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Today's prompt has a bit of a twist....

1. Find 5 songs about vacation!
2. Plan a vacation using your favorite song

TWIST (this'll encourage you to read everyone else's posts...): no repeat songs!

Are you fucking kidding me right now?

Okay, fine, I'm going to claim the obvious one.



Have I ever mentioned I actually saw them live, once? I kind of always had a crush on the drummer. This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.

Let's go with this one for number 2 (so to speak)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJWmbLS2_ec

It's been half a century, and I still don't know what the fuck "the Kokomo" is. Other than a town in Indiana, which is hardly a vacation destination. Hell, even Springsteen mentions "the Kokomo" in one of his greatest songs, "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)," which isn't a song about vacation, so I'm not going to include it here. Anyway, what in the ever-sucking SUCK is "the Kokomo?"

Number 3. I'm declaring that this counts. Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffett.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue2-ZVxpVjc

This counts too. Number 4. Sex Pistols. Because in the UK, "holiday" means "vacation."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ah1JM9mf60

And for Number 5, I'm going to declare, by fiat if necessary, that this song is also about vacations.



For the record, this is one of the greatest songs of all time, as underrated and underplayed as it is.

Barkeep, another Mekong please
Yes, of course, you can keep the change
A new glass here for this new friend of mine
Forgive me, I forgot your name
Flip a coin, what shall we talk about?
Heads, I tell the truth, and tails, I lie
Well, I came all the way from Taipei today
Now Bangkok's pouring rain and I'm going blind again
And I haven't seen my girl for fifteen thousand miles

But is it true it's always happy hour here?
And, if it is, I'd like to stay a while
Well, as cliche as it may sound
I'd like to raise another round
And if your bottle's empty, help yourself to mine
Thank you for your time
And here's to life

Barkeep, we need to go around again
One for me and what's-his-name, my new best friend
So, deal me in and I'll pick my cards up off the floor
I'll see a lucky coin and raise a pack of lies
Smile to the girl at the door, another four dollar whore
But don't look her in the eyes, she'll break your heart
We came all the way from Taipei today
Still, Bangkok's pissin' rain and we're going blind again
And I haven't seen my girl in fifteen thousand miles

Well, is it true it's always happy hour here?
And if it is, I'd like to stay a while
Well, as cliche as it may sound
I'd like to raise another round
And if your bottle's empty, help yourself to mine
Thank you for your time
And here's to life

Well is it true it's always happy hour here?
And if it is, I'd like to stay a while
Well, as cliche as it may sound
I'd like to raise another round
And if your bottle's empty, help yourself to mine
Thank you for your time
Well, as cliche as it may sound
I'd like to raise another round
And if your bottle's empty, help yourself to mine
Thank you for your time
And here's to life
Here's to life
Here's to life
Here's to life
Again

So... "Plan a vacation using your favorite song."

No. That would put me in New Jersey, and I've already been there this year. Twice, technically. Er... actually, four times if you're really going to get technical about it. Went there, then NYC, then back to NJ, then to Boston, then drove through NJ twice on the way back home. It's not a vacation destination; it's a place where you drive through or end up.

Note: I've been drinking today. A lot. Probably more than I should have. Definitely more than I should have. This may have influenced the above entry.