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Sunday, July 13, 2008

BODY SONGS PT. 1: WINDOWS OF THE SOUL

Songs referring to the windows of your soul

Blue eyes

A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall-BOB DYLAN (1963 / my blue eyed son)
Alcoholic-STARSAILOR (2001 / to see your blue eyed problem)

The Cover Of The Rolling Stone-DR HOOK (1972 / We got a lot of little teenage blue-eyed groupies Who do anything we say)

Diamonds & Rust-JOAN BAEZ (1975 / your eyes Were bluer than robin's eggs)
Diana-PREFAB SPROUT (1984 / her eyes china blue saucers)
Down By The Water-P.J. HARVEY (1995 / blue eyed girl)
Glendora-PERRY COMO (1956 / eyes of blue)

Holyanna-TOTO (1984 / Girl, you're a blue-eyed mystery)

I'd Love You To Want Me-LOBO (1972 / I see the want in your blue eyes)
I've Got You Under My Skin-FRANK SINATRA with BONO (1993 / don't you know "blue eyes", you never can win)
I Want To Live-GAVIN FRIDAY (1992 / sad blue eyes)
Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)- STEVE HARLEY & COCKNEY REBEL (1975 / Blue eyes, blue eyes, how come you tell so many lies?)
Pale Blue Eyes-THE VELVET UNDERGROUND (1969)
Rage Hard-FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD (1986 / blue eyes of children)

Some Folks-STREET BOYS (1981 / Some folks, get it at the movies some folks, get it up a tree this one, he get it in your blue eyes come bring, come bring your love to me)
Sorrow-DAVID BOWIE (1973 / with your long blonde hair and your eyes of blue)
Spanish Eyes-AL MARTINO (1965 / Blue spanish eyes)
Sweet Child O' Mine-GUNS’N’ROSES (1987 & 1989 / She’s got eyes of the bluest skies)
Vincent-DON McLEAN (1971 / reflect in Vincent’s eyes of china blue)
When Will You Make My Telephone Ring-DEACON BLUE (1988 / Pale blue eyes)
Wonderful Life-BLACK (1987 / gulls in the sky and in my blue eyes)
You Drive Me Crazy-SHAKIN STEVENS (1981 / when I'm looking in those big blue eyes)
Your Eyes-COOK DA BOOKS (1982 / your eyes, like the blue in the summer skies)
See also blue as in melancolic, sad etc:
Behind Blue Eyes-THE WHO (1971), LIMP BIZKIT (2003)

Brown eyes

Advice For The Young At Heart-TEARS FOR FEARS (1989 / And when I think of you and all the love that's due I'll make a promise, I'll make a stand Cause to these big brown eyes, this comes as no surprise We've got the whole wide world in our hands)

Don't It Make My brown Eyes Blue-CRYSTAL GAYLE (1977)

If You Ever-SHAI (1992), GABRIELLE & EAST 17 (1996 / The very first time that I saw your brown eyes, your lips said "Hello" and I said "Hi".)

Like A Hurricane-NEIL YOUNG (I saw your brown eyes turning once to fire)
Brown Eyed Girl-VAN MORRISON (1967)
The Look-ROXETTE (1988 / what in the world can make a brown-eyed girl turn blue)
Sweat (A La La La La Long) -INNER CIRCLE (1992 / I’m looking in your big brown eyes)
Sweetest Thing-U2 (1987 & 1998 / blue-eyed boy & brown-eyed girl)

Te Amo Corazon-PRINCE (2005 / Everyone else saw my brown eyes no longer blue)
Who Do You Want For Your Love-ICICLE WORKS (1986 / sing about your brown eyes in a song)
You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet-BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE (1974 / she looked at me with big brown eyes)
You’re My Everything-SANTA ESMERALDA (1977 / big brown eyes)

Green eyes

European Female-THE STRANGLERS (1982 / her green eyes they held mystery)
Green-Eyed Lady-SUGARLOAF (1970)
Jennifer-EURYTHMICS (1983 / with your green eyes)
Jolene-DOLLY PARTON (1973 / eyes of emerald green)
Low-CRACKER (1994 / green green are her eyes)

Also check out:

Apple of the eye (κόρη οφθαλμού)

Breathe Again-TONI BRAXTON (1993 / I can't stop caring about the apple of my eye)
Oh Julie-THE CRESCENDOS (1957 / I’ll be the apple of your eye)
Reptile-CHURCH (1988 / apple of my eye, also see diamond eyes)

Right Now (Na Na Na)-AKON ((Yes, I miss you much) 'Cause you are the apple of my eye)
She’s Got All The Friends That Money Can Buy-CHUMBAWAMBA (2000 / she’s the apple of her daddy’s eye)
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life-STEVIE WONDER (1972 / you are the apple of my eye)

Eyebrows (φρύδια)

Walk On The Wild Side-LOU REED (1972 / placked her eyebrows on the way)

Eyelashes (βλεφαρίδες - ματόκλαδα)

Fake 88-ALEXANDER O’NEAL (those false eyelashes that you’re wearing)

Madam Butterfly-MALCOM McLAREN (1984 / Softly kissing my eyelashes)

also see:
Τα Ματόκλαδα Σου Λάμπουν-ΜΑΡΚΟΣ ΒΑΜΒΑΚΑΡΗΣ
Του Αγοριού Απέναντι-ΜΑΙΡΗ ΧΡΟΝΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ (για τα βαριά ματόκλαδα)

Eyelids (βλέφαρα)

Do You Believe In Shame-DURAN DURAN (while your eyelids are closed inside a case of rust)

When I look in your eyes

A Little Bit More-DR HOOK (look into my eyes)
All The Things She Said-SIMPLE MINDS (when I look into your eyes)
Always Gonna Love You-GARY MOORE (It’s not the same when I look in her eyes)
Be My Twin-BROTHER BEYOND (Look into my eyes)
Be With You-BANGLES (every moment I’d die just to look in your eyes)
Beautiful Stranger-MADONNA (I looked into your eyes)
Brilliant Disguise-BRUCE (when I look in your eyes, is that you baby or just a brilliant disguise)
Chained To You-SAVAGE GARDEN (when you looked into my eyes)
Die For You-ANTIQUE (look into my eyes)
For The First Time-KENNY LOGGINS (1997 / I am looking in your eyes)
How Will I Know-WHITNEY HOUSTON (looks into my eyes)

I Go Crazy-PAUL DAVIS (when I look in your eyes)

I Might Lie-ANDY TAYLOR (when I look into your eyes)
Last Night-TRAVELLING WILBURYS (I looked in her eyes)
Love Machine-THE MIRACLES (1975 / when I look in your eyes my meter starts to rise)

Next Time I Fall-PETER CETERA & AMY GRANT (Now as I look into your eyes)
Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now-STARSHIP (Looking in your eyes)
Open Your Heart-MADONNA (afraid to look in my eyes)
Out That Door-HOODOO GURUS (I look in your eyes and it’s understood)
The Power Of Love-JENNIFER RUSH (as I look in your eyes)
Red Lights-CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT (1986)
Running On Empty-JACKSON BROWNE (1977 / looking into their eyes)
Say You'll Never-LIAN ROSS (1985 / look into my eyes)
'74-'75-THE CONNELS (1973 / When I look on in your eyes then I find that I'll do fine When I look on in your eyes then I'll do better)

