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Songs About Proverbs and Idioms

March 30, 2017
Blog
Column
Writer: attwilightlarks
At: The Guardian

A List
 

Song

Artist

Recommended by

1

Fools Rush In

Frank Sinatra

BeltwayBandit

2

Proverbes

JacquesJacques Dutronc

marcoschoir

3

The Hours of Folly

Benjamin Britten & William Blake

BeltwayBandit

4

A Stitch in Time

The Long Ryders

happyclapper

5

Home is Where the Heart Is

Bobby Womack

SpotTheWhopper

6

The Higher the Monkey Climbs

Justin Hinds and the Dominoes

ngoo

7

You Can't Judge a Book By the Cover

Bo Diddley

BeltwayBandit

8

Beauty is Only Skin Deep

The Temptations

bishbosh

9

If Wishes Were Horses (Beggars Would Ride)

The Spin Doctors

LyntonCrosby

10

Dončt Change Horses (In the Middle of the Stream)

Tower of Power

tincanman

11

A Bird in the Hand (Is Worth Two in the Bush)

The Velvelettes

bishbosh

12

Actions Speak Louder Than Words

BB King

Ravi Raman

13

You Get What You Give

The New Radicals

philipphilip99

B List
 

Song

Artist

Recommended by

1

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Carmen McCrae

nilpferd

2

Let Your Yeah Be Yeah

The Pioneers

severin

3

The Theory of Crows

The National

lambretinha

4

My Silver Lining

First Aid Kit

BeltwayBandit

5

Proverbs

The Mighty Diamonds

sonofwebcore

6

You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory

Johnny Thunder

dave56

7

Ill Wind (Blowing Me No Good)

Billie Holiday

nilpferd

8

You Don't Miss Your Water

Otis Redding

gordonimmel

9

The Harder They Come

Jimmy Cliff

LyntonCrosby

10

Be Thankful For What You've Got

Massive Attack

severin

11

The Other Man's Grass is Always Greener

Petula Clark

dave56

12

Too Many Fish in the Sea

The Marvelettes

ILikeChips

13

Look For the Silver Lining

Judy Garland

florian7

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