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"Blue and Gray veterans led the way in focusing public attention on the minute details of each battle, a move that tended to distract attention from larger questions of meaning. Few if any other wars have created among the public such a strange fascination with the concrete details of military tactics and strategy, and thus pride in knowing where and when General Daniel Sickles lost his leg at Gettysburg, but not in knowing when slaves were freed in the District of Columbia." -- David Brion Davis (b. 1927-02-16, d. 2019-04-14), Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World, 2006

Because I saw gingicat do it and it seemed like an interesting exercise ...

Each song title must contain the item listed, no Googling, no kids songs.

A Place: Benson Arizona
A Food: Cheesburger in Paradise (Jimmy Buffet)
A Drink: Garnet's Homemade Beer (parody of Stan Rogers' "Barrett's Privateers")
Animal: I Am A Cat (Shonen Knife)
A Number: Love Potion Number 9
Color: Orange Colored Sky
Boy's Name: Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner (Warren Zevon)
Girl's Name: Layla (Eric Clapton)
Profession: Lawyers, Guns, & Money (Warren Zevon)
A Vehicle: Brand New Cadillac (The Clash?)

These are largely based on what I could remember & be sure I had the right titles for, but I do like all of them. I think all but two are on my iPad (I'll check later). Though after the images from the past week, I'm not sure I'll think of "Orange Colored Sky" quite the same way again. Also, I was tempted to use "Saintë Nicholas" by St. Godric instead of "Roland", just because I didn't have any early-music on the list, but I couldn't remember whether there was an 'e' on the end of 'saint' or not in the 12th Century. (I looked it up in the liner notes for a Sequentia CD but I figure that counts the same as Googling so I waited until I'd filled in all my answers first.)

Saintë Nicholas, Godes druð
tymbre us faiërë scoonë hus.
At þi burðë, at þi barë,
Saintë Nicholas, bring us wel þarë.

I had to change a couple because I wasn't sure whether what I was remembering was the actual title or just a key line from the chorus, and, well, no Googling. Otherwise I would have used "Hot Peanuts" and either "A Bicycle Built For Two" or "867-5309". And now having filled in my answers, I'm going to look up the writers or recording artists for the ones I coudn't remember that info for: Benson Arizona -- Dominik Hauser (but of course I know it from Dark Star); Orange Colored Sky -- Nat King Cole; Garnet's Homemade Beer -- Ian Robb (Garnet is Stan Rogers' brother); Love Potion No. 9 -- The Searchers; Brand New Cadillac -- I was right, this is The Clash and I should have been more sure of that since it's on London Calling.