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It was issued as a limited edition 45 vinyl single distributed through National Record Mart as a fund-raiser for UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Free Care Fund. In 1987, Cannon re-recorded the song, but as " Kennywood Park" (which, unlike Palisades Park before it, is still in operation), a reworking of the song about the Pittsburgh amusement park of the same name.The song was played over the public address system as the intro music each night for the Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band Tunnel of Love Express Tour in 1988.
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The song is excerpted in the Buchanan and Goodman novelty number "Ben Crazy" (1962, based on the Ben Casey TV show).New York City garage punk band The Devil Dogs included the song on its 1990 12"EP, Big Beef Bonanza.However, the group only recorded the track on a live album released in 1994. In addition, the song was performed live by The Stompers, a Boston-based band with members from Lynn, Massachusetts (Cannon's home town, although he was born in Swampscott, Massachusetts) beginning in the late 1970s.It was also included on the Chrysalis Records 1991 release of their live album Loco Live, but was not on Loco Live's 1992 Sire Records re-release. New York-based punk band The Ramones released their cover of Palisades Park on their 1989 album Brain Drain.
I said to myself, 'Hey maybe they're upset because we're not having any hit singles! Maybe they're mad at me!' I checked into it, and sure enough, as soon as we did 'Palisades,' everybody was happy again. They didn't look happy they looked like something was wrong. Brian Wilson said of their rendition, "I looked at the guys, and they looked kinda sad.
Among the list of rides and attractions listed in the song are: Shoot the Chute, Rocket Ship, Roller Coaster, Loop the Loop, Merry Go Round, Tunnel of Love, and the Ferris Wheel. In the song, the singer takes a walk after dark and discovers Palisades Park, where he meets and falls in love with a girl. The track also incorporates amusement park sound effects, including the sounds of screaming riders on the roller coasters, and the quoting of a slower version of " Entrance of the Gladiators", played on an organ imitating a hurdy-gurdy or calliope. Ī tribute to New Jersey's Palisades Amusement Park, it is an up-tempo rock and roll tune led by a distinctive organ part.
Years later the Palisades Amusement Park closed, on September 12, 1971. That was when inspiration hit and the title was added. One night he was in Manhattan when he looked toward the New Jersey Palisades Cliffs, on which the amusement park sat. Barris wrote a song about an amusement park and it was suggested he use the name of an amusement park as the title.