Hate to break to you , folks , but not knowing this is pittiful ;
This is what that is almost gone in America , CLASS .
Best best ballads that refer to a US State
Recently, there was a long discussion focused on the business merits of one US state. It got me thinking about getting back to music and the ballads that refer to so many great places in the US. So do you have a list (top 3-5) of favorite ballads that refer to a US state?
My list:
1) California Dreaming, Mamas & Papas
2) Take Me Home Country Road (Almost heaven, West Virginia), John Denver
3) Sweet Home Alabama, Lynyrd Skynyrd
4) Please come to Boston (man from Tennessee), Dave Loggins
5) Colder Weather (Colorado), Zak Brown Band
My list:
1) California Dreaming, Mamas & Papas
2) Take Me Home Country Road (Almost heaven, West Virginia), John Denver
3) Sweet Home Alabama, Lynyrd Skynyrd
4) Please come to Boston (man from Tennessee), Dave Loggins
5) Colder Weather (Colorado), Zak Brown Band
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@jim5559 - that must have been some poll to find out that 95% of the population that lived at that time would say 'Moonlight In Vermont' as a ballad with a state name in it. I'm 70 years old and I don't know anybody who would have named it, but then, I didn't take the poll. I find that fascinating - could you please provide a link to it? |
While the various versions of "I've Been Everywhere" include mostly towns rather than states, I'd vote to include it in this thread. Most of you would have heard the Johnny Cash version with North American locations. There's another version only for Texas of course, one for New Zealand, Canada, Ireland and England, Finland, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Catalonia and probably many more. The original was written by an Australian, though. Here's the that version, it's a little fast so try to keep up!
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