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"Maggie's Farm"
1967 Dutch single picture sleeve
Single by Bob Dylan
from the album Bringing It All Back Home
B-side
"On the Road Again"
Released
June 1965 (1965-06)
Format
7-inch single
Recorded
January 15, 1965
Studio
Columbia, New York City
Genre
Blues rock[1]
folk rock[2]
Length
3:51
Label
Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Bob Dylan
Producer(s)
Tom Wilson[3]
Bob Dylan singles chronology
"Subterranean Homesick Blues"
(1965) "Maggie's Farm"
(1965) "Like a Rolling Stone"
(1965)
"Subterranean Homesick Blues"
(1965) "Maggie's Farm"
(1965) "Like a Rolling Stone"
(1965)
Bringing It All Back Home track listing
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11 tracks
Side one
"Subterranean Homesick Blues"
"She Belongs to Me"
"Maggie's Farm"
"Love Minus Zero/No Limit"
"Outlaw Blues"
"On the Road Again"
"Bob Dylan's 115th Dream"
Side two
"Mr. Tambourine Man"
"Gates of Eden"
"It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)"
"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"
"Maggie's Farm" is a song written by Bob Dylan, recorded on January 15, 1965, and released on the album Bringing It All Back Home on March 22 of that year. Like many other Dylan songs of the 1965–66 period, "Maggie's Farm" is based in electric blues. It was released as a single in the United Kingdom on June 4, 1965, and peaked at #22 on the chart.
Contents
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1 Lyrics
2 Critical response
3 Newport Folk Festival 1965
4 Cover versions
5 Popular culture
6 Notes
7 References
8 External links
Lyrics[edit]
The lyrics of the song follow a straightforward blues structure, with the opening line of each verse ("I ain't gonna work...") sung twice, then repeated at the end of the verse. The third to fifth lines of each verse elaborate on and explain the sentiment expressed in the verse's opening/closing lines.
The song, essentially a protest song against protest folk, represents Dylan's transition from a folk singer who sought authenticity in traditional song-forms and activist politics[citation needed] to an innovative stylist whose self-exploration made him a cultural muse for a generation[citation needed]. (See "Like a Rolling Stone" and influence on The Beatles, etc.)[citation needed]
Critical response[edit]
Critical response[by whom?] was ambivalent. The common thread is that Dylan is pointing the finger of refusal and declaring his self-possession.[citation needed]
"Maggie's Farm" is described by Salon.com critic Bill Wyman as "a loping, laconic look at the service industry." Music critic Tim Riley described it as the "counterculture's war cry," but he also notes that the song has been interpreted as "a rock star's gripe to his record company, a songwriter's gripe to his publisher, and a singer-as-commodity's gripe to his audience-as-market." However, AllMusic's William Ruhlmann also notes that "in between the absurdities, the songwriter describes what sound like real problems. 'I got a head full of ideas/That are drivin' me insane,' he sings in the first verse, and given Dylan's prolific writing at the time, that's not hard to believe. In the last verse, he sings, 'I try my best/To be just like I am/But everybody wants you/To be just like them,' another comment that sounds sincere."[4] One of the critical responses to the song, favored by many contemporary fans[weasel words], is that of film director Todd Haynes. In his Dylan biopic I'm Not There, the song debuts at the Newport Folk Festival, with Dylan and his band firing machine guns at the crowd. At the conclusion of the performance, Haynes' Dylan declares to a cartoonish folk-protest audience: "I'm sorry for everything I've done, and I hope to remedy it soon."[5]
Newport Folk Festival 1965[edit]
"Maggie's Farm" is well known for being at the center of the fervor that surrounded Dylan after his electric set at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival; it was that set's performance of "Maggie's Farm," much faster and more aggressive than on the Bringing It All Back Home recording and featuring prominent lead electric guitar by Mike Bloomfield, that caused the most controversy. The festival's production manager Joe Boyd claimed that "that first note of 'Maggie's Farm' was the loudest thing anybody had ever heard."[6] It is still unknown what exactly was the biggest source of the controversy, with accounts of the event differing from individual to individual. Though Dylan's move from acoustic folk to electric rock had been extremely controversial, many accounts suggest the problem was largely due to poor sound. Pete Seeger, who is often cited as one of the main opponents to Dylan at Newport 1965, claimed in 2005:
