Yes, this is what I think about while driving.

[alwaysamy]

So, six-hour drive on Friday, six-hour drive on Monday, and what am I doing during? Plotting my latest novel? Contemplating the world's problems? Engaging my toddler in educational word games?

No. I'm thinking about all the music mixes I need to make for our next road trip.

Specifically, a Long Songs mix, a Girls' Names Mix, and a Cities Mix. (I think I'm going to be doing a totally cheesy Anthemic Rock Mix, too, but that sort of makes itself.)

Long Songs seems easy -- throw on some Yes, Guns & Roses' "November Rain," any number of live Dead songs, and the Allman Brothers' thirty-minute "Mountain Jam" and you're good to go, but I want better suggestions. I'm thinking over seven minutes as criteria.

Girls' Names will be fun, although the mix might end up heavily Springsteen-oriented if I'm not careful. Again, sugggestions?

And Cities is maybe the most (for me) ambitious because ... I'm not sure why it occurred to me, and I can't think of many songs with cities in the title off the top of my head. Um...

Comments

[hilleviw.livejournal.com]

I'm totally getting back to you on this with more detail, but before I run out the door: London Calling.

[debg.livejournal.com]

New York State of Mind, Billy Joel.

Sausalito Summer Nights, Diesel

LA Woman, the Doors.

City of New Orleans, Arlo Guthrie.

If you a jillion names in the song rather than the title, there are a couple: Dancing in the Streets (I always like Martha's original for that, but David Bowie and Mick Jagger did a nice cover), and Fire Down Below, Bob Seger.

[amy37.livejournal.com]

See, L.A. Woman completely escaped me, and I love that song. And I love the Bowie/Jagger cover of Dancing in the Streets.

Thanks, dear!

[debg.livejournal.com]

Oh, and there's also Chris Isaak, "San Francisco Days, San Francisco Nights".

And the Dead's cover of Marty Robbins' "El Paso".

[charlotte-buff.livejournal.com]

What I have on (my home) iTunes over 7 minutes (probably have more on my work computer, if you still need ideas tomorrow):

Lynard Skynard - Down South Jukin'
Led Zeppelin - In My Time of Dying
Nina Simone - Sinnerman
George Michael - I Want Your Sex (pt 1 & 2)
Prince - Purple Rain
A couple of Green Day songs.
Ted Nugent - Stranglehold
Billy Idol - White Wedding (pt 1 & 2)
Queensryche - Anybody Listening
Black Eyed Peas - Let's Get It Started
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
The Doors - Light My Fire

[amy37.livejournal.com]

You rock! Good god, woman! Great suggestions there.

[charlotte-buff.livejournal.com]

Oh! Girls' names -

Aerosmith - Janie's Got A Gun
Rod Stewart - Maggie May
The Knack - My Sharona
Laura Branigan - Gloria
Prince - Darling Nikki
The Killers - Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine
Fountains of Wayne - Stacy's Mom
The Police - Roxanne
Simon and Garfunkel - Cecelia
Kane - Mary Can You Come Outside

[amy37.livejournal.com]

Even better!

[charlotte-buff.livejournal.com]

Last one. Cities:
Counting Crows - Omaha
Billy Joel - Allentown
Emmylou Harris - Amarillo
Pogues - Fairytale of New York
Bob Seger - Hollywood Nights
The Doors - L.A. Woman
Sheryl Crow - Leaving Las Vegas
Sex Pistols - New York
Beastie Boys - No Sleep Til Brooklyn
Everclear - Santa Monica
Trisha Yearwood - Wrong Side of Memphis

[amy37.livejournal.com]

I can't use Allentown because at this point in my life Billy Joel gives me hives (except New York State of Mind, oddly), but yeah, great choices!

I love my friends.

city names

[msbelle.livejournal.com]

off the top of my head and trying not to duplicate:

Do you know the way to San Jose
Walking in Memphis
Amarillo by Morning
Gary, Indiana
Oklahoma
O-H-I-O
The Eyes of Texas
Yellow Rose of Texas
It Never Rains in Southern California
You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma
Luchkenbach, TX (Back to The Basics)
Girl from Ipanema
Carolina in My Mind
Ryan Adams - New York

Re: city names

[msbelle.livejournal.com]

HA - you said cities and half of mine are states.

le sigh.

