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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

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Songs About Family

May 17, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Gary Willis (Fintan28)
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Family Affair	Sly and the Family Stone	WordChazer
2	Coming Around Again	Carly Simon	florian7
3	Shame and Scandal in the Family	Shawn Elliott	LyntonCrosby
4	Family Portrait	P!nk	toothill
5	The Fog	Kate Bush	davidabsalom
6	Galway and Mayo	The Saw Doctors	gordonimmel
7	The Picture Book	The Kinks	FMastropolo
8	The House	Air Traffic Controller	Shoegazer
9	Family Reunion	Jill Scott	organicplastic
10	Stay Up Late	Talking Heads	StevenFlanagan
11	I Love You Like a Brother	Alex Lahey	StevenFlanagan
12	Ode to the Family	The Cranberries	sistayes

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	We Are Family	Sister Sledge	WordChazer
2	Long Time Gone	Dixie Chicks	hudswell
3	I’m My Own Grandpa	The Jesters	ForfallForAll
4	Prodigal Son	The Rolling Stones	dave56
5	Outfit	Drive-By Truckers	David Kelly
6	Island Style	John Cruz	drunkenpanda
7	Grandpa’s Song	Vika & Linda	deanofromoz
8	Used Cars	Bruce Springsteen	YojimboMukairee
9	When the Boat Comes In	Alex Glasgow	bllckchps
10	Papa Don’t Preach	Madonna	WordChazer
11	We’re a Happy Family	Ramones	unclearleo
12	Consider Yourself	Cast of Oliver	florian7

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Songs About Youthfulness

May 10, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Marco den Ouden (Marconius7)
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	We Are Young	fun. ft Janelle Monáe	DarceysDad
2	In Betweeen	Judy Garland	argybargy
3	Diary of a Teen Tragedy	Smoking Popes	DarceysDad
4	Wouldn’t It Be Nice	The Beach Boys	drunkenpanda
5	The River	Bruce Springsteen	richardw65
6	Children of the Revolution	Kirsty MacColl	StevenFlanagan
7	Kids	Style of Eye ft SoSo	StevenFlanagan
8	Electric Youth	Debbie Gibson	SweetHomeAlabama
9	Y.M.C.A.	Village People	misterbadexample
10	22	Taylor Swift	EnglishOutlaw
11	Sons Of	Scott Walker	florian7
12	Forever Young	Alphaville	FatherChewyLouie
13	Young at Heart	Frank Sinatra	drunkenpanda

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Young at Heart	The Bluebells	richardw65
2	All the Young Dudes	Mott the Hoople	attwilightlarks
3	Kick Push	Lupe Fiasco	Goldie Dee
4	Enjoy Yourself	Prince Buster	attwilightlarks
5	Teenagers	My Chemical Romance	IsabelleForshaw
6	Objects in the Mirror May Be Closer Than They Appear	Meat Loaf	HopelessCase
7	The Unborn Byron	Slapp Happy	nosuchzone
8	Jail Bait	Andre Williams	Daniel Towns
9	Cherry Bomb	The Runaways	HopelessCase
10	What’s Up	4 Non Blondes	HopelessCase
11	Jack and Diane	John Mellencamp	IsabelleForshaw
12	Yesterday When I Was Young	Roy Clark	SweetHomeAlabama
13	Youth	Daughter	Fretlessbasser
14	Young Love	Sonny James	Fintan28
15	Youth Knows No Pain	Lykke Li	StevenFlanagan
16	Complicated	Avril Lavigne	IsabelleForshaw
17	Those Were the Days	Mary Hopkin	StevenFlanagan
18	Tomorrow Belongs to Me	Cast of Cabaret	philipphilip99
19	Earache My Eye	Cheech & Chong	mikedow
20	Because You’re Young	Cock Sparrer	wyngatecarpenter
21	When You’re Young and in Love	The Flying Pickets	Thesubhuman
22	Girls and Boys	Alabama Shakes	kneelc
23	Dear Daughter	Halestorm	MizSG99
24	End of the Innocence	Don Henley	JohnPEpstein
25	The Daydream	Lucinda Belle Orchestra	severin

