- 'A' Bomb in Wardour Street - The Jam: A.P.O.C.A.L.Y.P.S.E. apocalypse!
- A.B.C. - The Jackson Five. Technically they're not really spelling out a word.
- B.A.B.Y. - Rachel Sweet
- D.I.S.C.O. - Ottowan
- D.I.V.O.R.C.E. - Tammy Wynette, Billy Connolly
- D.O.A. - The Foo Fighters
- Don't You Love Me No More? by Henry Priestman - R.E. D.U.N. D. A. N. T. spells "misery". Not sure he's got that quite right, but heck, great song.
(YouTube) - Feeling Called Love - Pulp. F.E.E.L.I.N.G. C.A. Double L.E.D. L.O.V.E.
- Fire in Cairo - The Cure. F.I.R.E.I.N.C.A.I.R.O.
- Give Him A Great Big Kiss - The Shangri Las. When I say I'm in love you best believe I'm in love L.U.V. (Also quoted by the New York Dolls in the intro to Looking For A Kiss.)
- Gloria - Van Morrison. G.L.O.R.I.A.
- H.A.P.P.Y. Radio - Edwin Starr. Station H.A. (H.A.) P.P.Y.
- H.O.A.R. - Bo Burnham. With a capital H-O-A-R / Ignorance is bliss / Who needs feminism / With an ass like this.
- Legal Man - Belle & Sebastian. L.O.V.E. love is coming back.
- L.O.V.E. - Nat King Cole, Joss Stone. L is for the way you look at me /
O is for the only one I see /
V is very, very extraordinary /
E is even more than anyone that you adore can. - L.O.V.E. - Al Green
- M.E.T.H.O.D. Man - Method Man (also a contendor the eponymous records list I haven't posted yet) (YouTube)
- Pinhead - The Ramones. D.U.M.B. everyone's accusing me.
- P.R.E.T.T.Y.G.R.E.E.N. - in Pretty Green covered by Mark Ronson feat. Santo Gold
- P.U.N.K. Girl - Heavenly (YouTube)
- R.A.M.O.N.E.S. - The Ramones
- Respect - Aretha Franklin: R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
- R.O.C.K. - Bill Haley
- R.O.C.K. in the USA - John Cougar Mellencamp
- Rollin' - Limp Biskit. L.I.M.P. Biskit is right here.
- Venice Queen - Red Hot Chilli Peppers. G.L.O.R.I.A. Is love my friend
- Y.M.C.A. - The Village People
- Yvonne - The Saw Doctors. Y.V. O.N.N.E. Yvonne.
Thursday, 29 November 2007
How are you spelling that?
Songs where a word is spelled out for the benefit of the listener, or perhaps just because the songwriter needed to fill up an awkward gap.
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L.O.V.E. Nat King Cole
Do bands count? There is a band called "NERD" (Nobody Ever Really Dies"
p.p. Thomas Baird
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