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Sleeping in EQ · 12-09-2006, 04:29 PM

London Calling--The Clash.

Surfah · 12-09-2006, 04:29 PM

Garden Grove - Sublime

YOhio · 12-09-2006, 04:32 PM

Salt Lake City by the Beach Boys--

Down in Utah
The guys and I dig a city called Salt Lake
It's got the grooviest kids
That's why we never get tired of Salt Lake
And the way the kids talk so cool
Is an out of sight thing
And the number one radio station
Makes the town really swing yeah
Salt Lake City we'll be coming soon

There's a park near the city, yeah
All the kids dig the Lagoon now
It's full of all kinds of girls
And rides and we'll be flyin' there soon now
And girl for girl
They've got the cutest of the Western states
They got the sun in the summer
And winter time the skiing is great yeah
Salt Lake City we'll be coming soon

Salt Lake City we'll be coming soon

We'll be coming soon
We'll be coming soon
We'll be coming soon

Surfah · 12-09-2006, 04:39 PM

Country Roads Take Me Home - John Denver
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffet
Paradise City - GnR
Mexico - Incubus
Beverly Hills - Weezer
California - Wax

Jeff Lebowski · 12-09-2006, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by surfah33

Country Roads Take Me Home - John Denver
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffet
Paradise City - GnR
Mexico - Incubus
Beverly Hills - Weezer
California - Wax

Good list overall, but John Denver?

myboynoah · 12-09-2006, 04:44 PM

Utah, We Love Thee

BarbaraGordon · 12-09-2006, 04:45 PM

I forgot these:

Georgia by Ray Charles
Dock of the Bay by Ottis Redding
Africa by Toto
Down Under by Men at Work.

I think we're up to five continents now. Anyone know any songs about S America or Antartica?

Jeff Lebowski · 12-09-2006, 04:58 PM

Here is the winner folks. Nothing can match this little gem:

(307) In Our Lovely Deseret
Brightly

In our lovely Deseret,
Where the Saints of God have met,
There's a multitude of children all around.
They are generous and brave;
They have precious souls to save;
They must listen and obey the gospel's sound.

[Chorus]
Hark! Hark! Hark! 'tis children's music—
Children's voices, oh, how sweet,
When in innocence and love,
Like the angels up above,
They with happy hearts and cheerful faces meet.

That the children may live long
And be beautiful and strong,
Tea and coffee and tobacco they despise,
Drink no liquor, and they eat
But a very little meat;
They are seeking to be great and good and wise.

They should be instructed young
How to watch and guard the tongue,
And their tempers train and evil passions bind;
They should always be polite,
And treat ev'rybody right,
And in ev'ry place be affable and kind.

They must not forget to pray,
Night and morning ev'ry day,
For the Lord to keep them safe from ev'ry ill,
And assist them to do right,
That with all their mind and might
They may love him and may learn to do his will.

Text: Eliza R. Snow, 1804-1887
Music: George F. Root, 1820-1895

il Padrino Ute · 12-09-2006, 05:32 PM

Castles in Spain - The Armoury Show

Ok, it's not really about a place, but it has a place in it's title.

SteelBlue · 12-09-2006, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

Tea and coffee and tobacco they despise,
Drink no liquor, and they eat
But a very little meat;
They are seeking to be great and good and wise.

I have to laugh everytime we sing this song in church. It's just awful. And the line about "very little meat" is hilarious. Eliza Snow would roll over in her grave if she saw the amount of tri-tip at our ward's summer BBQ or at the amount of Ham we're going to consume at tonight's ward Christmas party.

12-09-2006, 04:29 PM	#11
Sleeping in EQ Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The People's Republic of Monsanto Posts: 3,085	London Calling--The Clash. __________________ "Do not despise the words of prophets, but test everything; hold fast to what is good; " 1 Thess. 5:21 (NRSV) We all trust our own unorthodoxies.

12-09-2006, 04:29 PM	#12
Surfah Master Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: F'burg, VA Posts: 3,211	Garden Grove - Sublime __________________ Ernie Johnson: "Auburn is a pretty good school. To graduate from there I suppose you really need to work hard and put forth maximum effort." Charles Barkley: "20 pts and 10 rebounds will get you through also!"

12-09-2006, 04:39 PM	#14
Surfah Master Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: F'burg, VA Posts: 3,211	Country Roads Take Me Home - John Denver Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffet Paradise City - GnR Mexico - Incubus Beverly Hills - Weezer California - Wax __________________ Ernie Johnson: "Auburn is a pretty good school. To graduate from there I suppose you really need to work hard and put forth maximum effort." Charles Barkley: "20 pts and 10 rebounds will get you through also!"

12-09-2006, 04:44 PM	#16
myboynoah Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Memphis freakin' Tennessee!!!!! Posts: 4,530	Utah, We Love Thee __________________ Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!! Religion rises inevitably from our apprehension of our own death. To give meaning to meaninglessness is the endless quest of all religion. When death becomes the center of our consciousness, then religion authentically begins. Of all religions that I know, the one that most vehemently and persuasively defies and denies the reality of death is the original Mormonism of the Prophet, Seer and Revelator, Joseph Smith.

12-09-2006, 04:58 PM	#18
Jeff Lebowski Charon Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the heart of darkness (Provo) Posts: 9,564	Here is the winner folks. Nothing can match this little gem: (307) In Our Lovely Deseret Brightly In our lovely Deseret, Where the Saints of God have met, There's a multitude of children all around. They are generous and brave; They have precious souls to save; They must listen and obey the gospel's sound. [Chorus] Hark! Hark! Hark! 'tis children's music— Children's voices, oh, how sweet, When in innocence and love, Like the angels up above, They with happy hearts and cheerful faces meet. That the children may live long And be beautiful and strong, Tea and coffee and tobacco they despise, Drink no liquor, and they eat But a very little meat; They are seeking to be great and good and wise. They should be instructed young How to watch and guard the tongue, And their tempers train and evil passions bind; They should always be polite, And treat ev'rybody right, And in ev'ry place be affable and kind. They must not forget to pray, Night and morning ev'ry day, For the Lord to keep them safe from ev'ry ill, And assist them to do right, That with all their mind and might They may love him and may learn to do his will. Text: Eliza R. Snow, 1804-1887 Music: George F. Root, 1820-1895 __________________ "... the arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice." Martin Luther King, Jr.

12-09-2006, 04:32 PM	#13
YOhio AKA SeattleNewt Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 7,055	Salt Lake City by the Beach Boys-- Down in Utah The guys and I dig a city called Salt Lake It's got the grooviest kids That's why we never get tired of Salt Lake And the way the kids talk so cool Is an out of sight thing And the number one radio station Makes the town really swing yeah Salt Lake City we'll be coming soon There's a park near the city, yeah All the kids dig the Lagoon now It's full of all kinds of girls And rides and we'll be flyin' there soon now And girl for girl They've got the cutest of the Western states They got the sun in the summer And winter time the skiing is great yeah Salt Lake City we'll be coming soon Salt Lake City we'll be coming soon We'll be coming soon We'll be coming soon We'll be coming soon

12-09-2006, 04:45 PM	#17
BarbaraGordon Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Gotham City Posts: 7,157	I forgot these: Georgia by Ray Charles Dock of the Bay by Ottis Redding Africa by Toto Down Under by Men at Work. I think we're up to five continents now. Anyone know any songs about S America or Antartica?

12-09-2006, 05:32 PM	#19
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	Castles in Spain - The Armoury Show Ok, it's not really about a place, but it has a place in it's title. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.