Friday, September 13, 2013

MY RADIO BROADCASTS: ROADS... IN SONGS (20:00-01:00)


My Radio Boo broadcast on Friday 13/09/2013 (20:00 - 01:00), about songs by international & Hellenic artists, written or referring to all kinds of roads, either located somewhere in the world or simply used in a metaphorical manner.

My Broadcast Part 1 (20:00-22:00)

http://yourlisten.com/lefteris.lalos.7/roads-in-songs

My Broadcast Part 2 (22:00-01:00)

http://yourlisten.com/lefteris.lalos.7/roads-in-songs-part-2


20:00 - 21:00

The Streets Of San Francisco - HENRY MANCINI (The Cop Show Themes, 1976)

Road To Nowhere - TALKING HEADS (LP Little Creatures, 1985)

Middle Of The Road - THE PRETENDERS (LP Learning To Crawl, 1983)

The Heart Of Rock'n'Roll - HUEY LEWIS & The NEWS (LP Sports, 1983)
Lyrics: LA, Hollywood, and the Sunset Strip

Youth Gone Wild - SKID ROW (LP Skid Row, 1989)
Lyrics: That you oughta know. I'll tell ya, Park Avenue leads to Skid Row

Gypsy Road - CINDERELLA (LP Long Cold Winter, 1988)

Highway To Hell - AC/ DC (LP Highway To Hell, 1979)

Tobacco Road - THE NASHVILLE TEENS (1964)

Highway 5 - THE BLESSING (LP Prince Of The Deep Water, 1991)



Born To Run - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (LP Born To Run, 1975)
Lyrics: At night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines sprung from cages out on Highway 9

Freeway Of Love - ARETHA FRANKLIN feat. CLARENCE CLEMONS (LP Who's Zoomin' Who, 1985)



Electric Avenue - EDDY GRANT (LP Killer On The Rampage, 1982)

Our House  - MADNESS (LP The Rise & Fall, 1982)
Lyrics: in the middle of our street

Travel Girl - HITCH HIKE (2003)



On The Highway - IN_VOX (2003)



La Luna - BELINDA CARLISLE (LP Runaway Horses, 1989)
Lyrics:
Now I walk along the streets of Marseilles the winter sky is cold and gray




21:00 - 22:00

Fools Gold - THE STONE ROSES (1989)
Lyrics: The gold road's sure a long road, winds on through the hills for fifteen days

Route 66 - DEPECHE MODE (b'side on 'Behind The Wheel', 1987)

I Love L.A. - RANDY NEWMAN (LP Trouble In Paradise, 1983)
Lyrics: Rollin' down the Imperial Highway with a big nasty redhead at my side
Century Boulevard (We love it)
Victory Boulevard (We love it)
Santa Monica Boulevard (We love it)
Sixth Street (We love it, we love it)

On My Way In L.A. - PHIL CARMEN (LP Walkin' The Dog, 1985)
Lyrics: Touched down through the smog cloud, L.A. runway visit Sandy in Marina, swingin' easy

Driving Away From Home (Jim's Tune) - IT'S IMMATERIAL (LP Life's Hard And Then You Die, 1986)
Lyrics: Why don't we cross the city limit and head on down the M62. It's only thirty nine miles and forty five minutes to Manchester and that's my birth-place, you know

The Road To Hell (Part 2) - CHRIS REA (LP The Road To Hell, 1989)
The song refers to London's M25 ring road

Street Of Dreams - RAINBOW (LP Bent Out Of Shape, 1983)



Here I Go Again - WHITESNAKE (LP 1987, 1987)
Lyrics: 'Cause I know what it means to walk along the lonely street of dreams

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams - GREEN DAY (LP American Idiot, 2004)

Lullaby - SHAWN MULLINS (LP Soul's Core, 1998)
Lyrics: She grew up with the children of the stars In the Hollywood hills, in the Boulevard 

The Kids Are On High Street - MADRUGADA (LP The Deep End, 2005)

Life In The Fast Lane - THE EAGLES (LP Hotel California, 1976)

Rhinestone Cowboy - GLEN CAMPBELL (LP Rhinestone Cowboy, 1975)
Lyrics: I know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of Broadway where hustle's the name of the game

Take Me Home Country Roads - JOHN DENVER (LP Poems, Prayers & Promises, 1971)




22:00 - 23:00

Pull Up To The Bumper - GRACE JONES (LP Nightclubbing, 1981)
Lyrics: Driving down those city streets,waiting to get down, won't you get your big machine, somewhere in this town?

Dirty Blvd. - LOU REED (LP New York, 1989)



Hey Manhattan - PREFAB SPROUT (LP From Langley Park To Memphis, 1988)
Lyrics: Hey Manhattan ! Here I am ! Call me star-struck Uncle Sam.. Strolling Fifth Avenue
- Just to think Sinatra's been here too

Masterpiece - GAZEBO (1982 / LP Gazebo, 1983)
Lyrics: Driving down through Beverly Hills you feel the breeze of the past in your lungs. What an elegant place, you walk with elephant grace. All Sunset Boulevard has been waiting the star They all gather to celebrate "Happy birthday my honey dear" What a joy to see your old mates In this Hollywood atmosphere, with us at last!

Ventura Highway - AMERICA (LP Homecoming, 1972)

Les Champs Elysees - JOE DASSIN (1969)

Waterloo Road - JASON CREST (1968)

Baker Street - GERRY RAFFERTY (LP City To City, 1978)



Heartache Avenue - THE MAISONETTES (1982)

On Broadway - GEORGE BENSON (1978)

Across 110th Street - BOBBY WOMACK (1972 / OST Jackie Brown, 1997)

Danke Schoen - WAYNE NEWTON (1963)
Lyrics: I recall Central Park in fall how you tore you dress,... Thank you for walks down Lover's Lane

59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) - SIMON & GARFUNKEL (1966)

San Jose (The Way) - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD (LP Welcome To The Pleasuredome, 1984)

The Valley Road - BRUCE HORNSBY & THE RANGE (LP Scenes From The Southside, 1988)

Club At The End Of The Street - ELTON JOHN (LP Sleeping With The Past, 1989)
Lyrics: From the alleyways where the catwalks gently sway. You hear the sound of Otis and the voice of Marvin Gaye




23:00 - 00:00

Free Fallin' - TOM PETTY (LP Full Moon Fever, 1989)
Lyrics: All the vampires walkin' through the valley move west down Ventura Blvd.... I wanna glide down over Mulholland

Turn The Page - BOB SEGER (1976)
Lyrics:  On a long and lonesome highway east of Omaha

99 Miles From L.A. - ART GARFUNKEL (LP Breakaway, 1975)
Lyrics: Keeping my eyes on the road I see you, keeping my hands on the wheel I hold you, ninety-nine miles from L.A

By The Time I Get To Phoenix - GLEN CAMPBELL (1967)

Δρόμοι Της Αθήνας - ΗΛΙΑΣ ΚΛΩΝΑΡΙΔΗΣ (1979)

Με Τα Φώτα Νυσταγμένα (Οι Νταλίκες) - ΓΙΩΡΓΟΣ ΣΑΡΡΗΣ (1983)



Δρόμοι Του Πουθενά - ΓΙΩΡΓΟΣ ΜΑΡΓΑΡΊΤΗΣ (LP Όλα Θα Τα Διαγράψω, 2001)

Αν Είσαι Αγάπη - ΓΙΑΝΝΗΣ ΠΛΟΎΤΑΡΧΟΣ (LP Μικρές Φωτογραφίες, 2001)
Στίχοι: αν είσαι δρόμος στο γκρεμό που οδηγεί, να μη σε γνώριζα ποτέ μου

Sketches Of Spain - THE NITS (LP Kilo, 1983)
Lyrics: Streets of Barcelona

Moon Over Bourbon Streeet - STING (LP Dream Of The Blue Turtles, 1985)

A Casa D'Irene - NICO FIDENCO (1965)
Lyrics: I giorni grigi sono le lunghe strade silenziose Di un paese deserto E senza cielo
English translation: The grey days are the long silent roads of a deserted country and without heaven

Οδός Ονείρων - ΜΑΝΟΣ ΧΑΤΖΙΔΑΚΙΣ (1962)

