is yet another song about Ypsilanti that I found.

This is quite the opposite of the Lee Osler song “Back To Ypsilanti”.  First of all, Nancy Adam’s 1967 side, titled ”Ypsilanti”, is a dreamy pop-psych number, not exactly upbeat 80’s dance-funk.  And it seems like Nancy Adams and her two male back-up singers just may or may not have actually been to Ypsilanti. 

The song is about a postcard she gets from Ypsilanti: Got the purdiest, picture postcard, all the way from Ypsilanti.  She romanticises about how fun it must be to live in Ypsilanti, and how there must be lots of greenery and scenery.  The song also speeds up to a rockabilly sound toward the end as it talks about Detroit, the Motor City, where there’s showtime and people driving Cadillacs around. 

It has to be one of the strangest songs I’ve ever heard.  And it sort of grows on me the more I listen to it.  I can’t seem to get it out of my head, but I’m not sure if I want it in my head.  Nevertheless, it is another song about Ypsilanti.  Could there be more out there?