The Marconium – Page 30 – The Complete Index to the Song Bar

Songs Featuring Personification

Mar. 20, 2019
Blog
Column
Writer: Uncleben

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Mercy I Cry City	The Incredible String Band	ShivSidecar
2	Perry County	Philip Jeays	TatankaYotanka
3	Europa	Slapp Happy & Henry Cow	nosuchzone
4	Fascinating Rhythm	Ella Fitzgerald	Nilpferd
5	Mélancolie	Rokia Traoré	Nilpferd
6	Hola Soledad	Sandra Carrasco	Maki
7	Jack Ironside	The Young’uns	Suzi
8	We’re Still Here	Bill Wells & Aidan Moffatt	SkippyisaCult
9	Maa Rewa	Indian Ocean	Ravi Raman
10	Summer Wind	Frank Sinatra	happyclapper
11	This Tornado Loves You	Neko Case	barbryn
12	Concrete Jungle	Bob Marley & the Wailers	Nicko
13	Mr. Blue Sky	Electric Light Orchestra	philipphilip99

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	The Apple Stretching	Grace Jones	pejepeine
2	World Shut Your Mouth	Julian Cope	ShivSidecar
3	Captain of Your Ship	Reparata and the Delrons	Suzi
4	Bailed Out	The Auteurs	barbryn
5	I Can’t Stand the Rain	Ann Peebles	MusoliniHeadkick
6	Mister Moon	The Meters	9hairs9knots
7	Ol’ Man River	Art Pepper	Nilpferd
8	Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head	B. J. Thomas	florian7
9	King Heroin	James Brown	pejepeine
10	The Bushes Scream While My Daddy Prunes	The Very Things	Shoegazer
11	Big Sky	The Kinks	Seth Miller
12	September	Richard Strauss (sung by Jessye Norman)	attwilightlarks
13	Love Bites	Def Leppard	Abahachi

Youtube Playlist

Songs About Suicide

Mar. 13, 2019
Blog
Column
Writer: George Boyland (sonofwebcore)

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	In a Rut	The Ruts	Shoegazer
2	Hobo Heaven	Groanbox	TatankaYotanka
3	Hope	Björk	severin
4	Yere Faga	Oumou Sangaré	Nilpferd
5	Top Yourself	The Raconteurs	megadom
6	Goodnight, Irene	Lead Belly	TarquinSpodd
7	The Drowned Lovers	Kate Rusby	Suzi
8	Sonny	The Rubberbandits	pejepeine
9	Ailein Duinn	Karen Matheson	Suzi
10	Floating in the Forth	Frightened Rabbit	barbryn
11	Asleep	The Smiths	OliveButler
12	Slow Death	Flamin’ Groovies	ShivSidecar
13	Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide	David Bowie	OliveButler

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Mad World	Gary Jules	swawilg
2	Exercise One	Joy Division	OliveButler
3	How to Save a Life	The Fray	EnglishOutlaw
4	Mr. Grieves	Pixies	Derek Bum
5	1-800-273-8255	Logic	pejepeine
6	Turning the Gun on Myself	Teddy Thompson	magicman
7	The Bridge	Dolly Parton	megadom
8	Love You More	Buzzcocks	vanwolf2
9	Stuff Up the Cracks	The Mothers of Invention	TarquinSpodd
10	Sheath and Knife	Eliza Carthy	Suzi
11	Today	Smashing Pumpkins	DiscoMonster
12	Young Male Suicide Blessed by Invisible Woman	Jackie Leven	TatankaYotanka
13	Alone Again (Naturally)	Gilbert O’Sullivan	swawilg

Youtube Playlist

Songs About Photos and Photography

Mar. 6, 2019
Blog
Column
Writer: EnglishOutlaw

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Selfies	Nina Nesbitt	Shoegazer
2	The Camera Loves Me	Would-Be-Goods	ShivSidecar
3	Click, Click, Click, Click	Bishop Allen	IsabelleForshaw
4	Away Away	Weddings, Parties, Anything	Nicko
5	Photograph	Melanie	Nicko
6	This Is Us	Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris	Makinavaja
7	Dirty Pictures	Radio Stars	severin
8	Paparazzi	Lady Gaga	Noodsy
9	Turning Japanese	The Vapors	pwgb
10	Photograph	The Satellites	Jenny
11	Photograph	Goose House	TarquinSpodd
12	Come Away Melinda	Uriah Heep	Makinavaja

