses

Blood roses blood roses
back on the street now
You've cut out the flute from the throat of the loon
At least when you cry now he can't even hear you

Chickens get a taste of your meat

When he sucks you deep
Sometimes you're nothing but meat

Malk-a-mite · 27-02-02, 11:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by floydian slip
Malk - I would like to hear that AC/DC and Motor City Madmans version. Oscars song has also been covered many times. Van Halen and David Bowie/Mick Jagger. I do wish summer were here.

Give me a bit to rip them and throw them on my server.

:)

floydian slip · 27-02-02, 11:52 PM

cool I get off work in 2 hours

Ramona A Stone what song is that? sounds cool.

Malk-a-mite · 28-02-02, 12:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by floydian slip
cool I get off work in 2 hours

http://malkamite.mine.nu:8090/weekly/index.html

thinker · 28-02-02, 01:13 AM

Malk - thanks for mentioning Dire Straits' track. They really don't get enough credit IMO. It's a great one, off the 1991 On Every Street (which is a great album, as was all of DS's material) for those that don't know.

Another with New Orleans...of course...

Led Zeppelin - Royal Orleans

One time love, take care how you use it
Try to make it last all night
And if you take your pick, be careful how you choose it
Sometimes it's hard to feel it bite
Feel it bite

A man I know, went down to Louisiana
Had himself a bad, bad fight
And when the sun peeked through
John Cameron with Suzanna
He kissed the whiskers left and right
Whiskerrrrs

Now now now, fright subsides
Out at a hotel in The Quarter, our friends checked in to pass the night
Now love gets hot, but fire preceded water
Poor whiskers set that room alight

Whiskerrrrs

Down on Bourbon Street, you know it's right
You can see my friend and they run around all through the night
Most everywhere, 'til the closet's bare
Run for the razor, bud, doin' up my hair

New Orleans queens, sure know how to schmooze it
Maybe for some that seems alright
When I step out, strut down with my sugar
She best not talk like Barry White

Now one time love, take care how you use it
Try to make it last all night
And if you take your pick, be careful how you choose it
Sometimes it's hard to feeeeel it bite

floydian slip · 28-02-02, 07:03 PM

Jesus just left Chicagooooooo
and hes bound for New Orrleeeeans

heeeh heeeeey

ZZTop - Jesus Just Left Chicago/Waitin' for the Bus

Dawn · 28-02-02, 07:06 PM

The Tragically Hip: New Orleans Is Sinking

killer song....

floydian slip · 01-03-02, 04:13 AM

The Doors CD that I just got yesterday has a track where Jim says, "I wana be in New Orleans Wooo Hooo ".
Its Track 12 on Backstage and Dangerous. Copyright 2002

Go Figure

floydian slip · 04-03-02, 01:20 AM

This is the last one I can think of then on to another city.

Gold Coast slaves bound for the cotton fields
sold in a market down in New Orleans
The guy that owns slaves ya know hes doing alright
hear him whip the women just around midnight
Brown Sugar how cum you taste so good

Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones

--------disclaimer-----------------------------------------------
just because I like the tune doesnt mean Im a racist
-------------------------------------------------------------------

floydian slip · 04-03-02, 08:49 PM

from the Memphis thread

Quote:

Originally posted by Ramona_A_Stone
Creedence Clearwater Revival

Proud Mary (which also contains a previous city)

...Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
Pumped a lot of (something?) down in New Orleans
But I never saw the good side of the city
'Til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen...

I just heard another on the radio

I'm on my way to New Orleans this mornin',
Leaving out of Nashville, Tennessee,
They're always having a good time down on the bayou,
Lord, them Delta women think the world of me.

Allman Bros - Ramblin Man

Ramona_A_Stone · 04-03-02, 09:08 PM

Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue

...I had a job in the great north woods
Working as a cook for a spell
But I never did like it all that much
And one day the ax just fell.
So I drifted down to New Orleans
Where I happened to be employed
Workin' for a while on a fishin' boat
Right outside of Delacroix...

