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Songs About Nicknames and Pseudonyms

Jan. 15, 2020
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Writer: Uncleben

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Nickname	Bobby Rush	Banazir Galbasi
2	The Gypsy Faerie Queen	Marianne Faithfull	bishbosh
3	Django Jane	Janelle Monaé	barbryn
4	Grinderman Blues	Memphis Slim	George Boyland
5	Miss Wire Waist	Carl Malcolm	pejepeine
6	Baby Driver	Simon & Garfunkel	MussoliniHeadkick
7	Windy	The Association	SweetHomeAlabama
8	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	Sons of the Pioneers	philipphilip99
9	Wolfman Jack	Todd Rundgren	IsabelleForshaw
10	Mr. Pitiful	Otis Redding	magicman
11	Hard Hands	Ray Barretto	Seth Miller
12	Lady Day and John Coltrane	Gil Scott-Heron	megadom
13	Bird’s Lament	Moondog & the London Saxophonic	Nicko

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Nimrod	Edward Elgar	ajostu
2	Railroad Bill	Ramblin’ Jack Elliott	Ravi
3	King Strut	Peter Blegvad	megadom
4	Black Jack Davy	Steeleye Span	amylee
5	The Joker	Steve Miller Band	treefrogdemon
6	Catfish Kate	Pixies	Noodsy
7	Speedo	Ry Cooder	Williamsbach
8	I Was Monty’s Double	Geoffrey Oi!Cott	Carpgate
9	Greasy Joan (One Eyed Isaac)	Jake Thackray	Suzi
10	Granny Grunt	Royal Trux	nosuchzone
11	Doctor Love	First Choice	ParaMhor
12	Doomsday	MF Doom	Nilpferd
13	Me and the Gang	Bohannon	pejepeine

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Songs About Famous or Notable Animals

Aug. 28, 2019
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Writer: Uncleben

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Two Headed Dog	Roky Erickson	ShivSidecar
2	The Trial of Bill Burn Under Martin’s Act	Jon Wilks	philipphilip99
3	Mali Sajio	Ketama, Toumani Diabaté & José Soto	Nicko
4	La Paloma de Picasso	Mayte Martín	Makinavaja
5	The King of Rome	Dave Sudbury	ajostu
6	Pickles	Ritchie Lamy & the Jools Rimet Orchestra	EnglishOutlaw
7	Toujours gai	Eartha Kitt	nosuchzone
8	Walkin’ My Cat Named Dog	Norma Tanega	philipphilip99
9	Martha My Dear	The Beatles	SweetHomeAlabama
10	A Badger Called Nick Lowe	Luke Haines	TatankaYotanka
11	Godzilla	Blue Öyster Cult	Ravi Raman
12	He’s a Tramp	Peggy Lee	9hairs9knots

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Joe Cool	Vince Guaraldi	Nilpferd
2	The Most Effectual Top Cat	Hoyt Curtin	MussoliniHeadkick
3	Hong Kong Phooey	Sublime	Derek Bum
4	Underdog	Butthole Surfers	TarquinSpodd
5	Theme to Mighty Mouse	Philip Scheib & Marshall Barer	Seth Miller
6	Hi Yo Silver	Cross Fire	uneasy listening
7	Maybe Tomorrow	Terry Bush	Bethnoir
8	Coyote	Mark Knopfler	Ravi Raman
9	Free Willy	The Dickies	Carpgate
10	House at Pooh Corner	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	severin
11	The Lion and Albert	Jarvis Cocker	Marconius7
12	Nellie the Elephant	Mandy Miller	Noodsy

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Songs Featuring Personification

Mar. 20, 2019
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Writer: Uncleben

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Mercy I Cry City	The Incredible String Band	ShivSidecar
2	Perry County	Philip Jeays	TatankaYotanka
3	Europa	Slapp Happy & Henry Cow	nosuchzone
4	Fascinating Rhythm	Ella Fitzgerald	Nilpferd
5	Mélancolie	Rokia Traoré	Nilpferd
6	Hola Soledad	Sandra Carrasco	Maki
7	Jack Ironside	The Young’uns	Suzi
8	We’re Still Here	Bill Wells & Aidan Moffatt	SkippyisaCult
9	Maa Rewa	Indian Ocean	Ravi Raman
10	Summer Wind	Frank Sinatra	happyclapper
11	This Tornado Loves You	Neko Case	barbryn
12	Concrete Jungle	Bob Marley & the Wailers	Nicko
13	Mr. Blue Sky	Electric Light Orchestra	philipphilip99

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	The Apple Stretching	Grace Jones	pejepeine
2	World Shut Your Mouth	Julian Cope	ShivSidecar
3	Captain of Your Ship	Reparata and the Delrons	Suzi
4	Bailed Out	The Auteurs	barbryn
5	I Can’t Stand the Rain	Ann Peebles	MusoliniHeadkick
6	Mister Moon	The Meters	9hairs9knots
7	Ol’ Man River	Art Pepper	Nilpferd
8	Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head	B. J. Thomas	florian7
9	King Heroin	James Brown	pejepeine
10	The Bushes Scream While My Daddy Prunes	The Very Things	Shoegazer
11	Big Sky	The Kinks	Seth Miller
12	September	Richard Strauss (sung by Jessye Norman)	attwilightlarks
13	Love Bites	Def Leppard	Abahachi

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Songs About Authenticity and Fakery

Sept. 12, 2018
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Writer: Uncleben
At: Song Bar

