The Marconium – The Complete Index to the Song Bar

Songs With Lyrical Symmetry

Jan. 15, 2025
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Writer: Maki

A List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going	Boyzone	Vikingchild
2	Take It to the Limit	Eagles	severin
3	Possession	Elvis Costello & the Attractions	ShivSidecar
4	Dixon's Girl	Dessa	tincanman
5	Backwords	Joyner Lucas	Vikingchild
6	My Shot	Lyn-Manuel Miranda	Loud Atlas
7	Kew. Rhone.	John Greaves, Peter Blegvad, Lisa Herman	nosuchzone
8	Getting Beaten Up	The Piranhas	Vikingchild
9	Strange	Celeste	barbryn
10	Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)	Neil Young	Uncleben
11	Love Me for a Reason	The Osmonds	barbryn

B List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Pictures of Me	Elliott Smith	happyclapper
2	Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted	Billy Bragg	BanazirGalbasi
3	You Are Everything	The Stylistics	SweetHomeAlabama
4	Dream to Sleep	H2O	ParaMhor
5	Tyger Tyger	Jah Wobble	Shoegazer
6	Music to Watch Girls By	Andy Williams	ParaMhor
7	So Long, Marianne	Leonard Cohen	Uncleben
8	Dreamer	Supertramp	ajostu
9	Now You Know	Anaïs Mitchell	barbryn
10	Soul Love	David Bowie	TarquinSpodd

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Songs About Thinking

Jan. 8, 2025
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Writer: Uncleben

A List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Think (About It)	Lyn Collins	AltraEgo
2	I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts	X	TarquinSpodd
3	African Problems	Seun Kuti & Fela's Egypt 80	Nicko
4	A Thought is Just a Passing Train	John Moreland	EnglishOutlaw
5	Think Twice	Ralph Myerz & the Jack Herren Band	Traktor Albatrost
6	I Think of Demons	Roky Erickson & the Aliens	TarquinSpodd
7	Reviewing the Situation	Ron Moody	Loud Atlas
8	Think Too Much (a)	Paul Simon	Suzi
9	Ten Thousand Words	The Avett Brothers	tincanman
10	Corrupting Memories	Girls in Synthesis	Carpgate
11	Codex	Pere Ubu	severin
12	Dethink to Survive	Mclusky	happyclapper
13	No Words/No Thoughts	Swans	Vikingchild

B List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Think for Yourself	The Beatles	AltraEgo
2	Just When You're Thinkin' Things Over	The Charlatans	happyclapper
3	In My Head	The Lemon Twigs	ShivSidecar
4	I've Been Thinking About You	Londonbeat	Loud Atlas
5	Food for Thought	UB40	Vikingchild
6	Well I Wonder	The Smiths	ParaMhor
7	I'm Beginning to Wonder	Albert Collins	Bobby Legwarmer
8	Presence of a Brain	Parliament	AltraEgo
9	Day Dreaming	Aretha Franklin	Fred Erickson
10	Thinkin Bout You (KAYTRANADA remix)	Robert Glasper Experience ft Talib Kweli	untergunther
11	Think I'm in Love	Beck	SweetHomeAlabama
12	I Didn't Feel Lonely Till I Thought of You	Kevin Ayers	TarquinSpodd
13	Don't Think Twice, It's All Right	Bob Dylan	Marconius7

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Songs Featuring Bells

Dec. 25, 2024
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Writer: VikingChild

A List – Non-Xmas

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Who Is It (Carry My Joy on the Left, Carry My Pain on the Right)	Björk	Marconius7
2	Lorelei	Cocteau Twins	DiscoMonster
3	Summoning of the Muse	Dead Can Dance	vanwolf2
4	Peter Piper	Run-DMC	pejepeine
5	Psyché Rock	Pierre Henry & Michel Colombier	pejepeine
6	Pauvre Cloche	Stella	TarquinSpodd
7	Der Räuber und der Prinz	Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft	MussoliniHeadkick
8	Khumbu Ice-Fall	Henry Wolff & Nancy Hennings	BanazirGalbasi
9	Ding Dong Song	Rebecca Pan	TarquinSpodd
10	Mamanis	Detty Kurnia	Nicko

