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I've been thinking about creating a playlist of songs about North American history. I thought I'd start a music map to keep track of the "where" of songs as I think of them.
This is a work in progress. I'm looking for ideas; what other songs should I consider?
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Looks like you already picked the first song I thought of...Mark Knopfler's Sailing to Philadelphia.
I'm a music buff myself, so I'll go rooting through my collection to find some appropriate selections.
Thanks Mike! "Sailing" is in fact the song the put the idea in my head. I work in GIS and spatial data coordination in Delaware and through that job have learned a lot about the Mason/Dixon line and the stone markers that M and D placed along our state border to mark that line. When I first heard "sailing," on WXPN a few years ago, I knew I had to have the song and I've been thinking about music or history buffs ever since.
Here's a couple:
Tippecanoe & Tyler Too - The Might Be Giants (cover)
Song of the South - Alabama
Manhattan Project - Rush (Los Alamos)
Born in the USA - Spingsteen (Jersey I guess)
Space Oddity - David Bowie (Houston or Florida)
We Didn't Start the Fire - Billy Joel
(all over)
Warren Harding - Al Stewart (Washington D.C.)
Oh this is fun... How about:
Georgia on my mind- Ray Charles
Allentown - Billy Joel
San Francisco - Scott Mckenzie
Philadelphia- Bruce Springsteen
Callin' Batton Rouge - Garth Brooks
Country Roads (West VA) - John Denver
Chatahoochie - Allan Jackson
Sweet Home Alabama - L.S.
Walking in Memphis - Marc Cohen
New York, New York - Frank Sinatra
man I could go on and on...
Great post. How about:
Alabama Getaway - Garcia/Hunter
The route the Poor Boy takes from Norfolk, VA to LA in Promised Land - The Grateful Dead
Carolina in My Mind - JT
Chattanooga Choo-Choo - The Glen Miller Orchestra
I Love LA - Randy Newman
Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
great idea, how about “Born On the Bayou” by CCR
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