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Flashbulb Eyes	Arcade Fire	OliveButler
2	The Bad Photographer	Saint Etienne	ShivSidecar
3	Face on the Cutting Room Floor	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Ravi Raman
4	I’ve Got Pictures of You in Your Underwear	Ballboy	Shoegazer
5	Blackmail	10cc	Marconius7
6	People Take Pictures of Each Other	The Kinks	ParaMhor
7	Camera-Shy	The Lucksmiths	Shoegazer
8	Elin’s Photograph	Strangelove	Bethnoir
9	Postcards of Scarborough	Michael Chapman	sonofwebcore
10	Photographs (You Are Taking Now)	Damon Albarn	GreatGrendel
11	A Faded Photograph	“Whispering” Jack Smith	DiscoMonster
12	Video Girl	FKA twigs	severin

Youtube Playlist

Songs With Words of Wisdom

Feb. 27, 2019
Blog
Column
Writer: barbryn

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	You Can’t Always Get What You Want	The Rolling Stones	GreatGrendel
2	Get Over Yourself	Steven Adams	Shoegazer
3	To Beat the Devil	Kris Kristofferson	MussoliniHeadkick
4	Make Your Own Kind of Music	Mama Cass Elliot	florian7
5	Dancing the Animal	Esperanza Spalding	untergunther
6	The Atheist’s Burden	Disco Inferno	vanwolf2
7	Carpe Diem	The Village Fugs	TarquinSpodd
8	A Man’s a Man for A’ That	Paolo Nutini	Suzi
9	Love and Rage	Mischief Brew	EnglishOutlaw
10	Rise	Richard Earnshaw ft Ursula Rucker & Roy Ayers	DiscoMonster
11	Words of Wisdom	Dennis Brown	magicman
12	The End	The Beatles	ShivSidecar

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Be Good to Yourself	Frankie Miller	GreatGrendel
2	Hold On	Alabama Shakes	swawilg
3	Don’t Take It Too Bad	Townes Van Zandt	magicman
4	Sing	The Dresden Dolls	Bethnoir
5	How Fortunate the Man with None	Dead Can Dance	vanwolf2
6	Be Thankful for What You’ve Got	Massive Attack	Shoegazer
7	The Best of Times	Sage Francis	DiscoMonster
8	Get Better	Dan le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip	bishbosh
9	Wanita	Rokia Traoré	swawilg
10	Long as You’re Living	Abbey Lincoln	Seth Miller
11	Survival	Annette Peacock	swawilg
12	It’s All Good	Superorganism	MussoliniHeadkick

Youtube Playlist

Songs About Secret Admirers

Feb. 20, 2019
Blog
Column
Writer: severin

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	He’s So Fine	The Chiffons	SweetHomeAlabama
2	Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)	The Temptations	SweetHomeAlabama
3	Where Were You?	The Mekons	uneasy listening
4	Un Ramito de Violetas	Cecilia	Maki
5	Secret Admirer	The Gaylads	Uncleben
6	If Only You Knew	Patti Labelle	swawilg
7	Re-Make/Re-Model	Roxy Music	AltraEgo
8	All I Do Is Think About You	Tammi Terrell	9hairs9knots
9	Couldn’t I Just Tell You	Todd Rundgren	ShivSidecar
10	Mad About the Boy	Noël Coward	Nicko
11	Secretly	Skunk Anansie	swawilg
12	Everybody Knows (Except You)	The Divine Comedy	SongBarLandlord
13	La Rossa	Van der Graaf Generator	megadom
14	You Don’t Know Me	Alison Krauss	magicman

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Passing By	Paul Robeson	Suzi
2	I Want to Tell You	The Beatles	ShivSidecar
3	One Day	The Lurkers	Carpgate
4	The Girl of My Best Friend	Elvis Presley	Suzi
5	Lonely Boy	Brenda Holloway	attwilightlarks
6	You’ll Never Know	The Platters	megadom
7	A Certain Girl	Warren Zevon	swawilg
8	Daydreaming	The Box Ticked	treefrogdemon
9	Secret Love	Doris Day	OliveButler
10	Two Doors Down	Mystery Jets	Shoegazer
11	Secret Admirer	Cocoa Tea	Uncleben
12	I’ve Been Thinking About You	Londonbeat	IsabelleForshaw
13	You Belong with Me	Taylor Swift	Noodsy
14	Funny Little Frog	God Help the Girl	barbryn
15	My Finest Hour	The Sundays	barbryn
16	Oba, Lá Vem Ela	Jorge Ben Jor	pejepeine
17	Nobody Knows That	Kat Edmondson	swawilg
18	High Steppin’ Hip Dressin’ Fella	Love Unlimited	pejepeine
19	Cyprus Avenue	Van Morrison	TarquinSpodd
20	Have You Ever Loved a Woman	Freddie King	Ravi

