Friday song title list no. 17: All afloat

Floating modes of transport: ships, boats, submarines, etc.

 

1. (Don’t) Rock The Boat (Baby) – Hues Corp.
2. 6 Months In A Leaky Boat – Tim Finn
3. A Sailboat In The Moonlight – Billie Holiday
4. Ain’t No Wheels On This Ship – Patsy Cline
5. Battleship – Red Hot Chili Peppers
6. Battleship Chains – Georgia Satellites
7. Betty’s Got A Bass Boat – Pam Tillis
8. Boat Drinks – Jimmy Buffett
9. Boat Of Car – Tmbg
10. Boat On The River –  Styx
11. Boat That I Row – Neil Diamond
12. Calypso – John Denver (name of a ship)
13. Canary Yellow Canoe – Gordon Lightfoot
14. Cardiff Rose – Roger Mcguinn (name of a ship)
15. Come On Down To My Boat Baby – Every Mothers’ Son
16. Come Sail Away – Styx
17. Cripple Creek Ferry – Neil Young
18. Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) – Harry Belafonte
19. Downeaster Alexa – Billy Joel (name of a ship)
20. Ferry Boat Serenade – Andrews Sisters
21. Ferry Cross The Mersey – Gerry & The Pacemakers
22. Ferryboat Serenade – Andrew Sisters
23. I Saw Three Ships – Christmas Song
24. If I Had A Boat – Lyle Lovett
25. I’ll Sail My Ship Alone – Moon Mullican
26. I’ll Sail This Ship Alone – Beautiful South
27. Kashoggi’s Ship – Queen
28. Ladies Of The Line – Tom Chapin
29. Last Boat Leaving – Elvis Costello
30. Little Red Rented Rowboat – Joe Dowell
31. Longer Boats – Cat Stevens
32. Marie Christine – Gordon Lightfoot And The Tannahill Weavers (name of a ship)
33. Mary Mary Row Your Boat – The Classics Iv
34. Michael Row The Boat Ashore – Trini Lopez
35. Mingulay Boat Song – Traditional
36. My Ship – Shawn Mullins
37. Night Boat To Cairo – Madness
38. Nightboat – Duran Duran
39. No-Go Showboat – Beach Boys
40. On A Ship – Judie Tzuke
41. On A Slow Boat To China – old standard
42. On The Good Ship Lollipop – Shirley Temple
43. Poop Ship Destroyer – Ween
44. Proud Mary – Creedence Clearwater Revival (name of a riverboat)
45. Rock The Boat – Hughes Corporation
46. Row Row Row The Boat – traditional
47. Rowboat – Beck
48. Sail Away – David Gray
49. Sailboat In The Moonlight – Guy Lombardo
50. Sailboat Song – Fifth Dimension
51. Sailing Boat – Anna Ryder
52. Sailing To Philadelphia – Mark Knopfler
53. Sea Cruise – Frankie Ford; Herman’s Hermits
54. See My Ships – Violent Femmes
55. Ship Ahoy – O’jays
56. Ship Of Fools – Doors; Grateful Dead; Robert Plant (all different songs)
57. Ship Of Fools – World Party; John Cale; Erasure (don’t know about these)
58. Ship To Shore – Chris De Burgh
59. Shipbuilding – Elvis Costello
60. Ships – Barry Manilow
61. Ships Are Sailing – Mary Black
62. Ships In The Night – Be Bop Deluxe
63. Ships That Pass In The Night – Billy J Kramer
64. Shipwrecked – Genesis
65. Shrimp Boats – Rosemary Clooney
66. Sink The Bismarck – Johnny Horton (name of a ship)
67. Sinking Of The Reuben James – Woody Guthrie; The Kingston Trio (name of a ship)
68. Sinking Ships – Sloan
69. Sit Down, You’re Rocking The Boat – From <i>Guys & Dolls</i>
70. Six Months In A Leaky Boat – Split Enz
71. Steamboat – Beach Boys
72. Teeny Little Dinghy – from <i>Something’s Afoot</i>
73. The Ballad Of Yarmouth Castle – Gordon Lightfoot (presumably the name of a ship)
74. The Big Boat – Champion Jack Dupree
75. The Bonnie Ship The Diamond – The Whiskeyhill Singers
76. The Crystal Ship – Doors
77. The Good Ship Venus (Friggin’ In The Riggin’) – Oscar Brand
78. The Great Titanic – Loretta Lynn (name of a ship)
79. The Mary Ellen Carter – Stan Rogers (presumably the name of a ship)
80. The Mayflower – Jon And Vangelis (name of a ship)
81. The Ship Song – Nick Cave (the same song?)
82. The Ship Song – Pearl Jam
83. The Skye Boat Song – traditional
84. The Sloop John B – The Beach Boys
85. The Slumber Boat – Sophie B. Hawkins
86. The Wreck Of The Athens Queen – Stan Rogers (name of a ship)
87. The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald – Gordon Lightfoot (name of a ship)
88. Theme From Boat Weirdos – Joe Walsh
89. There Is A Ship – Peter, Paul & Mary
90. Titanic – Blind Willie Johnson (name of a ship)
91. Trains & Boats & Planes – Dionne Warwick
92. When The Ship Comes In – Bob Dylan
93. When The Ship Hits The Sand – Little Jimmie Dickens
94. Wooden Ships – Crosby Stills & Nash; Jefferson Airplane  (same song?)
95. Wreck Of The Hesperus – Procol Harum (name of a ship)
96. Yellow Submarine – The Beatles
97. Your Tall Ship – Peter Hammill