There are reports of me being anti-him going electric at the '65 Newport Folk festival, but that's wrong. I was the MC that night. He was singing 'Maggie's Farm' and you couldn't understand a word because the mic was distorting his voice. I ran to the mixing desk and said, 'Fix the sound, it's terrible!' The guy said 'No, this is what the young people want.' And I did say that if I had an axe I'd cut the cable! But I wanted to hear the words. I didn't mind him going electric.[7]
Singer Eric Von Schmidt has a similar recollection of the event: "Whoever was controlling the mics messed it up. You couldn't hear Dylan. It looked like he was singing with the volume off."[8]
Also, Al Kooper, Dylan's organist at the concert, claims:
The reason they booed is because he only played for 15 minutes and everybody else played for 45 minutes to an hour, and he was the headliner of the festival. [...] The fact that he was playing electric...I don't know. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (who had played earlier) had played electric and the crowd didn't seem too incensed.[9]
However, the style of the music features heavily in several accounts such as that of Elektra Records founder Jac Holzman: "Backstage, Alan Lomax was bellowing that this was a folk festival, you just didn't have amplified instruments."[10]
The "Maggie's Farm" performance from Newport was featured and discussed extensively in the 2005 Martin Scorsese documentary No Direction Home and released on its accompanying album, The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack. Media reviews of the soundtrack were overwhelmingly positive towards the "Maggie's Farm" performance, yielding such descriptions as "blistering" [11] and "remarkably tight, and downright spine-tingling. You can sense Dylan and the band feeding off their collective nervous energy." [12] The Newport performance was also included in Murray Lerner's film The Other Side of the Mirror.
Cover versions[edit]
"Maggie's Farm," like many Dylan songs, has been widely covered. One of the first versions was by Solomon Burke, "one of the first black singers to record a Bob Dylan song", who released it in 1965 just prior to Dylan's own single release,[13] as the flip side of his "Tonight's the Night" (Atlantic 2288). Burke's version peaked at #2 on the R&B charts, and #28 on the Pop Charts.[14]
In 1968, Richie Havens covered the song on his album Something Else Again.
In 1971, The Residents recorded a version for their Warner Bros. Album, however, it was not released at the time.
In 1980, The Blues Band recorded a version as a commentary on Margaret Thatcher's government [1]. The line, "The National Guard stands around the door" being replaced with a line about the Special Patrol Group (SPG), the controversial unit of the London Metropolitan Police then being used to quell protests. The 2-Tone ska band The Specials also recorded a version, again relating to then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, replacing the words "National Guard" with "National Front."
At various times the song has also been a live favorite of Uncle Tupelo (1988–89 tours), U2 (1986–87), The Specials, Richie Havens and Tin Machine, among others. Recently there have been some reggae versions including one by Toots Hibbert off of the Is It Rolling Bob? tribute album.
The Grateful Dead played the song 43 times from 1987 to 1995. It was picked up during their tour with Dylan in 1987.[15]
Flatt & Scruggs also covered this song on their album Hard Travelin'/Final Fling.
Mike Seeger (with David Grisman and John Hartford) covered the song on Retrograss, released in 1999.
A much heavier version is Rage Against the Machine's interpretation appearing on their 2000 covers album, Renegades. In this version the line "She's 68 but she says she's 54" has been changed to "She's 68 but she says she's 24". This is actually a change Dylan made for the electric version of "Maggie's Farm" he performed at the 1965 Newport Festival. Rage Against The Machine's version of the song was featured during the end credits of the 2010 buddy cop film The Other Guys.
U2 performed the song at the Dublin-based benefit concert Self Aid.
The song is performed by Stephen Malkmus and The Million Dollar Bashers – a supergroup, which includes members of Sonic Youth and Television – on the soundtrack of the 2007 Dylan biopic I'm Not There.
Muse often perform a variation of the main riff from the Rage Against the Machine cover of the song as an outro to "Map of the Problematique".
The Catalan band Mazoni performed a version of "Maggie's Farm" translated into the Catalan language, "La granja de la Paula", on their album Si els dits fossin xilòfons (Bankrobber, 2007). The translated lyrics follow the English version, but the name "Maggie" is changed to "Paula".
In 2006 Silvertide covered the song for the film Lady in the Water.
