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Guest Kinetic
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From the 69 Love Songs liner notes:

 

Stephin Merritt: Reno Dakota is an underground filmmaker of my acquaintance with a great name. He made a wonderful documentary called American Fabulous, where he pointed a camera at his friend in the back seat...

 

And so on. So with the questionable data found in the content of the song, I'm forced to defer to the inspiration behind the song. As a result, Reno Dakota is a man.

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Guest Incandenza
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Ah, you have the whole collection with the extra notes. I took the alternate route, getting the three volumes over the period of a couple of months. I'm kinda bummed at learning this, as I was long fascinated by the mystery of the song.

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actually that was performed by a band called left banke.

(dude, you either must be really old or just know the good classic music)

yeah, I'm 15, so that pretty much rules that there first one out. I have, however, listened to '60s and '70s music all my life.

 

You know what song creeps me out? "Amanda" by Boston. It mirror sthe exact same feelings I have for somebody I know, and get this: her name is... you guessed it... Lorelei.

 

No, it's Amanda, just kidding.

 

Oh yeah, and "Ma Cherie Amour" doesn't contain the name of a girl.

Guest Sandman9000
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Emily- Bowling For Soup

 

Minus the parts about getting drunk and screwing all her friends, and hooking up with a model from Singapore, it mirrors EXACTLY what happened between me and a girl named emily, and how I now feel about her. Scared the shit out of me first time I heard it.

Guest CoreyLazarus416
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Bloodhound Gang - "Along Came Mary" (I know it's a cover, but I forget who did it)

 

Less Than Jake - "Jen Doesn't Like Me Anymore"

 

Bikini Kill - "For Tammy Rae"

 

White Zombie - "Spider Baby (Yeah-Yeah-Yeah)"

 

Black Label Society - "Mother Mary"

 

Dream Theater - "Anna Lee"

 

Danzig - "Indian Devil (Kali's Song)"

 

Mad Caddies - "Mary Melody"

 

Skankin' Pickle - "I'm In Love With A Girl Named Spike"

 

The Distillers - "Gypsy Rose Lee"

The Distillers - "Oh Serena"

Guest CoreyLazarus416
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I got more~!

 

THEATRE OF TRAGEDY

"Cassandra"

"Angélique"

"Aœde"

"Siren"

"Samantha"

"Venus"

"Poppæa"

Guest Mystery Eskimo
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AC/DC - "Whole lotta Rosie"

Sparklehorse - "Maria's Little Elbows"

Pulp - "Sylvia"

Smiths - "Sheila take a bow"

Elliott Smith - "Punch & Judy"

 

Angel shouldn't be counted, really.

Guest Harry Hood
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THink I may have found some new ones:

Vera ~ Pink Floyd

Esther ~ Phish

Eliza ~ Phish

Mrs. Robinson ~ Simon and Garfunkel

Guest Sassquatch
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Mindless Self Indulgence - "Bitches"

Darkroom Familia - "Bitches Be Skanless"

Rudy Ray Moore - "Bitches N' Beans"

D-Shot Presents Boss - "Hoes Be Trippin"

Guest cartman
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Dream Theater - "Anna Lee"

 

Skankin' Pickle - "I'm In Love With A Girl Named Spike"

That Skankin' Pickle song owns. Anything about deGrassi high is cool in my book. And you just HAVE to love Dream Theater.

Anna Lee is a GREAT song...

 

(Dream Theater Mark)

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King's X - "Goldilox"

 

Hendrix - "Wind cries Mary" (Was this mentioned already?)

 

Steve Perry- Oh Sherrie

Guest notJames
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Funny... I had a radio show back in college and did a "girls' names" theme too. It was three hours of alternative and college bands, so definitely no Beatles or The Who to choose from.

 

Anyhoo, here's my contribution.

 

ABBA - Chiquitita

All - Mary

All - Shreen

Tori Amos - Pandora's Aquarium

John Astley - Jane's Getting Serious

Barenaked Ladies - Be My Yoko Ono

Barenaked Ladies - Enid

Beach Boys - Caroline No

Bracket - Yoko Oh-No

Ani DiFranco - Adam and Eve

Dance Hall Crashers - Shelly

Green Day - Christie Road

Juliana Hatfield - Mabel

Jawbox - Whitney Walks

Jellyfish - Sebrina, Paste and Plato

Lagwagon - Alison's Disease

Lemonheads - Alison's Starting to Happen

Letters To Cleo - Veda Very Shining

Ashley McIsaac - Brenda Stubbert

Ashley McIsaac - Sleepy Maggie

Ashley McIsaac - Sophia's Pipes

Nirvana - Polly

No Use For a Name - Sara Fisher

NOFX - Louise

NOFX - Whatever Didi Wants

Offspring - Jennifer Lost The War

Liz Phair - Help Me Mary

Liz Phair - Alice Springs

Queers - Tamara is a Punk

Rolling Stones - Miss Amanda Jones

Sense Field - Leia

Shades Apart - Gabrielle

That Dog - Annie

Trash Can Sinatras - Send for Henny

Vandals - The Day Farrah Fawcett Died

Velocity Girl - Audrey's Eyes

Velocity Girl - Lisa Librarian

Waterdog - Jessica

Weston - Heather Lewis

Weston - Liz Phair

Zoinks! - Uma 14 Times

 

BTW EricMM, "Rio" was originally done by Duran Duran.

Guest JangoFett4Hire
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WOW Jawbox and Trashcan Sinatras - I feel like it's 1994 all over again

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Guest converge241
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Perfect Day Elise- PJ Harvey

My beautiful Leah - PJ Harvey

Catherine- PJ Harvey

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Guest Agent of Oblivion
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"Carrie"-Europe

 

"Camarillo Brillo", "Dynah Moe Humm", "Sharleena"-Frank Zappa

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OneLineDrawing-"Alyson"

Far-"Mother Mary"

The Knack-"My Sharona"

Fenix TX-"Pheobe Cates"

G.U.N.-"My Sweet Jane"

Muckaferguson-"Janeane"

Blues Traveler-"Gina"

Ruby Cruiser-"Nathan, Jade Don't Love You Anymore", "I'll Take Number 42, Number 7 And Some Sympathy Please Sarah", "Debbie's First Flick"

Local H-"P.J. Soles"

The Macc Lads-"Julie The Schooly", "Charlotte"

Silverchair-"Ana's Song"

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Wow...fortunately I found a few that aren't on the list.

 

"Wynonna's Got A Big Brown Beaver"-Primus

"Delta Dawn"-Tanya Tucker

"Hey Paula"- Paul and Paula

"Tell Laura I Love Her"-Ray Peterson

"Corinna, Corinna"- Ray Peterson

"Airline Amy"-Weird Al Yankovic

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