July 2018 – The Marconium

Songs About Obsolete Things

July 26, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Frank Mastropolo
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Want Ads	The Honey Cone	SethMiller
2	The Shoeshine Boy	The Humblebums	Slademan
3	Switch Board Susan	Nick Lowe	StevenFlanagan
4	CB Song	Those Legendary Shack-Shakers	WilliumCobblers
5	Kodachrome	Paul Simon	MrCanoehead
6	I Love Rock 'n' Roll	Joan Jett & the Blackhearts	MrCanoehead
7	Pontiac Blues	Sonny Boy Williamson II	attwilightlarks
8	Everybody's Goin' to the Love-in	Bob Brady & the Con Chords	attwilightlarks
9	The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys	Traffic	mikedow
10	He's Just a Scientist	Connie Francis	philipphilip99

Youtube Playlist

Songs About Staying

July 25, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Amy Lee (amylee aka RipThisJoint)
At: The Song Bar

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Stay	David Bowie	Uncleben
2	If You Want Me to Stay	Sly and the Family Stone	nosuchzone
3	Stay Loose	Hemsley Morris	Nicko
4	The Viaduct (Ian Carmichael Remix)	The Pastels	vanwolf2
5	The Wild Ones	Suede	ParaMhor
6	I'm a Dreamer	Linda Thompson	treefrogdemon
7	You Stay Here	Richard Shindell	Uncleben
8	To Make You Stay	Offa Rex	severin
9	The Secret Language of Birds	Ian Anderson	BanazirGalbasi
10	Lay Lady Lay	Bob Dylan	Uncleben
11	Wild Horses	The Rolling Stones	DiscoMonster
12	Thank You	Led Zeppelin	Leaveitallbehind
13	Offerings	Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson	AlBahooky

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Stay	Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs	ParaMhor
2	Dodge Veg-O-Matic	The Modern Lovers	severin
3	Citadel	The Rolling Stones	ShivSidecar
4	Stick Around	Ty Segall	vanwolf2
5	San Franciscan Nights	Eric Burdon & the Animals	TarquinSpodd
6	The Snowfalls	Whyte Horses	DiscoMonster
7	Another Sunset	Lack of Knowledge	Carpgate
8	Sunny Side of the Street	Sonic Boom Six	Uncleben
9	(Don't Go Back To) Rockville	R.E.M.	vanwolf2
10	No One's Leaving	Jane's Addiction	happyclapper
11	Chartered Trips	Hüsker Dü	Uncleben
12	Stay	Mark Lanegan	Bethnoir
13	I Can't Quit You, Baby	Willie Dixon	Ravi Raman
14	I'll Stay	Funkadelic	BanazirGalbasi
15	Stay with Me	Thunder with Spike & Gryff	EnglishOutlaw

Youtube Playlist

Songs About Bread and Baking

July 19, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Pairubu
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Eleanor's Cake (Which Ate Her)	Kevin Ayers	sonofwebcore
2	Le petit pain au chocolat	Joe Dassin	NotSoLittleMouse
3	Pizza Pie	Norman Fox & the Rob Roys	LyntonCrosby
4	Breadfan	Budgie	AlfieHisself
5	Orange Rolls, Angel's Spit	Sonic Youth	vanwolf
6	Cake and Sodomy	Marilyn Manson	manyofhorror
7	Big Pink Cake	Razorcuts	vanwolf
8	Joy Division Oven Gloves	Half Man Half Biscuit	Shoegazer
9	Cookie Thumper!	Die Antwoord	onarope
10	Oi Can't Git a Noice Loaf a Bread	The Singing Postman	Thesubhuman
11	The Doughnut Song	Smoky Dawson	Ravi Raman
12	Lazy Day	The Moody Blues	IsabelleForshaw
13	No Buredi (No Bread)	Fela Kuti	Fuel

