“Where Do We Come From? If you have an idea for a theme, or you would like to volunteer to compile a playlist from readers’ suggestions and write a blog about it, please email, There is a wealth of data on RR, including the songs that are “zedded”, at. The good news about this tune is that the Australian trio makes you feel -- or actually, makes you know -- that you're making the right choice by packing your bags and leaving it all behind. How? - Julie Rogers (1969), You Ain't Going Nowhere - Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman (1989), I'm Gonna Keep Searching - Pat Roberts (1973), In Search of Ourselves - Paul Powers (2008), Search and Rescue - Patrick Ryan Clark (2009), Searchin' for a Rainbow - Toy Caldwell (1998), Searchin' for Some Kind of Clue - Billy Joe Royal (1990), Searchin' for Someone Like You - Melba Montgomery (1975), Searchin' My Soul - Vonda Sheppard (1998), Searching for Clues - Juliet Kelly (2005), Searching for Simplicity - Gregg Allman (1997), Searching for Someone Like You - Kitty Wells (1956), Searching for the Missing Peace - Marty Raybon (1995), Searching is Over, The - Joe Henderson (1962), Theme in Search of a Movie - Eddie Harris (1968), These Things We Seek - James Vincent (2005), I Want to Vanish - Christine Collister (1998), Vanish into the Night - Kate Russell (2006). Baker suggests to his lover that they “get lost in each other’s arms” while the powers that be “send out alarms”. There are some dilemmas GPS just can’t solve. He admits to not understanding the reasons behind wanderlust -- and that it's okay not to understand. Groceries would be a luxury in Throbbing Gristle’s Walkabout, referring to the Indigenous Australian rite of passage, a journey alone in the wilderness. It doesn't get much clearer than that. Gauguin may never get his answer, but, fortunately, in the topic of being lost we have found compelling music. Who is Elkie Brooks to disagree? It's almost eerie how effectively "How Many Miles" conjures the harsh glare of early-morning light on the windshield. Virtually everyone has heard the siren song of the open road at some point or another. We Insist: A Timeline Of Protest Music In 2020. Out of the thousands of great road songs, here are five which provide a soundtrack to that long journey we're all forced to take at least once: to try to figure out what we're supposed to be doing with our lives. Her Pearl’s a Singer introduces us to a crooner, perhaps a bit unmoored herself, for the “lost and the lonely”. One to listen to if you have found out that an ex has moved on and is happy with someone else. - James McMurtry (1995), You Can Run, But You Can't Hide - Solomon Burke (1956), You Can't Hide Beautiful - Aaron Lines (2003), You're My Hiding Place - Terri Hollowell (2007), Hernando's Hideaway - Archie Bleyer (1954), Let's Steal Away to the Hideaway - Ingram (1977), Tennessee Hideaway - Danny Flowers (2000), I've Been Lost - Little Willie Littlefield (1951), I've Lost the End of My Yodel - Charlie Drake (1963), Lost a Little Puppy - Teresa Brewer (1958), Lost in the Lonesome Pines - Jim Lauderdale (2002), Lost in the Shuffle - Jaye P. Morgan (1956), Makin' up for Lost Time - C. Gayle and G. Morris (1987), Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile - David Allan Coe (1984), Anywhere But Nowhere - Gene Chandler and Barbara Acklin (1968), At the End of Nowhere - Slim Whitman (1958), Can't Take You Nowhere - Dave Frishberg (1987), Everybody Knows This is Nowhere - Neil Young (1969), Five Miles South of Nowhere - Buddy Cagle (1968), Greyhound Bound for Nowhere - Miranda Lambert (2005), Hitchhike to Nowhere - Glen Reynolds (2007), I Ain't Goin' Nowhere - Ronnie Self (1957), I'm Getting Nowhere at Getting Over You -, In the Middle of Nowhere - Dusty Springfield (1965), Just a Mile From Nowhere - Christy Lane (1981), Middle of Nowhere, The - Brian McComas (2005), Miles and Miles from Nowhere - Arthur Alexander (1968), Million Miles from Nowhere, A - Billy Storm (1963), Road to Nowhere - Randy and Gary Scruggs (1970), Six Thousand Miles from Nowhere - Snooks Eaglin (1958), Somewhere Beyond Nowhere - Clinton Gregory (1993), Somewhere to Nowhere - Kathy Valentine (2005), Square from Nowhere - Bunny Sigler (1959), Tears From Out of Nowhere - Bob Luman (1965), Thousand Miles from Nowhere, A - D. Yoakam and B. Owens (1993), Which Way to Nowhere? Send out the search party, and when they’re done, kindly move on to Sun Ra Arkestra’s The Forest of No Return.