experimental travel
no. 25 on lonely planet's list of experiments is something called lyrical tourism:
"Hypothesis
Explore a city via the lyrics of a famous song that pays tribute to it, using the words as both itinerary and travel guide.
Apparatus
A collection of timeless musical paeans to particular cities, a handy transcription of their lyrics, and some frequent-flyer miles.
Method
Compile a list of classic songs about specific cities ('New York, New York', 'I Love Paris', 'Chicago' etc). Pick one of the songs at random and travel to the city in question, re-creating the various places, scenes or moods described in the song."
brilliant! i would so completely do that. plus i already have the perfect song in mind too. none other than the timeless classic i've never been to me.
let the adventures begin!
"Hypothesis
Explore a city via the lyrics of a famous song that pays tribute to it, using the words as both itinerary and travel guide.
Apparatus
A collection of timeless musical paeans to particular cities, a handy transcription of their lyrics, and some frequent-flyer miles.
Method
Compile a list of classic songs about specific cities ('New York, New York', 'I Love Paris', 'Chicago' etc). Pick one of the songs at random and travel to the city in question, re-creating the various places, scenes or moods described in the song."
brilliant! i would so completely do that. plus i already have the perfect song in mind too. none other than the timeless classic i've never been to me.
let the adventures begin!