BitchTapes: Songs About Home

Music post by Brian Frank on September 9, 2011 - 12:22pm; tagged BitchTapes, home.

I've been thinking a lot about my home this week, and by association the many emotions that thoughts of home brings—happiness and coziness and fun, as well as the heavier stuff, or even the feeling of lacking a home at all. Here's a wide-ranging soundtrack to accompany mental meanderings of home—some of my favorites, and some picks from the rest of the Bitch crew.

Track Listing:

Two Of Us - The Beatles
Cresent City - Lucinda Williams
Our House - Madness
Back To The Old House - The Smiths
Love Lives Here - Billy Bragg
No Mirrors in My Nana's House - Sweet Honey in the Rock
Home Again - Carole King
Nowhere Is My Home - The Replacements
Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) - The Decemberists
Julie's House - Leo Kottke
Happy House - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight And The Pips
Coming Home - Sharon Van Etten
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To - Nina Simone
Talking Heads - This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)

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I love that song by the

Posted by MaggieAggie (not verified) on September 10, 2011 - 6:41am

I love that song by the Decemberists! It reminds me of my girlfriend, who's like my home away from home :)

home songs

Posted by dotfrye on September 10, 2011 - 3:29pm

I also like "Our House" by Crosby Stills Nash & Young, and "You're My Home" by Billy Joel, even though it might be a little cheesy. :-)

"Homeward Bound" by Simon &

Posted by Owl on September 11, 2011 - 10:15pm

"Homeward Bound" by Simon & Garfunkel, of course. "Evening Falls" by Enya, "Come on Home" by Franz Ferdinand." There's also "House Mop" by Medeski, Martin and Wood, but it's instrumental, so I don't know about that one. :)

This might be one of my

Posted by Mel S. (not verified) on September 12, 2011 - 8:52am

This might be one of my favorite BitchTapes ever. My friends and I listened to it on repeat for hours last night. Thanks Bitch!

songs about home (only singer-songwriters)

Posted by notnicolajames (not verified) on December 5, 2011 - 3:20am

These are my 2 pence:
http://notnicolajames.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/where-love-lies-waiting/

Awesome Blog..!

Posted by alarme de maison (not verified) on December 15, 2011 - 7:38am

It reminds me of my girlfriend, who's like my home away from home :)