January 7, 2011

Alphabet Game: My Favorite Songs

By song title this time...
  • A - "All of the Lights" by Kanye West (apologies to "Angel from Montgomery" by John Prine & Bonie Raitt, "All My Children of the Sun" by Pete Seeger, "Ain't Even Done With the Night" by John Cougar)
  • B - "The Bonnie Banks of Fordie" by Old Blind Dogs (apologies to "The Bluegrass Widow" by Robert Earl Keen, "The Black Angel's Death Song" by The Velvet Underground, "Beeswing" by Richard Thompson)
  • C - "Cobwebs" by Ryan Adams & the Cardinals (apologies to "Crash Into Me" by Dave Matthews Band, "Crash Into Me" by Emocapella, "Coming" by David Motion & Sally Potter, "Creggen White Hare" by Andy Irvine, "City of New Orleans" by Arlo Guthrie, "Chaiyya Chaiyya" by Sapna Awasthi & Sukwinder Singh, "Casmir Pulaski Day" by Sufjan Stevens, "Callin' on Sunday" by U2 & Lyrics Born)
  • D -"Drivin' Me Wild" by Common & Lily Allen (apologies to "Down Here Below" by Steve Earle, "Distraction #74" by The Avett Brothers, "Dieu a Nos Cotes" by Hart Rouge, "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" by Paul Simon)
  • E -"Evil is Alive & Well" by Jakob Dylan (apologies to "Educated Guess" by Ani DiFranco)
  • F -"The Front Porch Song (live)" by Robert Earl Keen (apologies to "From Galway to Graceland" by Richard Thompson, "Four in the Morning" by Jesse Collin Young, "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield, "Float On" by Modest Mouse, "Fire Coming Out of a Monkey's Head" by Gorillaz)
  • G - "Girl From the North Country" by Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash (apologies to "Green Onions" by Booker T & the MGs)
  • H -"House of the Rising Sun" by The Animals (apologies to "Hummingbird" by Wilco, "Highwayman" by The Highwaymen, "Hide and Seek" by Imogen Heep, "Hey Ya" by Matt Weddle, "Heroin" by The Velvet Underground, "Helpless" by Neil Young (on The Last Waltz), "Hellelujah" by Jeff Buckley)
  • I - "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by T.V. Carpio (apologies to "It Was a Very Good Year" by Frank Sinatra, "It's Money That I Love" by Randy Newman (on Randy Newman Songbook), "In the Mood" by Robert Plant, "I Do" by Jude, "I and Love and You" by The Avett Brothers)
  • J - "Jump Around" by House of Pain (apologies to "Just Like a Woman" by Richie Havens, "John Wayne Gacy, Jr" by Sufjan Stevens, "Jack and Diane" by John Cougar Mellencamp)
  • K -"Knee Play 5" by Phillip Glass (apologies to "Killing Me Softly" by The Fugees, "Kamera" by Wilco (on Yankee Hotel Demos))
  • L - "Love Love Love" by the Mountain Goats (apologies to "Love Walks In" by Van Halen, "Lost in the World" by Kanye West, "Lose Yourself" by Eminem, "Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth" by David Bowie & Bing Crosby, "Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts" by Bob Dylan, "Lightning Crashes" by Live, "Life in a Northern Town" by Dream Academy, "Let's Dance" by The Rakes & Lily Allen, "Laminated Cat" by Jeff Tweedy (on Sunken Treasure), "Lake Marie" by John Prine)
  • M -"Moritat" by Lyle Lovett (apologies to "Mmmbop" by Hanson, "Margarita" by The Traveling Wilburys)
  • N -"The Nosebleed Section" by Hilltop Hoods (props to Grace for getting me this one) (apologies to "No Love Today" by Chris Smither, "Nightswimming" by REM, "Naked Eye (radio edit) by Luscious Jackson)
  • O -"Organ Blues" by Wilco (apologies to "Oxford Comma" by Vampire Weekend, "Only You" by Flying Pickets, "One Last Love Song" by The Beautiful South, "One" by Apocalyptica
  • P -"Persuasion" by Riachrd & Teddy Thompson (apologies to "Prisencolinensinainciusol" by Adriano Celentano, "Portland, Oregon" by Loretta Lynn & Jack White, "Percussion Gun" by White Rabbits, "Peaches" by The Stranglers, "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" by The Temptations)
  • Q -"A Quick One While He's Away" by Green Day
  • R -"Rainbow Connection" by Willie Nelson (apologies to "Revolution 1" by The Beatles"Ride On" by AC/DC, "Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner" by Warren Zevon, "Runaway" by Del Shannon, "Recipe for Love" by Harry Connick, Jr)
  • S - "Southern Cross" by CSN (apologies to "Sweet Thing" by The Waterboys, "Sweet Jane" by Cowboy Junkies, "Suspicious Minds" by Dwight Yoakam, "Sunken Treasure" by Jeff Tweedy (from Sunken Treasure), "Spiders (Kidsmoke)" by Wilco, "Sweetest Thing" by U2, "Slow Dancing" by U2 & Willie Nelson, "Sinner Man" by Nina Simone, "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" by Cake, "Shenandoah" by everyone ever, "Shelter From the Storm" by Bob Dylan, "She Drives Me Crazy" by Fine Young Cannibals, "Screen Door" by Uncle Tupelo, "Sabotage" by The Beastie Boys, "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats)
  • T -"Tweeter & the Monkey Man" by The Traveling Wilburys (apologies to "This Year" by The Mountain Goats, "They Are Night Zombies! They Are Neighbors! The Have Come Back From The Dead! Ahhhh!" By Sufjan Stevens, "Tennessee Sucks" by Ryan Adams, "Tempted" by Squeeze, "Tangled Up in Blue" by Bob Dylan (from Blood on the Tapes))
  • U - "The Underdog" by Spoon (apologies to "Uvula Maintenance" by Johnny Socko, "The Ubiquitous Mr Lovegrove" by Dead Can Dance, "Uncle Alvarez" by Liz Phair)
  • V - "Valentine's Day" by Steve Earle
  • W - "Wholly Humble Heart" by Martin Stephenson (apologies to "With or Without You" by U2, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot, "Who Are You" by Pearl Jam, "When the Stars Go Blue" by Ryan Adams & Sevigny, "When It's Love" by Van Halen, "Werewolves of London" by Warren Zevon, "We Belong" by Pat Benetar, "Walking in Memphis" by Marc Cohn, "Wagon Wheel" by Old Crow Medicine Show - Man, I'm tempted to give X's spot to W)
  • X - "X-Ray Man" by Liz Phair (a weak entry but the best of the three songs I have that start with X)
  • Y -"You're the One" by The Black Keys
  • Z - "The Zephyr Song" by Red Hot Chile Peppers
  • 1 - "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" by Richard Thompson (apologies to "10 AM Automatic" by The Black Keys and "1000 Miles" by Vanessa Carlton)
  • 2 - "21 Guns" by Green Day
  • 3 - "316" by Van Halen
  • 4 - " "40" " by U2
  • 5 - "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" by Simon & Garfunkle
  • 6 - " 6'1" " by Liz Phair
  • 7 - "7" by Prince
  • 8 - "88 Lines About 44 Women" by The Nails
  • 9 -"99 Luftballoons" by Nena

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