On That Note: More Songs About Buildings...

[MeanDean]

Another weekly post about musical topics from your crew at OTN. We are @cyclones500, @CycloneRulzzz and me.

This week, we're looking for song titles and/or lyrics that mention a specific type of building (barn, garage, restaurant).

Exceptions: We are NOT accepting these for this segment:
(1) Songs that mention home, house, apartment, condo or other typical dwelling place. (We've already had an OTN on that topic).
(2) Songs that mention churches, temples, chapels or other places of worship (We may save those for a separate topic).
(3) Structures such as bridges, walls, etc. that normally don't have a typical wall/roof structure.
(4) Generic word "building" itself does not count.

Last week's topic was Future Tense, songs with Future or Tomorrow in them. It can be found here:

https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/on-that-note-future-tense.272865/

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My First Five

Roadhouse Blues - Doors


Big Barn Bed - Paul McCartney and Wings


And We Danced - Hooters "I met my be-bop baby at the Union Hall"


Levon - Elton John "garage by the motorway"


Come A Little Bit Closer - Jay and the Americans "In a little cafe just the other side of the border"

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

 

[cyclones500]

 

[MeanDean]

 

[cyclones500]

 

[MeanDean]

 

[MeanDean]

 

[MeanDean]

I don't count this because of the brand name of the hotel chain. But I qualify it because it includes "Inn"

 

[JP4CY]

 

[cyclones500]

“Mama's in the factory … ”

 

[MeanDean]

"But I work in his factory"

 

[madguy30]

 

[MeanDean]

"When I think back on all the crap I learned in High School"

 

[TrailCy]

Turnpike troubadours: Easton & Main

 

[MeanDean]

 

[Buster28]

First thing that pops into my head is a lyric from Sylvia's "Nobody", released in 1982. I've use this before, but so what. It's a great chatchy AF song, it crossed over to the pop charts, and it won her the ACM Female Vocalist trophy in 1983. The song also won the BMI award for most-played country song at radio that year. The song opens: "Sittin' in a restaurant, she walked by/I seem to recall that certain look in your eye..."



And the story behind "Nobody" from Sylvia herself. Not related to the topic, but fun to hear the background on the recording.

 

[MeanDean]

"I'm sittin' in the railway station..."

 

[cyclones500]

 

[JP4CY]

Well you walk into a restaurant
(And a lot of mentions of a stage)