# Low fi CD mix - challenge - all girl's names **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 15, 2007, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-fi-cd-mix-challenge-all-girls-names/411828 "2007-07-15T04:35:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-fi-cd-mix-challenge-all-girls-names/411828/21 "2007-07-15T06:45:17Z")
Okay - have to go to bed! I appreciate ALL the suggestions, but definitely looking within that certain genre (although I might use some of the other suggestions for other “girl name” mixes - like an 80s one with Roxanne, Joanna, Sara, Gloria 😉 ) Here is the playlist so far: Jenny - Mountain Goats Jezebel - Iron and Wine O Valencia - The Decemberists Lily 2 - Matt Pond PA Ramona - Guster Hey There Delilah - Plain White Tees String Bean Jean - Belle & Sebastian Sweet Jane - Cowboy Junkies Jamie - Weezer Anna Begins - Counting Crows Ben Folds Five - Kate (Gracie was a close one, but the intended recipient has a ticking biological clock and I didn’t want to make her all teary-eyed) Allison Road - The Gin Blossoms Margaret vs. Pauline - Neko Case Come Away Melinda - Uriah Heep I have Hannah Jane by Hootie & The Blowfish in reserve, if I don’t get enough songs to fill the CD. Oh, and I plan to end with Brandy - You’re a Fine Girl because I love the song and know it will annoy my friend 🙂 There were a couple of songs that looked really interesting (Anything Box - Lucy, Kate Bush - Lily) that I couldn’t find. I will keep looking! I really do appreciate ALL the suggestions!! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-fi-cd-mix-challenge-all-girls-names/411828/22 "2007-07-15T06:48:46Z")
[QUOTE=Tengu] _headsmack_ How could I miss Julia?! The White Album’s sure got a bunch, don’t it? [/QUOTE] How did I miss Michelle on your list? ---
**Author:** ![Stringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringer)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-fi-cd-mix-challenge-all-girls-names/411828/23 "2007-07-15T06:52:46Z")
Damien Rice - Amie The New Pornographers - Jackie, Dressed in Cobras ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-fi-cd-mix-challenge-all-girls-names/411828/24 "2007-07-15T06:57:26Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] How did I miss Michelle on your list? [/QUOTE] Same way I didn’t notice that hometownboy beat me to Eleanore Rigby and fishbicycle hit Dear Prudence first - it was a long list. \>\_\> ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-fi-cd-mix-challenge-all-girls-names/411828/25 "2007-07-15T07:09:06Z")
deleted - duplicate due to board outage ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-fi-cd-mix-challenge-all-girls-names/411828/26 "2007-07-15T07:10:32Z")
[QUOTE=Talon Karrde] Leonard Cohen- Suzanne I’m surprised **fishbicycle** remembered “So Long, Marianne” but forgot this one.. [/QUOTE] Actually, I was just scrolling through my singles database, which has been a work in progress for eight years. That’s why there are lots of titles missing from my list - either I don’t have them on a single, or I haven’t listed them as singles on an album or CD yet. So, no Martha My Dear, Julia, The Lovely Linda, etc. - those are album tracks. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-fi-cd-mix-challenge-all-girls-names/411828/27 "2007-07-15T07:16:57Z")
Oh, I attempted to do something like this for Mother’s Day, making a mix CD featuring the name of my siblings, but could only find songs where the boy dies at war for my youngest brother’s name. Not cool, I decided. Artist Song (Album) Sarah McLachlan Mary (Fumbling Towards Ecstasy) Adia (???) Ben Folds Five Kate (Whatever and Ever Amen) Cash Box Kings Sarah (Black Night Fallin’) – This is a great, great blues song. Cowboy Junkies Sweet Jane (???) Fleetwood Mac Rhiannon (The Dance) James McMurtry and the Heartless Bastards Rachel’s Song (Live in Aught-Three) Natalie Merchant Ophelia (Ophelia) Frozen Charlotte (Ophelia) Pretty Balanced (They are oh-my-god-amazing. [Web site with samples](http://www.prettybalanced.com/).) Emyli (Icicle Bycicle) Miriam (Icicle Bycicle) Simon and Garfunkel Cecilia (Best of album) Tori Amos Mrs. Jesus (Scarlet’s Walk) I maintain that the last one can be argued to be a woman’s name. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-fi-cd-mix-challenge-all-girls-names/411828/28 "2007-07-15T09:29:03Z")
