Saturday, July 7, 2018

Listen to what I'm doing instead at nine

If I only played a single song
For each and every state
The set would last four hours
Which isn't all that great.



9:00
1. Peggy Lee - The Freedom Train (3:10)

So, another Fourth of July. Let's listen to some music that was popular when punchin' Nazis was a national past-time.

3. Benny Goodman - Stars Fell On Alabama (3:15)
4. Fats Waller - Square From Delaware (2:56)
5. Béla Fleck - Arkansas Traveler (3:05)
6. SPIKE JONES - It Never Rains In Sunny California (1943) (3:10)
7. Judy Garland - Connecticut (3:19)
8. Fats Waller - Florida Flo (2:52)
9. Eddie Condon - Georgia Grind (2:56)
10. Dave Brubeck - Indiana [Album Version] (5:54)
11. Sammy Davis Jr. - New York's My Home (3:12)
12. Armstrong, Louis - (Back Home Again In) Indiana (4:41)
13. Henry Burr and Andrea Sarto - There's a Girl in the Heart of Maryland (1913) (3:05)
14. Groucho Marx - Omaha, Nebraska (1951) (2:51)
15. Glenn Miller - Beautiful Ohio (2:30)
16. Clarence Williams - Michigan Water Blues (3:26)
17. Louis Armstrong - Shanty Boat On The Mississippi (3:22)

Meanwhile, the folks on nextdoor.com are still complaining about illegal fireworks going off. That would be because there are still illegal fireworks going off. One of my neighbors was bragging about it and now he's complaining that the police showed up at his house with his "written confession". Tough times.

10:00
19. Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam (5:27)
20. Julia Lee - Show Me Missouri Blues - 1946 (3:06)
21. Frank Sinatra - I Got A Gal I Love In North And South Dakota (2:45)
22. Pete Seeger - My Oklahoma Home Blowed Away (4:39)
23. Dallas Banjo Band - Medley From Oklahoma (4:24)
24. Cab Calloway - Virginia, Georgia And Caroline (2:34)
25. Oregon Trail - Woody Guthrie (2:51)
26. SPIKE JONES - I Wanna Go Back To West Virginia (1942) (3:10)
27. Pennsylvania Polka - The Andrews Sisters (2:46)
28. Blossom Dearie - Rhode Island Is Famous For You (2:11)
29. Stan Kenton - I Been Down In Texas (3:08)
30. The Ink Spots - Your Feet's Too Big (2:39)
31. Frank Sinatra - Moonlight in Vermont with Nelson Riddle Orchestra (HQ) (3:44)
32. Idaho by Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons (3:05)
33. BlueTouch - Kansas City (3:18)
34. University of Wisconsin Marchi - Fanfare On Wisconsin (0:49)

So we have some extra time here and I'm going keep playing stuff.

36. Los gatos negros - Memphis, Tennesse (2:36)
37. Ringo Starr - Missouri Loves Company (2003) (3:33)
38. Alma Cogan, Tennessee Waltz, Single 1964 German Version (2:11)
39. Daisy Winters, Ich geh´nicht zurück nach Louisiana Town, Single 1965 (2:51)
40. Austin Lounge Lizards - Stupid Texas Song (3:34)
11:00
41. Sufjan Stevens - Come On! Feel The Illinoise! (6:45)
42. Jesus Jones - Maryland (3:41)
43. Gil Scott - Heron - New York Is Killing Me (4:34)
44. Afroman - Idaho (5:53)
45. GRANITE STATE OF MIND (Jay - Z Parody - The SSP) (4:42)
46. Public Enemy - By The Time I Get To Arizona (4:12)
47. Fats Waller - Why Do Hawaiians Sing Aloa? (3:12)
48. Devo - Ohio (3:21)
49. Joseph Ilala'ole (Hawaiian Name Chant) - Mele Inoa No Hi'iaka (2:01)
50. Steve Reich - Different Trains - America-Before the War (movement 1) (9:04)
51. a - reminder-for-american-tourists (0:08)
52. Frank Zappa - Montana (6:34)
53. Dread Zeppelin - Viva Las Vegas (3:34)
54. Roy Zimmerman - America (5:08)
55. Chicago Symphony - 1812 Overture (14:52)

Please no one point out there are fifty-five tracks on this list.