songs with names beginning with Mr or Mrs/Miss in which the name is a ridiculous , over-the-top 'character' name and or being used as a nickname to insult someone“Mr. Vain” is playing, so I came back to see if it had already been mentioned—it has—so instead I’ll add “Mr. Perfectly Fine” (T. Swift).
― like a d4mn sociopath! (morrisp), Sunday, 6 June 2021 02:59 (three years ago) link
The Pretty Things - "Mr. Evasion".
― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 6 June 2021 04:25 (three years ago) link
songs in which the narrator compares their love for somebody else to a drug
better have 1,000 by 5 pm ET
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Thursday, 10 June 2021 20:18 (three years ago) link
Pink - "Just Like a Pill"Ashanti - "Baby"
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Thursday, 10 June 2021 20:19 (three years ago) link
Kesha - Your Love is My Drug
A Case of You
― I like big bunnies and I cannot lie (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 10 June 2021 20:20 (three years ago) link
There She Goes
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Thursday, 10 June 2021 21:34 (three years ago) link
Karma Chameleon
― I like big bunnies and I cannot lie (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 10 June 2021 23:37 (three years ago) link
Because of the “string along” line?
― calstars, Friday, 11 June 2021 02:11 (three years ago) link
Never Been Any Reason
"better than a white line"
― Lee626, Friday, 11 June 2021 06:11 (three years ago) link
Calstars: "I heard you say / that my love was an addiction."
― I like big bunnies and I cannot lie (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 11 June 2021 08:32 (three years ago) link
there is the “heard you say / that my love was an addiction” line just before that xp
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 11 June 2021 08:33 (three years ago) link
double dose
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 11 June 2021 08:34 (three years ago) link
OhhhMy bad. I thought the topic was “songs about drugs but that present as love songs”
― calstars, Friday, 11 June 2021 11:05 (three years ago) link
I thought the topic was “songs about drugs but that present as love songs”
A valid topic of its own! which would encompass "Perfect Day," "There She Goes," and "Can't Feel my Face."
― I like big bunnies and I cannot lie (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 11 June 2021 12:55 (three years ago) link
Another: “Junkie Nurse”
― like a d4mn sociopath! (morrisp), Friday, 11 June 2021 14:10 (three years ago) link
Golden Brown
― I was born anxious, here's how to do it. (ledge), Friday, 11 June 2021 14:59 (three years ago) link
Ne-Yo • Because Of You
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 12 June 2021 16:00 (three years ago) link
songs that should never be allowed to be used in Television or movies ever again
Jefferson Airplane - White RabbitStones - Gimme Shelter
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Saturday, 26 June 2021 16:14 (two years ago) link
Hallelujah
― Lily Dale, Saturday, 26 June 2021 16:15 (two years ago) link
^ oh god, yes
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Saturday, 26 June 2021 16:15 (two years ago) link
Continuing in the 60s shorthand vein, "Time of the Season" by the Zombies.
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 26 June 2021 17:10 (two years ago) link
Time Has Come Today, also on the "time" tip
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 26 June 2021 18:06 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW1d9p3ECIU
― calstars, Saturday, 26 June 2021 20:08 (two years ago) link
On the Nature of Daylight by Max Richter.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Saturday, 26 June 2021 20:14 (two years ago) link
London Calling
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Saturday, 26 June 2021 21:47 (two years ago) link
songs that have really wimpy voices over 'heavy', thundering riffs, utterly rendering the riff useless
Collective Soul - Where the River Flows
― not up to Aerosmith standards (Neanderthal), Saturday, 3 July 2021 13:32 (two years ago) link
Fortunate Son
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 3 July 2021 18:52 (two years ago) link
It feels like there could/should be a thread for this but I can't find one.
Songs where the sings talks over an instrumental backing for most/all of a track:
Robert Ashley - Private Parts (the motherlode for this sort of stuff)Paddy McAloon - I Trawl the MegahertzJonathan Richman - Twilight in BostonCassandra Jenkins - Hard DriveJon Hopkins/Ram Dass - Sit Around the Fire
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 20 September 2021 11:19 (two years ago) link
My favorite of these is that lovely Billy Bragg / Johnny Marr cover of "Walk Away Renee"
― enochroot, Monday, 20 September 2021 12:16 (two years ago) link
So... spoken word songs?
If that's what we're looking for then My Sister and Chocolate by Tindersticks.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 20 September 2021 12:23 (two years ago) link
Shangri-Las: Past, Present and FutureLou Reed: Harry's CircumcisionVU: The Gift
― juristic person (morrisp), Monday, 20 September 2021 14:18 (two years ago) link
BB King "Lucille" -- just introduced to this for the first time on NPR American Routes last weekend. Good one.
Tom Waits must belong in this list but the only spoken word that comes to mind is "What's He Building in There" which I don't think is what you're looking for because the instrumental backing is less of a song and more sound effects (as Tom Waits does)
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Monday, 20 September 2021 15:33 (two years ago) link
Diamonds on my windshield
― calstars, Monday, 20 September 2021 17:04 (two years ago) link
yes, right
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Monday, 20 September 2021 17:08 (two years ago) link
Talking Heads "Seen and Not Seen"
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Monday, 20 September 2021 17:10 (two years ago) link
Butthole Surfers - Pepper
― you had me at "giallo" (Neanderthal), Monday, 20 September 2021 17:16 (two years ago) link
88 Lines About 44 WomenDetachable Penis
― juristic person (morrisp), Monday, 20 September 2021 17:30 (two years ago) link
(all the klassiks, lol)
Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
― you had me at "giallo" (Neanderthal), Monday, 20 September 2021 17:33 (two years ago) link
A boy named sue
― calstars, Monday, 20 September 2021 17:38 (two years ago) link
Jimmy Castor Bunch - Troglodyte (Cave Man)
― Josefa, Monday, 20 September 2021 17:40 (two years ago) link
The Clientele - Losing HaringeyJames Yorkston - Woozy With Cider
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 20 September 2021 17:59 (two years ago) link
I think Rockwell is "singing," no(?)
― juristic person (morrisp), Monday, 20 September 2021 18:00 (two years ago) link
I mean Michael Jackson sings, but if Rockwell is singing, it's of the Henry Hill variety
― you had me at "giallo" (Neanderthal), Monday, 20 September 2021 18:01 (two years ago) link
*Higgins
Isaac Hayes talks for over 8 minutes in his version of "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" but the whole song is 19 minutes long
― Josefa, Monday, 20 September 2021 18:03 (two years ago) link
I think it has to be ALL talking to qualify. Hayes feels like the progenitor of a lot of this stuff but feel like he always breaks into singing at some point?
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 20 September 2021 18:06 (two years ago) link
i always wished there were songs like the songs by The Manhattans where there's a spoken word intro, but unlikely the Manhattans, it just never ends, like you always think it's going to give way to a beautiful harmonized R&B chorus, but the spoken words get more and more drawn out, and 8 minutes in, the narrator says, alright, I'm bout to give it to you, and the song just ends.
SO ARE THERE?
― you had me at "giallo" (Neanderthal), Monday, 20 September 2021 18:06 (two years ago) link
Parklife!
― J. Sam, Monday, 20 September 2021 18:07 (two years ago) link