Why Don't You Spend The Night-JOE FAGIN (When I look in your eye I feel like we're almost one)
You Got It-ROY ORBISON (every time I look into your lovely eyes)

The Look in your eyes

Do You Remember-PHIL COLLINS (There's a look I can't describe in your eyes If we could try, like we tried before)
Hypnotised-SIMPLE MINDS (I still remember the look in your eyes the way that they pulled me inside)
In These Shoes-KIRSTY McCALL (far away look in his eyes)
Lady (Hear Me Tonight)-MODJO (I can tell by the look in your eyes)
Listen To Your Heart-ROXETTE (from the look in your eyes)
Modern Day Delilah-VAN STEPHENSON (look in her eye)
The Music Played-MATT MONRO (and in your eyes a look I'd never seen)

Oh Yeah-BILL WITHERS (Sometimes you stare and the look that's in your eyes Says that you care and gives me butterflies)
Over My Shoulder-MIKE & THE MECHANICS (I can see that look in your eyes)
The Rhythm Divine-ENRIQUE IGLESIAS (all I need is the look in your eyes.)
Ring My Bell-ANITA WARD (I guess you did by the look in your eye)
Ring My Bell-ANITA WARD (by the look in your eyes)

Shine On You Crazy Diamond-PINK FLOYD (Now there's a look in your eyes Like black holes in the sky)
Shake You Down-GREGORY ABBOT (I see that look in your eyes)
Slowhand-POINTER SISTERS (I saw the look in your eyes)
Soup For One-CHIC (look in your eye)
There's No Way-ALABAMA (1985 / that "wanting me look" in your eyes)
To The Moon & Back-SAVAGE GARDEN (the look in her eyes)
Total Eclipse Of The Heart-BONNIE TYLER (then I see the look in your eyes)
Urgent-FOREIGNER (sometimes I wonder as I look in your eyes)
Watching You-SHAKATAK (I know from the look in your eyes)
Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)-MARVIN GAYE, PAUL YOUNG (by the look in your eye I cant tell you gonna cry)
You Make Me Feel-BONFIRE (I can't find the answer from the look in your eyes)

Various eyes songs

A Man Without Love-ENGELBERT (1968 / Waiting inside her eyes was my tomorrow)

Aeroplane-ROBERT PALMER (your bright & smiling eyes)
After Dark-TITO & TARANTULA (in her eyes a distant fire burns bright)
Alcoholic-STARSAILOR (Don't you know you got your daddy's eyes)
All For You-JANET JACKSON (I see you staring out the corner of my eye)
All The Things She Said-SIMPLE MINDS (through the eyes of love and to never know what hate is)
Amazing-AEROSMITH (with a blink of an eye)
Beat It-MICHAEL JACKSON (the fire’s in their eyes)
Big Shot-BILLY JOEL (and your eyes too bloody to see)

Black Cow-STEELY DAN (in the corner of my eye)

The Best- TINA TURNER (1989 / In your eyes I get lost, I get washed away)
Camouflage-STAN RIDGWAY (a pair of friendly eyes)
Castles In The Air-THE COLOURFIELD (so let me look into the Windows Of Your Soul)

Cold-ANNIE LENNOX (Catch me and let me dive under For I want to swim in the pools of your eyes)
Cry Wolf-A HA (the sunken in eyes :βαθουλωμένα)
Deborah-FAT LADY SINGS (the twinkle I can’t explain in your eye)
Don’t Look Any Further-DENNIS EDWARDS (looking in your ebony eyes)
E Penso A Te-BRUNO LAUZI (occi)

Enigma-AMANDA LEAR (And your eyes like a laser Every time cut me deeper)

Everybody's Talkin'-NILSSON (1968 / I can't see their faces Only the shadows of their eyes)

Eyes Without A Face-BILLY IDOL (1984)

(Feels Like) Heaven - FICTION FACTORY (1983 / See how we planned for saddened eyes And tears to pave the way)
Gimme Your Heart Tonight-SHAKIN STEVENS (I can see in your lonely eyes)
Go Rosa-SANDY ROGERS (your eyes are as black as sin)

Hazard-RICHARD MARX (1992 / My mother came to Hazard when I was just seven Even then the folks in town said with prejudiced eyes)
Hide In Your Shell-SUPERTRAMP (1974 / eyes of steel... How would it be if you could see the world through my eyes)
Horsin’ Around-PREFAB SPROUT (Lord just blind me, don’t let her innocent eyes remind me)
Human Nature-MICHAEL JACKSON (electric eyes)
Hurricane-BOB DYLAN (looks up through his one dying eye)
I Come Undone-JENNIFER RUSH (1987 / With the flash of your burning eyes I know)
I Found Someone-CHER (fire in your eyes)
I Need Love-LL COOL J (watch the sunrise in your eyes)
I Run-A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS (1982 / With auburn hair and tawny eyes The kind of eyes that hypnotize me through)

I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)- GRACE JONES (1981 / Staring eyes chill me to the bone)
In The Midnight Hour-WILSON PICKETT, ROXY MUSIC (twinkle in your eye)
La Isla Bonita-MADONNA (young girl with eyes like the desert)
The Last Waltz-ENGELBERT (the flame of love died in your eyes... corner of my eye)

Like A Rolling Stone-BOB DYLAN (As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes And say, “Do you want to make a deal?")
Love Don't Live Here Anymore-ROSE ROYCE (1978 / In the windows of my eyes Everyone can see the loneliness inside me) ***Madonna uses thw word windmills instead of windows
(Love Is) The Tender Trap-FRANK SINATRA (You see a pair of laughing eyes)
Lying Eyes-EAGLES (fiery eyes)
Make Your Own Way-CINDERELLA (drove me to cocaine eyes by the age of 15)

Makes Me Wonder-MAROON 5 (I wake up, with blood-shot eyes Struggled to memorize
Mary’s Prayer-DANNY WILSON (be the light in my eyes)
Mrs. Robinson-SIMON & GARFUNKEL (a nation turns its lonely eyes to you)
My Eyes Adored You-FRANKIE VALLI (1975)
Mystic Eyes-THEM (1965)
New York Eyes-NICOLE McCLOUD & TIMMY THOMAS (1985)
Nikita-ELTON JOHN (with eyes that looked like ice on fire)
Oblivious-AZTEC CAMERA (1983 / in those kindred caring eyes)

The Old Man Down The Road- JOHN FOGERTY (1984 / He got the eye as black as coal)
One More Cup Of Coffee-BOB DYLAN (your eyes are like two jewels in the sky)
Pretty Flamingo-MANFRED MANN (1966 / And her eyes can light the sky)
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head-B. J. THOMAS (that doesn’t mean my eyes will soon be turning red)
Sad Eyes-GRAHAM NASH
Sara-STARSHIP (storms are brewing in your eyes)
Save The Best For Last-VANESSA WILLIAMS (I see the passion in your eyes)
Sebastian-COCKNEY REBEL (your Persian eyes sparkle)
Sexy Eyes-DR HOOK (1979)
She-CHARLES AZNAVOUR (1974), ELVIS COSTELLO (1999 / whose eyes can be so private and so proud)
She’s Not There-THE ZOMBIES (1964), SANTANA (1977 / her eyes are clear & bright)

