May 20, 2020
Blog
Column
Writer: George Boyland
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Songs About Decor
Mar. 25, 2020
Blog
Column
Writer: George Boyland
A List
| Title | Artist | Nominated by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Caves of Altamira | Steely Dan | Uncleben |
| 2 | Magnolia | Slaves | megadom |
| 3 | Scandinavian Design | Sparks | severin |
| 4 | Ikea | Jonathan Coulton | philipphilip99 |
| 5 | Furniture Music | Bill Nelson’s Red Noise | Shoegazer |
| 6 | Handyman Blues | Billy Bragg | IsabelleForshaw |
| 7 | Owls | The Handsome Family | IsabelleForshaw |
| 8 | Harry’s House / Centerpiece | Joni Mitchell | severin |
| 9 | Odd Jobs | Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | nosuchzone |
| 10 | Coronation | Family | Mogdog |
B List
| Title | Artist | Nominated by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) | The Beatles | Uncleben |
| 2 | I’m Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home | David Frizzell | magicman |
| 3 | I’m Gonna Change Everything | Jim Reeves | swawilg |
| 4 | Coldwater Canyon | Dory Previn | severin |
| 5 | Our House | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | amylee |
| 6 | Surrey with the Fringe on Top | Mel Tormé | Nilpferd |
| 7 | Kookie’s Mad Pad | Edd Byrnes | Nilpferd |
| 8 | Love Shack | The B-52s | amylee |
| 9 | Picture on the Wall | Natural Ites & the Realistics | Uncleben |
| 10 | Playhouse | Dagha | magicman |
| 11 | The Day My Pad Went Mad | John Cooper Clarke | severin |
Songs About Four-Legged Livestock
Aug. 14, 2019
Blog
Column
Writer: George Boyland
A List
| Title | Artist | Nominated by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cow Cow Boogie | Ella Mae Morse | philipphilip99 |
| 2 | Wooly Bully | Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs | IsabelleForshaw |
| 3 | Pig Man | Amon Düül II | TatankaYotanka |
| 4 | Llama in My Living Room | AronChupa ft Little Sis Nora | philipphilip99 |
| 5 | Ha Lese Le Di Khanna | Hugh Masekela | Nilpferd |
| 6 | Ali-Baba’s Camel | Bonzo Dog Band | Traktor Albatrost |
| 7 | My Lovely Horse | The Divine Comedy | philipphilip99 |
| 8 | Gan to the Kye | The Unthanks | severin |
| 9 | Bessie | Jane Siberry | TatankaYotanka |
| 10 | The Sheep Song | The Dresden Dolls | philipphilip99 |
B List
| Title | Artist | Nominated by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Sheep of the Family | Quatermass | ShivSidecar |
| 2 | Cow | Sparklehorse | Noodsy |
| 3 | Misery Goats | Pere Ubu | TatankaYotanka |
| 4 | J. Edgar | Ry Cooder | swawilg |
| 5 | Milk Cow Calf’s Blues | Robert Johnson | Ravi Raman |
| 6 | Saddled the Cow | Dr. John | Nicko |
| 7 | The Banks of the Nile | Fotheringay | treefrogdemon |
| 8 | Milk Cow Blues | Papa Freddie | Nicko |
| 9 | Holotelani | Nelcy Sedibe | Nicko |
| 10 | El Toro y la Luna | Mikaela | Makinavaja |
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Songs About Witches and Witchcraft
Apr. 17, 2019
Blog
Column
Writer: George Boyland
A List
| Title | Artist | Nominated by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willie’s Lady | Martin Carthy | megadom |
| 2 | Witchin’ Blue Hours | Tampa Red | magicman |
| 3 | Voodoo Woman | Koko Taylor | Ravi Raman |
| 4 | Strange Brew | Cream | MussoliniHeadkick |
| 5 | Witchcraft (For Your Love) | The Temptations | philipphilip99 |
| 6 | Dolly Dagger | Jimi Hendrix | IsabelleForshaw |
| 7 | Which Craft is Witchcraft | Sharon Forrester | pejepeine |
