Songs named for women
I last week’s Family Guy, Brian spouted off 31 songs with a woman’s name in the title in a matter of seconds. It took me slightly longer and also a Google search. But these are the things I do for you.
Gloria: The Morrison version is way better than the Morrison version.
Mandy: Manillow wrote this song about the gerbil up his butt.
Lola: Walks like a woman and talks like a man. Still, you’d hit that.
Amie: Pure Prarie League. Remember them? Yeah, me neither.
Amanda: Boston’s big comeback song. Didn’t work.
Angie: No money, no loving, you can’t say we never tried. Very uplifting.
Annie’s Song: You cry during the flute segment, you girl.
Beth: Kiss’ ode to being a bad husband.
Betty Lou’s Getting Out Tonight: Bob Seger. Eh.
Billy Jean: Two-fifths of Michael Jackson’s nose fell off while filming the video.
Sweet Caroline: Used to be a decent song, now it’s inexplicably the Red Sox anthem.
Carrie Anne: What’s your game and can anybody play? Nice line. Sleep alone much?
Cecilia: Something about not getting up to wash your face after coitus. Not that I was going to.
Cathy’s Clown: The follow up, Francine’s Fuckhead didn’t do so well.
Maria: A late career Blondie hit. Nice.
Come on Eileen: Oh, and then wipe it off…
Jackie Blue: Ozark Mountain Daredevils.
Janie’s Got a Gun: An Aerosmith public service announcement kind of thing.
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes: do da do da do, DOO DOO da DOO da DOO…
Julia: The Beatles
Dear Prudence: The Beatles and 600 garage bands.
Luka: She lives upstairs from you and you just want to punch her in the eye.
Proud Mary: Credence and also the Turners.
The Wind Cries Mary: Hendrix.
Mona Lisa: Nat King Cole singing about art.
Help me Rhonda: Beach Boys. They never went surfing, you know.
Roxanne: She’s a whore. A whore!
Ruby Tuesday: He calls her Ruby but asks “who could hang a name on you?”
Jane: Jefferson Starship. Apparently Jane is playing a game.
Maggie Mae: Rod Stewart wrote this about the gerbil up his butt.
Shannon: You will also find this on my saddest song list. Shannon is a dog. A dead dog.
Run Around Sue: A whore. Whore!!
Suzie Q: Also a delicious pastry.
I’m spent. Here is an even more exhaustive list and without the banal commentary.
February 17th, 2009 at 1:20 am
Black Betty – The Tom Jones version ROCKS! Leadbelly, not bad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD8nNfUA8bc
Betty Lou’s Gettin’ Out Tonight- Bob Seger The only real decent Seger tune.
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds- The Beatles The best musical interpretation of an Acid trip ever.
February 17th, 2009 at 1:35 am
I remember when it was revealed to me that Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was an anagram of sorts of LSD. Thought that was just the coolest thing in the world. Then I tried some of the stuff and turned into a monkey. Not cool at all.
February 19th, 2009 at 9:35 am
Ummmm… HELLO???
Jamie’s Crying – Van Halen????
Yeesh!
February 19th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
That one brings back memories of Every Time Jaime Threw Up.