Month: September 2017

Songs About Taboos

Sept. 28, 2017
Blog
Column
Writer: Samantha Birchard (drunkenpanda)
At: The Guardian

A List

 TitleArtistNominated by
1Lemon IncestSerge Gainsbourg & Charlotte GainsbourgDarceysDad
2Little Baby SwastikkkaSkunk Anansiegordonimmel
3No Thugs in Our HouseXTCsonofwebcore
4Porn WarsFrank Zappaajostu
5TabouLecuona Cuban Boysalexito
6Love for SaleShirley Hornnilpferd
7Lech mich im ArschWolfgang Amadeus MozartBeltwayBandit
8She BopCyndi Laupervastariner
9Back Door ManHowlin' WolfShoegazer
10Glad to Be GayTom Robinson BandDougal

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Songs About Asking, Begging or Pleading

Sept. 27, 2017
Blog
Column
Writer: Declan Mills (angryirishpunk)
At: The Song Bar

A List

 TitleArtistNominated by
1The Lobster QuadrilleFranz Ferdinandamylee
2Bad RomanceLady GagaSuzi
3Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?Arctic MonkeysUncleben
4You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It?)The Undertonesmegadom
5Bitch BadAngel Hazetincanman
6Has He Got a Friend for MeRichard and Linda ThompsonShivSidecar
7Another Man in the Old ArcadeJackie LevenTatankaYotanka
8How Can I Protect YouAlabama 3DarceysDad
9Kathy Come HomeThe Mock TurtlesShivSidecar
10Jeepers CreepersLouis ArmstrongParaMhor
11Talk to MeBruce SpringsteenFunkbrother69
12Take a Fall for MeJames Blake ft RZAMogdog
13Baby, Let Me Follow You DownBob DylanParaMhor

B List

 TitleArtistNominated by
1Can I Sleep in Your Arms?Willie Nelsontreefrogdemon
2Where Were You?The Mekonsseverin
3SpiritualJohnny CashDarceysDad
4Please StayThe Cryin' Shamesattwilightlarks
5Private NumberJudy Clay & William BellUncleben
6Teenage WristbandThe Twilight SingersDarceysDad
7Penny DreadfulCadaver ClubEnglishOutlaw
8Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of CrispsSplodgenessaboundsCarpgate
9Baby I Need Your LovingFour Topsmegadom
10Do I Ever Cross Your Mind?Ray Charles & Bonnie RaittRavi Raman
11Train SongMindy Smithtreefrogdemon
12Can I Kick ItA Tribe Called QuestMogdog
13Give Me TomorrowEx-CathedraCarpgate

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Songs About Tattoos and Piercings

Sept. 21, 2017
Blog
Column
Writer: Paul Hayes (Fuel)
At: The Guardian

A List

 TitleArtistNominated by
1TatuagemElis Reginaalexito
2Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)The OffspringThesubhuman
3Tattooed Love BoysThe PretendersLyntonCrosby
4Ink My Whole BodyWiz KhalifaAnthony Greendown
5Tattoo'd LadyRory Gallagherdave56
6Rose TattooDropkick Murphysonarope
7The Woman with the Tattooed HandsAtmosphereLyntonCrosby
8TattoosFrank TurnerGeoffrey Teale
9Fake Plastic TreesRadioheadShoegazer
10UnprettyTLCbarbryn
11Mi Nah RubQueen Ifricaseverin
12No Nose JobDigital UndergroundBlackCombe
13Seen and Not SeenTalking Headshappyclapper
14CharlesSkidsbuskerdoo
15The OrchidsPsychic TVsaneshane
16A Perfect LieEngine RoomAFictionHabit

B List

 TitleArtistNominated by
1Patcheye and MegMichelle Shockedsteenbeck
2Jennifer She SaidLloyd Cole & the Commotionsbishbosh
3MagnetizedLaura Veirssaneshane
4My Friend GooSonic Youthsaneshane
5As Girls GoSuzanne VegaDougal
6BolokoFatoumata Diawarauntergunther
7Destruction of the Disgusting Ugly HateSokountergunther
8Detachable PenisKing MissileShoegazer
9AnorexolEek-A-Mousealexito
10Red ScabAdam Antwyngatecarpenter
11No ImaginationBitebackwyngatecarpenter
12BlueJoni MitchellSender Sender
13Dem a BleachNardo RanksAnthony Greendown
14ClownsGoldfrappLagado
15TatuajeConchita PiquerMakinavaja
16Tattooed ManCoilRoom2Live
17Further Back and FasterCoildjpeebz

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Songs About Natural Disasters

