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Cities are a major topic for popular songs.Music journalist and author Nick Coleman has gone as far as to say that apart from love, "pop is better on cities than anything else." Popular music often treats cities positively, though sometimes they are portrayed as places of danger and temptation. In many cases, 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",.

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  • Cities are a major topic for popular songs.Music journalist and author Nick Coleman has gone as far as to say that apart from love, "pop is better on cities than anything else." Popular music often treats cities positively, though sometimes they are portrayed as places of danger and temptation. In many cases, 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",. Lyricist and author Sheila Davis writes that including a city in a song's title helps focus the song on the concrete and specific, which is both more appealing and more likely to lead to universal truth than abstract generalizations. Davis also says that songs with titles concerning cities and other specific places often have enduring popularity. The following is a list of songs about cities, from both traditional and pop music: the list should not be considered complete. (en)
  • ご当地ソング（ごとうちソング）は、主に日本の歌謡曲・ポピュラー音楽や演歌・民謡のジャンルで、タイトルや歌詞に都市名・地方名や各地方の風習・文化・地形に関する事柄などを取り入れることで、地方色や郷愁などを前面に打ち出した楽曲である。 「ご当地ソング」という言葉は、美川憲一の『柳ヶ瀬ブルース』（1966年）が評判になり始めた頃、発売元のクラウンレコード（日本クラウン）の宣伝担当者が使い出して広まったとされる。これより少し早い1965年発表のデューク・エイセスのヒット曲「女ひとり」は、「ご当地ソングの先がけ」ともいわれる。大正後半から昭和期にかけての流行歌の1ジャンルである新民謡も、遡ってご当地ソングと言われることがある。 水森かおりは「ご当地ソングの女王」の異名を持っている。 なお、比喩的な表現として、議員が選挙区の利害を反映した議会質問をすることを「ご当地ソング」と称することがある。 (ja)
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  • January 2013 (en)
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  • The page should only contain songs which have been specifically written about a city, per Articles for Deletion (en)
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  • ご当地ソング（ごとうちソング）は、主に日本の歌謡曲・ポピュラー音楽や演歌・民謡のジャンルで、タイトルや歌詞に都市名・地方名や各地方の風習・文化・地形に関する事柄などを取り入れることで、地方色や郷愁などを前面に打ち出した楽曲である。 「ご当地ソング」という言葉は、美川憲一の『柳ヶ瀬ブルース』（1966年）が評判になり始めた頃、発売元のクラウンレコード（日本クラウン）の宣伝担当者が使い出して広まったとされる。これより少し早い1965年発表のデューク・エイセスのヒット曲「女ひとり」は、「ご当地ソングの先がけ」ともいわれる。大正後半から昭和期にかけての流行歌の1ジャンルである新民謡も、遡ってご当地ソングと言われることがある。 水森かおりは「ご当地ソングの女王」の異名を持っている。 なお、比喩的な表現として、議員が選挙区の利害を反映した議会質問をすることを「ご当地ソング」と称することがある。 (ja)
  • Cities are a major topic for popular songs.Music journalist and author Nick Coleman has gone as far as to say that apart from love, "pop is better on cities than anything else." Popular music often treats cities positively, though sometimes they are portrayed as places of danger and temptation. In many cases, 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",. (en)
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  • List of songs about cities (en)
  • ご当地ソング (ja)
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