Heavenly Bodies

Pythagoras believed that the planets orbited in proportions that created harmony, and called this the music of the spheres. In honour of Pythagoras, then, here is a
Spotify playlist of songs related to planets, stars, comets, moons, and other heavenly bodies.
Sample tunes:

• That Lucky Old Sun - Sam and Dave
  
• Mercury Blues - Wishbone Ash
  
• Venus in Furs - Velvet Underground
  
• Planet Earth - Duran Duran
  
• Teenagers from Mars - The Misfits
  
• Uranus - Sacred Weird Little Guys
  
• etc. etc.
  

Please feel free to add to the spotify list, but I don't think we need any more moon songs unless they're really, really good.

Burn, baby, burn! Inappropriate Funeral Songs

Funerals could be a lot less miserable if they were accompanied by some downright unsuitable music. Imagine a cremation where, when the coffin slides away on the conveyor belt, you hear the unmistakable bass intro to Disco Inferno. I think that would lighten the atmosphere a bit.

I've collected some suggestions on this
Spotify playlist. Feel free to add some more.

Four Legs Good

Four Legs Good is the name of a Spotify playlist created by my mate Greg. You'll soon get the jist.


http://open.spotify.com/user/gregfinch/playlist/2e8zzrAPW9D4xqGQV3wEv5

You will need to download the Spotify software before you can listen in.

Future listmungous lists may well become Spotify playlists.

Ars Gratia Artis

Amo, Amas, Amat... Takes me back. Jumpers for goalposts. Floral gums. Latin lessons at Keswick School - Assurgit Skidda stabilis, mons nunquam non mutabilis... In honour of the Roman tongue, here's a list of bands named entirely in Latin.

• Arcanae Legioniis - Italian Black Metal band.
• Augustana
  
• Carpe Diem - several bands called this.
  
• De Profundis - Hungarian Melodic Black Metal band.
• Deus Ex Machina, an Italian prog rock outfit. Who can forget their album "Non est ars quae ad effectum casus venit"? Wise words.
  
• Focus
  
• In Extremis - the "all-out rock band", not to be confused with...
  
• In Extremo - the German Folk Metal band
  
• Ipso Facto
  
• Mea Culpa. All that leaping into the drum kit's gonna hurt.
  
• Procol Harum. Attempted a Latin name, but got it wrong. Disqualified.
  
• Saliva - it's Latin for saliva
  
• Status Quo
  
• Tyrannosaurus Rex - which means "King of the Tyrant Lizards", also a good name for a band
  

Birds

A list of pop songs featuring our feathered friends. No generic "bird" songs, please (sorry Lynyrd Skynyrd).

• Albatross - Fleetwood Mac
  
• Bird of Paradise - Snowy White
  
• Blackbird - The Beatles, Sarah McLachlan
  
• Mexican Blackbird - ZZ Top
  
• Blue Jay Way - The Beatles
  
• Buzzards and Crows - Dirty Pretty Things
  
• El Condor Pasa - Simon & Garfunkel
  
• Dodo - Genesis
  
• Eagle - ABBA
  
• Swan Swan H(ummingbird) - R.E.M. Listed as Swan Swan H on the album.
  
• Nightingale - Julie Cruise (YouTube)
  
• Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite - The Beatles
  
• Night Owl - Gerry Rafferty
  
• Parakeet - R.E.M.
  
• Peacock Suit - Paul Weller
  
• Pelican - The Maccabees
• Rockin' Robin - The Jackson 5
  
• Little Red Rooster - Rolling Stones
  
• Seagull - Bad Company
  
• Little Sparrow - Dolly Parton
  
• No Tit - The Queers. The Ramones would have been proud.
  
• Ride A White Swan - T. Rex
  

We could do bands as well:

• Sheryl Crow
  
• Counting Crows
  
• Doves
  
• The Eagles
  
• Guillemots
  
• Gil Scott-Heron
  
• The Housemartins
  
• The Partridge Family
  
• Edith Piaf - which apparently is colloquial French for "sparrow"
  
• Lieutenant Pigeon
  
• Rooster
  
• A Flock of Seagulls
  

Round, Round, Get A Round, I'll Get A Round (In)

Alcoholic beverages, in the titles of songs. Only one example of each needed, but special dispensation will be given for good duplicates.

