“Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong”?
― excuse me while I fold my pants (morrisp), Sunday, 31 January 2021 23:33 (three years ago) link
John Fogerty - “Mr. Greed”
― excuse me while I fold my pants (morrisp), Sunday, 31 January 2021 23:36 (three years ago) link
I feel like "Mr. Man" has appeared several times
― Copybara / pasteybara (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 31 January 2021 23:37 (three years ago) link
The Kinks, "Little Miss Queen of Darkness"
― Lily Dale, Monday, 1 February 2021 01:36 (three years ago) link
Killers,"Mr Brightside"
― if Spaghetti-Os had whammy bars (Neanderthal), Monday, 1 February 2021 01:38 (three years ago) link
Mr. Briefcase - Lee ritenour
― calstars, Monday, 1 February 2021 01:41 (three years ago) link
“little miss strange”“he’s misstra know it all”
― tiwa-nty one savage (voodoo chili), Monday, 1 February 2021 01:50 (three years ago) link
Ashlee Simpson - "Little Miss Obsessive"
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Monday, 1 February 2021 01:59 (three years ago) link
Edie Brickell, "Little Miss S"
― Copybara / pasteybara (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 1 February 2021 02:29 (three years ago) link
“Mr Clean” by the Jam“Mr Shuck ‘n’ Jive” by Art Garfunkel (maybe the Waylon & Willie version is better known? It’s a Jimmy Webb song anyway.).
― Tim, Monday, 1 February 2021 08:20 (three years ago) link
"He's Misstra Know It All" - Stevie"Mr Big" - Free
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 1 February 2021 08:39 (three years ago) link
"Mr. Sheep" - Randy Newman
― Hideous Lump, Monday, 1 February 2021 10:22 (three years ago) link
Mr. Vain by Culture BeatMr. Skeng by StormzyMrs. Officer by Lil Wayne
― (the one with 3 L's) (Willl), Monday, 1 February 2021 10:46 (three years ago) link
Mr. Blue Sky by ELOMr. Brownstone by Guns & RosesMr. Moustache by Nirvana
― (the one with 3 L's) (Willl), Monday, 1 February 2021 10:49 (three years ago) link
songs with somewhat pedestrian verses that ratchet up significantly in intensity during the pre-chorus/chorus:
feel like Accept's "Balls to the Wall" is the best example of this. starts out with a boilerplate opening riff, verse is pretty restrained, makes you think that maybe this is a weirdly subdued opener, then the pre-chorus starts and suddenly Udo is shrieking at you and we're segueing into an amazing gang chorus.
was just taken aback by that abrupt shift the first time, how awesome it was.
― Wrong Screamed Barney (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 02:33 (three years ago) link
Mr Loverman by Shabba RanksMr Mind Detector by Goffin/King (Everly Bros, Status Quo)
― Adoration of the Mogwai (Deflatormouse), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 04:02 (three years ago) link
Oh wait i think that one's a Quo original and there was a different Goffin/King song on that same record
― Adoration of the Mogwai (Deflatormouse), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 04:06 (three years ago) link
Mr. Suit
― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 09:23 (three years ago) link
Two more songs about not finding stuff you are looking for:
The Divine Comedy, "Lost Property"Van der Graaf Generator, "All That Before"
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 10:57 (three years ago) link
songs that explore the looseness of Lucys:(aka some of the best songs in the world)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGvQ4zRHMLoDestra Garcia • Lucyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqT0q8iPQAAEltee Skhillz ft. Niniola • Lucy (Remix)
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 26 February 2021 12:12 (three years ago) link
Grateful Dead - Loose Lucy
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 26 February 2021 12:33 (three years ago) link
Songs that contain lyrics with “sorrow” being rhymed and resolved by “tomorrow”
― calstars, Friday, 26 February 2021 13:37 (three years ago) link
the acrobatics to draw on the phrase "beg borrow or steal" in the third line are even clunkier.
