The Marconium – Page 39 – The Complete Index to the Song Bar

Songs About Sales, Selling & Bargains

Jan. 17, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: EnglishOutlaw
At: Song Bar

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Merchandise	Fugazi	happyclapper
2	Step Right Up	Tom Waits	barbryn
3	This Guitar Is for Sale	Bobby Bare	treefrogdemon
4	Bargain	The Who	9hairs9knots
5	She Wants to Sell My Monkey	Junior Wells	attwilightlarks
6	I’m Waiting for the Man	The Velvet Underground	amylee
7	A Piss in the Ocean	Conflict	Carpgate
8	Thrift Shop	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft Wanz	SweetHomeAlabama
9	Politics of the Sneaker Pump	Public Enemy	Beltway Bandit
10	Little Man	Alan Jackson	SweetHomeAlabama
11	Jumble Sale	Jake Thackray	severin
12	The Red Corvette	John McCutcheon	Uncleben

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	I’m Selling My Pork Chops (But Giving My Gravy Away)	Memphis Minnie	TarquinSpodd
2	Try Some, Buy Some	Ronnie Spector	ParaMhor
3	Paperback Bible	Lambchop	megadom
4	Sales Tax	Mississippi Sheiks	magicman
5	Let’s Push Things Forward	The Streets	amylee
6	Cash for Clunkers	Loudon Wainwright III	treefrogdemon
7	Know Your Product	The Saints	AltraEgo
8	Punk Rock for Sale	Antidote	Carpgate
9	Up for Sale	The (International) Noise Conspiracy	vanwolf2
10	Everything Must Go	Manic Street Preachers	philipphilip99
11	Plop Plop Fizz Fizz	Sammy Davis Jr.	TarquinSpodd
12	Ebay	Weird Al Yankovic	megadom

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Songs About Dares

Jan. 11, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Gary Willis (Fintan28)
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Children Play with Matches	Mischief Brew	EnglishOutlaw
2	I Will Dare	The Replacements	Shoegazer
3	The Boldest Cats	Max Koffler	sonsounds
4	Funk the Fear	Esperanza Spalding	untergunther
5	Hit Me with Your Best Shot	Pat Benatar	IsabelleForshaw
6	What?	Ursula Rucker ft U-Love	nilpferd
7	Across the Lines	Tracy Chapman	attwilightlarks
8	Long Time Gone	Crosby, Stills & Nash	morbile
9	Who Do You Love?	Bo Diddley	mikedow
10	I Stand Alone	Robert Glasper Experiment	untergunther
11	Dare You to Move	Switchfoot	FatherChewyLouie
12	Don’t Worry Baby	The Beach Boys	thewinslowboy

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	If You Want to Sing Out	Cat Stevens	manyofhorror
2	Girl at the Bus Stop	My Drug Hell	happyclapper
3	She’s My Witch	Kip Tyler	mikedow
4	Strychnine	The Sonics	Megadom
5	Suicide Chump	Frank Zappa	barbedwiretumbleweed
6	We Dared the Lightning	The Bellamy Brothers	LyntonCrosby
7	Double Dare	Bauhaus	FatherChewyLouie
8	Put a Little Aside	The Zutons	DarceysDad
9	Cream	Prince	ajostu
10	High and Dry	Radiohead	happyclapper

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Songs to Open a Mixtape

Jan. 10, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: ParaMhor
At: Song Bar

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Come All Ye	Fairport Convention	Tempusfugit
2	Lust for Life	Iggy Pop	Uncleben
3	Ready Teddy	Little Richard	9hairs9knots
4	Get Ready	The Temptations	ShivSidecar
5	Baby One More Time	Britney Spears	Leaveitallbehind
6	(Theme from) The Monkees	The Monkees	amylee
7	Ballroom Blitz	The Sweet	Ravi Raman
8	Bat Out of Hell	Meat Loaf	Leaveitallbehind
9	Refugee	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	treefrogdemon
10	Let’s Stick Together	Bryan Ferry	magicman
11	Milestones	Miles Davis	Funkbrother69
12	Unfinished Sympathy	Massive Attack	happyclapper
13	Skylarking Dub	Horace Andy	nosuchzone
14	Also sprach Zarathustra	Richard Strauss	BeltwayBandit

