"Alakazam" is in Nat King Cole's Orange Coloured Sky, as well as The Marvelettes' My Baby Must Be A Magician.
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 10 April 2014 08:55 (ten years ago) link
"eloquence" from When Smokey Sings by ABC
This one is also in De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
― It's Pablum Time with (NickB), Thursday, 10 April 2014 09:05 (ten years ago) link
when Sting's 'eloquence' escapes you...
― It's Pablum Time with (NickB), Thursday, 10 April 2014 09:06 (ten years ago) link
And Elton's "Sartorial Eloquence" ..
― Mark G, Thursday, 10 April 2014 12:57 (ten years ago) link
(I read that as Trio's "Da da da", and was thinking "probably the 12" version..")
― Mark G, Thursday, 10 April 2014 12:58 (ten years ago) link
God, "Sartorial Eloquence" - got introduced to that through the Elton ballot poll and I swear it now gets stuck in my head more than any of his classic hits. DON'T YOU WANNA PLAY THIS GAME NO MORE???
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 10 April 2014 14:34 (ten years ago) link
It also has "indisposed," but I'm sure that has to be on other things.
Black Hole Sun:
"In my eyes. Indisposed. In disguise as no one knows..."
― LimbsKing, Monday, 14 April 2014 17:02 (ten years ago) link
oh duhhhh
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 14 April 2014 20:33 (ten years ago) link
Lightning Crashes -- Placenta? As in...
"Her placenta falls to the floor"
― LimbsKing, Friday, 18 April 2014 11:22 (ten years ago) link
"By the middle of March when the pregnancy starts in your lady's placenta - that means L just entered"
― Gritty Shakur (sic), Friday, 18 April 2014 11:49 (ten years ago) link
"cavalier" in "She's Out of My Life". Probably there's some other hit song that has used it but I can't think of it
― Vinnie, Friday, 18 April 2014 13:12 (ten years ago) link
no fear, cavalier, renegade and steer cleara tournament, a tournament, a tournament of flies
― how's life, Friday, 18 April 2014 13:16 (ten years ago) link
That song has too many words in it, invalidates half the songs on this thread
― Vinnie, Friday, 18 April 2014 14:05 (ten years ago) link
Does "Hormones" appear in any other song besides "Genie in a Bottle" ?
― Mark G, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 08:01 (ten years ago) link
''Area Codes'' for one...
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 13:03 (ten years ago) link
'streamers' in 'Cars and Girls'?
― soref, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 14:30 (ten years ago) link
Dean Friedman's "Ariel" has "vertical hold" - and, a long shot, "Jewish."
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 27 April 2014 03:23 (ten years ago) link
"faculty" in Bowie's 'Blue Jean'
― PaulTMA, Sunday, 27 April 2014 11:47 (ten years ago) link
"trepidation" in pet shop boys - being boring
― clouds, Sunday, 27 April 2014 13:43 (ten years ago) link
"congruent" in Eve 6's "Leech." Not a great song by any stretch, but came on my ipod this morning.
― LimbsKing, Tuesday, 13 May 2014 18:01 (ten years ago) link
"finagling" in "Chug-a-Lug"
"chancellor" and probably a few other things in "Triumph"
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 13:09 (ten years ago) link
Sheryl Crow discussion elsewhere suggests "vending machine," "intellectualism," "brochure," and "nicotine" in "Every Day Is A Winding Road."
"Communist" on "Soak Up The Sun" has to have appeared elsewhere. "Crummy," maybe?
"If It Makes You Happy" has some good proper names (Geronimo, Benny Goodman) and "mosquito" which is probably in a bunch of things I can't place right this second (not to mention "Red Mosquito" by Pearl Jam, which wasn't a commercial single but barely cracked the Modern Rock top 40 anyway).
"A Change Will Do You Good" had "Falstaff," "bottom-feeder," "cement shoes" and "jack off."
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 30 May 2014 18:02 (ten years ago) link
Also - "poultry" on "Long Tall Glasses"?
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 30 May 2014 18:06 (ten years ago) link
(nothing to do with Sheryl Crow)
'Sodomy' in "What's My Age Again?"
