gurus – The Marconium

Songs About Butterflies & Moths

Mar. 15, 2023
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Column
Writer: Stephen Males (severin)

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Como La Mariposa	Leyanis Lopez	Nicko
2	Butterfly	Screaming Trees	happyclapper
3	Poor Butterfly	Sarah Vaughan with Hal Mooney & Orchestra	magicman
4	Melonella	Cocteau Twins	vastariner
5	Flutterby Butterfly	Fiona Burnett	Nicko
6	Black Butterfly	Deniece Williams	amylee
7	Catching the Butterfly	The Verve	swawilg
8	Love is Like a Butterfly	Dolly Parton	OliveButler
9	Black Butterfly	Tio	Nicko
10	Butterflies are Free	Free Design	OliveButler
11	Caterpillar	The Cure	happyclapper
12	Butterfly	Terry Callier	pejepeine
13	Butterfly	Talvin Singh	Suzi
14	Iridescent Butterfly	Wagakki Band	ajostu

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Melodies de Jeunesse III Les Papillons	Sandrine Piau	swawilg
2	La Chase aux Papillons	Georges Brassens	Nicko
3	Butterfly	Charlie Grace	SweetHomeAlabama
4	Za Pinattsu (The Peanuts) Mothra's Song	Mothra (movie)	TarquinSpodd
5	Butterflies are Free	The Cinnamon Shop	Marconius7
6	The Butterfly Song	Pink Martini	Fred Erickson
7	Henshin (Metamorphosis)	Hitsujibungaku	ajostu
8	Un Cuento Para Mi Niño	Lole y Manuel	pejepeine
9	Moth Light	Mercury Rev	untergunther
10	The Moth	Aimee Mann	ParaMhor
11	As Borboletas	Gal Costa	pejepeine
12	Papillon (aka Hot Butterfly)	Chaka Khan	magicman
13	Butterfly Blue	Mallrat	noodsy
14	Butterfly Boys	Procol Harum	Uncleben
15	Un Bel di Vedremo from Madame Butterfly	Giacomo Puccini (sung by Ying Huang)	magicman
16	Happiness is a Butterfly	Lana Del Rey	barbryn
17	Butterfly Net	Caroline Polachek	barbryn
18	Moth Light	Audioslave	Shashvat Shukla
19	Misery is a Butterfly	Blonde Redhead	happyclapper
20	Cousin Caterpillar	Incredible String Band	Uncleben
21	Broken Butterflies	Lucinda Williams	TarquinSpodd
22	Animals of the World	Great Lake Swimmers	Fred Erickson

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Songs About Indecision

Mar. 8, 2023
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Column
Writer: Olive Butler

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Tentative Decisions	Talking Heads	Loud Atlas
2	I Can’t Explain	The Who	ShivSidecar
3	Move Over	Janis Joplin	Fred Erickson
4	What Do I Do Now?	Elvis Costello	Noodsy
5	You Could Not Decide	French Kicks	vanwolf2
6	I Don’t Know Where I Stand	Joni Mitchell	Suzi
7	Undecided	Chick Webb & His Orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald	BanazirGalbasi
8	Tu Veux ou Tu Veux Pas	Marcel Zanini	swawilg
9	Feels Like We Only Go Backwards	Tame Impala	Nicko
10	Make Up Your Mind	The Heptones	Uncleben
11	Indecisión	La Sonora Matancera	magicman
12	I Just Don’t Know What to Do with Myself	Dionne Warwick	magicman

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	The Moebius Loop	Peter Hammill	TatankaYotanka
2	Riptide	Al Bowlly	untergunther
3	Undecided Blues	Tony Bennett	Pop Off!
4	Mind-Blowing Decisions	Heatwave	Nicko
5	Too Late Now	Wet Leg	happyclapper
6	I Can't Make Up My Mind	The Zombies	George Boyland
7	Sittin’ On a Fence	The Rolling Stones	amylee
8	Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?	The Lovin’ Spoonful	SweetHomeAlabama
9	Black Is Black	Los Bravos	IsabelleForshaw
10	Year of Decision	The Three Degrees	Marconius7
11	How Can I Be Sure?	The Young Rascals	ParaMhor
12	Overs	Simon & Garfunkel	barbryn

