POLL: Your favorite tune about a town.

[saltpoint]

What is your favorite song about a town?

Nine choices below are just for starters. No belly-aching that your personal favorite isn't on the poll since a tenth slot for 'OTHER' covers your personal selections. Whiners will be locked in an attic and forced to listen to The Archies endlessly.

Whip out them maps, people.


TIA

[Huckebein the Raven]

1. Sinatra - "New York New York"

[saltpoint]

5. No question that Sinatra gets the song sung.

[Catchawave]

92. I like Liza's version too :) -nt

[loudestchick]

107. I prefer the Queen version from "Highlander".

[two gun sid]

2. Shit Town - Live

[saltpoint]

6. Hi, two gun sid.

I'm sorry for not knowing this one, but it SOUNDS a lot like the town I grew up in!

: )

[Ironpost]

3. living on tulsa time

[saltpoint]

7. Yes.

I first heard this song a while back and haven't gotten tired of it.

I want to run into someone from Tulsa, and ask what people there think of it.

[Ironpost]

30. We love it. we live it. thank you

[Longgrain]

4. A better Boston song, as every one knows

Is The Standels "Dirty Water"...It's Boston's (Unofficial) Theme song!

I'm gonna tell you a story
I'm gonna tell you about my town
I'm gonna tell you a big bad story, baby
Aww, it's all about my town

Yeah, down by the river
Down by the banks of the river Charles (aw, that's what's happenin' baby)
That's where you'll find me
Along with lovers, fuggers, and thieves (aw, but they're cool people)
Well I love that dirty water
Oh, Boston, you're my home (oh, you're the Number One place)
Frustrated women (I mean they're frustrated)
Have to be in by twelve o'clock (oh, that's a shame)
But I'm wishin' and a-hopin, oh
That just once those doors weren't locked (I like to save time for
my baby to walk around)
Well I love that dirty water
Oh, Boston, you're my home (oh, yeah)

Because I love that dirty water
Oh, oh, Boston, you're my home (oh, yeah)

Well, I love that dirty water (I love it, baby)
I love that dirty water (I love Baw-stun)
I love that dirty water (Have you heard about the Strangler?)
I love that dirty water (I'm the man, I'm the man)
I love that dirty water (Owww!)
I love that dirty water (Come on, come on)

[saltpoint]

8. Longgrain, I don't know this one --

-- maybe I should get down to the library and look into it.

[Longgrain]

9. You've never been to a bar in Beantown

or listened to local oldies stations...

It's all you'll hear..

[saltpoint]

10. That's true. I've never done any drinking in Boston bars.

By the way, I love seeing your posts with the Gauguin painting.

If I ever get up to Boston I'll buy you a cold beer and we'll toast the dirty water & Paul Gauguin.

[regnaD kciN]

72. ...or to Fenway Park...

GO SOX!

On second thought, make that GO WORLD CHAMPION SOX!!!

:party: :toast: :party: :toast: :party:

[flamingyouth]

11. It's especially humorous that they were from Los Angeles

:D

[Feathered Fish]

16. I love the Standells!

Try it. That's my favorite and Rari is a close second.

[Kat45]

47. Did you see the Standells when they were on The Munsters?

Eddie Munster loved the band and coincidentally the band rented out the Munsters' house to chill. Of course they ended up playing a party for Eddie.

[Feathered Fish]

85. No I haven't

but it sounds great. I could probably find that somewhere on the web. Thanks.

[Squeegee]

12. Do you know the way to San Jose?

Hate the song, but it has a tendency to stick with you.

[saltpoint]

15. I'll confess to loving it because of the way she sings it.

How does she DO that with her voice?

[RevolutionaryActs]

13. London Calling!

:7

[ralps]

14. I voted other because one of my favorite songs is "Sights and Sounds

of London Town" by Richard Thompson from his "Mock Tudor" album
:hi:

[saltpoint]

17. Hi, ralps.

I heard that song on a Saturday morning Miami FM public radio program. I think it's on from roughly 10 a.m. to noon or something... not sure -- I was driving around and just kept listening.

