June 2009
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“Old World,” Modern Lovers (1972)
I want to keep my place in the old world
Keep my place in the arcane
‘Cause I still love my parents and I still love the old world
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“Motorway to Roswell,” Pixies (1991)
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“Just Walkin’ in the Rain,” The Prisonaires (1953).
It was written in 1952 by Johnny Bragg and Robert Riley, two prisoners at Tennessee State Prison in Nashville, after a comment made by Bragg as the pair crossed the courtyard while it was raining. Bragg allegedly said, “Here we are just walking in the rain, and wondering what the girls are doing.” Riley suggested that this would make a good basis for a song, and within a few minutes, Bragg had composed two verses. However, because Bragg was unable to read and write, he asked Riley to write the lyrics down in exchange for being credited as one of the song’s writers. Bragg and his band, The Prisonaires, later recorded the song for Sun Records and it became a hit on the R&B chart in 1953.
