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Road Trip Music Challenge: Will you post a song that mentions a specific highway, road or street?

A song about Route 1.

Posted - June 1, 2021
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  • 13277
    Harry Chapin wrote this one about his time as a student at Cornell, and it brings back fond memories of Ithaca, NY, to those of us who have lived and/or gone to school there. As the name suggests, College Avenue is one of the main drags of Collegetown, a neighborhood adjacent to Cornell's campus and home to many students.
      June 1, 2021 9:56 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    Wow - - that is gorgeous!
      June 2, 2021 6:16 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    Sadly, Harry died in a traffic accident 40 years ago next month.
      June 2, 2021 6:29 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    Oh, wow. I don't think I knew that; shame on me.

    I listened again to the song.

    I never heard it before.

    (I love the accompanying instrumentals along with his voice and guitar.)

    3:18 to 3:26   -- lovely image of him
      June 2, 2021 6:40 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    That is pretty. 

    I'll bet my mom liked this song. Wish I could ask her!
      June 2, 2021 8:05 PM MDT
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  • 5451
    Did you go to school there or just live there?  I think it would be kind of cool to have a road in your town or by your school that was made famous in a song.
      June 5, 2021 6:32 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    Went to school and graduated with my BA. Walked up and down College Avenue countless times. The off-campus bookstore, Triangle Books, two of my favorite bars, Ruloff's and the Nines, and Collegetown Bagels were (and one or more of them may still be) on College Avenue, which crosses a stone bridge over Cascadilla Gorge onto campus. Cornell is rather famous for its bridges, two gorges, and kids who commit suicide by jumping, and a very clever marketing person conceived the slogan "Ithaca is Gorges," which adorns bumper stickers, sweatshirts, and tee shirts.
      June 5, 2021 8:43 PM MDT
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  • 1633
    Highway 101

      June 2, 2021 8:18 PM MDT
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  • 5451
    Highway 101 is a popular highway that gets mentioned a lot in songs.  I can think of this one and at least two others right now.
      June 5, 2021 6:34 PM MDT
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  • 53509

     

    “Thunder Road” by Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band.

    “Freeway Of Love” by Aretha Franklin.

    “On Broadway” by George Benson.

    “Ammonia Avenue” by The Alan Parsons Project.
    ~

     

      June 2, 2021 11:22 PM MDT
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  • 1633
    Are you familiar with "(The Ballard Of) Thunder Road" by Robert Mitchum... yes, THE Robert Mitchum :)

      June 3, 2021 2:46 PM MDT
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  • 53509

     

      No, I was not! Thank you for this information.
    ~

      June 3, 2021 4:19 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    Not so much "On Broadway" by George Benson, but yes to "Turn Your Love Around". 

      June 5, 2021 8:44 AM MDT
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  • 53509

    Oh. But that’s not a road or street song. 

    ~

      June 5, 2021 8:45 AM MDT
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  • 10052
    I know. Notifications took me back to this question thread and I saw your mention of George Benson's 'On Broadway' and that's all there was to it. 

    I can be random like that, even when I'm only high on life and coffee. :)
      June 5, 2021 8:49 AM MDT
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  • 5451
    I like all of those!  Thanks.
      June 5, 2021 6:35 PM MDT
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  • 16791


    The song references the Canning Highway between Fremantle (where singer Bon Scott spent much of his youth after his family emigrated from Scotland) and Perth. Called the "Highway to Hell" due to a disproportionate number of fatal crashes before the Western Australian state government straightened it out.
     


    On Second Avenue ...
      June 3, 2021 6:54 AM MDT
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  • 5451
    I like Highway to Hell but I didn’t know it was about an actual highway in Australia.  Thanks.
      June 5, 2021 6:38 PM MDT
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  • 1633
    Lonely Street

     

      June 3, 2021 2:52 PM MDT
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  • 5451
    The song’s kind of sad but I really love those rainy empty street scenes.
      June 5, 2021 6:40 PM MDT
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  • 1633
    Thanks, glad you found some enjoyment from this rather melancholic tune.
      June 5, 2021 6:50 PM MDT
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  • 16791
      June 3, 2021 6:21 PM MDT
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  • 5451
    I like it.  Thanks.
      June 5, 2021 6:42 PM MDT
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  • 11110
    6th Avenue Heartache by the Wallflowers. Cheers!
      June 3, 2021 8:21 PM MDT
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  • 5451
    This is one of those songs that I was hearing the lyrics wrong.  When I was a kid I thought it was “6th Avenue Harley”, which was a motorcycle dealership on 6th Avenue, lol.
      June 5, 2021 6:44 PM MDT
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