January 2018 – The Marconium

Songs Featuring Violin

Jan. 31, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: amylee
At: Song Bar

A List

	Title	Artist	Violinist	Nominated by
1	You Wear It Well	Rod Stewart	Tricky Dick Powell	megadom
2	Old Enough	The Raconteurs	Dirk Powell	Leaveitallbehind
3	Are You Glad to Be in America?	James Blood Ulmer	Charles Burnham	nosuchzone
4	Black Cat Bone	The Killer Blues Band	Perry Leandro	Marconius7
5	No Looking	The Raincoats	Vicky Aspinall	TarquinSpodd
6	The Tide Is High	The Paragons	“White Rum” Raymond	AltraEgo
7	Doctor of Physick	Fairport Convention	Dave Swarbrick	jim
8	White Bird	It’s a Beautiful Day	Gary Posey aka David LaFlamme	AltraEgo
9	Hassan I Sahba	Hawkwind	Simon House	Bethnoir
10	Ciel d’automne	La Bottine Souriante	Michel Bourdeleau & André Brunet	Tempusfugit
11	Open Country Joy	Mahavishnu Orchestra	Jerry Goodman	Skydog7
12	The Sailor’s Bonnet	The Gloaming	Martin Hayes	magicman
13	Violin Concerto in B minor: II. Andante	Edward Elgar	Nigel Kennedy	Beltway Bandit

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Suds and Soda	dEUS	happyclapper
2	The Cutter	Echo & the Bunnymen	megadom
3	The Machine That Cried	String Driven Machine	severin
4	End of the Line	Roxy Music	magicman
5	Raindrops	Tindersticks	ParaMhor
6	Crazy Love	Marianne Faithfull	Bethnoir
7	Amnesiac	Peter Hammill	TatankaYotanka
8	The Game	Levellers	barbryn
9	Drunken Sailor	U.K. Subs	Carpgate
10	Jesus Calling	The Triffids	DiscoMonster
11	Katie Cruel	Karen Dalton	Uncleben
12	No Chance	Houndog	nosuchzone
13	Cowboy Take Me Away	Dixie Chicks	Skydog7
14	Sto Let	Iva Bittová & Vladimir Václavek	TatankaYotanka

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Songs With Great Drumming

Jan. 25, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Ralph Brown (magicman)
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Drummer	Nominated by
1	Adi Taal	Bickram Ghosh	Bickram Ghosh	Ravi Raman
2	Total Eclipse	Billy Cobham	Billy Cobham	shutupthelotofyou
3	Lipstick Vogue	Elvis Costello & the Attractions	Pete Thomas	Mike Blakeney
4	Ja Funmi	King Sunny Adé	Rasaki Aladokun	Fuel
5	Hold On, I’m Coming	Sam & Dave	Al Jackson Jr.	attwilightlarks
6	Tobi Ilu	Art Blakey & the Afro-Drum Ensemble	Art Blakey	BeltwayBandit
7	Be My Baby	The Ronettes	Hal Blaine	attwilightlarks
8	El Rey del Timbal	Tito Puente	Tito Puente	alexito
9	Lateralus	Tool	Danny Carey	Cassandra Kelsey
10	Coming In from the Cold	Bob Marley & the Wailers	Carlton Barrett	Robin Layfield
11	Caravan	Papa Jo Jones	Papa Jo Jones	goldennuggets
12	Aja	Steely Dan	Steve Gadd	OldLutonian
13	Tambourinaires de Bukirasazi	Burundi Drummers	Burundi Drummers	ngoo