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Suburban Homeboy	Sparks	OliveButler
2	You Fake It / You Make It	Angelica	TarquinSpodd
3	WWPRD	Jeffrey Lewis & the Rain	barbryn
4	Olde Tyme Mem’ry	Mischief Brew	EnglishOutlaw
5	Doll Parts	Hole	amylee
6	Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing	Big Youth	severin
7	Slapped Actress	The Hold Steady	Shoegazer
8	Myself When I Am Real	Charlie Mingus	magicman
9	I Don’t Mind	Buzzcocks	vanwolf2
10	Nobody Cares	Superorganism	MussoliniHeadkick
11	The Man Who Called Himself Jesus	Strawbs	attwilightlarks
12	The Ballad of El Goodo	Big Star	ParaMhor
13	The Real Thing	Russell Morris	Nicko

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get	The Dramatics	SweetHomeAlabama
2	Fake Tales of San Francisco	Arctic Monkeys	philipphilip99
3	All I Want Is You	Roxy Music	megadom
4	That’s Right, You’re Not From Texas	Lyle Lovett	treefrogdemon
5	Casablanca Moon	Slapp Happy	nosuchzone
6	Living in Real Time	The Bevis Frond	TatankaYotanka
7	Mine Was Real	Rozetta Johnson	attwilightlarks
8	Celebrity Interview	The Jigsaw Seen	ShivSidecar
9	Forging Plastic Pain	Eric Matthews	magicman
10	To Sheila	Smashing Pumpkins	Skydog7
11	No Thing on Me (Cocaine Song)	Curtis Mayfield	Seth Miller
12	Can’t Fake the Feeling	Geraldine Hunt	Nicko
13	True Skool	Coldcut ft Roots Manuva	MussoliniHeadkick

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Songs Influenced by Reggae, Ska & Rocksteady

Mar. 14, 2018
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Writer: Uncleben
At: Song Bar

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Watching the Detectives	Elvis Costello	nosuchzone
2	Maantien laitaa	Yona & Orkesteri Liikkuvat Pilvet with Puppa J	DiscoMonster
3	Heaven	Pere Ubu	megadom
4	Curious	Kode9 & the Spaceape	magicman
5	I Understand	Angelic Upstarts	Carpgate
6	Master Blaster (Jammin’)	Stevie Wonder	Beltway Bandit
7	Belle de nuit	Les Negresses Vertes	ParaMhor
8	The Word Girl	Scritti Politti	philipphilip99
9	Big Muff	John Martyn	megadom
10	Love Song #1	Meshell Ndegeocello	nosuchzone
11	Haitian Divorce	Steely Dan	megadom
12	Afriki	Alpha Blondy	Tempusfugit
13	Meurglys III, The Songwriter’s Guild	Van der Graaf Generator	TatankaYotanka

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Sunday Shining	Finley Quaye	happyclapper
2	Tiger Balm	Hollie Cook	untergunther
3	Yanigawa Blues	The Ska Flames	Panthersan
4	Girl	The Internet ft Kaytranda	DiscoMonster
5	Herbs	B.T. Express	pejepeine
6	Five Man Army	Massive Attack	severin
7	Don’t Lose Your Mind	Miles Davis	megadom
8	Kwele	Somo Somo & Mose Se Sengo	TarquinSpodd
9	Toda Menina Baiana	Gilberto Gil	AltraEgo
10	Legalización	Ska-P	Makinavaja
11	Uncle Sam	Madness	Suzi
12	Mother and Child Reunion	Paul Simon	megadom
13	Yesterday Man	Robert Wyatt	ShivSidecar

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Biographical and Autobiographical Songs

Oct. 4, 2017
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Column
Writer: Uncleben
At: Song Bar

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Ballad of the Sulphate Strangler	Ian Dury & the Blockheads	nosuchzone
2	The Legend of Chavo Guerrero	The Mountain Goats	tincanman
3	Big Red	Russell Morris	deanofromoz
4	Ma	The Temptations	DiscoMonster
5	Ode to Jackie Leven	Tyla J. Pallas	EnglishOutlaw
6	Kurious Oranj	The Fall	happyclapper
7	Inglan Is a Bitch	Linton Kwesi Johnson	ParaMhor
8	Warchild	Emmanuel Jal	barbryn
9	Should Have Known Better	Sufjan Stevens	ToffeeBoy
10	Children of Children	Jason Isbell	DarceysDad
11	My Old School	Steely Dan	megadom
12	Why Is It So Hard	Charles Bradley	tincanman
13	Into the Great Wide Open	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	treefrogdemon

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Marie Provost	Nick Lowe	SidecarShiv
2	Queen of the Coast	Laura Cantrell	attwilightlarks
3	Sport	Lightnin’ Rod	DiscoMonster
4	Williams Blood	Grace Jones	severin
5	Louis Riel	Billy Childish & the Blackhands	uneasy listening
6	Rock ‘n’ Roll Band	Boston	Leaveitallbehind
7	The Story of Bo Diddley	The Animals	Marconius7
8	Sacré Charlemagne	France Gall	TarquinSpodd
9	The Most Dangerous Woman	Ani di Franco & Utah Phillips	Ravi Raman
10	Beauty Way	Eliza Gilkyson	treefrogdemon
11	The Best of Times	Sage Francis	DiscoMonster
12	West Country Girl	Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds	BeltwayBandit
13	Primo on the Parapet	Peter Hammill	TatankaYotanka

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