re: sorrow/tomorrow, this has to be one of those rhymes that shows up in hundreds upon hundreds of songs
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 26 February 2021 18:45 (three years ago) link
From Autumn to Ashes did that shit:
You might be just what I needNo I would not change a thingBeen dreaming of this so longBut we only exist in this songThe thing is, I'm not worth the sorrowAnd if you come and meet me tomorrow
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Friday, 26 February 2021 19:33 (three years ago) link
Songs that use music/a musical instrument as a metaphor for being or falling in love.We fell in love in the key of C...You followed me down the neck to DWilco, Shot in the Arm
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 27 February 2021 10:26 (three years ago) link
Toni Braxton • Spanish Guitar
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 27 February 2021 10:44 (three years ago) link
Kathleen Edwards, "The Cheapest Key"
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Saturday, 27 February 2021 11:06 (three years ago) link
Ebony and Ivory
(J/k)
― display names are for n00bs (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 27 February 2021 12:08 (three years ago) link
Never understood that Wilco line
― calstars, Saturday, 27 February 2021 13:53 (three years ago) link
He put his dick on the guitar while he was teaching her to play it
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Saturday, 27 February 2021 15:09 (three years ago) link
ABBA, "Dum Dum Diddle"
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 15:55 (three years ago) link
it ain't about the D
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 15:56 (three years ago) link
is the fiddle a metaphor for falling in love? i thought the idea was that he was literally so busy practicing fiddle-playing to fall in love.
― honkin' on bobo, honkin' with my feet ten feet off of beale (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 16:07 (three years ago) link
wish I was dum dum diddle, your darling fiddle
it's a variation on the "play me like you play your (Spanish) guitar" trope, but who's playing what here?
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 16:38 (three years ago) link
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Saturday, February 27, 2021 5:06 AM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink
good one
― Indexed, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 16:49 (three years ago) link
Songs that begin with an instrumental imitation of a steam train starting up and gathering speed:
Funky Like a Train by The EqualsEurope by Train by The Divine Comedy
― Non meat-eaters rejoice – our culture has completely lost its way (ledge), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 09:21 (three years ago) link
Kevin Ayers - Stop This Train (Again Doing It)
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 10:31 (three years ago) link
David Bowie - Station to Station
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 13:01 (three years ago) link
The Train From Kansas City(?)
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 15:34 (three years ago) link
(Good one for Word painting / “meta music”)
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 15:35 (three years ago) link
"I would like to know of songs about audio engineering": "Ask For Jill" by the dBs (mastering engineering)
"album titles that are cobbled together from the titles of two or more songs that appear on the album": Christmas and the Beads of Sweat by Laura Nyro ("Christmas in My Soul" and "Beads of Sweat")
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 18:35 (three years ago) link
The Juantrip album on F-Communications has one song that begins with a sort of imitation of a train gathering speed, and a different song about a train.
― Adoration of the Mogwai (Deflatormouse), Thursday, 11 March 2021 03:46 (three years ago) link
Rodgers & Hart "All Points West"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0bC-vH2DnA
― eisimpleir (crüt), Thursday, 11 March 2021 04:33 (three years ago) link
good one - sounds like a precursor to the jaws theme!
― Non meat-eaters rejoice – our culture has completely lost its way (ledge), Thursday, 11 March 2021 11:01 (three years ago) link
― Non meat-eaters rejoice – our culture has completely lost its way (ledge), Wednesday, March 10, 2021 3:21 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
Johnny Cash - Orange Blossom SpecialJustin Townes Earle - Halfway to JacksonMiranda Lambert - Locomotive
― Indexed, Thursday, 11 March 2021 14:59 (three years ago) link
This may be too common especially in rap but I'm interested in Songs Not Explicitly About A Place But That Feature Lyrics That Hint The Characters/Story Exists In A Specific Place To An Extent You Think The Song Represents That Place Better Than Songs Explicitly About The Place
― Indexed, Thursday, 11 March 2021 16:09 (three years ago) link
any examples?
― beer drops on my keytar (morrisp), Thursday, 11 March 2021 16:23 (three years ago) link
The Hold Steady's "Little Hoodrat Friend" for Minneapolis. I started thinking about this when listening to Neko Case's "Margaret vs. Pauline," which has the line "Two girls ride the blue line," which I assume is a Chicago reference?
― Indexed, Thursday, 11 March 2021 17:07 (three years ago) link
Is it? I never knew where that song was set, which I guess is your point (Minneapolis has a blue line!)
― beer drops on my keytar (morrisp), Thursday, 11 March 2021 17:22 (three years ago) link
To be clear, I'm not sure about the Case reference - my guess comes from the fact that she lived in / has roots in Chicago and there are other Chicago references on Fox Confessor, like the intro to "Star Witness" - but this got me thinking about the prompt.
― Indexed, Thursday, 11 March 2021 17:30 (three years ago) link