Ο Δρόμος - ΜΑΝΟΣ ΛΟΪΖΟΣ (LP Ιστορίες Του Δρόμου, 1974)

Streets Of Philadelphia - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (OST Streets Of Philadelphia, 1993)

Elvis' Rolls Royce - WAS (NOT WAS) feat. LEONARD COHEN (LP Are You OK? 1990)
Lyrics: Then I took off down the Interstate and drove throughout the night till I reached the state of Tennessee




00:00 - 01:00

Famous Blue Raincoat - LEONARD COHEN (LP Songs Of Love & Hate, 1971)
Lyrics: music on Clinton street

He Ain't Heavy - He's My Brother - THE HOLLIES (1969)
Lyrics: The road is long with many a winding turn, that leads us to who knows where who knows when

The Long & Winding Road - THE BEATLES (LP Let It Be, 1970)
Lyrics: The long and winding road that leads to your door, Will never disappear. I've seen that road before



Up Where We Belong - JOE COCKER & JENNIFER WARNES (OST An Officer & A Gentleman, 1982)
Lyrics: the road is long

Someone Like You - VAN MORRISON (LP Poetic Champions Compose, 1987)
Lyrics:  I've been travelin' a hard road lookin' for someone exactly like you. I've been carryin' my heavy load waiting for the light to come shining through.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - ELTON JOHN (LP Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, 1973)



Right Before Your Eyes - AMERICA (LP View From The Ground, 1982)
Lyrics: Everyday I sit beside you on the bus to Madison Avenue

Orchard Road - LEO SAYER (LP Have You Ever Been In Love, 1984)

Highway Of Love - LAID BACK (LP Hole In The Sky, 1990)

Roads - PORTISHEAD (LP Dummy, 1994)

Killermont Street - AZTEC CAMERA (LP Love, 1987)

I'm Stone In Love With You - THE STYLISTICS (1962)
Lyrics:  If I were a business man I'd sit behind a desk, I'd be so successful I would scare Wall Street to death

Streets Of London - RALPH McTELL (LP Spiral Staircase, 1969)

My Hometown - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (LP Born In The U.S.A. 1984)
Lyrics: Now Main Street's whitewashed windows and vacant stores

End Of The Road - BOYZ II MEN (1991)




Other songs referring to roads (not included in the broadcast)

Streets in general:

Boys In The Street - EDDY GRANT (LP Going For Broke, 1984)
City Streets - CAROLE KING (LP City Streets, 1989)
Dancing In The Street - MATT BIANCO (LP Matt Bianco, 1986)
Dancing In The Street - MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS (1964)
Days Of Pearly Spencer - DAVID McWILLIAMS (1967 / a tenement, a dirty street)
Down On The Street - SHAKATAK (LP Down On The Street, 1984)
Streets Of Your Town - THE GO-BETWEENS (LP 16 Lovers Lane, 1988)
Where The Streets Have No Name - U2 (LP The Joshua Tree, 1987)


Roads in general:

Boys Of Summer - DON HENLEY (LP Building The Perfect Beast, 1984 / Nobody on the road, nobody on the beach)
On The Road Again - BARRABAS (LP Piel De Barrabas, 1981)
On The Road Again - CANNED HEAT (LP Boogie With Canned Heat, 1968)
Shooting Shark - BLUE OYSTER CULT (LP The Revolution By Night, 1983 /  Oh it's a hard road to love you)
Stay On These Roads - A HA (1987 / LP Stay On These Roads, 1988)
The Old Man Down The Road - JOHN FOGERTY (1984 / LP Centerfield, 1985)


Highways in songs:


Guilty - BARBRA STREISAND & BARRY GIBB (LP Guilty, 1980 / Eyes can see that we have a highway to the sky)
Hotel California - EAGLES (LP Hotel California, 1976 / on a dark, desert highway, cool wind in my hair)
Kyrie - MR MISTER (LP Welcome To The Real World, 1985 / Kyrie Eleison on a highway in the night)
My Way - FRANK SINATRA (LP My Way, 1969 /  I've traveled each and ev'ry highway)
Say You, Say Me - LIONEL RICHIE (OST White Nights, 1985) / As we go down life's lonesome highway)
Too Much Heaven - BEE GEES (1978 /  You and me girl got a highway to the sky)     


Streets with a name:

Alphabet St. - PRINCE (LP Lovesexy, 1988)
Bensonhurst Blues - OSCAR BENTON (1973 / Bay Parkway
Charlotte Street - LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS (LP Rattlesnakes, 1984)
Down To London - JOE JACKSON (LP Blaze Of Glory, 1989 / In a squat on the Earls Court road)
I'll Meet You At Midnight - SMOKIE (LP Midnight Cafe, 1976 /  A summer evening on Les Champs Elyses)
Our Last Summer - ABBA (LP Super Trouper, 1980 / And strolling down the Elysee, we had a drink in each cafe)
Ramblin' Man - THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND (LP Brothers & Sisters, 1973 / Rollin' down Highway 41)
Rent - PET SHOP BOYS (LP Actually, 1987 / You took me to a restaurant off Broadway)
Rockstar - NICKELBACK (LP All The Right Reasons, 2005 / my own star on Hollywood Boulevard)
Sentimental Street - NIGHT RANGER (LP Seven Wishes, 1985)
Telegraph Road - DIRE STRAITS (LP Love Over Gold, 1982)


Monday, September 2, 2013

Phenomena... in songs


Geophysical phenomena (mostly meteorological) as they appear in international songs (titles or lyrics)

Rain & wind, not included.

Here you will find the relevant Hellenic songs.


AURORA BOREALIS / NORTHERN LIGHTS (ΒΟΡΕΙΟ ΣΕΛΑΣ)

Every Beat Of My Heart - ROD STEWART (LP Every Beat Of My Heart, 1986)
Lyrics: And to the northern lights and the swirling pipes how they make a grown man cry

I Ran (So Far Away) - A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS (LP A Flock Of Seagulls, 1982)
Lyrics: The cloud is moving nearer still, Aurora Borealis comes in view

One Day -GARY MOORE (LP Ballads & Blues 1982 - 1994, 1994)
Lyrics: Say goodbye to the Northern Lights



AVALANCHE (ΧΙΟΝΟΣΤΙΒΑΔΑ)

Imitation Of Life - R.E.M. (LP Reveal, 2001)
Lyrics: That freezing rain... This hurricane, I'm not afraid... This lightning storm... This tidal wave
This avalanche, I'm not afraid....C'mon, c'mon no one can see me cry.




CYCLONE (ΚΥΚΛΩΝΑΣ)

Could It Be Magic? - BARRY MANILOW (LP Barry Manilow I, 1973)
Lyrics:  Spirit move me everytime I'm near you whirling like a cyclone in my mind




EARTHQUAKE (ΣΕΙΣΜΟΣ)

It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - REM (LP Document, 1987)
Lyrics: That's great, it starts with an earthquake

Put The Blame On Mame - RITA HAYWORTH dubbed by ANITA ELLIS (OST Gilda, 1946)
Lyrics: When they had the earthquake in San Francisco back in nineteen-six, hey said that ol' Mother Nature was up to her old tricks




FLOOD, DELUGE (ΠΛΗΜΜΥΡΑ / ΚΑΤΑΚΛΥΣΜΟΣ)

Always - BON JOVI (LP Crossroad - The Best Of Bon Jovi, 1994)
Lyrics: now I'm drowning in the flood

Atlantis - DONOVAN (1968 / LP Barabajagal, 1969)
Lyrics: The continent of Atlantis was an island which lay before the great flood in the area we now call the Atlantic Ocean.

Beautiful Day - U2 (LP All That You Can't Leave Behind, 2000)
Lyrics: After the flood all the colors came out

Before The Deluge - JACKSON BROWNE (LP Late For The Sky, 1974)

Don't Dream It's Over - CROWDED HOUSE (LP Crowded House, 1986)
Lyrics: try to catch a deluge in a paper cup

Save A Prayer - DURAN DURAN (LP Rio, 1982)
Lyrics: Pretty looking road I try to hold the rising floods that fill my skin




FOG, MIST (ΟΜΙΧΛΗ)

Brown Eyed Girl - VAN MORRISON (LP Blowin' Your Mind, 1967 / Laughing and a running, hey, hey Skipping and a jumping In the misty morning fog)

I Know You're Out There Somewhere - MOODY BLUES (LP Sur La Mer, 1988)
Lyrics: The mist is lifting slowly I can see the way ahead And I've left behind the empty streets That once inspired my life... And the strength of the emotion Is like thunder in the air 'Cause the promise that we made each other Haunts me to the end

Seeing You Again - DAN FOGELBERG (LP Exiles, 1987)
Lyrics: Seeing you again was like meeting for the first time in a foggy dream so many years ago.