27-02-02, 01:19 AM	#1
floydian slip ===\/------/\=== Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,704	Songs with New Orleans in them There is a house in New Orleans they caaaaaaaaaaaaalllllll the riiiiiiiiiiiising sun Animals - House of the Rising Sun

27-02-02, 02:26 AM	#3
pb8 My sole purpose in life was simply to serve as a warning to others. Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 685	Here's one for you old hippies One of my favs done by Arlo Guthrie The City of New Orleans Riding on the City of New Orleans, Illinois Central Monday morning rail Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders, Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail. All along the southbound odyssey The train pulls out at Kankakee Rolls along past houses, farms and fields. Passin' trains that have no names, Freight yards full of old black men And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles. CHORUS: Good morning America how are you? Don't you know me I'm your native son, I'm the train they call The City of New Orleans, I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done. Dealin' card games with the old men in the club car. Penny a point ain't no one keepin' score. Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle Feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor. And the sons of pullman porters And the sons of engineers Ride their father's magic carpets made of steel. Mothers with their babes asleep, Are rockin' to the gentle beat And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel. CHORUS Nighttime on The City of New Orleans, Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee. Half way home, we'll be there by morning Through the Mississippi darkness Rolling down to the sea. And all the towns and people seem To fade into a bad dream And the steel rails still ain't heard the news. The conductor sings his song again, The passengers will please refrain This train's got the disappearing railroad blues. Good night, America, how are you? Don't you know me I'm your native son, I'm the train they call The City of New Orleans, I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done. __________________ They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days.

27-02-02, 09:52 PM	#10
Ramona_A_Stone Formal Ball Proof Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 2,948	Tori Amos - Boys For Pele - Blood Roses Blood roses blood roses Back on the street now Can't forget the things you never said On days like these starts me thinking Chickens get a taste of your meat, girl Chickens get a taste of your meat, yes You gave him your blood and your warm little diamond He likes killing you after you're dead You think I'm a queer I think you're a queer I think you're a queer Said I think you're a queer I've shaved every place where you've been boy Shaved every place where you been, yes God knows I know I've thrown away those graces The Belle of New Orleans Tried to show me once how to tango Wrapped around your feet Wrapped around like good little roses Blood roses blood roses back on the street now You've cut out the flute from the throat of the loon At least when you cry now he can't even hear you Chickens get a taste of your meat When he sucks you deep Sometimes you're nothing but meat

28-02-02, 07:06 PM	#16
Dawn R.I.P napho 1-31-16 Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Venus Posts: 16,723	The Tragically Hip: New Orleans Is Sinking killer song.... __________________ I love you napho and I will weep forever..........

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27-02-02, 03:14 AM	#4
floydian slip ===\/------/\=== Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,704	Right on! baby please dont go baby please dont go baby please dont go way down to New Orleans you know I love you so baby please dont go Van Morrison - Baby Please Dont Go

27-02-02, 03:55 AM	#5
zombywoof Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 2,160	Calling out around the world Are you ready for a brand new beat Summer's here and the time is right For dancing in the streets They're dancing in Chicago Down in New Orleans In New York City Martha And The Vandells - Dancing In the Street.

27-02-02, 08:23 AM	#6
Apache Rose Bohemian Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 129	Of course, I just had to bring up this Red Hot Chili Peppers song, Apache Rose Peacock. from Blood Sugar Sex Majik Sittin'on a sack of beans, sittin'down in a New Orleans, You won't belive what I've seen, sittin'on that sack of beans. Lunatics on pogo sticks, another soutern fried freak on a crucifix. Hicks don't miss with politics, peolple on the street just kickin' to the licks. Yes my favorite place to be is not a land called Honah Lee. Mentally or physic'lly, I wanna be in New Orleans. Oh good brother, just when I throught that I had seen it all, My eyes popped out, my dick got hard and I dropper my jaw. I saw a bird walkin' down the block, name Apache Rose Peacock, I could not speak i was in shock, I told my knees to please not knock Yes, my favorite place to be. It's not a land called Honah Lee. Mentally or physic'lly, I wanna be in New Orleans. A little boy came along, name of Louis Armstrong. Said that who left me silly, she liked the looks of me and my willy. So I found her in the quarter, good God how I adored her. Oh she made me feel so cozy, when she told me I could call her Rosey. I kiss you hair, your skin so bare. I'll take you with me girl, anywhere. You fare well in stormy weather. I never met a girl that I liked better. Twinkle twinkle little star, shining down on my blue car. Drivin'down the boulevard, she was soft and I was hard. Apache Rose gotta rockin' peacock, hottest ass on the goddamn block. Rockin' to the beat of the funky-ass Meters, she has on of those built-in heaters.

