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Carnival Songs: Our 4th of July Playlist Episode

Published: July 4, 2023, 3 a.m.

In this episode of Music at a Rational Volume, Nate and Kyle give you the best playlist with songs about carnivals (i.e. state and county fairs, theme parks, or "whatsit-local" days celebrations). Enjoy an eclectic list of tunes hitting all the sketchy rides, fatty foods, and questionable decisions involved with participating in all the summer fun that poorly maintained contraptions and iffy vendors can provide. Oh, and happy Independence Day to our USA listeners, and to everyone else happy regular old 4th of July!

This week's playlist: Carnival Songs

  1. Tilt-a-Whirl - Slobberbone
  2. Wall of Death (Linda & Richard Thompson cover) - R.E.M.
  3. Tunnel of Love - Bruce Springsteen
  4. Side Show Blues - Todd Snider
  5. Stuart - Dead Milkmen
  6. Rollercoaster - Bleachers
  7. Inside the Electric Circus - WASP
  8. Carnival - Natalie Merchant
  9. Psycho Circus - Kiss
  10. Patient Ferris Wheel - the Gaslight Anthem
  11. The Mighty MN State Fair - Billy Dankert
  12. Lakeside Park - Rush
  13. Rollercoaster - the Jesus and Mary Chain
  14. Turn For the Worse - the Bottle Rockets
  15. Palisades Park (Freddy Cannon cover) - Ramones
  16. The Ferris Wheel - Everly Brothers
  17. Bumper Cars - Trapper Schoepp
  18. My MN State Fair - Ann Reed
  19. Carnival - Bikini Kill
  20. The Midway - Insane Clown Posse
  21. Wild Billy’s Circus Story - Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
  22.  The Flying Wallendas – Drive-By Truckers
  23.  Fairground Blues – the Walkabouts
  24.  Tattooed Lady and the Alligator Man – Marcia Ball
  25.  Dusty Old Fairgrounds – Jimmy LaFave
  26.  Carney Man – Cross Canadian Ragweed
  27.  Eastern European Carney Man – Drivin’ n’ Cryin’
  28.  Carny – Momma
  29.  Corn Dog – Maury D.
  30.  Sideshow – Alice Cooper
  31.  Under the Circus Lights – Owl City
  32.  Clowns are Experts (at Making Us Laugh) – the Vandals
  33.  4th of July (Dave Alvin cover) – X
  34. Karn Evil 9 1st Impression, pt 2 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
  35. Carousel - Miranda Lambert
  36.  The Fair’s Moving On - Elvis
  37.  Coney Island Fair – the Other Favorites
  38. All The Bearded Ladies - The Beards



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