My first #jukeboxfridaynight post, so I’m not sure I’m doing this right. But I really do like “Hey Jack Kerouac” by 10,000 Maniacs.

“The hip flask slinging madman, steaming cafe flirts,
In Chinatown howling at night.”

https://youtu.be/5nSFFL3dBA4?si=-WVD5TMFuU4GyO4P

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10,000 Maniacs - Hey Jack Kerouac

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Gordon Lightfoot song, of course, but Johnny Cash's version is the one that gets me.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_FrPPd3Y5Q
If You Could Read My Mind

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In The Depths Of R'lyeh by Catacombs

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https://youtu.be/UJsl-bB7lmk?si=CIIZscNk1ps0dFK5

Can't believe I haven't seen this one yet.
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Iron Maiden "Stranger in a Strange Land"

Iron Maiden - Stranger In A Strange Land (Official Video)

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This #JukeboxFridayNight is about ##bookishbeats so I have no choice:

"I look like a farmer
But I'm a lover
Can't judge a book by lookin' at the cover"

https://youtu.be/TdJDtkMIpQQ?feature=shared

Bo Diddley - You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover on 1962 Checker Records.

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My first time posting for #JukeboxFridayNight & I love the theme - #BookishBeats, so thank you kind stranger for that!

I've chosen Not in Kansas by The National, a song I love! The obvious reference is to The Wizard of Oz, but the act of reading itself is mentioned, along with the bible and The GodFather.

https://youtu.be/MqPSNfMacx4?si=YNezZcAe2FeeXEAj

Not In Kansas

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No, definitely the last one - I've posted versions of this a few times before but it is a classic TMTCH history book song!

The Men They Couldn't Hang - The Ghost Of Cable Street
Like Caesar marching to the East
Marches Mosley with his men
Dressed in their clothes of deepest black
Like a gathering hurricane
This is the British Union
With its flag of black and red
A flag that casts a shadow in
Berlin and in Madrid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5-3dSrx3rQ

The Men They Couldn't Hang -- The Ghost Of Cable Street Live at the Islington Academy, July 2004

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One last entry from me - another literary Iron Maiden entry. I may have used the opening guitar riff as a ring tone from time to time :-)

Iron Maiden -- Phantom of the Opera
You're standing in the wings
There you wait, for the curtain to fall
But knowing the terror and holding
You have on us all
Yeah, I know that you're gonna
Scratch me and maim me and maul
And you know I'm helpless from
Your mesmerizing catcall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5jaRipA5_M

Iron Maiden -- Phantom of the Opera

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Yet more proof that Steve Harris is a big geek - a Dune-"inspired" song!

Iron Maiden - To Tame A Land
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSvnMOgkdNM

To tame a land- Iron Maiden - Dune

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