September 2017 – The Marconium

Songs About Taboos

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

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Lemon Incest	Serge & Charlotte Gainsbourg	DarceysDad
2	Little Baby Swastikkka	Skunk Anansie	gordonimmel
3	No Thugs in This House	XTC	sonofwebcore
4	Porn Wars	Frank Zappa	ajostu
5	Tabou	Lecuona Cuban Boys	alexito
6	Love for Sale	Shirley Horn	nilpferd
7	Leck mich im Arsch	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	BeltwayBandit
8	She Bop	Cyndi Lauper	vastariner
9	Back Door Man	Howlin’ Wolf	Shoegazer
10	Glad to Be Gay	Tom Robinson Band	Dougal

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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

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Lobster Quadrille	Franz Ferdinand	amylee
2	Bad Romance	Lady Gaga	Suzi
3	Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?	Arctic Monkeys	Uncleben
4	You’ve Got My Number (Why Don’t You Use It?)	The Undertones	megadom
5	Bitch Bad	Angel Haze	tincanman
6	Has He Got a Friend for Me?	Richard and Linda Thompson	SidecarShiv
7	Another Man in the Old Arcade	Jackie Leven	TatankaYotanka
8	How Can I Protect You?	Alabama 3	DarceysDad
9	Kathy Come Home	The Mock Turtles	SidecarShiv
10	Jeepers Creepers	Louis Armstrong	ParaMhor
11	Talk to Me	Bruce Springsteen	Funkbrother69
12	Take a Fall for Me	James Blake ft RZA	Mogdog
13	Baby, Let Me Follow You Down	Bob Dylan	ParaMhor

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Can I Sleep in Your Arms	Willie Nelson	treefrogdemon
2	Where Were You?	The Mekons	severin
3	Spiritual	Johnny Cash	DarceysDad
4	Please Stay	The Cryin’ Shames	attwilightlarks
5	Private Number	Judy Clay & William Bell	Uncleben
6	Teenage Wristband	The Twilight Singers	DarceysDad
7	Penny Dreadful	Cadaver Club	EnglishOutlaw
8	Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps	Splodgenessabounds	Carpgate
9	Baby I Need Your Loving	Four Tops	megadom
10	Do I Ever Cross Your Mind?	Ray Charles & Bonnie Raitt	Ravi Raman
11	Train Song	Mindy Smith	treefrogdemon
12	Can I Kick It?	A Tribe Called Quest	Mogdog
13	Give Me Tomorrow	Ex-Cathedra	Carpgate

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Songs About Tattoos and Piercings

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

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Tatuagem	Elis Regina	alexito
2	Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)	The Offspring	Thesubhuman
3	Tattooed Love Boys	The Pretenders	LyntonCrosby
4	Ink My Whole Body	Wiz Khalifa	AnthonyGreendown
5	Tattoo’d Lady	Rory Gallagher	dave56
6	Rose Tattoo	Dropkick Murphys	onarope
7	The Woman with the Tattooed Hands	Atmosphere	LyntonCrosby
8	Tattoos	Frank Turner	Geoffrey Teale
9	Fake Plastic Trees	Radiohead	Shoegazer
10	Unpretty	TLC	barbryn
11	Mi Nah Rub	Queen Ifrica	severin
12	No Nose Job	Digital Underground	BlackCombe
13	Seen and Not Seen	Talking Heads	happyclapper
14	Charles	Skids	buskerdoo
15	The Orchids	Psychic TV	saneshane
16	A Perfect Lie	Engine Room	AFictionHabit

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Patcheye and Meg	Michelle Shocked	steenbeck
2	Jennifer She Said	Lloyd Cole & the Commotions	bishbosh
3	Magnetized	Laura Veirs	saneshane
4	My Friend Goo	Sonic Youth	saneshane
5	As Girls Go	Suzanne Vega	Dougal
6	Boloko	Fatoumata Diawara	untergunther
7	Destruction of the Disgusting Ugly Hate	Soko	untergunther
8	Detachable Penis	King Missile	Shoegazer
9	Anorexol	Eek-A-Mouse	alexito
10	Red Scab	Adam Ant	wyngatecarpenter
11	No Imagination	Biteback	wyngatecarpenter
12	Blue	Joni Mitchell	Sender Sender
13	Dem a Bleach	Nardo Ranks	AnthonyGreendown
14	Clowns	Goldfrapp	Lagado
15	Tatuaje	Conchita Piquer	Makinavaja
16	Tattooed Man	Coil	Room2Live
17	Further Back and Faster	Coil	djpeebz

