The Marconium – Page 24 – The Complete Index to the Song Bar

Songs Quietly Performed

May 6, 2020
Blog
Column
Writer: DiscoMonster

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Sweet Harmony	The Beloved	vastariner
2	A Canterbury Tale	Dreadzone	ShivSidecar
3	It’s a Fine Day	Jane	philipphilip99
4	Les Bras de mer	Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita	Suzi
5	In Paradisum (from Requiem)	Gabriel Fauré	attwilightlarks
6	Silence	Chet Baker, with Charlie Haden, Enrico Pieranunzi & Billy Higgins	florian7
7	Angel Dust	DJ Cam	Nilpferd
8	Melancholia II	William Basinski	Shoegazer
9	Drunken Galleon	Walls	MussoliniHeadkick
10	Koke’e	Dennis Kamakahi	TarquinSpodd
11	Into Dust	Mazzy Star	amylee
12	When Breathing Starts	Ulrich Drechsler Quartet with Tord Gustavsen	Nicko
13	John’s Theme (Love Scene)	Pino Donaggio	untergunther
14	Love Itself	Leonard Cohen	Suzi
15	Cradle	Adrianne Lenker	Seth Miller
16	Cellophane	FKA twigs	barbryn
17	The Lull	Cat’s Eyes	untergunther
18	Nyalimagotee	S. E. Rogie	Mogdog
19	Ambre	Nils Frahm	amylee
20	Saturday	Sparklehorse	happyclapper
21	Parallelograms	Linda Perhacs	ShivSidecar
22	Love to Share	Carlton & the Shoes	magicman
23	The 59th Street Bridge Song	Simon & Garfunkel	AltraEgo
24	Simply Beautiful	Al Green	untergunther

No B List

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Songs About Quiet

Apr. 29, 2020
Blog
Column
Writer: DiscoMonster

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	She’s Not There	The Zombies	IsabelleForshaw
2	It’s Oh So Quiet	Björk	megadom
3	Quiet Houses	Fleet Foxes	swawilg
4	Silencio	Jorge Drexler	Maki
5	Quiet Heart	The Go-Betweens	megadom
6	Loud Places	Jamie xx ft Romy	happyclapper
7	No Words	Bahama Soul Club ft Brenda Boykin	Mogdog
8	Speak Low	Billie Holiday	Nilpferd
9	Shhh	Prince	Mogdog
10	Man Next Door	Massive Attack	happyclapper
11	Voices Carry	‘Til Tuesday	amylee
12	I Have a Need for Solitude	Mary Chapin Carpenter	tincanman
13	World Shut Your Mouth	Julian Cope	AltraEgo
14	Enjoy the Silence	Depeche Mode	Shoegazer
15	Quiet Life	Japan	vanwolf2
16	The Silent Boatman	Parliament	pejepeine
17	Silencio	Ibrahim Ferrer & Omara Portuondo	magicman
18	Shhh/Peaceful	Miles Davis	magicman

No B List

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Songs About Hollywood

Apr. 22, 2020
Blog
Column
Writer: philipphilip99

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Hollywood	Erykah Badu	swawilg
2	Hollywood	Guy Clark	treefrogdemon
3	Hollywood Hopeful	Loudon Wainwright III	megadom
4	Little Hollywood Girl	The Everly Brothers	treefrogdemon
5	Hollywood	Lana Del Rey	megadom
6	Hollywood	Brigitte Fontaine	Pop Off!
7	Hollywood Nights	Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band	Suzi
8	Red Dust	Screen 3	ShivSidecar
9	Sunset Boulevard	Terry Callier	Nicko
10	Hollywood Lawn	Jenny Lewis	TarquinSpodd
11	Hollywood	Codeine Velvet Club	Leaveitallbehind
12	Say Goodbye to Hollywood	Billy Joel	Marconius7

