Songs about.......VIII!

[RICHARD]

LOL,

Tiny Dancer just came on the cable musis channel.

Blue jean baby, L.A. lady, seamstress for the band
Pretty eyed, pirate smile, you'll marry a music man
Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand
And now she's in me, always with me, tiny dancer in my hand
Jesus freaks out in the street
Handing tickets out for God
Turning back she just laughs
The boulevard is not that bad
Piano man he makes his stand
In the auditorium
Looking on she sings the songs
The words she knows, the tune she hums
But oh how it feels so real
Lying here with no one near
Only you, and you can hear me
When I say softly, slowly

[kokopup]

A few songs about my home town.

* "Alabama" by John Coltrane (1963)
* "Backin' to Birmingham" by Lester Flatt (1972)
* "Back to Birmingham" by the Delmore Brothers (1940)
* "Birmingham" by Amanda Marshall
* "Birmingham" by the Drive By Truckers (2002)
* "Birmingham" by Randy Newman
* "Birmingham" by Katherine McElroy (2004)
* "Birmingham 1982" by Maria Taylor
* "Birmingham, Alabama" by Harry Belafonte and R. B. Greaves
* "Birmingham Black Bottom" by Charlie Johnson’s Paradise Ten (1927)
* "Birmingham Blues" by Edith Wilson, Fess Whatley (1921), Birmingham Jug Band (1930), John Lee Hooker, Charlie Daniels and others
* "Birmingham Boogie" by Hot Lips Page
* "Birmingham Bounce" by Hardrock Gunter (1950), Tommy Dorsey, Amos Milburn
* "Birmingham Breakdown" by Duke Ellington
* "Birmingham Boys" by the Birmingham Jubilee Singers (1926)
* "Birmingham Bus" by Romo Vincent (1945)
* "Birmingham Bus Station" by Charlie Daniels (1994)
* "Birmingham Daddy" by Gene Autry (1931)
* "Birmingham Jail" by Darby and Tarlton (1927)
* "Birmingham Lucy" by Bobby Goldsboro
* "Birmingham Mama" by Tony Conn
* "Birmingham Mistake" by Sammi Smith (1973)
* "Birmingham Road" by Jeff Black (1998)
* "Birmingham Shadows" by Bruce Cockburn (1995)
* "Birmingham Sunday" by Richard Farina, Joan Baez
* "Birmingham Tonight" by Delbert McClinton, Telluride
* "Birmingham Turnaround" by Keith Whatley
* "Boulder to Birmingham" by Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Joan Baez, the Hollies, and others
* "Breakfast in Birmingham" by David Lee Murphy
* "Days of Birmingham" by Whisky Falls
* "Down and Out in Birmingham" by Pirates of the Mississippi
* "Fat Sam from Birmingham" by Louis Jordan (1947)
* "Fifteen Miles from Birmingham" by the Delmore Brothers (1938)
* "Hello Birmingham" by Ani DiFranco (1999)
* "I Got a Man in a 'Bama Mine" by Merline Johnson (1937)
* "Leaving You Behind" by Emily DeLoach (2003)
* "The Magic City" by Sun Ra (1965)
* "Paint Me A Birmingham" Recorded by Ken Mellons (2003) and Tracy Lawrence (2004)
* "Postmarked Birmingham" by Blackhawk
* "Sparrows over Birmingham" by Josh Rouse (2003)
* "Sweet Birmingham" by Robert Moore, recorded by Taj Mahal
* "Talking Birmingham Jam" by Phil Ochs (1965)
* "Train to Birmingham" by John Hiatt
* "Tuxedo Junction" by Erskine Hawkins, recorded by Manhattan Transfer and many others
* "When Jesus Left Birmingham" by John Mellencamp (1993)
* "Wither Vulcan" by Remy Zero (1998)

Birmingham is also mentioned in the following:

