alcibiades_mystery
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Tue Sep-06-05 02:25 PM
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Help me with New Orleans themed songs |
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OK, so I'm making a little New Orleans CD for myself to help me cope, and I need help with New Orleans themed songs. I'm just not that up on the southern blues tradition or the zydeco tradition to know many songs from there, but any help is good. I'm gonna hit some of my favorites, but this is obviously a short list:
Do you Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans - Louis Armstrong version City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie version Baby Please Don't Go - Van Morrison Bloodletting - Concrete Blond Basin Street Blues - Louis Prima version
You get the idea?
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Tue Sep-06-05 02:26 PM
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1. Crescent City - Lucinda Williams |
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Tue Sep-06-05 02:30 PM
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2. if you just plug "new orleans" in on allmusic.com as the title... |
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...this is what you get: New Orleans 350 Battle of New Orleans 150 City of New Orleans 151 Walking to New Orleans 102 New Orleans Stomp 57 New Orleans, LA. 6 New Orleans Blues 36 New Orleans Joys 34 In New Orleans 7 Back to New Orleans 16 New Orleans Bump 16 Boy from New Orleans 5 From L.A. To New Orleans 1 New Orleans '88 1 Oh! New Orleans 1 Up From New Orleans 2 Goin' to New Orleans 9 King of New Orleans 5 Lips from New Orleans 5 New Orleans Beat 5 Man from New Orleans 2 New New Orleans 1 New Orleans Rag 2 New Orleans Rap 3 Old & New (Orleans) 2 Old-New Orleans 2 Annie New Orleans 5 Blues for New Orleans 6 Going to New Orleans 9 New Orleans Shout 10 New Orleans Twist 6 New Orleans Woman 8 Away from New Orleans 1 Down to New Orleans 4 Home to New Orleans 1 Lady New Orleans 1 Love New Orleans 1 Maid of New Orleans 1 New Orleans (Fast) 1 New Orleans (Slow) 2 New Orleans 1951 1 New Orleans Baby 1 New Orleans by Nine 1 New Orleans Dawn 1 New Orleans Fuzz 1 New Orleans Hula 2 New Orleans Hulu 1 New Orleans Jail 3 New Orleans Jazz 1 New Orleans Jump 4 New Orleans Lady 1 New Orleans Rain 2 New Orleans Rock 1 New Orleans Song 2 New Orleans, Pt. 1 1 New Orleans, Pt. 2 1 Song of New Orleans 1 To Miss New Orleans 1 Trip to New Orleans 3 Went to New Orleans 2 Mardi Gras in New Orleans 90 New Orleans Shuffle 15 New Orleans Ladies 9 New Orleans Bound 1 New Orleans Dream 1 New Orleans Gumbo 1 New Orleans Knows 1 New Orleans Mambo 2 New Orleans March 1 New Orleans Music 3 New Orleans Opera 2 New Orleans Queen 1 New Orleans Shags 1 New Orleans Strut 4 New Orleans, 11 A.M. 1
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Tue Sep-06-05 02:41 PM
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but i'd rather get personal feedback, yeah? notice it leaves out a couple of the songs that i picked because they don't include "new orleans" in the title?
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Tue Sep-06-05 02:44 PM
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14. ok. here's a few that hit me last week.... |
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Donald Harrison - Big Chief Louis Armstrong Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans? Cubanismo Marie Laveaux Dr. John I Walk on Guilded Splinters James Booker Make a Better World Louis Armstrong Basin Street Blues Professor Longhair Junco Partner Neville Brothers Wake Up Donald Harrison Shallow Water Wynton Marsalis New Orleans Bump Kermit Ruffins When I Die (You Better 2nd Line) Donald Harrison Big Chief
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Tue Sep-06-05 02:30 PM
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3. *A* little New Orleans CD?? |
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Better get Mr. Burner ready for Vols. 2, 3,...
