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  • Johannesburg, South Africa Johannesburg, South Africa Eddy Grant - Gimme Hope Jo'anna

    Written before Nelson Mandela was released from prison, this song brought to light the rancid underbelly of South Africa's Apartheid regime.

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  • China China David Bowie - China Girl

    Is this just another love song? Or is it a comment on Chinese culture and the West's power - real or imagined - to impose its values on it? It's Bowie. Anything is possible.

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  • Tallahatchie Bridge, Choctaw Ridge, Mississippi Tallahatchie Bridge, Choctaw Ridge, Mississippi Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe

    Bobbie Gentry has written one of the most talked about songs of the century. The mystery endures: what DID Billie Joe throw off the Tallahatchie Bridge?

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    • Man Of Those Times from Parkersburg, WvThey threw his draft card off of that bridge.
      Because he knew the community he lived in would not accept him for his “cowardice” and that it was sure to bring disgrace to his family this was his way out.
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