Georgia on my mind

This is neither here nor there, but Ray Charles%26#39; version of %26#39;Georgia on my mind%26#39; just came on WJZZ 107.5 FM. Every time I%26#39;ve heard it over the last 50+ years, it always gives me a chill. It is without a doubt the best state song there is.

Georgia on my mind

Catch a tune sung by Roy Acuff called Georgia on a Fast Train Momma, and see if that doesn%26#39;t get your toe to tapping too.

Georgia on my mind

Nuke, it%26#39;s funny that you should mention that song because I was just thinking about it yesterday. There%26#39;s nothing like spring in Atlanta to bring it on. One of my favorite lines is ';moonlight through the pines.';

I%26#39;ve been a lot of places and liked them. But Georgia always draws me back, just like the song says.

Being from Alabama originally, I must admit I still get chill bumps sometimes when I hear ';Sweet Home Alabama.'; Yes, I too roll my eyes whever it%26#39;s played in a local bar or at a wedding but I heard it in a pub in Dublin a few months ago, and in a bar in Rome a few years ago, and for some reason it makes me feel proud.

This is an Atlanta forum. The songs yall quote are about Georgia. Atlanta may be IN Georgia, but it AINT Georgian.

then there is always the old reliable by which i mean the atlanta rhythum section%26#39;s doraville and not john smith chevrolet.

Sorry lucksnp, I was born and raised in Atlanta, but I%26#39;m as down home Georgian as they come. Beneath all the skyscrapers, fast pace of life, and hip-hop, Atlanta is still a southern town at heart. Part of my family has been in north Georgia since about 1750 and the other part has been in north Georgia about 12,000 years.

All I can say is without Atlanta, the rest of Georgia couldn%26#39;t economically survive. So I can%26#39;t scorn it.

It%26#39;s kind of like family. You can complain about them to yourself but if anyone else does it, they%26#39;re goners.

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