Songs about the engineering trades and their practitioners (not including audio engineering)
The ElectricianWichita Lineman
― mick signals, Wednesday, 16 January 2019 15:48 (five years ago) link
Casey Jones
― harvey wall/barrier (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 16 January 2019 17:38 (five years ago) link
Heh. John Henry?
Decemberists, "Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect"?
― Gunther Gleiben (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 16 January 2019 22:44 (five years ago) link
Oooh! Oooh! Fortress Around Your Heart.
― Gunther Gleiben (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 16 January 2019 22:45 (five years ago) link
if you count a tinker as a practitioner of the engineering trades, then at least part of tim hardin's "if i were a carpenter"
also about 10% of woody guthrie songs it sometimes seems
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 16 January 2019 23:34 (five years ago) link
Songs in which the Beatles wish you a Happy Birthday
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Thursday, August 2, 2018 11:20 PM (five months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWjRpsqbu7o
― budo jeru, Thursday, 17 January 2019 00:06 (five years ago) link
!
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Thursday, 17 January 2019 00:10 (five years ago) link
songs about the olden days when life was simpler and we had NO CELLPHONES:
Five For Fighting - Slice("there was a time a long, long time ago/ Chevys and levees played on the radio/ no cell phones, just 20,000 lights/ swaying on a Saturday night, alright")
The Wreckers - My, Oh My("songs were long, and gas was cheap/ no cellphones, and water was free/ daddy paid and I never had to worry")
Jim Jones - Blow It Up("I was dealing crack when/ there was no cell phones and I swear it was iller back then/ it was beepers and street sweepers [...]")
― chips moomin (unregistered), Wednesday, 25 September 2019 16:55 (four years ago) link
jesus christ
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Wednesday, 25 September 2019 17:17 (four years ago) link
arcade fire - we used to wait
― Mommy...can I go out and VAPE tonight? (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 25 September 2019 17:22 (four years ago) link
Pretty sure this is the entirety of Everclear's AM Radio: "VCR and DVD, there was none of that crap back in 1970." It also mentions a "portable CD player."
I kinda want to call up Alex whatsis and ask him if he wants to rewrite the song now that those things don't really exist anymore either.
― Instant Carmax (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 25 September 2019 17:51 (four years ago) link
I would like to know of songs about audio engineering.
― Sassy Boutonnière (ledriver), Wednesday, 25 September 2019 18:56 (four years ago) link
Not the same thing but there could be a whole thread about songs where the producer’s name or production company are mentioned in the song, usually at the beginning.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 25 September 2019 19:03 (four years ago) link
I kind of feel it’s a practice that started in Jamaica but I don’t know how to even cross-check that.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 25 September 2019 19:04 (four years ago) link
all of afropop to thread
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 25 September 2019 20:21 (four years ago) link
Springsteen, "Ain't Good Enough For You"
I tried to change, I got a job in salesI bought a shirt uptown in BloomingdalesAnd babe I tried to make the latest sceneHitting cool just like Jimmy Iovine
― Lily Dale, Wednesday, 25 September 2019 21:31 (four years ago) link
Can we have some songs about how cool it is to be a CEO of a multinational company?
― Sassy Boutonnière (ledriver), Wednesday, 25 September 2019 22:05 (four years ago) link
Stan Ridgway - "I Wanna Be a Boss"
― Hideous Lump, Thursday, 26 September 2019 02:48 (four years ago) link
Responding to the previous question, the S&G Simple Desultory Phillipic has name drops for BOTH Roy Halee and Phil Spector. So an engineer / producer twofer.
― Instant Carmax (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 26 September 2019 10:35 (four years ago) link
You could also stretch "engineering" to include e.g. Casey Jones and Driver 8.
― Instant Carmax (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 26 September 2019 10:36 (four years ago) link
songs in which the singer snaps back at a cat caller
Negative Gemini - "Don't Worry Bout the Fuck I'm Doing"Empress Of - "Kitty Kat"TLC - "No Scrubs"
― eeyore cohen, Friday, 27 September 2019 13:43 (four years ago) link
I feel like these all need to be individual threads. Condensing them all into this hodgepodge is a disservice to the culture.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 27 September 2019 14:17 (four years ago) link
"In My Former Country I Was Engineer" by the Ebb & Flow, which is a good song but he sure wasn't audio engineer, unless I have a somehow damaged out-of-phase download.