* "Alabama Anthem" by Birmingham J (2005)
* "Black Betty" by Leadbelly (early 20th century),by Ram Jam (1977)
* "Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey" by Little Richard
* "Jacob's Ladder" by Bruce Hornsby, first recorded by Huey Lewis & the News (1987)
* "Gun Street Girl" by Tom Waits, (1985)
* "Her First Mistake" by Lyle Lovett
* "I Can't Love You Anymore" by Lyle Lovett
* "Maribel" by Andy Orfutt Irwin
* "One of These Days" by the Drive-By Truckers
* "Playboy Mommy" by Tory Amos (1998)
* "Promised Land" by Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley (1975)
* "Rip This Joint" by the Rolling Stones (1972)
* "Stars Fell on Alabama" by Frank Perkins & Mitchell Parish (1934)
* "Sure Don't Feel Like Love" by Paul Simon (2006)
* "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
* "Swordfishtrombone" by Tom Waits (1983)
wikipedia

[RICHARD]

A few songs about my home town.

* "Alabama" by John Coltrane (1963)
* "Backin' to Birmingham" by Lester Flatt (1972)
* "Back to Birmingham" by the Delmore Brothers (1940)
* "Birmingham" by Amanda Marshall
* "Birmingham" by the Drive By Truckers (2002)
* "Birmingham" by Randy Newman
* "Birmingham" by Katherine McElroy (2004)
* "Birmingham 1982" by Maria Taylor
* "Birmingham, Alabama" by Harry Belafonte and R. B. Greaves
* "Birmingham Black Bottom" by Charlie Johnson’s Paradise Ten (1927)
* "Birmingham Blues" by Edith Wilson, Fess Whatley (1921), Birmingham Jug Band (1930), John Lee Hooker, Charlie Daniels and others
* "Birmingham Boogie" by Hot Lips Page
* "Birmingham Bounce" by Hardrock Gunter (1950), Tommy Dorsey, Amos Milburn
* "Birmingham Breakdown" by Duke Ellington
* "Birmingham Boys" by the Birmingham Jubilee Singers (1926)
* "Birmingham Bus" by Romo Vincent (1945)
* "Birmingham Bus Station" by Charlie Daniels (1994)
* "Birmingham Daddy" by Gene Autry (1931)
* "Birmingham Jail" by Darby and Tarlton (1927)
* "Birmingham Lucy" by Bobby Goldsboro
* "Birmingham Mama" by Tony Conn
* "Birmingham Mistake" by Sammi Smith (1973)
* "Birmingham Road" by Jeff Black (1998)
* "Birmingham Shadows" by Bruce Cockburn (1995)
* "Birmingham Sunday" by Richard Farina, Joan Baez
* "Birmingham Tonight" by Delbert McClinton, Telluride
* "Birmingham Turnaround" by Keith Whatley
* "Boulder to Birmingham" by Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Joan Baez, the Hollies, and others
* "Breakfast in Birmingham" by David Lee Murphy
* "Days of Birmingham" by Whisky Falls
* "Down and Out in Birmingham" by Pirates of the Mississippi
* "Fat Sam from Birmingham" by Louis Jordan (1947)
* "Fifteen Miles from Birmingham" by the Delmore Brothers (1938)
* "Hello Birmingham" by Ani DiFranco (1999)
* "I Got a Man in a 'Bama Mine" by Merline Johnson (1937)
* "Leaving You Behind" by Emily DeLoach (2003)
* "The Magic City" by Sun Ra (1965)
* "Paint Me A Birmingham" Recorded by Ken Mellons (2003) and Tracy Lawrence (2004)
* "Postmarked Birmingham" by Blackhawk
* "Sparrows over Birmingham" by Josh Rouse (2003)
* "Sweet Birmingham" by Robert Moore, recorded by Taj Mahal
* "Talking Birmingham Jam" by Phil Ochs (1965)
* "Train to Birmingham" by John Hiatt
* "Tuxedo Junction" by Erskine Hawkins, recorded by Manhattan Transfer and many others
* "When Jesus Left Birmingham" by John Mellencamp (1993)
* "Wither Vulcan" by Remy Zero (1998)

