Now that LJ is back, our room service of memes has begun. This morning, a musical telegram meme, served by ginamariewade, who looks so cute in that uniform and hat 🙂
- Your favorite song with the name of a city in the title or text.
Gee, there are so many:
I Love LA (Randy Newman)
City of New Orleans (Steve Goodman)
New York, New York (Kander/Ebb, the Sinatra version)
Little Old New York (Bock Harnick, from Tenderloin - A song you’ve listened to repeatedly when you were depressed at some point in your life.
Send in the Clowns, as recorded by Judy Collins on the album Judith. - Ever bought an entire album just for one song and wound up disliking everything but that song? Gimme that song.
Dominique, sung by Soeur Sourire, on the album The Singing Nun. - A great song in a language other than English.
Lo Alecha, on the album NFTY III published by Transcontinental Music, now available on The Complete NFTY Recordings: 1972-1989. - Your least favorite song on one of your favorite albums of all time.
Eglamour, on the album Two Gentlemen of Verona (1972 OBC) - A song you like by someone you find physically unattractive or otherwise repellent.
Satisfaction (Rolling Stones). I’m sorry, but Mick Jagger is ugly. - Your favorite song that has expletives in it that’s not by Liz Phair.
Thurio’s Samba, on the album Two Gentlemen of Verona (1972 OBC)
The Internet Is For Porn, on the album Avenue Q (2003 OBC) - A song that sounds as if it’s by someone British but isn’t.
The Last Farewell (Roger Whittaker. He’s East African, although now he does live in Britain.) - A song you like (possibly from your past) that took you forever to finally locate a copy of.
Omaha (Stan Freberg) - A song that reminds you of spring but doesn’t mention spring at all.
Right Field (Peter Paul and Mary). Close on that is My Favorite Spring (which does mention spring) by Tom Paxton, both of which deal with that great pastime, baseball. - A song that sounds to you like being happy feels.
Where’s North, on the album Two Gentlemen of Verona (1972 OBC)Your favorite song from a non-soundtrack compilation album.
I’m The Man (from Folk Era’s Live Sampler, sung by The Shaw Brothers, written by Tom Paxton) - A song that reminds you of high school.
The Morning After (Maureen McGovern). - A song that reminds you of college.
The Theme from the Prisoner - A song you actually like by an artist you otherwise dislike.
What Have They Done To My Song, Ma (Melanie, on The Four Sides of Melanie) - A song by a band that features three or more female members.
Stop! In The Name of Love (Diana Ross and the Supremes) - One of the earliest songs that you can remember listening to.
And The Green Grass Grew All Around (trad., probably the Pete Seeger version) - A song you’ve been mocked by friends for liking.
My friends don’t really mock me, but I guess some might be surprised that I listen to Frank Sinatra or Roger Whittaker. - A really good cover version you think no one else has heard.
Yuppies in the Sky (Peter Paul and Mary, covering Tom Paxton)
I’m The Man (The Shaw Brothers, covering Tom Paxton)
You Can Eat Dog Food (Austin Lounge Lizards, covering Tom Paxton)
Forest Lawn (John Denver, covering Tom Paxton)
hmmm, I see a pattern here. - A song that has helped cheer you up (or empowered you somehow) after a breakup or otherwise difficult situation.
Where’s North, on the album Two Gentlemen of Verona (1972 OBC)