Countdown: Random Places Immortalized in Music, #4

As a refresher, this is a bit of a geography lesson, looking at oddball places that musicians have chosen to sing about, or at least include in their lyrics. And next on the list, number four, is...

China Grove, Texas

"The people of the town are strange and they're proud of where they came. Well, you're talkin' `bout China Grove. Woah, China Grove"

Countdown: Random Places Immortalized in Music, #5

As a refresher, this is a bit of a geography lesson, looking at oddball places that musicians have chosen to sing about, or at least include in their lyrics. And next on the list, number six, is...

Seneca Township, Ohio

"The farms of Ohio had been replaced by shopping malls, and Muzak filled the air from Seneca to Cuyahoga Falls."

Countdown: Random Places Immortalized in Music, #6

As a refresher, this is a bit of a geography lesson, looking at oddball places that musicians have chosen to sing about, or at least include in their lyrics. And next on the list, number six, is...

Avalon, California

"In a noisy bar in Avalon I tried to call you, but on the midnight watch I realized why twice you ran away"

Countdown: Random Places Immortalized in Music, #7

As a refresher, this is a bit of a geography lesson, looking at oddball places that musicians have chosen to sing about, or at least include in their lyrics. And next on the list, number seven, is...

Khyber Pass

"From Mozambique to those Memphis nights, the Khyber Pass to Vancouver's lights"

"No excuse to be so callous, dress yourself in bleeding madras, charm your way across the Khyber Pass"

Countdown: Random Places Immortalized in Music, #8

As a refresher, this is a bit of a geography lesson, looking at oddball places that musicians have chosen to sing about, or at least include in their lyrics. And next on the list, number eight is...

Reseda, Los Angeles, California

"It's a long day living in Reseda, there's a freeway runnin' through the yard"

Countdown: Random Places Immoralized in Music, #9

As a refresher, this is a bit of a geography lesson, looking at oddball places that musicians have chosen to sing about, or at least include in their lyrics. And next on the list, number nine is...

Whitefish Bay

"The searchers all say, they'd have made Whitefish Bay if they'd put fifteen more miles behind her."

Countdown: Random Places Immortalized in Music, #10

The Professor babbles again!

After months of hibernation, (at least I wish, sleep is really nice) I'm showing up here again, and this time to start a new series of "top ten" countdowns.

To start off, we're going to go with a bit of a geography lesson, looking at oddball places that musicians have chosen to sing about, or at least include in their lyrics. And at the top of the list, number ten is...

Winslow, Arizona

"Well, I'm standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, such a fine sight to see. It's a girl, my lord, in a flatbed Ford, slowing down to take a look at me."