Anyway they played that cut and it sounded awfully good, even though I was not in London or anywhere near it.

[ralps]

22. A guitarist friend of mine turned me on to him. Last summer Richard

Thompsom came to Summerfest in Milwaukee. Two friends and I went to see him and we loved the concert even though it rained through most of the concert. Richard Thompson's website is http://www.richardthompson-music.com/

:hi:

[saltpoint]

27. Thank you for the website.

(I'm creating a file on music websites and will add Thompson's to it.)

[Feathered Fish]

18. Memphis, Tennessee

Chuck Berry

[saltpoint]

19. Mmm.

Good one.

[pres2032]

20. Allentown by Billy Joel

[saltpoint]

21. Good choice, pres2032.

I also thought of "New York State of Mind" but only had nine slots on the poll form.

Mr. Joel knows how to write music about his home area.

[pres2032]

35. yeah, sure would be nice if the polls had more slots

my parents were at his concert in allentown when he premiered it.

[saltpoint]

53. Your parents sound pretty hip to me.

My folks quit following pop music after The Andrews Sisters.

[pres2032]

73. hehe, billy joel is about where they stop

I think they may like Jimmy Buffet. They love the beatles, beach boys, and other groups from the 50s, 60s, but that's about it.

[DawgHouse]

23. Funky Town n/t

[frylock]

25. i got it..

It's the melody to Funkytown.

[Longgrain]

24. If you a real bubble-gum nerd there's also "In Seattle"

By Bobby Sherman...

"The Bluest sky's you've ever seen...in Seattle."

[saltpoint]

28. I think I may have entered one of the nine choices --

-- incorrectly.

I thought it was "Seattle" by Perry Como ("The bluest skies you've ever seen are in Seattle/and the hills the greenest green in Seattle..."

Did Bobby Sherman record that also? I didn't know that. Anyway, that's the tune I was trying for in that one slot.

It does have a sort of bubblegum bounce, doesn't it?

[Longgrain]

32. Bobby Sherman is the one I'm familiar with...

I think your right tho...Perry Como did also record it.

I associated it with Sherman because it was the theme song for the old seventies TV show "Here Comes the Brides" which co-stared Sherman.

I'm really showing off my dorkiness tonight...ain't I?

[saltpoint]

37. No, there's no dorkiness evident.

Besides, with Gauguin's ghost as an attendant spirit, you have all kinds of credibility.

I kind of remember something on tv about brides and Seattle, but it's foggy. In past times I watched The Man From Uncle religiously, and even tuned into the Waltons now and then.

I always wanted Ben -- JohnBoy's younger brother -- to break away from Walton Mountain and join a wildcattin' bluegrass band in the big city. But he never did.

[regnaD kciN]

75. While Bobby Sherman sang it as the theme song from the show...

...it was the Perry Como recording that was released as a single and got significant airplay (on the MOR stations, of course, but radio wasn't quite as stratified back then as it became a few years later). I don't know if it ever made the Billboard charts, but I wouldn't be surprised.

Bobby Sherman only became a "top 40 star" with "Hey Little Woman" about a year later.

[kodi]

26. "i left my heart in san francisco" tony bennett

or bob dylan's two-fer. "stuck outside of mobile with the memphis blues again"

[saltpoint]

29. Hi, kodi.

I should probably have included Tony Bennett's master recording in my initial list but I dropped the ball. It's a great composition.

I was told by Berkeley friends that the composition, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," was composed by a gay man for his lover. I bet a lot of people would be surprised to hear it.

And you're right on Dylan's "two-fer" -- a great song.

[SmileyBoy]

31. I'm goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City, here I come...

I'm goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City, here I come...
They got some pretty little women there, and I'm gonna get me one.

-Wilbur Harrison

[saltpoint]

36. Hi, SmileyBoy. There's something about Kansas City --

-- with music.

Did you by chance see the film by Robert Altman, KANSAS CITY? Anyway, it has a great soundtrack.

Good choice on this one and thanks for posting.

