Ramblin' Man (Lemon Jelly song)
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"Ramblin' Man" is a song by Lemon Jelly, from their first studio album Lost Horizons, released in 2002. It features a conversation between an interviewer (the voice of Michael Deakin—father of Lemon Jelly's Fred Deakin) and 'John', the Ramblin' Man (the voice of actor John Standing),[1] during which 'John' lists 67 places around the world he has (supposedly[2]) visited.
[edit] List of places mentioned
Places mentioned in Ramblin' Man include:[3]
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Adelaide, South Australia Australia[4]
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands[5]
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Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium[6]- Arumpo, New South Wales, Australia
- Atlantis (mythical)[7]
- Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland[8]
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America[9]
Botswana- Brixton, London, England
Cayman Islands
Codrington, Barbuda[10]
Dakar, Senegal
Damascus, Syria[11]
Dublin, Ireland[12]
Ecuador
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland[13]- Felixstowe, Suffolk, England
- Fingringhoe, Essex, England
Granada, Andalusia, Spain[14]
Gujarat, India[15]- Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Harlem, New York City, United States of America[16] or Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands
Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Kabul, Afghanistan- Kentish Town, London, England
Kingston, Jamaica[17]
Ko Samui, Thailand
Kyoto, Kansai, Honshū, Japan- Lexington, United States of America[18]
Lindos, Rhodes, Greece- Madrid, Spain[19]
Malawi- Manchester, Lancashire, England[20]
Mandalay, Myanmar
Mauritius- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia[21]
- Mendhurst
- Naxos, Greece
- New York City, United States of America[22]
Nicosia, Cyprus- North Pole
Oslo, Viken, Norway[23]
Paris, Île-de-France, France[24]- Patagonia[25]
Prague, Bohemia, Czech Republic[26]- Prawle Point, East Prawle or West Prawle, all in Devon, England[27]
- Rayburn Township, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands[28]
- Runcton, Sussex, England[29]
Rwanda- San Francisco, California, United States of America[30]
- San José[31]
- Shennington, Warwickshire, England[32]
Sri Lanka
Stockholm, Sweden[33]- Sudbury, Suffolk, England[34]
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia[35]
Tibet- Tokyo, Kantō, Honshū, Japan
Tonga- Tooting, London, England
Toronto, Ontario, Canada[36]
Uganda- Yangon, Myanmar[37]
- Valmorel, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France
[edit] Trivia
- UK-based world travel specialists, Trailfinders, fittingly use the song as their hold music.
- Kentish Town is home to The Forum, a venue Lemon Jelly have played several times.
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Lemon Jelly – Lost Horizons. Discogs. Retrieved on 19 July 2006.
- ^ the truth of the list being called into question by the inclusion of Atlantis
- ^ Ramblin' Man. Retrieved on 19 July 2006.
- ^ or possibly one of at least three other places named Adelaide
- ^ or possibly one of at least four other places named Amsterdam
- ^ or possibly one of at least three other places named Antwerp
- ^ or possibly one of at least two other places named Atlantis
- ^ or possibly one of at least seven other places named Belfast
- ^ or possibly Boston, Lincolnshire, England, or any of at least nine other places named Boston
- ^ or possibly Codrington, South Gloucestershire, England
- ^ or possibly one of at least four other places named Damascus
- ^ or possibly one of at least eleven other places named Dublin
- ^ or possibly one of at least five other places named Edinburgh
- ^ or possibly Granada, Nicaragua
- ^ or possibly Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan
- ^ or possibly one of at least three other places named Harlem
- ^ or possibly one of over thirty other places named Kingston
- ^ approximately twenty settlements in the USA have this name (Lexington, Massachusetts has the greatest historical significance as the site of the Battle of Lexington in 1775; Lexington, Kentucky is the largest)
- ^ or possibly one of at least eleven other places named Madrid
- ^ or possibly one of approximately thirty other places named Manchester
- ^ or possibly one of at least six other places named Melbourne
- ^ or possibly New York State, as Standing refers only to "New York", or one of two places named New York in England
- ^ or possibly Oslo, Minnesota, United States of America
- ^ or possibly one of approximately twenty other places named Paris)
- ^ or possibly Patagonia, Arizona, United States of America
- ^ or possibly one of at least two other places named Prague
- ^ uncertain as Standing refers only to "Prawle"; there may be other places with different spellings
- ^ or possibly two associated places named Rotterdam in New York State, USA
- ^ or possibly North Runcton, South Runcton or Runcton Holme in Norfolk
- ^ or possibly one of at least ten other places named San Francisco
- ^ thought to be the most popular toponym in the world (San Jose, California, United States of America is the largest; San José, Costa Rica may also be meant)
- ^ or possibly Shevington, Lancashire, England
- ^ or possibly one of at least nine other places named Stockholm
- ^ or possibly one of at least five other places named Sudbury
- ^ or possibly one of at least six other places called Sydney
- ^ or possibly one of at least twelve other places named Toronto
- ^ referred to as "Rangoon", the former name
