Talk:I've Been Everywhere

message: --182.239.236.198 (talk) 07:47, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

message: I meant the change to listing towns by verse was not a problem for copyright in my view, while improving readability--A  Y  Arktos 07:52, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: after reading your comment 4 times, I realised that :-) --Scott Davis Talk 09:40, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright - lyrics can't be reproduced in full 

message: Confirm Wanganella, rather than Wangarella, seems correct according to this version of the lyrics - and is thus presumably a typo at http://www.virtualtruckroute.com/music_lyrics_ivebeeneverywhere.html.  However, the freewebs.com version also has Wallambilla and Bouindarra as do a couple of other sites.--A  Y  Arktos 22:24, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wanganella, Wallambilla, Bouindarra 

message: At commons:Image talk:Australia ive been everywhere.PNG I have listed all the towns by state by verse.  Let me know if you need more info to work further on the map.  Can't hink why anybody would suggest the song was biassed towards NSW and Qld :-)  Better names in those states that's all.--A  Y  Arktos 23:48, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The North American map seems to be missing a dot for Opelika [Alabama], from the 4th verse.  Some sites list the spelling as "Opalacka," which is a location in Florida, but Opelika seems to be correct. Mooveeguy 16:08, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

text: Indooroopilly and Yerongpilly are suburbs of brisbane,  Kirribilli is a suburb of sydney where the PM's hovel (~ house) iss.  Wendy.krieger (talk) 02:24, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Map locations

message: There is another Canadian Version by George_Fox_(musician) towns are North American with some emphasis on Alberta.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.65.134.12 (talk) 03:34, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another Canadian Version 

message: Does "The song was used in the 2004 film Flight of the Phoenix, and Johnny Cash was played on film in 2005 by Joaquin Phoenix, whereas the song does not list Phoenix, Arizona among its many cities" really belong in this article.  I can only imagine the number of random connections, oddities, and other inane information which could be placed in almost all of wikipedia's article's. Trojan traveler 17:47, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trivia 

message: According to several sources--e.g. a Canadian music magazine and an Australian museum--while the song was mostly written in '59, it wasn't recorded by Starr until January '62.  So the info here (and at Lucky Starr and Geoff Mack) appears to be incorrect.  I figured before I changed all three articles I'd give my sources here, and maybe wait to see if anyone's got some opposing sources for it being a hit in '59, as I'm not quite an expert on old Australian country music.  Anyone? --Severinus 07:17, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of release 

message: Please would someone disambiguate the North American link to Waterloo?  Thank you CarolGray 16:28, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Waterloo 

message: I have been going over this single word for days and it seems possible that the Cash version refers to Opa-locka, Florida. At least this is how I will continue to sing it in my head from now on. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.104.151.147 (talk) 04:02, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opa-locka 

message: I've noticed that there seems to be some confusion as to the city in the last verse said as "Ohp-uh-lyka."
It's listed correctly right now in the article, but I'll still share that, for what it's worth, I live in Opelika, AL, and it's pronounced exactly as he sings it.  65.81.132.252 16:44, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opelika, AL 

message: The section on the North American version of "I've Been Everywhere" includes notes stating it is not known which "Charleston," "Springfield," etc. the song refers to.  Because the song explicitly and repeatedly states "I've Been EVERYWHERE" and "I've traveled every road in this here land," I would infer these place names to be references to ALL of the places in North America known by those names.
Andrea Parton (talk) 17:42, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed - I'll change the article to link to the appropriate disambiguation pages, unless there's some objection.  GoingBatty (talk) 15:50, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: .  Note that many of these links now intentionally go to disambiguation pages.  If you have a reliable source to indicate a specific location, please disambiguate the link and add a reference.  Thanks!  GoingBatty (talk) 03:36, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Multiple places with the same name 