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	The Ballad of the Peshwari Naan	The Pocket Gods	thepocketgod
2	Petootie Pie	Ella Fitzgerald	philipphilip99
3	La baguette	Pigalle	philipphilip99
4	Sweat Loaf	Butthole Surfers	Opium Harlot
5	Cake	The B-52s	IsabelleForshaw
6	Song of a Baker	Small Faces	Clunkfish
7	Ball and Biscuit	The White Stripes	GreatGrendel
8	Your Majesty Is Like a Cream Donut	Hatfield and the North	Clunkfish
9	Cut the Cake	The Wolfhounds	vanwolf
10	Nothing Can Change This Love	Sam Cooke	SethMiller
11	Who's Been Warming My Oven?	James Carr	Slademan
12	Johnny Was a Baker	Dr. Alimantado	Thesubhuman
13	Toast and Marmalade for Tea	Tin Tin	Slademan
14	Chinese Bakery	The Auteurs	Dougal
15	Pizza	Knower	ajostu

Youtube Playlist

Songs About Caves

July 18, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Leaveitallbehind
At: The Song Bar

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Alice in Underground	Dadaroma	Hoshino Sakura
2	The Hole	Townes Van Zandt	treefrogdemon
3	Way Down Hadestown	Anaïs Mitchell	Ravi Raman
4	Tunnel of Love	Bruce Springsteen	amylee
5	Coal War	Joshua James	tincanman
6	The Testimony of Patience Kershaw	The Unthanks	Suzi
7	The Colliers	Seth Lakeman	Suzi
8	Black Lung Heartache	Joe Bonamassa	Ravi Raman
9	Blood Upon Copper	Seth Lakeman	Suzi
10	Dark as a Dungeon	Johnny Cash	Suzi
11	Gravedigger	Dave Matthews	amylee
12	Brave New World	Jeff Wayne	philipphilip99
13	The Bridge of Khazad-dûm	Howard Shore	Suzi

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Going Underground	The Jam	attwilightlarks
2	A Poem on the Underground Wall	Simon & Garfunkel	Uncleben
3	Go Underground	B.B. King	Uncleben
4	Nine Feet Underground	Caravan	ToffeeBoy
5	Bartender	Dave Matthews Band	Skydog7
6	Caves of Altamira	Steely Dan	ToffeeBoy
7	The Cave	Mumford & Sons	Marconius7
8	Fingal's Cave	Pink Floyd	severin
9	Working in the Coalmine	Lee Dorsey	attwilightlarks
10	Down in a Hole	Alice in Chains	Ravi Raman
11	Tunnels	Johnny Flynn	ShivSidecar
12	Dandy in the Underworld	T. Rex	attwilightlarks
13	By-Tor and the Snow Dog	Rush	philipphilip99

Youtube Playlist

Songs About Deserts

June 7, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Scott Blair (misterbadexample)
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	In a Big Country	Big Country	buskerdoo
2	Midnight at the Oasis	The Brand New Heavies	LuDux22
3	Contrast	Count Five	Pairubu
4	Mon légionnaire	Édith Piaf	suzi
5	Atacama	Crisilada	argybargy
6	Antarctica Starts Here	John Cale	Pairubu
7	Mojave Winters	Brenda Kahn	BlueMagus
8	Shnitzled in the Negev	Shpongle	ScorchTheBlueDragon
9	A Horse with No Name	Horace Andy	LyntonCrosby
10	Mirage	Siouxsie and the Banshees	Shoegazer
11	Traveller in the Desert	Tinariwen	Mussoliniheadkick
12	29 Palms	Robert Plant	mikedow

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Tenere	Bombino	onarope
2	Sahara	Camel	SplishySploshy
3	Desert Knight	Ihab Darwish	ameliaAD
4	Hotter Than the Mojave in My Heart	Iris Dement	jrowen81
5	Desert Raven	Jonathan Wilson	Richard Banks
6	Desert Song	Michael Schenker Group	philipphilip99
7	No One Knows	Queens of the Stone Age	David Kelly
8	Dry Is the Desert	Screeching Weasel	Pairubu
9	Charlton Heston	Stump	vastariner
10	Pressure Drop	Toots and the Maytals	LilyDale
11	There's Just Nothing Better Than a Beard	The Beards	FatherChewyLouie
12	The Sands of Mexico	The Chieftains ft Ry Cooder	jrowen81
13	He Told Her the City Was Killing Him	The Delines	DarceysDad
14	Far from Any Road	The Handsome Family	attwilightlarks
15	Nights Over Egypt	The Jones Girls	SpotTheWhopper