[SmileyBoy]

39. No, but I stopped there on my way to and from New Orleans.

Some great architecture there. Wonderful, historic tall buildings. I love that tall set of four pylons you have there at that one park (museum?).

[loudestchick]

105. It's actually a convention hall, H. Roe Bartle Hall. The Kansas City

Power and Light Building is an art deco masterpeice. We also have an amazing Frank Lloyd Wright home in the country club district.

[Telly Savalas]

74. Bird was from in KC

Enough said

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[pintobean]

34. Daytona

Chris Rea

[CBHagman]

38. I like your penalty for whiners, Old Crusoe.

And I will not bring up "Ich hab' mein Herz in Heidelberg verloren," which, if I recall correctly, was composed by someone who hadn't been to Heidelberg. At least that's what they said in a seminar in that town back in 1979.

I chose "Streets of London," which I also heard in Europe. The lyrics haunt me.

Streets Of London

Have you seen the old man
In the closed-down market
Kicking up the paper,
with his worn out shoes?
In his eyes you see no pride
And held loosely at his side
Yesterday's paper telling yesterday's news

So how can you tell me you're lonely,
And say for you that the sun don't shine?
Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London
I'll show you something to make you change your mind

Have you seen the old girl
Who walks the streets of London
Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags?
She's no time for talking,
She just keeps right on walking
Carrying her home in two carrier bags.

Chorus

In the all night cafe
At a quarter past eleven,
Same old man is sitting there on his own
Looking at the world
Over the rim of his tea-cup,
Each tea last an hour
Then he wanders home alone

Chorus

And have you seen the old man
Outside the seaman's mission
Memory fading with
The medal ribbons that he wears.
In our winter city,
The rain cries a little pity
For one more forgotten hero
And a world that doesn't care

Chorus

[tigereye]

40. My Old School by Steely Dan is one I like

MY OLD SCHOOL

I remember the thirty-five sweet goodbyes
When you put me on the Wolverine
Up to Annandale
It was still September
When your daddy was quite surprised
To find you with the working girls
In the county jail
I was smoking with the boys upstairs
When I heard about the whole affair
I said oh no
William and Mary won't do

CHORUS:
Well I did not think the girl
Could be so cruel
And I'm never going back
To my old school

Oleanders growing outside her door
Soon they're gonna be in bloom
Up in Annandale
I can't stand her
Doing what she did before
Living like a gypsy queen
In a fairy tale
Well I hear the whistle but I can't go
I'm gonna take her down to Mexico
She said oh no
Guadalajara won't do

CHORUS

California tumbles into the sea
That'll be the day I go
Back to Annandale
Tried to warn you
About Chino and Daddy Gee
But I can't seem to get to you
Through the U.S. Mail
Well I hear the whistle but I can't go
I'm gonna take her down to Mexico
She said oh no
Guadalajara won't do

[Patiod]

84. That song is definitly one of my Top Five All Time Faves

and one discussed below, "Walkin in Memphis" is also on my shortlist

[saltpoint]

42. Yes -- the lyrics are the power of the song --

-- and somehow the melody and the sound of the combination just fit perfectly. A great composition.

I wish each new generation of people could hear it. I don't want this song to fade.

[tigereye]

91. I really think Steely Dan lyrics and music

have stood the test of time. I'm especially partial to the early stuff. It's hard to pick a favorite... I like Black Friday a lot too.

[Intelligent_Designer]

41. Ghost Town

The Specials, SKA band from the early 80's. You hear a very short snippet of the song at the beginning of Shaun of the Dead.

[saltpoint]

43. Sorry to say I don't know this band, but will try to --

-- look into them.

Thanks for the tip.

[sparky_in_ma]

44. Werewolves of London

Warren:headbang:

[saltpoint]

45. Hi, sparky in ma -- your choice is making me homesick --

-- for my pal Warren Zevon. Some of his compositions are so deeply jammed into my brain that they'll never ever come out, and that's just how I like it.

"Werewolves of London" is pure magic, and I also love "Hasten Down the Wind," which is pretty close to a masterpiece in my book.

Thanks for the sweet/sad reminder tonight of a really talented songwriter.