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Semi-Fraudulent Direct-from-Hollywood Overture	Frank Zappa	George Boyland
2	Hollywood Dreaming	Father’s Children	Nicko
3	Sunset Grill	Don Henley	IsabelleForshaw
4	Hollywood	The Puppini Sisters	Pop Off!
5	Hollywood Seven	Jon English	IsabelleForshaw
6	Hollywood (Down on Your Luck)	Thin Lizzy	megadom
7	Mary C. Brown and the Hollywood Sign	Dory Previn	barbryn
8	Holly Would	Jackie DeShannon	ShivSidecar
9	Ain’t Nobody Straight in L.A.	The Miracles	magicman
10	Dedicated to Bobby Jameson	Ariel Pink	Uncleben
11	Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings	Father John Misty	megadom
12	Hollywood Ending	Sleater-Kinney	megadom

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Songs About Spring Cleaning & Household Chores

April 15, 2020
Blog
Column
Writer: DJ Bear (Pop Off!)

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Boundless Love	John Prine	happyclapper
2	It Will All Come Out in the Wash	Miranda Lambert	Ravi
3	Clean Up Your Own Backyard	Elvis Presley	Nicko
4	Washday Blues	Dolly Parton	severin
5	Wash, Mama, Wash	Dr. John	Ravi
6	Clothes Line Saga	Suzzy & Maggie Roche	severin
7	Hard Work	John Handy	9hairs9knots
8	Shake ‘n’ Vac	Snuff	happyclapper
9	Jump Mama Jump	Poison Girls	Carpgate
10	Official Suburbian Superman	Suzi Quatro	ShivSidecar
11	Cleanup Time	John Lennon & Yoko Ono	magicman
12	Clean This House	Paul Kelly & the Dots	Nicko
13	The Day My Pad Went Mad	John Cooper Clarke	IsabelleForshaw
14	Washaway	XTC	ShivSidecar
15	Diet	Au Pairs	George Boyland
16	Tortoise Brand Pot Cleaner	Shonen Knife	TarquinSpodd
17	Housework	The B-52s	megadom
18	Housework	Robert Palmer	ajostu
19	Spring Cleaning	John McCutcheon	BanazirGalbasi
20	Yard Broom	The Skatalites	Mogdog
21	Finger	Prince Buster	IsabelleForshaw
22	Spring Cleaning	Fats Waller	severin

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Leave the Dishes in the Sink Ma	Spike Jones & His City Slickers	ParaMhor
2	Get a New Broom (And Sweep the Blues Away)	Duke Ellington & Ivy Anderson	Marconius7
3	We’re Going to Hang Out the Washing on the Siegfried Line	Sidney Lipton & His Grosvenor House Dance Band	Traktor Albatrost
4	When I’m Cleaning Windows	George Formby	TarquinSpodd
5	Whistle While You Work	Adriana Caselotti	tubby Brewster
6	Trip to the Lawndry	The Cock and Bull Band	treefrogdemon
7	No Go Baby	The Corrs	philipphilip99
8	Housewife’s Alphabet	Peggy Seeger	Nicko
9	I’m a Woman	Maria Muldaur	TatankaYotanka
10	Cleaning Windows	Van Morrison & the Chieftains	TarquinSpodd
11	Do the Dishes Too	Jayme Kelly Curtis	BanazirGalbasi
12	Jack of All Trades	Bruce Springsteen	Leaveitallbehind
13	Shake, Rattle and Roll	Bill Haley & His Comets	TarquinSpodd
14	Yakety Yak	The Coasters	BanazirGalbasi
15	House Cleaning	The Spaniels	Nicko
16	Sweeping Your Dirt Under the Rug	Sammy Jones	Nicko
17	Funkier Than a Mosquito’s Tweeter	Ike & Tina Turner	IsabelleForshaw
18	Clean-Up Woman	Betty Wright	9hairs9knots
19	Dirty Man	Laura Lee	Nicko
20	Too Many Dirty Dishes	Albert Collins	Ravi
21	Old Broom	Wailing Souls	Nicko
22	Clean Up the Ghetto	Tapper Zukie	Uncleben
23	Let’s Clean Up the Ghetto	The Philadelphia International All-Stars	magicman

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Songs About the Brain

Apr. 8, 2020
Blog
Column
Writer: Marco den Ouden (Marconius7)