 Honorable mentions:

1. Sailing – Rod Stewart
2. Sailing – Christopher Cross (different song)
3. Sailing Away – Chris De Burgh

Friday song title list no. 16: 2 wheels

2 wheeled rides, i.e. motorbikes, scooters and bicycles.

 

Motorized:

1. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning -  Richard Thompson
2. Angel On My Bike – Wallflowers
3. Bad Motor Scooter -  Sammy Hagar
4. Bike – Pink Floyd
5. Bike Ride To The Moon – Dukes Of Stratosphear; XTC
6. Black Boys On Mopeds – Sinead O’Connor
7. Dirt Bike – They Might Be Giants
8. Electric Harley House Of Love -  Green Jelly
9. Funky Moped – Jasper Carrott
10. Harley Davidson Blues – Canned Heat
11. Harley Davidson Of A Bitch -  Serge Gainsbourg
12. I Ride My Bike – Cracker 
13. Little Honda – Beach Boys
14. M-Bike -  PJ Harvey
15. Motorbike Beat – Rezillos
16. Motorbikin’  -  Chris Spedding, Billy Idol
17. Motorcycle Cowboy -  Merle Haggard
18. Motorcycle Driven By – Third Eye Blind
19. Motorcycle Driver – Joe Satriani
20. Motorcycle Emptiness – Manic Street Preachers
21. Motorcycle Mama – Neil Young
22. Motorcycle Mama – Sailcat (different song from neil young’s)
23. Motorcycle Man – Saxon
24. Motorcycle Song -  Arlo Guthrie
25. Paparazzi On Mopeds- Cranberries
26. Ridin’ My Bike – Ricky Segall
27. Silver Machine -  Hawkwind
28. Tarzan On A Big Red Scooter -  Lolita Pop
29. The Acoustic Motorbike – Luka Bloom
30. The Motorcycle Song -  Arlo Guthrie

 

Non-motorized:

1. Bicycle Built For Two – old standard
2. Bicycle Race – Queen
3. Bicycle Trip – Bruce Cockburn
4. Bicycle Wheels Or Jesus Rode A Harley- Ugly Kid Joe
5. Broken Bicycles – Tom Waits
6. My White Bicycle – Tomorrow

  

Honourable mentions:

Bat Out Of Hell – Meat Loaf

Born To Run – Bruce Springsteen

Leader Of The Pack – The Shangri-Las

Friday song title list no. 15: Trains

Including song titles that mention types of trains, parts of trains, and the names of trains, e.g. subway, toy, whistle, locomotive, Wabash Cannonball, etc. I have also included “rail” songs, but not songs with train people (engineers, hobos, etc.). Whenever I found information about more than one cover of a song, I have included all the different artists. There are probably thousands of existant train songs in English alone, so I decided not to try to be exhaustive, but here are some links to more train songs:
Train songs
Railroad songs
Wikipedia songs