Re: city names

[amy37.livejournal.com]

Heh. As if I would have noticed, geography whiz that I am NOT.

Walking in Memphis -- awesome. I love that song, and I would have forgotten all about it.

[hilleviw.livejournal.com]

Okay nu, I'm just up to the letter C. Drop me a note if you want me to keep going. A project like this is my most favorite way to procrastinate.

City
Une Nuit a Paris – 10CC
Toledo – Elvis Costello
Detroit 442 – Blondie
New Orleans – Blues Brothers & the Louisiana Gator Boys
Funky Nassau – Blues Brothers
Suffragette City – David Bowie (did you say the cities had to be real places?)
Panic in Detroit – David Bowie
The London Boys – David Bowie
Houston – Mary Chapin Carpenter
Charlesville – Ray Charles
Canterbury Road – Lou Christy
London Calling – The Clash
The Guns of Brixton – The Clash
Rivers of Babylon – Jimmy Cliff
Chelsea Hotel #2 – Leonard Cohen
First We Take Manhattan – Leonard Cohen
Down in Hollywood – Ry Cooder
Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day – Sam Cooke
New Amsterdam – Elvis Costello
London’s Brilliant Parade – Elvis Costello
Chelsea – Elvis Costello
Rockin’ Around in NYC – Marshall Crenshaw
Streets of London – Critics Group
New York’s Not My Home – Jim Croce

Girl’s Names
Martha’s Harbour – All About Eve
Martha My Dear – Beatles, also covered by Slade
Daisy Jane - America
Yes, Anastacia – Tori Amos (at 9.33 also in the long song category)
Angie – Rolling Stones, also covered by Tori Amos
Rose of the Rio Grande – Ivie Anderson & Duke Ellington
Alice – Joan Armatrading
Jesse – Joan Armatrading
Liza – Joan Armatrading
Mandy Make Up Your Mind – Louis Armstrong
Bess You Is My Woman Now – and various other songs from Porgy & Bess – covered by damned near everyone, but Louis Armstrong is a great starting point
Anna – Bad Company
Farewell Angelina – Joan Baez
Mary Hamilton – Joan Baez
I Dream of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair – lots, I’ve got Joan Baez here
Julie – Merrill Bainbridge
Stella By Starlight – Chet Baker
Michelle – Beatles
Polythene Pam – Beatles
Eleanor Rigby – Beatles; also covers by lots of people including Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin
Darlin’ Cora - Harry Belafonte
Sylvie – Harry Belafonte
Matilda – Harry Belafonte
Suzanne - Harry Belafonte
Come Back Liza – Harry Belafonte
Nancy – Tony Bennett
Various songs from Alban Berg’s opera Wozzeck feature the name Marie
Runaround Sue – Everly Brothers
Tammy – Earl Bostic
Jean Genie – David Bowie
Rosalyn – David Bowie
See Emily Play – David Bowie
Kathy’s Waltz – Dave Brubeck Quartet
Who is Sylvia – George Butterworth
Hey Deanie – Eric Carmen, among others
Caldionia – Louis Jordan, covered by Chris Isaak
Down in Mary’s Land – Mary Chapin Carpenter
Ruby – Ray Charles
Waltse for Abby – Béla Fleck & Chick Corea
Sally Goodin – The Chieftains
Cindy – The Chieftains
Molly Ban – The Chieftains
Katie Dear – The Chieftains
Suzanne – Leonard Cohen
So Long Marianne – Leonard Cohen
Alexandra Leaving – Leonard Cohen
Darlene’s Song – Vinnie Colaiuta
I Thought About Marie – Nat Cole
When Sunny Gets Blue – Nat Cole
Mona Lisa – Nat Cole
Sweet Lorraine – Nat Cole
Mustang Sally – many, I’m looking at The Commitments
Goodnight Irene – Ry Cooder
Meet Me at Mary’s Place – Sam Cooke
Frankie and Johnnie – Sam Cooke, I also love the Josh White Jr version
Blues for Delilah – Bob Cooper
Veronica – Elvis Costello
Alison – Elvis Costello
Georgie and Her Rival – Elvis Costello
Jenny Lind Medley – Jim Couza
Christine’s Medley – Jim Couza
Mary Anne – Marshall Crenshaw
Brenda - Curandero

[amy37.livejournal.com]

You're frightening me!