Soul Shadows - THE CRUSADERS feat. BILL WITHERS (LP Rhapsody & Blues, 1980)
Lyrics: Standing by the window as the fog rolls in I swear I can hear a far off music

Steppin' Out - JOE JACKSON (LP Night & Day, 1982)
Lyrics: The mist across the window hides the lines

What I Am - EDIE BRICKELL & THE NEW BOHEMIANS (LP Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars, 1988)
Lyrics: Religion is a light in the fog




GREENHOUSE EFFECT (ΦΑΙΝΟΜΕΝΟ ΤΟΥ ΘΕΡΜΟΚΗΠΙΟΥ)

Rising Down -THE ROOTS (LP Rising Down, 2008)
Lyrics: Between the greenhouse gases (αέρια του θερμοκηπίου) and earth spinnin' off its axis Got mother nature doin' back flips the natural disasters Its like 80 degrees in Alaska you in trouble if u not an Onasis




HURRICANE, TYPHOON (ΚΑΤΑΙΓΙΔΑ, ΤΥΦΩΝΑΣ)

Bad Moon Rising - CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL (LP Green River, 1969)
Lyrics:  I see earthquakes and lightnin'... I hear hurricanes a blowing... Looks like we're in for nasty weather

Hurricane - BOB DYLAN (1975 / LP Desire, 1976)

Ocean Rain-ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN (LP Ocean Rain, 1984)
Lyrics: All at sea again And now my hurricanes have brought down this ocean rain To bathe me again

Quiet Storm - SMOKEY ROBINSON (LP A Quiet Storm, 1975)
Lyrics: Butterfly caught up in a hurricane, hurricane

Rock You Like A Hurricane - SCORPIONS (LP Love At First Sting, 1984)

Stone Cold Crazy - QUEEN (LP Sheer Heart Attack, 1974)
Lyrics: Rainy afternoon I gotta blow a typhoon




LIGHTNING (ΑΣΤΡΑΠΗ, ΚΕΡΑΥΝΟΣ)

Ai No Corrida - CHAZ JANKEL (1980), QUINCY JONES feat. DUNE & PATTI AUSTIN (1980)
Lyrics: Your lightning and thunder Sets my poor heart ablaze

Ballroom Blitz - SWEET (1973)
Lyrics: Oh yeah! It was like lightning everybody was fighting

Black Velvet - ALANNAH MYLES (LP Alannah Myles, 1989)
Lyrics:  Up in Memphis the music's like a heat wave, white Lightnin' bound to drive you wild

Bohemian Rhapsody - QUEEN (LP A Night At The Opera, 1975)
Lyrics:  Thunderbolt (αστροπελέκι) and lightning very very frightening me

Born To Be Wild - STEPPENWOLF (LP Steppenwolf, 1968)
Lyrics:  I like smoke and lightning Heavy metal thunder

Dirty Harry - GORILLAZ (LP Demon Days, 2005)
Lyrics: Strike and I'm thunder with lightning fast reflexes

Distant Thunder - MASON RUFFNER (LP Gypsy Blood, 1987)
Lyrics: Can you see a flash of lightnin' baby, Gettin' ready for the stormy weather Can you hear the distant thunder right now?

Knock On Wood - EDDIE FLOYD (1966), AMII STEWART (1979)
Lyrics: It's like thunder and lightning, the way you love me is frightening.

Night Moves - BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND (LP Night Moves, 1976)
Lyrics: And oh the wonder We felt the lightning And we waited on the thunder Waited on the thunder

The Old Man Down The Road - JOHN FOGERTY (1984 / LP Centerfield, 1985)
Lyrics: He take the thunder from the mountain He take a lightning from the sky

Raspberry Beret - PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION (LP Around The World In A Day, 1985)
Lyrics: Thunder drowns out what the lightning sees

Right Between The Eyes - WAX (LP Magnetic Heaven, 1986)
Lyrics: You hit me with a million volts Nail me with a lightning bolt

She Was Hot - THE ROLLING STONES (LP Undercover, 1983)
Lyrics: I don't need your company Leave me in my misery I can take the rebound just like lightning

Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word - ELTON JOHN (LP Blue Moves, 1976)
Lyrics: What do I do when lightning strikes me

Telegram Sam -T-REX (LP The Slider, 1972)
Lyrics: your lips are like lightning

Thunder & Lightning - CHI COLTRANE (LP Chi Coltrane, 1972)

The Flame - CHEAP TRICK (LP Lap Of Luxury, 1988)
Lyrics: I wanna run to you, I wanna call But I've been hit by lightning

The Search Is Over - SURVIVOR (P Vital Signs, 1984)
Lyrics: Then good luck, it finally struck Like lighting from the blue

The Speed Of The Beat Of My Heart - HORSE (LP The Same Sky, 1990)
Lyrics: Love like lightning going through




MONSOON (ΜΟΥΣΩΝΑΣ)

Mama Said Knock You Out - LL COOL J (LP Mama Said Knock You Out, 1990)
Lyrics: Makin' the tears rain down like a monsoon

Monsoon - TOKIO HOTEL (LP Room 483, 2007)
Lyrics: Running through the monsoon

Sometimes (Lester Piggot) - JAMES (LP Laid, 1993)
Lyrics:  There's a storm outside, and the gap between crack and thunder Crack and thunder, is closing in, is closing in The rain floods gutters, and makes a great sound on the concrete On a flat roof, there's a boy leaning against the wall of rain  Aerial held high, calling "Come on thunder, come on thunder" ... It's a monsoon, and the rain lifts lids off cars

Tokoloshe Man - JOHN KONGOS (1971), HAPPY MONDAYS (1991)
Lyrics: Put an eclipse on the moon, make a little cloud forty day monsoon.




RAINBOW (ΟΥΡΑΝΙΟ ΤΟΞΟ)

Any Colour - CUTTING CREW (LP Broadcast, 1986)
Lyrics: Any rainbow I'll save for you

As - STEVIE WONDER (LP Songs In The Key Of Life, 1976)
Lyrics: (Until the rainbow burns the stars out in the sky) Always

As Long As You Follow - FLEETWOOD MAC (1988)
Lyrics:  I've been searching for a pot of gold like the kind you find at the end of the rainbow

Brown Eyed Girl - VAN MORRISON (LP Blowing Your Mind, 1967)
Lyrics: Going down the old mine with a Transistor radio Standing in the sunlight laughing Hiding 'hind a rainbow's wall Slipping and sliding All along the waterfall with you

Catch The Rainbow - RAINBOW (LP Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, 1975)
Lyrics: We believed we'd catch the rainbow

For Your Babies - SIMPLY RED (LP Stars, 1991)
Lyrics: Anyway the four winds that blow they're gonna send me sailing home to you Or I'll fly with the force of a rainbow The dream of gold will be waiting in your eyes

Forever & Ever - DEMIS ROUSSOS (LP Forever & Ever, 1973)
Lyrics: you'll be my spring, my rainbow's end and the song I sing

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) - ABBA (1979)
Lyrics: Movie stars on end of the rainbow, with a fortune to win. It's so different from the world I'm living in

Hard To Say It's Over - SHEENA EASTON (LP A Private Heaven, 1984)
Lyrics:  I'm still chasing that rainbow, you always reach it too soon Why is it we're never quite in tune, where did all the time go?