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Songs About Imagination

Mar. 1, 2023
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Column
Writer: ShivSidecar

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Something for Your M.I.N.D.	Superorganism	MussoliniHeadkick
2	Wild Imagination	Sweet Baboo	vanwolf2
3	El Condor Pasa (If I Could)	Simon & Garfunkel	SweetHomeAlabama
4	Cais	Milton Nascimento	pejepeine
5	Daydreamin’	Lupe Fiasco ft Jill Scott	tincanman
6	All I Have to Do Is Dream	The Everly Brothers	Marconius7
7	Imagining My Man	Aldous Harding	Uncleben
8	Found a Job	Talking Heads	severin
9	I’m Five Years Ahead of My Time	The Third Bardo	ParaMhor
10	Edison	Wednesday Campanella	ajostu
11	Style It Takes	Lou Reed & John Cale	OliveButler
12	I Contain Multitudes	Bob Dylan	ParaMhor
13	King Strut	Peter Blegvad	Uncleben

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Unemployed Boyfriend	Everclear	tincanman
2	The Folk Singer	Johnny Cash	MussoliniHeadkick
3	Keep Your Mind Open	Kaleidoscope (US)	Fred Erickson
4	Aubrey	Bread	amylee
5	Guinnevere	Crosby, Stills & Nash	Joelle
6	A King and a Queen	Okkervil River	barbryn
7	What If	Lucinda Williams	shoegazer
8	Imaginary Person	Ty Segall	amylee
9	Adventures in Success	Will Powers	pejepeine
10	Thru’ These Architect’s Eyes	David Bowie	OliveButler
11	Imagination Quota	David Werner	Fred Erickson
12	If I Was Your Girlfriend	Prince	Uncleben
13	Better Than I Imagined	Robert Glasper ft H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello	untergunther
14	Just My Imagination	The Cranberries	Joelle
15	Don’t Stop (Color on the Walls)	Foster the People	SweetHomeAlabama
16	Barney’s Epic Homer	Leon Rosselson	TatankaYotanka

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Songs About Markets & Fairs

Feb. 22, 2023
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Column
Writer: Suzanne Saxby (Suzi)

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Renaissance Fair	The Byrds	George Boyland
2	Okra	Olu Dara	Maki
3	Apples	Ian Dury	Shoegazer
4	Portobello Road	Cat Stevens	ShivSidecar
5	Black Market	Marlene Dietrich	BanazirGalbasi
6	Una Dos y Tres	Patxi Andión	Maki
7	Portait d'un 78 Tard	Les Primitifs du Futur	Nicko
8	Foire Internationale	Orchestre Baobab	magicman
9	African Marketplace	Abdullah Ibrahim	Nicko
10	Cairo Bazaar	Les Baxter	Nicko
11	Ziggurats of Cinnamon	Anne Dudley & Jaz Coleman	ajostu
12	Pazarda Bal Var Gelinim	Selim Sesler & İlkay Akkaya	Nicko
13	Phiên Cho Sông	Lê Sang & Dương Hồng Loan	Nicko
14	Basha-gua Suncha	Shoukichi Kina	Nicko
15	Mambo del Mercado la Merced	Fruko & Orquesta ft Johnny More	Maki
16	Feira de Mangaio	Clara Nunes	Nicko
17	City of Roses	Esperanza Spalding	untergunther
18	County Fair	Joe Walsh	Fred Erickson
19	I Wish I May, I Wish I Might	Carrie Newcomer	Fred Erickson
20	Linstead Market	Louise Bennett	pejepeine

No B List

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Songs About Everlasting Love

Feb. 15, 2023
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Column
Writer: magicman