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	The Brain Song	Weird Al Yankovic	FretlessBasser
2	Inside My Head	Young MC	IsabelleForshaw
3	Language and Mentality	African Head Charge	Uncleben
4	Me The Machine	Imogen Heap	megadom
5	Veteran of the Psychic Wars	Blue Öyster Cult	Uncleben
6	Can I Sleep in Your Brain	Ezra Furman	megadom
7	The Abandoned Brain	Robyn Hitchcock	megadom
8	Hots for the Smarts	Richard Thompson	Suzi
9	This Is Your Brain	Joe Diffie	Ravi
10	Love on the Brain	Rihanna	severin
11	Make Love to Your Mind	Bill Withers	9hairs9knots
12	Madness (Is All in the Mind)	Madness	magicman

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Journey to the Center of the Mind	The Amboy Dukes	SweetHomeAlabama
2	Brain Damage	The Waifs	treefrogdemon
3	It Must Be Something Psychological	Katie Lee	philipphilip99
4	Always on My Mind	Willie Nelson	magicman
5	In Your Head	Gabby Young and Other Animals	severin
6	Think Too Much (a)	Paul Simon	swawilg
7	Einstein Brain	Admiral Freebee	swawilg
8	When the Sun Goes In	Philip Jeays	TatankaYotanka
9	Weak Brain and a Narrow Mind	Willie Dixon	Nicko
10	T.N.T. for the Brain	Enigma	Pop Off!
11	Hjernen er alene	deLillos	Traktor Albatrost
12	Grey Walls	Richard Thompson	treefrogdemon
13	Brain Damage	Eminem	megadom
14	Baby Doll	Laurie Anderson	IsabelleForshaw
15	The River (from The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat)	Matthew Trevino	Uncleben
16	Veronica	Elvis Costello	Shoegazer
17	Booker T & His Electric Shock	Markley	TarquinSpodd
18	Don’t Look Back in Anger	Oasis	ParaMhor
19	Who Ate My Brain	Tizzy Bac	TarquinSpodd
20	Brain	Banks	philipphilip99
21	Too Many Thoughts in My Head	Weezer	Ravi
22	Bet My Brains	Starcrawler	Pop Off!

Bonus C List (Instrumentals)

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Memories of Green	Vangelis	philipphilip99
2	Brain Food (Give Me)	Burning Spear	megadom
3	Brain Smashing Dub	Linton Kwesi Johnson	magicman
4	Brainville	Sun Ra	pejepeine
5	The Brain of the Purple Mountain	Leo Kottke	treefrogdemon
6	Brain Sweeties	Mogwai	megadom
7	Brain Training	Stanley Clarke Trio	Ravi
8	Mind Ecology	Shakti	Ravi
9	Positive Mindscape	Renegade Soundwave	Shoegazer
10	Amygdala	Henry Cow	megadom
11	The Brain	Chick Corea	BanazirGalbasi
12	Mind Transplant	Alphonse Mouzon	BanazirGalbasi
13	Vulcan Mind Probe	George Duke	BanazirGalbasi
14	The Mental Traveler	David Axelrod	megadom

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Songs About Stars

Apr. 1, 2020
Blog
Column
Writer: amylee

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Good Morning Starshine	Oliver	Marconius7
2	The Stars That Play with Laughing Sam’s Dice	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Nicko
3	Twinkle Little Star	The Parisians	philipphilip99
4	Baby I’m a Star	Prince	IsabelleForshaw
5	Star 69	R.E.M.	megadom
6	Black Star	Radiohead	barbryn
7	Superglider	Drugstore	happyclapper
8	Star Charmer	Grinderman	Mogdog
9	Wishing on a Star	Rose Royce	magicman
10	Stoned Immaculate	Dub Syndicate	Shoegazer
11	Mambo Sun	T. Rex	IsabelleForshaw
12	Blackstar	David Bowie	severin
13	Starless and Bible Black	Stan Tracey Quartet	megadom
14	No Stars Shall Hurt You from Above	Henry Purcell	ParaMhor
15	How the Stars Were Made	Michael Askill	Nicko

