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View Poll Results: "Paradise City " song for Miami anthem ?
YES 1 4.76%
NO 20 95.24%
Voters: 21. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 10-17-2009, 04:57 PM
 
Location: between Ath,GR & Mia,FL...
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"Take me down to Paradise city
where the grass is green
& the girls are pretty
oh won't u please take me hown "...

Is that Gun n Roses classic suitable for the anthem of Miami...

Grass is the greeniest & the girls are some of the prettiest

Post your opinion & vote...

Last edited by Keeper; 10-19-2009 at 03:19 PM.. Reason: changed per request
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Old 10-18-2009, 04:52 PM
 
Location: Downtown Miami
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Is there a spanish version? Just a thought.
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Old 10-18-2009, 07:26 PM
 
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Unfortunately, I don't think so. I'm not sure any classic rock song is an appropriate theme song for Miami.

When's the last time you saw a classic rock concert booked at the AAA ? I had to go to Miami Gardens to see the Police, Sunrise to see Fleetwood Mac and the Eagles, and West Palm Beach to see Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. This city just isn't into classic rock very much.
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Old 10-19-2009, 12:25 AM
 
Location: Heartland Florida
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Grass is brown from November-May and the pretty girls are usually tourists. Some of the girls are scary enough to turn a guy gay!
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Old 10-19-2009, 07:24 AM
 
Location: between Ath,GR & Mia,FL...
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As for the grass,SoFL grass colour saturation,that "tropical deep green shade " is unparalleled...
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Old 10-19-2009, 08:35 AM
 
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Originally Posted by harrymiafl View Post
"Take me down to Paradise city
where the grass is green
& the girls are pretty
oh won't u please take me down "...
It's actually "won't you please take me home" and "home" is Lafayette Indiana(Axl's hometown)

Miami by Will Smith is more suitable for tourists, and for residents "Big Yellow Taxi" by Joni Mitchell
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Old 10-19-2009, 10:21 AM
 
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...and the pretty girls are usually tourists. Some of the girls are scary enough to turn a guy gay!
False. Miami has some of the most beautiful girls in the world, bar-none. Now they may not all be Miami natives, but I assure you that most beautiful girls here are not tourists.

That being said, there are plenty of scary ones as well...
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Old 10-19-2009, 01:32 PM
 
Location: between Ath,GR & Mia,FL...
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Originally Posted by ♥♥PRINC3Ss♥♥ View Post
It's actually "won't you please take me home" and "home" is Lafayette Indiana(Axl's hometown)

Miami by Will Smith is more suitable for tourists, and for residents "Big Yellow Taxi" by Joni Mitchell

Right,I tried to correct it but it seems that after a comment is posted,there is no remedy...

Maybe the moderator can correct it...Thanks
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Old 10-19-2009, 02:40 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles......So. Calif. an Island on the Land
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According to an interview with Slash, the song was written in the back of a rental van as they were on their way back from playing a gig in San Francisco. The band was in the back of the van, drinking and playing acoustic guitars when he came up with the intro.


"Paradise City" is thought by some to be about Los Angeles (the band's adoptive hometown) and its many contradictions (wealth, poverty, sunshine, crime, smog, etc). The Hollywood, CA scene in the 1980's where the band formed was at the time very seedy with homelessness and teen runaways a common fact on the streets. This may have come as a bit of a shock for a midwestern boy like Axl who thought tinseltown was all glam and glitter.

Others believe the song to be written about Axl and Izzy Stradlin's hometown of Lafayette, IN. But hey it's only rock and roll.....so it could be about Miami too or any other place you want it to be...
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Old 10-19-2009, 07:47 PM
 
Location: VA
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in any event it's a great song...
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