https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6gX7yVob6w
At the beginning of this year, my family and I drove out to Illinois from New York: a 21 hour drive split over two days. I got to soundtrack the whole thing: I made a mix CD of songs about New York (Leaving New York — R.E.M); I made a mix CD about the midwest (Bloodbuzz Ohio — The National); I burned Illinoise — Sufjan Stevens. I made a mix CD about driving (Drive My Car — The Beatles). But the fun one was a mix CD about travelling. I went through my library and found all the songs about places; songs with the names of places in their titles. I had Australia — The Shins; I had Rome — Phoenix; I had Hello, I'm in Delaware — City and Colour.
Most of my music I've gotten from other people; often mislabeled. (I'm looking at you, Teenage Wasteland — Baba O'Riley). Also on the travelling mix was August in New York — Ella Fitzgerald + Louis Armstrong, except it wasn't. It was the song They All Laughed in disguise. I listened to it a few times before I realized something was wrong.
I have so much Ella, I probably never would have found this old Gershwin song from 1937's Shall We Dance. But it quickly became one of my favorite songs from the era. Funny how these things work.
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