She's Out With A Gun-VAN ZANT (1985 / She's got holes in her eyes)
Sister Golden Hair-AMERICA (1975 / I just cant live without you, cant you see it in my eyes?)
Some Candy Talking-JESUS & MARY CHAIN (your sparkling eyes)
Somebody-BRYAN ADAMS (your eyes were like diamonds)
Spanish Harlem-BEN E. KING (1960), ARETHA FRANKLIN (1971 / eyes as black as coal)
Spanish Train-CHRIS DeBURGH (the devil with a twinkle in the eye)
Street Spirit (Fade Away)-RADIOHEAD (1995 / I can feel death, can see its beady eyes)

Summer Wine-NANCY & LEE (1966 / When I woke up, the sun was shining in my eyes)
Supreme-ROBBIE WILLIAMS (2000 / the bags under your eyes)

Sweet Cherrie-MOVING PICTURES (1981 / Pearly white, well, her eyes so bright)

Take Me To Heart- QUARTERFLASH(1983 / You won't forget my eyes Ooh deep inside you realize You're gonna see me wherever you go You're gonna hear me on your radio)
These Eyes-GUESS WHO (1968)
True Colors-CYNDI LAUPER (1986 / sad eyes)

Turning Japanese-THE VAPORS (1980 / Your hair is brown Your eyes are hazel)
The Unforgettable Fire-U2 (your eyes as black as coal)
Venus-SHOCKING BLUE (1969 / crystal eyes)
When A Man Loves A Woman-PERCY SLEDGE (loving eyes can never see)
When Tomorrow Comes-EURYTHMICS (Underneath your dreamlite eyes)
Will You Love Me Tomorrow-THE SHIRELLES (1960), CAROLE KING (1971 / tonight the light of love is in your eyes)
Windy-THE ASSOCIATION (1967 / stormy eyes)
Without You-BADFINGER, NILSSON (in your eyes your sorrow shows)
Would I Lie To You-CHARLES & EDDIE (open wide eyes)
You Can Do Magic-AMERICA (1982 / when you hypnotize with your eyes)

also see:

It’s The End Of The World As We Know It-REM (1987 / eye of the hurricane)
Had A Dream-ROGER HODGSON (1984 / eye of the storm)
Sandman-AMERICA (1971 / He flies the sky like an eagle in the eye of a hurricane that's abandoned)
Send Me An Angel-SCORPIONS (1991 / The wise man said just find your place In the eye of the storm)
Sweet Thing-SKINNY (2001 / she’s the eye of the storm)

Saturday, July 5, 2008

TRAINS & BOATS & PLANES

Songs about Means of Mass or Public Transport in general

Air (Airplanes, Helicopters-Choppers, etc)

Aces High-IRON MAIDEN (1984 / Bandits at 8 o'clock move in behind us Ten ME-109s out of the sun)

Aeroplane-ROBERT PALMER (1990)
Aeroplane-RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS (1995)
Airport-MOTORS (1978 / I hear the plane is ready by the gateway... leaving on a Jet-plane)

All She Wants To Do Is Dance-DON HENLEY (1984 / Well we barely made the airport for the last plane out)
Angel of Harlem-U2 (1988 / When we touched the ground at JFK: the airport)
Bad Woman-KOOL & THE GANG (1984 / hurry now, your plane is leaving)

Breakfast In America-SUPERTRAMP (1979 / Take a jumbo across the water Like to see America)
Crazy In The Night (Barking At Airplanes)-KIM CARNES (1985)
Eight Miles High-THE BYRDS (1966 / notice: although the song seems to be referring to flying, it was widely known that it was more or less related to a drug use "state of mind")
El. Venizelos-EQUALEYES (2007 / the song refers to the Athens airport)

Elegy For A Lost Summer-ANNE CLARK (1994 / plane crashes)

Highway 5-THE BLESSING (1991 / Baby takes off in a DC-10 stares down Highway 5... Flying 500 miles an hour with no sense of time or space)

I Feel Like Buddy Holly-ALVIN STARDUST (1984 / I watched the planes come in On the early morning flights But I could not stand to see them land without you)

I Get A Kick Out Of You-FRANKIE (1962 / I get no kick in a plane, flying too high with some gal in the sky)
If You’re Not Here By My Side-MENUDO (1984 / Gotta catch that plane at 7:30)
Jet Airliner-STEVE MILLER BAND (1977)
Jet Airliner-MODERN TALKING (1987)

Landing In London-3 DOORS DOWN feat. BOB SEGER (2005 / I woke up today in London as the plane was touching down)
Leaving On A Jet Plane-PETER PAUL & MARY (1969)
Let's Groove-EARTH WIND & FIRE (1981 / move yourself and glide like a 747)
The Letter-BOX TOPS (1967), JOE COCKER (1969 / give me a ticket for an aeroplane, ain't got time to take a fast train)
Lights Of Cincinatti-SCOTT WALKER (1969 / I remember still, I guess I always will that winters day I took the west bound flight, as I looked down from the plane)
Next Plane Home-DANIEL POWTER (2008)
On A Plane-KAJAGOOGOO (1984)
Rock The Casbah-THE CLASH (1982 / the king called up his jet fighters)
Rockstar-NICKELBACK (2005 & 2007 / and a big black jet with a bedroom in it, gonna join the mile high club at thirty-seven thousand feet)
Sandman-AMERICA (1971 / Ain’t it foggy outside, all the planes have been grounded)
Seeing You Again-DAN FOGELBERG (1987 / strangers in an airport.... also: running for your train)
747-EDDIE RABBITT (1980)
747 (Strangers In The Night)-SAXON (1980)
Sledgehammer-PETER GABRIEL (1986 / you could have an aeroplane flying... also: you could have a steam train)

These Foolish Things-BRYAN FERRY (A cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces An airline ticket to romantic places)

This Is The Day-THE THE (1983 / You watch a plane flying across a clear blue sky)

This Love-MAROON 5 (2002 / Whispered goodbye as she got on a plane)

Woodstock-JONI MITCHELL, MATTHEWS SOUTHERN COMFORT (I dreamed I saw the bombers Riding shotgun in the sky And they were turning into butterflies Above our nation)

Sea (Boats, Ships, etc)

All This Time-STING (1991 / If I had my way, take a boat from the river)

The Bad Touch-BLOODHOUND GANG (1999 / So if I capsize on your thighs high tide, B-5, you sunk my battleship)
Blue Monday-NEW ORDER (1983 / I see a ship in the harbor)
Boat On The River-STYX (1979)
Boat To Bolivia-MARTIN STEPHENSON & THE DAINTEES (1986)

