by Dictionary Scoop Aside from the mechanical aspects of moving oneself from one place to the other, the poetry of wanderlust and journeys creates words to describe sensations, feelings, and experiences. All over the world, different expressions from different languages describe similar human experiences relating to the joy of traveling and discovering new …
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Coast To Coast: Billy Joel’s “Stop In Nevada”
by Kevin Burton On the Billy Joel portion of our rock and roll road trip you could have reasonably expected “New York State of Mind” or even “Allentown.” Instead we swing west to look at “Stop In Nevada.” This song fits very well into our road-trip theme. Today’s tale includes one of …
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Tell A Stranger About Philadelphia Freedom
by Kevin Burton Trying to wrestle down he lighter-than-air 70s anthem “Philadelphia Freedom” by Elton John is like trying to tell a stranger ‘bout rock and roll. You kind of can’t. You can parse the words if you like, look into its origins, the elements that went into it. But in the end …
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Coast To Coast: California Dreamin’
by Kevin Burton Texas has its outsized pretentions, but California for most of a century was considered the American promised land. This was reflected throughout popular culture, including in music. So there is no shortage of songs we could use to represent the Golden State in our summer rock and roll road trip …
“Memphis” And The Poetry Of Chuck Berry
by Kevin Burton You knew any rock and roll road trip would have to stop by Memphis, right? Well, we are using a Chuck Berry vehicle to get there. We’re going Coast to Coast this summer, talking rock and roll history by means of songs with a state or city in the title. …
Motown’s Move To LA Stifled The Magic
by Kevin Burton There is more than a little irony in the 1971 Jackson 5 song “Going Back To Indiana.” That makes for an easy choice to make Indiana a destination for our summer rock and roll road trip, Coast to Coast. For Coast to Coast we are talking rock and roll history, …
Lieber & Stoller’s “Kansas City” A Classic
by Kevin Burton The musical catalog of lyricist Jerry Lieber and pianist Mike Stoller has been described as “some of the most authentic rhythm and blues that white Jewish guys ever wrote.” Eight years before Norman Mailer published “The White Negro,” these two transplanted easterners submerged themselves in the LA black culture and began …
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Why Are Highway Signs Always Green?
by Kevin Burton They guide, they inform, they update and welcome. They ease the monotony. At once neutral and friendly, they are ubiquitous comforting company on the road. And they are green, always green, always the same shade of green. I’m talking about the signs along American highways. I love the …
Let’s Rock Coast To Coast This Summer
by Kevin Burton We are well into summer now; what do you say we go on a road trip? How about a rock and roll road trip? My wife and I had two mini vacations in late May and into June. The time on the road got my blood pumping. Could be another …
Feeding Body, Mind And Spirit On The Road
by Kevin Burton Got an unexpected comfort on the road last week that filled the stomach and the heart. There isn’t much I don’t like about being on the road. I can see why so many people have written so many love songs to the road and the road life. I’ve spent …
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