Youtube Playlist

Songs About Nursing and Healthcare

July 11, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Stephen Males (severin)
At: The Song Bar

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	El Niño Inseminado	Vainica Doble	pejepeine
2	The Nurse	Nurse (ナース)	uneasy listening
3	Hospital (Win Your Love)	Jesca Hoop	barbryn
4	The Nurse	The White Stripes	Leaveitallbehind
5	Lady with the Lamp	Country Joe McDonald	Nicko
6	Sister Morphine	The Rolling Stones	amylee
7	Pills	Bo Diddley	uneasy listening
8	When Under Ether	PJ Harvey	Chris7572
9	Ocean Spray	Manic Street Preachers	philipphilip99
10	Night Nurse	Sinéad O'Connor	Nicko
11	Nursing Home	Ministry	Ravi Raman
12	No Profit in Pain	Gruff Rhys	philipphilip99

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	I'm in Love with RAF Nurse	Tiger	happyclapper
2	Twisted	Joni Mitchell	nosuchzone
3	Health	Parsnip	uneasy listening
4	Crash Course in Brain Surgery	Budgie	ShivSidecar
5	Pinhead	Ramones	amylee
6	A Nurse's Life Is Full of Woe	Billy Bragg	Nicko
7	Under the Doctor	Poison Girls	uneasy listening
8	Doctor Doctor	The Who	ShivSidecar
9	Healthcare	The Taxpayers	EnglishOutlaw
10	Nurse Julie	The Buff Medways	Panthersan
11	St. James Infirmary	Billie and De De & Their Preservation Hall Jazz Band	uneasy listening
12	A & E	Goldfrapp	barbryn
13	Medicine	The Black Angels	vanwolf2
14	You're My Remedy	The Marvelettes	Nicko
15	TB Blues	Champion Jack Dupree	Ravi Raman
16	DNR	Jesca Hoop	barbryn
17	She's a Nurse	The Raw Herbs	vanwolf2
18	Doctor on the Go	Lee Perry	Uncleben
19	December	Frida Hyvönen	barbryn
20	Thank the Nurse	Country Joe McDonald	Nicko
21	State Hospital	Frightened Rabbit	ToffeeBoy
22	Lady Godiva's Operation	The Velvet Underground	ShivSidecar
23	Avant Gardener	Courtney Barnett	Uncleben
24	Hospital Problems	A Spectre Is Haunting Europe	vanwolf2

Youtube Playlist

Underwater Songs

July 5, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: George Boyland (sonofwebcore)
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Nautilus	Bob James	lachute
2	Octopus's Garden	The Beatles	MrCanoehead
3	1983 A Merman I Should Turn to Be	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	mikedow
4	Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)	Parliament	SethMiller
5	When the Levee Breaks	Kansas Joe McCoy & Memphis Minnie	SethMiller
6	Down by the Water	PJ Harvey	bllckchps
7	A Good Idea	Sugar	happyclapper
8	One of Our Submarines	Thomas Dolby	Lagado
9	Once in a Lifetime	Angélique Kidjo	StevenFlanagan
10	Palace of the Brine	Pixies	bllckchps
11	Water	The Sugarcubes	MrCanoehead
12	Under Ice	Kate Bush	Goldie Dee
13	Let the Mermaids Flirt with Me	Mississippi John Hurt	jrowen81

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Aqua Marina	Gary Miller as Troy Tempest	attwilightlarks
2	Down to the River to Pray	Alison Krauss	attwilightlarks
3	Ailein duinn	Karen Matheson	suzi
4	Submission	Sex Pistols	Shoegazer
5	The Drowned Lovers	Kate Rusby	suzi
6	Take Me to the Water	Nina Simone	attwilightlarks
7	Mother's Lament	Cream	Maggie B
8	Sunken Love	Rip Rig + Panic	alexito
9	Underwater Twilight	Tangerine Dream	BeltwayBandit
10	Terrapin	Syd Barrett	kolf
11	Floating in the Forth	Frightened Rabbit	DarceysDad
12	Voyage to Atlantis	The Isley Brothers	lachute