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Are You Ready?	Thin Lizzy	philipphilip99
2	Feel	Ty Segall	vanwolf2
3	Blame It on the Boogie	The Jacksons	magicman
4	II B.S.	Charles Mingus	Tempusfugit
5	Piss and Moan Blues	The Gourds	treefrogdemon
6	Too High	Stevie Wonder	BeltwayBandit
7	Going Up	Echo & the Bunnymen	Carpgate
8	Carry On	Crosby, Stills & Nash	AltraEgo
9	Statesboro Blues	The Allman Brothers Band	Bob Beatty
10	Pink Moon	Nick Drake	amylee
11	Best of My Love	The Emotions	megadom
12	Daydream Believer	The Monkees	Suzi
13	El Pueblo Unido	Inti-Illimani	uneasy listening
14	Midnight Cowboy Theme	John Barry	9hairs9knots

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Songs About Old and New

Jan. 4, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Chaz Cozens (HopelessCase)
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Yesterday	The Beatles	florian7
2	Shiroyama	Sabaton	London2471
3	New Shoes	Paolo Nutini	LyntonCrosby
4	End Over End	Foo Fighters	zTom
5	A New Day Yesterday	Jethro Tull	Ravi Raman
6	Another Brand New Year	Bottle Rockets	David Kelly
7	The King	Steeleye Span	suzi
8	Let’s Start the New Year Right	Bing Crosby	MoustacheGroupie
9	Video Killed the Radio Star	The Buggles	SpotTheWhopper
10	New Kid in Town	Eagles	IsabelleForshaw

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Wind of Change	Scorpions	bllckchps
2	Solsbury Hill	Peter Gabriel	IsabelleForshaw
3	Bastille Day	Rush	philipphilip99
4	The Times They Are a-Changin’	Bob Dylan	bllckchps
5	This World Over	XTC	StevenFlanagan
6	Learning to Live	Beth Hart	GreatGrendel
7	Roll Over Beethoven	Chuck Berry	StevenFlanagan
8	Black Eyes, Blue Tears	Shania Twain	FatherChewyLouie
9	Mama’s Got a Girlfriend	Ben Harper	Ravi Raman
10	On the Turning Away	Pink Floyd	bllckchps

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Songs With Great Backing Vocals

Jan. 3, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: magicman
At: Song Bar

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman	Aretha Franklin	9hairs9knots
2	(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear	Elvis Presley	Suzi
3	Bring It On Home to Me	Sam Cooke	amylee
4	(Night Time Is) the Right Time	Ray Charles	Ravi Raman
5	Hearts on Fire	Gram Parsons	barbryn
6	I’m Not in Love	10cc	megadom
7	State of Independence	Donna Summer	ParaMhor
8	I Can’t Let Go	The Hollies	ShivSidecar
9	Don’t Worry Baby	The Beach Boys	treefrogdemon
10	Blue Moon	The Marcels	ParaMhor
11	Just a Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody	Louis Prima & Keely Smith	nosuchzone
12	Elenore	The Turtles	9hairs9knots
13	You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No)	Dawn Penn	9hairs9knots

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	I Say a Little Prayer	Aretha Franklin	severin
2	Trouble of This World	Rose Stone & the Venice Four	Ravi Raman
3	Rastaman Chant	Bob Marley & the Wailers	TarquinSpodd
4	Yeke Yeke	Mory Kanté	TarquinSpodd
5	It’s in His Kiss	Betty Everett	severin
6	Hey Girl Don’t Bother Me	The Tams	severin
7	Lightnin’ Strikes	Lou Christie	attwilightlarks
8	La-La (Means I Love You)	The Delfonics	9hairs9knots
9	It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference	Todd Rundgren	9hairs9knots
10	Chain Reaction	Diana Ross	philipphilip99
11	Friends	The Beach Boys	TarquinSpodd
12	Jesus on the Mainline	Ry Cooder	megadom
13	Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)	Gladys Knight & the Pips	severin

