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Old Posted Sep 25, 2014, 9:59 PM
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Awesome. I would have picked American Woman for LA. No idea why I associate it with that city (hopefully it's not REALLY obviously and I'm just being stupid, ) - but I do.
American Woman refers to Lady Liberty in New York City.
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For San Francisco: either Tony Bennett's "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" or Journey's "Lights."
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The unofficial anthem for Pittsburgh is "Renegade" by Styx.

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I don't think people should be listing songs unless the band is well-known for being from the city, or the band mentions the city in the song.

The Dandy Warhols are from Portland, OR, so if anything, Bohemian Like You would be Portland's song.
I think any song that captures a city's feeling or vibe is good enough. There's a reason we've been called the Portland of the East: we feel and function a lot alike. Probably most anything that's good for Portland would be good for us as well, and probably good for any other hipster haven.
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I always thought the Portland of the East was in Maine.
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Old Posted Sep 26, 2014, 2:59 AM
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I think any song that captures a city's feeling or vibe is good enough. There's a reason we've been called the Portland of the East: we feel and function a lot alike. Probably most anything that's good for Portland would be good for us as well, and probably good for any other hipster haven.
Disagreed. A city's "anthem" can't be a song with zero obvious connection to that city, by a band from a faraway city.

And I've got nothing against Asheville, which is certainly a nice place, but it's not meaningfullly comparable with any West Coast metropolis. There is just no way it "functions" like a city that has higher daily light rail ridership than Asheville's entire population, and then some. Portland is 650% more populous than Asheville, with all the urban amenities of metros many times its own size, and it functions accordingly.

When it comes to the West Coast, Asheville is probably most analogous to Eugene--the two are similar in population size, both are green, liberal, funky, youthful, surrounded by mountains.
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Disagreed. A city's "anthem" can't be a song with zero obvious connection to that city, by a band from a faraway city.

And I've got nothing against Asheville, which is certainly a nice place, but it's not meaningfullly comparable with any West Coast metropolis. There is just no way it "functions" like a city that has higher daily light rail ridership than Asheville's entire population, and then some. Portland is 650% more populous than Asheville, with all the urban amenities of metros many times its own size, and it functions accordingly.

When it comes to the West Coast, Asheville is probably most analogous to Eugene--the two are similar in population size, both are green, liberal, funky, youthful, surrounded by mountains.
Then call it the Eugene of the South or the Eugene of the East. I honestly don't give a shit either way, but it's not like I made it up myself:

Portland Business Journal

(If it makes you feel better, they don't see the connection either aside from fun, inconsequential ways, which are the same connections I see.)

By saying the cities function similarly, I'm not talking about size or transit ridership or anything else. I'm talking about reputation as a place where young people go to retire, basically. You will note that the song I chose applies to any hipster haven. Hell, aside from the fact that no one in New York drives, it could even apply to Brooklyn, but for the line about the car. Perhaps I chose the improper word, but I'm talking about the feel and reputation, nothing concrete.

And with that, that's that. It's not important enough to argue about.

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I always thought the Portland of the East was in Maine.
Nonsense. It's in Tennessee.
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"My Kind of Town", composed by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Sammy Cahn and most famously performed by Frank Sinatra.

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"Sweet Home Chicago" originally recorded by Robert Johnson with ambiguous lyrics, but it has been covered by numerous blues artists over the decades and is perhaps most famously known from the rendition in the "Blues Brothers" movie (which just also happens to be the official unofficial movie of chicago).

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We also get Sufjan Steven's masterpiece:

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This came to mind instantly. If you ever go to a Chargers game this will get stuck in your head.

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Chicago needs to step up its anthem-creating game. Those are just awful.
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The unofficial anthem for Pittsburgh is "Renegade" by Styx.

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I'd even add "Uh-HUH! You know what it is... Black 'n' Yellow, Black 'n' Yellow, Black 'n' Yellow, Black 'n' Yellow..." Although I'd have to concur with Renegade. Takes me back to the incredible 2005 and 2008 seasons...

For Philadelphia, I'd say Elton John's Philadelphia Freedom (Yeah, I know it's really about the tennis team), or the American Bandstand theme.
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Actually three possibilities for Philadelphia: "TSOP...The sound of Philadelphia", "Philadelphia Freedom", "Expressway to your heart."
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For Milwaukee (and the rest of Wisconsin)--- 'Beer Barrel Polka'. Nothing to do at all with the city and was created in Europe like a hundred years ago. It has become a popular state anthem and a tradition at Brewers games in Milwaukee for like 40+ years.

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"Seattle" - by Perry Como - it was the theme to "Here Come the Brides" - a show back in the 60s. They sing it at soccer games now.

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What does "My Way" have to do with New York City?

Sinatra's "New York, New York" is a far more fitting anthem for that city. It's literally all about NYC, right from the very title of the song.
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Old Posted Sep 27, 2014, 8:52 PM
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hmm, i would say sweet caroline for boston, tsop for philadelphia and nyny for nyc.

and although there are more than a few candidates, of course it comes down to this one for le cleve:

http://youtu.be/6_1uEIdjRQU?list=AL9...EJkgaHgXmPOtTz
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