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Songs About Natural Disasters

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

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	The Last Days of Pompeii	Nova Mob	DiscoMonster
2	Eve’s Volcano	Julian Cope	bishbosh
3	All Going Out Together	Big Dipper	uneasy listening
4	Landslide	Tony Clarke	attwilightlarks
5	The New Pollution	Beck	amylee
6	Monsoon	…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead	happyclapper
7	Katrina Klap / Dollar Day	Mos Def	Beltway Bandit
8	We Got Back the Plague	The Fiery Furnaces	megadom
9	Pressure Drop	Toots and the Maytals	amylee
10	Stormbringer	John and Beverly Martyn	ShivSidecar
11	Here Comes the Flood	Robert Fripp & Peter Gabriel	nosuchzone
12	Rain Falls Unceasingly on the Sea	Kim Allen Kluge & Kathryn Kluge	Jake Leonard
13	Riders on the Storm	The Doors	Leaveitallbehind

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Forest Fire	Lloyd Cole & the Commotions	Uncleben
2	When It Blows Its Stacks	Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	nosuchzone
3	Flood Water	Eric Bibb	deanofromoz
4	Louisiana 1927	Randy Newman	TatankaYotanka
5	Henry Russell’s Last Words	Diana Jones	treefrogdemon
6	Hurricane Season	Tom Russell Band	tincanman
7	Eye of the Storm	SRC	Beltway Bandit
8	The Waves	Villagers	ToffeeBoy
9	Hurricane Marilyn	Honolulu Mountain Daffodils	severin
10	New Ice Age	The Horrors	vanwolf2
11	Thunder	Imagine Dragons	outoftheblue
12	Tunguska	Cris T-T & the Hoodrats	Funkbrother69
13	Here Comes Sunshine	Grateful Dead	Chris7572

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Songs About Adversity

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

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	I Believe in You	Talk Talk	DarceysDad
2	My Shit’s Fucked Up	Warren Zevon	misterbadexample
3	Another Lonely Day	Ben Harper	FatherChewyLouie
4	Gibsom Street	Laura Nyro	attwilightlarks
5	All the Money I Had Is Gone	The Deep Dark Woods	misterbadexample
6	Busted	Ray Charles	MelRoy
7	Here’s the Tender Coming	The Unthanks	severin
8	Woman of the Ghetto	Marlena Shaw	SpotTheWhopper
9	Love of the Common People	Nicky Thomas	sonofwebcore
10	Subcity	Tracy Chapman	bishbosh
11	Jarrow Song	Alan Price	gordonimmel
12	Streets of London	Ralph McTell	HopelessCase

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	La Niña	Mala Rodríguez	Fuel
2	Vincent	Don McLean	ID0004499
3	Lluvia	José el Francés	sonofwebcore
4	Traded In My Cigarettes	Plan B	Ravi Raman
5	In the Ghetto	Elvis Presley	Shoegazer
6	Tennessee Jed	Grateful Dead	Chris7572
7	Inner City Pressure	Flight of the Conchords	chomskyochs
8	Declaration of Rights	The Abyssinians	alexito
9	Born Under Punches	Talking Heads	nosuchzone
10	Get By	Talib Kweli	steenbeck
11	Jeane	The Smiths	Pairubu
12	Born Under a Bad Sign	Albert King	AlfieHisself

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Songs About Bones

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

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Danse macabre	Camille Saint-Saëns	Beltway Bandit
2	Bad to the Bone	George Thorogood & the Destroyers	SweetHomeAlabama
3	Skin and Bones	Foo Fighters	Ravi Raman
4	Bones	Editors	Beltway Bandit
5	Bag of Bones	Guy Clark	treefrogdemon
6	Bonebag	The Cult	vanwolf2
7	Bones of Ribbon	London Grammar	philipphilip99
8	Our Skulls	Imaad Wasif	Bethnoir
9	Backyard Skulls	Frightened Rabbit	ToffeeBoy
10	Boneyard	Jon Cleary	Ravi Raman
11	Dig Up Her Bones	Michale Graves	EnglishOutlaw
12	Grind My Bones	Black Rebel Motorcycle Club	nosuchzone
13	Skeletal Remains	Bohren and der Club of Gore	Beltway Bandit