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Shine Like Stars	Primal Scream	ParaMhor
2	Supernova	Opal	ShivSidecar
3	Sous quelle étoile suis-je né?	Michel Polnareff	TarquinSpodd
4	Infinite Sun	Kula Shaker	Ravi
5	Star of the County Down	Van Morrison & the Chieftains	Mogdog
6	California Stars	Billy Bragg & Wilco	Uncleben
7	Dark Star	Robb Johnson	TatankaYotanka
8	Superstar	Nina Nastasia	Shoegazer
9	Stargazer	The Zephyrs	Shoegazer
10	Rock Star	Bran Van 3000	Shoegazer
11	Stars	The Brian Jonestown Massacre	MussoliniHeadkick
12	Shine On Little Star	Freeheat	happyclapper
13	(We’ve) Found a Way (to the Sun)	The Primitives	MussoliniHeadkick
14	In the Valley of Dying Stars	Superdrag	vanwolf2
15	Lone Star Queen	New York Dolls	megadom
16	Car with the Star	Andre Williams	Traktor Albatrost
17	Punk Rock Stars	The Art Attacks	Carpgate
18	No Star	Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her	ajostu
19	Bleeding Star	Jean-Paul Sartre Experience	Nilpferd
20	Highway Star	Deep Purple	Ravi
21	Interstellar Overdrive	Pink Floyd	MussoliniHeadkick

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Songs About Decor

Mar. 25, 2020
Blog
Column
Writer: George Boyland

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	The Caves of Altamira	Steely Dan	Uncleben
2	Magnolia	Slaves	megadom
3	Scandinavian Design	Sparks	severin
4	Ikea	Jonathan Coulton	philipphilip99
5	Furniture Music	Bill Nelson’s Red Noise	Shoegazer
6	Handyman Blues	Billy Bragg	IsabelleForshaw
7	Owls	The Handsome Family	IsabelleForshaw
8	Harry’s House / Centerpiece	Joni Mitchell	severin
9	Odd Jobs	Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	nosuchzone
10	Coronation	Family	Mogdog

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	The Beatles	Uncleben
2	I’m Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home	David Frizzell	magicman
3	I’m Gonna Change Everything	Jim Reeves	swawilg
4	Coldwater Canyon	Dory Previn	severin
5	Our House	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	amylee
6	Surrey with the Fringe on Top	Mel Tormé	Nilpferd
7	Kookie’s Mad Pad	Edd Byrnes	Nilpferd
8	Love Shack	The B-52s	amylee
9	Picture on the Wall	Natural Ites & the Realistics	Uncleben
10	Playhouse	Dagha	magicman
11	The Day My Pad Went Mad	John Cooper Clarke	severin

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Songs With Self-Deprecation

March 18, 2020
Blog
Column
Writer: megadom

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Consolation Prize	Orange Juice	Uncleben
2	Extended Dance Mix	Fujiya & Miyagi	Shoegazer
3	Suspended from Class	Camera Obscura	Shoegazer
4	Take Off Your Sunglasses	Ezra Furman	SkippyisaCult
5	April Fool’s Day Morn	Loudon Wainwright III	Uncleben
6	Loving Pauper	Gregory Isaacs	pejepeine
7	Pedestrian at Best	Courtney Barnett	nosuchzone
8	Track Number 8	Sun Kil Moon	barbryn
9	Eine Symphonie des Grauens	The Monochrome Set	Shoegazer
10	GMF	John Grant	florian7
11	How Sweet to Be an Idiot	Neil Innes	ajostu
12	I Wonder If You’re Drunk Enough to Sleep with Me Tonight	Ballboy	amylee
13	Moon in June (Top Gear Version)	Soft Machine	nosuchzone

