I was thinking about my Capitol Hill soundtrack and thought it would be fun to put together a collective playlist — one that only includes songs with specific references to Capitol Hill, or albums or artists with close ties to the hill.
1) The most obvious one is Sir Mix-A-Lot’s “Posse on Broadway,” which was also covered on the new Diplo/Santogold album.
2) Any song from Modest Mouse’s “Lonesome Crowded West.” The inside cover art includes a photo of an apartment building near Republican and Belmont.
What else?
…named for the Black Donut (really Black Sun by Isamu Noguchi) in Volunteer Park. Soundgarden was so good about looking local for inspiration (including their name).
I was thinking of them for the CH Soundtrack post, too. Used to always see Reggie on Broadway and 15th and once in Volunteer Park. Have seen them perform all over town but only once on the Hill at Neumo’s.
The Singles soundtrack seems like another obvious choice.
Pike St/Park Slope
Permanently Banned from QFC — at least, I think that’s what it was called because they only played it live. Assuming QFC wasn’t down with appearing in the song which, if I remember correctly, was inspired by doing whip-its or shoplifting or both at QFC on 15th Ave E. I might be making all of this up, too.
Joe Metro by Blue Scholars’ has a few lines about the hill:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz79goWQrYU
capitol hill girls – grieves ft. psmoov
The Crows, “Capitol Hillbillies”
Emerald City by U.S.E gives us a shout out.
Just sayin’.
I believe that Reservoir Park by The Duchess and the Duke is about the Volunteer Park reservoir.
The Presidents of The United States of America
They’re basically reciting the “I Saw U” ads from The Stranger.