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up	Barry White	SweetHomeAlabama
2	Acid	Jockstrap	Uncleben
3	Pledging My Love	Johnny Ace	SweetHomeAlabama
4	You & Me Song	Joy Crookes	DiscoMonster
5	Baby I'm Yours	Barbara Lewis	Uncleben
6	John Anderson My Jo	Eddi Reader	Suzi
7	Love Story (You and Me)	Randy Newman	Fred Erickson
8	Mon amour	Stromae ft Camila Cabello	swawilg
9	Fantasy	Earth, Wind & Fire	BanazirGalbasi
10	She Still Leads Me On	Suede	ParaMhor
11	Everlasting Love	The Love Affair	Max Visconta Nuclerosea
12	Make You Feel My Love	Adele	Loud Atlas
13	Could I Have This Dance	Anne Murray	Marconius7
14	Always and Forever	Heatwave	OliveButler
15	How Do You Keep the Music Playing?	Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge	florian7

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	You're the First, My Last, My Everything	Barry White	DiscoMonster
2	Eternal Flame	The Bangles	amylee
3	Love Everlasting	Jon Lucien	pejepeine
4	Love for Life	Whitney Houston	Marconius7
5	Little Boy	Sault	ParaMhor
6	The Everthere	Elbow	Shoegazer
7	Kisses Sweeter Than Wine	Bonnie Raitt & Jackson Browne	Suzi
8	Forever and Ever, Amen	Randy Travis	amylee
9	Never, Never, Never	Shirley Bassey	OliveButler
10	Love Will Keep Us Together	The Captain & Tennille	Marconius7
11	Work Song	Hozier	Loud Atlas
12	Me Quedo Contigo	Los Chunguitos	Maki
13	Stay with Me Forever	Al Green	Uncleben
14	Ne me quitte pas	Nina Simone	OliveButler
15	Evergreen	Barbra Streisand	pejepeine

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Songs About Rare Events

Feb. 8, 2023
Blog
Column
Writer: Marco den Ouden (Marconius7)

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	In the Unlikely Event of an All Life Erasing Gamma-Ray Burst, This Is the Soundtrack	Processory	BanazirGalbasi
2	Halley's Comet	Billie Eilish	magicman
3	Sounds of Earth	Jim Moray	tincanman
4	Sleeping Satellite	Tasmin Archer	pejepeine
5	The Hurlers	Seth Lakeman	Suzi
6	Marie Celeste	The Polecats	OliveButler
7	The Titanic	Mance Lipscomb	Nicko
8	Tupelo	Albert King, Pop Staples & Steve Cropper	Nicko
9	My Neighbors in Delray	Rod MacDonald	Loud Atlas
10	Atlantis	Donovan	amylee
11	Dunsinane Blues (After Macbeth)	Cleo Laine	megadom
12	Apocalypse	Cigarettes After Sex	Shoegazer
13	Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis)	Cowboy Junkies	Shoegazer

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Big Bang Theory	Barenaked Ladies	amylee
2	Higgs Boson Blues	Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds	megadom
3	C.T.A.-102	The Byrds	megadom
4	Once in a Very Blue Moon	Nanci Griffith	BanazirGalbasi
5	Needle in a Haystack	The Velvelettes	megadom
6	Morning Dew	Bonnie Dobson	ShivSidecar
7	Supermoon	Charly Bliss	Noodsy
8	A Total Eclipse of the Sun	Don McLean	Joelle
9	100 Year Flood	The String Cheese Incident	BanazirGalbasi
10	Stars Fell on Alabama	Billie Holiday	Nilpferd
11	Santa Never Made It Into Darwin	Bill and Boyd	Nicko
12	Poor Jason White	The Abyssinians	Nicko
13	Tempest	Bob Dylan	Nicko
14	California Mudslide	Lightnin' Hopkins	Nicko
15	Exploding Suns	King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard	OliveButler
16	Once in a Blue Moon	Van Morrison	Loud Atlas
17	Last Words of a Shooting Star	Mitski	Max Visconta Nuclerosea
18	Back to Normal	Paranoid Visions	Carpgate
19	Louisiana 1927	Randy Newman	Nicko

C List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Kometenmelodie 2	Kraftwerk	OliveButler
2	Asteroid	Pete Moore	OliveButler
3	Rare Events	Michael Lowenstern	BanazirGalbasi
4	Solar Flares	Sven Libaek	pejepeine
5	The Final Eclipse	The Comet Is Coming	ajostu
6	Halley's Comet	Al Cohn Quintet	Nicko
7	Skylab	The Monks	Nicko
8	Prince of the Sea	Lenny White	Fred Erickson
9	Kahoutek	Journey	Fred Erickson
10	Oumuamua	Armin van Buuren	George Boyland
11	Spontaneous Combustion	Cannonball Adderley	severin
12	Outlier	Snarky Puppy	Nilpferd
13	Black Swan	Wayne Krantz	Nilpferd