Blackwater - Doobie Bros. Sheik of Arabi - Louis Armstrong. The Arabi in question is not in the ME but in hard-hit St. Bernard Parish. Walkin' to New Orleans - Fats Domino Mardi Gras Mambo - various artists over the years
more to come...
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Tue Sep-06-05 02:31 PM
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4. Tom Waits - "I Wish I was In New Orleans" |
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Edited on Tue Sep-06-05 02:45 PM by Spider Jerusalem
Leadbelly "In New Orleans" (you probably know it as "House of the Rising Sun"...Nina Simone's version is pretty good, too)
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Tue Sep-06-05 02:32 PM
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5. "Dixie Drug Store" by Grant Lee Buffalo |
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Tue Sep-06-05 02:35 PM
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6. Robbie Robertson made an album (CD) called "Storyville" |
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a pretty good album, IMHO
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Tue Sep-06-05 02:38 PM
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7. "Heart of the Night" by Poco |
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In the heart of the night In the cool southern rain There's a full moon in sight Shining down on the Pontchartrain
And the river she rises Like she used to do She's so full of surprises She reminds me of you In the heart of the night
There's a nightbird singing Right on through till the dawn And the streets are still ringing With people carrying on
It's been so long waiting Just to be here again Anticipating All the time I could spend In the heart of the night down in New Orleans In the heart of the night down in New Orleans
And I trust in your love never falling down And I trust in your love Just like I do in this town never falling down
And I'm so glad to be back in New Orleans Please don't wake me, don't shake me, If this is only just a dream It's the only place I can face that feels so right Below that Dixie moon and loving you In the Heart of the Night
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Yeah, it's cheeezy, but it's about NOLA.
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Tue Sep-06-05 02:38 PM
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8. New Orleans is Sinking - The tragically hip |
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Edited on Tue Sep-06-05 02:39 PM by HEyHEY
Bourbon blues on the street loose and complete Under skies all smoky blue-green I can Forksake the dixie dead shake So we dance the sidewalk clean My memory is muddy what's this river I'm in New Orleans is sinking and I don't want to swim
Colonel Tom What's wrong? What's Going On You can't tie yourself up for a deal He said" Hey North you're south shut you big mouth You gotta do what you feel is real." Ain't got no picture postcards ain't go no souvenirs My baby she don't know me when I'm thinking about thoes years
Pale as a light bulb hanging on a wire Sucking up to someone just stoke the fire Picking out the highlights of the scenery Saw a little cloud looked a little like me
I had My hand in the river My feet back up on the banks Looked up to the lord above and said hey man thanks Some time I fell so good I gotta scream She says Gordie baby I know exactly what you mean She said, she said I swear to god she said
My memory is muddy what's this river I'm in New Orleans is sinking and I don't want to swim
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Tue Sep-06-05 02:40 PM
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was originally a country blues by Big Joe Williams, but Muddy Waters reworked it and made it a big hit in the early '50s with his band
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Tue Sep-06-05 02:41 PM
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11. Van Morrison did it well too |
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Tue Sep-06-05 02:41 PM
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12. anything by Professor Longhair or Fats Domino |
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and especially Zydeco Music---a kind of Louisiana R and B with liberal use of accordions
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Tue Sep-06-05 02:41 PM
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I just like the Van Morrison version
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Tue Sep-06-05 02:52 PM
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15. Dire Straits - Planet of New Orleans |
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Tue Sep-06-05 02:57 PM
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16. Take Me To The Mardi Gras - Paul Simon |
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C'mon take me to the Mardi Gras Where the people sing and play Where the dancing is elite And there's music in the street Both night and day
Hurry take me to the Mardi Gras In the city of my dreams You can legalize your lows You can wear your summer clothes In the New Orleans
And I will lay my burden down Rest my head upon that shore And when I wear that starry crown I won't be wanting anymore
Take your burdens to the Mardi Gras Let the music wash your soul You can mingle in the street You can jingle to the beat of the jelly roll Tumba, tumba, tumba, Mardi Gras Tumba, tumba, tumba, day
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