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Songs About Ice Cream

Aug. 7, 2024
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Writer: EnglishOutlaw

A List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Salted Caramel Ice Cream	Metronomy	barbryn
2	Banana Split for My Baby	Louis Prima	Loud Atlas
3	Golden Gaytime	The Bedroom Philosopher	ajostu
4	Un gelato al limon	Paolo Conte	TatankaYotanka
5	Ice Cream Man	Tom Waits	BanazirGalbasi
6	Ice Cream Lady	Lorraine Bowen	TatankaYotanka
7	Ice Cream Man	Raye	Loud Atlas
8	Milkshake	Holy Fuck	Shoegazer
9	Milkshake	Peter Tork & James Lee Stanley	BanazirGalbasi
10	Saigo no Ice Cream	Kyary Pamyu Pamyu	ajostu

B List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Ice Cream	Sarah McLachlan	Maki
2	A Chocolate Sundae on a Saturday Night	Doris Day	severin
3	Augustus Jackson	Ellis Paul	Fred Erickson
4	Piragua	Eliseo Román	Loud Atlas
5	DC Comics and Chocolate Milkshake	Art Brut	Fred Erickson
6	Milkshake	Kelis	Shoegazer
7	Little Cream Soda	The White Stripes	Nicko
8	Mind Your Business	Delta 5	Shoegazer
9	Ice Cream	Sweet Emma & Her Preservation Hall Jazz Band	Uncleben
10	Ice Cream	Wilco	happyclapper

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Songs About Itching & Scratching

February 28, 2024
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Writer: EnglishOutlaw

A List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Itch	Ani DiFranco	Maki
2	Hell's Itch	King Gizzard & the Wizard Lizard	Nicko
3	Itchy Itchy	James Domestic	Carpgate
4	Itch	quinnie	MussoliniHeadkick
5	Seven Year Itch	Willie Nelson	severin
6	Scratch, Scratch	Harry Belafonte	TarquinSpodd
7	Scratch and Itch	T. Texas Tyler	Nicko
8	Every Time I Itch I Wind Up Scratchin' You	Glen Campbell	Fred Erickson
9	Scratch My Back (And Mumble in My Ear)	Clarence Carter	Nicko
10	Don't Scratch Where It Don't Itch	100 Proof (Aged in Soul)	Nicko
11	Imaginary Places	Busdriver	Loud Atlas
12	Bite This	Roxanne Shanté	pejepeine
13	Otomo	Tarwater	Uncleben
14	The Slap Cellos of Douala	Gabriel Prokofiev & Peter Gregson	nosuchzone
15	Bedded Deep in Long Term Memory	The Caretaker	DiscoMonster

B List

	Song Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Kuntz	Butthole Surfers	Traktor Albatrost
2	The Green Itch Got the Bear	Lucifer and the Peppermints	TarquinSpodd
3	Poison Ivy	The Coasters	happyclapper
4	S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain)	Devo	TarquinSpodd
5	Skanky Panky	Kid Koala	Nilpferd
6	Crabs	J.J. Burnel	Maki
7	Blue Unction	The Crabs	TarquinSpodd
8	Scratch My Back	Joan Jett & the Blackhearts	Fred Erickson
9	Scratch My Itch	The Soul Snatchers	Nicko
10	The Kinetics	DJ Krush ft Mista Sinista	Traktor Albatrost
11	El Fantasma del Combo	Cachao	pejepeine
12	Zubot	Darius Jones	ajostu

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Songs About Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions

July 14, 2021
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Writer: EnglishOutlaw

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	The Colonial Wing	10,000 Maniacs	tincanman
2	Hanging in the Gallery	Strawbs	Fred Erickson
3	Art Mania	P-Model	Traktor Albatrost
4	All the Rowboats	Regina Spektor	ajostu
5	Bright Sunshine	Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission	deanofromoz
6	Madame	Phillip Jeays	TatankaYotanka
7	Hall of Fame	Andre Williams	tincanman
8	Rothko Chapel	David Dondero	Uncleben
9	Me at the Museum, You in the Wintergardens	Tiny Ruins	Shoegazer
10	The Edison Museum	They Might Be Giants	philipphilip99
11	Any Other Room	Gecko	barbryn
12	Run, Run, Run to the Centre Pompidou	Grant Hart	happyclapper
13	Meltdown (At Madame Tussaud’s)	Steve Taylor	Loud Atlas

