Posts Tagged ‘theme lists’

More Memphis and more foreign places. 1. Leningrad – Billy Joel 2. Lisdoonvarna – Ceili’s Muse 3. Liverpool Sunset – Gerald Jay Markoe 4. London Homesick Blues – Flying Fish Sailors 5. (Making The Run To) Gladewater – Michelle Shocked 6. Marching Bands Of Manhattan – Death Cab For Cutie 7. Memphis Exorcism – Squirrel [...]

It’s hard to be a saint in the city, y’all. 1. I’ve Been To Memphis – Lyle Lovett 2. (I’ve Got A Gal In) Kalamazoo – Glenn Miller 3. In London So Fair – Susan McKeown 4. Independence, Indiana – Eddie From Ohio 5. (Is Anybody Going To) San Antone – Doug Sahm And Band [...]

“Ah, The City. My The City.” What, am I the only one that ever watched The Tick? 1. Galveston Bay – Bruce Springsteen 2. Galway Farmer – Ceili’s Muse 3. The Girl From Ipanema – Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto 4. The Girl From New York City – The Beach Boys 5. Goodnight Houston – [...]

Just a city boy with some city songs… 1. Dallas, Texas – Austin Lounge Lizards 2. Detroit Rock City – KISS 3. Do You Know The Way To San Jose? – Dionne Warwick 4. The Duke of Dubuque – Manhattan Transfer 5. Dusty In Memphis – Dusty Springfield 6. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo – Duke [...]

More cities, more songs. 1. Asheville/Crashville – Austin Lounge Lizards 2. Beaumont Boys – Ezra Charles 3. Boston – Augustana 4. Chattanooga Choo Choo – Glenn Miller 5. Chinatown – Joe Jackson 6. Cold Chicago – Humming House 7. Darlington County – Bruce Springsteen 8. Debbie Does Montreal – team9 vs Stereogum 9. Detroit – [...]

The musical geography continues as we move from states to cities. If only I had at least ten songs about city-states… 1. Abilene – Yes 2. Albuquerque – Weird Al Yankovic 3. All The Way To Memphis – Mott the Hoople 4. Allentown – Billy Joel 5. Amsterdam – Asylum Street Spankers 6. Anahuac – [...]

Our tour of the musical United States comes to an end this week. 1. Nebraska – Bruce Springsteen 2. Mimosas In Missouri – Eddie From Ohio 3. Mississippi Delta Blues – Elena James 4. Pennsylvania Six-Five Thousand – Glenn Miller 5. Sweet Rhode Island Red – Ike & Tina Turner 6. Do Not Go To [...]

Following up on last week, our musical tour of the United States continues. 1. Massachusetts – Greg Greenaway 2. There’s A Panther In Michigan – Trout Fishing In America 3. Montana – Frank Zappa 4. Minnesota 1945 – Eddie From Ohio 5. A Crazy Little Tune – Nevada Newman 6. A Night With The Jersey [...]

Let’s take a musical tour around the fifty states, shall we? Or at least, around the states for which I have songs with a state name in the title. 1. Ant In Alaska – Liz Phair 2. Alabama – Neil Young 3. Mary Queen of Arkansas – Bruce Springsteen 4. Arizona Skies – Los Lobos [...]

In honor of the recent Senate talking filibuster, ten songs about talking. 1. Ain’t Talkin’ Bout Love – Van Halen 2. Careless Talk – Billy Joel 3. Let Them Talk – Spoek Mathambo 4. Something To Talk About – Bonnie Raitt 5. Talkin’ To You Eye To Eye – Roomful of Blues 6. Talk To [...]

I did this before some months ago and thought it was fun, so here we go again. I’m going to post some lyrics from ten songs in my collection. Your job is to name those tunes, and for extra credit the artists. I don’t think any of these songs are particularly obscure, so you should [...]

You might have heard, or heard about, Ravens QB Joe Flacco’s post Super Bowl f-bomb. That got me to thinking about the things you’re just not supposed to say, or to sing, on the radio. Here are ten songs on the aubject. 1. Who Are You? – The Who 2. Money – Pink Floyd 3. [...]

One more week till the end of the world, which one must admit would be a neat solution to the so-called fiscal cliff. Here’s a Friday random ten that combines the two: 1. Close To The Edge – Yes 2. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) – [...]

