Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Ladies of Song from A to Z

I know a man who once tried to record an album solely of songs about specific women. He got far, but a few letters/ladies eluded him. Below I offer his playlist and ask you, the blogosphere, to fill in the blanks or offer alternate tracks.

Ground rule: the name must be in the title, they needn't be love songs, but wherever possible, the singer should be male.


NAME ARTIST ALTERNATE SONGS
A Allison Elvis Costello Angie
B Barbara Ann The Beach Boys Billie Jean
C Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond Cecila
D Donna The Misfits
E Come on Eileen Dexy's Midnight Runners Eleanor Rigby
F Fran

G Gloria The Doors
H


I Goodnight Irene Leadbelly
J Sweet Jane Lou Reed
Hey Jude
K Kate Ben Folds
L Layla Derek & the Dominos Lady Madonna
M Maybelline Chuck Berry Michelle, Maggie May
N

Nikita, Nancy Whiskey
O Ophelia The Band

P Polly Nirvana
Q Queen Jane Approximately
Bob Dylan

R Roxanne The Police Help Me Rhonda
S Sussudio Phil Collins
T (Tina's Got A) Big 'Ole Butt LL Cool J
U


V Victoria
Veronica
W Windy The Association
X


Y Oh Yoko John Lennon
Z Legend of Zelda theme Nintendo

Cast your ballots in the comments below.



Update: two commenters have more than filled in the gaps.

3 comments:

Greg Tito said...

Possible H's:

Helen Wheels - Wings
Heather - Paul McCartney (weird, two Paul song's)

N's:

Nadine (Is It You?) - Chuck Berry
Seems So Long Ago, Nancy - Leonard Cohen

U's is harder:

There's this song Ursula Major Ursula Minor by Bleu that I think is based on a girl based on these lyrics: http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.guitartabs.cc/fetchfile.php?fileid=5843632

But I think we need to settle on Umi Says by Mos Def.

And X:

Xanthe Terra - Charlie Schmidt (instrumental so it prolly doesn't count)
If you're willing to bend the rules a little there's always X-girlfriend by No Doubt. That's probably the closest you're going to get.

Andrew said...

Bob- your deep knowledge of song is impressive and helpful. Not to mention a huge turn-on. Thank you. No really, thank YOU.

Greg Tito said...

I got all that shiznit from a 3 hour google search. I actually know nothing that isn't learnable on the internet