Highway Of Love - LAID BACK (LP Hole In The Sky, 1990)
Lyrics:  So many nights dreaming on a rainbow of love When I wake up in the morning, just to find out it's gone

I Can See Clearly Now - JOHNNY NASH (LP I Can See Clearly Now, 1972)
Lyrics:  I can see clearly now, the rain is gone... Here is the rainbow I've been prayin' for

Jocelyn Square - LOVE & MONEY (LP Strange Kind Of Love, 1988)
Lyrics: Chasing rainbows and fireflies to watch them fade away before my eyes

Just Can't Get Enough - DEPECHE MODE (LP Speak & Spell, 1981)
Lyrics: Just like a rainbow you know you set me free

Just The Two Of Us - GROVER WASHINGTON Jr. feat. BILL WITHERS (1981)
Lyrics: I see the crystal raindrops fall and the beauty of it all is when the sun comes shining through To make those rainbows in my mind when I think of you sometime and I want to spend some time with you

Man In Black - JOHNNY CASH (LP Man In Black, 1971)
Lyrics: Ah, I'd love to wear a rainbow every day and tell the world that everything's okay but I'll try to carry off a little darkness on my back till things are brighter, I'm the Man In Black

Maybe Tomorrow - STEREOPHONICS (LP You Gotta Go There To Come Back, 2003)
Lyrics: Think I'll walk me outside and buy a rainbow smile

Moon River - ANDY WILLIAMS (1962)
Lyrics:  We're after the same rainbows end

Over The Rainbow - JUDY GARLAND (OST The Wizard Of Oz, 1939)

Pure - THE LIGHTNING SEEDS (1989 / LP Cloudcuckooland, 1990)
Lyrics:  Night time slows, raindrops splash rainbows

Quiet Storm - SMOKEY ROBINSON (LP A Quiet Storm, 1975)
Lyrics: Promising electric things You touch me and suddenly there's rainbow rings

She's A Rainbow - THE ROLLING STONES (LP Their Satanic Majesties Request, 1967)

Shooting For The Moon - AMY HOLLAND (OST Teen Wolf, 1986)
Lyrics: You've got the charm That even wizards can't explain How to make rainbows from A single drop of rain

Someday, Somewhere - DEMIS ROUSSOS (OST Le Filleul, 1973)
Lyrics: I held your hand and suddenly I knew That your love Could show the way To my rainbow's end

Sometimes Lovers - AMERICA (LP View From The Ground, 1982)
Lyrics: Sometimes there are rainbows in the same place

Somewhere In The World - SWING OUT SISTER (LP Shapes & Patters, 1989)
Lyrics: Like a rainbow bursting out of the sky

Sun Is Shining - BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS (LP Soul Revolution Part 2, 1971)
Lyrics: When the morning gathers the rainbow want you to know I'm a rainbow too

The Whole Of The Moon - THE WATERBOYS (LP This Is The Sea, 1985)
Lyrics:  I pictured a rainbow, you held it in your hands

Three Times A Lady - COMMODORES (LP Natural High, 1978)
Lyrics:  now that we've come to the end of our rainbow

Together We Are Beautiful - FERN KINNEY (single, 1980)
Lyrics: I am the rain, he is the sun And now we've made a rainbow I think it's beautiful

True Colors - CYNDI LAUPER (LP True Colors, 1986)
Lyrics: True colors are beautiful, like a rainbow

What A Wonderful World - LOUIS ARMSTRONG (1968)
Lyrics: The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky

When The Rain Begins To Fall - PIA ZADORA & JERMAINE JACKSON (OST Voyage Of The Rock Aliens, 1984)
Lyrics: And when the rain begins to fall you'll ride my rainbow in the sky. And I will catch you if you fall you'll never have to ask me why.

Wishing On A Star - ROSE ROYCE (LP In Full Bloom, 1977)
Lyrics:  And I wish on all the rainbows that I see

You're The Best Thing - THE STYLE COUNCIL (LP Cafe Bleu, 1984)
Lyrics:  I could be discontent and chase the rainbows end, I might win much more but lose all that is mine




ST. ELMO'S FIRE (ΑΓΙΟΙ ΝΙΚΟΛΗΔΕΣ)

St. Elmo's Fire - JOHN PARR (OST St. Elmo's Fire, 1985)




STORM (ΚΑΤΑΙΓΙΔΑ, ΘΥΕΛΛΑ, ΤΡΙΚΥΜΙΑ)

Aline - CHRISTOPHE (single, 1965)
Lyrics: Dans cet orage, elle a disparu (In this storm, she disappeared)

Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime - NENA feat. KIM WILDE (LP Nena feat. Nena, 2002)
Lyrics: Bits and pieces from your storm, rain upon me as they form

Caught Up In The Rapture - ANITA BAKER (LP Rapture, 1986)
Lyrics: We stand side by side Till the storms of life pass us by

Distant Thunder - MASON RUFFNER (LP Gypsy Blood, 1987)
Lyrics: Can you see a flash of lightnin' baby, Gettin' ready for the stormy weather Can you hear the distant thunder right now?

Fool In The Rain - LED ZEPPELIN (LP In Through The Out Door, 1979)
Lyrics: And the storm that I thought would blow over, clouds the light of the love that I found

Gimme Shelter - THE ROLLING STONES (LP Let It Bleed, 1969)
Lyrics: Yeah, a storm is threatenin'

Had A Dream (Sleeping With The Enemy) - ROGER HODGSON (LP In The Eye Of The storm, 1984)
Lyrics:  Had a dream I was born To be naked in the eye of the storm

Have You Ever Seen The Rain - CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL (LP Pendulum, 1970)
Lyrics: Someone told me long ago there's a calm before the storm.. I know; it's been comin' for some time. When it's over, so they say, It'll rain a sunny day, I know; shinin' down like water.

Holding Out For A Hero - BONNIE TYLER (OST Footlose, 1984)
Lyrics: Out where the lightning splits the sea... I could swear there is someone Somewhere Watching me. Through the wind and the chill and the rain and the storm and the flood

I Made It Through The Rain - BARRY MANILOW (LP Barry, 1980)
Lyrics: We keep the feelings warm protect them from the storm Until our time arrives

In A Lifetime - CLANNAD feat. BONO (LP Macalla, 1985)
Lyrics: and as the rain it falls, begin again, as the storm breaks through

It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back) - EURYTHMICS (LP Be Yourself Tonight, 1985)
Lyrics: I will be your storm at seas

Josephine - CHRIS REA (LP Shamrock Diaries, 1985)
Lyrics: There's a storm on my radar But I can still fly And you are the reason The blue in my sky Josephine

Kashmir - LED ZEPPELIN (LP Physical Graffiti, 1975)
Lyrics: pilot of the storm who leaves no trace, like thoughts inside a dream

Long White Car - HIPSWAY (LP Hipsway, 1986)
Lyrics: I've been in the storm so long

Love Is Contagious - TAJA SEVELLE (LP Taja Sevelle, 1987)
Lyrics: Our love`s a storm in disguise

Missing You -JOHN WAITE (LP No Brakes, 1984)
Lyrics: And there's a storm that's raging Through my frozen heart tonight

Ocean Rain-ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN (LP Ocean Rain, 1984)
Lyrics: All hands on deck at dawn Sailing to sadder shores Your port in my heavy storms Harbours the blackest thoughts

Octopus's Garden - THE BEATLES (LP Abbey Road, 1969)
Lyrics:  We would be warm below the storm in our little hide-a-way beneath the waves.

Quiet Storm - SMOKEY ROBINSON (LP A Quiet Storm, 1975)

Riders On The Storm - THE DOORS (LP L.A. Woman, 1971)

Roads - PORTISHEAD (LP Dummy, 1994)
Lyrics:  Storm, in the morning light I feel No more, can I say, Frozen to myself

Sara - STARSHIP (LP Knee Deep In The Hoopla, 1985)
Lyrics: Storms are brewin' in your eyes

Shelter - LONE JUSTICE (LP Shelter, 1986)
Lyrics: Let me be your shelter, shelter From a storm outside Let me be your shelter, shelter From the endless night

Stay Loose - GORDON LIGHTFOOT (LP East Of Midnight, 1986)
Lyrics:  soon the storm will be over and the clouds will all pass by

Storms In Africa II - ENYA (single, 1989)

Sunday Morning - MAROON 5 (LP Songs About Jane, 2002)
Lyrics: Sunday morning, rain is falling... Back and forth we sway like branches in a storm change the weather, still together when it ends

The Sweetest Taboo - SADE (LP Promise, 1985)
Lyrics: there's a quiet storm and it never felt like this before

Thunder In My Heart - LEO SAYER (LP Thunder In My Heart, 1977)
Lyrics: There's a storm ragin' deep in my soul There's a howlin' wind that I just can't control There's a fire inside me I can't explain

What Else Is There? - ROYKSOPP feat. KARIN DREIJER (LP The Understanding, 2005)
Lyrics: If I am the storm, if I am the wonder Will I have flashlights, nightmares And sudden explosion?