No, seriously, this is awesome. Of course, a lot of this I haven't heard of or don't have, but it's great to have so many choices. Yay you! And yay me for helping you procrastinate!

[hilleviw.livejournal.com]

I'll pick at it over the next couple of days and probably mail you something offlist.

By the way, what I'm digging through is the database of my own music collection (yes, I'm a librarian, and a little bit ocd), so if there's something that you want, but you don't have it and can't find it, we can probably work something out.

Part Deux: D - I

[hilleviw.livejournal.com]

City
Riot City – Jerry Dammes (from the Absolute Beginners soundtrack; also at 8.26 it counts as a long song)
Venice Blue – Bobby Darin
Buzzbomb from Pasadena – Dead Kennedys
When in Rome – Blossom Dearie
Monterey Jack – Dr. Hook
New Orleans – Dr. John
Jerusalem Ridge – Casey Driessen
Dover Delaware – The Duhks
Plaistow Patricia – Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Stockholm – Dave Edmunds
Birmingham Blues – Electric Light Orchestra
Harlem – Duke Ellington
Echoes of Harlem – Duke Ellington
Yesterday in LA – David Essex
Tokyo Joe – Bryan Ferry
My Cousin in Milwaukee – Ella Fitzgerald
St. Louis Blues – Ella Fitzgerald
I Love Paris – Ella Fitzgerald
The boy from Ipanema – Ella Fitzgerald
Cheeseballs in Cowtown - Béla Fleck & the Flecktones
The Fjords of Oslo - Béla Fleck & the Flecktones
Hudson’s Bay – Béla Fleck
First Snow in Kokomo – Aretha Franklin
Soulville – Aretha Franklin
Rainy Night in Tokyo – Michael Franks
Toledo – Bill Frisell
San Jacinto – Peter Gabriel
Paris Swing – Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker
An Englishman in New York – Godley & Crème
Brazilia – Godley & Crème
Wolfville – Edsel Gomez
Under Paris Skies – Earl Grant
Tecumseh Valley – Nanci Griffith
Tokyo – Gruppo Sportivo
Life in Tokyo – Gruppo Sportivo
Manchester England – Cast of Hair
New Orleans – Harley Quinne
Kansas City – Wilbert Harrison
Pratt City Blues – Chippie Hill
Along the Santa Fe Trail – Earl Hines
San Francisco Days – Chris Isaak