B List

	Title	Artist	Drummer	Nominated by
1	Fireball	Deep Purple	Ian Paice	gordonimmel
2	Live Wire	The Meters	Zigaboo Modeliste	id99990000
3	Do What You Like	Blind Faith	Ginger Baker	Sentimentalbloke
4	Memphis in the Meantime	John Hiatt	Jim Keltner	TheNick
5	The Glamorous Life	Sheila E	Sheila Escovedo	IsabelleForshaw
6	Demons Theme	LTJ Bukem	Danny Williamson	nilpferd
7	Happy Jack	The Who	Keith Moon	Atombowl28
8	Roforofo Fight	Fela Kuti	Tony Allen	tricornhat
9	Tom Sawyer	Rush	Neil Peart	philipphilip99
10	Think (About It)	Lyn Collins	Clyde Stubblefield	Fuel
11	Strings of Light	Yussef Kamaal	Yussef Dayes	Daniel Towns
12	Channel One Suite	Buddy Rich	Buddy Rich	SubjectiveSubject
13	Easy Wind	Grateful Dead	Bill Kreutzmann	dave56

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Songs About Hanging

Jan. 24, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: nosuchzone
At: Song Bar

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Hang Out the Stars in Indiana	Al Bowlly	severin
2	Aaracher	Thaikkudam Bridge	Ravi Raman
3	Girl on a Swing	Kevin Ayers	megadom
4	Hanging Around	The Stranglers	Leaveitallbehind
5	Hanging on a Star	Nick Drake	attilightlarks
6	Reverence	The Jesus and Mary Chain	happyclapper
7	Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most	Ella Fitzgerald	Marconius7
8	Gallows Pole	Led Zeppelin	Leaveitallbehind
9	Strange Fruit	Nina Simone	amylee
10	Hangman’s Hill	Peter Blegvad	megadom
11	I’m Hanging Up My Heart for You	Solomon Burke	attwilightlarks
12	Hang On Sloopy	The McCoys	attwilightlarks
13	You Keep Me Hangin’ On	The Supremes	Uncleben

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	You Got Me Dangling on a String	Chairmen of the Board	AlBahooky
2	Hung-Up	Salt	Beltway Bandit
3	Just Enough (To Keep Me Hanging On)	Joe Simon	megadom
4	Hangin’ On	Al Green	magicman
5	Hangin’	Chic	AlBahooky
6	Hang On to Your Love	Sade	amylee
7	Hangin’ on a String	Loose Ends	AlBahooky
8	Hang On In There Baby	Johnny Bristol	magicman
9	Hang ‘Em High	Richard Ace	Uncleben
10	Heng Down Your Head	Simple Simon	Uncleben
11	Storm	Gregory Isaacs	Uncleben
12	Dragon’s Blood	MF Doom	Nilpferd
13	The Suspension Bridge at Iguazu Falls	Tortoise	Ravi Raman

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Songs About Industry and Manufacturing

Jan. 18, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Pairubu
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Industrial Estate	The Fall	vanwolf
2	Industry	Hope of the States	vanwolf
3	Armenia	Einstürzende Neubauten	vammyp
4	Mass Production	Iggy Pop	dave56
5	Industrial Love	In Strict Confidence	chippiparai
6	Genetic Engineering	Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark	LondonTulip
7	Hard Workin’ Man	Captain Beefheart	sonofwebcore
8	Musclebound	Spandau Ballet	RobBarwick
9	You Take Me Up	Thompson Twins	bishbosh
10	The Assembly Line	Commodores	alexito
11	Livin’ on a Prayer	Bon Jovi	Dougal
12	Day Trip to Bangor	Fiddler’s Dram	Naguchi

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Machines	Giorgio Moroder	albert23
2	Let’s Build a Car	Swell Maps	vanwolf
3	Running Back to Saskatoon	The Guess Who	mikedow
4	We Built This City	Starship	London2471
5	Charles	Skids	billycutshaw
6	Peg and Awl	Carolina Tar Heels	Alfhartagain
7	Powerhouse	Raymond Scott	philipphilip99
8	Grand Coulee Dam	Woody Guthrie	GreatGrendel
9	Piss Factory	Patti Smith	StevenFlanagan
10	Rauta	Korpiklaani	koinuchan
11	Cottage Industry	Yeah Yeah Noh	Shoegazer
12	Steamhammer Sam	Intaferon	Warren Neill
13	Industry	Henry Cow	redactedusername
14	Life in a Northern Town	The Dream Academy	buskerdoo
15	Work Song	Robert Calvert	d33pf1x
16	Kone	Kotiteollisuus	Fuel

