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Guest Agent of Oblivion
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"sweet sally brown" - Paw (who were very underated)

I was just going to mention that song, they never really fitted into any scene to get noticed but they were a decent band. I still play "Death To Traitors" a fair bit. First time I've ever seen SNFU mentioned here as well.

 

I think these are all new ones........

 

"Lorraine" -- Freakwater

"AMY" -- Ryan Adams

"Christina" -- Gorky's Zygotic Mynci

"Lucy's Hamper" -- Gorky's Zygotic Mynci

"Can Megan" -- Gorky's Zygotic Mynci

"Suddenly Mary" -- The Posies

"The Ballad Of Carol Lynn" -- Whiskeytown

"Anne Jane" -- The Jayhawks

"Rosemary Moore" -- Caitlin Cary

"Veronica Lake" -- New Bomb Turks

"Ellen West" -- Throwing Muses

"Caroline" -- Low

"Peggy Sue Got Buried" -- The Humpers

"Winona" -- Matthew Sweet

"Evangeline" -- Matthew Sweet

"Jane" -- Golden Smog

"Jennifer Save me" -- Golden Smog

 

I've got a whole bunch more to post later from the rest of my records.

Guest DawnBTVS
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Alanis Morissette - Mary Jane

Blink 182 - Wendy Clear

Nirvana - Molly's Lips, Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle, Polly(?)

Bare Naked Ladies - Jane

Beatles - Penny Lane

Elvis Costello - Allison

Eminem - Kim

Janes Addiction - Jane Says

Outkast - Sorry Mrs. Jackson

Skold - Hail Mary

Guest Kinetic
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Are all Ryan Adams song titles completely capitalized or is this some sort of inside joke?

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Blink 182 - Wendy

Blink 182 - Romeo and Rebecca

 

Mary Prankster - Sadie Hawkins Day

Mary Prankster - Mata Hari

 

A Perfect Circle - Brena

A Perfect Circle - Magdalina

A Perfect Circle - Sleeping Beauty

I didn't include APC's Rose, because I believe they're talking about the flower...

 

Goldfinger - Margarat Anne

Goldfinger - Carlita

Goldfinger - Rio

 

Unwritten Law - The Legend of Johnny and Sarah

Unwritten Law - Cailin

Unwritten Law - Suzanne

 

MxPx - Oh Donna

MxPx - Swing Set Girl

MxPx - Rock and Roll Girl

MxPx - Christalena

 

I'm sure there are more...

Guest shlidgn90
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tori amos: marianne

sarah mclachlan: mary

ll cool j: dear yvette

eminem: 97 bonnie and clyde

the spinners: sweet sadie

too short: backseat betty

primus: wynona big brown beaver

hank williams: delia

Guest Kinetic
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Would anyone object including showtunes? Because "Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee" is gnawing a hole in my skull.

Guest Incandenza
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Why not. I object to many of the songs listed. "Angel" and "beauty" just aren't acceptable.

 

Oh, given the ambigious sexuality of many of the Magnetic Fields' songs, "Reno Dakota" may or may not be a girl.

Guest Kinetic
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The liner notes say "Reno Dakota" is a male, I believe.

 

I can see "Angel" being objectionable. I personally object to "Ms. Jackson" because it's a general term, rather than an actual name.

Guest goodhelmet
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Songs I'm surprised no one's listed yet, or they have and I just missed it:

 

Kiss - "Beth"

yeah i knocked that one out too.

 

 

anyone done rod stewart maggie mae?

 

the who -sally simpson

four seasons- dawn (go away)

Guest Kinetic
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I had "Beth" in the first post and "Maggie Mae" a little later on.

Guest goodhelmet
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dude, you should know by now, i don't read your posts ;)

 

anyway back to the matter at hand....

 

the hollies- dear eloise

the hollies- sandy

the monkees -valleri

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"Mary Jane" -- Alanis Morissette.

 

"Little Suzie" -- Michael Jackson.

Guest T®ITEC
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The J. Geils Band song is actually just called "Centerfold". "Angel" isn't technically in the title...

 

Anyway... I didn't see this one listed, so I thought that I'd add it:

 

Wallflowers: "Josephine"

Guest The Metal Maniac
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"Annalee" - Dream Theater

"Melissa" - Mercyful Fate

"Cross Eyed Mary" - I can't get the name of the original band right now, because Maidenfans.com is being a fuckwit. All I know is Maiden covered it.

And here's a tricky one..."Boy Called Sue" - Johnny Cash.

 

Sue is most definately a girl's name, but as you can tell, it's referring to a male in the song. Does it count?

Guest The Amazing Rando
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Weezer - Jamie

 

 

great song....even though I hate Weezer

Guest Incandenza
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The liner notes say "Reno Dakota" is a male, I believe.

Here's the section of the song that causes me to suspect the titular person might be a she:

 

Reno Dakota I'm no Nino Rota

I don't know the score

Have I annoyed you

or is there a boy who

Well he's just a whore

I've had him before

It makes me drink more

 

You can ignore the fact that Stephin Merritt--the song's writer--is gay; "Reno Dakota" is sung by a woman, addressing a lover who has left her. The line about the boy indicates that this estranged lover is a man being tempted by another man, or that the song's narrator is a lesbian with an estranged lover being tempted by a guy. It could go either way.

 

...or maybe the song's narrator is male, but Merritt decided to have a woman sing it. I don't know. Nothing in the lyrics indicates the exact gender of the narrator, so I'm forced to assume it's female since a woman is singing it.

Guest Incandenza
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Oh, and from now on, could anyone contributing to the list in the future carefully look through the list beforehand to see if a particualr song is already there? We're getting multiple repeats.

Guest treble charged
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Matthew Good Band - 'Carmelina'

 

I think that's about a girl, but the lyrics don't really seem to clarify it for me.

Guest Kinetic
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Because Stephin Merritt wrote the song, I'm forced to conclude that "Reno Dakota" is addressed to a male. There is some sexual ambiguity in there, but not enough to overturn my original decision. That does, however, bring up the nasty subject of transvestites yet again. Should "Lola" and "Candy Says" be considered for the final tally, even though they're about men who have adopted the name of a woman. Now...it doesn't say that explicitly in "Candy Says," so I'm willing to let that one slide. There's a line in "Lola," however, where the narrator actually says "I'm a man and so is Lola." So...that one I'd have to think about.

Guest Incandenza
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But Merritt's written love songs addressed to women, so it's tough for me to come down on one position.

Guest goodhelmet
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"Cross Eyed Mary" - I can't get the name of the original band right now, because Maidenfans.com is being a fuckwit. All I know is Maiden covered it.

this was originally recorded by 'jethro tull'

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