Walking 9 to 5?

alansykes

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Except the Francés

• Jul 6, 2014

• #1

Dolly Parton was a huge success at the Glastonbury festival last week, and the BBC played some of her songs on the news. I heard one of them as "Walking 9 to 5", which I thought would be a very good anthem for a winter caminante like myself, but apparently she sings "Working 9 to 5".

I'm sure there are many other songs, poems, film titles etc which would similarly benefit from a slight alteration to become relevant to the camino?

- Paint a yellow arrow on the old oak tree
- the Roncesvalles Redemption
- to walk, or not to walk? That is the question.
- One flew over the Meseta
- Save the last lower bunk bed for me
- The remains of the menú del día
- Honey, I shrunk the rucksack
- An albergue, an albergue, my kingdom for an albergue
- Bring me the hiking poles of Alfredo Garcia

etc

 

tploomis

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Camino Frances Sept. to Nov., 2013

• Jul 6, 2014

• #2

The Rain in Spain Falls Mainly on the Plain and Mountains.

 

Luka

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Next: Camino Sanabrés (May 2024)

• Jul 6, 2014

• #3

We all look for some yellow on a tree...
What a wonderful walk...
Don't cry for me peregrina...

 

tyrrek

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SJPP-SdC (4-5/2011), Ferrol-SdC (9/2011), Pamplona-SdC (3-4/2012), Camino Finisterre (10/2012), Ourense-SdC (5/2014)

• Jul 7, 2014

• #4

Four and a Half Weeks
Pulpo Fiction
Blister Act

 

wayfarer

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2012, 2013, 2014.

• Jul 7, 2014

• #5

Running up that hill (Kate Bush)
Singing in the rain.
Its a long way to Ponferada.

 

hampshire!tim

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Frances (2013), Ingles (2014), Finisterre (2015)

• Jul 7, 2014

• #6

The rain in Spain falls mainly on my head !

 

clearskiescamino

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Too many to mention...

• Jul 7, 2014

• #7

You’ll Never Walk Alone - that's a tad obvious really

 

tploomis

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Camino Frances Sept. to Nov., 2013

• Jul 7, 2014

• #8

Ponferrada, why don't you come to your senses?

 

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MichaelSG

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Not enough

• Jul 7, 2014

• #9

Bob Marley's "Get Up, Stand Up, Start Walking"
Bruce Springsteen's "Long Walk Home", "Born to Walk", and for those worried about places to sleep "Racing in the Streets"

 

Ullali

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Sept. 2014 Camino Frances

• Jul 7, 2014

• #10

Hahaha this is so funny!!!!
If you care to learn a NEW song, check out my HAPPY ROAD video on youtube! Buen Camino

 

spiritsandspeakers

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• Jul 7, 2014

• #11

I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more

 

Ullali

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Sept. 2014 Camino Frances

• Jul 7, 2014

• #12

Oh here's a link to the song/video (hope you will enjoy!?) :

 

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Metropolly

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• Jul 7, 2014

• #13

If I hadn't seen a waymark for some time and worried I might be on the wrong path but hadn't passed any turn-offs, I'd reassure myself singing There's No Other Way by Blur

 

Thomas1962

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2010/2011/2012/2013: Madrid -Salvador -Primitivo 2014: EPW 2015: Amsterdam - SdC

• Jul 7, 2014

• #14

I'm leaving with a backpack!
Don't know when I'll be back again...

 

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Icacos

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Camino Frances (2013)

• Jul 7, 2014

• #15

Ramblin' Road.

 

mspath

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Frances, autumn/winter; 2004, 2005-2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

• Jul 7, 2014

• #16

There's A Long, Long Trail A-Winding (1917)
Sentimental Journey(1944)

 

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zolarose

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Second camino Summer 2018. First camino Aug/Sept 2014.

• Jul 7, 2014

• #17

Wonderful song and video. Thank you for sharing!

 

GettingThere

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Roncesvalles-SdC Apr-Jun 2015
Roncesvalles-Sarria Sep-Oct 2017
C. Frances sections Apr-Jun 2019

• Jul 8, 2014

• #18

Great idea, Alan!

Somewhere over the Pyrenees
Wet Pack and Two Soaking Merrells
Stand By Your Pack
Bridge Over the Rio Arga
I Walk the Camino
All You Need is Love (and Compeed)

 

RobertS26

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• Jul 8, 2014

• #19

Ricki, Don't Lose that Number (to the Parador) by Steely Dan
Walk on By (the Wine Fountain) by Dionne Warick
Don't Walk Away (without giving me back my guidebook) by Jade
I Walk Alone (because I lost my Camino Family) by Cher
Just Keep Walking (this albergue is full) by INXS
I Walk the Line (of clam shells imbedded in the sidewalk because I drank too much at dinner) by Johnny Cash

 

clearskiescamino

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Too many to mention...

• Jul 8, 2014

• #20

It's the End of the World (as we know it) and I feel fine - REM (about Finistere)
Walk like a Galician - Bangles

 

xin loi

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Walked May 14, 2014 from St Jean France

starting to walk again August 25, 2016 --SJPDP to Finisterre

• Jul 8, 2014

• #21

I generally sang, Waltzing Godzilla. Actually only met one person from Oz who knew the words!

We had a young woman from Slovina on the trail who was a great singer. You could hear her soft voice a half kilometer away. Another guy actually had a battery powered microphone mounted on his walking stick and would periodically sing popular songs as he walked.

 

Dennis M

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May 2015 - Camino Ingles; Future Caminho Portuguése, Camino de Fisterra

• Jul 10, 2014

• #22

Big U2 fan and no need to alter the titles

'Beautiful Day”
"Desire"
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" (when looking for markers)
"In God's Country"
"Spanish Eyes"
"Sweetest Thing"
"When Love Comes to Town"
"Where the Streets Have No Name"
"I Will Follow"
'Some Days Are Better Than Others"

 

Thomas1962

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2010/2011/2012/2013: Madrid -Salvador -Primitivo 2014: EPW 2015: Amsterdam - SdC

• Jul 10, 2014

• #23

One song is not to miss of course:
Happy!

At some days on the camino I can feel like
http://24hoursofhappy.com



(If it doesn't work)


At some days on camino I can feel like this for hours and hours and hours! At those moments I don't dance physically (unless...). But in my head, I'm dancing all along. Then, I tend to see every other people dancing as well!

 

Last edited: Jul 10, 2014

Maureen O'Donoghue

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Sarria to Santiago in 2011, Burgos to Santiago in 2014

• Jul 11, 2014

• #24

"The Long and Winding Road" by the Beatles
"Walk this Way" Aerosmith
"Walking Back to Happiness" Helen Shapiro
"Walking on Sunshine" Catriona and the Waves
"Just Walking in the Rain" Johnny Ray

 

wayfarer

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2012, 2013, 2014.

• Jul 12, 2014

• #25

Fool if you think its over - Chris Rea.

 

Icacos

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• Jul 12, 2014

• #26

wayfarer said:

Fool if you think its over - Chris Rea.

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Now you're talking !!! Or, walking !

 

jeffnd

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March/April 2014

• Jul 12, 2014

• #27

tploomis said:

The Rain in Spain Falls Mainly on the Plain and Mountains.

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The rain in Spain falls mainly wherever the ?!@# I happen to be walking at a given moment.