# 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:** 8
**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 18, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/141 "2010-04-18T19:18:05Z")
Goodbye **Norma** Jean, though I never knew you at all ---
**Author:** ![nachtmusick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@nachtmusick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nachtmusick)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/142 "2010-04-18T19:42:09Z")
Tramp! _What you call me?_ Tramp. _You didn’t!_ You don’t wear continental clothes, or Stetson hats. _Well I tell you one dog-gone thing. It makes me feel good to know one thing. I know I’m a lover._ Matter of opinion. _That’s all right, Mama was. Papa too. And I’m the only child. Lovin’ is all I know to do._ You know what, **Otis**? _What?_ You’re country. _That’s all right_ -Tramp, Otis Redding ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/143 "2010-04-18T23:43:57Z")
> [@](#): > > You see, Patricia Or Delicia > Not only is a singer > She also removes all her clothing > > For Patricia > Is the best stripper in town… Chris De Burgh, “Patricia the Stripper” ---
**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 18, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/144 "2010-04-18T23:55:52Z")
I never wanted to be in **Quasimodo’s** Dream The Reels ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/145 "2010-04-19T00:36:00Z")
Whether you’d prefer a first name or a last one, I give you “Rumble”: [QUOTE=You Am I] R! A! D-I-O! Hit me just like Lionel **Rose**. R! A! D-I-O! Rumble in the old machine Rumble in the old machine Rumble in the old machine Rumble in the old machine **Ronnie** James D-I-O! [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/146 "2010-04-19T00:36:13Z")
Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night And wouldn’t you love to love her? Fleetwood Mac “Rhiannon” ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/147 "2010-04-19T01:18:49Z")
It’s you… And me forever **Sara** Smile – Hall and Oates ---
**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 19, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/148 "2010-04-19T01:52:00Z")
Hang your head, \*\*Tom \*\*Dooley, Hang your head and cry; You killed poor Laurie Foster, And you know you’re bound to die. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/149 "2010-04-19T02:49:09Z")
I want a girl with toes like **Uma** Thurman and body like suicide doors on a Mack truck – _Suicide Uma_, performed by the immortal (and probably immoral) P.o.s. ---
**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 19, 2010, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/150 "2010-04-19T09:44:30Z")
Long ago life was clean Sex was bad and obscene And the rich were so mean Stately homes for the lords Croquet lawns, village greens **Victoria** was my queen The Kinks, _Victoria_ ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/151 "2010-04-19T10:00:09Z")
I’m kinda fonda **Wanda** 'Cause Wanda always wanna, wanna, wanna… ---
**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 19, 2010, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/152 "2010-04-19T12:28:00Z")
Flying high in a chariot of fire The hand of **Zeus** guides my way Hands Of Zeus by Skull View, natch! ETA: Oh dear, I missed **X** …nevermind, we’ll get it next time, eh? ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/153 "2010-04-19T12:54:56Z")
Wuss. [QUOTE=Olivia Newton John and ELO] A place That nobody dared to go A love that we came to know They call it **Xanadu** [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Donovan] I’m just mad about Fourteen And Fourteen’s mad about me. Yes, I’m just mad about Fourteen And she’s just mad about me. They call me Mellow **Yellow** (Quite rightly) [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/154 "2010-04-19T13:12:07Z")
**Amanda,** light of my life, Fate should have made you a gentleman’s wife - Waylon Jennings ---
**Author:** ![I\_Am\_The\_Lorax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19adc/32.png) [@I\_Am\_The\_Lorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Am_The_Lorax)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/155 "2010-04-19T13:21:49Z")
That’s why if you please, I am on my bended knees **Bertha** don’t you come around here anymore. ---
**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 19, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/156 "2010-04-19T13:25:32Z")
**Charlie** don’t surf and we think he should ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/157 "2010-04-19T13:25:43Z")
Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna –Donna, Donna vy Joan Baez ---
**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 19, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/158 "2010-04-19T13:37:05Z")
**Elvis** was a hero to most, but he never meant shit to me ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/159 "2010-04-19T13:40:53Z")
Anti-Elvis got no Elvis in 'em, lemme tell ya. Michael J.\*\* Fox\*\* has no Elvis in him. Mojo Nixon’s Elvis is Everywhere. I could not pass up the chance to use this one after the above post. ---
**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 19, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/160 "2010-04-19T13:52:10Z")
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