Sept. 20, 2017
Blog
Column
Writer: ParaMhor
At: The Song Bar

A List

 TitleArtistNominated by
1The Last Days of PompeiiNova MobDiscoMonster
2Eve's Volcano (Covered in Sin)Julian Copebishbosh
3All Going Out TogetherBig Dipperuneasy listening
4LandslideTony Clarkeattwilightlarks
5The New PollutionBeckamylee
6Monsoon…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Deadhappyclapper
7Katrina Klap/Dollar DayMos DefBeltway Bandit
8We Got Back the PlagueThe Fiery Furnacesmegadom
9Pressure DropToots and the Maytalsamylee
10StormbringerJohn and Beverley MartynShivSidecar
11Here Comes the FloodRobert Fripp & Peter Gabrielnosuchzone
12Rain Falls Unceasingly on the SeaKim Allen Kluge & Kathryn KlugeJake Leonard
13Riders on the StormThe DoorsLeaveitallbehind

B List

 TitleArtistNominated by
1Forest FireLloyd Cole & the CommotionsUncleben
2When It Blows Its StacksCaptain Beefheartnosuchzone
3Flood WaterEric Bibbdeanofromoz
4Louisiana 1927Randy NewmanTatankaYotanka
5Henry Russell's Last WordsDiana Jonestreefrogdemon
6Hurricane SeasonTom Russell Bandtincanman
7Eye of the StormSRCBeltway Bandit
8The WavesVillagersToffeeBoy
9Hurricane MarilynHonolulu Mountain Daffodilsseverin
10New Ice AgeThe Horrorsvanwolf2
11ThunderImagine Dragonsoutoftheblue
12TunguskaChris T-T & the HoodratsFunkbrother69
13Here Comes SunshineGrateful DeadChris7572

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Songs About Adversity

Sept. 14, 2017
Blog
Column
Writer: Andrew Morrissey (Makinavaja)
At: The Guardian

A List

 TitleArtistNominated by
1I Believe in YouTalk TalkDarceysDad
2My Shit's Fucked UpWarren Zevonmisterbadexample
3Another Lonely DayBen HarperFatherChewyLouie
4Gibsom StreetLaura Nyroattwilightlarks
5All the Money I Had Is GoneThe Deep Dark Woodsmisterbadexample
6BustedRay CharlesMelRoy
7Here's the Tender ComingThe Unthanksseverin
8Woman of the GhettoMarlena ShawSpotTheWhopper
9Love of the Common PeopleNicky Thomassonofwebcore
10SubcityTracy Chapmanbishbosh
11Jarrow SongAlan Pricegordonimmel
12Streets of LondonRalph McTellHopelessCase

B List

 TitleArtistNominated by
1La NiñaMala RodriguezFuel
2VincentDon McLeanID0004499
3LluviaJosé el Francéssonofwebcore
4Traded In My CigarettesPlan BRavi Raman
5In the GhettoElvis PresleyShoegazer
6Tennessee JedGrateful DeadChris7572
7Inner City PressureFlight of the Conchordschomomskyochs
8Declaration of RightsThe Abyssiniansalexito
9Born Under PunchesTalking Headsnosuchzone
10Get ByTalib Kwelisteenbeck
11JeaneThe SmithsPairubu
12Born Under a Bad SignAlbert KingAlfieHisself

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Songs About Bones

Sept. 13, 2017
Blog
Column
Writer: Leaveitallbehind
At: The Song Bar

A List

 TitleArtistNominated by
1Danse macabreCamille Saint-SaënsBeltway Bandit
2Bad to the BoneGeorge Thorogood & the DestroyersSweetHomeAlabama
3Skin and BonesFoo FightersRavi Raman
4BonesEditorsBeltway Bandit
5Bag of BonesGuy Clarktreefrogdemon
6BonebagThe Cultvanwolf2
7Bones of RibbonLondon Grammarphilipphilip99
8Our SkullsImaad WasifBethnoir
9Backyard SkullsFrightened RabbitToffeeBoy
10BoneyardJon ClearyRavi Raman
11Dig Up Her BonesMichale GravesEnglishOutlaw
12Grind My BonesBlack Rebel Motorcycle Clubnosuchzone
13Skeletal RemainsBohren & der Club of GoreBeltway Bandit

B List

 TitleArtistNominated by
110 Ribs & All/Carrot Pod Pod (Pod)Led Zeppelinmegadom
2Rag and BoneThe White Stripesamylee
3Make No Bones About ItCloudsnosuchzone
4Boogie in My BonesLaurel Aitkenmegadom
5Shaking the BoneBreedhappyclapper
6Shakin' All OverJohnny Kidd & the Piratesattwilightlarks
7BonesThe KillersEnglishOutlaw
8Bones of SaintsRobert PlantUncleben
9SkeletonsThe Soundseverin
10Portobello ManThe Bevis FrondShivSidecar
11Tom Paine BonesThe Young'unsSuzi
12The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's SkullEarthDarceysDad