27-02-02, 08:21 PM	#9
floydian slip ===\/------/\=== Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,704	Thats fine CQ because right befor the lyrics you posted they say - "Houston to close to New Orleans." Malk - I would like to hear that AC/DC and Motor City Madmans version. Oscars song has also been covered many times. Van Halen and David Bowie/Mick Jagger. I do wish summer were here. Apache Rose - Great tune, I forgot about that one. Me and 4 friends spent a weekend in Nawlins in 92 and slept in my Blue Car, we sang that song alot. Wish I was back on the Bayou, rollin' with some Cajun Queen. Wishin' I where a fast freight train, just a chooglin' on down to New Orleans. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born on the Bayou

27-02-02, 11:52 PM	#12
floydian slip ===\/------/\=== Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,704	cool I get off work in 2 hours Ramona A Stone what song is that? sounds cool.

28-02-02, 01:13 AM	#14
thinker Ex-Singular Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Earth Posts: 4,677	Malk - thanks for mentioning Dire Straits' track. They really don't get enough credit IMO. It's a great one, off the 1991 On Every Street (which is a great album, as was all of DS's material) for those that don't know. Another with New Orleans...of course... Led Zeppelin - Royal Orleans One time love, take care how you use it Try to make it last all night And if you take your pick, be careful how you choose it Sometimes it's hard to feel it bite Feel it bite A man I know, went down to Louisiana Had himself a bad, bad fight And when the sun peeked through John Cameron with Suzanna He kissed the whiskers left and right Whiskerrrrs Now now now, fright subsides Out at a hotel in The Quarter, our friends checked in to pass the night Now love gets hot, but fire preceded water Poor whiskers set that room alight Whiskerrrrs Down on Bourbon Street, you know it's right You can see my friend and they run around all through the night Most everywhere, 'til the closet's bare Run for the razor, bud, doin' up my hair New Orleans queens, sure know how to schmooze it Maybe for some that seems alright When I step out, strut down with my sugar She best not talk like Barry White Now one time love, take care how you use it Try to make it last all night And if you take your pick, be careful how you choose it Sometimes it's hard to feeeeel it bite

28-02-02, 07:03 PM	#15
floydian slip ===\/------/\=== Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,704	Jesus just left Chicagooooooo and hes bound for New Orrleeeeans heeeh heeeeey ZZTop - Jesus Just Left Chicago/Waitin' for the Bus

01-03-02, 04:13 AM	#17
floydian slip ===\/------/\=== Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,704	The Doors CD that I just got yesterday has a track where Jim says, "I wana be in New Orleans Wooo Hooo ". Its Track 12 on Backstage and Dangerous. Copyright 2002 Go Figure

04-03-02, 01:20 AM	#18
floydian slip ===\/------/\=== Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,704	This is the last one I can think of then on to another city. Gold Coast slaves bound for the cotton fields sold in a market down in New Orleans The guy that owns slaves ya know hes doing alright hear him whip the women just around midnight Brown Sugar how cum you taste so good Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones --------disclaimer----------------------------------------------- just because I like the tune doesnt mean Im a racist -------------------------------------------------------------------

04-03-02, 09:08 PM	#20
Ramona_A_Stone Formal Ball Proof Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 2,948	Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue ...I had a job in the great north woods Working as a cook for a spell But I never did like it all that much And one day the ax just fell. So I drifted down to New Orleans Where I happened to be employed Workin' for a while on a fishin' boat Right outside of Delacroix...