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And also, at least one of:
Barnum & Bailey’s Favorite
The Billboard (March)
Richard and Linda Thompson - “The Great Valerio”
The Twisted Fate of Sweet Tooth the Clown
Kefka’s Theme; also Dancing Mad
Can’t have EotG without Aram Khachaturian’s Sabre Dance
OMC - How Bizarre has a few lines in it about a circus poster
Hey, I thought of that one, too, but came here to suggest ELP’s version of Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition.” Not for everyone but parts may be right for the party.
Ah, I see it’s tonight, so this is probably too late. Oh well, here are a few more:
Skip James’ “Devil Got My Woman” from one of the Newport festivals. Sorry, don’t have CD on hand to check for details, but it’s NOT this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYk4MTSq6uA
Led Zeppelin’s “No Quarter” (film version).
Fred Steiner’s “Park Avenue Beat” (Perry Mason theme).
The Carny - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
The Carnival Is Over - Dead Can Dance (not a Seekerscover)
British post-punk / New Wave band The Skids did Circus Games. A repeated chorus of ‘Come and play circus games, come and play circus games.’
British Ska / Pop band Madness had an ‘oompah oompah’ flavour to a lot of their stuff. House of Fun (actually about a young man struggling to buy condoms while only using euphanisms) or even Baggy Trousers (reminiscing about school days) might fit in.
TCMF-2L
“Carousel Waltz” from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s ***Carousel ***
Dar Williams does a song about running away to join the circus. It’s on Cry Cry Cry… (side project band she was in)
Lydia the tattooed lady.
Saint-Saens - Carnival of the Animals.
“Baby Elephant Walk”:
Tattooed Lady by Rory Gallagher
Oh, and how about some Elvis? Little Egypt
***Dumbo ***should provide a good selection:
Strauss’s Radetzsky March is also appropo here:
So is Beethoven's **Turkish March**, I should think:
More Strauss:
Verdi: Shostakovich:
“Circus Renz”
"Skater's Waltz"Thanks everyone. They’re all on the playlist. Cheers!