Comfortably Numb-PINK FLOYD (1979 / A distant ship smoke on the horizon)
Das Boot-KLAUS DOLDINGER (1981), U 96 (1991)
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)-HARRY BELAFONTE (1956)

Dignity-DEACON BLUE (1987 / a ship called dignity)
Do You Always (Have To Be Alone)?-E-TYPE (1995 / as captain of a peaceful phantom ship)
Don't Pay The Ferryman-CHRIS DE BURGH (1982)
Ferry 'Cross The Mersey-GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS (1964)

Golden Brown-THE STRANGLERS (1981 / On her ship tied to the mast)
I've Never Been To Me-CHARLENE (1976 / when I sipped champagne on a yacht)

If-BREAD / TELLY SAVALAS (1971 / If a face could launch a thousand ships Then where am I to go?)
Immigrant Song-LED ZEPPELIN (1970 / the hammer of the gods will drive our ships to new lands)
The Lady Don't Mind-TALKING HEADS (1985 / Little boat that floats on a river)
Leuchtturm-NENA (1983 / Hey, halt dich fest, das U-Boot taucht)
Night Boat To Cairo-MADNESS (1979)

Ocean Rain-ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN (1984 / my ship's a sail)

Red Sky-THRICE (2005 / I know what lies beneath, I've seen the flash of teeth conspiring with the reef to sink our ship)
Sailing Away-CHRIS DeBURGH (1988 / Waiting at the water's edge, Watching all the ships as they are heading for the harbour wall)

Sea Of Heartbreak-POCO (1981 / The lights in the harbor Don't shine for me I'm like a lost ship Adrift on the sea)
Ship Of Fools-ERASURE (1988)

Sonnet-THE VERVE (1997 / Sinking faster than a boat without a hull)

Sorrow-MORT SHUMAN (1976 / Like a ship without a sailor)
Speedboat-LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS (1984)
Strange Boat-THE WATERBOYS (1988)

The Soul Cages-STING (1990 / 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... A body lies open in the fisherman's yard Like the side of a ship where the iceberg rips)

The Other Side Of The Sun-JANIS IAN (1979 / Leaving on a boat For beyond the other side of the ocean)

Weather With You-CROWDED HOUSE (1992 / Well, there's a small boat made of china It's going nowhere on the mantelpiece)
Whole Of The Moon-WATERBOYS (1985 / Flags, rags, ferry boats, scimitars and scarves)
Why-ANNIE LENNOX (1992 / this boat is sinking)

Yellow Submarine-THE BEATLES (1966)

Special category: Ships used allegorically

Can't Fight This Feeling-REO SPEEDWAGON (1985 / Its time to bring this ship into the shore)

Catch The Rainbow-RAINBOW (1975 / sail away on ships of wonder)

Closer To Fine-INDIGO GIRLS (1989 / I sailed my ship of safety till I sank it I'm crawling on your shores)

Hey Mr. DJ-VAN MORRISON (2002 / Cause I'm drifting like a ship out on the fog)
I'll Sail This Ship Alone-THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH (1989)

King Of Wishful Thinking-GO WEST (1990 / I'll get over you I know I will I'll pretend my ship's not sinking)

Mr. Tambourine Man - BOB DYLAN (1965 / Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin' ship)
My Ship Is Comin’ In-THE WALKER BROTHERS (1965)
9 To 5-DOLLY PARTON (1980 / till the day your ship will come in)
Night & Fog-MERCURY REV (2001 / I hope you see your ship come in)

Rock The Boat-THE HUES CORPORATION (1973), FORREST (1982) our love is like a ship on the ocean
Uptown Girl-BILLY JOEL (1983 / when my ship comes in)

White Flag-DIDO (2003 / But I will go down with this ship)

You & I-MADLEEN KANE (1979 / like a ship forever sailing)

Space (well... maybe in science fiction)

Clouds Across The Moon-RAH BAND (1985 / flight commander B. R. Johnson on Mars Flight 247)
No Doubt About It-HOT CHOCOLATE (1980 / what was this ship from outta space?)

Trains

A Girl Called Johnny-THE WATERBOYS (1983 / The train came to town, boy she got on it With no looking back, with not a word If she said goodbye, well I never heard But the noise goes on)

Around The World In A Day-PRINCE (1985 / Open your heart, open your mind A train is leaving all day)
Auberge-CHRIS REA (1991 / On the hard fast train On the road to gain)
Back On The Chain Gang-THE PRETENDERS (1982 / we're back on the train)
Bakerman-LAID BACK (1989 / night train)

Boat To Bolivia-MARTIN STEPHENSON & THE DAINTEES (1986 / You can't catch a boat to Bolivia In a hollow train station)

Borderline-CHRI DE BURGH (1982 / I'm standing in the station I am waiting for a train)
Candybar Express-LOVE & MONEY (1986)

Catch Yer Own Train-THE SILVER SEAS (2024)
Charlotte Street-LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS (1984 / here comes my train)
Chattanooga Choo Choo-GLENN MILLER (1941), FLOYD CRAMER (1962)
Choo Choo Train-THE BOX TOPS (1968)
City of New Orleans-ARLO GUTHRIE (1972)

Couldn't Stand The Weather-STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN & DOUBLE TROUBLE (1984 / Like a train that stops at every station)
Crazy-AEROSMITH (1992 & 1994 / Say you're leavin' on a seven thirty train and that you're headin' out to Hollywood)
Crazy Train-OZZY OSBOURNE (1980)
The Day Before You Came-ABBA (1982), BLANCMANGE (1983 / my train, I'm certain, left the station just when it was due)

Desert Moon-DENNIS DeYOUNG (1984 / "Is this the train to Desert Moon?" Was all she said... I still can hear the whisper of the summer night It echoes in the corners Of my heart The night we stood and waited for the desert train)
Don't Stop Believin'-JOURNEY (1981 / Just a small-town girl, livin' in a lonely world She took the midnight train goin' anywhere)
Downtown Train-TOM WAITS (1985), ROD STEWART (1989)

Fantastic Day-HAIRCUT 100 (1982 / Well there's a great amount of strain about getting on that train)

The Gambler- KENNY ROGERS (1978 / On a warm summer's evening On a train bound for nowhere I met up with the gambler)
Green, Green Grass Of Home-TOM JONES (1966 / The old home town looks the same as I step down from the train and there to meet me is my Mama and Papa)

Groovy Tain-THE FARM (1990)

Half The World-BELINDA CARLISLE (1992 / the train that takes you from me brings somebody home)

Homeward Bound-SIMON & GARFUNKEL (1966 / I'm sittin' in the railway station Got a ticket for my destination, mmm On a tour of one night stands My suitcase and guitar in hand And every stop is neatly planned For a poet and a one man band)
It's A Man's Man's Man's World-JAMES BROWN (1966 / man made the trains to carry heavy loads)

Joyride-ROXETTE (1991 / She has a train going downtown She's got a club on the moon)

Justified & Ancient-THE KLF feat. TAMMY WYNETTE (1991)
Justify My Love-MADONNA (1990 / make love in a train cross-country)
King Of The Road-ROGER MILLER (1965 / Third boxcar, midnight train, destination... Bangor, Maine)
La Solitudine-LAURA PAUSINI (1993 / e il treno delle 7:30 senza lui - english translation)