1. All Night Train – The Allman Brothers Band
2. Another Town, Another Train – Abba
3. Another Train Coming – Kim Weston
4. Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe – Judy Garland
5. Baby Likes To Rock It Like A Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train – The Tractors
6. Back Up Train – Al Greene
7. Baggage Coach Ahead – Mac Wiseman
8. Between Trains – The Band
9. Big Black Train – Flatt & Scruggs
10. Big City Train – No Doubt
11. Big Freight Train Carry Me Home – Boxcar Willie
12. Big Steel Rail – Gordon Lightfoot
13. Big Train From Memphis – Credence Clearwater Revival
14. Blow That Lonesome Whistle Casey – A. Dexter
15. Blue Railroad Train – Doc Watson
16. Blue Train – Cibo Matto; Johnny Cash; Marty Stuart
17. Boxcar Blues – Boxcar Willie
18. Boxcars – Joe Ely
19. Boxcar’s My Home – Boxcar Willie; Willie Nelson
20. Bringin’ In The Georgia Mail – D. Reno & B. Harrell; Flatt & Scruggs; Jim & Jesse Mcreynold
21. Bullet Train – Judas Priest
22. Bummin An Old Freight Train – Lester Flatts
23. Bye, Bye Black Smoke Choo Choo – Joe Glazer
24. Canadian Railroad Trilogy – Gordon Lightfoot
25. Cannonball: Carter Family; Seldom Scene
26. Cannonball Blues – Bruce “Utah” Phillips; Grandpa Jones
27. Cannonball Rag – Doc Watson
28. Can’t Ignore The Train – 10000 Maniacs
29. Chattanooga Choo Choo – Glenn Miller and many others
30. Chickasaw Train Blues – Memphis Minnie
31. Chicken Train – Ozark Mountain Daredevils
32. Choo Choo Train – The Box Tops
33. Choo-Choo – Jack Hylton
34. City Of New Orleans – Arlo Guthrie; C. W. Mccall; Johnny Cash; Steve Goodman; Willie Nelson
35. Clinchfield Special – Toe River Valley Boys
36. Coal-Train Robberies – Elvis Costello
37. Come On Train – Don Thomas
38. Continental Trailways Blues – Steve Earle
39. Coronation Scot – Sidney Torch
40. Country Express – W. Raney
41. Crazy Train – Ozzy Osbourne
42. Daddy Was A Railroad Man – Boxcar Willie
43. Daddy, What’s A Train – Bruce “Utah” Phillips
44. Daughter Of A Railroad Man – Johnny Cash
45. Daybreak Express – Duke Ellington
46. Desperadoes Waiting For A Train – The Highwaymen
47. Desperadoes Waiting For The Train – Rita Coolidge (same song?)
48. Desperados Waiting On A Train – Guy Clark (same song?)
49. Devil’s Train – Roy Acuff
50. Dixie Cannonball – Red Knuckles
51. Dixie Flyer – Randy Newman
52. Don’t Miss That Train – Sister Wynona Carr
53. Don’t Sleep In The Subway – Petula Clark
54. Don’t You See That Train – Laurie Lewis
55. Down By The Railroad Track – Frank Crumit
56. Down There By The Train – Johnny Cash
57. Downbound Train – Bruce Springsteen
58. Downtown Train – Tom Waits; covered by Rod Stewart and others
59. Dreamland Express – John Denver
60. D-Train – Accept
61. Eastbound Freight Train – Reno And Smiley
62. Electric Trains - Squeeze
63. Engine Number 9 – Wilson Pickett
64. Fast Freight – Kingston Trio
65. Fast Train – Bobby Parker
66. Fireball Mail – Flatt & Scruggs; Roy Acuff
67. Freedom Train – James Carr; Merle Haggard
68. Freight Train – Libba Cotton
69. Freight Train Blues – Bob Dylan; Boxcar Willie; Doc & Merle Watson; Roy Acuff; Trixie Smith
70. Freight Train Boogie – Doc Watson; Reno and Smiley; Whitstein Brothers
71. Freight Train Comin’ – Metallica
72. Freight Train, Freight Train – Peter, Paul And Mary
73. Friendship Train – The Temptations
74. From A Boxcar Door – Boxcar Willie
75. Funky Soul Train – Hank Ballard
76. Gallopin’ Goose, The – C. W. Mccall
