Okay, it's a Sunday, no football on, so here's a shortlist for a
commapilation (sounds like a Homer Simpsonism)...
Bobby Bare's "Drop Kick Me, Jesus" and "Up Against the Wall,
Redneck". The Beach Boys - "Fun, Fun, Fun". Jesse Belvin - "Goodnight
My Love, Pleasant Dreams". Big Black - "Pete, King of All Detectives"
(as well as "Jordan, Minnesota"). Bobby Bland - "Cry, Cry, Cry". DJ
Bleed - "Deaf, Dumb and Blind". "Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby". Bow
Wow Wow - C.30, C.60, C.90 Go. James Brown - "Get Up, Get Into It,
Get Involved" or "Please, Please, Please". Solomon Burke -
"Sidewalks, Fences And Walls". Butthole Surfers - "No, I'm An Iron
Man". "Cold, Cold Heart" (Hank and lots of great covers). Otis Clay
or O.V. Wright or Isaac Hayes - "Precious, Precious". Jimmy Cliff -
"Wonderful World, Beautiful People". Cockney Rebel - "Red is a Mean,
Mean Colour". Coldcut - "Sorry, But This Just Isn't Music". Elvis
Costello - "What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding?".
Don Covay - "Mercy, Mercy". Daft Punk - "Harder, Better, Faster,
Stronger". Jimmy Delphs - "Don't Sign the Paper, Baby, I Want You
Back". Destiny's Child - "Jumpin, Jumpin". Disposable Heroes of
Hiphoprisy - "Television, The Drug of the Nation". Dolly Mixture -
"How Come You're Such A Hit With The Boys, Jane?". Dyke & the
Blazers - "Let A Woman Be A Woman, Let A Man Be A Man". Dylan - I
have 15 by him with commas! Alec Empire - "Don't Lie, White Girl!".
Faces - "You Can Make Me Dance, Sing Or Anything". Fatboy Slim -
"Right Here, Right Now". Four Tops - "Baby, I Need Your Loving"
and "Reach Out, I'll Be There" (I think this is winning, so far).
Aretha Franklin - "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man". Marvin Gaye -
"Abraham, Martin and John". Vern Gosdin - "Dim Lights, Thick Smoke
And Loud, Loud Music" (great title!). John Lee Hooker (and others) -
"One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer". DJ Hype - "Peace, Love And
Unity". I-Roy - "Forward A Man, Back A Yard". George Jackson -
"Aretha, Sing One For Me". Jimmy James & the Vagabonds - "Ain't Love
Good, Ain't Love Proud". DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince - "He's
the DJ, I'm the Rapper". Blind Willie Johnson - "Dark Was the Night,
Cold Was the Ground". Killdozer "I Am, I Said". Kingsmen - "That's
Cool, That's Trash". KLF - "Elvis on the Radio, Steel Guitar in My
Soul" or "Six Hours to Louisiana, Black Coffee Going Cold". Lolita
Storm - "Hot Lips, Wet Pants". Darlene Love - "Run, Run, Run,
Runaway". Vandellas - "Third Finger, Left Hand". Curtis Mayfield -
"This Year, This Year". Percy Milem - "Crying Baby, Baby, Baby".
Only Ones - "Another Girl, Another Planet" (ooh, a real rival for the
Four Tops). Roy Orbison - "Oh, Pretty Woman". Outkast - "So Fresh, So
Clean". Paris - "Lights, Camera, Revolution". Graham Parker & the
Rumour - "Hey Lord, Don't Ask Me Questions". Ann Peebles -
"Heartaches, Heartaches". Pet Shop Boys - "Yesterday, When I Was
Mad". Gene Pitney - "Half Heaven, Half Heartache". Louis Prima - "5
Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days" or "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home"
or "Chinatown, My Chinatown" or "Hey Boy, Hey Girl" or "Jump, Jive
An' Wail" or "Oh, Marie" or "Sing, Sing, Sing". Primal Scream - "If
They Move, Kill 'Em". Ramones - "Today Your Love, Tomorrow the
World". Paul Revere & the Raiders - "Him Or Me, What's It Gonna Be?".
Rolling Stones - "Have You Seen You Mother, Baby, Standing in the
Shadow?". Ronettes - "Baby, I Love You". Sam & Dave - "Hold On, I'm
Comin'". Anne Sexton - "I'm His Wife, You're Just A Friend". Nina
Simone - "Ain't Got No, I Got Life". Sly & the Family Stone - "Don't
Call Me Nigger, Whitey". Tams - "Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy".
Temptations - "Runaway Child, Running Wild". Joe Tex - "Woman Like
That, Yeah". Big Joe Turner - "Shake, Rattle And Roll". Ike & Tina
Turner - "Cussin', Cryin' And Carryin' On" or "River Deep, Mountain
High". Wailers - "Get Up, Stand Up" or "No Woman, No Cry". Barry
White - "You're The First, The Last, My Everything" or "I Can't Get
Enough Of Your Love, Babe". Who - "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere". Brian
Wilson - "Caroline, No". Reverend Billy C. Wirtz - "Big And Scary,
Interplanetary". Wreckless Eric - "Crying, Waiting, Hoping". O.V.
Wright - "I'd Rather Be Blind, Crippled And Crazy". Neil Young -
"Hey, Hey, My, My (Into The Black)".
― Martin Skidmore, Sunday, 19 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link