Lady Godiva's Room-SIMPLY RED (1987 / The day we kissed on the Mistletoe train)
Last Train To Clarksville-THE MONKEES (1966)
Last Train To Heaven-PAUL KELLY & THE MESSENGERS (1986)
Last Train To London-ELO (1979)
Last Train To Trancentral-KLF (1991)
Life In A Northern Town-THE DREAM ACADEMY (1985 / as the train rolled out of sight, bye bye)

Little Girl-SANDRA (1986 / There she is inside a train And now she's leanin' back She's got money for one day And nothing in the rack)
Locomotive Breath-JETHRO TULL (1971 / Thank God, he stole the handle and the train won't stop going)
Long Train Runnin'-DOOBIE BROTHERS (1973), BANANARAMA (1991)
Looking For Linda-HUE & CRY (1988 / I was not looking for Linda, but Linda found me hiding away on the slow train home)
Love At First Sight-GIST (1982 / I was waiting at the station when your train came in)
Love Train-HOLLY JOHNSON (1989)
Love Train-O’JAYS (1972)

Man In The Rain-MIKE OLDFIELD feat. CARA DILLON (1998 / You're no loser, there's still time to ride that train)
Manic Monday-THE BANGLES (1985, 1986 / Have to catch an early train Got to be to work by nine)
Maria-BLONDIE (1999 / your heart beats like a subway train)
Marrakesh Express-CROSBY, STILLS & NASH (1969)
Midnight Train To Georgia-GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS (1973)
Midnight Special-TRADITIONAL / VAN MORISSON (1967)
Missing-EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL (1994 / I step off the train)

Modern Girl-SHEENA EASTON (1980 / It looks like rain again, she takes a train again She's on her way again through London town)
Most Of All-B.J. THOMAS (1970 / I'm at the railway station in Saint Paul)

Mystery Train-ELVIS PRESLEY (1955)
Never Marry A Railroad Man-SHOCKING BLUE (1970 / his heart is at his new train)
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down-THE BAND (1969), JOAN BAEZ (1971 / I drove on the Danville train 'Til so much cavalry came And tore up the tracks again In the winter of sixty-five We were hungry, just barely alive I took the train to Richmond that fell)
Night Train-ANDY TAYLOR (1987)
9 To 5-SHEENA EASTON (1980 / my baby takes the morning train)
Nightrain-GUNS 'N ROSES (1989 / Loaded like a freight train, flyin' like an aeroplane)
One Way Ticket-NEIL SEDAKA (1959), ERUPTION (1978 / choo choo train)
Out Of Time Man-MANO NEGRA (1991 / Tryin' to catch this fuckin train... With my anger and pain in the subway train)

People Get Ready-THE IMPRESSIONS (1965 / People get ready There's a train a comin' You don't need no baggage You just get on board All you need is faith To hear the diesels hummin' You don't need no ticket You just thank the Lord)
Peace Train-CAT STEVENS (1971)

Perfect Timing-Y'AKOTO (2014 / I missed the train I missed the bus I missed the plane The perfect timing)

Rainy Night In Georgia-BROOK BENTON (1969 / a distant moaning of a train Seems to play a sad refrain... Find my place in the boxcar So I take my guitar, to pass some time)

Rescue Me-THE ALARM (1987 / A renegade Rides a runaway train)

Rhinestone Cowboy-GLEN CAMPBELL (1975 / you're down when you're riding a train that's takin' the long way... with a subway token

Riding On A Train-THE PASADENAS (1988 / choo choo train she’s riding)

RockFerry-DUFFY (2007 / the midnight trains are boarding)

Seven Days-JOE COCKER (1982 / I'll be waiting at the station... she's coming in on the Fourth)

Shooting Shark-BLUE OYSTER CULT (1984 / Want to run the train alone But the engine tracks straight through your heart... Accept the rails remove yourself from her side Do without her love As I lay back in the speeding train)
Slow Train To Dawn-THE THE (1986)
Smalltown Boy-BRONSKI BEAT (1984 / alone on a platform)

Sledgehammer-PETER GABRIEL (1986 / You could have a steam train If you just lay down your tracks)
Somewhere Down The Crazy River-ROBBIE ROBERTSON (1987 / catch the blue train to places never been before)
Soul Train-SWANS WAY (1984)
Sowing The Seeds Of Love-TEARS FOR FEARS (1989 / the love train rides from coast to coast)
Spanish Train-CHRIS DE BURGH (1975)
Stop That Train-CLINT EASTWOOD & GENERAL SAINT (1983)
Stuck On You-LIONEL RICHIE (1983 / I'm leaving on that midnight train tomorrow)

Summer Rain - BELINDA CARLISLE (1988 / Whispering our goodbyes, waiting for the train I was dancing with my baby in the summer rain)
Sylvia's Mother-DR. HOOK & THE MEDICINE SHOW (1971 / Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's hurryin', She's catchin' the nine o'clock train")
Take It Round Again-THE CRY (1984 / come & catch the train)
That's Love-JIM CAPALDI (1983 / You walk out the door head for the train then in a while you're back again)
This City Never Sleeps-EURYTHMICS (1983 / You can hear the sound of the underground trains <sound of a train>)

This Is The Sea-THE WATERBOYS (1985 / Now I hear there's a train It's coming on down the line It's yours if you hurry You've got still enough time And you don't need no ticket And you don't pay no fee No you don't need no ticket You don't pay no fee Because that was the river And this is the sea!)

Time Passages-AL STEWART (1978 / Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight)
Tom’s Diner-SUZANNE VEGA (1987 / it’s time to catch the train)
Took The Last Train-DAVID GATES (1977)

Town Called Malice - THE JAM (1982 / The ghost of a steam train echoes down my track It's at the moment bound for nowhere)

The Power Of Love-HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS (1985 / And it don't take money, don't take fame Don't need no credit card to ride this train)
The Train-THE NITS (1988 / "sound of a train")
Train Leaves At 8-MIKIS THEODORAKIS, THE WALKABOUTS (2000)
Trains And Boats And Planes-BURT BACHARACH (1965), DIONNE WARWICK (1966)
Trans Europe Express-KRAFTWERK (1977)

Tunnel Of Love-DIRE STRAITS (1980 / And I've been riding on a ghost train Where the cars they scream and slam)
Ventura Highway-AMERICA (1972 / Waitin' for the early train)
Waiting For A Train- FLASH & THE PAN (1982)
(Waiting For The) Ghost Train-MADNESS (1986)

Waiting To See You-DAN HARTMAN (1986 / You will be here on the next train moving slowly through the warm rain)

Wild Horses-GINO VANNELLI (1987 / And the wind whistles by like a runaway train)

Working In A Goldmine-AZTEC CAMERA (1987 / Waiting on the last train Flicking through the highlights Living in a suitcase Positively uptight)

Wish We Were Heroes-MELISSA MANCHESTER feat. DAVID GATES (1982 / two heroes waiting from the back of a train)
The Worker-FISHER Z (1979 / The hated journey on the train)
Yellow Moon-THE NEVILLE BROTHERS (1989 / Did you see my baby, walking down the railroad tracks?)