77. Georgia On A Fast Train – Billy Joe Shaver; BR5-49; Johnny Cash
78. Get Back On The Train – Phish
79. Get Down Off Of The Train – Isley Brothers
80. Ghetto Train – Luther Ingram
81. Ghost Train – Bee Gees; Counting Crows; Marc Cohn
82. Girl On A Train – 10000 Maniacs
83. Glendale Train – The New Riders Of The Purple Sage
84. Go Go Train – Freda Payne
85. Going Home Train – Irving Berlin
86. Golden Rocket – Boxcar Willie; Hank Snow
87. Gone Dead Train – Crazy Horse
88. Gospel Train – Sister Rosetta Tharpe; Stevie Hawkins; Wright Brothers Jubilee Singers
89. Graveyard Train – Credence Clearwater Revival
90. Hear My Train A Comin’ – Jimi Hendrix
91. Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow – Roger Whittaker
92. Heaven Bound Train – C. Story; Jackson Gospel Singers
93. Hey, Hey Train – Johnny Cash
94. Hold That Train – B.B. King
95. Honky Tonk Train Blues – Meade Lux Lewis
96. I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow – Hank Williams Sr; Johnny Cash
97. I Like Riding On A Choo-Choo – Leslie Sarony
98. I Like Trains – Fred Eaglesmith
99. I Love The Sound Of A Whistle – Boxcar Willie
100. I Often Dream Of Trains – Robyn Hitchcock
101. If Love Was A Train – Michelle Shocked
102. I’m Leaving On That Late, Late Train – Solomon Burke
103. The India Pacific – Slim Dusty
104. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry – Bob Dylan
105. I’ve Been Working On The Railroad – Mitch Miller & The Gang
106. I’ve Got A Thing About Trains – Johnny Cash
107. Jenny Dreamed Of Trains – Sweethearts Of The Rodeo
108. Johnny On The Monorail – The Buggles
109. Jump That Train – Foghat
110. Jumping Someone Else’s Train – The Cure
111. Just Like This Train – Joni Mitchell
112. Just Missed The Train – Kelly Clarkson
113. Kansas City Railroad Blues – Toe River Valley Boys
114. Kansas City Southern – Pure Prairie League
115. Keep On Rollin’ Down The Line – Boxcar Willie
116. Last Cannonball – Mary Mccaslin
117. Last Train – Allen Toussaint; Arlo Guthrie; Graham Central Station; Peter Rowan; Travis (this may not all be the same song)
118. Last Train For Glory – Arlo Guthrie
119. Last Train Home – Pat Methany
120. Last Train To Clarksville – Monkees
121. Last Train To London – ELO
122. Last Train To Loveland – Eddie Hinton
123. Lazy Locomotive – S. Burrette
124. Le Train Du Nord – Felix Leclearc
125. Let The Train Blow The Whistle – Johnny Cash
126. Life Is A Mountain Railroad – Carter Family
127. Life’s Railway To Heaven  – Roy Acuff; Amazing Rythm Aces; Patsy Cline
128. Little Toy Trains – Roger Miller
129. Little Train From Caipira – Heiton Villa-Lobos
130. Locomotive – Motorhead; Sawyer Brown (probably not the same song)
131. Locomotive Man – Johnny Cash
132. London Train – Oliver Sain
133. Lonesome Whistle – Boxcar Willie; Johnny Cash; Stonewall Jackson
134. Long Train Running – Doobie Brothers
135. Lord Of The Trains – Tom Russell
136. Losing My Blues Tonight – Slim Dusty
137. Love Train – Jimmy Castor Bunch; The O’Jays
138. Love’s Train – Con Funk Shun
139. Lucy In The Subway – Phish
140. Man & A Train – Marty Robbins
141. Many A Man Killed On The Railroad – Joe Glazer
142. Marrakesh Express – Crosby, Stills and Nash (a train trip as a metaphor for another kind of trip…)
143. Medicine Train – The Cult
144. Memphis Flyer – Neil Diamond
145. Memphis Train – Rufus Thomas
146. The Metro – Berlin
147. Midnight Flyer – Mac Wiseman; Osborne Brothers; The Eagles