Youtube Playlist

Songs About Substitutions

July 4, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Marco den Ouden (Marconius7)
At: The Song Bar

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Fio Maravilha	Jorge Ben	pejepeine
2	Woods of Darney	Richard Thompson	Suzi
3	The Other Man	Sloan	philipphilip99
3	The Rap	Millie Jackson	magicman
5	I'm Straight	The Modern Lovers	severin
6	The Spider and the Fly	The Rolling Stones	Suzi
7	Irreplaceable	Beyoncé	magicman
8	How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come Around)	Dr. John	Ravi Raman
9	Another Love	Tom Odell	attwilightlarks
10	Synthetic Substitution	Melvin Bliss	pejepeine
11	Sample and Hold	Neil Young	FretlessBasser
12	Online	Brad Paisley	amylee
13	One Thousand Cherry Trees	Hatsune Miku	TarquinSpodd

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Substitute	The Who	megadom
2	Substitute	Clout	ParaMhor
3	Substitute	Gregory Isaacs	Uncleben
4	Jolene	Strawberry Switchblade	ParaMhor
5	Black Velveteen	Lenny Kravitz	Leaveitallbehind
6	Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing	Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell	megadom
7	What It's Like	Everlast	FretlessBasser
8	I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man	Prince	bishbosh
9	It's Alright with Me	Frank Sinatra	Suzi
10	Love Me Like You	The Magic Numbers	happyclapper
11	Til Something Better Comes Along	Billie Jo Spears	nosuchzone
12	Two Weeks	FKA twigs	severin
13	Le Moribund	Jacques Brel	bishbosh
14	She's Not You	Elvis Presley	Suzi
15	Someone to Lay Down Beside Me	Karla Bonoff	amylee
16	The Monkey and the Engineer	Jesse Fuller	Chris7572
17	Pastime Paradise	Stevie Wonder	nosuchzone
18	Whispering Your Name	Alison Moyet	bishbosh
19	Let's Invite Them Over	George Jones & Melba Montgomery	attwilightlarks
20	I'll Never Find Another You	The Seekers	severin
21	No Substitute Love	Estelle	magicman
22	Turn of the Century	Yes	alfie hisself
23	Big O Motel	Tarnation	happyclapper
24	Automatic Lover	Dee D. Jackson	pejepeine
25	Worthless Lie	The Beautiful South	ParaMhor
26	(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame	Elvis Presley	ParaMhor
27	Add Me	Chumbawamba	amylee
28	Stacy's Mom	Fountains of Wayne	amylee
29	Why Don't You Try Me Tonight	Ry Cooder	Chris7572
30	Come On Over, Turn Me On	Mark Lanegan & Isobel Campbell	Bethnoir

Youtube Playlist

July 26, 2018 Blog Column Writer: Frank Mastropolo At: The Guardian

July 25, 2018 Blog Column Writer: Amy Lee (amylee aka RipThisJoint) At: The Song Bar

July 19, 2018 Blog Column Writer: Pairubu At: The Guardian

July 18, 2018 Blog Column Writer: Leaveitallbehind At: The Song Bar

June 7, 2018 Blog Column Writer: Scott Blair (misterbadexample) At: The Guardian

July 11, 2018 Blog Column Writer: Stephen Males (severin) At: The Song Bar

July 5, 2018 Blog Column Writer: George Boyland (sonofwebcore) At: The Guardian

July 4, 2018 Blog Column Writer: Marco den Ouden (Marconius7) At: The Song Bar

July 26, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Frank Mastropolo
At: The Guardian

July 25, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Amy Lee (amylee aka RipThisJoint)
At: The Song Bar

July 19, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Pairubu
At: The Guardian

July 18, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Leaveitallbehind
At: The Song Bar

June 7, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Scott Blair (misterbadexample)
At: The Guardian

July 11, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Stephen Males (severin)
At: The Song Bar

July 5, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: George Boyland (sonofwebcore)
At: The Guardian

July 4, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Marco den Ouden (Marconius7)
At: The Song Bar