Special category: Jumping or riding someone else's train

Don’t Cross The River-AMERICA (1972 / If you want you can ride my train)
Heartbeat City-THE CARS (1984 / when you jumped that train)
Jumping Someone Else's Train-THE CURE (1979)

When Love Comes To Town-U2 featuring B. B. KING (1988 / I’m gonna jump that train)

Metaphorically-Allegorically:

A Song For The Lovers-RICHARD ASHCROFT (2000 / I'm moving like a train into some foreign land I ain't got a ticket for this ride, but I will)
Born On The Bayou-CCR (1969 / Wishin I were a fast freight train, Just a chooglin on down to new orleans)
Downbound Train-BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (1984)

Dream Weaver-GARY WRIGHT (1975 / I’ve just closed my eyes again, climbed aboard the dream weaver train)
I'm On Fire-BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (1984 / and a freight train running in the middle of my head)
Passengers-ELTON JOHN (1984)
Rain In The Summertime-THE ALARM (1987 / sweat, like a train I come)
Runaway Train-SOUL ASYLUM (1992)
Shooting Shark-BLUE OYSTER CULT (1983 / wanna run my train alone but the engine tracks straight through your heart)
Train Of Thought-A HA (1985)

When The Going Gets Tough-BILLY OCEAN (1985 / Your love's like a slow train coming)
You Drive Me Crazy-SHAKIN' STEVENS (1981 / my heart starts speeding like a train on a track)

Various

Get Here-BRENDA RUSSELL (1988), OLETA ADAMS (1990)
Lyrics:
You can reach me by railway,
you can reach me by trailway
You can reach me on an airplane,
you can reach me with your mind
You can reach me by caravan,
cross the desert like an Arab man
I don't care how you get here,
just - get here if you can
You can reach me by sail boat,
climb a tree and swing rope to rope
Take a sled and slide down the slope,
into these arms of mine
You can jump on a speedy colt,
cross the border in a blaze of hope
I don't care how you get here,
just - get here if you can
There are hills and mountains between us
Always something to get over
If I had my way, surely you would be closer
I need you closer
You can windsurf into my life,
take me up on a carpet ride
You can make it in a big balloon,
but you better make it soon
You can reach me by caravan,
cross the desert like an Arab man
I don't care how you get here,
just - get here if you can
I don't care how you get here,
just -- get here if - you can.

Thursday, June 26, 2008

ANTI DRUG & DRUG SONGS

"Drug" songs

The Drugs Don't Work - THE VERVE (1997)
First We Take Manhattan - LEONARD COHEN (1988 / the drugs that keep you thin)
I Want A New Drug - HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS (1983)
Love Is The Drug - ROXY MUSIC (1975), SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE JUKES (1984)
Love Is A Stranger - EURYTHMICS (1982 / love is a dangerous drug)
Sex & Drugs & Rock’n’roll - IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS (1977)

Cocaine in songs

Across 110th Street - BOBBY WOMACK (1972/3)
Cocaine - J.J. CALE (1976 & 1977), ERIC CLAPTON (1977)

Cocane In My Brain - DILLINGER (1976)

Cocaine Decisions - FRANK ZAPPA (LP The Man From Utopia, 1983)
Der Kommissar - FALCO (1982 / Den "Schnee" auf dem wir alle Talwärts fahr'n)
Ganz Wien - FALCO (1982 / Ist heut auf Heroin...träumt mit Mozambin... greift auch zu Kokain)

My Love - KOVACS (2014 / My love, no more whiskey and cocaine)
No Coke - DR. ALBAN (1990)
God Part II - U2 (LP Rattle & hum, 1988 / I don’t believe in cocaine, I got a speedball in my head)
I Get A Kick Out Of You - FRANK SINATRA (1962 / Some they may go for cocaine)
Kokain - EXTRABREIT (1983)
Loser - BECK (1994 / cocaine nose job)
Maracaibo - LU COLOMBO (1980 & 1982 / cokaina)
Make Your Own Way - CINDERELLA (1990 / drove me to cocaine eyes by the age of 15)
Smuggler’s Blues - GLEN FREY (1984 / cocaine, hash)
Sugar Walls - SHEENA EASTON (1984 / written by Alexander Nevermind a.k.a. Prince)
White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) - GRANDMASTER FLASH (1984), DURAN DURAN (1995)
You Could Be Mine - GUNS N' ROSES (1991 / and your cocaine tongue)

Heroin in songs

Big in Japan - ALPHAVILLE (1984)

Golden Brown-THE STRANGLERS (1982)
Heroin - VELVET UNDERGROUND (1967 / Heroin, be the death of me... Heroin, it’s my wife & it’s my life)
Hurt-NINE INCH NAILS (1995), JOHNNY CASH (2002)
King Heroin - JAMES BROWN (1972)

Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth - DANDY WARHOLS (1998 / heroin is so passe)
Snowblind - STYX (1981)
Under The Bridge-RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS (1991)
You Are My Heroin - BOY GEORGE (LP Tense nervous breakdown, 1988)

see:
Ενας Νέγρος Θερμαστής από το Τζιμπουτί - ΒΑΣΙΛΗΣ ΠΑΠΑΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥ (1979 / Μου `λεγε πώς καπνίζουνε στο Αλγέρι το χασίς και στο Άντεν πώς χορεύοντας πίνουν την άσπρη σκόνη)

Various

Along Comes Mary - THE ASSOCIATION (1966 / Mary: Marijuana)
Ashes To Ashes - DAVID BOWIE (1980 / We know Major Tom's a junkie)
Brown Sugar - ROLLING STONES (1971)

Burnt By The Sun - SOPHIE SOLOMON feat. RICHARD HAWLEY (2005 / Prozac)
Captain Jack - BILLY JOEL (LP Piano Man, 1973)
Changes - TUPAC (1998 / give the crack to the kids who the hell cares... more black & white are smoking crack tonight)
Country House - BLUR (1995 / knocking back Prozac)
La Cucaracha - TRADITIONAL MEXICAN SONG (piano puede caminar, porque no tiene, porque le palta, marijuana que fumar)
Don’t Mess With Dr.Dream - THOMPSON TWINS (1985)
Down Under - MEN AT WORK (1982 / full of zombie / zombie: Australian slang for Marijuana)
Eight Miles High - BYRDS (1966)

First Six Months Of Love - MICHELLE GUREVICH (Gone on a serotonin ride, 2016)
Flyin' High (In The Friendly Sky) - MARVIN GAYE (1971)

The Future-LEONARD COHEN (1992 / give me crack & anal sex)
Got To Get You Into My Life-THE BEATLES (1966 / the song refers ro Marijuana)
Hanging Around - THE STRANGLERS (1977)
Hassan I Sahba - HAWKWIND (1977 / hashish)

