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1. 'He could light you up and summon every swan to the Lakeside
Off to Cabo San Lucas for some optimal stimulus...'
In the song 'Amber Waves', Scarlet's journey around the US begins when she visits her friend Amber. Amber is living in a city in California which plays home to Hollywood Boulevard, the La Brea Tar Pits, and many, many celebrities (and wannabe celebrities!). Nicknamed 'Tinseltown' and 'City of Angels', which city is this?
2. 'When the bridges froze and you did not come home
I put our snowflake under a microscope...'
In the song 'Strange', Scarlet has traveled further north, and visits the sites of several battles between Native Americans and the US Army. One of the battle sites she visits is on the banks of a river that rises in Wyoming and flows into Montana. The river in question is a tributary of a larger river, named after a nearby mountain range. Named 'Phezisla Wakpa' in the Lakota language, which river is this?
3. 'Bear Claw, Free Fall, a Gunner's View,
Black and blue, shred in ribbons of lithium...'
In the song 'Carbon', Scarlet meets a manic depressive woman named Carbon in the state of South Dakota. They travel through a mountain range which features a giant sculpture of the heads of four presidents in its southern half. Near the sculpture is the highest mountain in the range, Harney Peak (pictured). Which mountain range is this?
4. 'But I was alone when I knew it was real
Down the canyon when I knew I had come...'
In the song 'Crazy', Scarlet and a man called Crazy travel through cowboy country, passing through several cities, before they part ways in Tucson, Arizona. One of the cities they visit is in Wyoming, and is named after one of its founders, a pioneer and scout famous for hunting the animals in the picture. Which city is this?
5. 'I know you know every desperado and sharp shooter in the West...'
In the song 'Sweet Sangria', Scarlet travels to Texas and meets a Mexican-American revolutionary and political activist. The city in which this song takes place sits on the banks of the Colorado River, is named after its founder, and suffered a drought in 2011. Nicknamed the 'City of the Violet Crown' due to the colour of its hills at sunset, which city is this?
6. 'If there is a horizontal line
That runs from the map off your body
Straight through the land, shooting up right through my heart...'
In the song 'Your Cloud', Scarlet is in Tennessee, travelling up the Mississippi River. She visits a city named after a place in Egypt, where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, and where Elvis Presley lived at Graceland. It has a humid, subtropical climate, and is the largest city on the Mississippi. Which city is this?
7. 'Lifelines and suicide crimes,
He found me in a state,
Grabbed my purse and hitched a ride with a Mrs Jesus...'
In the song 'Mrs Jesus', Scarlet hitches a ride with a man calling himself Mrs Jesus. She is now in one of the most famous cities in the US; a city made up of five boroughs, home of the World Trade Centre, Radio City (pictured), and Wall Street. According to another song, it's 'so good they named it twice'. Previously known as New Amsterdam, which city is this?
8. 'Just another light missing on a long taxi ride, taxi ride
And I'm down to your last cigarette...'
In the song 'Taxi Ride', Scarlet is travelling through a city in the state of Illinois, where she learns that a gay friend has died. The city in question is the third most populous city in the US, rests on the banks of Lake Michigan, and the first skyscraper in the US was built there after a fire destroyed large parts of the city centre. Nicknamed the 'Windy City', which city is this?
9. 'Through twists and turns, Jasmine foxed me in her grove
Arms filled with honeybells, St Michaels, Sanford Bloods...'
In the song 'Another Girl's Paradise', Scarlet's next stop is New Orleans, followed by a sunny city in the state of Florida - a home of 'vice', some might say. Its nickname is the Magic City, it has a large Cuban-American population, and it is a popular tourist destination for fans of cruises and beaches (like the one in the picture). Which city is this?
10. 'In the lush Virginia hills
They kept her as long as they could...'
In the song 'Virginia', Scarlet is in the state of the same name, where she visits an area with great historical value; it is the site of the first permanent British settlement in the US. There are three towns which make up the so-called Historic Triangle of Virginia, linked by a scenic road known as the Colonial Parkway. Two of the towns are Williamsburg and Yorktown, but what is the third? (Hint: it shares its name with the county where the Historic Triangle is situated.)
Source: Author
Kankurette
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