And then there's Albany, exciting Albany

[pbray]

In the 70s my father often traveled to Albany, NY on business. One day he overheard my sister playing the soundtrack for the musical TUSCALOOSA'S CALLING ME BUT I'M NOT GOING! and immediately fell in love with the chorus of one of the songs, which he used to sing every time someone mentioned Albany.

And then there's Albany,
Exciting Albany.
What a great place to have yourself a ball!
After nine o'clock,
You're in culture shock,
How long can you stare at the goddamn wall?

I'm in Albany this weekend, but luckily for me, I'm at Albacon, so there's no lack of like minded folks and plenty of entertainment. But in my father's honor I had to sing the song anyway.

Comments

[shana.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry that I have to miss it this year. Have fun!

[mtlawson.livejournal.com]

Heh. I can think of a lot of towns that'd qualify in place of 'Albany' in that lyric.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Have a good time!
The Albacons over here are Scottish -- from the old name of the country, Alba.

[melissajm.livejournal.com]

I'd never heard of that song before, and I live (almost) in Albany!

[pbray.livejournal.com]

It's a very obscure musical-- topical humor from 1975.