• Agua Di Beber - Tom Jobim, or anyone else for that matter. It means water to drink, and is therefore disqualified on the grounds of not being alcoholic.
• Milk & Alcohol - Dr Feelgood
• Black Label Blues - Gamble Rogers. About Jack Daniel's, rather than Johnnie Walker's (YouTube)
• Bluebird Wine - Emmylou Harris (YouTube)
• Brandy - The O'Jays
• Brandy Alexdander - Feist
• Champagne Supernova - Oasis
• Chardonnay - Cerys Matthews
• I Am A Cider Drinker - The Wurzels
• Gin And Juice - Snoop Dogg
• Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps, Please - Splodgeness Abounds
• Lilac Wine - Jeff Buckley, Elkie Brooks, Katie Melua
• Have Some Madeira, M'Dear - Flanders & Swann
• Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffet
• Moonshine Sally - Mud
• Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
• Jug of Punch - The Dubliners and many other folkies
• Red Red Wine - UB40
• Sherry - The Four Seasons
• Special Brew - Bad Manners
• Tequila - Café Quijano
• Tequila Sunrise - The Eagles. Tequila, orange juice, and grenadine.
• Whiskey In The Jar - Thin Lizzy. Irish, of course.
• One Whisky, One Bourbon, One Beer - George Thorogood & The Destroyers. Please drink responsibly.
• Whisky & Green Tea - Supergrass. Sounds like a disgusting cocktail
• Zombie - The Cranberries. Rum, apricot brandy, pineapple, lime, strangely no cranberries.

and afterwards, Black Coffee In Bed - Squeeze

Instant Carma

A list of song titles that include the names of cars. I'm being kind here, so they can be make or model, and I'll even allow songs that aren't really about the car, but happen to use a car-related word, such as, er, Thunderbird by Seasick Steve.

• Beetlebum - Blur. Here is a VW Beetle:
  
  
• Bluebird - 10CC. Here is the Nissan Bluebird:
  
  
• From A Buick 6 - Bob Dylan
  
  
• Cadillac Ranch - Bruce Springsteen. Even Burt Reynolds in the black Trans-Am / All gonna meet at the Cadillac Ranch.
  
  
• Pink Cadillac - Natalie Cole
  
  
• Bitchin' Camaro - The Dead Milkmen
  
• Cavaliers - Blue Aeroplanes
  
• Chevrolet - ZZ Top
  
• Red Cortina - The Saw Doctors
  
  
• Little Red Corvette - Prince. Here is the Chevrolet Corvette:
  
  
• Little Deuce Coupe - The Beach Boys. A Deuce Coupe is a 1932 Ford Model B Coupe (deuce being for the year), apparently. We live and learn.
  
  
• Escort Crash On Marston Street - Heavenly
  
• Fiesta - The Pogues. I used to have a Ford Fiesta 1.6 GL a bit like this one:
  
  
• Help Me, (R)Honda - The Beach Boys. Ouch.
  
• We're Going to Ibiza - Vengaboys. That's the Seat Ibiza. Wince.
  
• Mercedes Benz - Janis Joplin
  
• MGB GT - Richard Thompson
  
• Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett. Here is the Ford Mustang:
  
  
• Roadrunner - Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers. Here is the Plymouth Road Runner:
  
  
• Wild Rover: The Dubliners.
  
• Antique 32 Studebaker Dictator Coupe - Ronnie and the Daytonas
  
  
• Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks. The Nissan Sunny. It gets worse.
  
  
• Terraplane Blues - Robert Johnson. Here is a Hudson Terraplane:
  
  
• Thunderbird - Seasick Steve
  
• (I'm Stuck In A Pagoda With) Tricia Toyota - The Dickies
  Trans Am - Neil Young
  
• From A Vauxhall Velox - Billy Bragg.
  
  

Very Repetitious

A list of bands or songs where the name comprises repeated words (and only the repeated words, so Bow Wow Wow and Zigue Zigue Sputnik are disallowed).

