Although Purd Werfect’s list looks pretty damn good to me.
Afghan Whigs – Turn on the Water
Built to Spill – Randy Described Eternity
Clash – Know your Rights
Don Cabellero – Unresolved Karma
Euphone – Needle and Crate
Failure – Another Space Song
Gomez – Miles Away
Heavy Vegtable – Crash
Isotope 217 – Beneath The Undertow
Jawbox – Savory
Killdozer – One Tin Soldier
Low – Cut
Modest Mouse – Dramamine
No Knife – Minus One
Orb – Little Fluffy Clouds
Pinback – Loro
Quicksand – Delusional
Rapeman – Just Got Paid
Sunny Day Real Estate – Snibe
Three Mile Pilot – Shang vs. Hanger
Unsane – Slag
Velvet Undeground-- Here She Comes Now
Ween – Big Jilm
XTC – Dear God
Yo La Tengo – Everyday
Zevon (Warren) – Excitable Boy
A–A-Ha (the other one), Take on Me
B–The Beatles, In My Life
C–Eric Clapton, Change the World
D–John Denver, Looking for Space (I was really young)
E–The Eagles, Desperado
F–Aretha Franklin, The House that Jack Built
G–Marvin Gaye, Let’s Get it On
H–George Harrison, Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)
I–Ink Spots, Someone’s Rocking My Dreamboat
J–Jackson 5, Who’s Loving You
K–Carole King, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
L–John Lennon, Jealous Guy or, Lyle Lovett, That’s Right (You’re Not from Texas)
M–Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, The Magic Flute
N–Aaron Neville, Warm Your Heart
O–Orleans, Dance with Me
P–Elvis Presley, Jailhouse Rock
Q–Queen, You’re My Best Friend
R–Otis Redding, Dock of the Bay or, Bonnie Raitt, Ain’t Gonna Let You Break My Heart Again
S–Simon and Garfunkle, The Boxer
T–James Taylor, Something in the Way She Moves
U
V–Ritchie Valens, La Bamba
W–Jackie Wilson, (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
X
Y–Weird Al Yankovic, Eat It
Z–Warren Zevon, Werewolves Of London
I’ve kept mine in the approximate neighborhood of rock n’ roll, just to avoid complete apples-and-oranges comparisons. What struck me was how erratic things were: in D you had Dylan, the Doors, and so forth; in S, there were Springsteen, Simon (with and without Garfunkel), Seger, Santana, and so forth. Then there’d be almost nobody to choose from beginning with N.
Anyhow, my list:
Apple, Fiona - Criminal
Beatles - Hey Jude
Costello, Elvis - Oliver’s Army
Cotton, Josie - Johnny, Are You Queer?
Doors - Break On Through (to the other side)
Eagles - Peaceful, Easy Feeling
Fogelberg, Dan - Part of the Plan
Guthrie, Arlo - Alice’s Restaurant
Harrison, George - Beware of Darkness
Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love
Kansas - Dust in the Wind
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Morrisette, Alanis - You Oughta Know
New Riders of the Purple Sage - Panama Red
Osborne, Joan - St. Teresa
Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Rolling Stones - Satisfaction
Stills, Stephen (as part of CSN&Y) - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
Temptations - Ain’t Too Proud to Beg
U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
V -
Who - Won’t Get Fooled Again
X -
Young, Neil - Powderfinger
Zevon, Warren - Werewolves of London
I snuck in Josie Cotton as an alternate entry in the C’s because Convertible Music is one of the coolest albums, and nobody’s heard of her.
A-Bones - Guess I’m Fallin’ In Love
Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown
Cash, Johnny - Ballad of a Teenage Queen
Dead Kennedys - Kill The Poor
Einsturzende Neubauten - The Garden
Flying Burrito Brothers - Juanita
God - My Pal
Hawkwind - Motorhead
Iron Maiden - Where Eagles Dare
Jane’s Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
Kiss - Detroit Rock City
Lovett, Lyle - Pontiac
Misfits - Children In Heat
Nirvana - Even In His Youth
Ono, Yoko - Why?
