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Songs About Pride

Oct. 19, 2017
Blog
Column
Writer: Pairubu
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Walk Tall	Val Doonican	LyntonCrosby
2	Okie from Muskogee	Merle Haggard	misterbadexample
3	Do Wah Diddy	The Exciters	sonofwebcore
4	I Hate Myself for Loving You	Joan Jett	HopelessCase
5	Swallow My Pride	Ramones	mikeofle10
6	Awesome Pride	Mink Lungs	saneshane
7	I Am the One and Only	Chesney Hawkes	philipphilip99
8	Preposterous Tales – Ken McKenzie	I, Ludicrous	mutty meme
9	Shake It Off	Taylor Swift	FatherChewyLouie
10	The Loos of England	Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich	Thesubhuman
11	Hakuna Matata	Jimmy Cliff & Lebo M	Dougal
12	My National Pride	Dexys Midnight Runners	Thesubhuman
13	Land of Hope and Glory	Edward Elgar	bllckchps

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Lion Rock	Culture	Shoegazer
2	If It Wasn’t for the ‘Ouses In Between	Gus Elen	severin
3	Proudness	Super Negro Bantous	LyntonCrosby
4	Shame and Pride	Leroy Smart	severin
5	Red Hot	Billy Lee Riley	mikedow
6	I’m a Wonderful Thing, Baby	Kid Creole & the Coconuts	Thesubhuman
7	Look at Me, I’m Wonderful	Bonzo Dog Band	severin
8	In Her Pride	Grasscut	untergunther
9	The Perfect Me	Deerhoof	Shoegazer
10	I Am the Greatest	A House	loyatemu
11	The Village Lanterne	Blackmore’s Night	HopelessCase
12	I’m a Nuclear Bomb	The Spits	pussel
13	Pride	Amy Macdonald	Shrimper19
14	Be My Baby	The Ronettes	attwilightlarks
15	When I’m Gone	The White Buffalo	misterbadexample
16	You’re Not the Only One I Know	The Sundays	Dougal

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Songs Featuring Echoes

Oct. 12, 2017
Blog
Column
Writer: Chaz Cozens (HopelessCase)
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Mud and Dark	Cocteau Twins	StevenFlanagan
2	Echo & Narcissus	Daniel Land & the Modern Painters	nosuchzone
3	Public Eyes	Gregory Isaacs	sonofwebcore
4	Hold On, Hold On	Neko Case	StevenFlanagan
5	One Step Beyond	Madness	LuDux22
6	Brighton Rock	Queen	misterbadexample
7	Everybody’s Talkin’	Harry Nilsson	mikedow
8	Soldier of Fortune	Deep Purple	London2471/ gordonimmel
9	The Sound of Silence	Simon & Garfunkel	LyntonCrosby
10	Echo Mocks the Corncrake	Songs of Separation	LyntonCrosby
11	We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)	The Ink Spots	StevenFlanagan
12	Little Sir Echo	Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band	suzi
13	Test for Echo	Rush	philipphilip99
14	Echo	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	StevenFlanagan
15	Echoes	Pink Floyd	attwilightlarks

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Turn to Stone	Electric Light Orchestra	LyntonCrosby
2	Now I’m Here	Queen	misterbadexample
3	Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us	Robert Plant & Alison Krauss	StevenFlanagan
4	Echo	Crazy P	philipphilip99
5	Watching the Detectives	Elvis Costello & the Attractions	sonofwebcore
6	Libertango	Sharron Shannon with Kirsty MacColl	StevenFlanagan
7	Universal Unfolding	Oversoul ft Gramma Funk	LuDux22
8	A New England	Billy Bragg	Joshuo
9	Carmelita	Warren Zevon	misterbadexmple
10	Tobacco Road	Edgar Winter’s White Trash	mikedow
11	Voices (On the Air)	Siouxsie and the Banshees	severin
12	I’m Wishing	Morecambe and Wise	DaddyPig
13	I’m Not in Love	10cc	grantwyness
14	Echo	Joe Satriani	Ravi Raman
15	Strange Kind of Woman	Deep Purple	misterbadexample

Youtube Playlist

Songs About Spinning

Oct. 5, 2017
Blog
Column
Writer: Sarah Chappell (AFictionHabit)
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)	Dead or Alive	DarceysDad
2	Dizzy	Vic Reeves & the Wonder Stuff	vastariner
3	(Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister	The Stone Roses	Fuel
4	Circles	Kate Tempest	Keith Purdie
5	Lady with a Spinning Head	U2	BeltwayBandit
6	My Propeller	Arctic Monkeys	BlackCombe
7	Spinning Around	Kylie Minogue	bishbosh
8	Dizzy	Throwing Muses	vastariner
9	Spinning Wheel	Blood, Sweat & Tears	suzi
10	Like Spinning Plates	Radiohead	BeltwayBandit
11	Hymn of the Big Wheel	Massive Attack	LyntonCrosby
12	Spinning Away	Brian Eno & John Cale	BeltwayBandit