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Songs Featuring Conversations

Feb. 1, 2023
Blog
Column
Writer: Amy Lee

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	The Conference	Nitin Sawhney	barbryn
2	Little Cloud	The Incredible String Band	Traktor Albatrost
3	I Got You Babe	Sonny & Cher	Marconius7
4	Martin, Doom! It's Seven O'Clock	The Boo Radleys	ShivSidecar
5	Never Say Goodbye	My Bloody Valentine	MussoliniHeadkick
6	Lord Randall	Martin Carthy	severin
7	Clyde Water	Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer	tincanman
8	Banks of the Condamine	Greg Champion with Jane Saunders	Nicko
9	Althea	Grateful Dead	Chris7572
10	Dialogue (Part I & II)	Chicago	SweetHomeAlabama
11	Flower Punk	Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention	BanazirGalbasi
12	NY3	Robert Fripp	TatankaYotanka
13	I Love You	Yello	Shoegazer
14	Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)	Betty Everett	IsabelleForshaw
15	Sophisticated Boom Boom	The Shangri-Las	Max Visconta Nuclerosea
16	Check the Rhime	A Tribe Called Quest	pejepeine
17	I Don't Like You	Bo Diddley	Traktor Albatrost
18	Au fond du temple saint (The Pearl Fishers' Duet)	Georges Bizet, Performed by Jussi Björling & Robert Merrill	ParaMhor
19	Sull'aria...che soave zeffiretto	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Performed by Cecilia Bartoli & Renée Fleming	ParaMhor
20	Conference of the Birds	Dave Holland Quartet	Nilpferd

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Songs About Distractions, Diversions & Digressions

Jan. 17, 2023
Blog
Column
Writer: ajostu

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Distraction	GANGgajang	Nicko
2	Distracted	The Human Hearts ft Jenny Toomey	Jamesowen475
3	Procrastination	Amy Winehouse	magicman
4	Co-op	Bess Atwell	ParaMhor
5	Maggie	Sarah Jarosz	Fred Erickson
6	Last Time I Saw You	Donovan Woods with People Project	tincanman
7	The Revolution Was Postponed Because of Rain	Brooklyn Funk Essentials	barbryn
8	Give Us Bubblewrap	Half Man Half Biscuit	severin
9	When the Bomb Drops	Subhumans	Carpgate
10	Daydream in Blue	I Monster	Joelle
11	Getting Away with It	Electronic	ParaMhor
12	This Is a Life	Son Lux, Mitski & David Byrne	magicman

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Say Kids What Time Is It?	Coldcut	Nilpferd
2	We Want Your Soul	Adam Freeland	Shoegazer
3	I Was Gonna Fight Fascism	Soccer96 with Alabaster DePlume	barbryn
4	Mañana	James Domestic	Carpgate
5	Another Screen	Kormac ft Irvine Welsh	Shoegazer
6	Taming the Dragon	Brad Mehldau & Mark Guiliana	untergunther
7	While You Were Out	Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine	happyclapper
8	Worked Up Field	Fred Eaglesmith	Shoegazer
9	Messing with the Settings	Craig Finn	tincanman

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Songs That Give You Goosebumps

Jan. 10, 2023
Blog
Column
Writer: Maki

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Video Games	Lana Del Rey	ParaMhor
2	Ghosteen	Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds	tincanman
3	Bebin	Sevdaliza	untergunther
4	Ave verum corpus	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Loud Atlas
5	Erbarme dich, mein Gott	Johann Sebastian Bach, sung by Marian Anderson	magicman
6	La chanson des vieux amants	Jacques Brel	Joelle
7	Fado Loucura	Ana Moura	SongBarLandlord
8	Rock On	David Essex	ParaMhor
9	Troy	Sinéad O'Connor	Fred Erickson
10	Departure and Farewell	Hem	megadom