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Songs About Pragmatism

May 3, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Samantha Birchard (drunkenpanda)
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Don’t Smoke in Bed	Nina Simone	Ravi Raman
2	It’s Better to Have (And Don’t Need)	Don Covay	severin
3	Don’t Look Back	Them	Fintan28
4	Come Love	Billie Holiday	nilpferd
5	Kiss	Prince	bllckchps
6	Freedom	Beyoncé	GreatGrendel
7	It’s Like That	Run DMC	IsabelleForshaw
8	Cry Tough	Alton Ellis & the Flames	attwilightlarks
9	Making Plans for Nigel	XTC	Mussoliniheadkick
10	If War Should Come	Public Service Broadcasting	bllckchps

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Songs About Writing

April 26, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Sarah Chappell (AFictionHabit)
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Magic Word	Fucked Up	happyclapper
2	I’m Writing a Novel	Father John Misty	kelso77
3	The Blend	The Herbaliser ft What What	ForfallForFall
4	Rewrite	Paul Simon	Maggie B
5	(The Ballad of) Dorothy Parker	Prince	Fuel
6	Hey Jack Kerouac	10,000 Maniacs	GreatGrendel
7	Paperback Writer	The Beatles	FatherChewyLouie
8	Everyday I Write the Book	Elvis Costello	LyntonCrosby
9	How I Wrote Elastic Man	The Fall	bllckchps
10	Storytelling	Belle and Sebastian	ToffeeBoy
11	Mr. Writer	Stereophonics	LadyToothill
12	Hurricane Room	Lin-Manuel Miranda	oligarchic
13	The Booklovers	The Divine Comedy	Dougal

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	The Wrote and the Writ	Johnny Flynn	Shoegazer
2	Mr. Reporter	The Kinks	YippeeYouCantSeeMe
3	Oh Mighty Engine	Neil Halstead	barbryn
4	Lyrical Content	[spunge]	d33pf1x
5	My Pen & Pad	Blackalicious	Fuel
6	The Letter	PJ Harvey	GreatGrendel
7	Box Full of Letters	Wilco	attwilightlarks
8	Dorothy Parker Blue	The Real Tuesday Weld	saneshane
9	Bukowski	Modest Mouse	saneshane
10	Burn It Down	Dexys Midnight Runners	Mussoliniheadkick
11	You Could Write a Book	Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin	saneshane
12	When I Write the Book	Nick Lowe	StevenFlanagan
13	I Could Write a Book	Dinah Washington	Xanh_cay

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Songs About the Commonwealth

Apr. 19, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Chaz Cozens (HopelessCase)
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Royal Tour	Roaring Lion	BeltwayBandit
2	Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick	Ian Dury & the Blockheads	FatherChewyLouie
3	I’ve Been Everywhere	Geoff Mack	mikedow
4	I’ve Been Everywhere	Rajiv Rajaram	bllckchps
5	Gambia-Zambia	Super Eagles	LyntonCrosby
6	Zambezi	The Piranhas	Mussoliniheadkick
7	Ghana Guinea Mali	E.T. Mensah	GreatGrendel
8	Mozambique	Traffic	WordChazer
9	Des Mera Rangrez	Indian Ocean	Ravi Raman
10	Van Diemen’s Land	Steeleye Span	grisgris
11	He’s on the Beach	Kirsty MacColl	SnoopDogStevens
12	Isa Lei	The Seekers	Naguchi
13	Far Far Away	Slade	misterbadexample
14	Hurricane Room	The Blessing	DarceysDad
15	Dreadlock Holiday	10cc	suzi
16	God Save the Queen	Queen	ajostu

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	We’ll Rant and We’ll Roar (Like True Newfoundlanders)	Great Big Sea	philipphilip99
2	Up in Canada	The Sheepdogs	misterbadexample
3	Orinoco Flow	Enya	BlackCombe
4	Funky Nassau	The Beginning of the End	gordonimmel
5	Barbados	Typically Tropical	mutty meme
6	Australia	The Kinks	BeltwayBandit
7	Sir Garfield Sobers	Mighty Sparrow	BeltwayBandit
8	Qu’appelle Valley Saskatchewan	Buffy Sainte-Marie	GreatGrendel
9	South Australia	The Pogues	bllckchps
10	Canada	Low	happyclapper
11	The Log Drivers’ Waltz	Kate and Anna McGarrigle	albertasaurus
12	She’s Called Nova Scotia	Rita McNeil	Naguchi
13	Hunting Tigers Out in ‘Indiah’	Bonzo Dog Band	billyin
14	Red River Valley	Stevie Nicks & Chris Isaak	moggscreek
15	Caledonia	Dougie MacLean	Goldie Dee

