L is for the way you look at me,
O is for the only one I see,
V is very, very extraordinary,
E is even more than anyone that you adore can
LOVE . . .
Megadeth’s Hook in Mouth
F is for fighting, R is for red
Ancestors’ blood in battles they’ve shed
E, we elect them, E, we eject them
In the land of the free and the home of the brave
D, for your dying,** O**, your overture
M, they will cover your grave with manure
This spells out freedom, it means nothing to me
As long as there’s a P.M.R.C.
Dennis Leary: A-S-S-H-O-L-E Everybody! A-S-S-H-O-L-E
Snoop (Doggy) Dogg spells his name in a lot of songs, such as Dr. Dre’s “Nuthin But a G Thang”:
“It’s the S-to the-N-to the double-O-P, D-O-double G-Y, D-O-double G, you see.
Showing much flex when it’s time to rock a mic,
Pimpin’ hoes and clockin’ a grip, like my name is Dolemite.”
ABBA also had “I Am An A”
AG+FR: I am an A
BE+BJ: I’m a B
AG+FR: He is OK
BE+BJ: So is she
ALL: Singing together in harmony
AG+FR: He is a B
BE+BJ: She’s a bird
AG+FR: Do you mean me?
BE+BJ: Yes you heard
ALL: We are a simple four-letter word: A-B-B-A.
There’s some rap song out there where the whole chorus is the rapper spelling San Diego
S-A-N D-I E-G-O San Diego
S-A-N D-I E-G-O San Diego etc,
What about the song “Popcorn Love” by New Edition?
P is for her personality
I said the O is for originality
And the other P is for the perfect love she gives to me
The C is just cause she loves me
And the O means shes the only love I got
And the R and the N, our love will never end
Kate Bush, “The Dreaming.”
Dre-e-e-e-e
A-a-a-a-a
M-m-m-m-m
T-t-t-t-t
I-i-i-i-i
M-m-m-m-m
And when we say
Yow!
A yippie-ko-i-ayy!
We’re only sayin’
You’re doin’ fine, Oklahoma!
Oklahoma,
O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A
Oklahoma!
Yow!
This may be a digression, since the example is actually from a verse poem (although I KNOW I heard it set to rap music long, long ago), but
Eddie Murphy’s “Kill my landlord! Kill my landlord! C…I…L…L…KILL!”
Songs that spell?
Salagadoola mechicka boola bibbidi-bobbidi-boo
Put 'em together and what have you got
Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo
Salagadoola mechicka boola bibbidi-bobbidi-boo
It’ll do magic believe it or not
Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo
Oh . . . wait . . .
They Might Be Giants - Don’t Let’s Start
D, world destruction
Over and overture
N, do I need apostrophe
T, need this torture?
D. I. S. C. O.
D. I. S. C. O.
D. I. S. C. O.
She is D, delirious!
She is I, incredible!
She is S, superficial!
She is C, complicated!
She is O, oh, oh, oh!
Ottawan - DISCO
U-G-L-Y
You ain’t got no alibi.
You’re just uggg-lee-eee…
–Fishbone