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SONG TITLES and SONGS about DISTANCES & TRAVEL

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SONG TITLES and SONGS about DISTANCES & TRAVEL

I'll try to get this topic started with these song titles about DISTANCES/TRAVELING   ...........

 

*Travelin' Man     Ricky Nelson   which made it to #1 in 1961

 

*I Ran (So Far Away)     Flock of Seagulls

 

 

For a different approach, songs about  DISTANCES/TRAVELING...........

 

*Walk Away Renee'     The Left Banke

 

*Ferry Across The Mersey     Gerry & The Pacemakers

 

 

 

Uh, I am sorry if I led off with songs which you may have wanted to post here. How about this....wait a while and then post it....or post it now ! You see, repetition is OKAY Man Wink

 

Please understand, there's lots of freedom and latitude with this topic. Be creative....let's have plenty of laughs and plenty of wows like:  "Wow, I wish I had thought of that one!!" "Wow, that's a good one!!


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"Africa"  by ToTo

 

"I blest the rains down in Africa...."

 

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEzYfv0OTJ4

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@1968Hoya46  I agree on Queen's '39.

Another song, in the same vein, involves an observer coming to study Earth after we are extinct: 

 

Watcher Of The Skies - Genesis. Here's a live performance from 1973: 

https://youtu.be/z5NOV0-EH0c

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IN THAT VEIN, WE NEED "IN THE YEAR 2525"- ZAEGER & EVANS;
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'39: Queen (the return of the time travelers to earth. One of their finest).

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"Turning Japanese" * The Vapors

Sites & girls in Japan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWPE_VkssEw

 

 

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I'll give you kudos on "Turning Japanese", but you may want to take a harder look at this one. Just sayin'. ๐Ÿ˜‰
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I'll put it in the dealing with water songs. with the infamous Kamikaze air attacks on the US Navy war video.

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"Kokomo"  by The Beach Boys

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJWmbLS2_ec

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Everyone's Gone To The Moon: Jonathan King

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"Magic Town" * The Vogues

Pittsburgh group.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7l1zzs4l9g

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"TOWN WITHOUT PITY"- GENE PITNEY
"CHICAGO"-TOM WAITS
"PHILADELPHIA" - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"L.A. WOMAN"- DOORS
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You'd Better Move On: Arthur Alexander

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"China Girl" * David Bowie

Written by Iggy Pop and David about Iggy's Vietnamese girlfriend and turned into something a bit darker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YC3sTbAPcU

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"Arthur's Theme" Christopher Cross.

Written by Peter Allen - and inspired by his being on a plane waiting to land in New York.

 

https://youtu.be/EqJGXdPLrvE

 

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"Ride Like The Wind" * Christopher Cross

with Michael McDonald

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJewP_hBJFQ

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I'm Movin' On: Hank Snow, Ray Charles, others.

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"Fly Me To The Moon" * Joe Harnell

original version - 1962

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1RyFUoDwww

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"The Werewolves of London" * Warren Zevon

His hair was perfect.  1935, 1941.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSMkKyOh8g0

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IT DOES ALSO NAME A FEW DISTRICTS IN ENGLAND: KNIGHTSBRIDGE, WEYMOUTH, SOHO, ETC...& HIS HAIR WAS PERFECT- I ALWAYS SEE TOM CRUISE DANCING AROUND THE POOL TABLE IN "THE COLOR OF MONEY"- VERY EFFECTIVE THEME SONG!
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"Los Angeles" - X   

 

Not sure where she is going, but apparently she really had to leave.

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CAN ONLY FOLLOW THAT WITH :"DOWN IN THE HOLE"- TOM WAITS!
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Wow. I can't believe I have not posted this song, as much as I love it - not exactly rock & roll, but definitely about distance:

 

"Me And The Sky" from "Come From Away"  https://youtu.be/Q8ukgH6U-d0

 

Look at the jacket Jenn Colella is wearing. She is playing the part of Captain Beverly Bass. And she is wearing the jacket Captain Bass was wearing on 9/11/2001. Captain Bass loaned it to her for the Broadway production.

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That's a good song!

 

"Grey Sky Morning" * Vertical Herizon

So you sailed away into ......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXQcHw8o5B8

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"Those Hollywood Nights"  by Bob Seger

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D4eUWBAE_A

 

"She stood there bright as the sun on that California coast

He was a midwestern boy on his own

She looked at him with those soft eyes, so innocent and blue

He knew right then he was too far from home

He was too far from home.....

He spent all night staring down at the lights of LA

Wondering if he could ever go home...."

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 WHICH LEADS US TO "HOTEL CALIFORNIA"-  EAGLES

 

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"Smoke From A Distant Fire" * Sanford Townsend Band

70's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgp_7Nk6vjI

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Little Red Riding Hood: Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs

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"Holding On For Life" * Broken Bells

time travel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhBewKu80Mg

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Across The Wide Missouri: Kingston Trio

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{gotta move on} Funky Town * Lipps Inc.

 Steven Greenberg and Cynthia Johnson,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q79ecHdym7g

 

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