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Songs Featuring Harmonica

Mar. 21, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: magicman
At: Song Bar

A List

	Title	Artist	Harmonica Player	Nominated by
1	Man with a Harmonica	Ennio Morricone	Franco de Gemini	Ian Cuthbert
2	Orange Blossom Special	Charlie McCoy	Charlie McCoy	megadom
3	Blue Light	Little Walter	Little Walter	Beltway Bandit
4	Walkin’ Blues	Butterfield Blues Band	Paul Butterfield	Ravi Raman
5	Alfie	Stevie Wonder	Stevie Wonder	megadom
6	Good Morning, School Girl	Sonny Boy Williamson I	Sonny Boy Williamson I	Uncleben
7	The Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock and Roll	Muddy Waters	James Cotton	AltraEgo
8	Whammer Jammer	J. Geils Band	Magic Dick	alfie hisself
9	Genevieve Waltz	Larry Adler	Larry Adler	Beltway Bandit
10	Easy	Big Walter Horton	Big Walter Horton	attwilightlarks
11	Room to Move	John Mayall	John Mayall	ShivSidecar
12	Brown Ballad	Quincy Jones	Toots Thielemans	AlBahooky
13	Theme from Midnight Cowboy	John Barry	Toots Thielemans	ToffeeBoy

B List

	Title	Artist	Harmonica Player	Nominated by
1	Prison Blues	John Lomax	Alex	deanofromoz
2	Not Fade Away	The Rolling Stones	Brian Jones	megadom
3	Chicago Breakdown	Doctor Ross	Doctor Ross	Uncleben
4	Steppin’ in It	Herbie Hancock	Stevie Wonder	nosuchzone
5	Fruta Boa	Toots Thieleman	Toots Thielemans	untergunther
6	Run Around	Blues Traveler	John Popper	amylee
7	Willie Brown Blues	Ry Cooder	Sonny Terry	Ravi Raman
8	I Want to Take You Higher	Sly and the Family Stone	Sly Stone	AltraEgo
9	Just a Feeling	Charlie Musselwhite	Charlie Musselwhite	Ravi Raman
10	Twenty Yards Behind	Dr. Feelgood	Lee Brilleaux	Funkbrother69
11	Livin’ on the Highway	Nico Wayne Toussaint	Nico Wayne Toussaint	Andrew Morrissey
12	Your Funeral My Trial	Sonny Boy Williamson II	Sonny Boy Williamson II	Beltway Bandit
13	Living in a Hard Land	Chris Wilson	Chris Wilson	deanofromoz
14	On the Road Again	Canned Heat	Alan Wilson	severin

Youtube Playlist

Songs Influenced by Reggae, Ska & Rocksteady

Mar. 14, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Uncleben
At: Song Bar

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Watching the Detectives	Elvis Costello	nosuchzone
2	Maantien laitaa	Yona & Orkesteri Liikkuvat Pilvet with Puppa J	DiscoMonster
3	Heaven	Pere Ubu	megadom
4	Curious	Kode9 & the Spaceape	magicman
5	I Understand	Angelic Upstarts	Carpgate
6	Master Blaster (Jammin’)	Stevie Wonder	Beltway Bandit
7	Belle de nuit	Les Negresses Vertes	ParaMhor
8	The Word Girl	Scritti Politti	philipphilip99
9	Big Muff	John Martyn	megadom
10	Love Song #1	Meshell Ndegeocello	nosuchzone
11	Haitian Divorce	Steely Dan	megadom
12	Afriki	Alpha Blondy	Tempusfugit
13	Meurglys III, The Songwriter’s Guild	Van der Graaf Generator	TatankaYotanka

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Sunday Shining	Finley Quaye	happyclapper
2	Tiger Balm	Hollie Cook	untergunther
3	Yanigawa Blues	The Ska Flames	Panthersan
4	Girl	The Internet ft Kaytranda	DiscoMonster
5	Herbs	B.T. Express	pejepeine
6	Five Man Army	Massive Attack	severin
7	Don’t Lose Your Mind	Miles Davis	megadom
8	Kwele	Somo Somo & Mose Se Sengo	TarquinSpodd
9	Toda Menina Baiana	Gilberto Gil	AltraEgo
10	Legalización	Ska-P	Makinavaja
11	Uncle Sam	Madness	Suzi
12	Mother and Child Reunion	Paul Simon	megadom
13	Yesterday Man	Robert Wyatt	ShivSidecar

