”This Is The 51st State - Of The U. S. A.”

I det engelske magasin Word opfordrer de for øjeblikket læserne til at komme med bud på sange, hvor navne på amerikanske stater indgår i titlen. Ved årsskiftet 2006-2007, lavede Mod Strømmen en udsendelsesrække med det tema. Her følger vort udvalg.

1. John Coltrane - Alabama (live) (1963)

2. The Softies - Alaska (1995)

3. Public Enemy - By The Time I Get To Arizona (1991)

4. Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band - Mary Queen Of Arkansas (1973)

5. Lane Hardin - California Desert Blues (1935)

6. Johnny Cash - You Wild Colorado (1965)

7. Jesus H Christ & The Four Hornsmen Of The Apocalypse - Connecticut's For Fucking (2006)

8. George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Delaware Slide (1977)

9. Muddy Waters - Deep Down in Florida #2 (1981)

10. Van Morrison - Georgia On My Mind (2002)

11. The Rivieras - Let's Go To Hawaii (1965)

12. The B-52's - Private Idaho (1981)

13. The Handsome Family - The Giant of Illinois (1998)

14. The Jackson 5 - Goin' Back To Indiana (1971)

15. The Autumn Defense - Iowa City Adieu (2003)

16. Brenda Lee - Kansas City (1968)

17. Elvis Presley - Kentucky Rain (1969)

18. Chuck Berry - Oh Louisiana (1971)

19. The Missouri Compromise - Creation of Maine (2004)

20. Sidney Bechet - Maryland, My Maryland (1952)

21. Willard Grant Conspiracy - Massachusetts (2001)

22. The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Especially In Michigan (2006)

23. The Dictators - The Minnesota Strip (1978)

24. Bob Dylan - Mississippi (2001)

25. Low - Missouri (1999)

26. Frank Zappa & The Mothers - Montana (1973)

27. Josh Rouse - Dressed Up Like Nebraska (1998)

28. Pere Ubu - Nevada! (1989)

29. Sonic Youth - New Hampshire (2004)

30. The Standard - Monks In New Jersey (2004)

31. Rick Danko - New Mexico (1977)

32. Billy Joel - New York State Of Mind (1975)

33. Divine MAGgees - North Carolina (2005)

34. Thrush Hermit - North Dakota (1997)

35. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio (1971)

36. J.J. Cale - If You're Ever In Oklahoma (1972)

37. Loretta Lynn with Jack White - Portland Oregon (2004)

38. Matthew Friedberger - The Pennsylvania Rock Oil Co. Resignation Letter (2006)

39. Ike & Tina Turner - Sweet Rhode Island Red (1974)

40. Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - South Carolina (Barnwell) (1976)

41. Kinky Friedman & The Texas Jewboys - Rapid City, South Dakota (1974)

42. Silver Jews - Tennessee (2001)

43. The Raveonettes - Somewhere In Texas (2005)

44. THAU - Utah No. 36 (1994)

45. The Smittens - I Hate Vermont (2004)

46. John Phillips - Oh Virginia (2001)

47. Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Seattle, Washington (1999)

48. Hazel Dickens - West Virginia My Home (1980)

49. The Holy Ranger & His Blues Rider Band - Wisconsin October (1991)

50. Richmond Fontaine - Laramie, Wyoming (2005)

I begyndelsen af 1900-tallet var der, ifølge denne artikel fra Wikipedia, en flok dansk-amerikanerne nær Ålborg (Rebildselskabet?), der forsøgte at få Danmark indlemmet, som stat i U.S.A. Sat på spidsen er det sket uden besvær siden hen.