Parton, Dolly - The Grass Is Blue
Queensryche - The Mission
Reed, Lou - Street Hassle
Saints - I’m Stranded
Thought Criminals - Oceana
Urinals - Black Hole
Velvet Underground - Sister Ray
Williams, Lucinda - Side of the Road
X (Australia) - Home is where the floor is
Young, Neil - Revolution Blues
Zero Boys - Stoned To Death
Amos, Tori - Hey Jupiter
Barenaked Ladies - What a Good Boy
Cooper, Alice - Welcome to My Nightmare
Dylan, Bob - House of the Rising Sun
The Eagles - Desperado
Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench
Goo Goo Dolls - Two Days in February
Holly, Buddy - Rave On
Isaak, Chris - I Believe
John, Elton - Levon
Kermit the Frog - It Ain’t Easy Being Green
Lennox, Annie - Love Song For a Vampire
Murray Head - One Night in Bangkok
Nirvana - Lake of Fire
Oasis - Don’t Look Back in Anger
Presley, Elvis - In the Ghetto
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Rolling Stones - Sympathy For the Devil
Simon and Garfunkel - Sound of Silence
Taylor, James - Fire and Rain
U2 - With or Without You
Violent Femmes - American Music
Waits, Tom - Romeo is Bleeding
X - The Crystal Ship
Young, Neil - Heart of Gold
Zevon, Warren - Werewolves of London
I can’t believe I came up with one for each letter…
This was really hard, I find it difficult to narrow it down to one song when it’s an artist I really love.
No matter what list I make, as soon as I hit the post key, I’ll think of a hundred better choices. Oh well…
AC/DC: “Girls Got Rhythm”
Beatles: “Ticket to Ride”
Creedence Clearwater Revival: “Ramble Tamble”
Dire Straits: “Expresso Love”
Electric Light Orchestra: “Do Ya”
Foreigner: “Long, Long Way From Home”
Genesis: “Dancing With the Moonlit Knight”
George Harrison: “What Is Life?”
Irish Rovers: “The Unicorn”
Jackson 5: “I Want You Back”
Kinks: “Arthur”
Led Zeppelin: “Dazed and COnfused”
The Move: “Hello, Susie”
Nazareth: “Love Hurts”
Roy Orbison: “It’s Over”
Elvis Presley: “Little Sister”
Question Mark and the Mysterians (Cheating?): “96 Tears”
Rolling Stones: “Lady Jane”
Rod Stewart: “(I Know) I’m Losing You”
Temptations: “Papa Was a Rolling Stone”
U2: “The End of the World”
Van Halen: “Beautiful Girls”
The Who: “Bargain”
X… forget it. No X artists worthy of inclusion.
The Yardbirds: “Heart Full of Soul”
The Zombies: “She’s Not There”
Alice Cooper - [I Wanna Be] Elected
Beatles - She Loves You
Credence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary
Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
Eagles - Already Gone
John Fogarty - Centerfield
Arlo Guthrie - Alice’s Restaurant
Buddy Holly - Rave On
Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
Kinks - A Well Respected Man
Los Lobos - Will the Wolf Survive?
Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes
Randy Newman - Sail Away
Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge
Pearl Jam - Jeremy
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Rolling Stones - Paint It Black
Sparks - Reinforcements
The Tubes - White Punks on Dope
U2 - Pride [In the Name of Love]
Ventures - Walk, Don’t Run
The Who - Won’t Get Fooled Again
XTC - Dear God
Yardbirds - Heart Full of Soul
Frank Zappa - Let’s Make the Water Turn Black
Anthrax- Bring the Noise
Bodycount- Cop Killer
Cradle of Filth- PanDeamonAeon
Danzig- Dirty Black Summer
Eagles- Hotel California
Fear Factory- Replica
Guns and Roses- I Used To Love Her
Hendrix- All Along The Watchtower
Insane Clown Posse- Hall of Illusions
Jewel- Save Your Soul (bet you didn’t see that comming)
Korn- Kill You
Lynerd Skynard- Tuesdays Gone
Metallica- Whiplash
NIN- Heresy
Ozzy Osborne- Mr Crowly
Pantera- Walk
Queen- Stone Cold Crazy
Rage Against the Machine- Killing in the Name
Slipknot- Sic
Type O Negative- Contemplating the Natural Beauty of Infidelity (I Know Your F**king Someone Else)
U
V
White Zombie- Blood, Milk, Sky
X
Y
ZZ top- La Grange
Alliyah - Try again
Beatles - While my guitar gently weeps
Cordrazine - Crazy
Doors - Hyacinth house
Eminem - Stan
Foo Fighters - Breakout
Garbage - You look so fine
Hole - He hit me (it felt like a kiss)
Incubus - Vitamin
Jewel - Near you always
Korn - Blind
Limp Bizkit - No sex
Moby - Why does my heart feel so bad?
