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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 Unexplained Phenomena

Oct. 11, 2017
Blog
Column
Writer: ShivSidecar
At: Song Bar

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	I Want to Believe	GBH	Carpgate
2	I Am the Unknown	The Aliens	ParaMhor
3	Marfa Lights	Paul Cauthen	philipphilip99
4	It Came Out of the Sky	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Ravi Raman
5	No Doubt About It	Hot Chocolate	severin
6	Seven Days of Splendour	Jameson Raid	philipphilip99
7	(I’m Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear	Blondie	severin
8	40 Versions	Wire	ParaMhor
9	The Thing That Should Not Be	Metallica	uneasy listening
10	Abominable Snowman in the Market	Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers	severin
11	Margate Fhtagn	The Men That Will Not Be Blamed for Nothing	EnglishOutlaw
12	Re: Your Brains	Jonathan Coulton	philipphilip99
13	The Werewolf of Old Chapeltown	Bob Pegg	nosuchzone

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	My Baby’s Got E.S.P.	Four Below Zero	Uncleben
2	Flying Saucer Attack	The Rezillos	philipphilip99
3	Maybe Angels	Sheryl Crow	Leaveitallbehind
4	Plains of Nazca	Sun Dial	DiscoMonster
5	Windor Hum	Protomartyr	vanwolf2
6	Green Man	Type O Negative	Bethnoir
7	Long Lankin	Steeleye Span	treefrogdemon
8	Caterpillars	The Handsome Family	attwilightlarks
9	Sirena	Calexico	DarceysDad
10	Kappa Ex	Shonen Knife	TarquinSpodd
11	Megalodon	Mastodon	Bethnoir
12	Bigfoot	Don Jones	SweetHomeAlabama
13	Male Monster from the Id	The Chills	vanwolf2

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

Biographical and Autobiographical Songs

Oct. 4, 2017
Blog
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

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

Youtube Playlist

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 Natural Disasters

Sept. 20, 2017
Blog
Column
Writer: ParaMhor
At: Song Bar

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	The Last Days of Pompeii	Nova Mob	DiscoMonster
2	Eve’s Volcano	Julian Cope	bishbosh
3	All Going Out Together	Big Dipper	uneasy listening
4	Landslide	Tony Clarke	attwilightlarks
5	The New Pollution	Beck	amylee
6	Monsoon	…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead	happyclapper
7	Katrina Klap / Dollar Day	Mos Def	Beltway Bandit
8	We Got Back the Plague	The Fiery Furnaces	megadom
9	Pressure Drop	Toots and the Maytals	amylee
10	Stormbringer	John and Beverly Martyn	ShivSidecar
11	Here Comes the Flood	Robert Fripp & Peter Gabriel	nosuchzone
12	Rain Falls Unceasingly on the Sea	Kim Allen Kluge & Kathryn Kluge	Jake Leonard
13	Riders on the Storm	The Doors	Leaveitallbehind

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Forest Fire	Lloyd Cole & the Commotions	Uncleben
2	When It Blows Its Stacks	Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	nosuchzone
3	Flood Water	Eric Bibb	deanofromoz
4	Louisiana 1927	Randy Newman	TatankaYotanka
5	Henry Russell’s Last Words	Diana Jones	treefrogdemon
6	Hurricane Season	Tom Russell Band	tincanman
7	Eye of the Storm	SRC	Beltway Bandit
8	The Waves	Villagers	ToffeeBoy
9	Hurricane Marilyn	Honolulu Mountain Daffodils	severin
10	New Ice Age	The Horrors	vanwolf2
11	Thunder	Imagine Dragons	outoftheblue
12	Tunguska	Cris T-T & the Hoodrats	Funkbrother69
13	Here Comes Sunshine	Grateful Dead	Chris7572

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 Bones

Sept. 13, 2017
Blog
Column
Writer: Leaveitallbehind
At: Song Bar

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Danse macabre	Camille Saint-Saëns	Beltway Bandit
2	Bad to the Bone	George Thorogood & the Destroyers	SweetHomeAlabama
3	Skin and Bones	Foo Fighters	Ravi Raman
4	Bones	Editors	Beltway Bandit
5	Bag of Bones	Guy Clark	treefrogdemon
6	Bonebag	The Cult	vanwolf2
7	Bones of Ribbon	London Grammar	philipphilip99
8	Our Skulls	Imaad Wasif	Bethnoir
9	Backyard Skulls	Frightened Rabbit	ToffeeBoy
10	Boneyard	Jon Cleary	Ravi Raman
11	Dig Up Her Bones	Michale Graves	EnglishOutlaw
12	Grind My Bones	Black Rebel Motorcycle Club	nosuchzone
13	Skeletal Remains	Bohren and der Club of Gore	Beltway Bandit

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Ribs and All / Carrot Pod Pod	Led Zeppelin	megadom
2	Rag and Bone	The White Stripes	amylee
3	Make No Bones About It	Clouds	nosuchzone
4	Boogie in My Bones	Laurel Aitken	megadom
5	Shaking the Bone	Breed	happyclapper
6	Shakin’ All Over	Johnny Kidd & the Pirates	attwilightlarks
7	Bones	The Killers	EnglishOutlaw
8	Bones of Saints	Robert Plant	Uncleben
9	Skeletons	The Sound	severin
10	Portobello Man	The Bevis Frond	SidecarShiv
11	Tom Paine’s Bones	The Young’Uns	Suzi
12	The Bees Made Honey in the Lion’s Skull	Earth	DarceysDad

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