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Songs About Sales, Selling & Bargains

Jan. 17, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: EnglishOutlaw
At: Song Bar

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Merchandise	Fugazi	happyclapper
2	Step Right Up	Tom Waits	barbryn
3	This Guitar Is for Sale	Bobby Bare	treefrogdemon
4	Bargain	The Who	9hairs9knots
5	She Wants to Sell My Monkey	Junior Wells	attwilightlarks
6	I’m Waiting for the Man	The Velvet Underground	amylee
7	A Piss in the Ocean	Conflict	Carpgate
8	Thrift Shop	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft Wanz	SweetHomeAlabama
9	Politics of the Sneaker Pump	Public Enemy	Beltway Bandit
10	Little Man	Alan Jackson	SweetHomeAlabama
11	Jumble Sale	Jake Thackray	severin
12	The Red Corvette	John McCutcheon	Uncleben

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	I’m Selling My Pork Chops (But Giving My Gravy Away)	Memphis Minnie	TarquinSpodd
2	Try Some, Buy Some	Ronnie Spector	ParaMhor
3	Paperback Bible	Lambchop	megadom
4	Sales Tax	Mississippi Sheiks	magicman
5	Let’s Push Things Forward	The Streets	amylee
6	Cash for Clunkers	Loudon Wainwright III	treefrogdemon
7	Know Your Product	The Saints	AltraEgo
8	Punk Rock for Sale	Antidote	Carpgate
9	Up for Sale	The (International) Noise Conspiracy	vanwolf2
10	Everything Must Go	Manic Street Preachers	philipphilip99
11	Plop Plop Fizz Fizz	Sammy Davis Jr.	TarquinSpodd
12	Ebay	Weird Al Yankovic	megadom

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Songs About Dares

Jan. 11, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Gary Willis (Fintan28)
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Children Play with Matches	Mischief Brew	EnglishOutlaw
2	I Will Dare	The Replacements	Shoegazer
3	The Boldest Cats	Max Koffler	sonsounds
4	Funk the Fear	Esperanza Spalding	untergunther
5	Hit Me with Your Best Shot	Pat Benatar	IsabelleForshaw
6	What?	Ursula Rucker ft U-Love	nilpferd
7	Across the Lines	Tracy Chapman	attwilightlarks
8	Long Time Gone	Crosby, Stills & Nash	morbile
9	Who Do You Love?	Bo Diddley	mikedow
10	I Stand Alone	Robert Glasper Experiment	untergunther
11	Dare You to Move	Switchfoot	FatherChewyLouie
12	Don’t Worry Baby	The Beach Boys	thewinslowboy

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	If You Want to Sing Out	Cat Stevens	manyofhorror
2	Girl at the Bus Stop	My Drug Hell	happyclapper
3	She’s My Witch	Kip Tyler	mikedow
4	Strychnine	The Sonics	Megadom
5	Suicide Chump	Frank Zappa	barbedwiretumbleweed
6	We Dared the Lightning	The Bellamy Brothers	LyntonCrosby
7	Double Dare	Bauhaus	FatherChewyLouie
8	Put a Little Aside	The Zutons	DarceysDad
9	Cream	Prince	ajostu
10	High and Dry	Radiohead	happyclapper

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Songs to Open a Mixtape

Jan. 10, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: ParaMhor
At: Song Bar

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Come All Ye	Fairport Convention	Tempusfugit
2	Lust for Life	Iggy Pop	Uncleben
3	Ready Teddy	Little Richard	9hairs9knots
4	Get Ready	The Temptations	ShivSidecar
5	Baby One More Time	Britney Spears	Leaveitallbehind
6	(Theme from) The Monkees	The Monkees	amylee
7	Ballroom Blitz	The Sweet	Ravi Raman
8	Bat Out of Hell	Meat Loaf	Leaveitallbehind
9	Refugee	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	treefrogdemon
10	Let’s Stick Together	Bryan Ferry	magicman
11	Milestones	Miles Davis	Funkbrother69
12	Unfinished Sympathy	Massive Attack	happyclapper
13	Skylarking Dub	Horace Andy	nosuchzone
14	Also sprach Zarathustra	Richard Strauss	BeltwayBandit