Nirvana - Big long now
Orgy - Blue monday
Powderfinger - These days
Queen - Another one bites the dust
Rolling Stones - Angie
Skulker - Naughty
Travis - …Baby one more time
Urge Overkill - Girl, you’ll be a woman soon
Violent Femmes - Add it up
Weezer - Tired of sex
Xscape - All i need
You Am I - Soldiers
Zombie, Rob - Living dead girl
Amos, Tori - Crucify
BoDeans - Only Love
Clandestine - Babylon (you’ve never heard of them? Celtic band from Houston - they tour all over. Their website is http://www.io.com/clandestine for those interested)
Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
Eagles - Hotel California
Franklin, Aretha - Think
Genesis - Home By The Sea
Hooker, John Lee - Boom Boom Boom
Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
King, BB - The Thrill Is Gone
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
McKennit, Loreena - Bonny Portmore
Nena - 99 Luftballons
Orbison, Roy - Crying
Pink Floyd - Learning to Fly
Q - well, I don’t care much for Queen, and they’re all I can come up with…
Robbins, Marty - The Master’s Call
Simple Minds - See The Light
Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere
U2 - A Sort of Homecoming
Vaughan, Stevie Ray - Texas Flood
Williams, Hank (Sr) - Kaw-Liga
X - ummm…well, you’ve got me.
Yankovic, Weird Al - The Saga Begins
ZZ Top - LaGrange
How’s that for eclectic? Problem is, a lot of my favorite bands and artists have names starting with the same letter - let’s take C for instance - Clandestine, The Chieftains, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Cream, The Cars, The Cranberries, Patsy Cline, The Coasters, Eddie Cochran…it just goes on and on…
All-The world’s on heroin
Bad Religion-1000 fools
Cheap Trick-Four letter word
Deep Purple-Highway Star
Emerson, Lake and Palmer-Still, You turn me on
Face to Face-God is a Man
Genesis-Supper’s Ready
Hole-Violet
Iggy Pop- Candy
Jethro Tull-Baker street muse
Kinks-All day and all of the night
Lagwagon-Beer Goggles
Mott the Hoople-All the young Dudes
No use for a name-Justified Black Eye
Mike Oldfield- Tubular Bells
Pink Floyd-Comfortably Numb
Queen-Keep Yourself Alive
Red Elvises-I want to see you Bellydance
Sex Pistols-Anarchy in the U.K.
Pat Travers’ Band-I la la la love you
UFO- Lights Out
Stevie Ray Vaughn-Little Wing
Joe Walsh-Life’s been good
X-Johnny Hit and Run Pauline
Yes-All Good People
Z-Who’s behind the Door?
Subject to change on a whim, many alternates waiting in the wings:
Apple, Fiona- Criminal
Barenaked Ladies- Tonight Is The Night I Fell Asleep At The Wheel
Crowded House- Don’t Dream It’s Over
Don Henley- Taking You Home
Eve 6- Inside Out
Fine Young Cannibals- Good Thing
Go West- King of Wishful Thinking
Huey Lewis and the News- Doing it All For My Baby
INXS- Never Tear Us Apart
Jude- I Know
Kool and the Gang- Cherish
Lionel Richie- Hello
Matchbox Twenty- Back To Good
No Doubt- Ex-Girlfriend
Oingo Boingo- Out of Control
Peter Gabriel- Big Time
Queen- Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Robbie Williams- Angels
Simply Red- Holding Back The Years
Third Eye Blind- How’s It Going To Be
U2- If God Will Send His Angels
Vanessa Williams & Brian McKnight- Love Is
Waterboys- Fisherman’s Lament
X- Uh…
Yankovic, Weird Al- Gump
ZZTop- Sharp Dressed Man
Arnold, Eddy…Cattle Call
Bare, Bobby…Detroit City
Cash, Johnny…Big River
Delmore Brothers…Brown’s Ferry Blues
Everly Brothers…Bye Bye Love
Frizzell, Lefty…Look What Thoughts Will Do
Garland, Hank…Sugarfoot Rag
Haggard, Merle…Sing Me Back Home
Jones, George…Just One More
Kershaw, Doug & Rusty…Louisiana Man
Lynn, Loretta…Honkytonk Girl
Mullican, Moon…Cherokee Boogie
Nelson, Willie…Night Life
Owens, Buck…Cryin’Time
Pierce, Webb…There Stands the Glass
Reeves, Jim…Yonder Comes a Sucker
Snow, Hank…Golden Rocket
Tubb, Ernest…Thanks a Lot
Van Dyke, Leroy…The Auctioneer
Williams, Hank…Kaw-liga
Young, Faron…Country Girl
Allan, Gary: I’ll Take Today
Brooks, Garth: The Dance
Creed: What If
Dixie Chicks: Sin Wagon
Eagles: Peaceful Easy Feeling
Fuzzbubble: Out There
Goo Goo Dolls: Black Balloon
Herndon, Ty: Living In A Moment
