Tuesday, 15 December 2015

LIST 179 - 15/12/15 (named after... part two)

Hello again,

Following on from yesterday's List, here's another selection of tracks that share their name - in most cases deliberately - with some famous soul or others.  Everything covered from teen idols to serial killers to cyclists to American presidents to astronauts to composers to feuding popstars to journeyman footballers, I think!


J xx





THE WENDY DARLINGS – Bobby Darin (2014)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8pPa5fFhcE  

HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT – The Ballad of Climie Fisher (2000)

MODESTY BLAISE - Carol Mountain (2001)

LARD - Sylvestre Matuschka (1990)

TRAMWAY - Gianni Bugno Wheels (1992)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXyFiq6ewRU

FELT – Penelope Tree (1983)

FUNNY VON DANNEN – Nana Mouskouri (1995)

LONELY TOURIST – The Ballad of Paul Tierney (2012)

NOVA MOB – Wernher von Braun (1991)

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS – James K Polk (1990/1996)

GORKY’S ZYGOTIC MYNCI – Kevin Ayers (1994)

FAMILY FODDER – Debbie Harry (1980)

UNREST – Winona Ryder (1993)

PETE GREEN – The Ballad of Phil Jeavons (2007)

THE SHAMEN – Christopher Mayhew Says (1987)

CARDIACS - Gina Lollabrigida (1984)

THE HAYWAINS – Dusty Springfield (1991)

PIXIES - Alec Eiffel (1991)

JULIAN COPE - Bill Drummond Said (1984)

BILL DRUMMOND - Julian Cope is Dead (1986)

SUPERCUTE - Jamie Theakston (1998)

HEFNER - Alan Bean (2001)

SAINT ETIENNE – Conchita Martinez (1993)

KRAFTWERK - Franz Schubert (1977)



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