Youtube Playlist

Songs About Compass Points

Mar. 8, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Scott Blair (misterbadexample)
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Compass	Zella Day	BlackCombe
2	Sign of the Southern Cross	Black Sabbath	Clare Munks
3	Who Gives a Fuck Where You From	Three 6 Mafia	NoMoreMrNice
4	Cod Liver Oil and Orange Juice	Hamish Imlach	Naguchi
5	Travelin’ Thru’	Smokey Robinson	bllckchps
6	The Road	Frank Turner	Tomwharvey
7	Sleipnir	Manowar	Quackle
8	Never Go West	Seasick Steve	Geofffawcett
9	I’m Going to the West	Steve Tilston	Peter Jones
10	Californication	Red Hot Chili Peppers	FretlessBasser
11	Borders	M.I.A.	SpotTheWhopper
12	Renegade	Warren Zevon	thoughtballoons
13	Magnetic North	Alestorm	koinuchan

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	That’s What I Like About the West	Tex Williams	LyntonCrosby
2	That’s What I Like About the South	Commander Cody & his Lost Planet Airmen	mikedow
3	I’m from Further North Than You	The Wedding Present	Shoegazer
4	That Much Further West	Lucero	David Kelly
5	Smooth Operator	Sade	IsabelleForshaw
6	Northern Piano (Hardcore Piano Mix)	Ultraworld	Goldie Dee
7	Stand	R.E.M.	happyclapper
8	The Lord Is Gracious and Compassionate	Vineyard Worship Music	WordChazer
9	Western Sky	American Music Club	sourpus
10	Way Down in the Hole	Blind Boys of Alabama	London2471
11	The Black Light	Calexico	Alfhartagain
12	Raggle Taggle Gypsy	Planxty	GreatGrendel
13	West African Safari	Sir Victor Uwaifo	LyntonCrosby
14	North, South, East and West	The Church	machenback
15	Going South	Nils Lofgren	just john

Youtube Playlist

Songs About Time Travel

Mar. 7, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: EnglishOutlaw
At: Song Bar

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Iron Man	Black Sabbath	Ravi Raman
2	Year 3000	Busted	bishbosh
3	If I Had a Time Machine, That Would Be Fresh	MC Lars	deanofromoz
4	If I Had My Time Again	Groundhog Day Original Broadway Cast	Flatfrog
5	Halloween Night	AKB48	Hoshino Sakura
6	Let’s Go Round Again	Average White Band	attwilightlarks
7	Time Machine	David Childers	TatankaYotanka
8	Sing Me Back Home	Grateful Dead	Chris7572
9	Nostalgia	Buzzcocks	vanwolf2
10	Walter Carlos	Momus	uneasy listening
11	The Consequences of Time Travel (Part One)	Vernian Process	Bethnoir
12	UBIK	The Electromagnetic Azoth	9hairs9knots

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Time Machine	Kevin Hearn & Thin Buckle	philipphilip99
2	I Wanna Go Back	Eddie Money	SweetHomeAlabama
3	Back Into the Future	Man	ShivSidecar
4	The Future Now	Peter Hammill	TatankaYotanka
5	Feels Like We Only Go Backwards	Tame Impala	Bethnoir
6	Stressed Out	Twenty One Pilots	Uncleben
7	One Man Wrecking Machine	Guster	philipphilip99
8	Tourist from Timenotyet	The Steppes	ShivSidecar
9	Traveller in Time	Uriah Heep	Uncleben
10	Happening Ten Years Time Ago	The Yardbirds	ParaMhor
11	Once Upon a Time	Tony Bennett	attwilightlarks
12	Time Machine	Beggars Opera	megadom

