2 very obvious songs ofcourse, and there should be more, but I can't think of any other song at the moment. (duh)(if this thread has been done before, don't flame me, but pls link to the thread instead)
― daarkbee, Thursday, 2 October 2003 14:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Siegbran (eofor), Thursday, 2 October 2003 14:34 (twenty years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 2 October 2003 14:35 (twenty years ago) link
Euhhhh, Macabre's "What the Heck, Richard Speck (8 Nurses You wrecked)"?
― Øystein Holm-Olsen (Øystein H-O), Thursday, 2 October 2003 14:40 (twenty years ago) link
― Bob Shaw (Bob Shaw), Thursday, 2 October 2003 14:40 (twenty years ago) link
― proggist, Thursday, 2 October 2003 14:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Thursday, 2 October 2003 14:42 (twenty years ago) link
― BrianB, Thursday, 2 October 2003 14:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Thursday, 2 October 2003 14:49 (twenty years ago) link
― s woods, Thursday, 2 October 2003 14:54 (twenty years ago) link
― s woods, Thursday, 2 October 2003 14:55 (twenty years ago) link
― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 2 October 2003 15:05 (twenty years ago) link
Sid Did It - Nazis Against Fascism
― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 2 October 2003 15:06 (twenty years ago) link
I Don't Want No Cybersex The Ballad Of Country Dick Drunk Divorced Floozie (The Ballad Of Diana Spencer) U.P.S. My Heart To You Machines Ain't Music/I Got My Mojo Working Disney Is The Enemy Rock n' Roll Hall Of Lame I Got A Crazy Wife You Can't Buy Cool Tankman Blues Orenthal James (Was A Mighty Bad Man) Redneck Rampage When Did I Become My Dad
― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 2 October 2003 15:38 (twenty years ago) link
― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 2 October 2003 15:48 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 2 October 2003 15:57 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 2 October 2003 16:02 (twenty years ago) link
― David Gates of Delirium, Thursday, 2 October 2003 16:03 (twenty years ago) link
"Bombs Over Baghdad" by OutKast?
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 2 October 2003 16:05 (twenty years ago) link
― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 2 October 2003 16:07 (twenty years ago) link
but not:
"The Night Chicago Died," Paper Lace
what news event was that referring to? the great gangwar on the, ahem, "east side of chicago"?
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 2 October 2003 16:10 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 2 October 2003 16:11 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 2 October 2003 16:12 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 2 October 2003 16:13 (twenty years ago) link
― dave q, Thursday, 2 October 2003 16:14 (twenty years ago) link
― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 2 October 2003 16:27 (twenty years ago) link
― Felcher (Felcher), Thursday, 2 October 2003 16:33 (twenty years ago) link
Pearl Harbor Blues - Doctor Clayton The Ninety-Nine Year Blues - Julius Daniels Panama Limited - Bukka Washington WhiteFrankie And Johnny - Frank Crumit Telephoning the Blues - Victoria SpiveyJudge Harsh Blues - Furry LewisStatesboro Blues - Blind Willie McTellCocaine Habit Blues - Memphis Jug BandSales Tax - The Mississippi SheiksDevil's Island Gin Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 2 October 2003 16:33 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward, Thursday, 2 October 2003 16:37 (twenty years ago) link
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 2 October 2003 16:40 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 2 October 2003 16:52 (twenty years ago) link
― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Thursday, 2 October 2003 16:54 (twenty years ago) link
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 2 October 2003 17:12 (twenty years ago) link
― Douglas (Douglas), Thursday, 2 October 2003 18:06 (twenty years ago) link
― Felcher (Felcher), Thursday, 2 October 2003 18:15 (twenty years ago) link
― christoff (christoff), Thursday, 2 October 2003 18:48 (twenty years ago) link
― BrianB, Thursday, 2 October 2003 18:56 (twenty years ago) link
― Felcher (Felcher), Thursday, 2 October 2003 19:05 (twenty years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 2 October 2003 21:26 (twenty years ago) link
From the liner notes of Homework #8 "The Chronics set out to perform instant 'chronicles' of contemporary news stories: --which is how we end up here with the unlikely theme of the election of John Paul II. Other tunes included 'Jonestown Survivor' and 'Cardinals' flipside, 'Test Tube Baby.'"
― scott m (mcd), Thursday, 2 October 2003 21:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Bruce Urquhart (Bruce Urquhart), Thursday, 2 October 2003 22:17 (twenty years ago) link
― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Thursday, 2 October 2003 22:20 (twenty years ago) link
(member of Italian Parliament/porn star)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 2 October 2003 22:28 (twenty years ago) link
― Bill E (bill_e), Friday, 3 October 2003 00:22 (twenty years ago) link
― abree b (abreebb), Friday, 3 October 2003 05:43 (twenty years ago) link
― Jeremy (Jeremy), Friday, 3 October 2003 06:05 (twenty years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 3 October 2003 09:05 (twenty years ago) link
― dave q, Friday, 3 October 2003 09:08 (twenty years ago) link
oops, last one should be by Forgotten Rebels ("the big fat lazy fuck is dead!") ))
Erm, isn't it by Peter & The Test Tube Babies?
L7 - Boys in Black --> actually most of the Free the West Memphis Three compilation
― Sasha (sgh), Saturday, 4 October 2003 06:35 (twenty years ago) link
btw. quite a lot of the titles upthread don't refer to the news events even if the lyrics do. So does Do They Know It's Christmas count?
― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 4 October 2003 08:25 (twenty years ago) link
Mumia Abu-Jamal is a political prisoner either on death row or dead. I'm pretty positive that I would've heard if he was alive, though.
― AJ Wooton, Monday, 28 February 2005 01:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Al (sitcom), Monday, 28 February 2005 01:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Monday, 28 February 2005 01:29 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.mumia.org/freedom.now/
Still alive.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 28 February 2005 01:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Monday, 28 February 2005 03:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 28 February 2005 05:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― jim wentworth (wench), Monday, 28 February 2005 06:04 (nineteen years ago) link