From JJ to ZZ…
1967. ZZ Top – Gimme All Your Lovin’
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Monthly Archives: November 2010
1966. J.J. Cale – After Midnight
A midnight link…
1965. Dexys Midnight Runners – Dance Stance
From one rhyming song title to another…
1964. The Smiths – Frankly Mr Shankly
And because Bob Paisley was Liverpool’s football manager after Bill Shankly…
1963. Prince – Paisley Park
And from one park to another…
1962. Small Faces – Itchycoo Park
From some Faces to some more….
1961. Gnarls Barkley – Smiley Faces
ontinuing the happy theme…
1960. The Tams – Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy
From fools to foolish…
1959. Aretha Franklin – Chain Of Fools
From one chain to another…
1958. Sam Cooke – Chain Gang
From Fatboy Slim’s Norman Cooke to Sam Cooke..
1957. Fatboy Slim – The Rockafeller Skank
From thin to fat…
1956. Thin Lizzy – Rosalie
Bjork’s accent is a mixture of Icelandic and Cockney. She used to be in the Sugarcubes. You put sugar in tea and Cockney rhyming slang for tea is “Rosie Lee”
1955. Bjork – Human Behaviour
Using ‘human’ as the link, we go from the league to human behaviour…
1954. The Human League – The Lebanon
Continuing the tour of the Middle East, we cross the border to the Lebanon…
1953. Siouxsie and The Banshees – Israel
From Jerusalem to Israel…
1952. Scritti Politti – Asylums In Jerusalem
The law is set by Government legislation, or ‘political writing’. The Italian for political writings is Scritti Politti…
1951. The Seahorses – Love Is The Law
From wanting long-lived love to making it enforceable by law…
1950. Sandie Shaw – Long Live Love
The Beach Boys could often be found surfing on the beach. Another name for a beach is a sandy shore…
1949. The Beach Boys – I Get Around
Dr Robert was on the Revolver album.From revolving, to going around in a revolving manner…
1948. The Beatles – Doctor Robert
Dr Robert Smith could be just the chap to offer a cure…
1947. The Cure – A Forest
Trees are often found in forests…
1946. Pulp – The Trees
Scott Walker produced the following track…
1945. The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore
McCoys are also a type of crisp… so are Walkers….
1944. The McCoys – Hang On Sloopy
Sorrow’ was written by The McCoys, so here’s another tune by them…
1943. David Bowie – Sorrow
From fat to the Thin White Duke…