I Got 5 On It - LUNIZ (1995 / refers to Marijuana)
I’m Waiting For The Man - THE VELVET UNDERGROUND (1967),VANESSA PARADIS (1992)
Itchycoo Park-SMALL FACES (1967 / What did you do there? I got high)
Johnny - THIN LIZZY (1976 / he broke into a drugstore to cure his daily need / over just a little dope / just another juiced up junkie)
Legalize it / Bush Doctor - PETER TOSH (1976 / 1978, Marijuana)

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - BEATLES, ELTON JOHN (LSD)
Me Gustas Tu - MANU CHAO (2001 / Marijuana)
Mr. Tambourine Man - BOB DYLAN (1965-1966), BYRDS (1966)
Monkey - GEORGE MICHAEL (1987)
Mothers Little Helper - ROLLING STONES (1966)
My Brother's A Basshead - DE LA SOUL (1991 / about crack addicts)
Narcotic - LIQUIDO (1997 / Mary Jane)
Numbers - SOFT CELL (1983 / you're looking so thin these days, are you doing speed)
Original Prankster - OFFSPRING (Prozac can make it better)
Pretty Paracetamol - FISHER Z (1979)
Puff The Magic Dragon - PETER PAUL & MARY (1963 / OST Meet the parents: R. DE NIRRO & BEN STILLER)

Queen Of ChinaTown - AMANDA LEAR (1977 / opium queen)
Say No Go - DE LA SOUL (1989)
Senorita-JAMES (2001 / Mary Jane's on the game again: Marijuana - also see: Serotonin)
She Took My Soul In Istanbul - MARC ALMOND (1988 / hashish)
Sign O The Times - PRINCE (1987 / she came across the needle... high on crack)
Sister Morphine -THE ROLLING STONES (1969)
Special K - PLACEBO (2000 / Ketamine)
That Smell - LYNYRD SKYNYRD (1977 / got a monkey on your back)
The Pusher - STEPPENWOLF (1967)
Time To Pretend - MGMT (2005)
White Rabbit - JEFFERSON AIRPLANE (1967)
LP & single: Psychocandy - JESUS &MARY CHAIN (1985 / Marijuana)

see:
Ταξιδιάρα Ψυχή - ΤΡΥΠΕΣ (1985)
Τι Να Σου Προσφέρω-2002 GR (1983)

Bands named after drug related terms

DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS

DOOBIE BROTHERS, THE

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE

JESUS & MARY CHAIN, THE

MARY JANE GIRLS
MOTÖRHEAD
PROZAC

Saturday, June 21, 2008

...OR SO THEY SAY

Famous (and not so famous) sayings in songs

Action Speaks Louder Than Words

Thin Line Between Love & Hate-PERSUADERS (1971), THE PRETENDERS (1984 / action speaks louder than words)

All Good Things Must End

A Summer Song- CHAD & JEREMY (1964 / all good things must end someday)
I Know There’s Something Going On-FRIDA (1982 / I know a good thing must end)
I Wouldn't Have Missed It For The World-RONNIE MILSAP (1981 / They say that all good things must end)
Just The Way It Is-THE REMBRANDTS (1991 / all good things must end)
Touch Me In The Morning-DIANA ROSS (1973 / nothing good is gonna last forever)

All Is Fair In Love & War

Annie, I’m Not Your Daddy-KID CREOLE (1982 / all is fair in love & war)
Butterfly On A Wheel-MISSION (1989 / wise men say all is fair in love and war)
Fade-PARIS ANGELS (1991 / all is fair in love and war)

&
Power Of Love-HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS (1985 / they say that all in love is fair)

Beauty

Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor Doctor)-ROBERT PALMER (1979 / a pretty face don’t make a pretty heart)
Beauty’s Only Skin Deep-ASWAD (1989)
Handsome Dudes-HELEN REDDY (1983 / mama always told me you can't judge a book by its cover)
Your Mirror-SIMPLY RED (1992 / And your beauty lies within you)

Clothes Don't Make The Man

Freedom 90 - GEORGE MICHAEL (sometimes the clothes do not make tha man)

Don't Know What You Got Till It's Gone

Big Yellow Taxi- JONI MITCHELL (1970)
Don't Know What You Got Till It's Gone- CINDERELLA (1988)

Mandolin Rain- BRUCE HORNSBY & THE RANGE (1986 / you don't know what you got till you lose it all again)

Something Happened On The Way To Heaven -PHIL COLLINS (1989 / We had a life, we had a love But you don't know what you've got 'til you lose it)

Ignorance Is Bliss

River Of People - LOVE & MONEY (1986)

The Stars We Are - MARC ALMOND (1988)

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished (cynical)

Something To Remind You - STAIND (2011)

Nothing Lasts Forever

Another Cup Of Coffee-MIKE & THE MECHANICS (nothing ever lasts forever)

Coming Around Again-CARLY SIMON (I know nothing stays the same)
Dust In The Wind-KANSAS (nothing lasts forever than the earth & sky)
Everybody Wants To Rule The World-TEARS FOR FEARS (nothing ever lasts forever)
I Believe In You-KYLIE MINOGUE (nothing lasts forever)

Love Is A Shield-CAMOUFLAGE (1989 / but nothing is quite forever, especially staying together)
The Man With The Child In His Eyes-KATE BUSH (1977 / they say no no, it won’t last forever)
Nothing Lasts Forever-ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN (LP Evergreen, 1997)

Nothing Lasts Forever-GOO GOO DOLLS (2025)
Nothing Lasts Forever-MAROON 5 (LP It Won't Be soon Before Long, 2007)
November Rain-GNR (nothing lasts forever)
Only Forward-NAOMI (2008 / nothing can last forever)
Same Old Scene-ROXY MUSIC (1980 / nothing lasts forever)

Summer Of 69-BRYAN ADAMS (1984 / I guess nothing can last forever)

Swept Away-DIANA ROSS feat. JEFF BECK (1984 / nothing lasts forever)
The More You Live, The More You Love-A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS (1984 / they say that nothing lasts forever)

Touch Me In The Morning-DIANA ROSS (1973 / Hey, wasn't it me who said That nothin' good's gonna last forever?)

Change Your Mind-SHARPE & NUMAN (1985 / nothing ever stays the same)

Cherish-KOOL & THE GANG (1984, nothing stays the same)

I'll Be Over You-TOTO (nothing stays the same)

You Left Your Mark On Me- MARTY BALIN (1981, nothing ever stays the same)

also

I Know Him So Well-ELAINE PAGE & BARBARA DICKSON (1984 / Nothing it so good it lasts eternally)

The Search Is Over-SURVIVOR (1984 / Can we last forever, do we fall apart The times it's so confusing, the questions of the heart)

Old Habits Die Hard

Old Habits Die Hard - MICK JAGGER (OST Alfie, 2004)

The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions

Something To Remind You - STAIND (2011)

What You Don't Know, Doesn't Hurt You

Jackie - SCOTT WALKER

paraphrase:

What You Don't Know - EXPOSE (might hurt you)

You Can't Always Get What You Want

Waiting For The Day - GEORGE MICHAEL
You Can't Always Get What You Want- THE ROLLING STONES

Various

Anything Can Happen - WAS (NOT WAS)