148. Midnight Special – Lead Belly; Creedence Clearwater Revival; Paul McCartney; Van Morrison, among others.
149. Midnight Train – Jim & Jesse Mcreynolds
150. Midnight Train To Georgia – Gladys Knight & The Pips
151. My Baby Thinks He’s A Train – Roseanne Cash
152. My Baby Thinks She’s A Train – Asleep At The Wheel
153. Mystery Train – Bon Jovi; Elvis Presley; Little Junior Parker; Ronnie Hawkins; Sleepy Labeef; The Band; The Neville Brothers
154. Mystery Train, Part II, Steve Earle
155. Never Did Like That Train – Murray Mclaughlan
156. New Delhi Freight Train – Little Feat
157. New River Train – Raffi
158. New Ways Train Train – Jeff Beck
159. Night Train – Bobby Womack; Buddy Morrow; James Brown; Oscar Peterson
160. Night Train To Memphis – Grandpa Jones; J. Maphis; Jerry Lee Lewis; Roy Acuff
161. Nobody Takes The Train Anymore – Holly Dunn
162. Old Gospel Train – Dorothy Love Coate
163. Old Train – Seldom Scene; Tony Rice Unit
164. On The Slow Train – Flanders And Swann
165. On The Southbound – Mac Wiseman
166. On The Wigan Boat Express – George Formby
167. One After 909 – The Beatles
168. Orange Blossom Special – Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys; C. Story; Charley Daniels Band; Flatt & Scruggs; Johnny Cash; Johnson Mountain Boys
169. Orient Express – Sidney Torch
170. Pacific 231 – Arthur Honnegar
171. Pan American – Hank Williams Sr; Roy Acuff; Seldom Scene
172. Pan American Boogie – Kate Mackenzie
173. Parliamentary Trains – Gilbert & Sullivan
174. Party Train – GAP Band
175. Passin’ Train – Sawyer Brown
176. Pat Works On The Railroad – Joe Glazer
177. Peace Train – Cat Steven
178. Petit Train (Choo-Choo Train) – André Claveau,
179. Pine Knot Cannonball – George Edgin
180. Pullman Passenger Train – Pullman Porters Quartette
181. Put Me On A Train Back To Texas – W Jennings & W Nelson
182. Queen Of The Rails – Bruce “Utah” Phillips
183. Rail Song, The – Adrian Belew
184. Railroad Bill – Cisco Houston
185. Railroad Blues – D. Thomas; Sam Mcgee
186. Railroad Express – Rose Royce
187. Railroad Lady – Jimmy Buffett
188. Railroad Man – Murry Mclaughlan
189. Railroad Son – Lynyrd Skynyrd
190. The Railroad Song – Jim Croce
191. Railroad Stomp – Jolly Two
192. Railroad Worksong – Notting Hillbillies
193. Railroads And Riverboats – Jim Croce
194. Red Ball To Natchez – Delmore Brothers And Wayne Raney
195. Red Streamliner – Little Feat
196. Reuben’s Train – Flatts And Scruggs; Sidesaddle
197. Ride The Train – Alabama
198. Ride This Train – Canton Spiritual
199. Ridin On The Cottonbelt – Johnny Cash
200. Ridin’ That Midnight Train – Doc Watson
201. Ridin’ With The Driver – Motorhead
202. Riding On A Railroad – James Taylor
203. Riding The Elevated Train – Lew Childre
204. Right Track Wrong Train – Cindy Lauper
205. Rock Island Line – Huddy Ledbetter; Johnny Cash; Johnny Horton; Lonnie Donegan
206. Runaway Train – Elton John; Eric Clapton; Rosanne Cash; Soul Asylum
207. Runaway Trains – Tom Petty
     Morning Train – Sheena Easton
208. Saint Agnes And The Burning Train – Sting
209. Same Train – Rev. Julius Cheek
210. Same Train, Different Time – Jimmy Rogers
211. Santa Fe All The Way – Johnny Mccollum
212. Silver Train – Rolling Stones
213. Skimbleshanks The Railway Cat – from <i>Cats</i>
214. Sleeper Train – America
215. Slow Moving Freight Train – Hugh Moffatt
216. Slow Train – Bob Dylan; Flanders & Swann; Soul Stirrers; The Staple Singers
217. Soul Train – Gamble And Huff; Mary Wells; The Manhattans; Three Degrees
