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Topic: SUGGESTIONS: FEBRUARY 2018 FEATURED SONG OF THE MONTH

For the month of FEBRUARY, we are looking for SONG SUGGESTIONSfor the following:

1. A SONG that names a CITYsomewhere in the Song or is about a CITY.
2. A SONGthat names a COUNTRYsomewhere in the Song or is about a COUNTRY.

Put your thinking caps on and start making your SUGGESTIONS.

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Re: SUGGESTIONS: FEBRUARY 2018 FEATURED SONG OF THE MONTH

Here are a couple of suggestions for starters.

Born in the USA ( Bruce Springstein) for a country.

Hotel California (Eagles) for a city
30,000 pounds of Banana's (Harry Chapon) city

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"Sweet City Woman".......

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Re: SUGGESTIONS: FEBRUARY 2018 FEATURED SONG OF THE MONTH

Someone did my hard work for me:

http://australiabysong.com.au/

So, I'll pick out:

Bridal Train - The Waifs
I Still Call Australia Home -    Peter Allen
Four Seasons In One Day -    Crowded House
From St Kilda To Kings Cross -    Paul Kelly
The Wild Colonial Boy     - Traditional
Khe Sanh - Cold Chisel
Sounds Of Then (This Is Australia) - GANGgajang
Waltzing Matilda - Traditional (the one that mentions Australia) ...

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And I forgot the classic "New York, New York" ....

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Re: SUGGESTIONS: FEBRUARY 2018 FEATURED SONG OF THE MONTH

I'll think this through. One of the tricks I use to get to sleep is to come up with a category and then try to fill that category in alphabetical order. Without having seen this post, my category last night was "places in songs".  So I had Ashtabula, Baton Rouge, Chicago, Detroit, Egypt (this was a stretch from Walk Like An Egyptian), etc.  Cool category!

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back in the USSR  Beatles

Your vision is not limited by what your eye can see, but what your mind can imagine.
Make your life count, and the world will be a better place because you tried.

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Re: SUGGESTIONS: FEBRUARY 2018 FEATURED SONG OF THE MONTH

Hi everyone, great to see your suggestions.
Haha Zurf if I did that before I slept I would be wide awake! lol 
Great to see you  Strummerboy Bill and Tigljk joining in smile

Keep the suggestions coming.

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Re: SUGGESTIONS: FEBRUARY 2018 FEATURED SONG OF THE MONTH

San Francisco Nights, by the Animals
Scarborough Fair, Simon and Garfukel
Xanadu, Olivia Newton John/ELO
Smoke on the water, Deep Purple (mentions/about Mountreau)
That's Amore, by Dean Martin (mentions Napoli)
Rock and Roll gave me the best years of my life, by the Cats (mentions San Francisco, London) - http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.g … 77184.html

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Lukenbach Texas by Waylon Jennings.

Mexico by James Taylor

Toes by Zac Brown

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It's unfair of me to include some of these, because I'd be unable to play them and do any justice, but here are some suggestions.

City of New Orleans. I think Arlo Guthrie wrote it. Everyone has performed it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvMS_ykiLiQ

I've Been Everywhere as performed by Johnny Cash. I think Hank Snow wrote it, or maybe he was just the original performer that JC covered. It names pretty much all the cities.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoIfglXAbh0

Wanted Man by Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan.  Lots of city names in that one, too.  (Warning, contains a potentially offensive image in the video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRfn5l5PvcY

Dixie Chicken mentions Memphis.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z-GwdaKrn8

Lyle Lovett's LA County.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uGyClRhGg0

John Hiatt's "Memphis In The Meantime"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwhLdr01c6U
Here's a link of the same song just for Bill! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDdkwwiV-is

Guy Clark's "LA Freeway" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPUMthAXJ-o

The Monkees "Last Train to Clarksville" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcXpKiY2MXE

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I shouldn't have forgotten this one with a country in the title.  A Gringo In Belize by Jerry Jeff Walker.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B49ZY0lvXrQ

This one kind of double dips. It mentions several cities, but Texas thinks it's still a country.  Slaide Cleaves' Texas Love Song.  If nothing else, the rhymes he works into this song is worth a listen.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0rkzQzEScg

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Jandle wrote:

Haha Zurf if I did that before I slept I would be wide awake! lol

Unfortunately, my mind left unsupervised goes to dark places I'd rather avoid. So I give it make work jobs to do when I'm winding down. It's what Scripture says to do - "attend to your thoughts."

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Pinball Wizard, by the Who

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Streets of London, by Ralph McTell ...

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Bob Dylan - Your Going To Make Me Lonesome When You Go. Honolulu and Ashtabula.

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Rio, by Michael Nesmith

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Captain Kennedy, by Neil Young (mentions Nassau)

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Sultans of Swing, by Dire Straits (mentions old London town)

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City of Angels, by Red Hot Chilli Peppers (about Los Angeles)

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Going to California, by Led Zepplin (not sure if this qualifies?)

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Zurf wrote:

City of New Orleans. I think Arlo Guthrie wrote it. Everyone has performed it.

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Country Roads, by John Denver (mentions West Virginia)

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R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A by JC Mellencamp

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European Female, by the Stranglers

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