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  • Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto - Corcovado (Quiet Night of Quiet Stars)

    Christ the Redeemer punctuates this town, popularized in a song penned by the same man who wrote the timeless tune of "The Girl From Ipanema."

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  • Rishikesh, India Rishikesh, India The Beatles - Sexy Sadie

    A sensational tale of a trip to Rishikesh, India, ending in one of the Beatles' biggest breakups - and not with each other.

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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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    • Orville from MsIt has always been clear to Mississippians the reason the young lady lost her appetite was because she was pregnant by Bobbie Joe and that’s why she left town after he committed suicide because of the old gay guy abusing him after he got him drunk. Nothing else to see here. Just shows how families can go off the rails after such an event.
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  • Kandahar, Afghanistan Kandahar, Afghanistan Bruce Cockburn - Comets of Kandahar

    In the dubious safety of night, jet exhaust flames resemble comets in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

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  • Sarajevo Sarajevo Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24

    Trans-Siberian Orchestra combined two traditional Christmas songs into one spine-chilling tale about a musician's return to his war-ravaged home.

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