218. Southbound Train – Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young
219. Southern Pacific – Neil Young
220. Spanish Train – Chris De Burgh
221. Starlight On The Rails – Bruce “Utah” Phillips
222. Steam Engine – Monkees
223. Steam Engine Polka – Johann Strauss
224. Stop That Train – Beastie Boys; The Meters; The Wailers; John Mayer (probably not all the same song)
225. Strangers On A Train – Chris De Burgh; New Riders Of The Purple Sage
226. Streamlined Cannonball – Doc Watson; Mac Wiseman
227. Subway – Bee Gees; Sheryl Crow
228. Subway To Venus – Red Hot Chili Peppers
229. Subway Train – Johnny Thunders
230. Sucker Train Blues – Velvet Revolver
231. Sunshine Special – Roy Acuff
232. Take The A Train – Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys; Duke Ellington
233. Tennesse Central No. 9 – Roy Acuff
234. Texas Eagle – Steve Earle
235. Texas Silver Zephyr – Red Steagall
236. That Glory Bound Train – Roy Acuff
237. That Old Train Whistle – Smothers Brothers
238. That Train – Jerry Butler
239. The Lightning Express – Gene McNulty
240. The Midnight Train – Roy Acuff
241. The Streamline Cannonball – Roy Acuff
242. The Train – Tim Buckley
243. The Train Song – Nick Cave
244. The Wreck Of The Old 97 – Johnny Cash; John Mellencamp; and others
245. There’s A Train – Holmes Brothers
246. This Train – Tommy Tate; Woody Gutherie
247. This Train Dont Stop There Anymore- Elton John
248. This Train Revisited – Indigo Girls
249. This Train’s A Clear Train – Joe Glazer
250. Throw Mama From The Train – Patti Paige
251. Train – 4 Non Blondes
252. Train Is Coming – Ken Boothe
253. Train Keep On Movin’ – The 5th Dimension
254. Train Kept A Rollin’ – Aerosmith; The Yardbirds; Johnny Burnette
255. Train Leaves Here This Morning – Eagles
256. Train Of Love – Johnny Cash
257. Train Of Thought – A-Ha
258. Train Round The Bend – Velvet Underground
259. Train Running Low On Soul Coal – XTC
260. Train Song – Dick Siegel; Holmes Brothers; Murray Mclaughlan; Nick Cave
261. Train Time – Toe River Valley Boys
262. Train To Skaville – Boney M
263. Train Wreck – Sarah Mclachlan
264. Train, Train – Blackfoot
265. Trains – Al Stewart
266. Trains And Boats And Planes – Dionne Warwick
267. Trains Don’t Run From Nashville – Kate Campbell
268. Trains, Tracks And Travel – Hank Snow
269. Trans-Europe Express – Kraftwerk
270. Two Trains Running – Little Feat
271. Union Train – Joe Glazer
272. Wabash Cannonball – B. Martin; Bruce “Utah” Phillips; Carter Family; Chet Atkins; Doc Watson; Johnny Cash; Roy Acuff
273. Waiting For A Train – Hank Snow; J.L. Lewis; Jim Reeves; Jimmie Rogers; Johnny Cash; Roy Acuff
274. Waiting For The ‘B’ Train – Christine Lavin
275. Waiting For The Ghost Train – Madness
276. Walking Down A Railroad Line – Woody Guthrie
277. Westbound Train – Dennis Brown
278. When The Golden Train Comes Down – Sons Of The Pioneers
279. When The Midnight Choo-Choo Leave For Alabam’ – Tommy Dorsey
280. Will There Be Any Freight Trains In Heaven – Jimmy Rogers; Merle Haggard
281. Working On The Railway – Bill Houston
282. Wreck Of 1262 – Doc Watson; Curly Fox
283. Wreck Of The L&N – Phillips Family
284. Wreck Of The Number 9 – Hank Snow
285. Wreck Of The Old 97 – Flatt & Scruggs; Hank Snow; Johnny Cash; Mac Wiseman; Roy Acuff
286. Wreck Of The Royal Palm – Joe Glazer; Toe River Valley Boys
287. You Just Can’t Ride The Boxcars Anymore – The Long Ryders
288. Zion Train – Bob Marley And The Wailers

