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Another aspect of "I Love L.A." - the streets named in the song not only span L.A.'s ethnic and class lines, but are also widely regarded as being nondescript and uninteresting. The joke was probably lost on non-locals. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.118.53.179 ( talk • contribs) 17:27, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
Anybody know what chart position it reached in the U.S.? It didn't merit a mention on the All Music Guide, but it seems like it must have charted somewhere based on the radio play alone. -- GentlemanGhost 02:20, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Various Mayors of L.A. will agree that, "I Love L.A." is a celebratory song, but I'm not sure that others do. As noted above, the streets mentioned in the song are some of the least notable and nondescript ones available.
Randy Newman is well known for contrary lyrics:
Finally, a mini-biography at answers.com suggests that, "I Love L.A. [is] a parody of shallow yuppie culture that was misinterpreted and became an anthem for '80s greed."
Consequently, I think the adjective, "celebratory" should be removed, unless someone can offer supporting evidence from the composer. 76.201.140.181 ( talk) 06:20, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
I think either "celebratory" should be removed, or the sentence "notwithstanding the song's primary message" should be removed. They absolutely cannot both be true. I made an edit yesterday that I think resolved the issue perfectly, but it was reverted. Rather than start a battle, I'll say it here. Remove "celebratory" and leave the sentence without an adjective in its place. Change the later paragraph to "Notwithstanding the arguably satiric message of the song." It's clean, readable, acknowledges the minor controversy over Newman's sincerity, and eliminates the grating contradiction currently on this page. 12.54.84.193 ( talk) 17:00, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
Los Angeles Indie band Rilo Kiley has a different song entitled "I Love L. A." It is not on any album but was performed live several times in 2007. Lyrics may be found here (commercial site): http://www.actionext.com/names_r/rilo_kiley_lyrics/i_love_la.html. While not as famous as Randy Newman's song, perhaps a disambiguation is appropriate. Winstoncharlton ( talk) 22:48, 1 May 2011 (UTC)