songs about chess (or with metaphors from chess)

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Future Bible Heroes "Losing Your Affection"

I would rather be king when the rooks take wing
Than be losing your affection

― From a Land of Grass Without Mirrors (AaronHz), Sunday, 7 November 2004 21:57 (nineteen years ago) link

gza liquids swords lp - some lyrical references, i'm sure, and pictures on the sleeve

I was just thinking whether this would qualify; there are the sleeve pictures, obviously, but I'm not sure if the lyrics actually have any references to chess. Does anyone remember?

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 7 November 2004 22:01 (nineteen years ago) link

Bjorn and Benny from ABBA collaborated on a musical called Chess in the mid 80s. Uh, your move.

― lovebug starski (lovebug starski), Sunday, 7 November 2004 22:07 (nineteen years ago) link

Scott Walker - The Seventh Seal

― bulbs (bulbs), Sunday, 7 November 2004 22:09 (nineteen years ago) link

scott walker - the seventh seal

― mattp, Sunday, 7 November 2004 22:12 (nineteen years ago) link

woah xpost

― mattp, Sunday, 7 November 2004 22:12 (nineteen years ago) link

ha!

― bulbs (bulbs), Sunday, 7 November 2004 22:13 (nineteen years ago) link

My Life Story - Checkmate, which features my favourite misheard lyric of all time:

"Now the porn dyke's queen."

― Atnevon (Atnevon), Monday, 8 November 2004 02:53 (nineteen years ago) link

Murray Head - "One Night in Bangkok"

― Bruce S. Urquhart (BanjoMania), Monday, 8 November 2004 02:57 (nineteen years ago) link

Uchihasi Kazuhisa & Hans Reichel "Pawn Takes Stewardess"

― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Monday, 8 November 2004 04:01 (nineteen years ago) link

jonny cohen, 'chessmaster from hell'

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 8 November 2004 07:41 (nineteen years ago) link

MX-80 Sound, "Theme From 'Checkmate'"

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Monday, 8 November 2004 08:14 (nineteen years ago) link

To further that Bob Dylan reference, I think that on the back of one of his album's his psychedelic 'liner notes' or whatever you'd call them are all about chess, the 'white queen' and all this and that. So I think you could probably make some argument about the 'chess theme' in Bob Dylan's work. If you wanted to. Which I suspect that you do.

― xx, Monday, 8 November 2004 08:55 (nineteen years ago) link

Yeah, GZA references chess in ‘Gold’: ‘He got swung on, his lungs was torn / The kingpin just castled with his rook and lost a pawn’

― Orange, Monday, 8 November 2004 10:22 (nineteen years ago) link

there's a new porno's song that says something about "how well you can play when a pawn takes the queen"..

― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Monday, 8 November 2004 10:34 (nineteen years ago) link

or is it "how well you can play when a porn dyke's the queen"?...

― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Monday, 8 November 2004 14:47 (nineteen years ago) link

Yes -- I've Seen All Good People (sic)

― lovebug starski (lovebug starski), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 00:35 (nineteen years ago) link

SRC (late '60s detroit band) had one, but i forget its name

― chuck, Tuesday, 9 November 2004 00:44 (nineteen years ago) link

"Chessboards" by Killing Joke

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 01:04 (nineteen years ago) link

Suzanne Vega's "Knight Moves"

Watch while the queen
In one false move
Turns herself into a pawn

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 01:06 (nineteen years ago) link

twelve years pass...

Aerosmith's "Draw the Line" has three mentions of "checkmate" , two of which are followed by "honey"

― calstars, Monday, 16 October 2017 16:37 (six years ago) link

Uh, 'Bad Losers on Yahoo! Chess' by Half Man Half Biscuit.

― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Monday, 16 October 2017 17:10 (six years ago) link

That song is CLASSIC.

"Good game sir. Do you want another bout?"
But Dennis ain't replied 'cause he's just signed out.

― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 16 October 2017 23:04 (six years ago) link

Pink Floyd - "Country Song"

― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 16 October 2017 23:04 (six years ago) link

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