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[3]
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Adelaide, South Australia Australia[4]
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands[5]
Angmering, Sussex, England
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
Sri Lanka
Stockholm, Sweden[32]- Sudbury, Suffolk, England[33]
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia[34]
Tibet- Tokyo, Kantō, Honshū, Japan
Tonga- Tooting, London, England
Toronto, Ontario, Canada[35]
Uganda- Yangon, Myanmar[36]
- Valmorel, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France
[edit] Trivia
- When listed in the order in which the locations are narrated, the message "BAGPUSS SEES ALL THINGS" is spelt out midway through the song (from Brixton to San José), using the first letter of each location.
- 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 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
