Carnival Songs: Our 4th of July Playlist Episode

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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