bazooka Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 Palisades Park — Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon Freddy Cannon's biggest hit was written by Chuck Barris (The Gong Show host and apocryphally a CIA assassin). The title came from the legendary Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey. The park closed after the 1971 season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuzikTyme Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 I find it more amusing to realize that Chuck Barris wrote songs as well as hosted, very well, the "Gong Show." Show's how much I know...about Chuck Barris. The unknown comic must have been a scientist. He used to climb a ladder to get high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted June 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 A few more to whet your appetite... Wolverton Mountain was a country crossover hit for Claude King in 1962. "Wolverton Mountain" by Claude King and Merle Kilgore "Oxford Town" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan in 1962. "Oxford Town" ~ Bob Dylan And Gil Scott-Heron was one of forty-nine artists who collaborated on the song Sun City. "Sun City" ~ Artists United Against Apartheid "Carey" is a song from the 1971 Joni Mitchell album Blue. "Carey" ~ Joni Mitchell TBC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted June 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 My City Was Gone - Pretenders My City Was Gone ~ Pretenders The House of the Rising Sun (The Animals' or whatever version) The House of the Rising Sun ~ Animals California - Joni Mitchell California ~ Joni Mitchell Plus, Phil, Bazooka, Dappled, Blues, etc. - I've added your recent contributions to the list, also. Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dappled Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 Thank you, Shawna, I love reading them. Chuck Berry's Promised Land might be eligible for inclusion in Songplaces.com "Promised Land" is a song written and first recorded by Chuck Berry in 1964 for his album St. Louis to Liverpool. Released in 1965, it was Berry's first single issued following his prison term for a Mann Act conviction. Berry wrote the song while still in prison and borrowed an atlas from the prison library to plot the itinerary. The poor boy boarded a Greyhound bus that stopped in Charlotte, NC but "bypassed Rock Hill", which may have been a sly reference to Rock Hill, South Carolina where Civil Rights leader John Lewis and others were brutally beaten when their Freedom Rider bus stopped there in 1961. The bus rolls on through Atlanta but breaks down in Birmingham. The poor boy boards a train "across Mississippi clean" to New Orleans. He makes it to Houston, where friends stake him to a silk suit, luggage and plane ticket to Los Angeles. Once arrived, he phones home ("Tidewater four, ten-oh-nine") to let the folks back in Norfolk know he's made it to the "promised land". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted June 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 thanks, Dappled. I'll add it to the list! The writer who wrote your suggestion "Oxford Town" is one of the more poetic writers we have on staff. Reading her stuff is like reading poetry without borders. I always look forward to receiving her finished articles, and they never disappoint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dappled Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 Donovan's Sunny South Kensington (a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London). Come take a walk in Sunny South Kensington Any day of the week See the girl with the silk chinese blouse on You know she ain't no freak Come loon soon down Cromwell Road, man You got to spread your wings A-flip out, skip out, trip-out, and a-make your stand, folks To dig me as I sing Jean-Paul Belmondo and-a Mary Quant got Stoned to say the least Ginsberg, he ended up-a dry and so He a-took a trip out east If I'm a-late waitin' down the gate, it's such a 'raz' scene A groovy place to live In the Portobello I met a fella with a cane umbrella Who must've used a sieve So come loon soon down Cromwell Road, man You got to spread your wings A-flip out, skip out, trip-out and a-make your stand, folks To dig me as I sing Hmm, hmm, hmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 (edited) Chan Chan ~ Bueno Vista Social Club (Songfacts) De Alto Cedro voy para Marcané Llego a Cueto voy para Mayarà ("From Alto Cedro I go towards Marcané I get to Cueto, head for MayarÃ") Alto Cedro, Marcané, Cueto and Mayarà are four towns near each other in HolguÃn Province, on the east side of Cuba. The Guns of Brixton ~ The Clash (Songfacts) Brixton is a district in South London "Brixton was the site of race riots in 1981 and again in 1985. This song captures the alienation many citizens of Brixton felt leading up to the riots." ...also... in Brixton is the Electric Avenue which Eddy Grant made to a song (which also refers to the 1981 riots) Edited June 30, 2011 by Guest more songs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 Rev On The Red Line ~ Foreigner Runnin' all night on lake avenue It's a piece of cake If you know what to do I contacted Lou Gramm on Facebook...he confirmed that he had many memories of drag racing with friends down Lake Avenue in Rochester NY....and mentions it in this song...I've been down Lake Ave a few times...it's a very long stretch of road, I can see why they would use it for drag racing...I'll try to find some more info on that area. Lake Ave Info Photo of Lake Ave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted July 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 Thanks Dappled and Farin! I've added these to the list... Laurie - thanks for contacting Lou! I'll get that into the works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 Thanks Shawna...you're doing an awesome job..I'm really enjoying all the travels you present to us...keep up the good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 Palisades Park — Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon Freddy Cannon's biggest hit was written by Chuck Barris (The Gong Show host and apocryphally a CIA assassin). The title came from the legendary Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey. The park closed after the 1971 season. ...and the closing of Palisades Park still saddens me to this day....