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Leaving this month's theme on a high... er... okay... maybe not so high...

Vengaboys and "We're Going To Ibiza"...

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Vengaboys
Ibiza, Balearic Islands

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On this, the penultimate day of our travels, we join Enya in "Caribbean Blue"...

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Enya
The Caribbean

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Can't go a month without a Beatles' track!

"Norwegian Wood"...

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The Beatles
Norway

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Hopping across the English Channel today with Gary Moore and "Parisienne Walkways"...

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Gary Moore
Paris, France

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Oops... when I said yesterday that we were finished in the UK, I forgot about today's offering...

The Sex Pistols and "Anarchy In The UK"...

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Sex Pistols
United Kingdom: Scotland, England, Wales & Northern Ireland

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Ending our stint in the UK (yes, I know Eire isn't part of the UK, before you come to lynch me), and I can only say one thing for today's choice... I'm sorry...

A not-so-little Little Jimmy Osmond and "Long Haired Lover From Liverpool"... from The Osmonds' 50th UK tour (that doesn't so much make it better as make it not worse... at least his voice has broken)...

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Little Jimmy Osmond / The Osmonds
Liverpool, England

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Staying in Ireland, but heading across the border into the Irish Republic, today with Steve Earle and "The Galway Girl"...

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Steve Earle
Galway, Republic Of Ireland

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Crossing over to the Emerald Isle today, and stopping off to see the "Belfast Child" with Simple Minds...

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Simple Minds
Belfast, Ulster, Northern Ireland

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North of the border now, and a visit to "Caledonia" with Frankie Miller... I love this song...

No video as such, just photos of Scotland... there might even be one or two of Orkney in there, but I don't have time to watch the whole video just now to check.

This song is beautiful, and the words always leave me with a lump in the throat... I'm not entirely sure WHY though, since the line that gets me is "Caledonia, you're calling me, and I am going home" - But I'm "home" already... I've never been away from "home"...

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Frankie Miller (wow... I'm shocked - I thought he was deid!)
Caledonia (Scotland)

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Staying in the UK capital today, and moving to the district of Chelsea with Fratellis and "Chelsea Dagger"...

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Fratellis
Chelsea, Greater London

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We move now to the UK (my home country), and start our tour with "London Calling" by The Clash...

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The Clash
London, England

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Today we join Manic Street Preachers in "Australia"... G'day!

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Manic Street Preachers
Australia

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Today we visit the Middle East with The Bangles so we can "Walk Like An Egyptian"...

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The Bangles
Egypt

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Keep your heads down! Today we're still in Iraq, with OutKast dodging "B.O.B"... which, of course, stood for "Bombs Over Baghdad"...

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OutKast
Baghdad, Iraq

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Today we're in "Babylon" with David Gray...

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David Gray
Babylon, Mesopotamia (now part of Iraq)

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Today we spend some time "Under African Skies" with Paul Simon & Miriam Makeba... although, and I'm sure Bri & Julie will tell me if I'm right or wrong, Linda Ronstadt sang the female vocal on the original recording on Paul's "Graceland" album...

And thank you for the suggestion of "All Around The World", Julie, but I can't find it on YouTube...

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Paul Simon & Miriam Makeba
Africa

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Today we have "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" (one of my guilty pleasure tracks), and I fully expected that I would bring you the version by Madonna... which (until today) I would have said was my favourite...

But, I've had an Epiphany (my second of the last few days, but that's another story... one I won't be sharing with you blog readers)... and I found this version by Sinéad O'Connor... and it is simply beautiful...

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Sinéad O'Connor
Argentine Republic

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A song that always gets me with a lump in my throat... Billy Joel and "Goodnight, Saigon"...

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Billy Joel
Ho Chi Minh City, Socialist Republic of Vietnam

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Kim Wilde in "Cambodia" today...

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Kim Wilde
Cambodia

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Today Alphaville are "Big In Japan"... and this video is soooooooooo 80's!

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Alphaville
Japan