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Back on the Chain Gang	The Pretenders	amylee
2	Complete Control	The Clash	Carpgate
3	Cellophane	FKA Twigs	barbryn
4	Children Crying	The Congos	Uncleben
5	Nightshift	Lucy Dacus	TarquinSpodd
6	Danny Boy	Grimethorpe Colliery Band	Loud Atlas
7	Kodu Kaugel	Collage	pejepeine
8	Duel	Propaganda	megadom
9	Let the Bright Seraphim	Kathleen Battle & Wynton Marsalis (composer: George Frideric Handel)	Suzi
10	Waltzinblack	The Stranglers	Shoegazer

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Music Featuring Ensembles, Big Bands & Orchestras

Dec. 21, 2022
Blog
Column
Writer: Nilpferd

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Jumpin' at the Woodside	The Count Basie Orchestra	Marconius7
2	Mi Saoco	Beny Moré y Su Orquesta	pejepeine
3	Perdido	Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra	magicman
4	Peter Gunn	Henry Mancini & His Orchestra	Marconius7
5	What is Hip?	Tower of Power	amylee
6	White City	The Pogues	ShivSidecar
7	Kalasnjikov	Goran Bregović & the Tzigane Brass Orchestra	Pop Off!
8	Soon It Will Be Fire	Hypnotic Brass Ensemble ft Moses Sumney	barbryn
9	Short Ride in a Fast Machine	Composer: John Adams, performed by Simon Rattle with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra	Chris7572
10	Someone to Watch Over Me	Ella Fitzgerald with Nelson Riddle Orchestra	ParaMhor
11	No Discrimination	Tony Allen & the Afro Messengers	Nicko
12	Mount the Air	The Unthanks	severin

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Dizzy's Blues	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	Seth Miller
2	Leolos Blues	17 Hippies with Marc Ribot & Jacob Ilja	Maki
3	World's End	Andwellas Dream	SweetHomeAlabama
4	Reach for the Sun	The Polyphonic Spree	ShivSidecar
5	Body Paint	Arctic Monkeys	barbryn
6	Teenage Dirtbag	Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain	Suzi
7	Rock Fort Rock	The Skatalites	Uncleben
8	A New Kind of Love	Ghost Funk Orchestra	Loud Atlas
9	Moonlight Serenade	Glenn Miller & His Orchestra	MussoliniHeadkick
10	Laura	Charlie Parker	Nicko
11	On the Nature of Daylight	Max Richter	ParaMhor
12	Tannhäuser Overture	Composer: Richard Wagner, performed by Herbert von Karajan & the Berlin Symphony Orchestra	magicman

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Mar. 15, 2023 Blog Column Writer: Stephen Males (severin)

Mar. 8, 2023 Blog Column Writer: Olive Butler

Mar. 1, 2023 Blog Column Writer: ShivSidecar

Feb. 22, 2023 Blog Column Writer: Suzanne Saxby (Suzi)

Feb. 15, 2023 Blog Column Writer: magicman

Feb. 8, 2023 Blog Column Writer: Marco den Ouden (Marconius7)

Feb. 1, 2023 Blog Column Writer: Amy Lee

Jan. 17, 2023 Blog Column Writer: ajostu

Jan. 10, 2023 Blog Column Writer: Maki

Dec. 21, 2022 Blog Column Writer: Nilpferd

Mar. 15, 2023
Blog
Column
Writer: Stephen Males (severin)

Mar. 8, 2023
Blog
Column
Writer: Olive Butler

Mar. 1, 2023
Blog
Column
Writer: ShivSidecar

Feb. 22, 2023
Blog
Column
Writer: Suzanne Saxby (Suzi)

Feb. 15, 2023
Blog
Column
Writer: magicman

Feb. 8, 2023
Blog
Column
Writer: Marco den Ouden (Marconius7)

Feb. 1, 2023
Blog
Column
Writer: Amy Lee

Jan. 17, 2023
Blog
Column
Writer: ajostu

Jan. 10, 2023
Blog
Column
Writer: Maki

Dec. 21, 2022
Blog
Column
Writer: Nilpferd