• Adieu, Adieu - Fairport Convention
• Again again - Lady Gaga
• Alegria Alegria - Caetano Veloso
• Alright Alright Alright - Mungo Jerry
• Amy Amy Amy - Amy Winehouse
• A Wager A Wager - Tim Hart & Maddy Prior
• Baby Baby - Sunblock "feat.", as they say in modern parlance, Sandy
• Baby, Baby - Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
• Baby baby - The Vibrators
• Baj, Baj, Baj (Hungarian for "trouble, trouble, trouble") - Marta Sebestyen and Muzsikas
• Baker Baker - Tori Amos
• Bam Bam - Sister Nancy
• Bang Bang - B. A. Robertson
• Bang Bang (a very different one) - Nancy Sinatra
• Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
• Bourgie Bourgie - Gladys Knight & The Pips
• Boys boys boys - Lady Gaga
• Bye Bye - Bob Dylan
• Bye Bye Bye - *NSync
• Call Call - The Faint
• Cannily Cannily - Maddy Prior & Tim Hart
• Chan Chan - Buena Vista Social Club
• Chinito, Chinito (Spanish for "Little Chinese man, little Chinese man") - Juliette and Carla Commagere
• C'mon, C'mon - Sheryl Crow
• C'mon, C'mon - One Direction
• Co-co - The Sweet
• Cockroach Cockroach - The Crocodiles
• Cody, Cody - The Flying Burrito Brothers
• Corrina Corrina - Bob Dylan
• Cough cough - Everything Everything (bonus!)
• Cry Cry - Cheap Trick
• Cry Cry - Oysterband
• Cry! Cry! Cry! - Johnny Cash
• Da Da Da - Trio
• Dance Dance Dance - The Beach Boys
• Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) - Chic. Even though their parenthetical subtitle is also repetitious, disqualified.
• Darkness, Darkness - The Youngbloods and many others
• Drip, Drip, Drip - Chumbawumba
• Doctor Doctor - UFO
• Dodo - Genesis
• Down Down - Status Quo
• Duran Duran
• Et moi, et moi, et moi - Jacques Dutronc
• Everything Everything
• Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa (Sad song) - Otis Redding. Otis, Otis, Otis - when will you learn that parenthetical subtitles rule you out? Disqualified.
• Farewell, Farewell - Fairport Convention
• Fine Fine Fine - Status Quo
• Fun Fun Fun - The Beach Boys
• Funny Funny - The Sweet
• Get It Get It - Scissor Sisters
• Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight) - ABBA. Also disqualified.
• Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie - Black Flag
• Girls Girls Girls - Sailor
• Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss. Disallowed
• Good Morning Good Morning - The Beatles
• Ha Ha Ha - Flipper
• Hanna Hanna - China Crisis
• Honey, Honey - ABBA, Sweet Dreams
• Hot Hot Hot - Byron Lee
• Iko Iko - The Dixie Cups, The Belle Stars, etc.
• Isis - Bob Dylan
• Jenny, Jenny - Little Richard
• Jimmy Jimmy - The Undertones
• Kara Kara - New World
• Kare Kare - Crowded House
• Kiss Kiss
• Kiss Kiss Kiss - Yoko Ono
• Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me - The Cure
• Lagu Lagu - Sa Ding Ding
• Laugh, Laugh - The Beau Brummels
• Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Dean Martin
• Liar Liar - Avicii
• Long, Long, Long - The Beatles
• Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
• Love, love, love - John Prine
• Lulu - Lou Reed album
• Lulu
• Mama - Genesis
• Mary Mary
• Me Me Me
• Mirror Mirror - Dollar
• Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm - Crash Test Dummies
• Mini, mini, mini - Jacques Dutronc
• Money, Money, Money - ABBA
• Monomono
• Mony Mony - Tommy James & The Shondells, Celia & The Mutations, Billy Idol, etc.
• My-my-my - Otis Redding
• Na Na Na - Cozy Powell
• Nag Nag Nag - Cabaret Voltaire
• Nag Nag Nag Nag - Art Brut
• Neat, Neat, Neat - The Damned
• Neighbour Neighbour - The Spectres
• Neon Neon
• Never Never - The Assembly
• No Light, No Light - Florence & The Machine
• O Charlie, O Charlie - Archie Fisher
• Okay, Okay - Linus
• Pata Pata - Miriam Makeba
• Please, Please, Please - James Brown
• Pussy, Pussy, Pussy - The Hot Club Of Cowtown
• Radio Radio - Elvis Costello and The Attractions
• Rain Rain Rain - Roxy Music
• Rebel Rebel - David Bowie
• Rufus Rufus Rufus - Benjamin Brunel
• Run Run Run - Jo Jo Gunne
• Run Run Run - Velvet Undergound
• Say Say Say - Paul McCartney
• Scarlet Scarlet - Marry Waterson & Oliver Knight
• Shame, Shame, Shame - Bryan Ferry
• She Said She Said - The Beatles
• Sin Sin Sin - Robbie Williams
• Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! - Tex Williams
• Stop Stop Stop - The Hollies
• Suffragette Suffragette - Everything Everything (bonus again!)
• Sugar Sugar - The Archies
• Talk Talk - both a band and a song
• The The
• Tum Tum - Rita Lee
• Tum-tum-tum - Jackson do Pandeiro
• Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um - Major Lance
• Wah-wah - George Harrison
• Waka Waka - Shakira
• Wet Wet Wet
• Xiu Xiu
• Ya-ya - Lee Dorsey
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs - disqualified for that one little "s". Nice try, though.
• Yummy Yummy Yummy - Ohio Express