[sparky_in_ma]

46. Yep

He had some good ones. Excitable boy and lawyers, guns, and money were a couple of favs. I gotta get those out tomorrow.

[saltpoint]

48. I don't blame you one bit.

I'm kind of grabbing for mine right now -- willing to stay up a little later to listen.

In a world of which I was the Supreme Commander, Warren would still be alive and Dick Cheney would be dead.

[Patiod]

86. Local radio station used to play "Werewolves of Bryn Mawr"

from an ancient Warren Zevon appearance at the Main Point in Bryn Mawr, back in the 70s. He was practically a local boy - spent many years with one of the local DJs, "Anita".

I've heard his last album is magical.

[Kat45]

49. "Sweet Home Chicago"

Great blues tune.

[saltpoint]

51. Thanks, notmyprez -- my poll is weak on the blues --

-- and you've thrown in a blues tune about a blues town.

Gracias.

[enigmatic]

50. "The Cleveland Stroll" by Willio And Phillio

Let's see if anybody knows this one..

[saltpoint]

52. You got me on this one, enigmatic. I have no idea & --

-- would like to find out more.

The only Cleveland tune that came to mind when i drew up my original notes was Alex Bevan's song, "I'm a skinny little boy from Cleveland, Ohio / 'come to steal your women and drink your beer..."

Past that, I drew a blank on Cleveland. Fill me in on Williio and Phillio.

[enigmatic]

59. Oh man, I forgot about Alex Bevan!

That's a great song, by the way.

"The Cleveland Stroll" came out around the same time (77-81)as "Skinny...."; WMMS and G-98 (WGCL) used to play it to death and it was a local hit. I know Whillio And Phillio went to California to write music for TV; I don't know whatever happened to them.

Remember "There's No Surf In Cleveland" by The Euclid Beach Band?

[saltpoint]

61. I can't BELIEVE you've heard of Alex Bevan!

I mention him to people from Ohio and they stare at me as if I'm speaking Egyptian. I did run into one guy in California who used to listen to WMMS and he knew Bevan's music pretty well.

I used to have NO TRUTH TO SELL, and got to hear him twice in concert, but then lost the trail.

Tell me more about Willio and Phillio. Were they Cleveland-area people also?

[enigmatic]

66. Bevan was going to play at my High School...

(Lakewood High), and got canceled by the principal because he wasn't a "proper" artist! What's he doing these days?

Whillio And Phillio were 2 songwriters that did "The Cleveland Stroll" as a knock-off song; I know they knew Kid Leo at WMMS and Uncle Vic at WGCL well and they both played the heck out of the song. Like I said, they vanished after they went to California; I have no idea what they are up to these days..

"Funky Poodle" by Wild Horses was another local hit during that time; I think Buzzy Lindhart ( who wrote "Friends", done by Bette Midler) was still around, too..

[enigmatic]

62. This is all I could find..

Which isn't much:

http://www.esquirerecords.com/citimusic/v.asp

They are under "W"...

[saltpoint]

65. Thank you, enigmatic. I have already saved the --

-- website.

Really appreciated your contribution to this post tonight (and to my mood, too!).

thanks.

[enigmatic]

68. No prob!

Anybody from Clevo is jake w/ me!

[KitchenWitch]

54. Marc Cohn

"Walking in Memphis"

[saltpoint]

60. There ya go, KitchenWitch -- you picked one of my --

-- favorites.

What a great composition.

Ding ding ding.

[KitchenWitch]

63. I like Marc Cohn a lot!

Sounds like we have similar tastes at least in music and art!

[saltpoint]

67. Yes -- and maybe in politics, too -- your Wellstone avatar --

-- reminds me of how much I miss having that guy in the Senate.

[KitchenWitch]

70. I was home watching TV when the reports came in that his plane was

missing, I cried when it was reported that the plane had crashed. Norm Coleman in Wellstone's seat is nothing short of evil.

[saltpoint]

79. I agree with every syllable. Coleman is just not --

-- acceptable.

