Johnny Marr co-wrote ‘Walking Down Madison’. Aztec Camera’s Roddy Frame was once asked to replace Johnny Marr in the Smiths….’
2655. Aztec Camera – We Could Send Letters
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Monthly Archives: December 2011
2654. Kirsty MacColl – Walking Down Madison
This was on her album Electric Landlady – a nod and a wink to Electric Lady Land!’ …
2653. Jimi Hendrix – Long Hot Summer Night
Electricity is measured in amps, so why not some James Marshall Hendrix? Marshall being a famous amp maker…’
2652. AC/DC – It’s A Long Way To The Top (if You Wanna Rock N Roll)
Staying with the school theme, to a song on the soundtrack of the film ‘School of Rock’ …
2651. Hot Chip – And I Was A Boy From School
Adam Ant’s real name is Stuart Goddard… Joe Goddard is in Hot Chip …
2650. Adam And The Ants – Dog Eat Dog
Adam Ant wore
2649. The White Stripes – Well It’s True That We Love One Another
From Holly Johnson to Holly Golightly, who sings with Jack White on the next track
2648. Frankie Goes To Hollywood – The Power Of Love
The Bandwagon
2647. The Bandwagon – Breakin’ Down The Walls Of Heartache
Stone can be used to make walls
2646. Sly & The Family Stone – Thank You (falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
From please to thank you…
2645. James Brown – Please Please Please
The last track is widely thought to be about the band James…so to another James…
2644. Morrissey – We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful
If you’ve hit the ‘big time’ you could be classed as successful…
2643. Peter Gabriel – Big Time
From small to big…and from hours to time…
2642. John Martyn – Small Hours
The last track references The Shipping Forecast, which is broadcast on Radio 4 in the small hours of the morning…
2641. Blur – This Is A Low
From ‘seasick’ to a song with lyrics referencing The Shipping Forecast…
2640. Seasick Steve – St Louis Slim
Moving from Memphis to St Louis…
2639. The Hold Steady – Sequestered In Memphis
Elvis is from Memphis…
2638. Elvis Presley – Suspicious Minds
David Bowie shares a birthday (8th January) with Elvis Presley…
2637. David Bowie – Let’s Dance
Double link alert! A boogie is a dance AND Mott The Hoople famously sung All The Young Dudes, a song written by David Bowie
2636. Mott The Hoople – Honaloochie Boogie
From hunter to Ian Hunter of Mott The Hoople…
2635. The Marvelettes – The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game
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2634. Sweet – Fox On The Run
A fox link
2633. Fleet Foxes – Battery Kinzie
From Helpless to a song from the Fleet Foxes album Helplessness Blues
2632. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Helpless
Gordon Lightfoot is a Canadian singer-songwriter as is Neil Young
2631. Gordon Lightfoot – If You Could Read My Mind
From ‘your mind’ to ‘my mind’…