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Expo 2000	Kraftwerk	IsabelleForshaw
2	Planetaria (Theme from a Dream)	4hero	Nicko
3	Museum	Gretchen Peters	Fred Erickson
4	The Art Teacher	Rufus Wainwright	Nicko
5	The Curse	Josh Ritter	tincanman
6	The Louvre	Sparks	OliveButler
7	Croydon Tourist Office	Croydon Tourist Office	IsabelleForshaw
8	Mirai no Museum (Museum of the Future)	Perfume	ajostu
9	The Louvre	Lorde	ajostu
10	Sensitive Artist	King Missile	Traktor Albatrost
11	I Am a Poseur	X-Ray Spex	Nicko
12	Obscene and Pornographic Art	Bongwater	Suzi
13	The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota	Weird Al Yankovic	Loud Atlas

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Songs Referencing Nursery Rhymes

Feb. 12, 2020
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Writer: EnglishOutlaw

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Green Gravel	Fay Hield	Suzi
2	Beautiful Pea Green Boat	Laurie Anderson	IsabelleForshaw
3	The Lament of the Black Sheep	Ange Hardy	Suzi
4	Rain	José Feliciano	pejepeine
5	I’m a Hog for You Baby	Dr. Feelgood	MussoliniHeadkick
6	Here We Go Round the Lemon Tree	The Move	severin
7	Throwing Stones	Grateful Dead	Chris7572
8	Dan Is the Man (In the Van)	Mighty Sparrow	Uncleben
9	Rockabye	Clean Bandit ft Sean Paul and Anne-Marie	pwgb
10	Mockingbird	Eminem	MussoliniHeadkick

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Mary Had a Little Boy	Snap!	swawilg
2	Peter Piper	Run-DMC	Maki
3	Man in the Moon	Grinderman	happyclapper
4	The Bear Song	Green Jellÿ	Suzi
5	Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing	Set It Off	Ravi
6	Welcome to the Void	Morgen	Nicko
7	Little Girl Lost and Found	Peter and the Wolves	ShivSidecar
8	Humpty Dumpty	Aimee Mann	ShivSidecar
9	Cockle Shell	King Creosote & Jon Hopkins	magicman
10	Cat’s in the Cradle	Ugly Kid Joe	Ravi
11	All the King’s Horses	Dusty Springfield	megadom
12	Twinkle Twinkle Little Earth	Leonard Nimoy	George Boyland
13	Big Seven	Judge Dread	MussoliniHeadkick

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Songs About Inversions

Sept. 4, 2019
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Writer: EnglishOutlaw

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	The One on the Left Is on the Right	Johnny Cash	severin
2	Why?	Tracy Chapman	Suzi
3	Walking on the Ceiling	Terminal Heads	Carpgate
4	The World Turned Upside Down	Chumbawamba	BanazirGalbasi
5	The World Is Turned Upside Down	Maddy Prior & the Carnival Band	BanazirGalbasi
6	Once I Dreamt a Tree Upside Down	Jan Garbarek Group	Nilpferd
7	Sdrawkcab	Lothar and the Hand People	ShivSidecar
8	Don’t Stop	The Stone Roses	ParaMhor
9	Ya Hozna	Frank Zappa	Traktor Albatrost
10	Tipsy Dazy	Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers	IsabelleForshaw
11	Turning Turtle	Meryl Streep	severin
12	The Hall of Mirrors	Kraftwerk	MussoliniHeadkick

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	A Concise British Alphabet – Pt. 2	The Soft Machine	megadom
2	El Mundo al Revés	Amara	Makinavaja
3	Idontwannabeyouanymore	Billie Eilish	nosuchzone
4	Somebody Done Hoodooed the Hoodoo Man	Louis Jordan	Nicko
5	Back to Front	The Kinks	IsabelleForshaw
6	Mirror Images	Peter Hammill	TatankaYotanka
7	Walking in the Opposite Direction	Adrian Borland	severin
8	Upside Down	Fela Kuti	Nilpferd
9	Living on the Ceiling	Blancmange	Shoegazer
10	Upside Down	Diana Ross	Makinavaja
11	My Backwards Walk	Frightened Rabbit	Shoegazer
12	A Concise British Alphabet – Pt. 1	The Soft Machine	megadom