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Songs About Trees

Dec. 28, 2017
Blog
Column
Writer: George Boyland (sonofwebcore)
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Christmas Tree	King Stitt	BeltwayBandit
2	The Tree Knows Everything	Adam F. ft Tracey Thorn	LuDux22
3	Hickory Wind	The Byrds	zoomshot
4	Willow Tree	Seth Lakeman	suzi
5	Red Barked Trees	Wire	wyngatecarpenter
6	English Trees	Crowded House	deanofromoz
7	It’s All Around	The Shamen	vanwolf
8	Cinnamon Tree	Esperanza Spalding	florian7
9	I Was an Oak Tree	Jonathan Byrd	suzi
10	A Day in the Life of a Tree	The Beach Boys	Yak3

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Billy the Mountain	The Mothers of Invention	mikedow
2	London Plane	Big Big Train	HopelessCase
3	Nothin’ Shakin’ (But the Leaves on the Trees)	Eddie Fontaine	hudswell
4	Whispering Pines	The Band	Alfhartagain
5	The Trees They Do Grow High	Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick	zOOey
6	Weeping Willow Blues	Bessie Smith	StevenFlanagan
7	The Tree	The Incredible String Band	FurryCanary
8	Weeping Willow Blues	The Verve	FowerCloud
9	The 12 Days of Christmas	Frank Kelly	IsabelleForshaw
10	Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow	The Carter Family	Skydog7
11	El Arbol	Argentina	Makinavaja
12	Black Horse and the Cherry Tree	KT Tunstall	LyntonCrosby
13	Willow Weep for Me	Billie Holiday	attwilightlarks

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Songs About Storms

Dec. 21, 2017
Blog
Column
Writer: Scott Blair (misterbadexample)
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Hurricane Season	Trombone Shorty	GreatGrendel
2	Storm Warning	Bonnie Raitt	PatLux
3	The Tempest	Pendulum	philipphilip99
4	Gov Did Nothin’	John Butler Trio	BlackCombe
5	Stormbringer	Deep Purple	gordonimmel
6	Great Dust Storm (Dust Storm Disaster)	Woody Guthrie	Naguchi
7	Thunderstruck	AC/DC	DrMaybe
8	Stormy Weather	The Spaniels	attwilightlarks
9	Winterstürme (from Die Walküre)	Richard Wagner (performed by Max Lorenz)	bllckchps
10	Storm Is Rising	Little Axe	Xanh_cay
11	Wild Gilbert	Lovindeer	alexito
12	Cold Haily Rainy Night	The Imagined Village	StevenFlanagan

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Sad and Lonely Faces	David Bedford	nosuchzone
2	The Storm	Big Country	SpotTheWhopper
3	Stormy	Diana Ross & the Supremes	SpotTheWhopper
4	Storm in a Teacup	The Fortunes	LyntonCrosby
5	Storm Cloud	The Heptones	Xanh_cay
6	Sometimes	James	barbryn
7	The Storms Are On the Ocean	Ollabelle	jrowen81
8	Storm Across the Sea	Chuck Prophet	walstib
9	Tornado of Love	The Rainmakers	SpoilheapSurfer
10	Storm the Reality Asylum	Rip Rig + Panic	Xanh_cay
11	Calm Before the Storm	Sparks	tabbycatty
12	The Rain	Thunder	gordonimmel
13	Storms Never Last	Waylon Jennings & Jessi Colter	drunkenpanda
14	Storm	Yoshida Brothers	Shoegazer

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Songs About Snow And Ice

Dec. 20, 2017
Blog
Column
Writer: Leaveitallbehind
At: Song Bar

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Waltz of the Snowflakes	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	attwilightlarks
2	Snowflakes Are Dancing	Tomita	9hairs9knots
3	Wonder If the Snow Will Settle	Clearlake	vanwolf2
4	No Quarter	Led Zeppelin	amylee
5	Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow	Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds	ParaMhor
6	Frosty the Snowman	Cocteau Twins	barbryn
7	Let It Go	Idina Menzel	barbryn
8	7th Street Wonderland	Songs: Ohia	Uncleben
9	Footprints in the Snow	Dyon Parker	ShivSidecar
10	Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day	Jethro Tull	amylee
11	Under Ice	Kate Bush	ParaMhor
12	Merry Xmas Everyone	Slade	ShivSidecar