Lyrics: Successful romance Comes when you leave it up to chance There's nothing you can do When the fire burns low And your heart turns cold It comes to you Out of the blue

Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe - BARRY WHITE

Lyrics: I've heard people say that Too much of anything is not good for you, baby

Can't Help Falling In Love - ELVIS PRESLEY

Lyrics: only fools rush in

Desert Moon - DENNIS DeYOUNG

Lyrics: They say first love never runs dry

Dude (Looks Like A Lady) - AEROSMITH
Lyrics: So never judge a book by its cover Or who you gonna love by your lover

Every Kinda People - ROBERT PALMER

Lyrics: Honest men know that revenge does not taste sweet

Everybody Gets A Scond Chance - MIKE + THE MECHANICS
Lyrics: Now there was someone I heard him say That the best laid plans Sometimes go astray

Fragile - STING

Lyrics: nothing comes from violence and nothing ever could

Hail Hail Rock & Roll - GARLAND JEFFREYS

Lyrics: You can't judge a man by looking at the marque

Help Yourself - TOM JONES (1968)
Lyrics: We're always told repeatedly The very best in life is free

I Can't Stop Loving You - DON GIBSON (single, 1957) RAY CHARLES (single, 1962)

Lyrics: They say that time heals a broken heart But time has stood still since we've been apart, yeah

I Heard It Through The Grapevine - MARVIN GAYE

Lyrics: People say you believe half from what you see Non non none from what you hear I can't help being confused If it's true won't tell me here

I Go Crazy - PAUL DAVIS

Lyrics: They say old lovers can be good friends

Jack & Diane - JOHN COUGAR (1982)

Lyrics: they say life goes on Long after the thrill of livin' is gone

Just The Two Of Us - GROVER WASHINGTON Jr. & BILL WITHERS
Lyrics: Good things might come to those who wait Not for those who wait too late

One Lonely Night - REO SPEEDWAGON (1984)

Lyrics: They say it's darkest right before the dawn But oh those darkest hours can be so long

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - THE PLATTERS

Lyrics: they said someday you'll find, all who love are blind

Time Flies - VAYA CON DIOS (1992)

Lyrics: They say you can learn from your mistakes It's a lie My redemption has been staged Numerous times

Thursday, June 19, 2008

RUNNING IN THE FAMILY

Mothers, Fathers, Sisters & Brothers (Various family members)

A Special Kind Of Man-ROGER WHITTAKER (1975 / my brother was a poet & a ...)
All You Zombies-HOOTERS (1985 / sons & daughters)

Bad Boys-INNER CIRCLE (1987 / You chuck it on your mother and you chuck it on your father You chuck it on your brother and you chuck it on your sister)

Family Man-FLEETWOOD MAC (1987 / Mother, Father, Brother)
I Want Your Sex-GEORGE MICHAEL (1987 / I’m not your father, I’m not your brother, talk to your sister)
Money$ Too Tight Too Mention-VALENTINE BROTHERS, SIMPLY RED (1985 / brother, father)
Our House-MADNESS (1982 / father, mother, sister, brother)
Razzmatazz-PULP (1993)

Sarah Yellin'-3 DOORS DOWN (2002)
Shame And Scandal In The Family-LANCE PERCIVAL (1965)
Sunday Bloody Sunday-U2 (1983 / mothers, children, brothers, sisters torn apart)
What’s Going On-MARVIN GAYE (1971), CYNDI LAUPER (1986)
You’re The Voice-JOHN FARNHAM (1986 / we’re all someone’s daughter, we’re all someone’s son)

Mama & Papa songs

Advice For The Young At Heart-TEARS FOR FEARS (1989 / while they play mothers & fathers we play little boys & girls)
Bow Down-THE HOUSEMARTINS (1988 / Mother, father I think that I would rather stay at home with you for another year)
Brother Louie-HOT CHOCOLATE (1973 / to meet his mama & papa)
Evangeline-ICICLE WORKS (1987 / my mother loved the bayou my daddy worked the land)
Fast Car-TRACY CHAPMAN (1988 / See my old man's got a problem He live with the bottle that's the way it is He says his body's too old for working His body's too young to look like his My mama went off and left him)
Fight For Your Right-BEASTIE BOYS (1986 / your pop caught you smoking man he says no way / your mom busted in said what’s that noise)
From The Hip-LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS (1988 / without a father figured I / mother your wretched son)
Girl In A Million-DREAM ACADEMY (1985 / daddy... mammy)
Give It Away-RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS (1991 / papa, mama)
Gypsys Tramps & Thieves-CHER (1971 / mama...papa)
Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)-ALAN SHERMAN (1963)
Keep The Faith-BON JOVI (1992 / mother…father)
Living With The Law-CHRIS WHITLEY (1991 / daddy, mama)
Love & Marriage-FRANK SINATRA (1955 / Dad was told by mother you can’t have one without the other)

Love Of The Common People-THE FOUR PREPS (1967), PAUL YOUN (1983 / Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to Mama's gonna love you just as much as she can)
No Son Of Mine-GENESIS (1991 / mother, his words, I thought about him)
Papa Was A Rollin' Stone-THE TEMPTATIONS (1972)
Polk Salad Annie-T.J.WHITE (1968 / mama.. ..daddy... ...brothers)
Smoke-NATALIE IMBRUGLIA (1997 / where are you dad, mum’s looking sad)
Summertime-GEORGE GERSHWIN (your daddy’s rich & your mom is good looking)
Sunny Afternoon-KINKS (1966 / ma & pa)
That's All Right Mama-ELVIS PRESLEY (1954 / Mama she done told me Papa done told me too)
Telephone Mama-GAZEBO (1984 / telephone mama, pa)
Through The Barricades-SPANDAU BALLET (1986 / mother doesn’t know where love has gone / father made my history)
To The Moon & Back-SAVAGE GARDEN (1997 / Mama never loved her much, Daddy never keeps in touch)
Tobacco Road-NASHVILLE TEENS (1964 / Mama died and my daddy got drunk)
What’d I Say-RAY CHARLES (1959 / tell your mama, tell your pa I’m gonna send you back to Arkansas)
When Doves Cry-PRINCE (1984 / papa, father, mama)

Brothers & sisters

Are You Ready-PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC (1970), STAPLE SINGERS (1985 / brothers & sisters)
Be Thankful For What You Got-WILLIAM DeVAUGHN (1974), MASSIVE ATTACK (1991 / brothers & sisters)
Deliverance-THE MISSION (1990 /Brother, sister, give me, give me)
Disco 2000-PULP (1995 / our mothers said we could be sister and brother)
Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)-ROZALLA (1991 / brother & sister)
If I Had A Hammer-TRINI LOPEZ (1963 / the love between my brothers & my sisters)
The Look Of Love-ABC (1982 / sisters & brothers)
Me & The Farmer-HOUSEMARTINS (1987 / like brother like sister)
One-U2 (1991 / sisters & brothers)
Promised Land-JOE SMOOTH (1989), THE STYLE COUNCIL (1989 / sisters, brothers)
(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang-HEAVEN 17 (1981 / brothers, sisters)