07 January 2009

Oh the places we'll go!

First and foremost, I'd like to encourage everyone to read "American Gods" by Neil Gaimon. It's an interesting treatise on how certain places resonate strongly with a person, or a people. For example, why is Wall Drug so darn popular? I had thought that this idea of resonate places is expressed through music, so I did a little experiment with my meager iTUNES library. Check out all the good places!
Leave in the comments your iTUNES places and I'll summarize them next week.
Travel well, :) LJS

Amsterdam Coldplay
Angel Of Harlem U2
Avalon Roxy Music
Back In The U.S.S.R. The Beatles
Belleville Jungle Ben Charest
Breakfast In America Supertramp
Chicago Sufjan Stevens
Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois Sufjan Stevens
Dear Chicago Ryan Adams
Dracula From Houston Butthole Surfers
El Salvador Athlete
Galapogos Smashing Pumpkins
(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 Nat King Cole
Going To California Led Zeppelin
Gone Hollywood Supertramp
India Roxy Music
Jacksonville Sufjan Stevens
La Llorona DeVotchKa
Last Boat To America David Gray
Laughing River Greg Brown
Marching Bands Of Manhattan Death Cab For Cutie
Memphis Ryan Adams
Mercy Street Peter Gabriel
Mexicali Blues Grateful Dead
Montego Bay Spleen St. Germain
My Blue Manhattan Ryan Adams
N.Y. Doves
New Amsterdam Travis
New York, New York
Ryan Adams
Off Broadway Ryan Adams
Oh My Sweet Carolina Ryan Adams
The Only Living Boy In New York Simon & Garfunkel
Portland Oregon Loretta Lynn/Jack White
Radio Free Europe
R.E.M.
Savoy Truffle The Beatles
Streets Of Philadelphia Bruce Springsteen
Texarkana R.E.M.
Theme From New York, New York Frank Sinatra
Via Chicago Wilco
Viva Las Vegas Elvis Presley
The White Cliffs Of Dover The Righteous Brothers

4 comments:

Sparky Duck said...

Rhianna SOS takes me to Hawaii
Rocky Top by Love Seed Mama Jump takes me to Delaware
Jersey Girl by Bruce is obvious
Hey Jealousy Gin Blossoms-Arizona
Let Her Cry-Hootie-South Carolina

tiff said...

Most 80's tunes I associate STRONGLY with the bar where I worked. Some of them I can't bear to listen to for that very reason. :)

db grin said...

No kiddin! I'll have to look into my collection, but later on since I have eleventy bajillion songs to scroll through.

American Gods is a great book, I read that one after Anansi Boys (which I actually liked better and heartily recommend).

Have you never BEEN to Wall Drug? I have a sticker from there on my guitar case and it strikes up conversations quite often. It's one of the few tourist traps I'd put on a list of 'must see before you kack'.

mekie said...

A few from my list :-)

Fake Tales of San Francisco - Arctic Monkeys
Dont cry for me, Argentina - Julie Covington
Hotel California - The Eagles
Acropolis- Yanni
Bombay theme - AR Rahman