21 Feb 2017

Songs about places

From Afternoons, 2:08 pm on 21 February 2017

RNZ Producer Jimmy Stewart talks to Jesse about the songs which evoke strong memories and links to real places.  The material is taken from a list of songs provided by listeners.

Songs Featured: Billy Joel - Allentown,  K.D. Lang - Helpless,  Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill, 

Medley : The Fourmuyla - Otaki / Marcus Turner - Otakau / Miles Calder & The Rumours - The Avenue / The Muttonbirds - Wellington

Deja Voodoo - Today, Tomorrow Timaru,  Stan Getz & Astrud Gillberto - The Girl From Ipanema,  Ewan MacColl -    Dirty Old Town,  Lindisfarne - Fog On The Tyne.

Medley : Odyssey - Native New Yorker / On Broadway - George Benson / Manhattan Transfer - Boy From New York City / Simon & Garfunkel - The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feeling Groovy) / Nilsson - I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City / Neil Diamond - I Am, I Said / Frank Sinatra - (Theme from) New York, New York

Michelle Shocked - Anchorage,  The Beatles - Penny Lane,  James Taylor - Carolina In My Mind