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Songs About Persistence

Sept. 7, 2017
Blog
Column
Writer: Scott Blair (misterbadexample)
At: The Guardian

A List

TitleArtistNominated by
1Keep Right On to the End of the RoadHarry Lauderhudswell
2This YearThe Mountain Goatsbrianturned
3The Mary Ellen CarterStan Rogersthoughtballoons
4Keep On Going OnCurtis Mayfieldotenko
5Keep On RunningThe Spencer Davis Groupargybargy
6Mushi no OnnaJun TogawaPairubu
7The Impossible DreamAndy WilliamsThesubhuman
8Rescue MeSkeptaBriantist
9I'm Going to Knock on Your DoorLittle Jimmy Osmondalexito
10(I'm Gonna Be) 500 MilesThe ProclaimersAssameseGuy87
11Hoping MachineNew Multitudesjrowen81
12You're Gonna Get Next to MeBo Kirkland & Ruth DavisOlivesNightie
13God's Great Dust StormKatzenjammerseverin

B List

 TitleArtistNominated by
1Forty Five Hundred TimesStatus QuoDarceysDad
2Match Box BluesAlbert King & Stevie Ray VaughanRavi Raman
3Carry On Wayward SonKansasHopelessCase
4He Ain't Heavy, He's My BrotherThe Holliesgordonimmel
5Waist Deep In the Big MuddyPete SeegerThesubhuman
6Carry OnThe Templarswyngatecarpenter
7Rise Above ThisSeetherAssameseGuy87
8RewritePaul SimonBlackCombe
9Flesh and BloodInvictus Choircriddy1979
10Rusted Guns of MilanArt BrutNoMoreMrNice
11Holy GrailHunters & Collectorsajostu
12Daddy's OldsmobileHal Ketchumthoughtballoons

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Songs With Whistling

Sept. 6, 2017
Blog
Column
Writer: SweetHomeAlabama
At: The Song Bar

A List

 TitleArtistNominated by
1Ain't Gwine Whistle Dixie No MoreTaj MahalRavi Raman
2The Story of My LifeMichael HollidayBeltwayBandit
3Simple GirlDale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.Uncleben
4Águas de MarçoElis Regina & Tom Jobimmagicman
5Mini-SkirtEsquivel!BeltwayBandit
6Mr. Slater's ParrotBonzo Dog BandTatankaYotanka
7Goodbye StrangerSupertrampAltraEgo
8Singing the BluesGuy MitchellSuzi
9A Fistful of DollarsEnnio Morriconemegadom
10Golden YearsDavid BowieParaMhor
11The WalkerFitz and the Tantrumsoutoftheblue
12Always Look on the Bright Side of LifeMonty Pythonhappyclapper

B List

 Title ArtistNominated by
1SukiyakiKyu SakamotoMarconius7
2El Pito (I'll Never Go Back to Georgia)Joe CubaBeltwayBandit
3Sweet Georgia BrownBrother Bonesmegadom
4The Continuing Story of Bungalow BillThe BeatlesShivSidecar
5PatienceGuns N' RosesEnglishOutlaw
6I Was Kaiser Bill's BatmanWhistling Jack Smithattwilightlarks
7Michael (Row the Boat Ashore)The HighwaymenRavi Raman
8Winchester CathedralThe New Vaudeville BandLeaveitallbehind
9Here Comes My BabyThe TremeloesParaMhor
10Bird SongLene LovichShivSidecar
11Generals and MajorsXTCuneasy listening
12Arabesque No. 1Isao Tomita9hairs9knots

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New look!

Hello friends of Readers Recommend and the Song Bar! The Marconium is undergoing a facelift right now. Up to now I had managed it on my computer, uploading files as they were readied. I have now switched to WordPress and will be updating files online.

This was sort of forced on me as my laptop had a problem and it is in for servicing. I’m working on a loaner and don’t want to reinstall all my programs since I get the other one back in about three weeks. So I thought I’d manage this one in the cloud like most of my other websites.

It will take a while until everything is migrated, so for now, you can catch up with everything to this point – namely the old website, by clicking the link – Old Website.

As I migrate files, they may take on a slightly different look.

The files will all be transferred as pages, not as blog posts, so they will all appear in a menu I will create at the top. If a page is not in the menu yet, click on the Old Website link.

Blog posts will be reserved for the former front page and occasional announcements. Maybe for the topic pages.

If you have suggestions or feedback, you can post in comments.