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Songs About Electricity

May 8, 2019
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Writer: EnglishOutlaw

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	(She Got) Electroshocked	Screeching Weasel	TarquinSpodd
2	Black Mass: Electric Storm in Hell	White Noise	megadom
3	Lazy Lightning	Grateful Dead	Chris 7572
4	Electric Feel	MGMT	Uncleben
5	Love Battery	Buzzcocks	severin
6	Ben Franklin’s Song	The Decemberists	philiphilip99
7	Edison	Bee Gees	ShivSidecar
8	The Dance of Electricity	Laurie Anderson	Beltway Bandit
9	We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)	Peter Gabriel	9hairs9knots
10	Electricity	Frank Sidebottom	IsabellefForshaw
11	Want Remover	Protomartyr	vanwolf2
12	A Clear Night, A Shooting Star, A Song for Boo	Band of Holy Joy	TatankaYotanka

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Hot! Hot! Hot!	The Cure	happyclapper
2	Tesla	They Might Be Giants	IsabelleForshaw
3	Electrically Heated Child	The Waterproof Candle	SweetHomeAlabama
4	9 Volt	Man or Astro-man?	Beltway Bandit
5	Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment	Ramones	Beltway Bandit
6	Engines in the City	Jenny Hval	nosuchzone
7	Electricity	Joni Mitchell	severin
8	Light Up My Room	Barenaked Ladies	philiphilip99
9	The Free Electric Band	Albert Hammond	TarquinSpodd
10	Electricity	Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	Nicko
11	Electricity	Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark	swawilg
12	Power Lines	The Cravats	Carpgate

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Songs About Photos and Photography

Mar. 6, 2019
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Writer: EnglishOutlaw

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Selfies	Nina Nesbitt	Shoegazer
2	The Camera Loves Me	Would-Be-Goods	ShivSidecar
3	Click, Click, Click, Click	Bishop Allen	IsabelleForshaw
4	Away Away	Weddings, Parties, Anything	Nicko
5	Photograph	Melanie	Nicko
6	This Is Us	Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris	Makinavaja
7	Dirty Pictures	Radio Stars	severin
8	Paparazzi	Lady Gaga	Noodsy
9	Turning Japanese	The Vapors	pwgb
10	Photograph	The Satellites	Jenny
11	Photograph	Goose House	TarquinSpodd
12	Come Away Melinda	Uriah Heep	Makinavaja

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Flashbulb Eyes	Arcade Fire	OliveButler
2	The Bad Photographer	Saint Etienne	ShivSidecar
3	Face on the Cutting Room Floor	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Ravi Raman
4	I’ve Got Pictures of You in Your Underwear	Ballboy	Shoegazer
5	Blackmail	10cc	Marconius7
6	People Take Pictures of Each Other	The Kinks	ParaMhor
7	Camera-Shy	The Lucksmiths	Shoegazer
8	Elin’s Photograph	Strangelove	Bethnoir
9	Postcards of Scarborough	Michael Chapman	sonofwebcore
10	Photographs (You Are Taking Now)	Damon Albarn	GreatGrendel
11	A Faded Photograph	“Whispering” Jack Smith	DiscoMonster
12	Video Girl	FKA twigs	severin

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Songs About Platonic Love

Dec. 19, 2018
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Writer: EnglishOutlaw
At: Song Bar

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Friend of Ours	Elbow	philipphilip99
2	The Perfect Space	The Avett Brothers	Skydog7
3	How Can I Tell Him?	Jens Lekman	barbryn
4	When He Loved Me	Sarah McLachlan	BanazirGalbasi
5	That’s One You Owe Me	Johnny Cash	IsabelleForshaw
6	Stevie’s Song	Bob Evans	deanofromoz
7	I See a Darkness	Bonnie “Prince” Billy	ParaMhor
8	Sally’s Pigeons	Cyndi Lauper	philipphilip99
9	You Come Through	PJ Harvey	ShivSidecar
10	The Three of Us	Smoke Fairies	ShivSidecar
11	The Voyage	Crash Test Dummies	Marconius7
12	My Best Friend	Weezer	IsabelleForshaw