A List – Xmas

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy	Pyotr Tchaikovsky	Nicko
2	Christmas	The Limiñanas	DiscoMonster
3	Prince of Peace	Pharoah Sanders	pejepeine
4	Filthy Little Christmas	And What Will Be Left of Them?	TarquinSpodd
5	Sleigh Ride (Troika)	Sergei Prokofiev	TarquinSpodd
6	Dominick the Donkey	Lou Monte	Uncleben
7	Coldest Night of the Year	Twice as Much & Vashti Bunyan	DiscoMonster
8	Silent Night	Rotary Connection	Fred Erickson
9	Sleigh Ride	The Ronettes	ParaMhor
10	Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24	Trans-Siberian Orchestra	tincanman

B List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Carol of the Bells	Cast in Bronze	Marconius7
2	Are You Being Served Theme	Matt Berry	IsabelleForshaw
3	The Trolley Song	Judy Garland	Marconius7
4	The Typewriter	Martin Breinschmid with Strauß Festival Orchestra Vienna	Marconius7
5	Spectral Split	Pantha du Prince & the Bell Laboratory	Nilpferd
6	Farewell to a Golden Girl	The Raiders	Fred Erickson
7	Garden of Bronze	Peggy Polias	Nicko
8	First Light	John Sangster	Nicko
9	Guajira Flute	Tito Puente	pejepeine
10	Turris Campanarum Sonantium (Bell-Tower)	Peter Maxwell Davis/Stomu Yamash'ta	TatankaYotanka

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Songs About Pedantry

Dec. 18, 2024
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Writer: Maki

A List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Africa	Toto	TarqunSpodd
2	Pride (In the Name of Love)	U2	Uncleben
3	Dreams	Fleetwood Mac	Loud Atlas
4	Silhouettes	Herman's Hermits	bluepeter
5	My Mistake	Split Enz	IsabelleForshaw
6	Mistakes	Tindersticks	Shoegazer
7	Real Gone Kid	Deacon Blue	barbryn
8	You Are What You Is	Frank Zappa	ajostu
9	We Both Reached for the Gun (from Chicago)	Richard Gere	Marconius7
10	The Lion's Roar	First Aid Kit	Suzi

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Songs About Detectives

Dec. 11, 2024
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Writer: Marco den Ouden (Marconius7)

A List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Whodunnit?	Robb Johnson	TatankaYotanka
2	Theme from The Avengers	Laurie Johnson Orchestra	Suzi
3	In the Heat of the Night	Ray Charles	Fred Erickson
4	Private Eye	Sailor	Fred Erickson
5	Detective of Love	The Regals	BanazirGalbasi
6	Ocean Club	Yello	Fred Erickson
7	El Caso de la Rubia Platino	Joaquín Sabina	Maki
8	My Rival	Steely Dan	Fred Erickson
9	(She Was a) Hotel Detective	They Might Be Giants	Vikingchild
10	Claudine	Stanley Brinks & Freschard	Shoegazer
11	The Haunting of John Rebus	Jackie Leven	TatankaYotanka
12	Private Eye	Bill Lloyd	Fred Erickson
13	Private Investigations	Dire Straits	Noodsy

B List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	We Are Detective	Thompson Twins	Noodsy
2	Private Eye	Nipple Erectors	TarquinSpodd
3	Bad Detective	New York Dolls	TarquinSpodd
4	Detective Privée	Dave Greenfield & J.J. Burnel	Maki
5	Private Eyes	Hall & Oates	Noodsy
6	The Friends of Mr. Cairo	Jon and Vangelis	ParaMhor
7	Armchair Detective	Reverend and the Makers	Vikingchild
8	Sherlock Holmes	Sparks	Suzi
9	Whodunit	Tavares	Loud Atlas
10	Poor Heart	Phish	Fred Erickson
11	Detective Man	Detective	Fred Erickson
12	Loveblind	The Church	Nicko
13	Sergeant Small	Weddings, Parties, Anything	Nicko
14	Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow: Baretta Theme	Sammy Davis Jr.	Nicko
15	Dragnet Blues	Johnny Moore's Three Blazers	Nicko
16	Dragnet Theme	Art of Noise	Nicko
17	Shaft	The Chosen Few	Nicko
18	Are You Man Enough	Four Tops	Nicko
19	Tweeter and the Monkey Man	Traveling Wilburys	Suzi
20	C.I.D.	U.K. Subs	severin
21	I Spy (for the FBI)	Jamo Thomas	TarquinSpodd
22	A Detective Story	Tommy Flanders	Fred Erickson
23	Detective Tracy	Poster Children	Fred Erickson
24	Fingerprint File	The Rolling Stones	AltraEgo
25	Detective	Leon Nightingale	Fred Erickson
26	Hard Boiled Detective Fiction	Nicoll Brothers Band	BanazirGalbasi
27	Sleuth	Gordon Giltrap	BanazirGalbasi
28	Brass Knuckles	Rupert Holmes	pejepeine

