Topic Playlist (Part 3)

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Literary references in songs

  1. “Lust for Life” by Iggy Pop - mentions Johnny Yen as well as other references to William S. Burroughs’ The Ticket that Exploded.
  2. “Circumstances” - Rush; “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” (the more things change, the more they stay the same) is a French idiom. The phrase was coined by French critic Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr in the January 1849 issue of his journal Les Guêpes (“The Wasps”).
  3. “Telly-Taley Heart” by Tom Smith - tells Poe’s famed short story to the tune of Billy Ray Cyrus’s hit.
  4. “William Blake” - Daniel Amos; starts out with “Tyger, Tyger, burning bright” and pulls in plenty more quotes from the eponymous poet.
  5. “The Raven” by The Allen Parson’s Project, a musical adaptation of Poe’s The Raven.
  6. “Can’t Get It Out of My Head” - Electric Light Orchestra; name-drops four rebellious/conflicted heroes from European fiction and legend: “Robin Hood and William Tell and Ivanhoe and Lancelot; they don’t envy me.”
  7. “Tales of Brave Ulysses” - Cream; references Homer’s The Odyssey
  8. “What’s a Few Men” – Hunters & Collectors; reference in A B Facey’s “A Fortunate Life”.
  9. “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Iron Maiden - based on the Samuel Coleridge poem.
  10. “1984” by David Bowie - Based on George Orwell’s novel.

Favorite deep cuts from well-known artists

  1. Ventilator Blues - The Rolling Stones
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Favorite deep cuts from well-known artists

  1. Ventilator Blues - The Rolling Stones
  2. Fire on High - Electric Light Orchestra
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Favorite deep cuts from well-known artists

  1. Ventilator Blues - The Rolling Stones
  2. Fire on High - Electric Light Orchestra
  3. He Blacked The Sun - Linda Ronstadt
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Favorite deep cuts from well-known artists

  1. Ventilator Blues - The Rolling Stones
  2. Fire on High - Electric Light Orchestra
  3. He Blacked The Sun - Linda Ronstadt
  4. Scenes From an Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel
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Favorite deep cuts from well-known artists

  1. Ventilator Blues - The Rolling Stones
  2. Fire on High - Electric Light Orchestra
  3. He Blacked The Sun - Linda Ronstadt
  4. Scenes From an Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel
  5. Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley - Robert Palmer
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Favorite deep cuts from well-known artists

  1. Ventilator Blues - The Rolling Stones
  2. Fire on High - Electric Light Orchestra
  3. He Blacked The Sun - Linda Ronstadt
  4. Scenes From an Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel
  5. Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley - Robert Palmer
  6. New York City, King Size Rosewood Bed - The Charlie Daniels Band
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Favorite deep cuts from well-known artists

  1. Ventilator Blues - The Rolling Stones
  2. Fire on High - Electric Light Orchestra
  3. He Blacked The Sun - Linda Ronstadt
  4. Scenes From an Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel
  5. Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley - Robert Palmer
  6. New York City, King Size Rosewood Bed - The Charlie Daniels Band
  7. Bad is Bad - Huey Lewis and the News
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Favorite deep cuts from well-known artists

  1. Ventilator Blues - The Rolling Stones
  2. Fire on High - Electric Light Orchestra
  3. He Blacked The Sun - Linda Ronstadt
  4. Scenes From an Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel
  5. Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley - Robert Palmer
  6. New York City, King Size Rosewood Bed - The Charlie Daniels Band
  7. Bad is Bad - Huey Lewis and the News
  8. Queen of Spades - Styx

“HAHAHAHAHA! YOU LOSE!”

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Favorite deep cuts from well-known artists

  1. Ventilator Blues - The Rolling Stones
  2. Fire on High - Electric Light Orchestra
  3. He Blacked The Sun - Linda Ronstadt
  4. Scenes From an Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel
  5. Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley - Robert Palmer
  6. New York City, King Size Rosewood Bed - The Charlie Daniels Band
  7. Bad is Bad - Huey Lewis and the News
  8. Queen of Spades - Styx
  9. With You There To Help Me - Jethro Tull
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Favorite deep cuts from well-known artists

  1. Ventilator Blues - The Rolling Stones
  2. Fire on High - Electric Light Orchestra
  3. He Blacked The Sun - Linda Ronstadt
  4. Scenes From an Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel
  5. Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley - Robert Palmer
  6. New York City, King Size Rosewood Bed - The Charlie Daniels Band
  7. Bad is Bad - Huey Lewis and the News
  8. Queen of Spades - Styx
  9. With You There To Help Me - Jethro Tull
  10. Wish I Could Fly - Roxette

New category:

Songs often sung at karaoke

  1. Friends in Low Places - Garth Brooks
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Songs often sung at karaoke

  1. Friends in Low Places - Garth Brooks

  2. My Way - Frank Sinatra

In the Philippines they will become violent if you sing this one.

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Songs often sung at karaoke

  1. Friends in Low Places - Garth Brooks
  2. My Way - Frank Sinatra
  3. Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
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Songs often sung at karaoke

  1. Friends in Low Places - Garth Brooks
  2. My Way - Frank Sinatra
  3. Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
  4. Summer Nights - from Grease
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Songs often sung at karaoke

  1. Friends in Low Places - Garth Brooks
  2. My Way - Frank Sinatra
  3. Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
  4. Summer Nights - from Grease
  5. Your Cheatin’ Heart - Hank Williams
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Songs often sung at karaoke

  1. Friends in Low Places - Garth Brooks
  2. My Way - Frank Sinatra
  3. Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
  4. Summer Nights - from Grease
  5. Your Cheatin’ Heart - Hank Williams
  6. Crazy – Patsy Cline

A lot of women will try this, at least in my neck of the woods – with varying degrees of success

-“BB”-

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Songs often sung at karaoke

  1. Friends in Low Places - Garth Brooks
  2. My Way - Frank Sinatra
  3. Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
  4. Summer Nights - from Grease
  5. Your Cheatin’ Heart - Hank Williams
  6. Crazy – Patsy Cline
  7. Don’t Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John and Kiki Dee
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Songs often sung at karaoke

  1. Friends in Low Places - Garth Brooks

  2. My Way - Frank Sinatra

  3. Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash

  4. Summer Nights - from Grease

  5. Your Cheatin’ Heart - Hank Williams

  6. Crazy – Patsy Cline

  7. Don’t Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John and Kiki Dee

  8. Red Red Wine - UB40

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Songs often sung at karaoke

  1. Friends in Low Places - Garth Brooks
  2. My Way - Frank Sinatra
  3. Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
  4. Summer Nights - from Grease
  5. Your Cheatin’ Heart - Hank Williams
  6. Crazy – Patsy Cline
  7. Don’t Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John and Kiki Dee
  8. Red Red Wine - UB40
  9. Throw You Arms Around Me - Hunters & Collectors
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Songs often sung at karaoke

  1. Friends in Low Places - Garth Brooks
  2. My Way - Frank Sinatra
  3. Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
  4. Summer Nights - from Grease
  5. Your Cheatin’ Heart - Hank Williams
  6. Crazy – Patsy Cline
  7. Don’t Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John and Kiki Dee
  8. Red Red Wine - UB40
  9. Throw You Arms Around Me - Hunters & Collectors
  10. Piano Man - Billy Joel

Flowers in the Title

  1. My Shy Violet, the Mills Brothers
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Flowers in the Title

  1. My Shy Violet, the Mills Brothers
  2. Poppy Day, Siouxsie and the Banshees