Youtube Playlist

Songs About Fairness

Mar. 1, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Samantha Birchard (drunkenpanda)
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Nobody	Ry Cooder	TomC49
2	It Should’ve Been Me	Ray Charles	ngoo
3	She’s Got You	Patsy Cline	GreatGrendel
4	These Boots Are Made for Walkin’	Nancy Sinatra	Maggie B
5	Ex-Factor	Lauryn Hill	Dougal
6	Can You Get to That	Funkadelic	pussel
7	At Last	Etta James	Mussoliniheadkick
8	Get the Right Balance	Depeche Mode	David Kelly
9	I.O.U.	The La’s	philipphilip99
10	You Can’t Always Get What You Want	The Rolling Stones	normalnix

No B List

Youtube Playlist

Songs With Unusual Narrators

Feb. 28, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: barbryn
At: Song Bar

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Birdhouse in Your Soul	They Might Be Giants	Suzi
2	The Lighthouse’s Tale	Nickel Creek	Suzi
3	Lightning Rod	Guster	philipphilip99
4	Space Doggity	Jonathan Coulton	Suzi
5	I Am the Fox	Nancy Kerr & James Fagan	Suzi
6	Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road	Robert Wyatt	nosuchzone
7	The Lovecats	The Cure	happyclapper
8	The Antelope	Philip Jeays	TatankaYotanka
9	Einsteins Brain	The Dark	Carpgate
10	Jerdacuttup Man	The Triffids	vanwolf2
11	I’m a Truck	Red Simpson	SweetHomeAlabama
12	Milk Teeth	Gecko	ToffeeBoy

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Colleen	Joanna Newsom	megadom
2	My Name Is Carnival	Jackson C. Frank	ShivSidecar
3	Funeral Tango	Scott Walker	Uncleben
4	The War	Lucero	Skydog7
5	Cold Missouri Waters	James Keelaghan	Ravi Raman
6	I’m on Standby	Grandaddy	happyclapper
7	Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis	Tom Waits	deanofromoz
8	The Priest	Johnny Marr & Maxine Peake	DarceysDad
9	Fox	The Men That Will Not Be Blamed for Nothing	EnglishOutlaw
10	Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure	The Weakerthans	philipphilip99
11	Green, Green Grass of Home	Gram Parsons	attwilightlarks
12	Who Done It?	Harry Nilsson	magicman
13	The Last Meal	Hurricane Harry	attwilightlarks
14	Sympathy for the Devil	The Rolling Stones	nosuchzone

Youtube Playlist

Songs About Spain

Feb. 22, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Andrew Morrissey (Makinavaja)
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Spanish Civil War Song	Phil Ochs	albert23
2	Faruca	Sabicas	sonofwebcore
3	Spanish Dancer	Steve Winwood	mamamunho
4	Mediterráneo	Joan Manuel Serrat	RaelyBay
5	Volando Voy	Camarón de la Isla	deanrake2
6	Ni Tú Ni Nadie	Alaska y Dinarama	marcoschoir
7	Spain	The Stranglers	happyclapper
8	Mujer Contra Mujer	Mecano	minutehands
9	Alcazaba	Estrella Morente	Fintan28
10	Vente pá Madrid	Ketama	GreatGrendel
11	Chove en Santiago	Luar na Lubre	thedoc
12	Playa del Carmen	Paco de Lucía	mikedow

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Maldito Duende	Héroes del Silencio	dedalus77uk
2	Escuela de Calor	Radio Futura	Fintan28
3	Spanish Nights	Blackmore’s Night	Clare Munks
4	Spanish Caravan	The Doors	bllckchps
5	Rumba de Barcelona	Manu Chao	steenbeck
6	Fiesta	The Pogues	GreatGrendel
7	Always the Cause	Al Stewart	BeltwayBandit
8	Bahía de Cádiz	Camarón de la Isla	BeltwayBandit
9	Spanish Bombs	The Clash	London2471
10	Rumba Argelina	Radio Tarifa	Thesubhuman
11	Si Yo Tuviera una Escoba	Los Sirex	philipphilip99
12	El Relicario	Imperio Argentina	Martin D. Kilgore
13	Mediterranean Sundance	Al Di Meola, Paco de Lucía & John McLaughlin	GreatGrendel
14	Concierto de Aranjuez	Miles Davis	Addicks123