C List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Starsky & Hutch Theme	James Taylor Quartet	Vikingchild
2	Dirty Harry - Main Title	Lalo Schifrin	Fred Erickson
3	The Detectives	Alan Tew	pejepeine
4	Peg o' My Heart: The Singing Detective Intro	Max Harris & his Novelty Trio	Shoegazer
5	Angel Heart (Main Theme)	Trevor Jones	Shoegazer
6	Loneliness	Yuji Ohno	ajostu
7	Theme from New Scotland Yard	Norrie Paramor	Nicko
8	The Private Life of a Private Eye	Enoch Light & the Light Brigade	BanazirGalbasi
9	Sleuth	Tom Beckham	BanazirGalbasi
10	Elementary Main Theme	Sean Callery	Fred Erickson
11	The Inspector	Alison Brown	Fred Erickson
12	X-Files Theme	Mark Snow	Fred Erickson

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Songs About Things Found in Hardware Stores

Dec. 4, 2024
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Writer: TatankaYotanka

A List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Hardware Store	Weird Al Yankovic	BanazirGalbasi
2	Book of Rules	The Heptones	Uncleben
3	If I Had a Hammer	Pete Seeger	Noodsy
4	Monkey Spanner	Dave and Ansell Collins	pejepeine
5	Knocking Nails into My House	Ambrose Slade	ShivSidecar
6	2 x 4	The Fall	Uncleben
7	Pressure Washer	The Arrogant Worms	Marconius7
8	Barbwire	Nora Dean	TarquinSpodd
9	Crosscut Saw	Albert King	Marconius7
10	Seven Screws	Einstürzende Neubauten	Vikingchild
11	Spirit Level	The Other Two	Vikingchild
12	Fuses	Stereolab	Loud Atlas
13	Wiring	World Saxophone Quartet	BanazirGalbasi
14	Zinc Fence	King Tubby & the Observers	pejepeine
15	Do the Chisel	The Soft Boys	Uncleben
16	Screwdriver	The White Stripes	Nicko
17	Breezeblocks	alt-J	ajostu
18	Rusty Nails	Moderat	Uncleben
19	Fetch the Boltcutters	Fiona Apple	tincanman
20	Turpentine	Blink-182	TarquinSpodd
21	Screwed Down	Peter and the Test Tube Babies	Carpgate
22	A Magnet Hung in a Hardware Shop	Gilbert & Sullivan (performed by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company)	ParaMhor

B List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Take This Hammer	Lead Belly	TarquinSpodd
2	Divine Hammer	The Breeders	happyclapper
3	Bloody Hammer	Roky Erickson	Traktor Albatrost
4	Orange Ball Peen Hammer	Mudhoney	happyclapper
5	My Heart Beats Like a Hammer	Fleetwood Mac	TarquinSpodd
6	This Hammer	The Spencer Davis Group	TarquinSpodd
7	Hammer	Bob Marley & the Wailers	Maki
8	Hammer and Nails	The Staple Singers	Marconius7
9	Hammer	Sarah Blasko	Nicko
10	Hammer the Hammer	The Go-Betweens	Nicko
11	The Hammer	David Rudder	Fred Erickson
12	Hammer Song	The Sensational Alex Harvey Band	ParaMhor
13	White Hammer	Van der Graaf Generator	TarquinSpodd

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Songs Defined or Redefined by Television

Nov. 27, 2024
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Writer: Loud Atlas