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 30 May 2014 18:18 (ten years ago) link
got halfway through typing "it's in 'Disarm'" before I caught myself.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 30 May 2014 18:57 (ten years ago) link
"mosquito" which is probably in a bunch of things I can't place right this second
Smells Like Teen Spirit?
― Turtleneck Work Solutions (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 30 May 2014 19:10 (ten years ago) link
(slaps forehead, squashes mosquito)
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 30 May 2014 19:12 (ten years ago) link
This wasn't a big hit, but...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOe5ie_cZa0
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 30 May 2014 19:26 (ten years ago) link
"2011" in Chromeo's Jealous, which is currently a modest hit in Canada.
― MarkoP, Friday, 30 May 2014 19:27 (ten years ago) link
there's also loco mosquito by iggy, a jonathan richman song about them, and I think a Stan Ridgway solo track
― Khamma chameleon (Jon Lewis), Friday, 30 May 2014 19:28 (ten years ago) link
"Alabaster?" (Wrapped Around Your Finger)
― Khamma chameleon (Jon Lewis), Friday, 30 May 2014 19:29 (ten years ago) link
In a few things - discussed upthread. And wow, that Ike & Tina b-side is something.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 30 May 2014 19:36 (ten years ago) link
Oh yeah, written by Tina's sister about Ike!
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 30 May 2014 19:40 (ten years ago) link
In honor of the current poll:
'Braille' in "Subterranean Homesick Blues" 'Mathematicians' in "Tangled Up In Blue"
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 30 May 2014 19:47 (ten years ago) link
[Sheryl Crow's] "A Change Will Do You Good" had "Falstaff," "bottom-feeder," "cement shoes" and "jack off."
― Doctor Casino, Friday, May 30, 2014 2:02 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
also while there are a few hit songs with generic microwave ovens in them, only "A Change Will Do You Good" has a RADARANGE™
― Lee626, Friday, 30 May 2014 20:17 (ten years ago) link
tentatively going to suggest 'ciggies' in Looking for Linda by Hue And Cry
― Groovy Wordbender (soref), Thursday, 5 June 2014 07:57 (ten years ago) link
also possibly 'errand' and 'intercity'?
― Groovy Wordbender (soref), Thursday, 5 June 2014 08:05 (ten years ago) link
Also - "poultry" on "Long Tall Glasses"?― Doctor Casino, Friday, 30 May 2014 18:06 (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 30 May 2014 18:06 (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I thought this was 'poetry'..?
― Mark G, Thursday, 5 June 2014 12:40 (ten years ago) link
"carbon and monoxide"
Hall and Oates--She's Gone
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 5 June 2014 13:19 (ten years ago) link
"I am a man of the road, a hobo by name / I don't seek entertainment, just poultry and game." He just showed up for the food, but if dancing's what's required, well, then...
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 5 June 2014 13:26 (ten years ago) link
"An intercity disco..." is in We Like To Party by the Vengaboys but since you mention Hue & Cry, can I propose "pseudo-satisfaction" from Labour Of Love?
― everything, Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:25 (ten years ago) link
Well, that's two words, but 'pseudo' hmmmmmm
― Mark G, Thursday, 5 June 2014 22:10 (ten years ago) link
pseudonym in "babooshka"
― clouds, Friday, 6 June 2014 13:18 (ten years ago) link
On "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide": "zoomy," maybe "mobilize" and "hoot."
― Doctor Casino, Monday, February 10, 2014 1:26 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
oops - there's a "hoot-owl" in "Wildfire."
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 9 June 2014 16:58 (ten years ago) link
anyone besides the Soft Boys ever sing about Anglepoise lamps?
― Khamma chameleon (Jon Lewis), Monday, 9 June 2014 16:59 (ten years ago) link
Aw man, I just heard "She's Gone" and came to post "monoxide," but kornrulez beat me 5 days ago.
― wild-eyed, high-volume bursts of pious indignation (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 21:14 (ten years ago) link
"Septuagenarians" in Deadeye Dick's "New Age Girl"
― Frontier Psychiatrist, Friday, 20 June 2014 12:40 (nine years ago) link
Pretzels: Those hazy crazy days of summer, Nat King Cole
Cashews: Let me take you there, Betty Boo
― Mark G, Friday, 20 June 2014 21:53 (nine years ago) link