Topic Playlist! (Part 1)

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1901

The DC connection

  1. Foo Fighters/Nirvana - Dave Grohl, formerly of Scream (from Northern Virginia)
  2. The Monkees - Peter was from DC
1902

The DC connection

  1. Foo Fighters/Nirvana - Dave Grohl, formerly of Scream (from Northern Virginia)
  2. The Monkees - Peter was from DC
  3. Fugazi - Formed in DC in '87
1903

The DC connection

  1. Foo Fighters/Nirvana - Dave Grohl, formerly of Scream (from Northern Virginia)
  2. The Monkees - Peter was from DC
  3. Fugazi - Formed in DC in '87
  4. John Philip Sousa - born in Washington, DC in 1854
1904

The DC connection

  1. Foo Fighters/Nirvana - Dave Grohl, formerly of Scream (from Northern Virginia)
  2. The Monkees - Peter was from DC
  3. Fugazi - Formed in DC in '87
  4. John Philip Sousa - born in Washington, DC in 1854
  5. Chuck Brown - major inspiration for DC’s very own “go-go” / funk music
1905

The DC connection

  1. Foo Fighters/Nirvana - Dave Grohl, formerly of Scream (from Northern Virginia)
  2. The Monkees - Peter was from DC
  3. Fugazi - Formed in DC in '87
  4. John Philip Sousa - born in Washington, DC in 1854
  5. Chuck Brown - major inspiration for DC’s very own “go-go” / funk music
  6. Duke Ellington - born there in 1899
1906

The DC connection

  1. Foo Fighters/Nirvana - Dave Grohl, formerly of Scream (from Northern Virginia)
  2. The Monkees - Peter was from DC
  3. Fugazi - Formed in DC in '87
  4. John Philip Sousa - born in Washington, DC in 1854
  5. Chuck Brown - major inspiration for DC’s very own “go-go” / funk music
  6. Duke Ellington - born there in 1899
  7. The Beatles played their first paid American concert in Washington DC, two days after appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show.
1907

The DC connection

  1. Foo Fighters/Nirvana - Dave Grohl, formerly of Scream (from Northern Virginia)
  2. The Monkees - Peter was from DC
  3. Fugazi - Formed in DC in '87
  4. John Philip Sousa - born in Washington, DC in 1854
  5. Chuck Brown - major inspiration for DC’s very own “go-go” / funk music
  6. Duke Ellington - born there in 1899
  7. The Beatles played their first paid American concert in Washington DC, two days after appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show.
  8. Leonard Bernstein - his “West Side Story” opened at the National Theater in DC in 1957.
1908

The DC connection

  1. Foo Fighters/Nirvana - Dave Grohl, formerly of Scream (from Northern Virginia)
  2. The Monkees - Peter was from DC
  3. Fugazi - Formed in DC in '87
  4. John Philip Sousa - born in Washington, DC in 1854
  5. Chuck Brown - major inspiration for DC’s very own “go-go” / funk music
  6. Duke Ellington - born there in 1899
  7. The Beatles played their first paid American concert in Washington DC, two days after appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show.
  8. Leonard Bernstein - his “West Side Story” opened at the National Theater in DC in 1957.
  9. Beach Boys - they were at first denied (1983), then allowed (1984) to play on the DC Mall during the Fourth of July. Secretary of the Interior James Watt was the stick in the mud about allowing a rock band to play.
1909

“Teen” not “Team” (the title comes from the deodorant marketed towards teenage girls called “Teen Spirit” that was made by Mennen).

The DC connection

  1. Foo Fighters/Nirvana - Dave Grohl, formerly of Scream (from Northern Virginia)
  2. The Monkees - Peter was from DC
  3. Fugazi - Formed in DC in '87
  4. John Philip Sousa - born in Washington, DC in 1854
  5. Chuck Brown - major inspiration for DC’s very own “go-go” / funk music
  6. Duke Ellington - born there in 1899
  7. The Beatles played their first paid American concert in Washington DC, two days after appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show.
  8. Leonard Bernstein - his “West Side Story” opened at the National Theater in DC in 1957.
  9. Beach Boys - they were at first denied (1983), then allowed (1984) to play on the DC Mall during the Fourth of July. Secretary of the Interior James Watt was the stick in the mud about allowing a rock band to play.
  10. Bad Brains - Formed in DC in '77.

Songs that reference a company trademark in the title and/or the lyrics. (Whether or not they were allowed to keep referring to the trademark.)

  1. NyQuil Driver - They Might Be Giants (They were allowed to keep the song lyrics as such, but in all later releases and mentions of the title they changed the title to “AKA Driver”.)
1910

Songs that reference a company trademark in the title and/or the lyrics. (Whether or not they were allowed to keep referring to the trademark.)

  1. NyQuil Driver - They Might Be Giants (They were allowed to keep the song lyrics as such, but in all later releases and mentions of the title they changed the title to “AKA Driver”.)
  2. Jose Cuervo - Shelly West
1911

Songs that reference a company trademark in the title and/or the lyrics. (Whether or not they were allowed to keep referring to the trademark.)

  1. NyQuil Driver - They Might Be Giants (They were allowed to keep the song lyrics as such, but in all later releases and mentions of the title they changed the title to “AKA Driver”.)
  2. Jose Cuervo - Shelly West
  3. Kodachrome - Paul Simon
1912

Whoops. I did know that. Let’s blame my sausage fingers for that mistype. Mmmmm… sausage fingers…
Songs that reference a company trademark in the title and/or the lyrics. (Whether or not they were allowed to keep referring to the trademark.)