The song is covered by Hot Tuna on their 1992 Live at Sweetwater album.
Popular culture[edit]
The Beastie Boys' song "Johnny Ryall" contains the lyrics: "Washing windows on the Bowery at a quarter to four, 'Cause he ain't gonna' work on Maggie's farm no more." [2]
The OK Go song "The Greatest Song I Ever Heard" contains in the lyrics: "Now I saw Bob Dylan gone electric, feeling Pete Seeger with his axe in the crowd. Maggie and the farm, never meant no harm, but my heart started beating too loud."
The !!! song "Shit Scheisse Merde, Pt. 1" contains the lyric: "I try my very best, to be just like I am, but everybody wants me to be like Zimmerman", a reference to "Maggie's Farm".
On Peter Mulvey's 1995 release, Rapture, the title track contains the lyrics: "Guess we're all gonna work on Maggie's farm for a little while longer now, Not tell anyone what we have inside to give."
In the 1980s, "Maggie's Farm" was widely adopted as an anthem by opponents to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The many instances of the song being referenced in anti-Thatcher art or literature include:
Chris Rea's 1989 song Looking For A Rainbow features the lyrics: "Yeh we're Maggie's little children; And we're looking for Maggie's farm."
the Mark Knopfler song Wye Aye Man, from the album The Ragpicker's Dream, which contains the lyric "...nae more work on Maggie's Farm." The song is about redundant British laborers having to seek work in Germany as a result of Thatcher's economic program. [3]
the Billy Idol song Fatal Charm uses the term in a reference to his punk roots with Generation X.
Cartoonist Steve Bell's comic strip "Maggie's Farm," which appeared in the London listings magazines Time Out from 1979 and later in City Limits.
The Placebo song "Slave to the Wage" contains the lyrics: "Sick and tired of Maggie's farm. She's a bitch, with broken arms to wave. Your worries, and cares, goodbye". The radio edit contains the word "witch" instead of "bitch".
In the 1989 mystery novel A Necessary End by Peter Robinson an actual farm inhabited by suspects in the murder crime to be solved by Robinson's Inspector Bank is named "Maggie's Farm" and it is mentioned that this is based on Dylan's song.
In the 1990 movie The Freshman, Bert Parks, portraying a version of himself and acting as event MC and musical host, performs a cover of "Maggie's Farm" during the final gathering of the Gourmet Club, a group of wealthy individuals who attend a covert and expensive dinner in order to dine on the last of an endangered species (which is actually an elaborate con, with the real meal consisting of more traditional ingredients).
In the 2006 movie Lady In the Water, the rock band, Silvertide, that starts to play during the party at The Cove (as a setup for Story's departure), begins playing their own, harder-rock style version of Maggie's Farm.
President Barack Obama said that "Maggie's Farm" was one of his favorite songs to listen to during the election season. [4]
Maggie's Farmhouse Ale is the name of Terrapin Beer Company's 7th Volume of their Side Project Series of beers.[5]
Maggie's Farm is the name of a popular dispensary near Colorado Springs, CO.[16]
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ Pete Dale (15 April 2016). Anyone Can Do It: Empowerment, Tradition and the Punk Underground. Taylor & Francis. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-317-18024-1.
Jump up ^ James E. Perone (2012). The Album: A Guide to Pop Music's Most Provocative, Influential, and Important Creations. ABC-CLIO. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-313-37906-2.
Jump up ^ Gilliland 1969, show 32, track 2.
Jump up ^ Ruhlman
Jump up ^ Haynes 2007
Jump up ^ Blake 2008, pp. 64
Jump up ^ Scorsese 2005
Jump up ^ Blake 2008, pp. 65
Jump up ^ Blake 2008, pp. 66
Jump up ^ Blake 2008, pp. 65
Jump up ^ BBC – Music – Classic Pop/Rock
Jump up ^ Bob Dylan: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack – The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 – PopMatters Music Review
Jump up ^ Chris Hutchins, "London", Billboard (12 June 1965):16.
Jump up ^ Deming, Mark. "Solomon Burke: The Platinum Collection". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
Jump up ^ "Maggie's Farm". Grateful Dead Family Discography. Retrieved 2011-01-17.