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Ribs and All / Carrot Pod Pod	Led Zeppelin	megadom
2	Rag and Bone	The White Stripes	amylee
3	Make No Bones About It	Clouds	nosuchzone
4	Boogie in My Bones	Laurel Aitken	megadom
5	Shaking the Bone	Breed	happyclapper
6	Shakin’ All Over	Johnny Kidd & the Pirates	attwilightlarks
7	Bones	The Killers	EnglishOutlaw
8	Bones of Saints	Robert Plant	Uncleben
9	Skeletons	The Sound	severin
10	Portobello Man	The Bevis Frond	SidecarShiv
11	Tom Paine’s Bones	The Young’Uns	Suzi
12	The Bees Made Honey in the Lion’s Skull	Earth	DarceysDad

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Songs About Persistence

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

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Keep Right On to the End of the Road	Harry Lauder	hudswell
2	This Year	The Mountain Goats	brianturned
3	The Mary Ellen Carter	Stan Rogers	thoughtballoons
4	Keep On Going On	Curtis Mayfield	otenko
5	Keep On Running	The Spencer Davis Group	argybargy
6	Mushi no Onna	Jun Togawa	Pairubu
7	The Impossible Dream	Andy Williams	Thesubhuman
8	Rescue Me	Skepta	Briantist
9	I’m Going to Knock on Your Door	Little Jimmy Osmond	alexito
10	(I’m Gonna Be) 500 Miles	The Proclaimers	AssameseGuy87
11	Hoping Machine	New Multitudes	jrowen81
12	You’re Gonna Get Next to Me	Bo Kirkland & Ruth Davis	OlivesNightie
13	God’s Great Dust Storm	Katzenjammer	severin

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Forty Five Hundred Times	Status Quo	DarceysDad
2	Match Box Blues	Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan	Ravi Raman
3	Carry On Wayward Son	Kansas	HopelessCase
4	He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother	The Hollies	gordonimmel
5	Waist Deep in the Big Muddy	Pete Seeger	Thesubhuman
6	Carry On	The Templars	wyngatecarpenter
7	Rise Above This	Seether	AssameseGuy87
8	Rewrite	Paul Simon	BlackCombe
9	Flesh and Blood	Invictus Choir	criddy1979
10	Rusted Guns of Milan	Art Brut	NoMoreMrNice
11	Holy Grail	Hunters & Collectors	ajostu
12	Daddy’s Oldsmobile	Hal Ketchum	thoughtballoons

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Songs With Whistling

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

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Ain’t Gwine Whistle Dixie Anymo’	Taj Mahal	Ravi Raman
2	The Story of My Life	Michael Holliday	BeltwayBandit
3	Simple Girl	Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.	Uncleben
4	Aguas de Março	Elis Regina & Tom Jobim	magicman
5	Mini-Skirt	Esquivel!	BeltwayBandit
6	Mr. Slater’s Parrot	Bonzo Dog Band	TatankaYotanka
7	Goodbye Stranger	Supertramp	AltraEgo
8	Singing the Blues	Guy Mitchell	Suzi
9	A Fistful of Dollars (Titoli)	Ennio Morricone	megadom
10	Golden Years	David Bowie	ParaMhor
11	The Walker	Fitz and the Tantrums	outoftheblue
12	Always Look on the Bright Side of Life	Monty Python	happyclapper

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Sukiyaki	Kyu Sakamoto	Marconius7
2	El Pito (I’ll Never Go Back to Georgia)	Joe Cuba	BeltwayBandit
3	Sweet Georgia Brown	Brother Bones	megadom
4	The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill	The Beatles	SidecarShiv
5	Patience	Guns N’ Roses	EnglishOutlaw
6	I Was Kaiser Bill’s Batman	Whistling Jack Smith	attwilightlarks
7	Michael (Row the Boat Ashore)	The Highwaymen	Ravi Raman
8	Winchester Cathedral	The New Vaudeville Band	Leaveitallbehind
9	Here Comes My Baby	The Tremeloes	ParaMhor
10	Bird Song	Lene Lovich	SidecarShiv
11	Generals and Majors	XTC	uneasy listening
12	Arabesque No. 1	Isao Tomita	9hairs9knots

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