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Spin Spin Sugar	Sneaker Pimps	bishbosh
2	Spinnin’	Speech Debelle	Shoegazer
3	Spinning Top	Nazareth	LyntonCrosby
4	The World Keeps Going Rpund	The Kinks	bllckchps
5	Round Round	Sugababes	StevenFlanagan
6	Spin the Black Circle	Pearl Jam	DarceysDad
7	Gretchen am Spinnrade	Franz Schubert	bllckchps
8	Falkenham Fair	Bellowhead	suzi
9	Spin	The Darling Buds	vastariner
10	Spinnin’ and Spinnin’	Syreeta	severin
11	I’m Spinning	The Del-Vikings	Pairubu
12	The Circle Game	Joni Mitchell	StevenFlanagan
13	Galaxy Song	Monty Python	bllckchps
14	Circles	Les Fleurs de Lys	StevenFlanagan
15	Spin the Bottle	The Juliana Hatfield Three	SweetHomeAlabama
16	The Music Goes Round and Round	Paul Gayten	severin
17	Spinning Wheel	Black Honey	Up yours
18	World Is Spinning Away	Joe Higgs	Up yours

Youtube Playlist

Songs About Taboos

Sept. 28, 2017
Blog
Column
Writer: Samantha Birchard (drunkenpanda)
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Lemon Incest	Serge & Charlotte Gainsbourg	DarceysDad
2	Little Baby Swastikkka	Skunk Anansie	gordonimmel
3	No Thugs in This House	XTC	sonofwebcore
4	Porn Wars	Frank Zappa	ajostu
5	Tabou	Lecuona Cuban Boys	alexito
6	Love for Sale	Shirley Horn	nilpferd
7	Leck mich im Arsch	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	BeltwayBandit
8	She Bop	Cyndi Lauper	vastariner
9	Back Door Man	Howlin’ Wolf	Shoegazer
10	Glad to Be Gay	Tom Robinson Band	Dougal

No B List

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Songs About Asking, Begging or Pleading

Sept. 27, 2017
Blog
Column
Writer: angryirishpunk
At: Song Bar

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Lobster Quadrille	Franz Ferdinand	amylee
2	Bad Romance	Lady Gaga	Suzi
3	Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?	Arctic Monkeys	Uncleben
4	You’ve Got My Number (Why Don’t You Use It?)	The Undertones	megadom
5	Bitch Bad	Angel Haze	tincanman
6	Has He Got a Friend for Me?	Richard and Linda Thompson	SidecarShiv
7	Another Man in the Old Arcade	Jackie Leven	TatankaYotanka
8	How Can I Protect You?	Alabama 3	DarceysDad
9	Kathy Come Home	The Mock Turtles	SidecarShiv
10	Jeepers Creepers	Louis Armstrong	ParaMhor
11	Talk to Me	Bruce Springsteen	Funkbrother69
12	Take a Fall for Me	James Blake ft RZA	Mogdog
13	Baby, Let Me Follow You Down	Bob Dylan	ParaMhor

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Can I Sleep in Your Arms	Willie Nelson	treefrogdemon
2	Where Were You?	The Mekons	severin
3	Spiritual	Johnny Cash	DarceysDad
4	Please Stay	The Cryin’ Shames	attwilightlarks
5	Private Number	Judy Clay & William Bell	Uncleben
6	Teenage Wristband	The Twilight Singers	DarceysDad
7	Penny Dreadful	Cadaver Club	EnglishOutlaw
8	Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps	Splodgenessabounds	Carpgate
9	Baby I Need Your Loving	Four Tops	megadom
10	Do I Ever Cross Your Mind?	Ray Charles & Bonnie Raitt	Ravi Raman
11	Train Song	Mindy Smith	treefrogdemon
12	Can I Kick It?	A Tribe Called Quest	Mogdog
13	Give Me Tomorrow	Ex-Cathedra	Carpgate

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Songs About Tattoos and Piercings

Sept. 21, 2017
Blog
Column
Writer: Paul Hayes (Fuel)
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Tatuagem	Elis Regina	alexito
2	Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)	The Offspring	Thesubhuman
3	Tattooed Love Boys	The Pretenders	LyntonCrosby
4	Ink My Whole Body	Wiz Khalifa	AnthonyGreendown
5	Tattoo’d Lady	Rory Gallagher	dave56
6	Rose Tattoo	Dropkick Murphys	onarope
7	The Woman with the Tattooed Hands	Atmosphere	LyntonCrosby
8	Tattoos	Frank Turner	Geoffrey Teale
9	Fake Plastic Trees	Radiohead	Shoegazer
10	Unpretty	TLC	barbryn
11	Mi Nah Rub	Queen Ifrica	severin
12	No Nose Job	Digital Underground	BlackCombe
13	Seen and Not Seen	Talking Heads	happyclapper
14	Charles	Skids	buskerdoo
15	The Orchids	Psychic TV	saneshane
16	A Perfect Lie	Engine Room	AFictionHabit