message: Do we know it's definitely Monterey, CA ... or could it be Monterrey, Mexico?  The latter isn't too far from the US border and would likely appear on a US road map.  Just saying.  98.221.124.80 (talk) 06:03, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think we know.  As discussed in my post above, it could easily be BOTH!  Wikipedia links the "Ottawa" in the song to Ottawa, Kansas, but there is also Ottawa, Ontario, the capitol of Canada.  Andrea Parton (talk) 16:46, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  In fact, the page Ottawa (disambiguation) actually lists four towns called Ottawa in the US alone!  But typing "Ottawa" into Wikipedia's search bar and clicking "Go" goes directly to the article on Ottawa, Canada with a top note "for other uses, see Ottawa (disambiguation)."  We know the song references several other non-US locations such as Toronto, Panama, and even Argentina!  Andrea Parton (talk) 16:53, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

text:  Eighteen miles down the road from Ferriday, Louisiana, is a small farming community named Monterey. It is extremely likely that is the referenced town, although it could be the California town. Lkt215 (talk) 12:40, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Monterey or Monterrey

message: I remember about 8 or 10 years ago, the song was rewritten and used as political advertising (on the radio) in Massachusetts for some candidate for a state level public office.  I think it was state senate or something -- probably not a gubernatorial candidate.  I don't remember the name of the candidate or the office, which tells you how effective the ad was.  It used names of several towns in Massachusetts and the title lyric was changed to "I've been Everywhere in Mass".  Does anyone have any further information on this?  Tckma (talk) 13:27, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Use of the song in advertising" section 

message: Should the article mention 'I am Better than You' (aka 'I've been everywhere, noob'), a RuneScape parody of this by Tehoobshow?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv2gSuyqijI&feature=related  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.187.177.243 (talk) 00:47, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  I am better than You 

message: It happens "all the time" but on the map Wollongong is spelt incorrectly as Woollongong. Not sure who, if anyone, can do anything about it, I've never posted here before.
20.139.226.71 (talk) 04:29, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Misspelling of Wollongong 

message: Worth a listen to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqQvDzvatII
Lyrics at http://www.huapala.org/Hawaii/Hawaiian_Cowboy.html  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Douglas Jardine (talk • contribs) 21:31, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hawaiian Traveller's Patter Song : "The Hawaiian Cowboy" 1936 

message: I've changed the (dead) link to Yarra Yarra NSW to Yarra River, following the content of this article: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-31/ive-been-everywhere-trip/2863974 at ABC in which the songs author, Geoff Mack, says that Yarra Yarra refers to the Yarra River in Melbourne. Presumably after the original Wurundjeri Yarra Yarra. It's referenced, too.  203.45.31.24 (talk) 03:12, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link to Yarra Yarra pointed to Yarra River 

message: The original form of the song is 4+4+4+4+4+3=23 towns in each verse.  But American verse three only lists 22 towns.
Compare with Lucky Starr 1962 soundtrack on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88dAsBXUgFM or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DNwSocUbGI
The missing town is after (and rhymes with) "Idaho, Jellico", and before "Argentina".  It sounds like "Pik-a-pro" on the track, but I can't find a matching US city.  Any guesses?
Similar problem for the New Zealand first verse (only 22 towns, but 23 on the recording), but I apparently don't speak the language...
Dadur (talk) 23:18, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing towns 

message: I'd just like to humbly point out that the song is in fact a 'shaggy dog' story, meaning a joke in the form of long, rambling narrative building up to a punch-line. The 'punch line' of the song is when the truck-driver, fed up with the hitch-hiker's boasting about his travels, suddenly stops, in the middle of nowhere, and says, 'Here's one place I bet you've never been mate!', and kicks him out. Bluedawe 22:12, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: The article currently suggests that that's only in the New Zealand version? Martinevans123 (talk) 22:23, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shaggy Dog... 

message: From the band DooDoo Wah's, 1996 cd, 'For Amusement Only'. same song, different lyrics, about the joys of beer, while traveling across the Nevada desert. Augie's Daddy (talk) 21:49, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  alternate version: Fiddlestix Beer Song