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Terry’s Song	Bruce Springsteen	treefrogdemon
2	I Love My Leather Jacket	The Chills	ShivSidecar
3	You Are My Sister	Antony and the Johnsons	severin
4	You’ve Got a Friend (live)	Carole King	Ravi Raman
5	Never Mind the Strangers	The Saw Doctors	Suzi
6	In Spite of Ourselves	John Prine & Iris Dement	treefrogdemon
7	Starting All Over Again	Mel & Tim	Seth Miller
8	You’ve Got a Friend in Me	Randy Newman	philipphilip99
9	‘Til Him (from The Producers)	Nathan Lane & Matthew Broderick	Ravi Raman
10	You’re My Best Friend	Queen	Leaveitallbehind
11	Two Little Boys	Splodgenessabounds	Shoegazer
12	I’ll Be There for You	The Rembrandts	Leaveitallbehind

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Song Lyrics With Strange, Rare or Unlikely Words

Sept. 19, 2018
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Writer: EnglishOutlaw
At: Song Bar

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Walking Down Madison	Kirsty MacColl	ParaMhor
2	Hippopotamus	Sparks	OliverButler
3	Destroi Phallocentricity	Oi Polloi	Carpgate
4	Love Is a Bourgeois Construct	Pet Shop Boys	bishbosh
5	I Was a Maoist Intellectual	Momus	Bethnoir
6	I’m the Slime	Frank Zappa	IsabelleForshaw
7	Poo-Poo in the Prawn	Ian Dury	Shoegazer
8	Leopold Alcox	Jake Thackray	SkippyisaCult
9	Releasing Hypnotical Gases	Organized Konfusion	amylee
10	Verisimilitude	Teenage Fanclub	happyclapper
11	Pastime Paradise	Stevie Wonder	IsabelleForshaw
12	Monkey and Bear	Joanna Newsom	barbryn

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Dirty World	Travelling Wilburys	treefrogdemon
2	High Highs and Low Lows	The Gourds	treefrogdemon
3	Assume the Perpendicular	The Divine Comedy	Bethnoir
4	Music and Rhythm	Mighty Sparrow	magicman
5	Indoor Games Near Newbury	Sir John Betjeman	megadom
6	Into My Arms	Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds	GreatGrendel
7	Glory and Gore	Lorde	Abahachi
8	Petrichor	Paul Kelly	Nicko
9	Your Molecular Structure	Mose Allison	AlBahooky
10	The Beasht Inside	Vivian Stanshall	megadom
11	Rawhead and Bloodybones	Siouxsie and the Banshees	Bethnoir
12	Belladonna & Aconite	Inkubus Sukkubus	Bethnoir

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Songs About Plastic

Aug. 1, 2018
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Writer: EnglishOutlaw
At: Song Bar

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Plastic Jesus	Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon	happyclapper
2	Plastic Paddy	Eric Bogle	deanofromoz
3	Dear Plastic	The Sugarcubes	DiscoMonster
4	Red Solo Cup	Toby Keith	Leaveitallbehind
5	Plastic Bag	X-Ray Spex	ShivSidecar
6	Plastic Life	Rubella Ballet	Carpgate
7	Toxic Garbage Island	Gojira	Bethnoir
8	Credit Cards	v.Spy v.Spy	Nicko
9	One Million Coasters	NOFX	Ravi Raman
10	Never Played a 45	Macka B	Nicko
11	Synthetic World	Swamp Dogg	pejepeine
12	Plastic Flower	Wulan Tuoya	TarquinSpodd
13	Plastic Jesus	Paul Newman	treefrogdemon

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Plastic Drop	Dizzy Joghurt	TarquinSpodd
2	Plastico	Rubén Blades	pejepeine
3	Plastic Factory	Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band	Uncleben
4	Plastic Girl	Duran Duran	philipphilip99
5	Plastic Bullets	The Wolfe Tones	uneasy listening
6	Plastic Bullets	Gary Og	TatankaYotanka
7	Coloured Music	The Piranhas	severin
8	Plastic Flowers on the Highway	Drive-By Truckers	Leaveitallbehind
9	Barbies	P!nk	Ravi Raman
10	Barbie Girl	Aqua	DiscoMonster
11	The Bomb	L7	Uncleben
12	Plastic Love	Mariya Takeuchi	pejepeine
13	Plastic Beach	Gorillaz	uneasy listening

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