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Patcheye and Meg	Michelle Shocked	steenbeck
2	Jennifer She Said	Lloyd Cole & the Commotions	bishbosh
3	Magnetized	Laura Veirs	saneshane
4	My Friend Goo	Sonic Youth	saneshane
5	As Girls Go	Suzanne Vega	Dougal
6	Boloko	Fatoumata Diawara	untergunther
7	Destruction of the Disgusting Ugly Hate	Soko	untergunther
8	Detachable Penis	King Missile	Shoegazer
9	Anorexol	Eek-A-Mouse	alexito
10	Red Scab	Adam Ant	wyngatecarpenter
11	No Imagination	Biteback	wyngatecarpenter
12	Blue	Joni Mitchell	Sender Sender
13	Dem a Bleach	Nardo Ranks	AnthonyGreendown
14	Clowns	Goldfrapp	Lagado
15	Tatuaje	Conchita Piquer	Makinavaja
16	Tattooed Man	Coil	Room2Live
17	Further Back and Faster	Coil	djpeebz

Youtube Playlist

Songs About Adversity

Sept. 14, 2017
Blog
Column
Writer: Andrew Morrissey (Makinavaja)
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	I Believe in You	Talk Talk	DarceysDad
2	My Shit’s Fucked Up	Warren Zevon	misterbadexample
3	Another Lonely Day	Ben Harper	FatherChewyLouie
4	Gibsom Street	Laura Nyro	attwilightlarks
5	All the Money I Had Is Gone	The Deep Dark Woods	misterbadexample
6	Busted	Ray Charles	MelRoy
7	Here’s the Tender Coming	The Unthanks	severin
8	Woman of the Ghetto	Marlena Shaw	SpotTheWhopper
9	Love of the Common People	Nicky Thomas	sonofwebcore
10	Subcity	Tracy Chapman	bishbosh
11	Jarrow Song	Alan Price	gordonimmel
12	Streets of London	Ralph McTell	HopelessCase

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	La Niña	Mala Rodríguez	Fuel
2	Vincent	Don McLean	ID0004499
3	Lluvia	José el Francés	sonofwebcore
4	Traded In My Cigarettes	Plan B	Ravi Raman
5	In the Ghetto	Elvis Presley	Shoegazer
6	Tennessee Jed	Grateful Dead	Chris7572
7	Inner City Pressure	Flight of the Conchords	chomskyochs
8	Declaration of Rights	The Abyssinians	alexito
9	Born Under Punches	Talking Heads	nosuchzone
10	Get By	Talib Kweli	steenbeck
11	Jeane	The Smiths	Pairubu
12	Born Under a Bad Sign	Albert King	AlfieHisself

Youtube Playlist

Songs About Persistence

Sept. 7, 2017
Blog
Column
Writer: Scott Blair (misterbadexample)
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Keep Right On to the End of the Road	Harry Lauder	hudswell
2	This Year	The Mountain Goats	brianturned
3	The Mary Ellen Carter	Stan Rogers	thoughtballoons
4	Keep On Going On	Curtis Mayfield	otenko
5	Keep On Running	The Spencer Davis Group	argybargy
6	Mushi no Onna	Jun Togawa	Pairubu
7	The Impossible Dream	Andy Williams	Thesubhuman
8	Rescue Me	Skepta	Briantist
9	I’m Going to Knock on Your Door	Little Jimmy Osmond	alexito
10	(I’m Gonna Be) 500 Miles	The Proclaimers	AssameseGuy87
11	Hoping Machine	New Multitudes	jrowen81
12	You’re Gonna Get Next to Me	Bo Kirkland & Ruth Davis	OlivesNightie
13	God’s Great Dust Storm	Katzenjammer	severin

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Forty Five Hundred Times	Status Quo	DarceysDad
2	Match Box Blues	Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan	Ravi Raman
3	Carry On Wayward Son	Kansas	HopelessCase
4	He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother	The Hollies	gordonimmel
5	Waist Deep in the Big Muddy	Pete Seeger	Thesubhuman
6	Carry On	The Templars	wyngatecarpenter
7	Rise Above This	Seether	AssameseGuy87
8	Rewrite	Paul Simon	BlackCombe
9	Flesh and Blood	Invictus Choir	criddy1979
10	Rusted Guns of Milan	Art Brut	NoMoreMrNice
11	Holy Grail	Hunters & Collectors	ajostu
12	Daddy’s Oldsmobile	Hal Ketchum	thoughtballoons

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