A List

	Song Title	Artist	TV Source	Nominated by
1	Way Down in the Hole	The Blind Boys of Alabama	The Wire	Chris7572
2	The Life of Riley	The Lightning Seeds	Match of the Day	Uncleben
3	Strange Currencies	R.E.M.	The Bear	Uncleben
4	Inner Space	Sven Libaek	Inner Space	Nicko
5	Sube a Nacer Conmigo Hermano	Los Jaivas	Spanish News	pejepeine
6	The Promise	Sturgill Simpson	The Leftovers	ParaMhor
7	Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)	Irma Thomas	Black Mirror	pejepeine
8	Love's Theme	Love Unlimited Orchestra	Sounds	IsabelleForshaw
9	Long Long Time	Linda Ronstadt	The Last of Us	DiscoMonster
10	I Melt with You	Modern English	Stranger Things	TarquinSpodd
11	Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)	Kate Bush	Stranger Things	Noodsy
12	Linus and Lucy	Vince Guaraldi Trio	A Charlie Brown Christmas	BanazirGalbasi
13	Bella ciao	Fonola Band	La Casa de Papel	Badu
14	Overkill (Acoustic Version)	Colin Hay	Scrubs	ajostu
15	Light and Day / Reach for the Sun	The Polyphonic Spree	Scrubs	ajostu
16	The Staunton Lick	Lemon Jelly	Spaced	happyclapper
17	Baby Blue	Badfinger	Breaking Bad	Maki
18	William Tell Overture (Finale)	Gioachino Rossini	The Lone Ranger	Marconius7

B List

	Song Title	Artist	TV Source	Nominated by
1	Hawaii Five-O	The Ventures	Hawaii Five-0	AltraEgo
2	Red Right Hand	Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds	Peaky Blinders	Maki
3	Tales of Brave Ulysses	Cream	Buffy	Vikingchild
4	Woke Up This Morning	Alabama 3	The Sopranos	SongBarLandlord
5	Doctor Who Theme	Delia Derbyshire	Doctor Who	TarquinSpodd
6	Once in My Life	The Decemberists	Manifest	Maki
7	Goo Goo Muck	The Cramps	Wednesday	Maki
8	Guaglione	Pérez Prado	Guinness ad	pejepeine
9	In the Air Tonight	Phil Collins	Cadbury's ad	Marconius7
10	Soul Limbo	Booker T. & the M.G.'s	BBC's Test Match Cricket	Maki
11	I Started a Joke	Bee Gees	Baby Reindeer	TarquinSpodd
12	Half the World Away	Oasis	The Royle Family	Shoegazer
13	Home Among the Gumtrees	John Williamson	Burke's Backyard	IsabelleForshaw
14	Can't Find My Way Home	Blind Faith	3 Body Problem	ShivSidecar
15	Comedy	Gen Hoshino	Spy x Family	ajostu
16	Orange Colored Sky	Nat King Cole	Fallout	DiscoMonster
17	Whole Lotta Love	C.C.S.	Top of the Pops	AltraEgo

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Energizing Songs

Nov. 20, 2024
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Writer: ParaMhor

A List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	She Sells Sanctuary	The Cult	Vikingchild
2	You Really Got Me	The Kinks	Noodsy
3	I Believe in Miracles	The Jackson Sisters	ToffeeBoy
4	Atomic	Blondie	Uncleben
5	When My Baby's Beside Me	Big Star	Fred Erickson
6	Blues from a Gun	The Jesus and Mary Chain	happyclapper
7	Shake	Otis Redding	MussoliniHeadkick
8	The Power Is On	The Go! Team	SweetHomeAlabama
9	Club Country	The Associates	Maki
10	Amped Up	Robert Randolph & the Family Band	tincanman
11	Gazette (Kazet)	Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens	Nicko
12	Ride Your Horse (騎你的馬)	Gong Gong Gong	Traktor Albatrost
13	Get Happy	Art Tatum	Nilpferd

B List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Mona	Bo Diddley	TarquinSpodd
2	Shout	Lulu	AltraEgo
3	Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)	The Jacksons	SweetHomeAlabama
4	Pass the Hatchet	Roger & the Gypsies	pejepeine
5	Zing Zong	Kanda Bongo Man	Nicko
6	Night Train	James Brown	Marconius7
7	ADTVESSPXLUT	Sote	TarquinSpodd
8	Get Up and Use Me	The Fire Engines	MussoliniHeadkick
9	Higher	Nice as Fuck	tincanman
10	Guided by Angels	Amyl and the Sniffers	Carpgate
11	West One	The Ruts	Shoegazer
12	Red	King Crimson	BanazirGalbasi
13	Toccata in D minor	Sergei Prokofiev	ajostu

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Mysterious and Puzzling Songs

Nov. 13, 2024
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Writer: severin

