SONGS WHERE/SONGS THAT/SONGS WITH/SONGS IN WHICH

ooh, and forgot:

kanye west - barry bonds

Richard Thompson - Alexander Graham Bell

van dyke parks - “van dyke parks”

Sekiden also have an Alexander Graham Bell song but it's not eligible itt

Luke Haines, "Peter Hammill"

Andres Calamaro - Maradona
Vaudeville Villain - Zinedine Zidane

Serial killer edition:

Soulfly - Jeffrey Dahmer
Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy Jr
Cassius - Belle Gunness
Dahmer - Henry Lee Lucas (this works for a double qualifier since the artist name is also based on a serial killer)
Murder Junkies - Danny Rolling

Several songs titled Son of Sam, Jack the Ripper, Unabomber, BTK, Zodiac but don’t know if they qualify. Serial killers are usually more popular by nicknames than by real names no?

since we’re doing

Songs with footballers in their titles🕸

This rich vein cries out for a poll

songs in which humans get shredded

I'll go

Cannibal Corpse - Shredded Humans

The Buoys - "Timothy" (well not shredded, but eaten... close enough)

Kesha (still Ke$ha back then) • Cannibal

"Leng Tch'e" by Naked City.

Songs with footballers in their titles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys_for_Pele?wprov=sfla1

(I know it's an album, but still)

Songs in which being a "Nineties Baby" is a focal point:

Victoria Monét – "90's Babies"
Maren Morris - "80s Mercedes"
Icona Pop - "I Love It"
The Weeknd - "Girls Born in the 90's"
Jay Rick$ - "Born in the 90's"
FAVX - "Born in the 90's"
The Cassettes - "Born in the 90s"

(I've never heard of the last few, but they came up in a search of lyrix for one of the others)

― Mocha Sauce (morrisp), Wednesday, February 12, 2020 12:38 PM (one year ago)

new one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMKcWsUjdzg

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).

The Pretty Things - "Mr. Evasion".

songs in which the narrator compares their love for somebody else to a drug

better have 1,000 by 5 pm ET

Pink - "Just Like a Pill"
Ashanti - "Baby"

Kesha - Your Love is My Drug

A Case of You

There She Goes

Karma Chameleon

Because of the “string along” line?

Never Been Any Reason

"better than a white line"

Calstars: "I heard you say / that my love was an addiction."

there is the “heard you say / that my love was an addiction” line just before that

xp

double dose

Ohhh
My bad. I thought the topic was “songs about drugs but that present as love songs”

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."

Another: “Junkie Nurse”

Golden Brown

Ne-Yo • Because Of You

songs that should never be allowed to be used in Television or movies ever again

Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
Stones - Gimme Shelter

Hallelujah

^ oh god, yes

Continuing in the 60s shorthand vein, "Time of the Season" by the Zombies.

Time Has Come Today, also on the "time" tip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW1d9p3ECIU

On the Nature of Daylight by Max Richter.

London Calling

songs that have really wimpy voices over 'heavy', thundering riffs, utterly rendering the riff useless

Collective Soul - Where the River Flows

songs that should never be allowed to be used in Television or movies ever again

Fortunate Son

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 Megahertz
Jonathan Richman - Twilight in Boston
Cassandra Jenkins - Hard Drive
Jon Hopkins/Ram Dass - Sit Around the Fire

My favorite of these is that lovely Billy Bragg / Johnny Marr cover of "Walk Away Renee"

So... spoken word songs?

If that's what we're looking for then My Sister and Chocolate by Tindersticks.

Shangri-Las: Past, Present and Future
Lou Reed: Harry's Circumcision
VU: The Gift