Georgia On My Mind

[Loren]

I'm rather a fan of list songs. I've had Yakko's World and Tom Lehrer's The Elements memorized for years, though I'm still struggling with Wakko's America (can't keep the verses in order) and Weird Al's Hardware Store.

So in the spirit of the Animaniacs numbers in particular, I took the geographic list song down one more level. I've toyed with this idea for years, but I finally put some serious work into it recently, and it came together pretty quickly. A big part of my motivation was thinking that I might be able to use this as something of a viral campaigning tool; certainly, no other candidate has attempted it. They rarely even employ jingles anymore.

So what is it? All the counties of Georgia, set to music. Specifically, the music of "Oh, Susannah." And in approximate geographical order, going from north to south.

Unfortunately, a decent sounding copy will require music, as I've found that an a cappella version (at least as sung by me) sounds pretty hollow. But while I'm working on a more polished version, there's no reason not to share the rough draft.

So last night I recorded the full version of me singing the song. You can listen to it here (and follow along with the map linked above; it starts in the northwest).

Thoughts? Am I crazy to think that this might spur any interest outside the geek contingent?

[Loren]

Nothing? Either this means that I've overestimated the novelty value of the song, my singing was intolerable, or I've wowed you all into silence.

[Night]

Or maybe they're all still waiting for the Weird Al song to load

[Valmore]

But I don't really care about the counties of Georgia.

Maybe you could list all members, former and current, of the Avengers instead?

[Adam Crocker]

Nothing? Either this means that I've overestimated the novelty value of the song, my singing was intolerable, or I've wowed you all into silence.

See? This is what you get for not having a broken drum machine and crappy bassline to accompany your music. :p

I thought it was cute. What kind of music are you planning to set it to?

[Loren]

See? This is what you get for not having a broken drum machine and crappy bassline to accompany your music. :p

I thought it was cute. What kind of music are you planning to set it to?

Guitar and/or piano. And/or banjo. It kinda depends on who I can enlist to help.

And thanks.