May 3, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer:Â Samantha Birchard (drunkenpanda)
At: The Guardian
A List
No B List
Category: Topic
Songs About Immortality & Longevity
May 2, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: treefrogdemon
At: Song Bar
A List
| Title | Artist | Nominated by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highwayman | The Highwaymen | SweetHomeAlabama |
| 2 | My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) | Neil Young & Crazy Horse | severin |
| 3 | Rivers Run | Karine Polwart | Suzi |
| 4 | I Have Always Been Here Before | Julian Cope | Beltway Bandit |
| 5 | We’re Going to Live for a Very Long Time | Heaven 17 | AlBahooky |
| 6 | No End to Me | Cadaver Club | EnglishOutlaw |
| 7 | Leaning on the Everlasting Arms | Mahalia Jackson | Ravi Raman |
| 8 | Where the Soul Never Dies | Hank Williams | ParaMhor |
| 9 | Eternal Love | Delano Stewart | nosuchzone |
| 10 | Forever Young | Bob Dylan | megadom |
| 11 | If We Were Vampires | Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit | Leaveitallbehind |
| 12 | Still Life | Van der Graaf Generator | megadom |
B List
| Title | Artist | Nominated by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackstar | David Bowie | Uncleben |
| 2 | The Man Who Lives Forever | Lord Huron | Ravi Raman |
| 3 | Dixie Drug Store | Grant Lee Buffalo | DarceysDad |
| 4 | Troy | Sinead O’Connor | ShivSidecar |
| 5 | Halfway There | Slapp Happy | nosuchzone |
| 6 | Playing in the Band | Grateful Dead | Chris7572 |
| 7 | Older Than My Old Man Now | Loudon Wainwright III | severin |
| 8 | Eternal Flame | The Bangles | amylee |
| 9 | Live Forever | The Dirty Guv’nahs | Skydog7 |
| 10 | Eternally | Sarah Vaughan | magicman |
| 11 | Nosferatu Man | Slint | vanwolf2 |
| 12 | I Have the Moon | The Magnetic Fields | SongBarLandlord |
Songs About Writing
April 26, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer:Â 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 |
Songs About Confidence
April 25, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: severin
At: Song Bar
A List
| Title | Artist | Nominated by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us | Sparks | megadom |
| 2 | I Can | Nas | Uncleben |
| 3 | Turn Me Around | Mavis Staples with Bonnie Raitt | Ravi Raman |
| 4 | One Way or Another | Blondie | Suzi |
| 5 | He’s Misstra Know-It-All | Stevie Wonder | nosuchzone |
| 6 | Confidence | Peter Hammill | TatankaYotanka |
| 7 | How Can I Be Sure | David Cassidy | magicman |
| 8 | I Can Help | Billy Swan | megadom |
| 9 | Buffalo Stance | Neneh Cherry | megadom |
| 10 | Express Yourself | N.W.A. | amylee |
| 11 | Irreplaceable | Beyoncé | outoftheblue |
| 12 | Hold Your Head Up | Argent | megadom |
B List
| Title | Artist | Nominated by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whatever Lola Wants | Eartha Kitt | Suzi |
| 2 | The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze | Gilbert and Sullivan | Suzi |
| 3 | Hoochie Coochie Man | Muddy Waters | Skydog7 |
| 4 | Listen to Her Heart | Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | treefrogdemon |
| 5 | 300 Pounds of Joy | Howlin’ Wolf | Skydog7 |
| 6 | I’m So Bad (Baby I Don’t Care) | Motörhead | Ravi Raman |
| 7 | Crash | The Primitives | happyclapper |
| 8 | Sexiest Man in Jamaica | Mint Royale | magicman |
| 9 | You Ought to Be with Me | Al Green | AlBahooky |
| 10 | Don’t Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down | Eric Bibb | Ravi Raman |
| 11 | How? | John Lennon | magicman |
| 12 | Can I Kick It | A Tribe Called Quest | Uncleben |
| 13 | Beautiful | Christina Aguilera | magicman |
| 14 | I’m Gonna Do It All | Karine Polwart | Suzi |
| 15 | 63 Year Old Mama | Koko Taylor | Ravi Raman |
| 16 | The Bishop of New Hampshire | Fingersnap | Leaveitallbehind |
| 17 | Yes We Can Can | The Pointer Sisters | amylee |
| 18 | Tall in the Saddle | Joan Armatrading | nosuchzone |
Songs About the Commonwealth
Apr. 19, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer:Â 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 |
Songs From 1900-1955
Apr. 18, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: DiscoMonster
At: Song Bar
A List
| Title | Artist | Nominated by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If It Wasn’t for the ’Ouses In Between | Gus Elen | severin |
| 2 | Any Old Iron | Harry Champion | Suzi |
| 3 | The Entertainer | Scott Joplin | Suzi |
| 4 | After You’ve Gone | Marion Harris | Beltway Bandit |
| 5 | I’d Climb the Highest Mountain (If I Knew I’d Find You) | “Whispering” Jack Smith | untergunther |
| 6 | Parlez-moi d’Amour | Lucienne Boyer | untergunther |
| 7 | Volver | Carlos Gardel | Maki |
| 8 | Lágrimas Negras | Trio Matamoros | magicman |
| 9 | My Daddy Rocks Me (With One Steady Roll) | Trixie Smith | severin |
| 10 | It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got Swing) | Duke Ellington & his Orchestra | severin |
| 11 | Shave ’Em Dry | Lucille Bogan | severin |