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Are You Ready?	Thin Lizzy	philipphilip99
2	Feel	Ty Segall	vanwolf2
3	Blame It on the Boogie	The Jacksons	magicman
4	II B.S.	Charles Mingus	Tempusfugit
5	Piss and Moan Blues	The Gourds	treefrogdemon
6	Too High	Stevie Wonder	BeltwayBandit
7	Going Up	Echo & the Bunnymen	Carpgate
8	Carry On	Crosby, Stills & Nash	AltraEgo
9	Statesboro Blues	The Allman Brothers Band	Bob Beatty
10	Pink Moon	Nick Drake	amylee
11	Best of My Love	The Emotions	megadom
12	Daydream Believer	The Monkees	Suzi
13	El Pueblo Unido	Inti-Illimani	uneasy listening
14	Midnight Cowboy Theme	John Barry	9hairs9knots

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Songs About Old and New

Jan. 4, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Chaz Cozens (HopelessCase)
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Yesterday	The Beatles	florian7
2	Shiroyama	Sabaton	London2471
3	New Shoes	Paolo Nutini	LyntonCrosby
4	End Over End	Foo Fighters	zTom
5	A New Day Yesterday	Jethro Tull	Ravi Raman
6	Another Brand New Year	Bottle Rockets	David Kelly
7	The King	Steeleye Span	suzi
8	Let’s Start the New Year Right	Bing Crosby	MoustacheGroupie
9	Video Killed the Radio Star	The Buggles	SpotTheWhopper
10	New Kid in Town	Eagles	IsabelleForshaw

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Wind of Change	Scorpions	bllckchps
2	Solsbury Hill	Peter Gabriel	IsabelleForshaw
3	Bastille Day	Rush	philipphilip99
4	The Times They Are a-Changin’	Bob Dylan	bllckchps
5	This World Over	XTC	StevenFlanagan
6	Learning to Live	Beth Hart	GreatGrendel
7	Roll Over Beethoven	Chuck Berry	StevenFlanagan
8	Black Eyes, Blue Tears	Shania Twain	FatherChewyLouie
9	Mama’s Got a Girlfriend	Ben Harper	Ravi Raman
10	On the Turning Away	Pink Floyd	bllckchps

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Songs With Great Backing Vocals

Jan. 3, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: magicman
At: Song Bar

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman	Aretha Franklin	9hairs9knots
2	(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear	Elvis Presley	Suzi
3	Bring It On Home to Me	Sam Cooke	amylee
4	(Night Time Is) the Right Time	Ray Charles	Ravi Raman
5	Hearts on Fire	Gram Parsons	barbryn
6	I’m Not in Love	10cc	megadom
7	State of Independence	Donna Summer	ParaMhor
8	I Can’t Let Go	The Hollies	ShivSidecar
9	Don’t Worry Baby	The Beach Boys	treefrogdemon
10	Blue Moon	The Marcels	ParaMhor
11	Just a Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody	Louis Prima & Keely Smith	nosuchzone
12	Elenore	The Turtles	9hairs9knots
13	You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No)	Dawn Penn	9hairs9knots

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	I Say a Little Prayer	Aretha Franklin	severin
2	Trouble of This World	Rose Stone & the Venice Four	Ravi Raman
3	Rastaman Chant	Bob Marley & the Wailers	TarquinSpodd
4	Yeke Yeke	Mory Kanté	TarquinSpodd
5	It’s in His Kiss	Betty Everett	severin
6	Hey Girl Don’t Bother Me	The Tams	severin
7	Lightnin’ Strikes	Lou Christie	attwilightlarks
8	La-La (Means I Love You)	The Delfonics	9hairs9knots
9	It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference	Todd Rundgren	9hairs9knots
10	Chain Reaction	Diana Ross	philipphilip99
11	Friends	The Beach Boys	TarquinSpodd
12	Jesus on the Mainline	Ry Cooder	megadom
13	Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)	Gladys Knight & the Pips	severin

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