| 8 | The Witch Queen of New Orleans | Redbone | SweetHomeAlabama |
| 9 | Debra Kadabra | Frank Zappa & the Mothers with Captain Beefheart | Nicko |
| 10 | Brecon Beacons | Supergrass | Noodsy |
| 11 | Tiny Witch Hunter | Hen Ogledd | SongBarLandlord |
| 12 | Bruja | La Perla | pejepeine |
| 13 | Brujas | Princess Nokia | pejepeine |
B List
| Title | Artist | Nominated by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Witch’s Tit | Royal Trux | Uncleben |
| 2 | The Witch | The Sonics | Uncleben |
| 3 | Witchcraft in the Air | Bettye Lavette | philipphilip99 |
| 4 | Wonderful Witches | Thurston Moore | Uncleben |
| 5 | You Must Be a Witch | The Lollipop Shoppe | megadom |
| 6 | Witches | Cowboy Junkies | megadom |
| 7 | Spellbound | Siouxsie and the Banshees | megadom |
| 8 | White Hammer | Van der Graaf Generator | TatankaYotanka |
| 9 | Big Black Witchcraft Rock | The Cramps | TarquinSpodd |
| 10 | I Put a Spell On You | Audience | magicman |
| 11 | The Witch’s Promise | Jethro Tull | swawilg |
| 12 | My Girlfriend Is a Witch | October Country | uneasy listening |
| 13 | Sorceress | Return to Forever | megadom |
Songs About Suicide
Mar. 13, 2019
Blog
Column
Writer: George Boyland (sonofwebcore)
A List
| Title | Artist | Nominated by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In a Rut | The Ruts | Shoegazer |
| 2 | Hobo Heaven | Groanbox | TatankaYotanka |
| 3 | Hope | Björk | severin |
| 4 | Yere Faga | Oumou Sangaré | Nilpferd |
| 5 | Top Yourself | The Raconteurs | megadom |
| 6 | Goodnight, Irene | Lead Belly | TarquinSpodd |
| 7 | The Drowned Lovers | Kate Rusby | Suzi |
| 8 | Sonny | The Rubberbandits | pejepeine |
| 9 | Ailein Duinn | Karen Matheson | Suzi |
| 10 | Floating in the Forth | Frightened Rabbit | barbryn |
| 11 | Asleep | The Smiths | OliveButler |
| 12 | Slow Death | Flamin’ Groovies | ShivSidecar |
| 13 | Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide | David Bowie | OliveButler |
B List
| Title | Artist | Nominated by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mad World | Gary Jules | swawilg |
| 2 | Exercise One | Joy Division | OliveButler |
| 3 | How to Save a Life | The Fray | EnglishOutlaw |
| 4 | Mr. Grieves | Pixies | Derek Bum |
| 5 | 1-800-273-8255 | Logic | pejepeine |
| 6 | Turning the Gun on Myself | Teddy Thompson | magicman |
| 7 | The Bridge | Dolly Parton | megadom |
| 8 | Love You More | Buzzcocks | vanwolf2 |
| 9 | Stuff Up the Cracks | The Mothers of Invention | TarquinSpodd |
| 10 | Sheath and Knife | Eliza Carthy | Suzi |
| 11 | Today | Smashing Pumpkins | DiscoMonster |
| 12 | Young Male Suicide Blessed by Invisible Woman | Jackie Leven | TatankaYotanka |
| 13 | Alone Again (Naturally) | Gilbert O’Sullivan | swawilg |
Songs Inspired by India
Aug. 2, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: George Boyland (sonofwebcore)
At: The Guardian
A List
| Title | Artist | Nominated by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games People Play | Joe South | IsabelleForshaw |
| 2 | Within You Without You | The Beatles | gordonimmel |
| 3 | Wild Mountain Honey | Steve Miller Band | IsabelleForshaw |
| 4 | Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours) | Stevie Wonder | IsabelleForshaw |
| 5 | Mother India | Fun-Da-Mental | Shoegazer |
| 6 | Krishna Blue | David Sylvian | EddyBamyasi |
| 7 | New Way New Life | Asian Dub Foundation | DarceysDad |
| 8 | Guru Song | The Future Sound of London | 658spark |
| 9 | Blue Raga | Davey Graham | dave56 |