Winter Song - CHRIS REA (LP Auberge, 1991)
Lyrics: If I put my arms around you Turn you in from the storm From your autumn through winter Darling I'll keep you warm

With Or Without You - U2 (LP The Joshua Tree, 1987)
Lyrics: through the storm we reach the shore

Wondrous Place - BILLY FURY (single, 1960)
Lyrics: What a spot in a storm To cuddle up and stay nice and warm Away from harm in my baby's arms Wondrous place

You'll Never Walk Alone - GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS (1963)
Lyrics: When you walk through a storm, hold your head up high and don't be afraid of the dark At the end of the storm, there's a golden sky And the sweet, silver song of a lark




THUNDER, THUNDERBOLT (ΒΡΟΝΤΗ, ΜΠΟΥΜΠΟΥΝΗΤΟ)

Ai No Corrida - CHAZ JANKEL (1980), QUINCY JONES feat. DUNE & PATTI AUSTIN (1980)
Lyrics: Your lightning and thunder Sets my poor heart ablaze

Born To Be Wild - STEPPENWOLF (1968 / OST Born To Be Wild, 1969)
Lyrics: Heavy metal thunder

Destiny - JENNIFER RUSH (1985)
Lyrics: Sometimes it's thunder that strikes my senses hard

Distant Thunder - MASON RUFFNER (LP Gypsy Blood, 1987)
Lyrics: Can you see a flash of lightnin' baby, Gettin' ready for the stormy weather Can you hear the distant thunder right now?

Down Under - MEN AT WORK (LP Business As Usual, 1981)
Lyrics: Do you come from a land down under? Where women glow and men plunder? Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover

I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues - ELTON JOHN (LP Too Low For Zero, 1983)
Lyrics: Rolling like thunder under the covers

I Know You're Out There Somewhere - THE MOODY BLUES (LP Sur La Mer, 1988)
Lyrics: And the strength of the emotion Is like thunder in the air

I Remember That - PREFAB SPROUT (LP From Langley Park To Memphis, 1988)
Lyrics: like a bolt out of the blue

In A Lifetime - CLANNAD feat. BONO (1986)
Lyrics: First the thunder Satisfied, if the past it will not lie (then the storm, torn asunder ) The future you and I get blown away (in the storm)

Let Me Go - HEAVEN 17 (LP The Luxury Gap, 1983)
Lyrics: I died a thousand times Found guilty of no crime Now everything is thunder

Night Moves - BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND (LP Night Moves, 1976)
Lyrics: And oh the wonder We felt the lightning And we waited on the thunder Waited on the thunder

Running Up That Hill - KATE BUSH (LP Hounds Of Love, 1985)
Lyrics: there is thunder in our hearts

The Old Man Down The Road - JOHN FOGERTY (1984 / LP Centerfield, 1985)
Lyrics: He take the thunder from the mountain He take a lightning from the sky

The Power Of Love - JENNIFER RUSH (1984 / The whispers in the morning Of lovers sleeping tight Are rolling by like thunder now As I look in your eyes)

Thunder In My Heart - LEO SAYER (LP Thunder In My Heart, 1977)

Thunderstruck - AC/DC (LP The Razors Edge, 1990)

We Belong - PAT BENATAR (LP Tropico, 1984)
Lyrics: we belong to light, we belong to the thunder

Words - FLEETWOOD MAC (LP Rumours, 1977)
Lyrics:  Thunder only happens when it's raining




TIDE (ΠΑΛΙΡΡΟΙΑ)
EBB & FLOW (ΑΜΠΩΤΗ & ΠΛΗΜΜΥΡΙΔΑ)

But Not For You - ALESSANDRO MAGNANINI feat LIAM McKAHEY (LP Someway Still I Do, 2009)
Lyrics: Now the tide is turning. I know it's up to me. My heart forever burning will burn but not for you

Clocks - COLDPLAY (LP A Rush Of Blood To The Head, 2002)
Lyrics: The lights go out and I can't be saved, tides that I tried to swim against have brought me down upon my knees

Days Are Numbers (The Traveller) - ALAN PARSONS PROJECT (LP Vulture Culture, 1985)
Lyrics: traveller awaits the morning tide

Deacon Blues - STEELY DAN (LP Aja, 1977)
Lyrics: They call Alabama the Crimson Tide

Driven Out - THE FIXX (LP Calm Animals, 1988)
Lyrics: bathe in a turning tide

500 Miles - HOOTERS (LP Zig Zag, 1989)
Lyrics:  A hundred tanks along the square, one man stands and stops them there someday soon the tide'll turn and I'll be free. Well I'll be free, I'll be free, I'll come home to my country, omeday soon the tide'll turn and I'll be free

How Does It Feel - LONDON GRAMMAR (LP Californian Soil, 2021)
Lyrics: When the tide comes in Tell me, where will you go?

How Many Ways - MURRAY HEAD (LP Between Us, 1979)
Lyrics:  but with you on my side, it was easy to ride the storm and the tide, as they bruised me.

I Walk The Line - JOHNNY CASH (1956)
Lyrics: You've got a way to keep me on your side, You give me cause for love that I can't hide, For you I know I'd even try to turn the tide

I Want Your World To Turn - HEART (LP Brigade, 1990)
Lyrics: Like the moon affects the tide and the sea

Just The Way It Is, Baby - THE REMBRANDTS (LP The Rembrandts, 1990)
Lyrics: The tide that once had carried you away They bring you back today The time has washed away my pain I find that things have changed

Love Letters In The Sand - PAT BOONE (1957)
Lyrics: How you laughed when I cried, Each time I saw the tide Take our love letters from the sand

More Than This - ROXY MUSIC (LP Avalon, 1982)
Lyrics: As free as the wind And hopefully learning Why the sea on the tide Has no way of turning

Mysterious Ways - U2 (LP Achtung Baby, 1991)
Lyrics: She's the wave She turns the tide She sees the man inside the child

Sailor - PETULA CLARK (1961)
Lyrics: Sailor, when the tide turns Come home safe to me

Sense - THE LIGHTNING SEEDS (1992), TERRY HALL (1994)
Lyrics: I want to jump deep into tides of loving madness

Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) - JOURNEY (LP Frontiers, 1983)
Lyrics:  To survive the tide love divides

The Soul Cages - STING (LP The Soul Cages, 1990)
Lyrics: I have here a cask of most magical wine A vintage that blessed every ship in the line It's wrung from the blood of the sailor's who died Young white bodies adrift in the tide)

These Are The Days Of Our Lives - QUEEN (LP Innuendo, 1991)
Lyrics:  You can't turn back the clock, you can't turn back the tide

The Tide Is High - THE PARAGONS (1967), BLONDIE (1980)

Time - THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT (LP The Turn Of A Friendly Card, 1980)
Lyrics: Goodbye my love, The tide waits for me Who knows when we shall meet again

Too Lost In You - SUGABABES (OST Love Actually, 2003)
Lyrics: 'Cause I'm slippin' away like the sand to the tide

Without You, I'm Nothing - PLACEBO & DAVID BOWIE (LP Without You... 1998)
Lyrics: Strange infatuation seems to grace the evening tide., I'll take it by your side

and

King Of Pain - THE POLICE (LP Synchronicity, 1983)
Lyrics: There's a blue whale beached by a springtide's ebb, that's my soul up there




TWISTER / TORNADO / WHIRLWIND (ΑΝΕΜΟΣΤΡΟΒΙΛΟΣ)

Can't Fight This Feeling - REO SPEEDWAGON (LP Wheels Are Turnin', 1984)
Lyrics: My life has been such a whirlwind since I saw you I've been running round in circles in my mind

Stormbringer - DEEP PURPLE (LP Stormbringer, 1974)
Lyrics: Comin' out of nowhere Drivin' like rain, Stormbringer dance On the thunder again Dark cloud gathering Breaking the day No point running 'Cause it's coming your way Ride the rainbow Crack the sky Stormbringer coming Time to die... Rainbow shaker On a stallion twister Bareback rider On the eye of the sky




SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS:

