1964 World's Fair

A particular area of interest for John Linnell and John Flansburgh is the 1964 World's Fair in New York City, (the very young Linnell actually attended).

[edit] Songs that refer to the fair directly

• Ana Ng - "All alone at the sixty-four World's Fair / Eighty dolls yelling 'Small Girl After All'"

[edit] Songs that may refer to things seen at the World's Fair

• Birdhouse in Your Soul - The Longines Symphonette, among other things, was a watch produced for the fair.
• Don't Let's Start - Video was made at the former fair site, in Queens, New York.
• Purple Toupee - Johnson's Wax had a pavilion. Song also refers to 'Expo 67', the World's Fair in Montreal, Canada.
• There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow - Theme song of the Carousel of Progress, an attraction Walt Disney developed for the fair.

[edit] Other

• A UK release of the Ana Ng single featured the observation towers on the cover.

[edit] External links

• 1964 New York World's Fair at Wikipedia

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