The Complete Index to the Song Bar
July 8, 2020 Blog Column Writer: Nilpferd A List Title Artist Nominated by 1 Blue Monday Orkestra Obsolete severin 2 Insomnia Showhawk Duo MussoliniHeadkick 3 Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) Angélique Kidjo George Boyland 4 Kora (Live) GoGo Penguin DiscoMonster 5 Gin and Juice Richard Cheese shoegazer 6 Love in Vain The Rolling Stones amylee 7 … Continue reading “Songs Where Old Meets New”
Song Title Artist Topic So Far Away Carole King home So Happy I’ll Be Flatt and Scruggs optimistic songs So Here I Come Neneh Cherry striking album endings So It Goes Nick Lowe power So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright Simon & Garfunkel historical figures So Long to the Headstrong Fleet Foxes written correspondence So Low … Continue reading “A-Z by Song: So-Sz”
Nilpferd is a longtime member of the RR and Song Bar community and our resident jazz afficianado. He has taken the guru’s chair 15 times now. Date Topic Where Column Blog 1 June 20, 2013 Funerals The Guardian Column Blog 2 Apr. 10, 2014 Impermanence The Guardian Column Blog 3 Jan. 22, 2015 Games The … Continue reading “Nilpferd”
Song Title Artist Topic The Wacky World of Rapid Transit Del Tha Funkee Homosapien funny songs Wada Na Tod Lata Mangeshkar vibrato, tremolo & oscillations Wade in the Water Soul Stirrers bravery Wade in the Water The Staple Singers swimming & bathing Wage Slaves All Shall Perish left wing politics Wagon Wheel Darius Rucker genre … Continue reading “A-Z by Song – W”
Song Title Artist Topic Vagabonds New Model Army searching & seeking Valerie Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse extraordinary vocals Valley Girl Frank Zappa gossip Valo tihkuu kaiken läpi Paavoharju bright and beautiful Valveuni Kauan wind Vámonos Chavela Vargas Mexico & Central America Van Dieman’s Land Shirley Collins & the Albion Country Band islands Van Diemen’s … Continue reading “A-Z by Song – V”
Song Title Artist Topic S-S-Single Bed Fox beds Saara Zamana Kishore Kumar songs that express excess Sabiá Clara Nunes orange Sabrina Einstürzende Neubauten colours Sacerdotes de Amón Iceberg fortune tellers Sacré francais Dimitri from Paris France Sacrifice Gregory Isaacs paradise Sacrificed Sons Dream Theater September 11 attacks The Sacro-Iliac 10cc joints of the body S.A.D. … Continue reading “A-Z by Song – Sa-Sn”
Song Title Artist Topic M1 A1 Gorillaz hello M62 Song Doves boring & dull Ma The Temptations biography & autobiography Ma France Jean Ferrat France Ma Rewa Indian Ocean personification Ma ’Tit Fille Buckwheat Zydeco from New Orleans Maailmanloppu Eleanoora Rosenholm end of the world Maantien laitaa Yona & Orkesteri Liikkuvat Pilvet with Puppa J … Continue reading “A-Z by Song – M”
Song Title Artist Topic L-O-V-E Nat King Cole acronyms L-O-V-E (Love) Al Green Valentine’s Day songs La bicyclette Yves Montand bicycles La bière Jacques Brel beer La buisson (from Suite No.2 in G major) Antoine Forqueray orchestral string instruments La Calatrava Parov Stelar ft Michael Wittner saxophone La Canción J Balvin & Bad Bunny perspiration … Continue reading “A-Z by Song – L”
Song Title Artist Topic Ka-Ding-Dong The G-Clefs bells Kahaan Se Aaya, Kahaan Jaaoge? Prahlad Tipanya positive songs Kala Djula Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté supergroups Kalasnjikov Goran Bregović & the Tzigane Brass Orchestra ensembles, big bands & orchestras Kali Yuga Part 3 (Autumn of Aeons) Therion end of the world Kalinka Alexandrov Ensemble Choir … Continue reading “A-Z by Song – K”
Song Title Artist Topic i Aphex Twin mixtape closers i Kendrick Lamar genre defying I Ain’t Got No Home in This World Any More Woody Guthrie itinerants & migration I Ain’t Superstitious Howlin’ Wolf omens & prophecies I Always Get a Souvenir Tommy Collins memorabilia & souvenirs I Am a Bookworm Sparks libraries I Am … Continue reading “A-Z by Song – I”