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Songs About Road Trips

Apr. 12, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Sheila Deane (thoughtballoons)
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Talk to Me of Mendocino	Kate & Anna McGarrigle	bishbosh
2	Don’t Think About Her When You’re Trying to Drive	Little Village	DarceysDad
3	Mustang Sally	Wilson Pickett	FatherChewyLouie
4	Highway 49	Howlin’ Wolf	drunkenpanda
5	Diamonds on My Windshield	Tom Waits	SvenDog
6	Black Crow	Joni Mitchell	TomC49
7	The New Lee Highway Blues	David Bromberg	Fintan28
8	The Road tae Dundee	Bert Jansch	argybargy
9	They Thought I Was Asleep	Paul Kelly	Xanh_cay
10	The Long Highway	Mark Knopfler	TrulyMadlyDeeply
11	Life Is a Highway	Tom Cochrane	DarceysDad
12	The Long and Winding Road	Paul McCartney	Philip Lees

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Twenty Five Miles	Edwin Starr	lachute
2	On the Road Again	Canned Heat	bllckchps
3	Passenger Side	Wilco	Fourgoats
4	Roadrunner	The Modern Lovers	Shoegazer
5	You’re Crazy for Taking the Bus	Jonathan Richman	Pairubu
6	You Can Sleep While I Drive	Melissa Etheridge	Fourgoats
7	Florida	Patty Griffin	Lilaitomniweotawicha
8	Birmingham	Amanda Marshall	SweetHomeAlabama
9	Long Walk Home	Bruce Springsteen	argybargy
10	Going to the Country	Bruce Cockburn	mikedow
11	Ease Down the Road	Bonnie “Prince” Billy	unclearleo
12	Hobo’s Lullaby	Arlo Guthrie	GreatGrendel
13	Old Old Woodstock	Van Morrison	Fintan28

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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

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Songs About Clocks and Watches

Mar. 29, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Stephen Males (severin)
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Just a Wristwatch on My Arm	Lightnin’ Hopkins	LyntonCrosby
2	Sundial	Wolfmother	philipphilip99
3	Counting Down	Nataly Dawn	StevenFlanagan
4	25 O’Clock	The Dukes of Stratosphear	FatherChewyLouie
5	At the Chime of a City Clock	Nick Drake	Beltway Bandit
6	Trellisaze	Slowdive	koinuchan
7	Clock That’s Got No Hands	Della Reese	LyntonCrosby
8	Time Operator	Scott Walker	Maggie B
9	La Pendule	Ina-Ich	untergunther
10	Let Me Be the Clock	Smokey Robinson	IsabelleForshaw
11	Time	Easy Star All-Stars	mikedow
12	Clock of the World	Krista Detor with Karine Polwart, Emily Smith & Rachael McShane	suzi

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Viennese Musical Clock	Zoltan Kodaly	BeltwayBandit
2	Stop the Clock	Fats Domino	LyntonCrosby
3	Clock on the Wall	The Guess Who	Maggie B
4	Doomsday Clock	Smashing Pumpkins	stevenjameshyde
5	El Reloj	Mayte Martín & Tete Montoliu	Makinavaja
6	Alarm Clock	Richie Havens	LyntonCrosby
7	Stop the Clock Rock	The Creel Sisters	Xanh_cay
8	L’horloger	Jeanne Moreau	BeltwayBandit
9	Reelin’ and Rockin’	Chuck Berry	gordonimmel
10	Calendars and Clocks	The Coral	Goldie Dee
11	The Watchmaker’s Apprentice	The Clockwork Quartet	Naguchi
12	The Tug of the Moon	Sarah McQuaid	SarahMcQuaidCornwall
13	The Clock	John Holt	LyntonCrosby
14	Chime	Orbital	matter

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Songs That Start With a Chorus