We come to the end of our lady lists. 1. Roxanne – The Police 2. Sally Goodin – Hot Club of Cowtown 3. Sally Goodin – The Chieftains 4. Sally Simpson – The Who 5. Sister Fatima – Don McLean 6. Susie Q – Creedence Clearwater Revival 7. Sylvia’s Mother – Dr. Hook and The [...]

Getting close to the end of this series: 1. Mrs. Martha Knowles – Silly Wizard 2. Mrs. McGrath – Bruce Springsteen 3. Mrs. Robinson – Simon and Garfunkel 4. Mrs. Robinson – Pomplamoose 5. Peg – Steely Dan 6. Polly – Amanda Palmer 7. Rosalita – Bruce Springsteen 8. Rosealia – Better Than Ezra 9. [...]

Taking a short respite from the girls’ name songs to note the event of the day. 1. Black Water – Doobie Brothers 2. Reverend Mr. Black – Kingston Trio 3. Long Black Veil – Dave Matthews 4. Black Horse and the Cherry Tree – KT Tunstall 5. Blue On Black – Kenny Wayne Shepherd 6. [...]

More ladies’ names as song titles. Let’s get to it: 1. Margot Fonteyn – Eddie From Ohio 2. Mari Mac – Great Big Sea 3. Marie – Randy Newman 4. Mary Ann – Ben Arthur 5. Minnie The Moocher – from “The Cotton Club” 6. Miss Amanda Rae – Clandestine 7. Miss Fritchie – Eddie [...]

Pretty good week for the ladies, wouldn’t you say? Winning elections is the best revenge. Congrats to Claire, Elizabeth, Heidi, Mazie, and Tammy for reminding us that a lady’s place is in the Senate. 1. Josie – The Darcys 2. Kathleen – The Mollys 3. Layla – Eric Clapton 4. Lilly The Pink – Ceili’s [...]

Happy Friday after Halloween! 1. Ida Red – Hot Club of Cowtown 2. Irene – Leadbelly 3. Isabel – Steeleye Span 4. Jackie O – John Mellencamp 5. Jamie – Trinity University Jazz Band 6. Jeannine – The Manhattan Transfer 7. Jenny Jenkins – Lisa Loeb 8. Joan Crawford – Blue Oyster Cult 9. Joanne [...]

Still more songs with ladies’ names for titles. 1. Emily – Elana James 2. Emily de Muse – The Buddhacrush 3. Erin – Jiggernaut 4. Evangeline – Los Lobos 5. Fanny – Asylum Street Spankers 6. Ginger Faye – Eddie From Ohio 7. Gloria – Patti Smith 8. Gloria – Santa Esmerelda 9. Gloria – [...]

More songs named for ladies, from my binder full of Friday Random Ten lists. 1. Caroline – Georgetown Chimes 2. Cassidy – Suzanne Vega 3. Cecilia – Simon and Garfunkel 4. Cindy – The Chieftains 5. Claudette – Robert Johnson 6. Clementine – Tom Lehrer 7. Daria – CAKE 8. Darlene – Carolyn Wonderland 9. [...]

There are a lot of songs out there whose titles are just the name of a woman. I’m going to go through the ones I have in my collection. 1. Alison – Tufts Beelzebubs 2. Alma – Tom Lehrer 3. Amanda – Aisha Duo 4. Angela – Jarvis Cocker 5. Aunt Avis – Widespread Panic [...]

For your Friday listening pleasure, ten behaviors to avoid. 1. Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette – Elena James 2. Smoke – Eddie From Ohio 3. Gettin’ High – Asylum Street Spankers 4. Too Much Barbecue – Big Twist and The Mellow Fellows 5. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer – John Lee Hooker 6. A [...]

Following up on last week’s post, here are the remaining “one-hit wonders” in my collection from that list that I found in that Village Voice post. 1. Relax – Frankie Goes To Hollywood 2. In A Big Country – Big Country 3. Turning Japanese – The Vapors 4. Unbelievable – EMF 5. Whip It – [...]

I came across this interesting rumination on what truly makes a “one hit wonder”, which pointed me to this list of the Top 100 One Hit Wonders Of All Time, according to VH1. I encourage you to read the story to understand why the author too issue with that list and with the generally accepted [...]