Cloudbusting - KATE BUSH (LP Hounds Of Love, 1985)
Lyrics: I still dream of Orgonon, I wake up cryin, You're making rain


My relevant Radio Boo broadcast of the same day:

http://yourlisten.com/lefteris.lalos.7/natures-phenomena-in-songs

Playlist:

Kate Bush - Cloudbusting (LP Hounds Of Love, 1985)
Tokio Hotel - Monsoon (LP 483, 2007)
James - Sometimes (Lester Piggott) (LP Laid, 1993)
Men At Work - Down Under (LP Business As Usual, 1981)
John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion) (OST St. Elmo's Fire, 1985)
A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran (LP A Flock Of Seagulls, 1982)
Cutting Crew - Any Colour (LP Broadcast, 1986)
Roxy Music - More Than This (LP Avalon, 1982)
The Police - King Of Pain (LP Synchronicity, 1983)
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - What I Am (LP Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars, 1988)
The Roots feat. Mos Def & Styles P - Rising Down (LP Rising Down, 2008)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising (LP Green River, 1969)
Hooters - 500 Miles (LP Zig Zag, 1989)
R.E.M. - Imitation Of Life (LP Reveal, 2001)
Coldplay - Clocks (LP A Rush Of Blood To The Head, 2002)
U2 - Beautiful Day (LP (LP All That You Can't Leave Behind, 2000)
Love And Money - Jocelyn Square (LP Strange Kind Of Love, 1988)
Gerry And The Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone (1963)
Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line (1956)
Anita Ellis - Put The Blame On Mame (OST Gilda, 1946)
Alessandro Magnanini feat. Liam McKahey - But Not For You (LP Someway Still I Do, 2009)
The Style Council - You're The Best Thing (LP Cafe Bleu, 1984)
Simply Red - For Your Babies (LP Stars, 1991)
Murray Head - How Many Ways (LP Between Us, 1979)
Grover Washington Jr. feat Bill Withers - Just The Two Of Us (1981)
Queen - These Are The Days Of Our Lives (LP Innuendo, 1991)
Barry Manilow - Could It Be Magic? (LP Barry Manilow I, 1973)


Tuesday, August 27, 2013

MEN'S NAMES IN SONGS


Male names in international songs. Men's names referring to VIP's not included. You can also check relevant page http://ilovemyradio.blogspot.gr/2007/12/songs-referring-to-contemporary-pop.html


ADRIAN

Adrian - EURYTHMICS (LP Be Yourself Tonight, 1985)



ALEJANDRO

Alejandro - LADY GAGA (LP The Fame Monster, 2009)



ALFIE

Alfie - CILLA BLACK (1966), CHER (1966), DIONNE WARWICK (1967)



ANGELO

Angelo - BROTHERHOOD OF MAN (LP Images, 1977)



ANTHONY, ANTONIO

Jackie - SCOTT WALKER (LP Scott 2, 1967)
Lyrics: My name would be Antonio and all my bridges I would burn

Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) - BILLY JOEL (LP The Stranger, 1977)
Lyrics: Anthony works in the grocery store savin' his pennies for someday... "Sonny, move out to the country."



ARNOLD

Arnold Layne - PINK FLOYD (1967)



ARTHUR

Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) - CHRISTOPHER CROSS (OST Arthur, 1981)



BEN, BENNIE

Ben - MICHAEL JACKSON (LP Ben, 1972)

Bennie & The Jets - ELTON JOHN (LP Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, 1973)



BILLY, WILLIAM

All I Wanna Do - SHERYL CROW (LP Tuesday Night Music Club, 1994)
Lyrics:  It's apropos of nothing he says his name is William but I'm sure he's Bill or Billy or Mac or Buddy

Don't Lose My Number - PHIL COLLINS (LP No Jacket Required, 1985)
Lyrics: Billy, don't lose my number

Son Of A Preacher Man - DUSTY SPRINGFIELD (1969)
Lyrics: Billy Ray was a preacher's son and when his daddy would visit he'd come along when they gathered around and started talkin' that's when Billy would take me walkin'

William It Was Really Nothing - THE SMITHS (LP Hatful Of Hollow, 1984)



BOBBY

Bobby Brown - FRANK ZAPPA (LP Sheik Yerbouti, 1979)

Bobby's Girl  - MARCIE BLANE (1962), SUSAN MAUGHAN (1962), TRACEY ULLMAN (1983)

Fell In Love With A Girl - THE WHITE STRIPES (LP White Blood Cells, 2001)
Lyrics:  Bobby says it's fine he don't consider it cheating now



CHARLIE

Charlie Brown - THE COASTERS (1958)

Locomotive Breath - JETHRO TULL (LP Aqualung, 1971)
Lyrics: Old Charlie stole the handle and the train, it won't stop going



DANIEL, DANNY

Daniel - ELTON JOHN  (LP Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player, 1973)

Tubthumping - CHUMBAWAMBA (LP Tubthumper, 1997)
Lyrics: Oh Danny Boy



DAVE, DAVY

Dave - BOOMTOWN RATS (LP In The Long Grass, 1984)

Davy - DANNY WILSON (LP Meet Danny Wilson, 1987)



DENIS

Denis - BLONDIE (1978)



EDDIE

Eddie Goes Underground - TONY CAREY (LP Some Tough City, 1984)

Into The Great Wide Open - TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS (LP Into The Great Wide Open, 1991)
Lyrics: Eddie waited til' he finished high school he went to Hollywood, got a tattoo he met a girl out there with a tattoo too the future was wide open

Spanish Eddie - LAURA BRANIGAN (LP Hold Me, 1985)



EUGENE

Hey Eugene - PINK MARTINI (LP Tea For Two, 2007)



FERNANDO

Fernando - ABBA (1976)



FRANKIE

Frankie - SISTER SLEDGE (LP When The Boys Meet The Girls, 1985)

Frankie's First Affair - SADE (LP Diamond Life, 1984)



FREDDIE, FREDERIC

Frederick - PATTI SMITH GROUP (LP Wave, 1979)

Freddie's Dead - CURTIS MAYFIELD (OST Superfly, 1972)



GEORGE

Fu-Gee-La - FUGEES (LP The Score, 1996)
Lyrics: Chicken George became Dead George stealin' chickens from my farm.

Georgy Porgy - TOTO (LP Toto, 1978)



HARRY

Our Last Summer - ABBA (LP Super Trouper, 1980)
Lyrics: and now you're working in a bank the family man, the football fan and your name is Harry how dull it seems, are you the hero of my dreams?

Sultans Of Swing - DIRE STRAITS (LP Dire Straits, 1978)
Lyrics: and Harry doesn't mind, if he doesn't, make the scene, he's got a daytime job, he's doing alright... 'Guitar George'



JACK

Hit The Road, Jack - RAY CHARLES (1961)

Jackie - BLUE ZONE (LP Big Thing, 1988)
Lyrics:  Jack Jack Jackie, can't get you off my mind



JEREMY, JEREMIAH

Jeremy - PEARL JAM (LP Ten, 1991)

Joy To The World - THREE DOG NIGHT (LP Naturally, 1970)
Lyrics: Jeremiah was a bullfrog, was a good friend of mine



JESSIE

Jessie's Girl - RICK SPRINGFIELD (LP Working Class Dog, 1981)



JIM

Cokane In My Brain - DILLINGER (1976)
Lyrics: Hey Jim, Jim, just a minute y'all

On & On - STEPHEN BISHOP (LP Careless, 1976)
Lyrics:  Poor ol'Jimmy sits alone in the moonlight, saw his woman kiss another man so he takes a ladder steals the stars from the sky puts on sinatra and starts to cry



JOE

Hey Joe - THE LEAVES (1966), JIMI HENDRIX (1966)

Joe Le Taxi - VANESSA PARADIS (1987 / LP M & J, 1988)

Running In The Family - LEVEL 42 (LP Running In The Family, 1987)
Lyrics: My brother Joe & me

Tokyo Joe - BERTIE HIGGINS (LP Pirates & Poets, 1983)

Ventura Highway - AMERICA (LP Homecoming, 1972)
Lyrics: Tell me, how long you gonna stay here Joe?