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Hint of a Freeze	Fishbaugh, Fishbaugh & Zorn	treefrogdemon
2	Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!	Rod Stewart	Ravi Raman
3	Snowflake Ballet	Jacques Offenbach	severin
4	Snowstorm	Galaxie 500	happyclapper
5	Winter Fields	Bat for Lashes	severin
6	Snowbound	Genesis	megadom
7	Cumberland County	Fred Eaglesmith	tincanman
8	Refrigerator Car	Spin Doctors	philipphilip99
9	Missie How You Let Me Down	Richard Thompson	treefrogdemon
10	Snowblind	Judy Henske & Jerry Yester	Tempusfugit
11	Snow (Hey Ho)	Red Hot Chili Peppers	SweetHomeAlabama
12	A Hazy Shade of Winter	Simon & Garfunkel	AltraEgo
13	Ice in the Sun	Status Quo	uneasy listening
14	Snow Still Melting	Frightened Rabbit	ToffeeBoy

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Songs About Asian Cities

Dec. 14, 2017
Blog
Column
Writer: Pairubu
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Uska Dara	Eartha Kitt	IsabelleForshaw
2	Youth in Asia	Dirty Sanchez	ILikeChips
3	Medina	Rachid Taha	GreatGrendel
4	Baku Hipster	Ya Tosiba	LuDux22
5	Konichiwa Bitches	Robyn	manyofhorror
6	Yeh Hai Bombay Meri Jaan	Mohammed Rafi	AssameseGuy87
7	6 a.m. Jullander Shere	Cornershop	vastariner
8	Tonight in Tokyo	Sandie Shaw	BeltwayBandit
9	Kowloon, Hong Kong	The Reynettes	neilhayz
10	Tokyo Ballad	Tsutomu Nakamoto & the Shakari Orchestra	BeltwayBandit
11	Okinawa Song	Ryuichi Sakamoto	ajostu
12	Hanoi	La Grande Sophie	SubjectiveSubject

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Monsoon Town	Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra	FatherChewyLouie
2	My Woman from Tokyo	Deep Purple	London2471
3	Calcutta	Lawrence Welk	SweetHomeAlabama
4	Shanghai Girls	Io Echo	StevenFlanagan
5	Peking O	Can	dave56
6	On the Road to Mandalay	Peter Dawson	London2471
7	Hong Kong Mambo	Tito Puente	alexito
8	My Favorite Town Osaka	Shonen Knife	StevenFlanagan
9	Seoul	Amiina	LyntonCrosby
10	Mon Amour Tokyo	Pizzicato Five	philipphilip99
11	Hills of Katmandu	Tantra	alexito
12	Urban Guitar Sayonara	Number Girl	ajostu
13	Bangkok	Alex Chilton	Billy Oblivion

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Songs With Onomatopoeia

Dec. 13, 2017
Blog
Column
Writer: severin
At: Song Bar

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Flight of the Bumblebee	Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov	Suzi
2	Tick Tick Boom	The Hives	Leaveitallbehind
3	Boom Biddy Boom	Freschard	untergunther
4	Cement Mixer	Slim Gaillard Trio	uneasy listening
5	Moss Garden	David Bowie	amylee
6	Hog Callin’ Blues	Charles Mingus	untergunther
7	Konchugun	Jun Togawa	TarquinSpodd
8	Cucurrucucu Paloma	Caetano Veloso	magicman
9	Love Buzz	Shocking Blue	happyclapper
10	Pata Pata	Miriam Makeba	Ravi Raman
11	Chicken	The Cramps	TarquinSpodd
12	Duetto buffo di due gatti	Gioachino Rossini	ParaMhor

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Ba Ba Boom	The Jamaicans	megadom
2	Machine Gun	Portishead	AlBahooky
3	Barking Up the Wrong Tree	Don Woody	megadom
4	Choo Choo Ch’Boogie	Louis Jordan	9hairs9knots
5	Train Running Low on Soul	XTC	SidecarShiv
6	Sumer Is Icumen In	Richard Thompson	uneasy listening
7	Trommeltanz (Din Daa Daa)	George Kranz	SweetHomeAlabama
8	Bim Bam Boom	The El Dorados	9hairs9knots
9	Kokessie Dog	The Kokessies	TarquinSpodd
10	Pow	Lethal Bizzle	magicman
11	Honky Tonk Train Blues	Mead Luz Lewis	Funkbrother69
12	The Ding Dong Song	Rebecca Pan	TarquinSpodd
13	Zing Went the Strings of My Heart	The Skyliners	AltraEgo

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