  1. NyQuil Driver - They Might Be Giants (They were allowed to keep the song lyrics as such, but in all later releases and mentions of the title they changed the title to “AKA Driver”.)
  2. Jose Cuervo - Shelly West
  3. Kodachrome - Paul Simon
  4. Lola - The Kinks (Coca-Cola, also used cherry cola because of BBC policy)
1913

Songs that reference a company trademark in the title and/or the lyrics. (Whether or not they were allowed to keep referring to the trademark.)

  1. NyQuil Driver - They Might Be Giants (They were allowed to keep the song lyrics as such, but in all later releases and mentions of the title they changed the title to “AKA Driver”.)
  2. Jose Cuervo - Shelly West
  3. Kodachrome - Paul Simon
  4. Lola - The Kinks (Coca-Cola, also used cherry cola because of BBC policy)
  5. Love Is a Good Thing - Sheryl Crow

The song is about mass shootings. And it contained the lines “Watch our children as they kill each other/With a gun they bought at the Walmart discount stores”. Walmart objected to this and wouldn’t stock the album in its stores after Crow refused to change the lyrics.

1914

Songs that reference a company trademark in the title and/or the lyrics. (Whether or not they were allowed to keep referring to the trademark.)

  1. NyQuil Driver - They Might Be Giants (They were allowed to keep the song lyrics as such, but in all later releases and mentions of the title they changed the title to “AKA Driver”.)
  2. Jose Cuervo - Shelly West
  3. Kodachrome - Paul Simon
  4. Lola - The Kinks (Coca-Cola, also used cherry cola because of BBC policy)
  5. Love Is a Good Thing - Sheryl Crow
  6. I Drink Alone - George Thorogood and the Destroyers

Thorogood mentions Jack Daniel’s, Jim Beam, and Johnnie Walker; Budweiser is also mentioned, but as “buddy Wiser.”

1915

Songs that reference a company trademark in the title and/or the lyrics. (Whether or not they were allowed to keep referring to the trademark.)

  1. NyQuil Driver - They Might Be Giants (They were allowed to keep the song lyrics as such, but in all later releases and mentions of the title they changed the title to “AKA Driver”.)
  2. Jose Cuervo - Shelly West
  3. Kodachrome - Paul Simon
  4. Lola - The Kinks (Coca-Cola, also used cherry cola because of BBC policy)
  5. Love Is a Good Thing - Sheryl Crow
  6. I Drink Alone - George Thorogood and the Destroyers
  7. Rum and Coca-Cola - The Andrews Sisters
1916

Songs that reference a company trademark in the title and/or the lyrics. (Whether or not they were allowed to keep referring to the trademark.)

  1. NyQuil Driver - They Might Be Giants (They were allowed to keep the song lyrics as such, but in all later releases and mentions of the title they changed the title to “AKA Driver”.)
  2. Jose Cuervo - Shelly West
  3. Kodachrome - Paul Simon
  4. Lola - The Kinks (Coca-Cola, also used cherry cola because of BBC p Stolicy)
  5. Love Is a Good Thing - Sheryl Crow
  6. I Drink Alone - George Thorogood and the Destroyers
  7. Rum and Coca-Cola - The Andrews Sisters
  8. We Didn’t Start the Fire - Billy Joel (references Studebaker, Disneyland, and Wheel of Fortune)
1917

Songs that reference a company trademark in the title and/or the lyrics. (Whether or not they were allowed to keep referring to the trademark.)

  1. NyQuil Driver - They Might Be Giants (They were allowed to keep the song lyrics as such, but in all later releases and mentions of the title they changed the title to “AKA Driver”.)
  2. Jose Cuervo - Shelly West
  3. Kodachrome - Paul Simon
  4. Lola - The Kinks (Coca-Cola, also used cherry cola because of BBC p Stolicy)
  5. Love Is a Good Thing - Sheryl Crow
  6. I Drink Alone - George Thorogood and the Destroyers
  7. Rum and Coca-Cola - The Andrews Sisters
  8. We Didn’t Start the Fire - Billy Joel (references Studebaker, Disneyland, and Wheel of Fortune)
  9. Mercedes Benz - Janis Joplin

Later used, with a stunning lack of irony, in a Mercedes Benz advertisement.

1918

Songs that reference a company trademark in the title and/or the lyrics. (Whether or not they were allowed to keep referring to the trademark.)

  1. NyQuil Driver - They Might Be Giants (They were allowed to keep the song lyrics as such, but in all later releases and mentions of the title they changed the title to “AKA Driver”.)
  2. Jose Cuervo - Shelly West
  3. Kodachrome - Paul Simon
  4. Lola - The Kinks (Coca-Cola, also used cherry cola because of BBC p Stolicy)
  5. Love Is a Good Thing - Sheryl Crow
  6. I Drink Alone - George Thorogood and the Destroyers
  7. Rum and Coca-Cola - The Andrews Sisters
  8. We Didn’t Start the Fire - Billy Joel (references Studebaker, Disneyland, and Wheel of Fortune)
  9. Mercedes Benz - Janis Joplin
  10. Barbie Girl - Aqua

The song gave rise to an interesting and entertaining legal decision over trademark infringement: Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc.

Pass.

1919

Two for the price of one

  1. Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding - Elton John
1920

Two for the price of one

  1. Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding - Elton John
  2. This Beat Goes On/Switchin’ to Glide - The KIngs