Youtube Playlist

Songs About Paris

Feb. 13, 2019
Blog
Column
Writer: swawilg

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Parisian Thoroughfare	Clifford Brown & Max Roach	Nilpferd
2	Midnight in Paris	The Unholy Modal Rounders	SkippyisaCult
3	Paris sera toujours Paris	Zaz	GreatGrendel
4	Swing de Paris	Django Reinhardt	OliveButler
5	Il est cinq heures, Paris s’éveille	Jacques Dutronc	florian7
6	Le Printemps à Paris	Jacqueline Taïeb	ShivSidecar
7	Paris mai	Claude Nougaro	TatankaYotanka
8	Paris Blues	Terry Callier	Uncleben
9	No Moon in Paris	Marianne Faithfull	philipphilip99
10	The Paris Match	The Style Council with Tracy Thorn	megadom
11	A Place in Paris	Matt Monro	philipphilip99
12	Free Man in Paris	Joni Mitchell	Uncleben

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Under the Bridges of Paris	Eartha Kitt	deanofromoz
2	Coeur de Parisienne	Rufus Wainwright	megadom
3	Paris Mood Tonight	Tony Joe White	sonofwebcore
4	Quai de Jemappes	Les Négresses Vertes	ParaMhor
5	Guess Who I Saw in Paris	Buffy Sainte-Marie	GreatGrendel
6	1er jour à Paris	Petit Yodé et l’Enfant Siro	Nicko
7	Les Champs-Élysées	Joe Dassin	megadom
8	Azure-Te	Nat King Cole	OliveButler
9	Arc de Triomphe Two Step	Beausoleil	IsabelleForshaw
10	Lonely Night in Paris	Julie London	attwilightlarks
11	Près de Paris	Pierre Bensusan	Maki

Youtube Playlist

Songs About Banks and Banking

Feb. 6, 2019
Blog
Column
Writer: Ravi Raman

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	The Money Shuffle	Richard Thompson	Suzi
2	The Wall Street Shuffle	10cc	severin
3	Where Are the Barricades?	Leon Rosselson	TatankaYotanka
4	Saving Up to Go Bankrupt	Mike Rimbaud	megadom
5	For the Love of Money	Tackhead	Shoegazer
6	As Strong as Samson	Procol Harum	ShivSidecar
7	Money’s Too Tight (To Mention)	Simply Red	swawilg
8	Robbin’ Banks	Jeffrey Frederick & the Clamtones	SkippyisaCult
9	Raining Gravel	Tim Bluhm	Skydog7
10	Smash the Market Place	Screaming Blue Messiahs	blackshadow

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Fidelity Fiduciary Bank	David Tomlinson & Dick Van Dyke	Uncleben
2	Heavenly Bank Account	Frank Zappa	sonofwebcore
3	Best Dreams Burnley Building Society	George Chandler	pejepeine
4	Mule	Gov’t Mule	Skydog7
5	Blood Bank	Bon Iver	SongBarLandlord
6	Shame on You	Captain SKA	florian7
7	Rats	Subhumans	uneasy listening
8	Johnny 99	Bruce Springsteen	megadom
9	Colour Line	Asian Dub Foundation	IsabelleForshaw
10	Use a Bank I’d Rather Die	McCarthy	vanwolf2
11	Bonnie & Clyde	Papa Levi	Uncleben

Youtube Playlist

Songs About Music Venues

Jan. 30, 2019
Blog
Column
Writer: pejepeine

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Royal Garden Blues	Bix Beiderbecke & His New Orleans Lucky Seven	magicman
2	Sultans of Swing	Dire Straits	Uncleben
3	Lisdoonvarna	Christy Moore	megadom
4	Barrowland Ballroom	Amy Macdonald	tincanman
5	Cavern Stomp	The Big Three	sonofwebcore
6	Let’s Submerge	X-Ray Spex	TarquinSpodd
7	Barbarellas	The Photos	OliveButler
8	For Free	Joni Mitchell	Suzi
9	Lullaby of Birdland	Ella Fitzgerald	megadom
10	You Got Me	The Roots ft Erykah Badu & Eve	untergunther
11	Foliba	Super Rail Band of the Buffet Hotel de la Gare, Bamako	DiscoMonster
12	Memory of a Free Festival	David Bowie	ShivSidecar

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Montreux	Hermeto Pascoal	BanazirGalbasi
2	Cornmeal Waltz	Guy Clark	tincanman
3	Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale	Love	philipphilip99
4	Club a GoGo	The Animals	9hairs9knots
5	Ballroom Blitz	The Sweet	megadom
6	Shit British Tour	Peter and the Test Tube Babies	Carpgate
7	Open Your Eyes	Peter Hammill	TatankaYotanka
8	(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais	The Clash	Shoegazer
9	Dust A Sound Boy	Super Beagle	Nicko
10	On verra ça	Orchestra Baobab	Nilpferd
11	God Drinks at the Sando	The Whitlams	Nicko