Friday Song Title List No. 14: Automobile/car song titles

No drivers and driving unless an automobile is mentioned as well.

 

Automobiles/cars in general:

1. $1000 Car – Bottle Rockets
2. (I Live For) Cars And Girls – The Dictators
3. Always Crashing In The Same Car – David Bowie
4. Another Light Blue Car From  The Ddr – Grace Jones
5. Automobile – Eazy E
6. Automobile Noise – The Blue Nile
7. Automobile Of Life – Roy Acuff
8. Back Of A Car – Big Star
9. Big Black Car – Big Star
10. Big Green Car – Jimmy Caroll
11. Black Devil Car – Jamiroquai
12. Boat Of Car – Tmbg
13. Burning Car – John Foxx
14. Car Jamming  - The Clash
15. Car On A Hill – Joni Mitchell
16. Car Thief – Beastie Boys
17. Car Trouble – Adam And The Ants
18. Car Wheels On A Gravel Road – Lucinda Williams
19. Cars – Gary Numan
20. Cars And Girls – Prefab Sprout
21. Cars And Guitars – Tori Amos
22. Cars And Trains – George Michael
23. Cars Are Cars – Paul Simon
24. Chasing Cars – Natasha Bedingfield
25. Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
26. Christian’s Automobile – The Dixie Hummingbirds
27. Crazy ‘Bout An Automobile (Every Woman I Know)  - Ry Cooder
28. Daddy’s Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car – U2
29. Dali’s Car – Captain Beefheart
30. Don’t Drive My Car – Status Quo
31. Drive My Car – The Beatles
32. Driving In My Car – Madness
33. Fast Car – Tracy Chapman
34. Fast Cars – U2
35. Get In My Car – 50 Cent
36. Get Out Of The Car – Richard Berry
37. I Love My Car – Belle & Sebastian
38. If My Heart Was A Car – Old 97’s
39. I’m In Love With My Car – Queen
40. In My Car (I’ll Be The Driver)  - Shania Twain
41. In The Car  - Barenaked Ladies
42. Killer Cars – Radiohead
43. Let Me Be Your Car – Rod Stewart
44. Let’s Go To Heaven In My Car – Brian Wilson
45. Mint Car – The Cure
46. My Automobile – George Clinton & Parliament
47. My Red Hot Car – Squarepusher
48. Ode To My Car  - Adam Sandler
49. Riding Along In My Automobile  - Chuck Berry
50. Riding In My Car – Woody Guthrie
51. Roadhouses & Automobiles  - Chris Jones
52. She Loves My Automobile  - Zz Top
53. She’ll Drive The Big Car – David Bowie
54. Sleeping In My Car – Roxette
55. Somebody Stole My Car – The Kinks
56. Start The Car – Jude Cole
57. Stolen Car – Bruce Springsteen
58. Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing)  - Sting
59. Stop Draggin’ My Car Around – Weird Al Yankovic
60. Stupid Car – Radiohead
61. The Green Automobile – Allen Ginsberg
62. Thousand Dollar Car – Bottle Rockets
63. Turn This Car Around  - Tom Petty
64. Used Cars – Bruce Springsteen

 Types Of Car:

1. Another One Rides The Bus – Weird Al Yankovic
2. Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
3. Caravan Of Love – The Isley Brothers; also The Housemartins
4. Cars Trucks Buses  - Phish
5. Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street? – Bruce Springsteen
6. Drug Store Truck Drivin’ Man – The Byrds
7. Early Morning Cold Taxi – The Who
8. Getaway Car  - Audioslave
9. Greyhound Bus – The Moldy Peaches
10. Hot Rod Gang – Stray Cats
11. Hot Rod Lincoln – George Thorogood (also a make of car)
12. Hot Rod Man – Tex Rubinowitz
13. Jeepster – T Rex
14. Jerry Was A Racecar Driver – Primus
15. Jesus Built My Hotrod – Ministry
16. Jesus In A Camper Van – Robbie Williams
17. Lady Cab Driver – Prince
18. Magic Bus – The Who
19. Mark On The Bus – Beastie Boys
20. Mr. Cab Driver – Lenny Kravitz
21. Muscle Cars – E-40 Feat. Keak Da Sneak & Turf Talk
22. On A Bus To St. Cloud – Trisha Yearwood
23. Pickup Man – Joe Diffie
24. Police Car – Larry Wallis
25. Race Car Driver – Jewel
26. Rapid Roy That Stock Car Boy – Jim Croce
27. Rental Car  - Beck
28. She Loves My Automobile – Zz Top
29. Stranded In A Limousine – Paul Simon
30. Survival Car – Fountains Of Wayne
31. Taxi – Harry Chapin
32. Taxi, Taxi – Cher
33. The Jeep Song – The Dresden Dolls
34. The Spy In The Cab – Bauhaus
35. The Wheels On The Bus – Children’s Song
36. Tijuana Taxi – Herb Alpert
37. Waitin’ For The Bus –  Zz Top
38. White Limozeen – Dolly Parton