| 10 | Filhos de Gandhi | Giberto Gil & Jorge Ben | drunkenpanda |
| 11 | Bird in Hand | Lee “Scratch” Perry & the Upsetters | DenryMachin |
| 12 | Ever So Lonely | Monsoon | gordonimmel |
B List
| Title | Artist | Nominated by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Homelands | Nitin Sawhney | nilpferd |
| 2 | Devotion No. 1 | Loop Guru | philipphilip99 |
| 3 | The Man from Nagpur | Quasimode | nilpferd |
| 4 | My Dark Star | Suede | OlivesNightie |
| 5 | Get Ur Freak On | Missy Elliott | FatherChewyLouie |
| 6 | Inside the Taj Mahal | Paul Horn | nilpferd |
| 7 | Govinda | Kula Shaker | gordonimmel |
| 8 | Ravi Shankar | Dub Syndicate | Shoegazer |
| 9 | The India Song | Big Star | GreatGrendel |
| 10 | Nadia | Jeff Beck | blackshadow |
| 11 | 66 Metres | Indian Ropeman | philipphilip99 |
| 12 | India | Shakti | SvenDog |
| 13 | Raga Bairagic | Charanjit Singh | SpotTheWhopper |
| 14 | Three Is a Green Crown | The Incredible String Band | GreatGrendel |
| 15 | Om Nama Shivaya | Steve Hillage | leedslily2 |
| 16 | Fifty Dollar Habit | William Bell | philipphilip99 |
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) | Jimi Hendrix | mikedow |
| 4 | Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobeta-bioaquadoloop) | 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 |
Songs About New Orleans
May 24, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: George Boyland (sonofwebcore)
At: The Guardian
A List
| Title | Artist | Nominated by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My Dawlin’ New Orleans | L’il Queenie & the Percolators | LyntonCrosby |
| 2 | Steamboat Stomp | Jelly Roll Morton & his Red Hot Peppers | magicman |
| 3 | New Orleans | Gary U.S. Bonds | Addicks123 |
| 4 | New Orleans (After the City) | The Hot 8 Brass Band | GreatGrendel |
| 5 | The Lakes of Pontchartrain | Paul Brady | suzi |
| 6 | Congo Square | Sonny Landreth | dave56 |
| 7 | Marie Laveau | Dr. John | LyntonCrosby |
| 8 | Lady Marmalade | Patti Labelle | Fuel |
| 9 | La Danse de Mardi Gras | The Balfa Brothers | Mussoliniheadkick |
| 10 | Meet de Boys on the Battlefront | The Wild Tchoupitoulas | ngoo |
| 11 | Later, On Decatur | Dave Ferrato | ID877151 |
| 12 | Black Rain | Ben Harper | stevenjameshyde |
| 13 | This City | Steve Earle | GreatGrendel |
B List
| Title | Artist | Nominated by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston | Mary Chapin Carpenter | thoughtballoons |
| 2 | Bourbon Street Blues | Louis Prima | LyntonCrosby |
| 3 | New Orleans Function | Louis Armstrong | BeyondOurKev |
| 4 | New Orleans | The Staple Singers | Justthem |
| 5 | Street Parade | Earl King | attwilightlarks |
| 6 | Devil’s Queen | Black Stone Cherry | misterbadexample |
| 7 | Mardi Gras Mambo | The Hawkettes | pmarfleet |
| 8 | My Indian Red | Dr. John | Ravi Raman |
| 9 | They Wore Blue | Otis Taylor | Fuel |
| 10 | Witch Queen of New Orleans | Redbone | Ravi Raman |
| 11 | Take Me to the Mardi Gras | Paul Simon | Maggie B |
| 12 | Bourbon Street Parade | Wynton Marsalis | drunkenpanda |
| 13 | Jock-a-Mo | James “Sugar Boy” Crawford | FMastropolo |
| 14 | Canal Street Blues | John Lee Hooker | StevenFlanagan |
| 15 | Big Bad John | Jimmy Dean | SpotTheWhopper |
| 16 | Message to Michael | Dionne Warwick | severin |
| 17 | Home | Cowboy Mouth | Ravi Raman |
| 18 | Chapters | Cha Wa | untergunther |
| 19 | New Orleanian Love Song | Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah | nilpferd |
| 20 | Magnolia | William Topley | DarceysDad |