Jump up ^ http://gazette.com/manitou-springs-tax-collections-booming-amid-recreational-marijuana-sales/article/1562349
References[edit]
Blake, Mark (ed.) (2008). Dylan: Visions, Portraits and Back Pages. DK Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7566-3725-5. CS1 maint: Extra text: authors list (link)
Gilliland, John (1969). "Ballad in Plain D: An introduction to the Bob Dylan era" (audio). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries.
Gray, Michael (2006). The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia. Continuum International. ISBN 0-8264-6933-7.
Haynes, Todd (Director) (2007), I'm Not There, The Weinstein Co.
Heylin, Clinton (2003). Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades Revisited. Perennial Currents. ISBN 0-06-052569-X.
Ruhlmann, William. "Maggie's Farm". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
Scorsese, Martin (Director) (2005), No Direction Home, Emerging Pictures, ISBN 1-4157-1389-8
Shelton, Robert (1986). No Direction Home: The Life and Music of Bob Dylan. Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-34721-8.
Sounes, Howard (2001). Down the Highway, The Life of Bob Dylan. Grove Press. ISBN 0-8021-1686-8.
External links[edit]
VSO Productions 1966 release of Maggie's Farm video.
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1962
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1963
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1965
"The Times They Are a-Changin'" / "Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance"
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1966
"One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)" / "Queen Jane Approximately"
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1967
"Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" / "Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine"
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1968
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1969
"I Threw It All Away" / "Drifter's Escape"
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1970
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1971
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1973
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1976
"Mozambique" / "Oh Sister"
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1978
"Baby, Stop Crying" / "We Better Talk This Over"
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1979
"Maggie's Farm (live) / "All Along the Watchtower"
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1985
"Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love)" / "We Better Talk this Over"
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1986
"Band of the Hand" / "Joe's Death" (Michael Rubini)
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1989
"Everything Is Broken" / "Death is Not the End"
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"Political World" / "Ring Them Bells" (only in the UK and Australia)
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"Series of Dreams" / "Seven Curses"
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Renaming of cities in India
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The renaming of cities in India started in 1947 following the end of the British imperial period. Several changes were politically controversial, and not all proposed changes were implemented. Each had to be approved by the central government in New Delhi.
The renaming of states and territories in India has also taken place, but until recently with actual substantial name changes in both local language and in English such as the old British state name of Travancore-Cochin to Kerala (1956). The most notable recent exceptions are Indian English spelling-changes of Orissa to Odisha (March 2011)[1] and the Union Territory of Pondicherry (which includes the City of Pondicherry) to Puducherry.
Contents
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1 Renaming in local languages
2 Renaming in English
2.1 Change in official English spelling
2.2 Realignment of the official Indian English name to an alternative local name
2.3 Adoption of name changes in India and overseas
3 Important examples
3.1 States
3.2 Cities
4 Proposed changes
4.1 States and Union territories
4.2 Towns
5 Need for unification of spelling
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Renaming in local languages[edit]
In the post-colonial era, several Indian states' names were changed. Some of these changes coincided with the States Reorganisation Act of 1956, a major reform of the boundaries of India's states and territories that organised them along linguistic lines. At this time, for example, Travancore-Cochin was renamed Kerala. Later state name changes include the reorganisation of Madhya Bharat into Madhya Pradesh in 1959;[2] and the renamings of the Madras State to Tamil Nadu in 1969, of the Mysore State to Karnataka in 1973, and of Uttaranchal to Uttarakhand in 2007.
Name changes have varied with respect to the levels of language at which they have been applied, and also accepted. Some of these local name changes were changes made in all languages: the immediate local name, and also all India's other languages. An example of this is the renaming of predominantly Hindi-speaking Uttaranchal (Hindi: उत्तराञ्चल) to a new local Hindi name (Hindi: उत्तराखण्ड Uttarakhand). Other changes were only changes in some of the indigenous languages. For example, the renaming of the Madras Presidency to Madras State in 1947 and then Tamil Nadu in 1969 required non-Tamil speakers to change from an approximation of the British name (Tamil: மதராஸ் மாகாணம் Madras Presidency, then Madras State Tamil: மதராஸ் மாநிலம்) to a native Tamil name (Tamil: தமிழ்நாடு Tamil Nadu, "Tamil land").
