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The one I had in mind was Indianapolis by The Bottle Rockets. It is the capital and most populous city in Indiana with a population of 882K. Famous for the Indianapolis 500 motor race.
There are a four States in the US begining with the letter I and I wondered if they had associated capital cities beginning with the same initial.There doesn't appear to be an Indiana City in Indiana but Rol has done his research and advises that there a place called Indiana in Pennsylvania but unfortunately it appears to be a borough and county seat as opposed to a city.Bang goes Indiana wants Me.
There is an Iowa City but I couldn't find a song with Iowa in the name. There is however also an Idaho City which is the County seat of Boise with a population of 484. Cue the B-52s.
On the off chance I googled Illinois City which appears to be an unincorporated community with a population of 159 some of whom are very tall.It has City in the title so it is in
I was on board with John's suggestion of From Auschwitz to Ipswich by Jarvis Cover given there is an Ipswich in Massachusetts but it appears to be a town rather than a city. Sorry John.
Following all those tenuous links (some very tenuous!) we are back to an actual city and a song that appears to have a connection to it. Another suggestion from Rol was Inglewood by k.d. lang. It is indeed a city in California with a population of just over 100k.I have the album Sing it Loud by k.d . lang and the Siss Boom Band from which it is on but missed it.
There you are we got four and didn't have to go down the Independence route
Next week will be J which will be far easier and less tenuous.
The Bottle Rockets -Indianapolis
Another great edition. As for J, there is a city that is bound to pop up (Mr Cash?) but I had no idea there were so many of them - four at least.
ReplyDeleteWill be including Dionne Warwick's song about travelling from the capital city of Alaska to California, 'Juneau the way to San Jose'?
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DeleteBeyond the obvious one that gave Prefab Sprout their name, there are a number of songs called Jacksonville. I'm rather partial to the one by Brandon Flowers. There's also a city called Jane in Missouri, so knock yourself out with that one. And then there's Jersey...
ReplyDeleteJohn Mellencamp - Joliet Bound
Joplin, Josephine, Jupiter, Justice... you don't need my help this week.
If by tall people you mean Robert Wadlow, he was from Illinois the state, but not Illinois the city.
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