Girl’s Name
Hello Dolly! – millions of versions, how about Bobby Darin?
Allo Elisa – (French pop from the 70s) Dave
Jilli – Miles Davis
Blossom’s Blues – Blossom Dearie
Come on Eileen – Dexy’s Midnight Runners
Julia – Fefe Dobson
Ann – Eric Dolphy
Leonora – Donizetti, sung by many inc. Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Maria Elena – Dorsey Orchestra
Maura on a Bicycle – Jerry Douglas
Memoirs of Mary or Mary’s Grave – from the Into the West soundtrack
Sylvia’s Mother – Dr. Hook
Acapulco Goldie – Dr. Hook
Penicillin Penny – Dr. Hook
Carry me Carrie – Dr. Hook
Roland the Roadie & Gertrude the Groupie – Dr. Hook
When Lilly was Queen – Dr. Hook
Gertrude McFuzz – Dr. Seuss
Linda Lou – Dreadful Snakes
Sally Ann – Dreadful Snakes
Sally in the Garden – Casey Driessen
Plaistow Patricia – Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes – Edison Lighthouse
Paula Meet Jane – Dave Edmunds
Stand Down Margaret – English Beat
Sweet Lorraine – Ernie Andrews
Virginia and the Circus Sideshow – David Essex
Jennifer – Eurythmics
Waltz for Debby – Bill Evans
Wake Up Little Suzie – Everly Brothers
Claudette – Everly Brothers
Poor Jenny – Everly Brothers
Take a Message to Mary – Everly Brothers
Miss Otis Regrets – covers by Bryan Ferry and Ella Fitzgerald among others
Virginia Plain – Roxy Music
Goodnight Irene – Bryan Ferry
Sam & Delilah – Ella Fitzgerald
Lorelai – Ella Fitzgerald
Stella by Starlight – Ella Fitzgerald
Bonnie & Slyde – Béla Fleck & the Flecktones
Zona Mona - Béla Fleck & the Flecktones
Spunky & Clorissa - Béla Fleck & the Flecktones
Michelle – Beatles, covered by Béla Fleck & the Flecktones
Hurricane Camille - Béla Fleck & the Flecktones
Reflections of Lucy - Béla Fleck & the Flecktones
Jayme Lynn – Béla Fleck
Rhiannon – Fleetwood mac
Lila – Pat Flynn
Maria Elena – Pete Fountain
Bernadette – Four Tops
Walk Away Renee – Four Tops
Daisy Temple – Serge Gainsbourg
Shush shush Charlotte – Serge Gainsbourg
Latifa – Kenny Garrett
Jackie and the Beanstalk – Kenny Garrett
Molly – Edsel Gomez
I’m Coming Virginia – Benny Goodman
Morning Song for Sally – Nanci Griffith
Bernadette – Gruppo Sportivo
Ramona – Gruppo Sportivo
Armee Monika – Gruppo Sportivo
Donna – Cast of Hair
Judy Teen – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Julia Belle Swain – John Hartford
Beatrice – Joe Henderson
Stella By Starlight – Joe Henderson
Emma – Hot Chocolate
Diane’s Blues – George Howard
Dick & Jane – Human Sexual Response
Jackie Onassis – Human Sexual response
Sweet Leilani – Chris Isaak

More: J - R - cities

[hilleviw.livejournal.com]

Yup, I am a bit nuts. Nothing to see here, just keep moving along....

Cities
Zulu Man in London – Jabu Khanyile
Autumn in New York – Milt Jackson Quartet
Chinatown – Joe Jackson
There is a Balm in Gilead – Mahalia Jackson
Walk in Jerusalem – Mahalia Jackson
Suburban Berlin – Japan
Life in Tokyo – Japan
Philadelphia Freedom – Elton John
Coolsville – Rickie Lee Jones
Detroit City – Tom Jones
Summer Night in Monterey – Katrina & the Waves
Going Down to Liverpool – Katrina & the Waves
Irvine – Kelly Clarkson (at 8.47 it also qualifies for long)
I’m Always Drunk in San Francisco – Kitty Margolis
I Love Paris – Lee Konitz
St. Louis Blues – Gene Krupa
Streets of London – Cleo Laine
London Pride – Cleo Laine
Flowers of Edinburgh – Albert Lee
Kansas City – Brenda Lee
Poor Jerusalem – Cast of Jesus Christ Superstar
Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day – Nick Lowe
St. Louis Blues – Nellie Lutcher
On the Road to Babylon – Mannfred Mann’s Earth Band
She Took My Soul in Istanbul – Marc Almond
Provence – Rick Margitza
Birmingham – Del McCoury Band
St. Louis Blues – Dave Brubeck
Deep in the Heart of Harlem – Clyde McPhatter
Swingtown – Steve Miller Band
Free Man in Paris – Joni Mitchell
Dry Cleaner from Des Moines – Joni Mitchell
I Love Paris – Red Mitchell
Last Train to Clarksville – Monkees
London Blues – Jelly Roll Morton
Shreveport Stomp – Jelly Roll Morton
Tallahassee Lassie – Mud
Old Tucson – Youssou N’Dour
Sapporo – New Grass Revival
Callin’ Baton Rouge – New Grass Revival
Don’t You Hear Jerusalem Moan – New Grass Revival
Walking in Jerusalem – New Grass Revival
Roanoke – New Grass Revival
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho – Odetta
Portsmouth – Mike Oldfield
Long-Haired Lover from Liverpool – Jimmy Osmond
The Night Chicago Died – Paper Lace
I Love Paris – Peter Cincotti
Manhattan – Michel Petrucciani
I Love Paris – Esther Phillips
L’Homme de Berlin – Edith Piaf
Un Dimanch a Londres – Edith Piaf
I’ve Come to Wive it Wealthy in Padua – Cast of Kiss Me Kate
Brooklyn Boogie – Louis Prima
The White Cliffs of Dover – Louis Prima
Boogie in the Bronx – Louis Prima
Come Back to Sorrento – Louis Prima
Daytona Demon – Suzi Quattro
Hollywood – Suzi Quattro
Kokomo Blues – Bonnie Raitt
Havana Affair – Ramones
Nutville – Buddy Rich
Jerusalem – Paul Robeson
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho – Paul Robeson

