Comments on: We Burnt These Cities With Rock and Roll: 10 Great Songs about City Destruction http://magazine.jamsbio.com/2008/10/03/we-burnt-these-cities-with-rock-and-roll-10-great-songs-about-city-destruction/ Your Life Through Music Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:12:44 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Ian http://magazine.jamsbio.com/2008/10/03/we-burnt-these-cities-with-rock-and-roll-10-great-songs-about-city-destruction/comment-page-1/#comment-17921 Ian Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:10:13 +0000 http://magazine.jamsbio.com/?p=5431#comment-17921 You forgot the song that you took the name of this list from (somewhat).."Cities on Fire with Rock and Roll" - Blue Oyster Cult You forgot the song that you took the name of this list from (somewhat)..”Cities on Fire with Rock and Roll” – Blue Oyster Cult

]]> By: design http://magazine.jamsbio.com/2008/10/03/we-burnt-these-cities-with-rock-and-roll-10-great-songs-about-city-destruction/comment-page-1/#comment-17911 design Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:52:31 +0000 http://magazine.jamsbio.com/?p=5431#comment-17911 London calling a great song by the Clash. London calling a great song by the Clash.

]]> By: AB http://magazine.jamsbio.com/2008/10/03/we-burnt-these-cities-with-rock-and-roll-10-great-songs-about-city-destruction/comment-page-1/#comment-17881 AB Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:45:16 +0000 http://magazine.jamsbio.com/?p=5431#comment-17881 "Werewolves of London"? Really? That one's not about the destruction of London; it's about a werewolf strutting around London without destroying it. Otherwise, nice list. "Arson/New Wave riots led by Morrissey" -- think that might be the best one-line summary of a Smiths song I've ever come across. “Werewolves of London”? Really? That one’s not about the destruction of London; it’s about a werewolf strutting around London without destroying it.

Otherwise, nice list. “Arson/New Wave riots led by Morrissey” — think that might be the best one-line summary of a Smiths song I’ve ever come across.

]]> By: Daytripper69 http://magazine.jamsbio.com/2008/10/03/we-burnt-these-cities-with-rock-and-roll-10-great-songs-about-city-destruction/comment-page-1/#comment-17891 Daytripper69 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:04:18 +0000 http://magazine.jamsbio.com/?p=5431#comment-17891 You didn;t mention "If You're Going to San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)" By Scott McKenzie. That song has done more to ruin the street environment of San Francisco than anything else in the last century including the Earthquake of 1906. Ever since, the City of St. Francis has been paying for John Phillips (and McKenzie's) LA visions of "Summertime be[ing] a love-in there" and "you're gonna meet some gentle people there"- The Summer of Love was no more than a misguided self-promotion that backfired for a few San Francisco bands, & hey, the people here get as grumpy as they do anyplace else, especially when these people (two whole generations worth, by now) keep coming here, camping on the stoops and streets, some came in the sixties and never left, and have evolved into shopping-cart shoving chronic homeless. Please, universe, know how much we San Franciscans despise Mr. Phillips and McKenzie for helping to create our urine-soaked sidewalks and our syringe-riddled parks! OK? You didn;t mention “If You’re Going to San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)” By Scott McKenzie. That song has done more to ruin the street environment of San Francisco than anything else in the last century including the Earthquake of 1906. Ever since, the City of St. Francis has been paying for John Phillips (and McKenzie’s) LA visions of “Summertime be[ing] a love-in there” and “you’re gonna meet some gentle people there”- The Summer of Love was no more than a misguided self-promotion that backfired for a few San Francisco bands, & hey, the people here get as grumpy as they do anyplace else, especially when these people (two whole generations worth, by now) keep coming here, camping on the stoops and streets, some came in the sixties and never left, and have evolved into shopping-cart shoving chronic homeless. Please, universe, know how much we San Franciscans despise Mr. Phillips and McKenzie for helping to create our urine-soaked sidewalks and our syringe-riddled parks! OK?

]]> By: Steve Elliott (alapoet) http://magazine.jamsbio.com/2008/10/03/we-burnt-these-cities-with-rock-and-roll-10-great-songs-about-city-destruction/comment-page-1/#comment-17901 Steve Elliott (alapoet) Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:56:09 +0000 http://magazine.jamsbio.com/?p=5431#comment-17901 Fun list! I'd somehow missed that Mama Cass song, and I'm a fan of hers. I must find it! Fun list!

I’d somehow missed that Mama Cass song, and I’m a fan of hers. I must find it!

]]> By: Joshua Ludd http://magazine.jamsbio.com/2008/10/03/we-burnt-these-cities-with-rock-and-roll-10-great-songs-about-city-destruction/comment-page-1/#comment-17941 Joshua Ludd Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:28:05 +0000 http://magazine.jamsbio.com/?p=5431#comment-17941 Oh come on... Aenima by Tool, obviously. Oh come on… Aenima by Tool, obviously.

]]> By: Rion http://magazine.jamsbio.com/2008/10/03/we-burnt-these-cities-with-rock-and-roll-10-great-songs-about-city-destruction/comment-page-1/#comment-17931 Rion Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:57:51 +0000 http://magazine.jamsbio.com/?p=5431#comment-17931 You forgot the Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky You forgot the Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky

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