(40 years later...yikes!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted July 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 which reminds me... I've gotta get those updates entered into the article... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 Has Fire Lake by Bob Seger been mentioned yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted July 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 it's on the list now. BTW, Laurie - got any photos of Lake Avenue? Looking down the street, maybe? I can find nothing that's halfway decent of the street itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted July 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 here's a couple more to whet your appetites. "Johannesburg" is a 1976 track by Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson that brought attention to the resistance of the apartheid regime in South Africa. "Johannesburg" by Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson Alabama - Neil Young "Alabama" by Neil Young Lou Gramm was from Rochester NY...in the song "Rev On The Red Line" he mentions running all night on Lake Ave... "Rev On The Red Line" by Foreigner stay tuned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 it's on the list now. BTW, Laurie - got any photos of Lake Avenue? Looking down the street, maybe? I can find nothing that's halfway decent of the street itself. Nope just the one they show on Lake Avenue here....can we copy this pic because of some rights reserved on it?...I'll try to do more searching for ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted July 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 I wrote and asked for permission. We'll see what they say. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted September 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 It's been a while since the last update, and we have been very busy little bees. Check out the new offerings... Toadies' Possum Kingdom "Possum Kingdom" ~ The Toadies Smokey Joe's Cafe - The Robins Smokey Joe's Cafe ~ The Robins The song that became the 1961 instrumental hit Midnight In Moscow Midnight In Moscow ~ Vladimir Troshin Winchester Cathedral by The New Vaudeville Band Winchester Cathedral ~ The New Vaudeville Band to be continued... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted September 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 Rocky Mountain High - John Denver Rocky Mountain High ~ John Denver Willesden Green - Kinks Willesden Green ~ The Kinks Donovan's Sunny South Kensington Sunny South Kensington ~ Donovan The Guns of Brixton ~ The Clash The Guns of Brixton ~ The Clash to be continued still... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted September 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 And finally, a special note on this one. I'd never heard of Aberfan before this, and since I personally wrote this article, I learned. And I kept on learning. And it was heartbreaking, and it was sickening, and it was beyond belief, and I shed some tears over it. I did an email interview with Kyle Aughe, the song's writer and an historian, who gave me some information, as well. I watched videos, I listened to first-hand accounts, and I wrote and I wrote and I wrote. And then I re-wrote. I had my close friend and my dad review it for me - twice - and they gave me some invaluable help. It's long, but I felt the story couldn't be told in any less than what this took. Aberfan Aberfan ~ Dulahans Thanks for suggesting this one, Dappled. This one is near and dear to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted September 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 Please feel free to leave comments under the song articles on Songplaces, peeps! It would be great to get some commentary on these articles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted September 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 Attention all peeps: We have a dearth of Songplaces from current artists, like hip-hop, rap, dub-step, or even any rock and roll bands that are currently the rage. Your suggestions are welcome! Leave them here or on the Songplaces site, click the "Suggestions" box on the right side. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 Not very nowadays music, really... but maybe "303" by Kula Shaker? Or "10th Avenue Freeze-Out" (Springsteen)An ice cream stand at 10th Avenue on the boardwalk of Belmar, New Jersey (the town from which the E Street Band took its name), is named 10th Avenue Freeze Out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted September 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 3."Drive-In Saturday" Seattle–Phoenix Drive-In Saturday ~ David Bowie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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