In general, changes to the local names of cities in the indigenous languages are less common. However, a change in English may sometimes also be a reflection of changes in other Indian languages other than the specific local one. For example, the change of Madras (Tamil: மதராஸ் Madras) to Chennai (Tamil: சென்னை Chennai) was reflected in many of India's languages, and incidentally in English, while the Tamil endonym had always been Chennai and remained unaffected by the change.
Renaming in English[edit]
Change in official English spelling[edit]
The renaming of cities is often specifically from English to Indian English in connection with that dialect's internal reforms. In other words, the city itself is not actually renamed in the local language, and the local name (or endonym) in the indigenous languages of India does not change, but the official spelling in Indian English is amended. An example is the change from English "Calcutta" to English "Kolkata" – the local Bengali name (কলকাতা Kôlkata) did not change. Such changes in English spelling may be in order to better reflect a more accurate phonetic transliteration of the local name, or may be for other reasons. In the early years after Indian independence, many name changes were effected in northern India for English spellings of Hindi place names that had simply been romanised inconsistently by the British administration – such as the British spelling "Jubbulpore," renamed "Jabalpur" (जबलपुर) among the first changes in 1947. These changes did not generate significant controversy. More recent and high-profile changes – including renaming such major cities as Calcutta to Kolkata – have generated greater controversy.[3] Since independence, such changes have typically been enacted officially by legislation at local or national Indian government level, and may or may not then be adopted by the Indian media, particularly the influential Indian press. In the case of smaller towns and districts which were less notable outside and inside India, and where a well known English name (or exonym) could not be said to exist, older spellings used under British India may not have had any specific legislation other than changes in practice on the romanisation of indigenous Indian language names.
Realignment of the official Indian English name to an alternative local name[edit]
Aside from changes to the official English spellings of local names there have also been renaming proposals to realign the official name, hence the English name with an alternative local name. Ethnically sensitive examples include the proposals by the Bharatiya Janata Party (1990, 2001) to rename Ahmedabad to Karnavati[4] and Allahabad to Prayag. These two proposals are changes from the Muslim (or Mughal) name to a Hindu native name. These can be represented as a change from Urdu language to Hindi language, but since the two languages are variants of Hindustani the proposal is effectively a cultural and ethno-religious proposal rather than a linguistic one.[5]
Adoption of name changes in India and overseas[edit]
Official name changes naturally take place quickly if not immediately in official government sources.[6] Adoption may be slower among the media in India and abroad, and among Indian authors.[7][8][9]
Important examples[edit]
Main article: List of renamed Indian cities and states
States[edit]
Travancore-Cochin → Kerala (1 November 1956).
Madhya Bharat → Madhya Pradesh (1 November 1959)
Madras State → Tamil Nadu (14 January 1969)
Mysore State → Karnataka (1 November 1973)
Uttaranchal → Uttarakhand (1 January 2007)
Orissa → Odisha (4 November 2011)
Cities[edit]
Notable city names that were officially changed by legislation after independence include:
Jabalpur (Hindi: जबलपुर), from Jubbulpore, respelled in 1947
Jajmau (Hindi: जाजमऊ), from Jajesmow, respelled in 1948 [10]
Kanpur (Hindi: कानपुर), from Cawnpore, respelled in 1948
Vadodara (Gujarati: વડોદરા), from Baroda, respelled in 1974
Thiruvananthapuram (Malayalam: തിരുവനന്തപുരം), from Trivandrum, respelled in 1991
Mumbai (Marathi: मुंबई), from Bombay, renamed in 1995 [11]
Kochi (Malayalam: കൊച്ചി), from Cochin, respelled in 1996
Chennai (Tamil: சென்னை), from Madras, renamed in 1996
Kolkata (Bengali: কলকাতা), from Calcutta, respelled in 2001
Kadapa (Telugu: కడప), from Cuddapah, respelled in 2005
Puducherry (Tamil: புதுச்சேரி), from Pondicherry, respelled in 2006
Bengaluru (Kannada: ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು), from Bangalore, respelled in 2007 [12]
Belagavi from Belgaum in 2014 [13][14]
Tumakuru from Tumkur in 2014
Hubballi from Hubli in 2014
Shivamogga from Shimoga in 2014
Hosapete from Hospet in 2014
Mysuru from Mysore in 2014
Kalaburagi from Gulbarga in 2014
Chikkamagaluru from Chikmagalur
Vijapura from Bijapur in 2014
Ballari from Bellary in 2014
Mangaluru from Mangalore in 2014
Rajahmahendravaram from Rajahmundry in 2015
Gurugram from Gurgaon in 2016
For others, by state order, see list of renamed Indian cities and states.