Youtube Playlist

Songs About Crisis

Jan. 23, 2019
Blog
Column
Writer: ParaMhor

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Ball of Confusion	The Temptations	bishbosh
2	Ceremony	New Order	Skydog7
3	Showdown	Kenny Carter	attwilightlarks
4	My World Fell Down	Sagittarius	ShivSidecar
5	Crisis of Mine	The Undertones	Uncleben
6	Cracking Up	Nick Lowe	megadom
7	I’ve Been Waiting For Tomorrow (All of My Life)	The The	Nilpferd
8	Europe Is Lost	Kate Tempest	Shoegazer
9	Neptune	The Poozies	Suzi
10	Crisis	Anohni	severin
11	Wake Up Everybody	Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes	DiscoMonster
12	On the Nickel	Tom Waits	swawilg
13	Brain Damage / Eclipse	Pink Floyd	Suzi
14	Two Margarines	John Shuttleworth	OliveButler

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Digital	Joy Division	Derek Bum
2	Upside Down	The Jesus and Mary Chain	MussoliniHeadkick
3	Crisis Identity	Oxymoron	Carpgate
4	Downloading	Negativland	SweetHomeAlabama
5	Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse	of Montreal	vastariner
6	Life Is Mean	The Tiger Lillies	OliveButler
7	State of Emergency	Sweet Honey in the Rock	Seth Miller
8	Think for a Minute	The Housemartins	megadom
9	I Think It’s Going to Rain Today	Randy Newman	Suzi
10	Car Crash	The Candyskins	Noodsy
11	Canvey Island	British Sea Power	happyclapper
12	Dinosaur Sex	Emmy the Great	Shoegazer
13	Things A Get from Bad to Worse	The Ethiopians	Jamesowen475

Youtube Playlist

Songs About Long Distance Relationships

Jan. 16, 2019
Blog
Column
Writer: DiscoMonster

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Jimmy Mack	Martha and the Vandellas	attwilightlarks
2	Bye Bye Pride	The Go-Betweens	Nilpferd
3	My Johnny Was a Shoemaker	Steeleye Span	Suzi
4	Aloha ‘Oe	Alfred Apaka	TarquinSpodd
5	Deny	Yasmine Hamdan	untergunther
6	Husna	Hitesh Sonik ft Piyush Mishra	Ravi
7	Separated by Motorways	The Long Blondes	happyclapper
8	Going Places	Kid Creole & the Coconuts	pejepeine
9	(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville	R.E.M.	vanwolf2
10	I Miss You	Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes	magicman
11	Destiny	Zero 7 ft Sia & Sophie Barker	Skydog7
12	Flyweight Love	Vienna Teng	Jenny K.
13	Miles Away	Poemss	untergunther
14	When Love Breaks Down	Prefab Sprout	Shoegazer

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Long Distance Love	Little Feat	ToffeeBoy
2	Distant Lover	Marvin Gaye	Uncleben
3	A Taste of Honey	Andy Bey & the Bey Sisters	pejepeine
4	Memphis, Tennessee	Chuck Berry	ShivSidecar
5	Dolores & Kimberley	Advance Base	Shoegazer
6	Open Arms	Elbow	philipphilip99
7	We Could Send Letters	Aztec Camera	megadom
8	Love Letters	Ketty Lester	EnglishOutlaw
9	Call Me (Come Back Home)	Al Green	magicman
10	Your Side of the Bed	Little Big Town	Leaveitallbehind

Youtube Playlist (combined A and B Lists)

Mar. 20, 2019 Blog Column Writer: Uncleben

Mar. 13, 2019 Blog Column Writer: George Boyland (sonofwebcore)

Mar. 6, 2019 Blog Column Writer: EnglishOutlaw

Feb. 27, 2019 Blog Column Writer: barbryn

Feb. 20, 2019 Blog Column Writer: severin

Feb. 13, 2019 Blog Column Writer: swawilg

Feb. 6, 2019 Blog Column Writer: Ravi Raman

Jan. 30, 2019 Blog Column Writer: pejepeine

Jan. 23, 2019 Blog Column Writer: ParaMhor

Jan. 16, 2019 Blog Column Writer: DiscoMonster

Mar. 20, 2019
Blog
Column
Writer: Uncleben

Mar. 13, 2019
Blog
Column
Writer: George Boyland (sonofwebcore)

Mar. 6, 2019
Blog
Column
Writer: EnglishOutlaw

Feb. 27, 2019
Blog
Column
Writer: barbryn

Feb. 20, 2019
Blog
Column
Writer: severin

Feb. 13, 2019
Blog
Column
Writer: swawilg

Feb. 6, 2019
Blog
Column
Writer: Ravi Raman

Jan. 30, 2019
Blog
Column
Writer: pejepeine

Jan. 23, 2019
Blog
Column
Writer: ParaMhor

Jan. 16, 2019
Blog
Column
Writer: DiscoMonster