Walk On The Wild Side - LOU REED (LP Transformer, 1972)
Lyrics: Holly came from Miami F.L.A. hitch-hiked her way across the U.S.A. plucked her eyebrows on the way shaved her legs and then he was a she... Little Joe never once gave it away Everybody had to pay and pay



JOHN, JOHNNY, IVAN

Guns Of Brixton - THE CLASH (LP London Calling, 1979')
Lyrics: You see, he feels like Ivan born under the Brixton sun

Johnny - VAYA CON DIOS (1988 / a cover of Edith Piaf's 'Johnny, Tu N'es Pas Un Ange' 1953)

Johnny / Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed - THIN LIZZY (LP Johnny The Fox, 1976)

Johnny B. - HOOTERS (LP One Way Home, 1987)

Johnny B. Goode - CHUCK BERRY (1957), PETER TOSH (1983)

Johnny Can't Read - DON HENLEY (LP I Can't Stand Still, 1982)

Johnny Come Home - FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS (LP Fine Young Cannibals, 1985)

Mysterious Ways - U2 (LP Achtung Baby, 1991)
Lyrics:  Johnny take a walk with your sister the moon

New Kid In Town - EAGLES (LP Hotel California, 1976)
Lyrics: Johnny come lately

Not Now John - PINK FLOYD (LP The Final Cut, 1983)

Stories Of Johnny - MARC ALMOND (LP Stories Of Johnny, 1985)

The Boys Are Back In Town - THIN LIZZY (LP Jailbreak, 1976)
Lyrics: And that time over at Johnny's place, well, this chick got up and she slapped Johnny's face

The Devil Went Down To Georgia - THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND (LP  Million Mile Reflections, 1979)
Lyrics: The boy said, "My name's Johnny, and it might be a sin. But I'll take your bet, you're gonna regret, 'cause I'm the best that's ever been."

Walk Of Life - DIRE STRAITS (LP Brothers In Arms, 1985)
Lyrics: Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies

and 3 favorite songs of mine:

Dear John - LOVE & MONEY (LP All You Need Is... 1986)
Johnny (New Light) - THE DREAM ACADEMY (LP The Dream Academy, 1985)
Johnny's Not Here - LOVE & MONEY (LP Dogs In The Traffic, 1991)



JOJO

Get Back - THE BEATLES feat. BILLY PRESTON (1969)
Lyrics: Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner but he knew it wouldn't last.



JONAH

Jonah - BREATHE (LP All That Jazz, 1987)



KENNETH

What's The Frequency, Kenneth? - REM (LP Monster, 1994)



LOUIE

Brother Louie - HOT CHOCOLATE (1973) STORIES (1973)

Brother Louie - MODERN TALKING (LP Ready For Romance, 1986)

Don't Cry For Louie - VAYA CON DIOS (LP Vaya Con Dios, 1988)

Highway 61 Revisited - BOB DYLAN (LP Highway 61 Revisited, 1965)
Lyrics:  Well Mack the Finger said to Louie the King I got forty red white and blue shoe strings and a thousand telephones that don't ring do you know where I can get rid of these things and Louie the King said let me think for a minute son and he said yes I think it can be easily done Just take everything down to Highway 61.

Louie Louie - RICHARD BERRY (1957), THE KINGSMEN (1963)

Mack The Knife - BOBBY DARIN (1958)
Lyrics: Now d'ja hear 'bout Louie Miller? He disappeared babe, after drawin' out all his hard-earned cash and now MacHeath spends just like a sailor could it be our boy's done somethin' rash?



LUKA

Luka - SUZANNE VEGA (LP Solitude Standing, 1987)



MANUEL

Manuel - CATERINA VALENTE (1978)



MATTHEW

Hey Matthew - KAREL FIALKA (1987 / LP Human Animal, 1988)

Matthew & Son - CAT STEVENS (1966)



MAURICE

The Joker - STEVE MILLER BAND (LP The Joker, 1973)
Lyrics: Some people call me Maurice



NIGEL

Making Plans For Nigel - XTC (LP Drums & Wires, 1979)
Lyrics: We're only making plans for Nigel we only want what's best for him



PATRICK

Patrick, Mon Cheri - KIKI & PEARLY (1976)



RICKY

18 & Life - SKID ROW (LP Skid Row, 1989)
Lyrics:  Ricky was a young boy he had a heart of stone



SEBASTIAN

Sebastian - COCKNEY REBEL (LP The Human Menagerie, 1973), ΒΑΣΙΛΗΣ ΠΑΠΑΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥ (LP Φοβάμαι, 1982)



SIMON

Simon Says - 1910 FRUITGUM Co. (1968)



STAN

Stan - EMINEM feat. DIDO (LP The Marshall Mathers, 2000)



STEVE, STEVEN, ETIENNE

Another One Bites The Dust - QUEEN (LP The Game, 1980)
Lyrics: Steve walks warily down the street with the brim pulled way down low

Chelsea Dagger - THE FRATELLIS (LP Costello Music, 2007)
Lyrics: I seen you and little Steven and Joanna round the back of my hotel oh yeah

Etienne - GUESCH PATTI (1987 / LP Labyrinthe, 1988)

The Speaking Hand - WOVEN HAND (LP Consider The Birds, 2004)
Lyrics: but I got a friend St. Steven



TED

I Wanna Be A Cowboy - BOYS DON'T CRY (LP Boys Don't Cry, 1986)
Lyrics: Following my man His name is Ted, Can you believe that? My name is Ted,and one day I'll be dead yo yo.



TIMOTHY

Timothy - THE BUOYS (1971)



TOM, TOMMY

Ashes To Ashes - DAVID BOWIE (LP Scary Monsters, 1980)
Lyrics: we know Major Tom's a junkie

Major Tom (Völlig Losgelöst) - PETER SCHILLING (LP Fehler Im System, 1982)
Major Tom (Coming Home)- PETER SCHILLING (LP Error In The System, 1983)

Space Oddity - DAVID BOWIE (LP David Bowie,1969)
Lyrics: This is ground control to Major Tom

Tom's Diner - SUZANNE VEGA (LP Solitude Standing, 1987), D.N.A. feat S. VEGA (1990)

The Coward Of The County - KENNY ROGERS (LP Kenny, 1979)Lyrics: His mama named him Tommy but folks just called him yellow



VICTOR

Victor Should Have Been A Jazz Musician - GRACE JONES (LP Inside Story, 1986)




SONGS ABOUT COUPLES:


BILLY & PATTI

Young Turks - ROD STEWART (LP Tonight I'm Yours, 1981)


BILLY JOE & BOBBIE SUE

Take The Money & Run - STEVE MILLER BAND (LP Fly Like An Eagle, 1976)
Lyrics: This here's a story about Billy Joe and Bobbie Sue, two young lovers with nothin' better to do
than sit around the house, get high, and watch the tube


DESMOND & MOLLY

Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da - THE BEATLES (1968), THE MARMALADE (1968)
Lyrics: Desmond has a barrow in the marketplace Molly is the singer in a band Desmond says to Molly girl I like your face and Molly says this as she takes him by the hand


JACK & DIANE

Jack & Diane - JOHN COUGAR (LP American Fool, 1982)


JACK & JILL

A Woman Needs Love - RAY PARKER Jr. & RAYDIO (1981)

Jack & Jill - RAYDIO (1977)


JEAN CLAUDE & LOUISE MARIE

I'll Meet You At Midnight - SMOKIE (LP Midnight Cafe, 1976)
Lyrics: Jean-Claude was a student at the University, Louise-Marie is just a world away.