Alappuzha, from Alleppey
Guwahati (Assamese: গুৱাহাটী), from Gauhati
Indore, from Indhur
Kanchipuram from Kāñci-pura And Conjevaram
Kannur, from Cannanore
Kollam, from Quilon
Koyilandy, from Quilandi
Kozhikode, from Calicut
Kumbakonam from ancient name Kudanthai
Mayiladuthurai from Mayavaram ancient name Mayuram
Narmada, from Nerbudda
Nagaon (Assamese: নগাওঁ), from Nowgong
Palakkad, from Palghat
Panaji, from Panjim
Pune, from Poona
Ramanathapuram, from Ramnad
Sagar, from Saugor
Shimla, from Simla
Thalassery, from Tellicherry
Thanjavur, from ancient name Tanjore
Thoothukudi, from Tuticorin
Thrissur, from Trichur
Tindivanam, from Tinthirivanam
Tiruchirapalli, from Trichinopoly and its short form Trichy
Tirunelveli, from Tinnevelly
Tiruvallikeni, from Triplicane
Udhagamandalam, from Ootacamund and its short form Ooty
Viluppuram, from Vizhupparaiyar And Vizhimaa Nagaram
Varanasi, from Benares
Vatakara, from Badagara
Virudhachalam, from Vriddhachalam ancient name Thirumudhukundram
Vijayawada, from Bejawada
Visakhapatnam, from Waltair, and before that Vizagapatnam and its short form Vizag
Town names that derive from ancient names:
Mandi, derived from Mandav Nagar [15]
Nellore, in ancient times Simhapuri [16]
Proposed changes[edit]
Several other changes have been proposed for states and towns.
States and Union territories[edit]
Goa to Govapuri [17]
Kerala to Keralam
Nagaland to Naganchi [18]
West Bengal to Bengal
Towns[edit]
Allahabad to Prayagraj[19]
Aurangabad to Sambhajinagar
Bhopal to Bhojpal [20]
Hyderabad to Bhagyanagar
Mahabubabad to Manukota
Mahbubnagar to Palamuru
Need for unification of spelling[edit]
India has various local languages. Even (Romanised) English spellings in long and wide use often vary depending upon which government department or agency uses them. To the point, a few examples are Quilandy vs. Koyilandy, Canannore vs. Kannur, and Rangiya vs. Rangia. Different departments of the government may have used official spellings in use at the time, while locations associated with Indian railways mostly maintained British-era spellings. The confusion inherent in such variations has often resulted in serious consequences like people having two "different" addresses (theoretically designating the same place) in their official records leading to legal disputes, or one house having residents of different house addresses due to differing place names. Many people argue that such confusion can lead to indeterminate and/or unintended consequences [21]
See also[edit]
India portal
List of renamed Indian cities and states
Renaming in South Africa
References[edit]
Jump up ^ India and the World Bank: The Politics of Aid and Influence - Page 126 Jason A. Kirk - 2011 "Orissa (Note: This state was officially renamed Odisha in March 2011)"
Jump up ^ The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics, 1925 to the 1990s. - Page 134 Christophe Jaffrelot 1999 - "The new state included Madhya Bharat, the Bhopal region, the former Vindhya Pradesh, Mahakoshal and Chhattisgarh (the last two regions forming the Hindi-speaking parts in the former Madhya Pradesh; see map, pp. xxii-xxiii)."
Jump up ^ Mira Kamdar Planet India: How the Fastest Growing Democracy Is Transforming ... 2007 Author's introduction Page xi "India's information-technology capital's new name, should it be adopted, will mean “town of boiled beans.” The name changes are not without controversy among Indians. In several instances, the name change represents a struggle between a cosmopolitan elite and a local, regional-language populace over defining the city in ways that go far beyond a simple change of name."
Jump up ^ Steven I. Wilkinson Votes and Violence: Electoral Competition and Ethnic Riots in India 2006 Page 23 "The BJP proposed in 1990 and 2001 that Ahmedabad be renamed "Karnavati." Hindu, June 1 1, 2001. Similar proposals have been made to rename Allahabad "Prayag."