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	I Wish	Skee-Lo	magicman
2	I Can’t Do Anything	X-Ray Spex	severin
3	King of a One-Horse Town	Dan Auerbach	Nicko
4	The Freed Pig	Sebadoh	happyclapper
5	My Weakness Is You	Edwin Starr	attwilightlarks
6	Nobody Takes Me Seriously	Split Enz	IsabelleForshaw
7	He Didn’t	The 6ths	philipphilip99
8	Started Out with Nothin’	Seasick Steve	tincanman
9	Unloveable	The Smiths	TarquinSpodd
10	40, Fat and Finished	The Guv’nors	Carpgate
11	678	King Creosote & Jon Hopkins	ToffeeBoy
12	Dominican Girdles	Dana Bryant	Nilpferd
13	Town Cryer	Elvis Costello	George Boyland

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Songs Quoting Shakespeare

Mar. 11, 2020
Blog
Column
Writer: magicman

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	The Evil That Men Do	Iron Maiden	Ravi
2	An Sylvia	Franz Schubert (sung by Lucia Popp)	Derek Bum
3	Blue Lagoon	Laurie Anderson	Shoegazer
4	Lover, You Should’ve Come Over	Jeff Buckley	SongBarLandlord
5	Sur O No Sur	Kevin Johansen	pejepeine
6	Now Is the Winter	GLM	Carpgate
7	Goodbye-ee	Peter Cook & Dudley Moore	severin
8	The Moon Is Down	Gentle Giant	Uncleben
9	Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind	Ken “Snakehips” Johnson & Al Bowlly	Nicko
10	Crown	Stormzy	pejepeine
11	Fool’s Paradise	Rufus and Chaka Khan	Nicko
12	Romeo and Juliet	Alec Constandinos	pejepeine

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Born to Lose	Motörhead	Uncleben
2	If Music Be the Food of Love	Henry Purcell	Suzi
3	Something Rotten at the Back of Iceland	Half Man Half Biscuit	Derek Bum
4	Brief Candles	The Zombies	severin
5	Heart on My Sleeve	Bryan Ferry	philipphilip99
6	Shadowtime	Siouxsie and the Banshees	nosuchzone
7	Pam’s Moods	Kilburn and the High Roads	nosuchzone
8	Lily of the Valley	Queen	swawilg
9	Ophelia’s Song	Shelagh McDonald	ShivSidecar
10	Yorric	Meic Stevens	ShivSidecar
11	Gold	Prince	Pop Off!
12	Back Together	Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway	nosuchzone

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Songs About Singing

Mar. 4, 2020
Blog
Column
Writer: Suzi

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	What Can a Song Do to You?	The Unthanks	severin
2	Canta Mais	Antônio Carlos Jobim	magicman
3	Singing a Song	Jackie Wilson	tincanman
4	Looking for an Echo	The Persuasions	SweetHomeAlabama
5	Money Note	Camille	Shoegazer
6	Killing Me Softly with His Song	Roberta Flack	philipphilip99
7	The Night I Heard Caruso Sing	Everything but the Girl	swawilg
8	Singing to the Birds	Lisa Germano	TarquinSpodd
9	Let Robeson Sing	Manic Street Preachers	magicman
10	How Can I Keep From Singing?	Enya	Pop Off!
11	Voices, That’s All	Chumbawamba	uneasy listening
12	I Shall Sing	Marcia Griffiths	Pop Off!
13	Sing a Simple Song	Sly and the Family Stone	amylee

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings	Buckshot LeFonque	Mogdog
2	Doris	Shellac	happyclapper
3	Coo Coo	Big Brother & the Holding Company	megadom
4	Happy Days and Auld Lang Syne	Richard Thompson	treefrogdemon
5	Hymn to Love	Cyndi Lauper	Pop Off!
6	The Whole House Is Singing	Alasdair Roberts	Uncleben
7	One White Whale	Laurie Anderson	philipphilip99
8	Edge of Seventeen	Stevie Nicks	ParaMhor
9	The Song We Were Singing	Paul McCartney	magicman
10	Larf and Sing	Family	ShivSidecar
11	Singin’ in the Kitchen	Bobby Bare	magicman

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Writer: DJ Bear (Pop Off!)

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Writer: Marco den Ouden (Marconius7)

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Writer: George Boyland

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Writer: megadom

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Writer: magicman

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Writer: Suzi