Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Eric's Songlist: Wrong Side of the Tracks

These songs are about love affairs between rich and poor.

Baby Don't Go - Sonny & Cher
Bonnie’s Part of Town - Randy & the Rainbows or The Vogues
Dawn - Four Seasons
Down in the Boondocks - Billy Joe Royal
Hang on Sloopy - McCoys
Last Train From Poor Valley - Norman Blake
Leader of the Pack - Shangri-Las
Love on the Wrong Side of Town - Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes
Mary, Mary, Row Your Boat - Classics IV
Midnight Mary - Joey Powers
Only in America - Jay & the Americans
Patches - Dickey Lee
Poor Boy - Steve Earle
Poor Side of Town - Johnny Rivers
Rag Doll - Four Seasons or Steeleye Span
The Old Home Place - The Dillards
Uptight - Stevie Wonder
Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
Workin” for the Man - Roy Orbison
Wrong Side of Town - Rick Danko-Eric Andersen-Jonas Fjeld

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great list for those "wrong side of the tracks" songs! You may also want to consider the following, which also have references to economics being the barrier in a relationship: "Midnight Mary" by Joey Powers, "Rag Doll" by the Four Seasons, "Leader of the Pack" by the Shangri-Las (and covered by Twisted Sister), and "(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet" by the Reflections (and covered by Sha Na Na).

Anonymous said...

uptown girl, billy joel (of course)

bill k said...

Dark end of the street

Anonymous said...

Also "Baby Don't Go" by Sonny and Cher.

Anonymous said...

And "Poor Boy" by Steve Earle.

Eric Riback said...

I've added a bunch of these. Don't agree with "Just Like Romeo & Juliet" although I love the song because the lyrics don't really talk about being from the wrong part of town or anything, just that the guy needs to get a job.

Anonymous said...

Common people- Pulp