Ep 34: My top 5 songs that define Los Angeles

In a Minute with Evan Lovett

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Society & Culture, Places & Travel

5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Impactful, important, historical... these are the characteristics I tapped into the most when putting together my intimate list of top 5 songs that define L.A. I enjoyed digging into the meanings of the lyrics, and researching the origins of these classics.

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0:00.0	What is up? This is Evan Lovett and thanks for tuning into my podcast in a minute with
0:11.5	Evan Lovett. An Odyssey Original brought to you by yours truly
0:15.3	your host Evan Lovett where you may know me from my social media page LA in a
0:19.9	minute. I'd love to invite you along for a personal and intimate ride as I share interesting
0:24.5	facts about all sorts of things you didn't know that you needed to know. Be
0:29.0	entertained and informed as I bring you into my mind to see the world through my lens.
0:34.0	There's history everywhere as long as you know where to look.
0:37.0	Let's get into it. Yo, episode number 34, which happened to be my Jersey number in high school,
0:55.5	baseball players, you know. It was a very special number to me growing up and
1:00.2	a special number to Los Angeles. Bo Jackson, best athlete I ever saw.
1:06.0	Raiders, my team growing up, number 34.
1:09.0	Fernando Valenzuela,
1:11.0	come on, you know what he means to the Dodgers, to the fan base, to the community.
1:15.0	Number 34. And my favorite player growing up, Kirby Puckett, who played in Minnesota for the Twins,
1:21.0	but was also number 34 and was the reason why I was
1:24.4	number 34. So this is indeed a special episode for me. Coming to you live from
1:29.5	the I am studios here in the heart of Los Angeles. And this week there is a ton of ground to cover because
1:37.2	did you know there are at least 3,000 songs about Los Angeles and I'm going to dive into the five that I think are the most
1:47.9	historically important and they might also happen to be some of my all-time favorites.
1:53.0	So not just from a musical perspective, but historical and personal as well.
1:58.0	It's a really fun episode.
2:00.0	And again, a special episode.
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