JIMMY & MARY-ANNE (MARYANN)

Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne - LOOKING GLASS (LP Subway Serenade, 1973), JOSIE COTTON (LP From The Hip, 1984)


JIMMY & BETTY

Leader Of The Pack - THE SHANGRI-LAS (1964), TWISTED SISTER (LP Come Out & Play, 1985)


JOHNNY & JUDY

It's My Party - LESLEY GORE (1963)
Lyrics:  Nobody knows where my Johnny has gone Judy left the same time... Judy and Johnny just walked through the door like a queen with her king oh what a birthday surprise judy's wearin' his ring


JOHNNY & MARY

Johnny & Mary - ROBERT PALMER (LP Clues, 1980), TINA TURNER (OST Summer Lovers, 1982)


MANOLITO & ANGELITA

Puerto Rico - VAYA CON DIOS (LP Vaya Con Dios, 1988)
Lyrics: Wake up Angelita, your mama just turned off the light, Manolo is already waiting by the old water-pipe


TOMMY & GINA

It's My Life - BON JOVI (LP Crush, 2000), PAUL ANKA (LP Rock Swings, 2004)
Lyrics: This is for the ones who stood their ground For Tommy and Gina who never backed down

Livin' On A Prayer - BON JOVI (LP Slippery When Wet, 1986)
Lyrics:  Tommy used to work on the docks Union's been on strike He's down on his luck It's tough, so tough Gina works at a diner all day Working for her man She brings home her pay For love, for love


TOMMY & LAURA 

Tell Laura I Love Her - RAY PETERSON (1960), RICKY VALANCE (1960)


but also:

CopaCabana (At The Copa) - BARRY MANILOW (LP Even Now, 1978)
Lyrics: Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl... and while she tried to be a star, Tony always tended bar... His name was Rico, he wore a diamond... But Rico went a bit too far, Tony sailed across the bar and then the punches flew and chairs were smashed in two there was blood and a single gun shot but just who shot who?



VARIOUS NAMES:

50 Ways To Leave Your Lover - PAUL SIMON (LP Still Crazy After All These Years, 1975)
Lyrics: You just slip out the back, Jack make a new plan, Stan you don't need to be coy, Roy Just get yourself free Hop on the bus, Gus you don't need to discuss much just drop off the key, Lee and get yourself free

Games Without Frontiers - PETER GABRIEL (LP Peter Gabriel 3, 1980)
Lyrics: Hans plays with Lotte, Lotte plays with Jane, Jane plays with Willi, Willi is happy again. Suki plays with Leo, Sacha plays with Britt, Adolf builts a bonfire, Enrico plays with it

(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea - ELVIS COSTELLO (1978)
Lyrics: Men come screaming, dressed in white coats  shake you very gently by the throat  one's named Gus, one's named Alfie

Love Makes The World Go Round - DEON JACKSON (1966)
Lyrics: That goes for Billy, Sherry, Bobby and Marsha and baby you and I
Bruce Willis covered the song in 1989 replacing the two first names with the names of his daughters.

Spirits In The Night - MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND (LP Nightingales & Bombers, 1975)
Lyrics: Wild Bill, Hazy Davy and Killer Joe



SPECIAL EXCEPTION:

A Boy Named Sue - JOHNNY CASH (LP At San Quentin, 1969)
Recorded live at California's San Quentin Prison at a concert on February 24, 1969
Lyrics:  the meanest thing that he (my daddy) ever did was before he left, he went and named me "Sue"... if I ever have a son, I think I'm gonna name him Bill or George! Anything but Sue! I still hate that name!


Listen to my relevant broadcast on Radio Boo from the same day:

http://yourlisten.com/lefteris.lalos.7/my-radio-boo-broadcast-male-names-in-songs-27082013-pt1-2

Airplay Pt. 1 (20:00-22:00):

20:00.21:00
The Centurians - Bullwinkle Part II (1963 / OST Pulp Fiction, 1994 / Zed's dead)
The Kingsmen - Louie Louie (1963)
Ray Charles - Hit The Road Jack (1961)
The Coasters - Charlie Brown (1958)
Lesley Gore - It's My Party (1963)
The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack (1964)
Twisted Sister - Leader Of The Pack (LP Come Out & Play, 1985)
John Cougar - Jack And Diane (LP American Fool, 1982)
Rod Stewart - Young Turks (LP Tonight I'm Yours, 1981)
Robert Palmer - Johnny & Mary (LP Clues, 1980)
Tina Turner - Johnny and Mary (OST Summer Lovers, 1982)
Looking Glass - Jimmy Loves Mary Anne (LP Subway Serenade, 1973)
Josie Cotton - Jimmy Loves Maryann (LP From The Hip, 1984)
Smokie - I'll Meet You At Midnight (LP Midnight Cafe, 1976)
Paul Anka - It's My Life (LP Rock Swings, 2004)
Vaya Con Dios - Puerto Rico (LP Vaya Con Dios, 1988)
Caterina Valente - Manuel (1978)
Dillinger - Cokane In My Brain (1976)
Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side (LP Transformer, 1972)
Frank Zappa - Bobby Brown (LP Sheik Yerbouti, 1979)
The Beatles with Billy Preston - Get Back (1969)

21:00-22:00
Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue (LP Live At San Quentin, 1969)
1910 Fruitgum Company - Simon Says (1968)
The Beatles - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (1968)
Steve Miller Band - The Joker (LP The Joker, 1973)
Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie (1973)
The Clash - The Guns Of Brixton (LP London Calling, 1979)
Queen - Another One Bites The Dust (LP The Game, 1980)
Guesh Patti - Etienne (1987)
Eurythmics - Adrian (LP Be Yourself Tonight, 1985)
Laura Branigan - Spanish Eddie (LP Hold Me, 1985)
Phil Collins - Don't Lose My Number (LP No Jacket Required, 1985)
Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do (LP Tuesday Night Music Club, 1994)
R.E.M. - What's The Frequency, Kenneth? (LP Monster, 1994)
Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al (LP Graceland, 1986)
Sister Sledge - Frankie (1985)

Airplay Pt. 2 (22:00-01:00):

http://yourlisten.com/lefteris.lalos.7/my-radio-boo-broadcast-male-names-in-songs-27082013-pt2

22:00-23:00

Pink Martini - Hey Eugene (LP Hey Eugene! 2007)
Vaya Con Dios - Johnny (LP Vaya Con Dios, 1988)
Scott Walker - Jackie (LP Scott 2, 1967)
Vaya Con Dios - Don't Cry For Louie (LP Vaya Con Dios, 1988)
Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife (1959)
Deon Jackson - Love Makes The World Go 'Round (1966)
Blue Zone U.K. - Jackie (LP Big Thing, 1988)
Chumbawamba - Tubthumping (LP Tubthumper, 1997)
Blondie - Denis (1978)
Patti Smith - Frederick (LP Wave, 1979)
U2 - Mysterious Ways (LP Achtung Baby, 1991)
Hooters - Johnny B (LP One Way Home, 1987)
Skid Row - 18 and Life (LP Skid Row, 1989)
Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe (1966)
Cat Stevens - Matthew & Son (1966)
Karel Fialka - Hey Matthew (1987)
Suzanne Vega - Luka (LP Solitude Standing, 1987)
The Eagles - New Kid In Town (LP Hotel Califonia, 1976)
Kenny Rogers - Coward Of The County (LP Kenny, 1979)

23:00-00:00

Curtis Mayfield - Freddie's Dead (OST Superfly, 1972)
America - Ventura Highway (LP Homecoming, 1972)
Bertie Higgins - Tokyo Joe (LP Pirates & Poest, 1983)
Paul Simon - 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover (LP Still Craty After All These Years, 1975)
Manfred Mann & The Earth Band - Spirits In The Night (LP Nightingales & Bombers, 1975)
Elton John - Bennie And The Jets (LP Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, 1973)
Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath (LP Aqualung, 1971)
Billy Joel - Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) (LP The Stranger, 1977)
Peter Tosh - Johnny B. Goode (1983)
Toto - Georgy Porgy (LP Toto, 1978)
Stephen Bishop - On And On (LP Careless, 1976)
Vanessa Paradis - Joe Le Taxi (LP M & J, 1987)
Grace Jones - Victor Should Have Been a Jazz Musician (LP Inside Story, 1986)
Everything But The Girl - Alfie (1986)

00:00-01:00

Prefab Sprout - Goodbye Lucille #1 (LP Steve McQueen, 1985)
Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme (The Best That You Can Do) (OST Arthur, 1981)
Michael Jackson - Ben (LP Ben, 1972)
Elton John - Daniel (LP Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player, 1973)
Cockney Rebel - Sebastian (LP The Human Menagerie, 1973)
Woven Hand - The Speaking Hands (LP Consider The Birds, 2004)
Dido feat. Eminem - Stan (The Marshall Mathers LP, 2000)
DNA feat. Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner (1990)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into The Great Wide Open (LP Into The Great Wide Open, 1991)
Paul Brady - Nobody Knows (LP Trick Or Treat, 1991)
Caterina Valente - Manuel (1978)
The Beatles - Hey Jude (LP Let It Be, 1970)
Paul & Paula - Hey Paula (1962)