**Warren Zevon** - _Carmelita_ **Billy Bragg and Wilco w/ Woody Guthrie** - _Ingrid Bergman_. **John Denver** - _Annie’s Song_ **The Beatles** - _Lovely Rita_ **Tom Jones** - _Delilah_ **Paul McCartney** - _Jenny Wren_ **The Band** - _Ophelia_ **Barenaked Ladies** - _Jane_, _Enid_, and _Be My Yoko Ono_ **Creedence Clearwater Revival** - _Proud Mary_ **Don Henley** - _Lila_ **Jackson Browne** - _Rosie_ (well, it’s a girl’s name, anyway) ---
**Author:** ![lexan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@lexan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lexan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-fi-cd-mix-challenge-all-girls-names/411828/29 "2007-07-15T10:08:15Z")
Might not be what you’re looking for, but there’s always Iron Maiden’s “Charlotte the Harlot.” ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-fi-cd-mix-challenge-all-girls-names/411828/30 "2007-07-15T12:02:57Z")
_Susan_, Aimee Mann _Isobel_, Björk ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-fi-cd-mix-challenge-all-girls-names/411828/31 "2007-07-15T12:30:00Z")
Okay, a quick scan on the music collection on my laptop (mostly country) reveals the following: Adalida - George Strait Black-eyed susan - Prairie oyster. (Not JUST a name, but close 🙂 ) Carlene - Phil Vassar Emily - Beth Nielsen Chapman Fancy - Reba McEntire. (not a common name, but it’s a name in the context of the song) Jezebel - Chely Wright (different from the ‘iron and white’ one I think) Jolene - Sherrie Austin’s cover of the Dolly Parton song Josephine - Collin Raye Sarah - Sherrie Austin Trudy - Dan Bern ---
**Author:** ![Apollo\_s\_Towel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Apollo\_s\_Towel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollo_s_Towel)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-fi-cd-mix-challenge-all-girls-names/411828/32 "2007-07-15T12:38:35Z")
_Veronica_ - Elvis Costello _Angie_ - Rolling Stones ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-fi-cd-mix-challenge-all-girls-names/411828/33 "2007-07-15T15:48:09Z")
Okay, thanks for all the suggestions! I added: Damien Rice - Amie Aimee Mann - Good Bye Caroline Goo Goo Dolls - Iris I’m also making a CD called “Love and Loss”: First Day of My Life - Bright Eyes Wake Up - Coheed and Cambria Beautiful Day - U2 (the person the CD is for loooves U2) Popular Mechanics for Lovers - Beulah Swing Life - Rise Against Such Great Heights - Iron and Wine Ben Folds Five - Gracie Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol (the person the CD is for loooves Snow Patrol) Upside Down - John Jackson Dusk & Summer - Dashboard Confessional Breathe Me - Sia Hey Ya - accoustic version I am Always the One That Calls - Pedro the Lion Rest of My Life - Unwritten Law Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley No one will Ever Love You - Magnetic Fields You will be Loved - Deathcab for Cutie Hope that it will all fit! 🙂 Putting these 2 together has been really fun! Still happy to get more suggestions and find new songs/artists to love! ---
**Author:** ![Fearless\_Leader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Fearless\_Leader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fearless_Leader)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-fi-cd-mix-challenge-all-girls-names/411828/34 "2007-07-15T16:35:44Z")
_The Jessica Numbers_ - The New Pornographers \*Laura \* and \*Mary \* by the Scissor Sisters ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-fi-cd-mix-challenge-all-girls-names/411828/35 "2007-07-15T17:25:19Z")
