Los Angeles is one of those songs that makes you want to both bang your head and shake your ass at the same time. I love the way it slips from an easygoing folksy tune to a balls out rocker. Also, it’s a great tune, easy to sing along with, easy to enjoy on many levels.
The song itself really is about Los Angeles, from the one in South Patagonia to the one from Bladerunner and each one in between.
And of course, the lyrics:
I met a man
He was a good man
Sailing and shoring
Dancing the beta can-can
Making me foreign
Oh yeah
I want to live in Los Angeles
Not the one in Los Angeles
No, not the one in South California
The got one in South Patagonia
I want to live in Los Angeles
Not the one in Los Angeles
They got a bunch down in Moleville
They got a bunch more still
I want to live in Los Angeles
Not the one is Los Angeles
They got one in twenty-five two five
Works just like a beehive
I want to live in Los Angeles
Not the one in Los Angeles
Counting helicopters on a Saturday night
The symphony of the fair light
I hear them saying Los Angeles
In all the black and white movies
And if you think they star-spangled us
How come we say los angeleez?
I’ll wait in Los Angeles
I’ll wait in the pouring sun
No way
For not anyone
No way
I met a man
He was a good man
Sailing and shoring
He got a betatron, man
Talking that foreign
Oh yeah
I’ll wait in Los Angeles
I’ll wait in the pouring sun
No way
For not anyone
No way