Songs About Loneliness
Apr. 5, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: George Boyland (sonofwebcore)
At: The Guardian
A List
| Title | Artist | Nominated by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tired of Being Alone | Al Green | SpotTheWhopper |
| 2 | Burning of the Midnight Lamp | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | lachute |
| 3 | Cactus | Pixies | bllckchps |
| 4 | Motherless Children | Blind Willie Johnson | Ravi Raman |
| 5 | Gonna Die Alone | Hanni El Khatib | StevenFlanagan |
| 6 | Early Morning Rain | Gordon Lightfoot | mikedow |
| 7 | Lonely Financial Zone | Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers | Pairubu |
| 8 | Rainy Night in Georgia | Brook Benton | Fintan28 |
| 9 | No Milk Today | Herman’s Hermits | philipphilip99 |
| 10 | Lonely Avenue | Ray Charles | hudswell |
| 11 | It Makes No Difference | The Band | keiphy sheeg |
| 12 | Behind Blue Eyes | The Who | Maggie B |
B List
| Title | Artist | Nominated by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don’t Think About Her When You’re Trying to Drive | Little Village | DarceysDad |
| 2 | Cornerstone | Benjamin Clementine | casclc |
| 3 | The Loner | Neil Young | AlfieHisself |
| 4 | Diamond Smiles | The Boomtown Rats | Marconius7 |
| 5 | Don’t Want to Know If You Are Lonely | Hüsker Dü | Fuel |
| 6 | Hello in There | John Prine | jrowen81 |
| 7 | (In My) Solitude | Billie Holiday | Moustache Groupie |
| 8 | Only the Lonely | Roy Orbison | gordonimmel |
| 9 | Man on the Moon | The Jesus and Mary Chain | happyclapper |
| 10 | Loneliest Person | The Pretty Things | Pairubu |
| 11 | Mélancolie | Rokia Traoré | nilpferd |
| 12 | Black Muddy River | The Grateful Dead | Chris7572 |
Songs About Rendezvous
Feb. 8, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: George Boyland (sonofwebcore)
At: The Guardian
A List
| Title | Artist | Nominated by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Up on the Roof | The Drifters | IsabelleForshaw |
| 2 | Waiting on a Friend | The Rolling Stones | PatLux |
| 3 | Trans-Europe Express | Kraftwerk | nilpferd |
| 4 | Rendez-Vu | Basement Jaxx | bishbosh |
| 5 | Le Rendez-vous | Manu Chao | Makinavaja |
| 6 | Disco 2000 | Pulp | FatherChewyLouie |
| 7 | It’s Too Late | The Streets | Lagado |
| 8 | Meet Me in the Bottom | Canned Heat & John Lee Hooker | Ravi Raman |
| 9 | I’m Waiting for the Man | The Velvet Underground | GreatGrendel |
| 10 | Willie the Pimp | Frank Zappa | James Bloor |
| 11 | Down in the Woods | Richard Hawley | richardw65 |
| 12 | Slip Away | Clarence Carter | ipizzajohn |
| 13 | Saturday Maybe | The Incredible String Band | LyntonCrosby |
B List
| Title | Artist | Nominated by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sorry | The Easybeats | IsabelleForshaw |
| 2 | Meeting Over Yonder | The Impressions | LyntonCrosby |
| 3 | Trains | The Vapors | RobBarwick |
| 4 | Under the Clocks | Weddings, Parties, Anything | Xanh_cay |
| 5 | Meet Me in the Morning | Bob Dylan | suzi |
| 6 | Ain’t Nothing But a Houseparty | The Showstoppers | attwilightlarks |
| 7 | Mr. and Mrs. Untrue | Candi Staton | drunkenpanda |
| 8 | Museum | Donovan | philipphilip99 |
| 9 | Meet Me in the Morning | Everything but the Girl | dave56 |
| 10 | Date with My Baby | Brooklyn Funk Essentials | mikedow |
| 11 | The Meeting Place | XTC | richardw65 |
| 12 | She Waits for Me | Protocol | FatherChewyLouie |
| 13 | Rendezvous with You | The Desires | Pairubu |