Music that 'feels like home'

[Beechwoods]

I thought it'd be intertesting to pick up on something Andy831 said over on the Brass Bands thread - what music makes you feel like you're back home, or reminds you of where you come from?

For me, I think the thing that sums up being 'British' is Jerusalem. I'm not from one of the regions with a strong musical heritage, but Jerusalem always makes me think of England

[alb]

The Simpsons theme tune always reminds me of home.
That bit where the cars arrive at the same time, and everyone wants to watch the telly.

[Beechwoods]

The bit at the Nuclear Power plant reminds me of work

[John]

Celtic fiddle music reminds me of my routes
Isley Bros Summer Breeze reminds me of summer
and for some reason prog rocks always feels so British

[Joe]

Half Man Half Biscuit, especially when they use lines like:

'I didn’t take much time convincing her
Baby, I’m from the Wirral peninsula'

'Because you had a daughter, and chose to call her Rain
Because you didn’t indicate to go down Woodchurch Lane'

'Remind our kid of Moroder
Remind our kid of Moroder
Moroder
Moroder
M’road out of here's a trunk route
A552
A552'

[MartinT]

Dire Straits makes me think of home, especially as I was abroad when 'Sultans of Swing' was a hit.

[The Vinyl Adventure]

I can't think of much that makes me think of "home" or England specifically, although oddly spin doctors firs album makes me think of holidays in Portugal ... That was where I first heard and liked any sort of guitar based "rock" music in the form of the spin doctors that I really liked!
Neil diamond, the Jackson 5 and the theme tune to Thomas the tank make my think of being in the car with my dad when I was little... That would be from traveling home when he picked me up from the child minders in the evening

[Haselsh1]

Boston 'More Than A Feeling'

It reminds me of my early motorcycling days in Lincolnshire on a Kawasaki H2C 750 triple.

[The Grand Wazoo]

Some ideas from me……….

Specific tracks:
'Oliver's Army' – Elvis Costello & the Attractions
'Penny Lane', 'Eleanor Rigby'– The Beatles
'Chalkhills & Children' – XTC
'Up The Junction' – Squeeze (probably most of those Squeeze singles would do it for me!)
'The Easter Parade' & 'Eventide' – The Faith Brothers
'Shipbuilding' – by whoever


Albums:
Jethro Tull – 'Songs from the Wood'
David Bowie – 'Hunky Dory'
The Zombies – 'Odysee and Oracle'


Bands/Performers:
Ronnie Lane – things like 'The Poacher' – how could they be about anywhere else?
The Kinks – pretty obvious really – 'Waterloo Sunset', 'The Village Green Preservation Society', 'Sunny Afternoon', 'Lazy Old Sun', 'Sweet Lady Genevieve', 'Sitting in the Midday Sun' (God, they did a lot of songs about the sun, didn't they?)
XTC
Roy Harper
Robert Wyatt
Billy Bragg

Apart from the above, the single sound (& I suppose you could call it music) that reminds me of England, whenever & wherever I hear it no matter what is the sound of a woodpigeon.

[DanJennings]

XTC and the Kinks agreed...
Madness and Genesis, definitely, and all snotty original punk bands... especially people like Splodgenessabounds