SONGS WHERE/SONGS THAT/SONGS WITH/SONGS IN WHICH

Songs that have a conspicuous exhale
Janet Jackson - All For You

Albums whose best songs are the first and final tracks (yes, I know this is subjective):

Pinback - Summer in Abaddon
The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth

The best songs on Summer in A are in the middle, “red book,” “3x0,” etc

My favorite track in the middle is “Bloods on Fire”… I love the It's not in the spark that's not in your eye /
Like we used to talk… part.

(But “Non-Photo Blue” and “AFK” are just all-time jams)

songs which list a geographical region that doesn't exist or at least isn't a place that's remarkable like they made it out to be

"Don't Stop Believin'" - South Detroit
"The Night Chicago Died" - the East Side of Chicago

"Kids in America" - East California

Artists, not songs, but seems as good a thread as any...

Albert Ayler
Billy Bragg
Charlie Christian
Delia Derbyshire
Eazy E
Freddy Fender
Grant Green
Holly Herndon
II
Janis Joplin
Kerry King
Lyle Lovett
Marissa Marchant
NN
Ozzy Osborne
Patti Page
QQ
Rick Ross
Sly Stone
Tanya Tucker
UU
Vinny Vincent
Wesley Willis
Xiu Xiu
YY
ZZ Hill

It's Immaterial

Nina Nastasia

or Nervous Norvus

Yin and Yan

Zig & Zag

Quando Quango

nappy nina, rapper from the bay

quickly, quickly

deadpan 90s dance covers of rock songs with Meaning

jam tronik - another day in paradise
a.d.a.m. feat. amy - zombie
atlantis - d'you know what i mean

songs which are on all early 2001 dance compilations and were hit singles but no one remembers them now

santos - camels
hatiras - spaced invader

Oh boy, I *totally* remember 'Spaced Invader' - I could sing it to you if you wanted!

'Camels', on the other hand, I have literally no memory of.

Glad then that Spaced Invader erasure hasn't been totally successful, it's a cracking record

Other uk/european dance hits of the periods which I feel *are* remembered/still used on comps:
Safri Duo - Played-a-Live
Jakatta - American Dream
Planet Funk - Chase the Sun
Public Domain - Operation Blade (but not so much its inferior twin, Warp Brothers - Phat Bass)
Rui da Silva - Touch Me
M&S/The Girl Next Door - Salsoul Nugget

And more which could join Camels and Spaced Invader:
ATB feat York - The Fields of Love
Voodoo & Serano - Blood Is Pumpin'
Fragma - Every Time You Need Me
Simon - Free at Last (only a minor hit though)
Rhythmkillaz - Wack Ass MF (ditto)

songs slower than November Rain and faster than Get Lucky are now banned in Chechnya.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/08/europe/chechnya-music-ban-scli-intl/index.html

yabby you

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Songs in which a woman takes a pregnancy test:

Nilsson - "1941" (positive!)
NRBQ - "It Was a Accident" (negative!)
Lovedrug - "Skeleton Jill" (we don't find out!)
Squeeze - "Up the Junction" (positive, although the narrator seems ambivalent about impending parenthood)

Any others? Implied in Madonna "Papa Don't Preach", though it occurs before the song begins so not sure if it should count.

Older songs that invoke this trope usually reference seeing a doctor, as home pregnancy tests weren't widely available yet. I wonder if younger listeners innately understand what the doctor visit is for.

Aerosmith - "Sweet Emotion"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_test

Wow, I had no idea what "the rabbit done died" meant in Sweet Emotion. Apparently "the rabbit died" was code for "I'm pregnant" in lots of vintage films, and the "rabbit test" was the procedure performed in the days following the aforementioned doctor visits. In actuality the rabbit always died, pregnant or not.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-rabbit-test

yes! thank you for giving me the chance to share this otherwise useless trivia, lol

songs/tracks that have titles instructing you what to do with the track:

GusGus - Add This Song
Martine Gore / Vince Clark - Skip This Track

Blur - Turn It Up
Black Eyed Peas - Play It Loud

not quite the same thing
The Tamperer feat Maya - If You Buy This Record (Your Life Will Be Better)

Songs with long names that still aren't the actual lyric

Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
U2 - Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of
The Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)

Something I was thinking about. I'm sure there are 10,000 others.

https://i.imgur.com/P5WDmuV.png

https://i.imgur.com/zJFKlXJ.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/IUyT4uz.jpeg

https://e.snmc.io/i/600/s/727b8a23493800e58e73196aa86afa2a/6799146/fleetwood-mac-english-rose-Cover-Art.jpg

Also https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d3/Fleetwood_Mac_-_Mr._Wonderful.jpg

"Album covers what display only a single bandmember?"

Two others are Groundhogs' "Hogwash" and The Runaways' debut

drummer

https://cdn.shoplightspeed.com/shops/634895/files/22235249/1600x2048x2/bauhaus-press-the-eject-and-give-me-the-tape-white.jpg

"Album covers what display only a single bandmember?"

Two others are Groundhogs' "Hogwash" and The Runaways' debut

― Hongro Hongro Hippies (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, May 13, 2024

drummer

― brimstead, Monday, May 13, 2024

Brimstead's correct. (There was a fourth one I was trying to remember, like maybe Chris Mars on the back of a Replacements single?)

But MYB's on to something. Not sure about the two listed there, where it's the "star" or the primary member or Angus Young appearing on every other AC/DC cover. More like some random model who just happens to be in the band, like Clam Dip & Other Delights with Karl the bassist or the back of Mike's head on Double Nickels.

Not sure where London Calling would fit into this. It's different from the other two, you know?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excellent_Italian_Greyhound#/media/File:Shellac-ExcellentItalianGreyhound.jpg

Drummer's dog.

fucks sake, never mind

LMJ on the 'official' cover of u2's songs of innocence

songs that are titled wrong on spotify

julian cope - know (cut my friend down) - cut my friends down
pearl jam - aye davanita - aya davanita

This also happened to be the JL album that I most loved

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Songs with long names that still aren't the actual lyric

Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
U2 - Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of
The Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)

_"Album covers what display only a single bandmember?"

Tindersticks have a couple of these.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91QerPGmBLL._UF350,350_QL50_.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b5/Tindersticks-CanOurLove.jpg/220px-Tindersticks-CanOurLove.jpg

Doug Yule is the only person pictured on Velvet Underground Loaded.

Vocoder-y treated almost a cappella-y interlude tracks

Paul McCartney - Be What You See (Link)
Aerosmith - Prelude to Joanie
Pink Floyd - A New Machine (Parts 1 and 2)
Todd Rundgren - Born to Synthesize (okay it's quite long)
The Chemical Brothers - No Path to Follow (okay it's track 1) (and we've long since moved past vocoders)

King Crimson - "The Power to Believe I: A Cappella" (also track 1)

The Apples in Stereo have a few of these, not least the 14 second track "Vocoder Ba Ba" from New Magnetic Wonder

“Aerosmith- Prelude to Joanie”

I’m reading Steven Tyler’s autobiography right now. He talks about making that track and he seems really proud of himself for using a vocoder.

Hits with concealed, uncensored F words

The Kingsmen - Louie Louie
The Beatles - Hey Jude
EMF - Unbelievable
Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
Ferry Corsten - Rock Your Body Rock
Mylo - Drop the Pressure / Mylo vs Miami Sound Machine - Doctor Pressure

Lady Gaga - Poker Face

(Louie Louie is an urban myth surely)

Lynn Easton and Jack Ely had both confirmed it throughout the years. This ofc could still just be playing up to the myth but it does sound like a 'fuck'