Girls' Names - J through R

[hilleviw.livejournal.com]

Girls’ Names
Geraldine & John – Joe Jackson
Blues for Diahann – Milt Jackson
Cross-Eyed Mary – Jethro Tull
Rosalinda’s Eyes – Billy Joel
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds – Elton John
All the Girls Love Alice – Elton John
Delilah – Tom Jones
Lovely Lindsey – Katrina & the Waves
Diane – Kentucky Headhunters
Victoria – Wojciech Kilar
Juicy Lucy – Klaatu
Dear Christine – Klaatu
My Sharona – The Knack
Roxie – Lee Konitz
To Erlinda – Lee Konitz
Louise – Jonny Lang
Goodnight Irene – Leadbelly
Ella Speed – Leadbelly
Sweet Mary Blues - Leadbelly
Lu Ann – Frankie Lee
Mellie’s Comin’ Over – Letters to Cleo
Angelique – Kenny Loggins
Brandy – Looking Glass
Donna – Los Lobos
Charlena – Los Lobos
Portrait of Jenny – Joe Lovano
Shelley My Love – Nick Lowe
Marie Provost – Nick Lowe
Switchboard Susan – Nick Lowe
Maureen – Nick Lowe
Princess Poo-Poo-Ly Has Plenty Papaya – Nellie Lutcher
Mojo Hannah – Tammi Lynn
Song of Delilah – Herbie Mann
Song for Maya – Christian McBride
Suzie Q – Bobbie McFerrin
Lucille – Clyde McPhatter
Sweet Lorraine – Carmen McRae
Yvette in English – Joni Mitchell
The Wolf that Lives in Lindsey – Joni Mitchell
Hairy Mary – Jackie Mittoo
Eleanor Rigby – Jackie Mittoo
Rose of the Rio Grande – Modern Jazz Quartet
Valleri – Monkees
Marie – Allison Moorer
Gloria – Van Morrison
Laura – Nana Mouskouri
Moonshine Sally – Mud
Diana – Mud
Arianne – Neville Brothers
Molly & Ten Brook – New Grass Revival
Poison Ivy – The Nylons
Mi Magdalena – Eliades Ochoa
Mary & Willi – K T Oslin
Claire – Gilbert O’Sullivan
Annie – Pete Townshend
Jezebel – Edith Piaf
Mustang Sally – Wilson Pickett
So Kiss Me Kate – Cast of Kiss Me Kate
Oh Marie – Louis Prima
Angelina Zooma Zooma – Louis Prima
Stella by Starlight – Louis Prima
Torch for Tess – Louis Prima
Darling Nikki – Prince
Mabel – Procol Harum
Roxy Roller – Suzi Quattro
Wake Up Little Susie – Suzi Quattro
Mattie’s Rag – Gerry Rafferty
Judy is a Punk – Ramones
Sweet Lorene – Otis Redding
Eleanor Rigby – yup, another one. This is Joshua Redman
Gotta See Jane – Martha Reeves
Liza – Django Reinhardt
Daphne – Django Reinhardt
Louise – Django Reinhardt
Sweet Virginia – Rembrandts
Hang On Clementine – Rembrandts
There Goes Lucy – Rembrandts
Rosie Jane – Malvina Reynolds
It’s Maria’s Dance – Marcus Roberts
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego – Rockapella
Poor Jenny – Rockpile
Bloody Mary – Cast of South Pacific
Angie – Rolling Stones
Sweet Virginia – Rolling Stones
Alison – Linda Ronstadt
Virginia Plain – Roxy Music
Tara – Roxy Music