Denied:

• De-do-do-do, de-da-da-da - The Police

Thanks to Ali B for the suggestion, and to Jude The Obscure for inspiration. Thanks to Cath, Peter, Rupert, Gavin, Jenni, Matt for suggestions.

Percussive-rattle-type-thing

A list of songs featuring the strange ball-on-a-springy-stick that is the vibraslap.

Now available as a Spotify collaborative playlist - so you can enjoy spotting those vibraslap deployment moments.

Learn to play one here on
YouTube.

• 5000 Volts - Dr Kiss Kiss (YouTube). Quick twang wherever there is a suitable gap.
  
• Lily Allen - LDN
  
• Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper (only once, in the middle eight)
  
• Carpenters - This Masquerade
  
• The Clash - Revolution Rock (very subtle)
  
• The Clash - Last Gang In Town. Quiet one near beginning.
  
• Cheap Trick - The Ballad of TV Violence
  
• Lou Christie - I'm Gonna Make You Mine (YouTube)
  
• Gabriella Cilmi - Nothing Sweet About Me
  
• Culture - Stop The Fussing and Fighting. Extensive use in the intro
  
• David Essex - Oh What A Circus (tons)
  
• Dana - All Kinds of Everything
  
• Dexys Midnight Runners - Geno. A big one in the middle, and some other more subtle ones.
  
• E.L.O. - Jungle
  
• Gloria Gaynor - Never Can Say Goodbye
  
• The Guillemots - Through The Windowpane (faint)
  
• Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face (lots, but mixed well back)
  
• Kaiser Chiefs - What Did I Ever Give You
  
• Kenny - Heart of Stone
• Joan as Police Woman - Shame
  
• John Kongos - Tokoloshe Man (overdone)
  
• Bob Marley - Satisfy My Soul (lots)
  
• Sugar Minott - Good Thing Going
  
• Walter Murphy - A Fifth of Beethoven
  
• Mylo - Otto's Journey
  
• New Seekers - Neverending Song of Love
  
• Noah and The Whale - Five Years' Time (plenty, mostly in the chorus, starting about 1:45 in)
  
• Billy Ocean - Red Light Spells Danger
  
• Odyssey - Inside Out
  
• Santana - She's Not There
  
• Stereophonics - I Miss You Now
• Paul Weller - Empty Ring. Right at the beginning, and several times throughout.
  
• The Raconteurs - The Switch & The Spur. Two big ones that serve as parentheses for the middle section.
  
• R.E.M. - Orange Crush
  
• Roxy Music - The Space Between
  
• The Zutons - Harder & Harder (near the end)

Points will not be given for copying from the list at Wikipedia

Pop Quiz time

This isn't a list, it's more of a quiz. Listen to the intro, and name the song and artist. Email the answers to ian (dot) hall (at) oup (dot) com, rather than posting them in the comments, as that will spoil everyone's fun. I'm hoping you will find some quite challenging.

1. Number 1
   
2. Number 2
   
3. Number 3
   
4. Number 4
   
5. Number 5
   
6. Number 6
   
7. Number 7
   
8. Number 8
   
9. Number 9
   
10. Number 10
    
11. Number 11
    
12. Number 12
    
13. Number 13
    
14. Number 14
    
15. Number 15
    
16. Number 16
    
17. Number 17
    
18. Number 18
    
19. Number 19
    
20. Number 20
    

If it helps, they were all singles released in the same year.