{"id":1218,"date":"2005-01-16T08:46:00","date_gmt":"2005-01-16T16:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=1218"},"modified":"2005-01-16T08:46:00","modified_gmt":"2005-01-16T16:46:00","slug":"meme-song-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=1218","title":{"rendered":"(meme) Song Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that LJ is back, our room service of memes has begun. This morning, a musical telegram meme, served by ginamariewade<\/a>, who looks so cute in that uniform and hat \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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  1. Your favorite song with the name of a city in the title or text.<\/b>
    \nGee, there are so many:
    \nI Love LA<\/i> (Randy Newman)
    \nCity of New Orleans<\/i> (Steve Goodman)
    \nNew York, New York<\/i> (Kander\/Ebb, the Sinatra version)
    \nLittle Old New York<\/i> (Bock Harnick, from Tenderloin<\/i><\/p>\n
  2. A song you’ve listened to repeatedly when you were depressed at some point in your life.<\/b>
    \nSend in the Clowns<\/i>, as recorded by Judy Collins on the album Judith<\/i>.<\/p>\n
  3. Ever bought an entire album just for one song and wound up disliking everything but that song? Gimme that song.<\/b>
    \nDominique<\/i>, sung by Soeur Sourire, on the album The Singing Nun<\/i>.<\/p>\n
  4. A great song in a language other than English.<\/b>
    \nLo Alecha<\/i>, on the album NFTY III<\/i> published by Transcontinental Music, now available on The Complete NFTY Recordings: 1972-1989<\/i>.<\/p>\n
  5. Your least favorite song on one of your favorite albums of all time.<\/b>
    \nEglamour<\/i>, on the album Two Gentlemen of Verona<\/i> (1972 OBC)<\/p>\n
  6. A song you like by someone you find physically unattractive or otherwise repellent.<\/b>
    \nSatisfaction<\/i> (Rolling Stones). I’m sorry, but Mick Jagger is ugly<\/i>.<\/p>\n
  7. Your favorite song that has expletives in it that’s not by Liz Phair.<\/b>
    \nThurio’s Samba<\/i>, on the album Two Gentlemen of Verona<\/i> (1972 OBC)
    \nThe Internet Is For Porn<\/i>, on the album Avenue Q<\/i> (2003 OBC)<\/p>\n
  8. A song that sounds as if it’s by someone British but isn’t.<\/b>
    \nThe Last Farewell<\/i> (Roger Whittaker. He’s East African, although now he does live in Britain.)<\/p>\n
  9. A song you like (possibly from your past) that took you forever to finally locate a copy of.<\/b>
    \nOmaha<\/i> (Stan Freberg)<\/p>\n
  10. A song that reminds you of spring but doesn’t mention spring at all.<\/b>
    \nRight Field<\/i> (Peter Paul and Mary). Close on that is My Favorite Spring<\/i> (which does mention spring) by Tom Paxton, both of which deal with that great pastime, baseball.<\/p>\n
  11. A song that sounds to you like being happy feels.<\/b>
    \nWhere’s North<\/i>, on the album Two Gentlemen of Verona<\/i> (1972 OBC)<\/p>\n

    Your favorite song from a non-soundtrack compilation album.<\/b>
    \nI’m The Man<\/i> (from Folk Era’s Live Sampler<\/i>, sung by The Shaw Brothers, written by Tom Paxton)<\/p>\n

  12. A song that reminds you of high school.<\/b>
    \nThe Morning After<\/i> (Maureen McGovern). <\/p>\n
  13. A song that reminds you of college.<\/b>
    \nThe Theme from the Prisoner<\/i><\/p>\n
  14. A song you actually like by an artist you otherwise dislike.<\/b>
    \nWhat Have They Done To My Song, Ma<\/i> (Melanie, on The Four Sides of Melanie<\/i>)<\/p>\n
  15. A song by a band that features three or more female members.<\/b>
    \nStop! In The Name of Love<\/i> (Diana Ross and the Supremes)<\/p>\n
  16. One of the earliest songs that you can remember listening to.<\/b>
    \nAnd The Green Grass Grew All Around<\/i> (trad., probably the Pete Seeger version)<\/p>\n
  17. A song you’ve been mocked by friends for liking.<\/b>
    \nMy friends don’t really mock me, but I guess some might be surprised that I listen to Frank Sinatra<\/i> or Roger Whittaker<\/i>.<\/p>\n
  18. A really good cover version you think no one else has heard.<\/b>
    \nYuppies in the Sky<\/i> (Peter Paul and Mary, covering Tom Paxton)
    \nI’m The Man<\/i> (The Shaw Brothers, covering Tom Paxton)
    \nYou Can Eat Dog Food<\/i> (Austin Lounge Lizards, covering Tom Paxton)
    \nForest Lawn<\/i> (John Denver, covering Tom Paxton)
    \nhmmm, I see a pattern here.<\/p>\n
  19. A song that has helped cheer you up (or empowered you somehow) after a breakup or otherwise difficult situation.<\/b>
    \nWhere’s North<\/i>, on the album Two Gentlemen of Verona<\/i> (1972 OBC)<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    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 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,1],"tags":[93],"class_list":["post-1218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-memes","category-lj-xfer","tag-memes-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}