Ta Da! The final installment - songs from S

[hilleviw.livejournal.com]

Cities
Shreveport Stomps – Joe Sample
Carmel – Joe Sample
Hollywood Nights – Bob Seger
Hollywood Nocturne – Brian Setzer Orchestra
New York – Sex Pistols
Copenhagen – Artie Shaw
Philley Millie – Horace Silver
Scarborough Fair – Simon & Garfunkel
Memphis in June – Nina Simone
Jericho – Simply Red
New York New York – Frank Sinatra
Hong Kong Garden – Siouxsie & the Banshees
Chicago Bound Blues – Bessie Smith
St. Louis Gal – Bessie Smith
Peyton Place – Squeeze
Omaha Rainbow – John Stewart
Highgate Shuffle – Rod Stewart
Along the Santa Fe Trail – Maxine Sullivan
New York Connection – Sweet
New York City – T.Rex
London Boys – T.Rex
From Ankara to Ismir – Telluride Allstars
Cincinnati Rag – Telluride Allstars
Sights and Sounds of London Town – Richard Thompson
Crack City – Tin Machine
Century City – Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
New York Chimes – Tony Trischka
Nutbush City Limits – Ike & Tina Turner
Dreamsville – Sarah Vaughan
Hip City – Jr. Walker & the All Stars
Soulville – Dinah Washington
Harlem on my Mind – Ethel Waters
Teen town – Weather Report
Last Train to Clarksville – Cassandra Wilson
Memphis – Cassandra Wilson
East Nashville Easter – Yonder Mountain String Band


Girls’ Names
Maria Maria – Santana
Magdalena – Leo Sayer
Blues for Delilah – Bud Shank
Rosalie – Artie Shaw
Walk Away Renee – Vonda Shepard
Philley Millie – Horace Silver
I Love Annie’s Fanny – Horace Silver
Gloria – Horace Silver
Mrs. Robinson – Simon & Garfunkel
For Emily Wherever I May Find Her – Simon & Garfunkel
Kathy’s Song – Simon & Garfunkel
Cecilia – Simon & Garfunkel
Oh Marion – Paul Simon
Pirate Jenny – Nina Simone
Christine – Siouxsie & the Banshees
Gudbye t’Jane – Slade
Angelina – Slade
Whoa Tillie Take Your Time – Bessie Smith
Johanna – Cast of Sweeney Todd
Iris – Split Enz
Annie Get Your Gun – Squeeze
Rose I Said – Squeeze
Maggie May – Rod Stewart
Marie – Curtis Stigers
Clementine – Billy Strayhorn
Brown Betty – Billy Strayhorn
Debora – T.Rex
Mad Donna – T.Rex
Delilah – Take 6
Mary – Take 6
Oh, Susannah – James Taylor
Arrival of Helen – Mikis Theodorakis
Bathsheba Smiles – Richard Thompson
Margarita – Traveling Wilburys
Soddy Daisy – Tony Trischka
Jeannine – Turtle Island String Quartet
Julie-O – Turtle Island String Quartet
Elenore – The Turtles
Miss Grace – The Tymes
Misty – Sarah Vaughan
Mary Marie – Tom Verlaine
Cleo’s Mood – Jr. Walker & the All Stars
Eve Stole the Apple – Abigail Washburn
Backstep Cindy – Abigail Washburn
One for Jane – Bert Wilson
Shirley Eyes – Bert Wilson

Re: Ta Da! The final installment - songs from S

[amy37.livejournal.com]

You a total goddess. I'm going to comb through these and get back to you, soonish...