# Songs that Mention Photography **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 12, 2005, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-photography/321228 "2005-09-12T12:18:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Corii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Corii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corii)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-photography/321228/21 "2005-09-12T16:32:21Z")
Woops nevermind, I was thinking of \*\*Freeze Frame \*\* which was mentioned in the OP. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-photography/321228/22 "2005-09-12T16:56:27Z")
Barenaked Ladies - ā€œNight Photographsā€ At night I like to photograph, producing camera images And I donā€™t have a flash But my little notebook records the subjects at hand. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-photography/321228/23 "2005-09-12T16:59:25Z")
Filter - Take a picture ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-photography/321228/24 "2005-09-12T17:24:45Z")
Marc Jordan - Iā€™m A Camera ---
**Author:** ![ticker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@ticker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ticker)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-photography/321228/25 "2005-09-12T17:48:22Z")
Cat Power - Taking People If I was a photographer, Picture taking, Beautiful people, I guess Iā€™d make a mistake, 'Cause Iā€™d probably take a, Picture of you. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-photography/321228/26 "2005-09-12T17:55:26Z")
ā€œThen She Appearedā€ ā€“ XTC Then she appeared, apple venus on a half-open shell Then she appeared, _the first photograph on Fox Talbotā€™s gelā€¦_ ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-photography/321228/27 "2005-09-12T18:08:40Z")
I donā€™t know if it counts, because actually about NOT taking pictures, but Iā€™ll add it anyway: 3 x 5, John Mayer Didnā€™t have a camera by my side this time, Hoping I would see the world through both my eyes, ā€¦ No more 3 x 5s. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-photography/321228/28 "2005-09-12T18:12:20Z")
Travis - Walking Around in the Sun I was walking around in the sun taking pictures of everyone ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-photography/321228/29 "2005-09-12T18:29:33Z")
music by ā€œLittleā€ Jack Little, lyrics by Joe Young, 1932 Comedienne Rose Marie recorded this song at the age of 8. Itā€™s on several CDs. \*(chorus) Take a picture of the moon above in May or June Then you can make love morning, night and noon By the light of that same old moon \* [REMAINDER OF LYRICS DELETED BY MODERATOR] ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-photography/321228/30 "2005-09-12T18:44:53Z")
_F-stop Blues_ ā€“ Jack Johnson: > [@](#): > > Lift him up to see what you can see > He begins his focusing > Heā€™s aiming at you > > And now he has cutaways from memories > And close-ups of anything that > He has seen or even dreamed > And now heā€™s finished focusing [ā€¦] > > Driftwood floats after years of erosion > Incoming tide touches roots to expose them, > Quicksand steals my shoe, > Clouds bring the f-stop blues ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-photography/321228/31 "2005-09-12T18:51:00Z")
_The Camera Eye_ by Rush describes New York and London as seen through the eyes of a photographer. _Grim-faced and forbidding Their faces closed tight An angular mass of New Yorkers Pacing in rhythm, race the oncoming night They chase through the streets of Manhattan Head-first humanity Pause at a light Then flow through the streets of the city . . . I feel the sense of possibilities I feel the wrench of hard realities The focus is sharp in the city_ ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-photography/321228/32 "2005-09-12T18:57:05Z")
Elvis Costelloā€™s ā€œIā€™m Not Angryā€ has some metaphorical photography: _Iā€™ve got this camera click, click, clickinā€™ in my head (Angry)_ ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-photography/321228/33 "2005-09-12T20:09:07Z")
A page full oā€™ posts and no one thought of **Kodachrome**? (Paul Simon) Gives us the nice bright colors Gives us the green of summer Makes you think all the worldā€™s a sunny day I got a Nikon camera I love to take photographs O Mama donā€™t take my Kodachrome away. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-photography/321228/34 "2005-09-12T20:11:09Z")
Dammit. Of course I didnā€™t see it; it was buried in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-photography/321228/35 "2005-09-12T20:14:12Z")
REM ā€œCameraā€ _Reckoning_ _If Iā€™m to be your camera, Then who will be your film?"_ ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-photography/321228/36 "2005-09-12T20:14:42Z")
Belle And Sebastianā€™s ā€œPhoto Jennyā€ > [@](#): > > All that I want is a photograph of Photo Jenny > How will I get one? I donā€™t know > How will I get one? I donā€™t know > How will I get her to strike a pose? ---
**Author:** ![Eurograff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Eurograff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eurograff)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-photography/321228/37 "2005-09-12T21:06:22Z")
**Seventeen** by Ladytron is all about photography. At least one of their other songs, **Evil** , also mentions taking photographs. Oh, and **TKO** by Le Tigre has a line suggesting to ā€œTake a photoā€. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-photography/321228/38 "2005-09-12T21:27:48Z")
**astro** and **Beware** , youā€™ve both been around long enough to know better. You may NOT quote an entire song lyrics. A verse, a couple of lines, thatā€™s fine as long as the artist/composer is attributed. But the Straight Dope Message Board is overly sensitive about reproduction of copyrighted material, and we do not allow full song lyrics. Although this is addressed to two members who posted inappropriately, I suggest that everyone take heed. Please note that this is first in the list of [Forum Rules](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=286554) ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-photography/321228/39 "2005-09-12T22:01:32Z")
Hoo-boy! My first moderatorial admonition. I donā€™t know whether to feel honored or abashed. **Dexter** , I at least hope ASCAP has you on the payroll. Otherwise, Iā€™m afraid that defending non-hit songs from the pre-WW2 era against copyright infringement is pretty much its own reward. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-photography/321228/40 "2005-09-12T22:30:51Z")
_Easter Parade_ by Irving Berlin: On the Avenue, Fifth Avenue, The photographers will snap us And youā€™ll find that youā€™re in the rotogravure. This is probably the only song, pop or otherwise, which contains the word _rotogravure._ šŸ˜ƒ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-photography/321228.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-photography/321228.md?page=3)