Mar. 22, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Paul Hayes (Fuel)
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	She Loves You	The Beatles	Maggie B
2	I Want You to Want Me	Cheap Trick	DarceysDad
3	All the Things You Are	Ella Fitzgerald	ajostu
4	Amerika	Rammstein	FatherChewyLouie
5	Let’s Dance	David Bowie	Addicks123
6	Going Back to My Roots	Odyssey	DaddyPig
7	Sad Sweet Dreamer	Sweet Sensation	YippeeYouCantSeeMe
8	T’Aint Whatcha Say It’s Whatcha Do	Little Esther	argybargy
9	The World Is Yours	Nas	Anthony Greendown
10	Totally Wired	The Fall	bllckchps
11	Can’t Take This No More	The Bug ft Daddy Freddy	ScorchTheBlueDragon
12	A Felicidade	João Gilberto	alexito
13	Bury Me Deep in Love	The Triffids	richardw65
14	Shout	Tears for Fears	AFictionHabit
15	Dancing Queen	ABBA	stevenjameshyde
16	That’s the Way (I Like It)	KC & the Sunshine Band	SpotTheWhopper
17	(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction	The Rolling Stones	Ravi Raman

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Moon River	Audrey Hepburn	Sasha_Georgina
2	Hit Git & Split	Young Jessie	argybargy
3	Lucille	Little Richard	FatherChewyLouie
4	It’s Not Unusual	Tom Jones	shazza2704
5	Baby, Now That I’ve Found You	The Foundations	untergunther
6	Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel	Tavares	shazza2704
7	Le Freak	Chic	DarceysDad
8	Ring the Alarm	Tenor Saw	Snowshovel
9	Sweet Dreams	Eurythmics	saneshane
10	Because I’m Me	The Avalanches	untergunther
11	Heart of Glass	Blondie	Addicks123
12	Family Affair	Sly and the Family Stone	Xanh_cay
13	Sexy Boy	Air	Sasha_Georgina
14	Ms. Jackson	OutKast	Sasha_Georgina
15	My Love Is Getting Stronger	Cliff Nobles	attwilightlarks
16	Beat Surrender	The Jam	BungeeBill
17	We’re Not Going to Take It	Twisted Sister	bllckchps
18	Paradise City	Guns N’ Roses	stevenjameshyde
19	What Are They Doing in Heaven Today?	Mogwai	Ravi Raman
20	It’s Nobody’s Fault But Mine	Blind Willie Johnson	sonofwebcore

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May 24, 2018 Blog Column Writer: George Boyland (sonofwebcore) At: The Guardian

May 17, 2018 Blog Column Writer: Gary Willis (Fintan28) At: The Guardian

May 10, 2018 Blog Column Writer: Marco den Ouden (Marconius7) At: The Guardian

May 3, 2018 Blog Column Writer: Samantha Birchard (drunkenpanda) At: The Guardian

April 26, 2018 Blog Column Writer: Sarah Chappell (AFictionHabit) At: The Guardian

Apr. 19, 2018 Blog Column Writer: Chaz Cozens (HopelessCase) At: The Guardian

Apr. 12, 2018 Blog Column Writer: Sheila Deane (thoughtballoons) At: The Guardian

Apr. 5, 2018 Blog Column Writer: George Boyland (sonofwebcore) At: The Guardian

Mar. 29, 2018 Blog Column Writer: Stephen Males (severin) At: The Guardian

Mar. 22, 2018 Blog Column Writer: Paul Hayes (Fuel) At: The Guardian

May 24, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: George Boyland (sonofwebcore)
At: The Guardian

May 17, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Gary Willis (Fintan28)
At: The Guardian

May 10, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Marco den Ouden (Marconius7)
At: The Guardian

May 3, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Samantha Birchard (drunkenpanda)
At: The Guardian

April 26, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Sarah Chappell (AFictionHabit)
At: The Guardian

Apr. 19, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Chaz Cozens (HopelessCase)
At: The Guardian

Apr. 12, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Sheila Deane (thoughtballoons)
At: The Guardian

Apr. 5, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: George Boyland (sonofwebcore)
At: The Guardian

Mar. 29, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Stephen Males (severin)
At: The Guardian

Mar. 22, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Paul Hayes (Fuel)
At: The Guardian