Youtube Playlist

Personal Theme and Entrance Songs

Feb. 21, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: SongBarLandlord
At: Song Bar

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Blitzkrieg Bop	Ramones	happyclapper
2	Pretty Vacant	Sex Pistols	ShivSidecar
3	Teenage Kicks	The Undertones	ParaMhor
4	Little Green Bag	George Baker Selection	AltraEgo
5	Le Chanson de Jacky	Jacques Brel	TatankaYotanka
6	Jaan Pehechan Ho	Mohammed Rafi	Uncleben
7	Baby Elephant Walk	Dave Grusin	Ravi Raman
8	The Pink Panther Theme	Henry Mancini	Angel Ears
9	At Last	Etta James	severin
10	I Don’t Wanna Waste Your Time	Over the Rhine	DarceysDad
11	American Girl	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	treefrogdemon
12	Free Ride	Edgar Winter Group	AltraEgo
13	The Liberty Bell	Coldstream Guards (composer: John Philip Sousa)	jim
14	Entry of the Gods Into Valhalla	Richard Wagner	magicman

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Hot Pants	James Brown	Skydog7
2	You Came, You Saw, You Conquered	The Ronettes	TarquinSpodd
3	Big Spender	Peggy Lee	jim
4	Why Don’t You Do It Right	Jessica Rabbit/Amy Irving	DarceysDad
5	Great Things	Echobelly	ShivSidecar
6	Treat Me Right	Norma Tanega	Uncleben
7	Open the Door	Betty Carter	nosuchzone
8	Love and Happiness	Al Green	magicman
9	Let the Music Play	Barry White	magicman
10	The Hustle	Van McCoy	pejepeine
11	Old Ned Theme from Steptoe & Son	Ron Grainer	pejepeine
12	The Intro and the Outro	Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band	Marconius7
13	The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba	George Friedrich Handel	treefrogdemon
14	Willkommen (from Cabaret)	Joel Grey	TarquinSpodd
15	Get Carter, Train Journey & Opening Credits	Roy Budd	nosuchzone
16	Peter Gunn	Henry Mancini	Uncleben
17	Genroku Hanami Odori	Takeshi Terauchi & the Bunnys	Hoshino Sakura
18	WaltzinBlack	The Stranglers	Maki
19	Orange	Ken Nordine	Angel Ears
20	World in Action TV Theme	Mick Weaver & Shawn Phillips	jim
21	Blake’s 7 Theme and Title Sequence	Dudley Simpson Orchestra	Carpgate
22	Cosmic Charlie	Grateful Dead	Chris7572
23	Whole Lotta Love	Collective Consciousness Society (CCS)	ShivSidecar
24	Gimme Shelter	The Rolling Stones	amylee
25	White Headphones	The Mother Hips	Skydog7
26	The Boy with the Perpetual Nervousness	The Feelies	TarquinSpodd
27	Notice Me	New Model Army	vanwolf2
28	Don’t Care	Klark Kent	ShivSidecar
29	Just an English Outlaw	The Dogs D’Amour	EnglishOutlaw
30	Stand and Deliver	Adam and the Ants	Leaveitallbehind
31	My Name Is Prince	Prince & the New Power Generation	amylee
32	King Kunta	Kendrick Lamar	magicman
33	Bonkers	Dizzee Rascal	ParaMhor
34	A Warrior’s Call	Volbeat	chinhealer
35	The Stripper	David Rose & his Orchestra	AltraEgo
36	There’s No Business Like Show Business	Ethel Merman	9hairs9knots

Youtube Playlist

Songs That Made You Fall in Love With Music

Feb. 15, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Paul Hayes (Fuel)
At: The Guardian

