# Songs with a photography theme - suggestions needed **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615 "2011-02-16T18:44:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [February 16, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/21 "2011-02-16T20:23:31Z")
I turn my camera on - Spoon Paparazzi - Lady Gaga Getting the Picture - Jimmy Buffett Panorama - The Cars F-stop Blues - Jack Johnson Photographs and Memories - Jim Croce Distant Camera - Neil Young Click, click, click, click - Bishop Allen Camera - REM Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart Into the Lens - Yes Pictures of Lilly - The Who mmm ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/22 "2011-02-16T20:24:50Z")
Renaissance – [Camera, Camera](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr9iIjI7m_s). It’s far from their best work, but you can’t go too far wrong with Annie Haslam on the vocals. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/23 "2011-02-16T20:38:35Z")
Family Snapshot by Peter Gabriel ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/24 "2011-02-16T20:48:09Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Buggles - I Am A Camera > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Into the Lens - Yes Interestingly, these are the same song. The Yes version came first; the Buggles were both members of Yes at the time. When that lineup of Yes split up, the Buggles reformed and recorded their own version. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/25 "2011-02-16T20:48:15Z")
Bread - If ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/26 "2011-02-16T20:56:19Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Paparazzi - Lady Gaga > > mmm I’ll raise you [Paparazzi by Jethro Tull (Under Wraps album)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Wraps_(Jethro_Tull_album)) Also [Loudon Wainright “Picture”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeHsS6sgfgo) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/27 "2011-02-16T21:05:20Z")
“Take Another Picture” - Quarterflash ---
**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:** [February 16, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/28 "2011-02-16T21:06:07Z")
“Night Photographs” - Barenaked Ladies “Photo Jenny” - Belle & Sebastian ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/29 "2011-02-16T21:10:58Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > Family Snapshot by Peter Gabriel Not really about photography despite the title. ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/30 "2011-02-16T22:07:35Z")
Jonathan Coulton - [Flickr](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHgtnM4IdTI) ETA: Upon rereading the OP, not sure it would really help your friend – the only video that can possibly make sense for this song has already been made. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/31 "2011-02-16T22:20:19Z")
_If I Had a Talking Picture of You_ [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wlfnCmY0NDk/hqdefault.jpg "Bing Crosby-"If I Had A Talking Picture Of You"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlfnCmY0NDk) ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/32 "2011-02-16T22:52:54Z")
Oingo Boingo - Pictures of you ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/33 "2011-02-16T22:54:43Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > “Night Photographs” - Barenaked Ladies Ah, nice suggestion. And an obscure one too. As a long time, BNL fan (“We’re calling them BNL now?”), this has always been a favorite of mine. I even met my wife at a BNL show! "In photo one… a flower… Photo two is a drunk and naked girl… " ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/34 "2011-02-16T23:01:36Z")
Ian Anderson: [Photo Shop](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cmzelZO9EI) ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/35 "2011-02-16T23:01:55Z")
[Flash Bang Wallop (What a Picture, what a Photograph)](http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/f/flashbangwallop.shtml). From the British musical _Half A Sixpence._ ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/36 "2011-02-16T23:06:47Z")
“Easter Parade”: “The photographers will snap us, / And you’ll find that you’re / In the rotogravure.” ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/37 "2011-02-16T23:16:04Z")
Travis Walking Around in the Sun ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/38 "2011-02-16T23:42:23Z")
Depeche Mode’s first ever released track from 1980, [Photographic](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUP5W10wGEA) “I take pictures … photographic pictures …” ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/39 "2011-02-16T23:53:09Z")
If you’re not prejudiced against country music - Jamey Johnson’s [In Color](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYGwxf1gCC4) fits the bill. ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/40 "2011-02-18T11:06:39Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > Family Snapshot by Peter Gabriel I thought I would be the first to mention this gem. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615.md?page=3)