[NightTrain]

55. Lipps, Inc. - "Funkytown," written as a tribute to Minneapolis.

[saltpoint]

64. Hi, NightTrain. I have to tell you I almost didn't post this --

-- poll tonight because I know you could have done it the way it should be done, and your music library -- mental and physical both -- must be endless.

Thanks for throwing in. Much appreciated.

[achtung_circus]

56. Sudbury Saturday Night

Well the girls are out to bingo
And the boys are gettin stinko
We think no more of Inco
On a Sudbury Saturday Night

The glasses they will tinkle
While our eyes begin to twinkle
And we think no more of Inco
On a Sudbury Saturday Night

[enigmatic]

57. Stompin' Tom!!!!

Dammit, I'm playing "Bud The Spud" on my overnight show tonight!

[Bok_Tukalo]

58. "Still in Hollywood" by Concrete Blonde

I was walking down the street early this morning
Past the graveyard, voices whisper to me.
I was walking down the street, early this morning
And the silver tears of rain hung from the leaves
And I swear I heard the voices singing to me...
Singing to the rhythm of the beat of my feet,
I swear I heard the voices singing to me -
Keep on, keep on, keep on.

Still in Hollywood!
oh WOW! Thought I'd be out of here by now.
Still in Hollywood!
My, my I'm running on a wheel and I don't know why
I don't know why.

And on the bus today, I met the queen of L.A. -
At least she said she was and who am I to say?
She was sixty-five and full of life,
She had purple-painted cheeks
And glitter on her eyes
And the troll on the corner, I flipped him a quarter
And he looked at me and smiled.
He wasn't abused, he wasn't confused,
He had nothing to gain and less to lose in Hollywood

oh WOW! Thought I'd be out of here by now.
Still in Hollywood!
My, my I'm running like a rat and I don't know why

And so it's three A.M., I'm out walking again.
I'm just a spot on the sidewalk in a city of sin.
He doesn't give a fuck, he's living under a truck.
You know it coulda been me, guess it's just my luck.
But I swear I hear the voices singing to me -
Keep on, keep on, keep on.

Still in Hollywood...

[saltpoint]

69. Folks, your selections under 'OTHER' have been --

-- VERY good.

I'm one tired bunny right now and I'm going to retire for the evening.

'Will check in again tomorrow.

Thanks to all so far. I've learned a lot.

[all.of.me]

71. 'this old town' by nanci griffith

she has bela fleck playing banjo on one version of it.

[saltpoint]

80. I sort of stumbled onto Nanci Griffith's music --

-- by way of Emmylou Harris. I am drawn more to Emmylou, but Nanci has her strengths.

And Bela Fleck can stop me in my tracks. A virtuoso if ever there was one.

[all.of.me]

103. i love them both!

about 20 years ago, i was turned on to emmy lou and nanci, along with the burgeoning folk shows on public radio. i love nanci's cover work more than her original music. some of her originals are great, but she sure can do justice to someone else's song.

i found 'this old town' on her 1993 other voices, other rooms. it is all folk songs that she has redone with great harmonies by a star-studded cast, so to speak - arlo guthrie, odetta, emmy, of course, maybe chet atkins, and iris dement. it is my favorite.

she does great harmonies, too. i saw her on letterman years ago, and she was talking about how her 'daddy' taught her to sing and write harmony. i love to sing harmony, so i guess her work resonates with me.

[saltpoint]

122. I like to sing harmony, too. But you don't want me on --

-- lead.

You know, there ought to be a DU band. Enigmatic and Night Train could arrange auditions.

[all.of.me]

104. bela fleck

have you seen 'strength in numbers' play before? it has been years and years, but i do have an old tape that i pull out now and then. i can't even remember who all is on it, but it is the cream of the crop of bluegrass (i saw them in telluride several times) - banjo, mandolin, fiddle and ... maybe guitar?! like i say, it's been a l-o-n-g time since i've seen them or even listened to them! maybe i'll do that tomorrow!

[Radical Activist]

76. Sweet Home Chicago

By Robert Johnson and covered by many others.

Also, Dear Chicago by Ryan Adams.

