Tuesday's Top Ten: Midnight Songs

Ten songs with midnight in the title. And the best scenario to be in when hearing these songs at midnight.

1. DJ Shadow-Midnight In A Perfect World
Listen To This At Midnight Here: Downtown or anywhere near neon lights.
Drinks Consumed: 12+, your surroundings should be nice and blurred in DJ Shadow's perfect world...

2.Gladys Knight & The Pips-Midnight Train To Georgia
Listen To This At Midnight Here: Pulling into a Georgia train station, I presume...
Drinks Consumed: 2 cocktails or less, the southern way of keeping your dignity.

3. M83-Midnight City
Listen To This At Midnight Here: Driving into the city. If you live in Pittsburgh, play at the top of Green Tree Hill. By the time you go through the Fort Pitt tunnels, the saxophone solo will be that much cooler.
Drinks Consumed: 3. It's your warm-up to a night out. The city is your church...

4. Allman Brothers Band-Midnight Rider
Listen To This At Midnight Here: In a dusty bar outside Tuscon
Drinks Consumed: 10+, it's a weary journey and you've only got one more silver dollar, probably because you've drank so much prior to midnight.

5. Lou Graham-Midnight Blue
Listen To This At Midnight Here: Trying to get some action in the back of your car.
Drinks Consumed: 4, enough liquid confidence to convince your lover we can make it one more time if we try...

6. Rolling Stones-Midnight Rambler
Listen To This At Midnight Here: In a Honky Tonk in Tupelo sipping on bourbon.
Drinks Consumed: Quite a few bourbons...Makes the harmonica solo that much better.

7. Wilson Pickett-In The Midnight Hour
Listen To This At Midnight Here: Under a clear sky to "See that twinkle in your eyes".
Drinks Consumed: Depends on the plans for 1:00am.

8. Patsy Cline-Walkin' After Midnight
Listen To This At Midnight Here: On a desolate highway, with a packed suitcase in your hand.
Drinks Consumed: 3+, Enough to make hitchhiking with a creepy stranger a viable option at 12:19AM.

9. Eric Clapton-After Midnight
Listen To This At Midnight Here: Somewhere vintage....like a drive in movie theater or bowling alley bar.
Drinks Consumed: 9, You are about to "let it all hang out", be prepared for the worst.

10. The Jam-Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
Where You Should Be At Midnight: Obviously, in the London tubes at midnight. Somewhere between the Vauxhaull and Baker St. stops.
Drinks Consumed: 6+, getting on the train or subway is always more eventful with a good amount of drinks downed. Proceed with caution.

Source: http://www.jhostation.com/2012/02/tuesdays-top-ten-midnight-songs.html

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