Ingram, Jack: I Would
J —
Kansas: Dust In The Wind
Lonestar: Amazed
Metallica: Fuel (the live version)
Nirvana: Nevermind
Oasis: Champagne Supernova
Paisley, Brad: Nervous Breakdown
Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody
Robison, Bruce: Driving All Night Long
Sons Of The Desert: Leaving October
Three Doors Down: Loser
U —
Vertical Horizon: Shackled
X —
Yoakam, Dwight: I Wouldn’t Put It Past Me
Z —
Gene Ammons; “Blue Hymn”
Chet Baker; “My Funny Valentine”
Sonny Criss; “Angel Eyes”
Eric Dolphy; “Fire Waltz”
Roy Eldridge; “The Man I Love”
Art Farmer; “Jubilation”
Jimmy Giuffre; “The Train and the River”
Coleman Hawkins; “Body and Soul”
The ICP Orchestra; “Shuffle Montgomery”
Willis Jackson; “Gator Tail”
Lee Konitz; “Lush Life”
Eddie Lang; “Blue Guitars”
Jelly Roll Morton; “Grandpa’s Spells”
Oliver Nelson; “Stolen Moments”
King Oliver; “Freakish Light Blues”
Art Pepper; “Airegin”
Paul Quinichette; “Birdland Jump”
Django Reinhardt; “Brazil”
Zoot Sims; “You Go to My Head”
Lennie Tristano; “Lennie’s Pennies”
Massimo Urbani; “Blues for Bird”
Sarah Vaughan; “Lullaby of Birdland”
Mary Lou Williams; “Little Joe from Chicago”
X
Larry Young; “Don’t Let the Dragon Eat Your Mother”
John Zorn; “Two-Lane Highway”
Over thirty posts in a single day. Meanwhile my poor movie thread lies abandoned. I tell ya, it ain’t easy being a second string poster on this board. But striving onward.
Subject to the usual disclaimers:
Armstrong, Louis - Wonderful World
The Beatles - A Day in the Life
The Clash - London Calling
Dale, Dick - Miserlou
Eagles - Lying Eyes
Five Americans - Western Union (homefield advantage)
Gershwin, George - Rhapsody in Blue
Hendrix, Jimi - The Wind Cries Mary
Isley Brothers - Twist and Shout
Jackson, Joe - One More Time
The Kinks - You Really Got Me
Lennon, John - Imagine
Meatloaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Lights
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
O’Connor, Sinead - Nothing Compares 2 U
Pink Floyd - Brain Damage
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Robeson, Paul - Old Man River
Springsteen, Bruce - Born to Run
Talking Heads - Life During Wartime
U2 - Pride
Vaughn Monroe Orchestra - Ghostriders in the Sky (probably cheating with the name)
The Who - Baba O’Reiley
XTC - Dear God
Yankovic, Weird Al - One More Minute
Zappa, Frank - Fillmore East (the entire “a” side)
Adam Ant – Place In The Country
Blue Oyster Cult – Astronomy
Harry Chapin – Mr. Tanner
Doors – Shaman’s Blues
Eels – Mr. E’s Beautiful Blues
Fantastic Plastic Machine – Mr. Salesman
Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
PJ Harvey – A Perfect Day Elise
Billy Idol - Heroin
Elton John – Rocket Man
Kiss – A World Without Heroes
Lisahall – Connection 17
Peter Murphy – Cuts You Up
Gravity Kills - Guilty
Orgy - Fiction (Dreams In Digital)
Placebo – Pure Morning
Queen – Killer Queen
Reel Big Fish - Beer
Shudder to Think – Hot One
They Might Be Giants – Don’t Let’s Start
U2 – Brand New Day
Vertical Horizon – You’re A God
Wallflowers – One Headlight
XTC – Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her
Yardbirds – For Your Love
Zombies – Time Of The Season
The tough thing about this list is, for the most part, not coming up for something for each letter, but what to leave off…Anyway, here’s mine:
Amos, Tori - Yes Anastasia
Beatles - Here Comes The Sun
Costello, Elvis - Alison
Dire Straits - It Never Rains
Electric Light Orchestra - Livin’ Thing
Fleetwood Mac - Never Going Back Again
Gabriel, Peter - In Your Eyes
Harrison, George - My Sweet Lord
Iris, Donny - Ah Leah
Jethro Tull - Baker Street Muse
Kansas - Song For America
Lennon, John - Imagine
Marillion - Warm Wet Circles
N - ?
Oingo Boingo - Stay
Pink Floyd - Shine On Crazy Diamond
Queen - The Millionaire Waltz
REM - Nightswimming
Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
Townshend, Pete - A Little is Enough
Utopia - Caravan
Van Morrison - Into the Mystic
Who, The - The Music Must Change
XTC - Senses Working Overtime
Yes - Our Song
Zevon, Warren - Lawyers, Guns and Money