Any other song about Chicago is good too because this town kicks major ass. And if you don't like it me and some boys from the union will come over and have a little "discussion" with you about that and a crow bar will do most of the talking. Understand?

[LiberallyInclined]

77. Love Land by the B-52's

it's about the city in colorado, right?

[auntAgonist]

78. Tilsonburg

My back still aches when I hear that word .........


Stompin Tom.

Tilsonburg Ontario.

[saltpoint]

81. Stompin Tom is well represented on this thread.

Also I love the quotation in your signature. It's great, and timely, too.

[TyeDye75]

82. London Calling

[tyedyeto]

83. CCR - Stuck in Lodi Again n/t

[saltpoint]

88. Hi, tyedyeto.

I love the original, but Emmylou Harris does a good version of it too in concert.

Great song.

As hooks go, it's one of the frequent earworms for me. I just love it.

[Strawman]

87. Tiny Town - Dead Milkmen n/t

[saltpoint]

89. I heard the Dead Milkmen live in West Palm Beach --

-- some years back now, and the surgery on my hearing restoration is only recently concluded.

Wow were they loud. And wow were they effective. The crowd completely loved them. I talked with their road manager at the time and he was one of the most intelligent people I have ever talked with. On the brilliant side of brilliant.

[RebelOne]

90. You forgot my birth place.

Philadelphia Freedom, by Elton John.

[saltpoint]

94. I know that song is popular.

When it comes to Elton, I like that song but the ones that take the cake for me are 'Mona Lisas & mad Hatters,' 'Where to Now, St. Peter,' and 'Sixty Years On.'

I have spent some time in Philadelphia, RebelOne, and I think your town is a great one. I could live there, no problem.

Can I stay on your couch 'til I find a place?

[Lautremont]

93. One Great City by The Weakerthans

It's about their hometown of Winnipeg and how much they love it.

[saltpoint]

95. I don't know this one, Lautremont, but will --

-- try to keep my ears peeled.

Your post puts me in the mind of another trip through Canada.

[enigmatic]

96. Damn, a Weakerthans fan???

Great band, and I'm impressed there's a fan here..

[Lautremont]

97. I bet there's lots of fans here!

Or a few, at least. They're a big leftie band, after all. And I'm glad to find at least one here as well.

And Ol' Crusoe, you'll enjoy them, I betcha. Pick up an album or two as you do your Canadian trip.

[enigmatic]

101. They are a great band...

Next time they come through Edmonton, I'm there..

[Seabiscuit]

98. What? No Tony Bennett "I Left My Heart In San Francisco"??????

I was going to mention "Georgia" by Ray Charles, but that's about a state.

Wait a minute. I just MENTIONED it! '

:GAACCKKKK::

[Seabiscuit]

99. Oops... someone did beat me to it. Sorry.

[Seabiscuit]

100. This'll get the Bushies freaked out: "I Love Paris"

[saltpoint]

110. You're right -- they'll freak out --

-- but hell -- let's let 'em suffer!

There are some sensational jazz versions of that song.

[last_texas_dem]

102. "Barrytown" by Steely Dan

I love that song, although I'm not sure if that town actually exists.

"Galveston" is really cool,though. That's what I voted for out of the poll choices.

I also give "Amarillo by Morning" by Terry Stafford/George Strait, "Lodi" by CCR, "San Francisco" by Scott McKenzie, and "New Orleans Ladies" by Louisiana's LeRoux honorable mentions. I'm never good at narrowing things down!

[saltpoint]

111. Don't you dare apologize for not narrowing things down.

Your honorable mentions list is packed with great songs. My favorite among them is "Amarillo by Morning," which I'm now embarrassed to have left off my original poll. What a terrific song that is.

[loudestchick]

106. "Streets of Philadelphia" makes me cry like a baby.

[saltpoint]

112. Me, too. A powerful song in and of itself --

-- and it has even more punch in the film soundtrack.

[benny05]

125. So does Neil Young's "Philadelphia"

At the end of the movie, when they show the videos and play this song...I get teary-eyed. I've seen it about 5 times, and my reaction is the same at the end. O8) That's why I don't listen to the song too often, as I don't want to be immune to the feeling of the song.