― mick signals, Friday, 27 September 2019 19:46 (four years ago) link
Peggy Seeger, "I'm Gonna Be an Engineer"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IGVxBb5uYk
― Lily Dale, Friday, 27 September 2019 21:00 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygxDs_zcayo
― flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Friday, 27 September 2019 21:11 (four years ago) link
should've included the vocal version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnIH51niqCY
― flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Friday, 27 September 2019 21:12 (four years ago) link
The Flying Pickets did a good, spooky song called Monica Engineer
― frame casual (dog latin), Saturday, 28 September 2019 16:54 (four years ago) link
Songs in which the narrator communicates telepathically with their lover:Golden Earring - “Radar Love”Metric - “Satellite Mind”Bad Brains - “Sacred Love”...
― Una Palooka Dronka (hardcore dilettante), Saturday, 28 September 2019 18:56 (four years ago) link
Don't Speak / I know what you're thinking
― mick signals, Saturday, 28 September 2019 19:01 (four years ago) link
J. Lowenstein with the riposte: https://genius.com/Sebadoh-mind-reader-lyrics
― #YABASIC (morrisp), Saturday, 28 September 2019 19:08 (four years ago) link
"Rocks Off"
― Lily Dale, Saturday, 28 September 2019 20:38 (four years ago) link
Battle of the Children of the :GraveSeaDamned
― calstars, Saturday, 28 September 2019 20:53 (four years ago) link
Songs whose narratives hinge upon mistaken identity:
“Silhouettes” – The Rays (and others)“Hurricane” – Bob Dylan“Billie Jean” – Michael Jackson*“Oh Sweet Woods” – Fiery Furnaces“It Wasn’t Me” – Shaggy*
*alleged
― drunk on hot toddies (morrisp), Saturday, 12 October 2019 01:59 (four years ago) link
Songs that sound like Histoire de Melody Nelson:Paper Tiger - BeckAlso others...
― 29 facepalms, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 16:28 (four years ago) link
Songs listing the cities in which the party will be occurring tonight:
Dancing in the Streets - Martha & the VandellasAll Over the World - Electric Light OrchestraKeep This Party Going - The B-52's
(There's got to be more...)
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 25 October 2019 04:06 (four years ago) link
T.I.’s verse on “We’re Taking Over”
― thicc elizabeth (voodoo chili), Friday, 25 October 2019 13:12 (four years ago) link
Songs where the singer is in denial:
10CC - I'm Not In LoveJohn Waite - I Ain't Missing YouFlight of the Conchords - I'm Not Crying
― The Pingularity (ledge), Thursday, 21 November 2019 11:41 (four years ago) link
Flowers on the Wall--Flowers on the Wall
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 21 November 2019 15:42 (four years ago) link
stone roses - i am the resurrection
― mookieproof, Thursday, 21 November 2019 15:47 (four years ago) link
The Louvin Brothers - I Like the Christian Life
― deepchord presents echosmith (unregistered), Thursday, 21 November 2019 16:06 (four years ago) link
albert collins - i ain't drunk
― mookieproof, Thursday, 21 November 2019 16:18 (four years ago) link
Buzzcocks - “You Say You Don’t Love Me.”
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 21 November 2019 16:20 (four years ago) link
George Jones - "She Thinks I Still Care"
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 21 November 2019 16:26 (four years ago) link
lol
Bourgeois Tagg - I Don't Mind At All
― The Pingularity (ledge), Friday, 22 November 2019 08:42 (four years ago) link
Dylan - "Most of the Time"
Does this include songs where not only the singer but also the songwriter seems to be in denial? If so:
Bruce Springsteen - "Happy"That terrible Justin Bieber song about how he's totally over Selena Gomez, he's just writing her this song because she keeps blowing up his phone, and also his mother doesn't like her.
― Lily Dale, Friday, 22 November 2019 17:29 (four years ago) link
I guess "Boots of Spanish Leather" also involves a lot of denial, although he clues in at the end.
― Lily Dale, Friday, 22 November 2019 17:34 (four years ago) link
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 November 2019 16:37 (four years ago) link
ALBUMS NAMED AFTER THE STUDIO THEY WERE RECORDED IN
Abbey Road - BeatlesCaribou - Elton John
And then I hit Wikipedia to find these...
The Power Station - The Power Station (album and band)Shangri La - Mark KnopflerBear Creek - Brandi Carlile
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 27 December 2019 02:09 (four years ago) link
Feel the heat
― calstars, Friday, 27 December 2019 02:28 (four years ago) link
5150 - Van HalenElectric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix (though this might technically be a studio named after an album)
― Mazzy Tsar (PBKR), Friday, 27 December 2019 02:54 (four years ago) link