Dylan – _Absolutely Sweet Marie_ Mike Nesmith – _Joanne_ ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-fi-cd-mix-challenge-all-girls-names/411828/36 "2007-07-15T18:13:03Z")
Josephine- Teitur Annabella’s Song- Everclear Darling Nikki- Prince Dani California - RHCP Alberta - Eric Clapton ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-fi-cd-mix-challenge-all-girls-names/411828/37 "2007-07-15T19:03:39Z")
Low Millions has an album called “Ex-Girlfriends” which contains (among other, non-name related tracks): Eleanor Nikki, Don’t Stop Julia Hey, Jane ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-fi-cd-mix-challenge-all-girls-names/411828/38 "2007-07-15T22:16:54Z")
Jessica — Bloodrock (not the same song the Allman Bros sing) Mary — Sarah McLachlan [already mentioned upthread] Mary — Tori Amos Guinevere — Crosby Stills & Nash Judy Blue Eyes — Crosby Stills & Nash [already mentioned] Pocahontas — Neil Young Marianne — Tori Amos Talula — Tori Amos Yes, Anastasia — Tori Amos Martha’s Foolish Ginger — Tori Amos Ruby Tuesday — Rolling Stones [already mentioned, dangit] Vera — Pink Floyd Julia Dream — Pink Floyd Emily’s Song — Moody Blues ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-fi-cd-mix-challenge-all-girls-names/411828/39 "2007-07-15T23:34:14Z")
Okay! After a couple of last minute great suggestions (big thanks to Omega Glory for Josephine, Fearless Leader for Mary and Jophiel for Eleanor), the CD is burned. Final track list: Hey There Delilah - Plain White Tees Anna Begins - Counting Crows Sweet Jane - Cowboy Junkies Amie - Damien Rice Ramona - Guster Jezebel - Iron and Wine Eleanor - Low Millions Lily 2 - Matt Pond PA Carmen - Anything Box Adia - Sarah McLachlan Josephine - Teitur Annie Waits - Ben Folds Five O Valencia - The Decemberists Jamie - Weezer Iris - GooGoo Dolls Mary - Scissor Sisters String Bean Jean - Belle & Sebastian Goodbye Caroline - Aimee Mann Jenny - Mountain Goats Lots of great songs suggested, I just ran out of space. Loved both versions of Ophelia by Natalie Merchant and The Band. Loved Come Away, Melinda. Loved Kate and Gracie by Ben Folds but didn’t want to have multiple songs by the same artist (that was a tough decision!). Loved Suzanne by Leonard Cohen but not sure if the CD recipient would like it as much. Never did find the Nick Lowe song suggested, but did find Switchboard Susan and it’s awesome, but really doesn’t fit the rest of the songs. Ditto Rachel’s Song by by James McMurtry and Dani California by Red Hot Chili Peppers. Rapunzel by Dave Matthews Band almost made the cut (along with Allison Road by the Gin Blossoms, Hannah Jane by Hootie & the Blowfish and JLo’s Jenny from the Block for the pure amusement factor - since my name is Jennifer). I was also tempted by Veronica/Allison but finally just thought they were too well known. I found a great song - Mishale by Andru Donalds that didn’t sound right for this CD, but a really fun song. I tried to find the Barenaked Ladies songs suggested, but couldn’t find them! I will keep looking for myself. A lot of the songs mentioned didn’t fit the “low fi genre” I was looking for, but I appreciate all the suggestions and read all the posts! Thanks again! I have some new favorite songs and new artists to explore. This was a GREAT thread. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2007, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-fi-cd-mix-challenge-all-girls-names/411828/40 "2007-07-15T23:42:51Z")
One of mine made it, hurrah! Sorry–I think I overlooked the “low fi” part. I actually just found out what low fi was (thanks to wikipedia)…I think I just glossed by it, not knowing what it means. Sounds like a great mix CD. I’ll have to check out some of the other songs mentioned in this thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-fi-cd-mix-challenge-all-girls-names/411828.md?page=1)