Hello again,
This week's Lists start with a bit of whimsical fun - every song on here, intentionally or not, shares its name with a famous real person.
Apart from the Monkey Swallows The Universe One, that is, which shares its name with a famous real horse.
See how many you know.
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CHARLOTTE HATHERLEY – Kim Wilde (2004)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4fMdG5D18o
TREMBLING BLUE STARS – Helen Reddy (2004)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raE70KKY_vM
THE BRILLIANT CORNERS – Brian Rix (1987)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_boOIcRQ3E
THE HUMAN LEAGUE – Tom Baker (1980)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHJXuK4knlA
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN – Roy Walker (2003)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jHSlxTGtSY
DANIEL AAND NORBERT DENTRESSANGLE – Bobby McFerrin (2012)
http://vimeo.com/48547830
REM – Lightnin’ Hopkins (demo) (1988)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNsnepfIlHo
GORKY’S ZYGOTIC MYNCI – Sally Webster (1993)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szvUwooG1Ag
THE THYME MACHINE – Jimmy Glass (2014)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uURN7BVzTEY
FREAKY REALISTIC – Leonard Nimoy (1993)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYgH5awUbac
POP WILL EAT ITSELF - Harry Dean Stanton (1992)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpZy8z_Fkh4
McCARTHY – Frans Hals (1987)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxWb9FAN078
MONKEY SWALLOWS THE UNIVERSE – Little Polveir (2007)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L040DEFXZ9U
MONTY PYTHON – Oliver Cromwell (19xx)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwiztVCnjY0
THE FRENCH – Wu-Tang Clan (2003)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSTuiKkxcZE
TELEX – Spike Jones (1986)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOiw1R3I9Dg
THE FAMILY CAT – Tom Verlaine (1989)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c-SLr9Z-TE
SILVERFISH – Dolly Parton (1989)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpxFXz08bX0
KINGS HAVE LONG ARMS – Lisa Riley (2006)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip52qy4x0fQ
(c) 2009-2018, 2026 Jeremy Grayson. A list, but also a love letter to music. A collection of links to the new, the old, the recent and the random.
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