Birmingham is also mentioned in the following:

* "Alabama Anthem" by Birmingham J (2005)
* "Black Betty" by Leadbelly (early 20th century),by Ram Jam (1977)
* "Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey" by Little Richard
* "Jacob's Ladder" by Bruce Hornsby, first recorded by Huey Lewis & the News (1987)
* "Gun Street Girl" by Tom Waits, (1985)
* "Her First Mistake" by Lyle Lovett
* "I Can't Love You Anymore" by Lyle Lovett
* "Maribel" by Andy Orfutt Irwin
* "One of These Days" by the Drive-By Truckers
* "Playboy Mommy" by Tory Amos (1998)
* "Promised Land" by Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley (1975)
* "Rip This Joint" by the Rolling Stones (1972)
* "Stars Fell on Alabama" by Frank Perkins & Mitchell Parish (1934)
* "Sure Don't Feel Like Love" by Paul Simon (2006)
* "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
* "Swordfishtrombone" by Tom Waits (1983)
wikipedia

Wow!
Shout outs to the Home Team!

Good work!

[phesina]

Speaking of "Sweet Home Alabama" -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UuFJoexdlU

[wombat2u2004]

Speaking of "Sweet Home Alabama" -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UuFJoexdlU

My God, what did they do to their hair ????

[phesina]

Oh, here's an even better version of this that doesn't have them all fogged out by the smoke effects: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lNFR...eature=related This one also includes female members of the group!

I don't know how they do that with the hair, or if those are wigs or extensions or God-knows-what. Did you notice their shoes also are much longer than usual and curl up at the ends?

The Leningrad Cowboys are a Finnish rock band, and I think I read that the backup musicians really are the Red Army Choir (interesting direction they've taken since the breakup of the Soviet Union! ). They've done many performances together.

[wombat2u2004]

They actually do a good version of the song.....but gee....their getups are off this planet....LOLOL

[momcat]

Walkin to New Orleans - Fats Domino
Lisbon Antigua - instrumental
I Love Paris - don't remember who did it
Tallahasse Lassie - Freddie Cannon
Old Cape Cod - Anne Murray
San Antonio Rose - instrumental, don't remember who did it
Dancing in the Streets - Martha and the Vandellas
Going Back to Houston - Dean Martin (I think, not sure)
Shuffle Off to Buffalo
On the Boardwalk In Atlantic City
Last Train to Clarksville - The Monkees
Midnight In Moscow - 60's instrumental
Shanghai Breezes - John Denver
Meet Me In St. Louis Meet Me At the Fair

[phesina]

Somerville (Massachusetts) by the Pernice Brothers! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eKDr4Mfw3o

[RICHARD]

San Jacinto- P Gabriel.

Medicine man lead me up though town - Indian ground - so far down
Cut up land - each house - a pool - kids wearing water wings - drink in cool
Follow dry river bed - watch Scout and Guides make pow-wow signs
Past Geronimo's disco - Sit 'n' Bull steakhouse - white men dream
A rattle in the old man's sack - look at mountain top -keep climbing up
Way above us the desert snow - white wind blow

I hold the line - the line of strength that pulls me through the fear
San Jacinto - I hold the line....

Cities - Talking Heads

Think of London, a small city

It's dark, dark in the daytime
The people sleep, sleep in the daytime
If they want to, if they want to

CHORUS

I'm checking them out
I'm checking them out
I got it figured out
I got it figured out
There's good points and bad points
But it all works out
I'm a little freaked out
Find a city
Find myself a city to live in.

There are a lot of rich people in Birmingham
A lot of ghosts in a lot of houses
Look over there!...A dry ice factory
A good place to get some thinking done

Down El Paso way things get pretty spread out
People got no idea where in the world they are
They go up north and come back south
Still got no idea where in the world they are.

Did I forget to mention, to mention Memphis
Home of Elvis and the ancient greeks
Do I smell? I smell home cooking
It's only the river, it's only the river.