# Let's make an A to Z list of names mentioned in song lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 15, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209 "2010-04-15T14:17:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/81 "2010-04-15T19:49:53Z")
**Marvin** , he was a friend of mine… ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/82 "2010-04-15T20:00:12Z")
I hear you’re goin’ through some changes I hear your friends all turn their backs on you And now you’re hangin’ round with strangers Now just be careful who you’re talkin’ to Oh Nicole, my sweet Nicole (Point Blank - Nicole) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/83 "2010-04-15T20:00:14Z")
\*\*\*Oliver’\*\*\*s army is here to stay Oliver’s army are on their way And I would rather be anywhere else But here today. -Elvis Costello ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/84 "2010-04-15T20:20:20Z")
Please good Missus, a soul cake. An apple, a pear, a plum, a cherry, Any good thing to make us all merry. One for _ **Peter** _, two for Paul. Three for Him who made us all. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/85 "2010-04-15T20:22:51Z")
Crap - forgot q. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/86 "2010-04-15T20:25:51Z")
I think we left out Q. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/87 "2010-04-15T20:27:07Z")
Yeah, I nuked my entry. Oops. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/88 "2010-04-15T20:30:57Z")
[DEL]When Quinn the eskimo gets here, everybody gonna jump for joy[/DEL] Crap! It’s already been done! ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/89 "2010-04-15T21:20:53Z")
Mississippi **Queen** , You know what I mean Mississippi **Queen** She taught me everything (I think we need a bit of poetic license for Q and X) ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/90 "2010-04-15T21:26:49Z")
Rhianna! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/91 "2010-04-15T21:33:07Z")
_She was five foot six and two fifteen A bleached-blonde mama with a streak of mean She knew how to knuckle and she knew how to scuffle and fight And the roller derby program said That she was built like a 'frigerator with a head Her fans call her “Tuffy” but all her buddies called her **"Spike"** _ Jim Croce, **Roller Derby Queen** ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/92 "2010-04-15T22:05:33Z")
_ **Tommy** _ used to work on the docks. The union’s been on strike. He’s down on his luck. - “Living on a Prayer” by Bon Jovi ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/93 "2010-04-16T00:19:22Z")
They come flocking to my cauldron Crying, “Spells,\*\* Ursula\*\*, please!” And I help them! Yes I do – “Poor Unfortunate Souls”, from _The Little Mermaid_ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/94 "2010-04-16T02:20:37Z")
And when no hope was left inside, on one starry, starry night, You took your life, as lovers often do. But I could have told you, **Vincent,** This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you. -Don McLean ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/95 "2010-04-16T02:57:53Z")
**Wendy** , Wendy what went wrong Oh so wrong We went together for so long Some little group from California. ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/96 "2010-04-16T03:38:07Z")
Pope Paul, Malcolm **X** , British politicians’ sex, JFK blown away, What else do I have to say? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/97 "2010-04-16T03:59:44Z")
I met him in a swamp down in Dagobah, Where it bubbles all the time like a giant carbonated soda. S-o-d-a, soda. I saw a little runt sitting there on a log. I asked him his name, and in a raspy voice, he said, “_ **Yoda.** _ Y-o-d-a, Yoda. Yo-yo-yo-yo-yoda!” -Weird Al Yankovic ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/98 "2010-04-16T07:27:44Z")
Hello Mr. **Zebra** Can I have your sweater Cause it’s cold cold cold In my hole hole hole - Tori Amos, “Mr. Zebra” ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/99 "2010-04-16T09:45:40Z")
**Andy** , did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch? Hey **Andy** , are you goofing on Elvis? Hey baby, are we losing touch? REM - Man in the Moon ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/100 "2010-04-16T10:32:40Z")
I knew a man Bojangles and he’d dance for you / In worn out shoes / With silver hair, a ragged shirt, and baggy pants / The old soft shoe [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209.md?page=6)