It’s not even really about LA. There’s no specific LA detail. The Dude just loves his city. It might as well be Fresno.
Interesting credits on the song: “Writer(s): Quincy Jones, Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman, Peggy Lipton.” Did Peggy really contribute or did Q just want half the royalties?
Is that so hard to believe? The entire lyrics of Brick House by the Commodores were written by Shirley Hanna-King, the wife of the Commodores' William King, who plays many instruments for the band.
He was assigned to write the words, but he fell asleep with the notepad on his chest. His wife took, and wrote an entire song. He didn't even tell the rest of the band for years. And the song is top 5.
Q is from Chicago. The other three are from NYC.