Five Best...Songs about Cleveland

#5. "Drunk on the Moon" by Tom Waits

Hearts flutter and race
The moon's on the wane
Tarts mutter their dream hopes
The night will ordain
Come schemers and dancers
Cherry delight
As a Cleveland-bound Greyhound
And it cuts throught the night

#4. "Oh My Sweet Carolina" by Ryan Adams

So I went on to Cleveland and ended up insane
Bought a borrowed suit and learned to dance
I was spending money like the way it likes to rain
And I ended up with pockets full of 'caine.

#3. "Cleveland Rocks" by Ian Hunter

I got some records from World War Two
I'll play 'em just like me Grand Dad do
He was a rocker and I am too
Oh, Cleveland Rocks,
Yeah, Cleveland Rocks!

#2. "Pancho and Lefty" by Townes Van Zandt

The poets tell how Pancho fell,
And Lefty's living in cheap hotels
The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold,
And so the story ends we're told

#1. "Look Out Cleveland" by The Band

Look Out, Cleveland, the storm is comin' through,
And it's runnin' right up on you.
Look out, Houston, There'll be thunder on the hill;
Bye-bye, baby, don't cha lie so still.

Five Best...Ryan Adams Albums

Ryan Adams is the source of many jokes in the musical world because the amount of material he releases. Outside of the two albums a year he'll ship out, there's also the countless number of bootlegs and unreleased tracks that you can find on his website and all over the internet.

But I see this simply as a very good artist at the peak of his creativity. Did anyone fault Dylan for coming out with three amazing albums in a 15 month span? Granted, I'm not comparing Adams to Dylan in terms of how great the material is (after all, Adams is good, but he ain't Dylan), but simply in a numerical comparison.

Many artists don't really do this anymore and when something as great as Gold or Heartbreaker gets released, I consider it a blessing.

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