Like the Boss's song too.

[The Great Escape]

108. "Ferry Cross The Mersey"...Gerry and the Pacemakers...

Liverpool

[saltpoint]

113. Damn, I don't know this one. I know the group but not --

-- this song. If it's about Liverpool, I need to check it out.

[The Great Escape]

128. Lyrics...

Ferry cross the Mersey
(Gerry and Pace Makers)



Lyric:
Life goes on day after day
Hearts torn in every way
So ferry 'cross the Mersey
'cause this land's the place I love
and here I'll stay
People they rush everywhere
Each with their own secret care
So ferry 'cross the Mersey
and always take me there
The place I love
People around every corner
They seem to smile and say
We don't care what your name is boy
We'll never turn you away
So I'll continue to say
Here I always will stay
So ferry 'cross the Mersey
'cause this land's the place I love
and here I'll stay
and here I'll stay
Here I'll stay

[Toby109]

109. Katmandu

Bob Seger

[saltpoint]

115. Totally forgot about this song, but your mention of --

-- Bob Seger got my brain jukebox playing and now it's playing "Night Moves" over and over and over.

[eyepaddle]

114. Oh Atlanta : Little Feat

[saltpoint]

118. Great tune and a great band, too.

Isn't it a Lowell George composition?

Anyway, it stands proud on the music map if you ask me.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

116. Down the way where the nights are gay

and the sun shines gaily on the mountaintop,
I took a trip on a sailing ship and when I reached Jamaica
I made a stop,
Now I'm sad to say, I'm on my way,
Won't be back for many a day,
My heart is down my head is turning around
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston Town.

[saltpoint]

120. Ah, here's a good one. Don't jump all over me if --

-- I pick the wrong version of this song, but my first exposure to it was at maybe age 9 or 10 by the Kingston Trio. That's a long way back but the song still "sounds" in my ear.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

123. It was Harry Belafonte who got me addicted

to this song and all the other island songs. So much so, I left the great white north and now live on a boat in the Keys. Let that be a warning to all parents who allow their youngsters to listen to island music!

[saltpoint]

126. A boat in the Keys! Holy moly, that's great.

Can I sleep on your couch?

Harry's voice is terrific. What a great guide to the islands.

I'll foist the blue peter in the breeze for you, tinfoilin' and wish you a calm sea.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

127. Seas weren't that calm today, Crusoe,

Too many damn tourists down for the holiday, all stirring up a wake with their jet skis! But ya gotta take the bad with the good, LOL.
(and thanks for the good wishes)

[benny05]

117. I am a town by Mary Chapin Carpenter

I'm a town in Carolina, I'm a detour on a ride
For aphone call and a soda, I'm a blur from the driver's side
I'm the last gas for an hour if you're going twenty-five
I am Texaco and tobacco, I am dust you leave behind

I am peaches in September, and corn from a roadside stall
I'm the language of the natives, I'm a cadence and a drawl
I'm the pines behind the graveyard, and the cool beneath their shade, where the boys have left their beer cans
I am weeds between the graves.

My porches sag and lean with old black men and children
Their sleep is filled with dreams, I never can fulfill them
I am a town.

I am a church beside the highway where the ditches never drain
I'm a Baptist like my daddy, and Jesus knows my name
I am memory and stillness, I am lonely in old age; I am not your destination
I am clinging to my ways
I am a town.

I'm a town in Carolina, I am billboards in the fields
I'm an old truck up on cinder blocks, missing all my wheels
I am Pabst Blue Ribbon, American, and "Southern Serves the South"
I am tucked behind the Jaycees sign, on the rural route
I am a town
I am a town
I am a town

Southbound.

[saltpoint]

119. Yes. It is one of the really photographic images in --

-- music of a town. I have this woman's albums from the word 'Go' and I never get tired of them.

Excellent choice,benny05.

[Guy Fawkes]

121. "Small Town Trap" by Eve 6

[GOPBasher]

124. "Rivendell" by Rush.

It's about the place in Tolkien's middle earth. I might be spelling it wrong.