The Monkees' have a song "Take The Last Train To Clarksville", where is Clarksville if it exists?

BRY2K

Though the Clarksville in the song's title appears to refer to the city of Clarksville, Tennessee, and by implication to nearby Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Hart claims that this is a coincidence and that the choice of the name "Clarksville" was settled on after other names like Clarksdale had been rejected. There are a few other "Clarksvilles" in the U.S., near military training centers, where the song could be set, which helped to make the song a favorite for many people during the Vietnam War. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Train_to_Clarksville Mar 05 08, 5:47 PM

satguru

That is weird, someone gave the answer on the radio yesterday (Capital Gold, London) saying it was all an analogy for Vietnam and if you listen to the words with that in mind it should cover most of the conscription process. Mar 05 08, 6:37 PM

zbeckabee

Bobby Hart (writer): "We were just looking for a name that sounded good. There's a little town in Northern Arizona I used to go through in the summer on the way to Oak Creek Canyon called Clarksdale. We were throwing out names, and when we got to Clarksdale, we thought Clarksville sounded even better. We didn't know it at the time, [but] there is an Air Force base near the town of Clarksville, Tennessee - which would have fit the bill fine for the story line. We couldn't be too direct with The Monkees. We couldn't really make a protest song out of it - we kind of snuck it in." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_train_to_clarksville http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2840 Mar 05 08, 8:23 PM