| 12 | The Prisoner’s Song | Vernon Dalhart | SweetHomeAlabama |
| 13 | Szomorú Vasárnap | Rezső Seress | Beltway Bandit |
| 14 | Hell Hound on My Trail | Robert Johnson | ParaMhor |
| 15 | Stardust | Louis Armstrong | magicman |
| 16 | Cheek to Cheek | Fred Astaire | ParaMhor |
| 17 | Deep Purple | Larry Clinton & his Orchestra with Bea Wain | Marconius7 |
| 18 | Mood Indigo | The Boswell Sisters | magicman |
| 19 | Goodnight Sweetheart | Al Bowlly | Beltway Bandit |
| 20 | É Doce Morrer No Mar | Dorival Caymmi | pejepeine |
| 21 | Konoyo No Hana | Chiyoko Shimakura | Hoshino Sakura |
| 22 | Nature Boy | Nat King Cole | severin |
| 23 | The Walkin’ Blues | Jesse Powell with Fluffy Hunter | AlBahooky |
| 24 | Cadillac Boogie | Jimmy Liggins & his Drops of Joy | Mitch Mitchell |
| 25 | How Many More Years | Howlin’ Wolf | Ravi |
| 26 | There’s No One but You | The Orioles | severin |
| 27 | Body and Soul | Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown | Nilpferd |
No B List
Songs About Road Trips
Apr. 12, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer:Â 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 |
Music That Mentions, Mimics or Samples Birdsong
April 11, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer:Â Hoshino Sakura
At: Song Bar
A List
| Title | Artist | Nominated by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Golden Birdies | Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band | megadom |
| 2 | Peanut Duck | Marsha Gee | Uncleben |
| 3 | Duck Cha-Cha | Lisa Carbon | untergunther |
| 4 | Ciocarlia si Suite | Fanfare Ciocărlia | Nilpferd |
| 5 | Bird of Cuzco | Nina Nastasia | ShivSidecar |
| 6 | Le Coucou au fond des bois (from Carnival of the Animals) | Camille Saint-Saëns | Beltway Bandit |
| 7 | Friday Afternoons | Benjamin Britten | severin |
| 8 | Cry of the Wild Goose | Les Compagnons de la Chanson | treefrogdemon |
| 9 | Flowers in the Window | Travis | magicman |
| 10 | Watching You Without Me | Kate Bush | ParaMhor |
| 11 | Oiseaux Exotiques | Olivier Messiaen (performed by Daniel Kirk-Foster) | magicman |
| 12 | Nightingales and Bombers | BBC Sound Archive | philipphilip99 |
B List
| Title | Artist | Nominated by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lovin’ You | Minnie Riperton | attwilightlarks |
| 2 | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square | Frank Sinatra | Funkbrother69 |
| 3 | Chicken Strut | The Meters | AlBahooky |
| 4 | Three Little Birds | Bob Marley & the Wailers | magicman |
| 5 | Sketch for Summer | The Durutti Column | megadom |
| 6 | The Lark Ascending | Ralph Vaughan Williams | amylee |
| 7 | The Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This | Love | TarquinSpodd |
| 8 | Songbird | Eva Cassidy | severin |
| 9 | Why Do Fools Fall in Love | Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers | amylee |
| 10 | The Mocking Bird | Frank Haffort | Alison Dempster |
| 11 | Too Bright for Peacocks | Virginia Astley | Beltway Bandit |
| 12 | Cucurrucucu Paloma | Caetano Veloso | nosuchzone |
Songs About Loneliness
Apr. 5, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer:Â 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 Waking Up
April 4, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer:Â ParaMhor
At: Song Bar
A List
| Title | Artist | Nominated by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sri Ventkateswara Suprabhatam | M. S. Subbulakshmi | Ravi Raman |
| 2 | Colours | Donovan | Beltway Bandit |
| 3 | I Say a Little Prayer | Aretha Franklin | TatankaYotanka |
| 4 | I Wake Up Crying | Chuck Jackson | attwilightlarks |
| 5 | Nobody Knows the Way I Feel Dis Mornin’ | Clara Smith | magicman |
| 6 | I’m Only Sleeping | The Beatles | Beltway Bandit |
| 7 | Breathless | Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | megadom |
| 8 | Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go | Wham! | nosuchzone |
| 9 | Waking Up | Elastica | happyclapper |
| 10 | Oatmeal | Sudan Archives | untergunther |
| 11 | El Manisero (The Peanut Vendor) | Don Azpiazú & the Havana Casino Orchestra | Ravi Raman |
| 12 | Diamond Dew | Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci | ShivSidecar |
| 13 | The Birds in Your Garden | Pulp | barbryn |
B List
| Title | Artist | Nominated by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I’m Into Something Good | The Cookies | 9hairs9knots |
| 2 | Silence of the Morning | Glass Sun | Djinnjaha |
| 3 | Head Hurts | Eskimo Joe | deanofromoz |
| 4 | Get Up | R.E.M. | SweetHomeAlabama |
| 5 | The Daily Planet | Love | TarquinSpodd |
| 6 | Peacefully Asleep | Life ‘n’ Soul | Beltway Bandit |
| 7 | Dust My Broom | Elmore James | Tempusfugit |
| 8 | Clerk Saunders | Emily Smith | treefrogdemon |
| 9 | The Curse | Josh Ritter | Uncleben |
| 10 | Morning Please Don’t Come | Dusty and Tom Springfield | severin |
| 11 | You’ll Wake Up Wiser | Bettye Lavette | philipphilip99 |
| 12 | Sexual Healing | Marvin Gaye | amylee |
| 13 | Memories (Can’t Wait) | Talking Heads | DiscoMonster |