# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/41 "2011-02-18T14:12:22Z")
Manic Street Preachers - “Kevin Carter” ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/42 "2011-02-18T14:44:09Z")
Filter - _Take a Picture_ ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/43 "2011-02-18T16:30:02Z")
“Developing My Pictures” by George Jones. I think one drawback to photography-themed music is that photographs seem to be commonly used as a metaphor for regret, lost happiness, etc. (E.g, “Traces” by Classics IV) So you end up with a rather depressing set. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/44 "2011-02-18T16:44:04Z")
You’re right – I can hear Patsy Cline now: “I’ve got your pictures; she’s got you.” ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/45 "2011-02-18T23:20:32Z")
Bucks Fizz - [My Camera Never Lies](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v80rkAlU5j4) ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/46 "2011-02-19T00:10:29Z")
John Prine -[Picture Show](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqYa0GygnpQ) _A Mocca man in a wigwam sitting on a Reservation. With a big black hole in the belly of his soul Waiting on an explanation While the white man sits on his fat can And takes pictures of the Navajo Every time he clicks his Kodak pics He steals a little bit of soul._ ---
**Author:** ![cedarking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@cedarking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cedarking)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/47 "2011-02-20T07:45:00Z")
Nickelback - Photograph ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/48 "2011-02-20T20:16:26Z")
> [@Art\_Rock](#): > > I thought I would be the first to mention this gem. Same here, but yeah, besides being creepy as all get out, it’s more about an assassination than photography. I was going to mention “Goodbye Norma Jean” by either Elton John or Kate Bush, but that’s more about Marilyn Monroe even though it mentions paparazzi (before they were called that). Edit to add I really like Camper Van Beethoven’s cover of “Photograph” but I can’t find it on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/49 "2011-02-20T22:35:56Z")
This one has lots and lots of pictures, one could say leafing through photographs is the theme of video to the song **Metro** by Berlin. The beginning and end of the video is looking at photographs. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0pRUGsB1qGY/hqdefault.jpg "Berlin - The Metro") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pRUGsB1qGY) ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/50 "2011-02-20T22:44:14Z")
[Camera](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qILw-rX3mno) - R.E.M. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/51 "2011-02-21T02:37:45Z")
I’ll Wait, by Van Halen ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/52 "2011-02-21T14:16:38Z")
It’s reaching a bit, but what about Calendar Girl as performed by Neil Sedaka ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/53 "2011-02-21T15:05:36Z")
“I am a Camera” by Gentle Giant ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615/54 "2011-02-21T15:12:09Z")
“Blue Money” by Van Morrison. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-photography-theme-suggestions-needed/571615.md?page=2)