This list should begin and end with "Sweet Home Chicago." Whether the Robert Johnson original or covers by the Blues Brothers or Foghat... yes, I said Foghat... it should be the "New York, New York" of Chicago.
Y'know I always think the Hold Steady get less respect on the Hoff Boards then they should, and I shouldn't have been the first one on page three to post....the blazing "Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night"
'Chicago Blues' - Little Johnny Jones (with Elmore James) also qualifies with San Antonio for the songs mentioning cities in Texas thread ...
Mac Davis: "In The Ghetto" As the snow flies on a cold and gray Chicago mornin' A poor little baby child is born in the ghetto And his mama cries 'cause if there's one thing that she don't need It's another hungry mouth to feed in the ghetto People, don't you understand the child needs a helping hand Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day? Take a look at you and me; are we too blind to see? Do we simply turn our heads and look the other way? Well, the world turns and a hungry little boy with a runny nose Plays in the street as the cold wind blows in the ghetto And his hunger burns, so he starts to roam the streets at night And he learns how to steal and he learns how to fight in the ghetto Then one night in desperation a young man breaks away He buys a gun, steals a car, tries to run, but he don't get far And his mama cries
Bobbi Humphrey - Chicago, Damn Jazz flutist and singer. "Chicago, Damn" is the opening track from her third album "Blacks and Blues", released in 1973 on Blue Note. "Along come the mail man Can't hear the preacher man Violence is his teacher man Chicago, damn"
So hit me on a page if there's somethin' you wanna know About major crime areas of Chicago Almost anything you wanna know you can talk to me