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Nag Nag Nag	Cabaret Voltaire	Mussoliniheadkick
2	Over the Border	Saint Etienne	bishbosh
3	Ronnie Scott Mambo	Machito and his Salsa Big Band	Alexito
4	Wana Wanyika	Simba Wanyike	LyntonCrosby
5	Morning Mood (from Peer Gynt)	Edvard Grieg	Suzi
6	True Love Ways	Buddy Holly	Leeleeelge
7	Motörhead	Motörhead	thesubhuman
8	Paper Sun	Traffic	sonofwebcore
9	Boys from the County Hell	The Pogues	Shoegazer
10	Don’t Go	Yazoo	philipphilip99
11	Ride on Time	Black Box	untergunther
12	E-Bow the Letter	R.E.M.	Benzedrine
13	Around (Solomun Vox Mix)	Noir & Haze	our ed
14	All Blues	Miles Davis	nilpferd
15	Tell Me When It’s Over	The Dream Syndicate	saneshane

Rather than a B List, Fuel linked to “a playlist of songs that were on the A List at one point or another”. It has 79 songs on it – too many to list here as B List, but here’s the link!

Youtube Playlist

Songs Featuring Honorific Titles

Feb. 14, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: severin
At: Song Bar

A List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	You’re the Doctor	Ty Segall	vanwolf2
2	King of Straw	Slapp Happy	nosuchzone
3	Brother Noah	The Shadows	TarquinSpodd
4	The Brigadier	Jake Thackray	Suzi
5	Big Chief	Professor Longhair	magicman
6	Lady Marlene	Katzenjammer	barbryn
7	Corporal Clegg	Pink Floyd	jim
8	Lord Franklin	Pentangle	Tempusfugit
9	Queen Majesty	The Techniques	magicman
10	Someday My Prince Will Come	Bill Evans Trio	nosuchzone
11	Rock the Casbah	The Clash	9hairs9knots
12	Reverend Lee	Colleen Hewett	Uncleben

B List

	Title	Artist	Nominated by
1	Ghosts of Princes in Towers	Rich Kids	ShivSidecar
2	Les Remparts de Varsovie	Jacques Brel	Joelle
3	Queen Bee	John Lee Hooker	attwilightlarks
4	Miss Brown to You	Billie Holiday	treefrogdemon
5	Princess Wanky	The Wankys	Carpgate
6	Queen of the May	Veda Hille	TatankaYotanka
7	Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey	Paul and Linda McCartney	Skydog7
8	Duke of Earl	Gene Chandler	Suzi
9	Look at Miss Ohio	Gillian Welch	treefrogdemon
10	Milord	Édith Piaf	treefrogdemon
11	Dr. Bucks’ Letter	The Fall	Uncleben
12	Queen of Hearts	The Unthanks	Suzi

Youtube Playlist

Mar. 21, 2018 Blog Column Writer: magicman At: Song Bar

Mar. 14, 2018 Blog Column Writer: Uncleben At: Song Bar

Mar. 8, 2018 Blog Column Writer: Scott Blair (misterbadexample) At: The Guardian

Mar. 7, 2018 Blog Column Writer: EnglishOutlaw At: Song Bar

Mar. 1, 2018 Blog Column Writer: Samantha Birchard (drunkenpanda) At: The Guardian

Feb. 28, 2018 Blog Column Writer: barbryn At: Song Bar

Feb. 22, 2018 Blog Column Writer: Andrew Morrissey (Makinavaja) At: The Guardian

Feb. 21, 2018 Blog Column Writer: SongBarLandlord At: Song Bar

Feb. 15, 2018 Blog Column Writer: Paul Hayes (Fuel) At: The Guardian

Feb. 14, 2018 Blog Column Writer: severin At: Song Bar

Mar. 21, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: magicman
At: Song Bar

Mar. 14, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Uncleben
At: Song Bar

Mar. 8, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Scott Blair (misterbadexample)
At: The Guardian

Mar. 7, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: EnglishOutlaw
At: Song Bar

Mar. 1, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Samantha Birchard (drunkenpanda)
At: The Guardian

Feb. 28, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: barbryn
At: Song Bar

Feb. 22, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Andrew Morrissey (Makinavaja)
At: The Guardian

Feb. 21, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: SongBarLandlord
At: Song Bar

Feb. 15, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: Paul Hayes (Fuel)
At: The Guardian

Feb. 14, 2018
Blog
Column
Writer: severin
At: Song Bar