'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Thanks, Barb! Your links hits much closer than my first - quite desperate, I admit - searches. As I thought, more countries without iTunes access than the ones with it.
I know about the so-called-Apple-store in Israel. That's crazy. Most of its clients will be people who illegally got themselves Apple products or got it via 5th hand. Or just hipsters.
Okay, nobody warned me that Forever the Sickest Kids were the most ridiculous band. They're even more ridiculous than Metro Station, y'all.
Oh my god, they are so not more ridiculous than Metro Station. but they are indeed ridiculous. I had a quick chat with Jonathan, the lead singer, and they've only been doing it for a year. I'm pretty impressed with their ability to rile up the crowd.
The end of the month came up quicker than expected. This month's theme?
A Place For My Stuff:
“Africa” by Toto
“Alexandrie Alexandra” by Claude François
“Amsterdam” by Jacques Brel
“Back in the U.S.S.R.” by The Beatles
“Big in Japan” by Alphaville
“Born in the U.S.A.” by Bruce Springsteen
“California Saga (On My Way To Sunny Californ-I-A)” by The Beach Boys
“Castle In Spain” by Ray Bolger
“Chicago Is So Two Years Ago” by Fall Out Boy
“China” by Tori Amos
“Don't Cry For Me Argentina” by Me First & The Gimme Gimmes
“Douce France” by Charles Trenet
“Down Under” by Men at Work
“Gary, Indiana from The Music Man
“Hawaii Five-O” by Ventures
“I've A Shooting Box In Scotland” by Bing Crosby & Fred Astaire
“Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” by They Might Be Giants
“Jamaica Farewell” by Harry Belafonte
“Je vais à Rio” by Claude François
“Katmandu” by Bob Seger
“Kentucky Rain” by Elvis Presley
“Kids In America” by Kim Wilde
“Kokomo” by The Beach Boys
“London Calling” by The Clash
“Los Angeles” by Sugarcult
“Manhattan” by Stacey Kent
“Memphis City Blues” by 8-Ball & MJG Featuring TI & Twista
“Mesopotamia” by The B-52's
“Mississippi Goddam” by Nina Simone
“Moonlight In Vermont” by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
“New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down” by LCD Soundsystem
“No Sleep Till Brooklyn” by Beastie Boys
“Ohio” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
“Oklahoma!” from Oklahoma!
“One Night in Bangkok” from Chess
“Paris 2004” by Peter Bjorn and John
“Philadelphia Freedom” by Elton John
“Pretty Girl from Annapolis” by The Avett Brothers
“Private Idaho” by The B-52's
“Rainy Night In Georgia” by Brook Benton
“Road Movie To Berlin” by They Might Be Giants
“San Francisco” by Vanessa Carlton
“Sénégal Fast-Food” by Amadou & Mariam
“Summer In Siam” by The Pogues
“Tennessee Stud” by Johnny Cash
“Texas Girl” by Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum
“Vienna” by Ultravox
“Viva Las Vegas” by Elvis Presley
“Voyage en Italie” by Lilicub
“Waterloo” by ABBA
If you have any new cities or countries to suggest, or any that are better ideas than those listed, please do so.
As always, anyone having a copy of the songs in bold, please send them along.
Thanks!
You might also like Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise "California".
I can send you
“Back in the U.S.S.R.” by The Beatles
“Born in the U.S.A.” by Bruce Springsteen
“Katmandu” by Bob Seger
“One Night in Bangkok” from Chess
Suggestions:
Up in Indiana-Lyle Lovett
Montego Bay--Bobby Bloom
Anchorage-Michelle Shocked
Please come to Boston
Rodrigo Bay--working week
"Jersey Girl"--Tom Waits and/or Bruce Springsteen
I think the best version of "Tennessee Stud" is the one by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band from the Will the Circle Be Unbroken album.
Other suggestions:
"Mississippi Woman, Louisiana Man" -- Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty
"Wichita Lineman" -- Glen Campbell
"Rocky Top"
"Arkansas Traveler" -- Jimmy Driftwood
"City of New Orleans" -- Arlo Guthrie
"Yellow Rose of Texas"
"El Paso" -- Marty Robbins
"San Antonio Rose"
"My Old Kentucky Home"
"Way Down Yonder On The Chattahoochee" -- Alan Jackson
"Kansas City" -- Fats Domino
"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" -- Charlie Daniels
"Theme from New York, New York" -- Frank Sinatra
"New York, New York" -- from
On the Town
Oh Vienna!
Suggestions:
The Chronicles Of Sarnia - Final Fantasy
Washington, D.C. - the Magnetic Fields
Edmonton - Rose Cousins
Unique New York - Jenn Grant
Only Living Boy in New York - Simon and Garfunkel
Over Retired Explorer (Dines With Michel Foucault In Paris, 1961) - The Weakerthans
The Paris Match - Style Council
Hitting some of the Latin locales:
"Labana"- Alejandro Sanz
"Mexico Lindo y Querido"- Alejandro Fernández
"Girl From Ipanema"- Antonio Carlos Jobim
Megan, I sent Istanbul (Not Constantinople) to BR.
Other place songs I like:
Sao Paulo Rain - Tom McRae
Jerusalem - Anouk
Mancunian Way - Take That
Hong Kong Garden - Siouxie and the Banshees
Mykonos - Fleet Foxes
Trains to Brazil - Guillemots
Berlin - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Bermuda Highway - My Morning Jacket
Harrisburg - Josh Ritter
Paris is Burning - St. Vincent (I know you already have a Paris song up there, but I adore this one)
Holland, 1945 - Neutral Milk Hotel
Tokyo - The Books
Alaska - Dr. Dog
Venice - Zach Condon
Barcelona - Rufus Wainwright
Corcovado - Tom Jobim & Ellis Regina
Wichita Skyline - Shawn Colvin
Denver, 6 AM - Peter Mulvey
I'll be happy to send any of the above along to BR if you like.