A List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Fingers Become Thumbs!	Future of the Left	happyclapper
2	Perfect Mystery	Gong	TarquinSpodd
3	Angie La La (Ay Ay Ay Ay)	Nora Dean	pejepeine
4	Casablanca Moon	Slapp Happy	nosuchzone
5	Octopus	Syd Barrett	TarquinSpodd
6	The Mystery of Man	Sarah Vaughan	pejepeine
7	Pachuco Cadaver	Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band	Uncleben
8	Honky Tonk	Miles Davis	Nilpferd
9	Bluebirds	Adam Green	Shoegazer
10	Decent Days and Nights	The Futureheads	vanwolf2
11	The Puzzle	Ane Brun	BanazirGalbasi
12	Who Killed Cock Robin?	John Jacob Niles	Nicko
13	See Saw	Amelia Coburn	Maki
14	The Fat Lady of Limbourg	Brian Eno	Vikingchild
15	Starsailor	Tim Buckley	Fred Erickson
16	Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of Nightmares	Tangerine Dream	bluepeter

B List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Mystery Dance	Elvis Costello	AltraEgo
2	Rosemary	Grateful Dead	Chris7572
3	You Do Something to Me	Sinéad O'Connor	Marconius7
4	Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn	Maurice Ravel	BanazirGalbasi
5	She Is Still a Mystery	The Lovin' Spoonful	Marconius7
6	Who Are the Mystery Girls?	New York Dolls	TarquinSpodd
7	Labyrinthine Dreams (excerpt)	Peter Hammill	TatankaYotanka
8	Obsession	Siouxsie and the Banshees	Carpgate
9	Familiar	Agnes Obel	Uncleben
10	This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)	Talking Heads	happyclapper
11	The Bogus Man	Roxy Music	Vikingchild
12	Open the Boxoctosis	The Fall	Shoegazer
13	Nimrod (Enigma Variations)	Edward Elgar	ajostu
14	Mysterious Drugstore	Shonen Knife	TarquinSpodd
15	Son mystere	17 Hippies	Maki
16	It's a Mystery	Toyah	Vikingchild
17	She's a Mystery to Me	Roy Orbison	ParaMhor
18	Jigsaw Falling into Place	Radiohead	Shoegazer
19	Lilac Wine	Nina Simone	nosuchzone
20	Blue Lines	Massive Attack	happyclapper
21	Riddles Wisely Expounded (Child 1)	Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer	Nicko
22	Beloved	VNV Nation	tincanman
23	Prelude 5: Music of the Spheres	John Zorn	BanazirGalbasi
24	Modul 35	Nik Bärtsch's Ronin	Nilpferd

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Songs From or About Japan

Nov. 6, 2024
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Writer: ajostu

A List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Battle Without Honor or Humility	Tomoyasu Hotei	Shoegazer
2	Bling-Bang-Bang-Born	Creepy Nuts	Marconius7
3	Life	Gen Hoshino	Loud Atlas
4	Point of View Point	Cornelius	Uncleben
5	The Bamboo Princess	Wednesday Campanella	pejepeine
6	Iuta Upopo (Pestle Song)	Umeko Ando	Nicko
7	Shirahama Blues	Yara Family	TarquinSpodd
8	Flowers	Yanawaraba	TarquinSpodd
9	Sukiyaki	Kyu Sakamoto	SweetHomeAlabama
10	New World	Tamurapan	TarquinSpodd
11	Overtake	AKB48	Marconius7
12	Fin Girl	Seiko Oomori	TarquinSpodd
13	Twiggy Twiggy	Pizzicato Five	Uncleben
14	Carbon Rose	Uyama Hiroto	Nilpferd
15	Meguru	Kodō	bluepeter

B List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Tokyo	Nitin Sawhney	severin
2	Copy	Plastics	Fred Erickson
3	C'Mon and Feel the Terrible Noise	The Wankys	Carpgate
4	Riff Man	Zazen Boys	Malcolm Short
5	Fu-Ren	Kazumi Watanabe	BanazirGalbasi
6	Tsugaru Jongara Bushi	Takeshi Terauchi & Blue Jeans	Traktor Albatrost
7	Tsugaru Jongara Bushi	Chizukan Takahashi	Nicko
8	Is Not All One	Tony Scott	Nicko
9	Kiso-Bushi	Koichi Sugii	Nicko
10	Shin-Sekai	DJ Krush ft Rino	Traktor Albatrost
11	Tokyo After Dark	GBH	Carpgate
12	Ebisu Animal Anthem	Ebisu Muscats	TarquinSpodd
13	Soapland Serenade	Veda Hille	TatankaYotanka
14	Midnight Pure Heterosexual Relations	Seiko Oomori	TarquinSpodd
15	(I Miss the) Tokyo Skyline	Manic Street Preachers	happyclapper

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