Jump up ^ Cosmopolitanism - Page 73 Carol A. Breckenridge, Sheldon Pollock, Homi K. Bhabha - 2002 "In one sense, the decision to officialise the name Mumbai is part of a widespread Indian pattern of replacing names associated with colonial rule with names associated with local, national, and regional heroes. It is an indigenizing toponymic "
Jump up ^ Reserve Bank of India's instructions for banks & banking operations Reserve Bank of India 2001 Page 713 "The new name "Mumbai" should be reflected in both English and Hindi and the change in name is to be brought about in all official communications, name plates, sign boards, office seals, rubber stamps, etc."
Jump up ^ Perveez Mody The Intimate State: Love-Marriage and the Law in Delhi Page 59 - 2008 "Throughout this book, I refer to India's commercial capital as Bombay rather than Mumbai. ... I am well aware of the name-change effected by an Act of the Indian Parliament in 1997 that made the city officially 'Mumbai'. ... It is the same convention I adopt when referring to Calcutta rather than Kolkata."
Jump up ^ Pingali Sailaja Indian English Page 16 2009 "Bombay is now called Mumbai, Madras is now Chennai and Calcutta is Kolkata, in an attempt to de-anglicise them. In this work, the earlier names are retained since these names were used during the period that we mostly cover."
Jump up ^ Calcutta: A Cultural and Literary History - Page 3 Krishna Dutta - 2003 "nationalist stance, like Bombay, which changed its name to Mumbai, or Madras, which has become the unrecognisable Chennai, Calcutta has preferred a comparatively minor name change, which frankly is a bit of a multicultural mishmash."
Jump up ^ "David Rumsey: Geographical Searching with MapRank Search (beta)". Rumsey.mapranksearch.com. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
Jump up ^ Beam, Christopher (2006-07-12). "How Bombay became Mumbai. - Slate Magazine". Slate.com. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
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Jump up ^ Deccan Herald: Centre clears change in names of Karna cities, Belgaum now Belagavi
Jump up ^ Times of India: Karnataka cities get new names
Jump up ^ Temples and legends of Himachal Pradesh - Page 38 Pranab Chandra Roy Choudhury - 1981 "Mandi takes the name from Mandavya. The name of the place was first Mandav Nagar and then corrupted into Mandi."
Jump up ^ Gazetteer of the Nellore District: Brought Up to 1938 - Page 151 Government Of Madras Staff, Government of Madras - 1942 "... of the Ramayana (2000 — 1500 BC) was a dense jungle, while the town of Nellore, which came into existence only several centuries later, was known as Simhapuri (Lion's town), from the supposed existence of lions in the adjacent forests."
Jump up ^ "Goa to become Govapuri".
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Jump up ^ TNN, Dec 18, 2006, 02.42am IST (2006-12-18). "Now, Indore to become Indur, Bhopal Bhojpal - The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2010-11-04. CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
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Renaming roads: A 'meaningless' exercise
12 Cities in Karnataka get a name change
India's Bangalore in name change
Shashi Tharror: Becoming Bengaloorued
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Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?
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"Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?" is a track from Bill Withers' 1972 album, Still Bill. The music was written by Withers along with Stan McKenny, who wrote the lyrics.[1]
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1 Meshell Ndegeocello version
2 Cover versions
3 See also
4 References
Meshell Ndegeocello version[edit]
"Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?"
Single by Meshell Ndegeocello
from the album Peace Beyond Passion
Released
1996
Format
12"
CD
cassette
Genre
Neo soul
Length
4:49
Label
Maverick Records
Songwriter(s)
Bill Withers
Stan McKenny
In 1996, Meshell Ndegeocello recorded the song for her Peace Beyond Passion CD. Her version was her only number one on the US dance charts as a solo artist.[2] Her version also peaked at #34 on the soul chart.[3]
Cover versions[edit]
In 1973, R&B group Gladys Knight & The Pips recorded a cover for the song on their album, Neither One of Us.
In 1974, R&B vocal group Creative Source had their biggest hit with the song which peaked at #21 on the soul chart and #69 on the Hot 100.[4]
See also[edit]
List of number-one dance singles of 1996 (U.S.)
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Bill Withers - Still Bill (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 186.
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 425.
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 138.
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"If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)"
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