 Makes Of Car:

1. ‘49 Mercury Blues – Brian Setzer
2. 5-0 Ford – Reverend Horton Heat
3. Bitchin’ Camaro – Dead Milkmen
4. Blue Chevrolet – The Beat Farmers
5. Brand New Cadillac – The Clash
6. Buick Mackane – T. Rex
7. Cadillac – Lit
8. Cadillac – The Kinks
9. Cadillac Boogie – Jimmy Liggins
10. Cadillac Car – Bronski Beat
11. Cadillac Hotel – Falco
12. Cadillac Ranch – Bruce Springsteen
13. Chevrolet – ZZ Top
14. Chevy Van – Sammy Johns
15. Cowboy Cadillac – Garth Brooks
16. Dodge Veg-O-Matic – The Modern Lovers
17. El Dorado – Elton John
18. Ford Econoline – Nancy Griffiths
19. From A Buick 6 – Bob Dylan
20. Geronimo’s Cadillac – Modern Talking
21. Go Lil’ Camaro Go – The Ramones
22. Hey Little Honda – The Rip Chords
23. Hot Rod Lincoln – Johnny Bond
24. I’ve Got Ford Movements In My Hips – Cleo Gibson
25. Jaguar – The Who
26. Jaguar And Thunderbird – Chuck Berry
27. Jesus Chrysler Drives A Dodge – The Screaming Blue Messiahs
28. Little Cobra – The Beach Boys
29. Little Deuce Coupe – The Beach Boys
30. Little GTO – Ronnie & The Daytonas
31. Little Red Corvette – Prince
32. Look At That Cadillac – Stray Cats
33. Mercedes Benz – Janis Joplin
34. Mercury Blues – David Lindley; also Alan Jackson
35. Mustang Sally – Wilson Pickett
36. My Mustang Ford – Chuck Berry
37. Pontiac Blues – Sonny Boy Williamson II
38. Ragtop Cadillac – Lonestar
39. Red Cadillac And Black Moustache – Warren Smith
40. Ridin’ Da Chevy – 3 Six Mafia
41. Rocket 88 – Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats; later covered by Bill Haley and the Saddlemen
42. See The USA In Your Chevrolet – Dinah Shore
43. St. Robinson In His Cadillac Dream – Counting Crows
44. Terraplane Blues – Robert Johnson (and many other blues musicians)
45. Toyota City – The Human League
46. Trans Am – Neil Young
47. Volvo – Eddie Meduza
48. Volvo Cowgirl – Sheryl Crow

 

 Car Parts:

1. 5ive Gears In Reverse – Elvis Costello
2. Airbag – Radiohead
3. Car Gears Stick In Reverse, Daring Driver Crosses Town Backwards - Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo
4. Car Wheels On A Gravel Road – Lucinda Williams
5. One Headlight – Wallflowers

 

Honorable mention:

Car Wash – Rose Royce

Friday song list no. 13: Colour songs

Now it’s time for songs that use colour words that are not colour names, like color/colour, hue, tint, shade, etc.

 

Coat Of Many Colors – Dolly Parton

True Colors (The Storm) – Squeeze

Color Of The Blues – George Jones

What’s The Color Of Money? – Hollywood Beyond

Colors Of The Wind – From Pocahontas

True Colors – Cindy Lauper

Colors Of Love – Supremes

Wine Colored Roses – George Jones

What’s The Colour Of Money? – Living Colour

My Colouring Book – Dusty Springfield

Blue Is The Colour – Chelsea Fc

The Colour Of Roses – Beth Neilsen Chapman

Rose Coloured Glasses – The Raspberries

Colors Of The Wind – Vanessa Williams

A Lack Of Color – Death Cab For Cutie

The Colors Of My Life – Perry Como

Colors Of The Spirit – Journey

The Colour Of My Love – Celine Dion

Colour My World – Chicago

 

Shades Of Gray – Robert Earl Keen

A Hazy Shade Of Winter – Simon & Garfunkel

Deeper Shade Of Blue – Steps

A Whiter Shade Of Pale – Procol Harum

Only Shades Of Gray – Monkees

 

Rose Tint My World – From ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’

 

This concludes the colour series. Next week’s list will be about something totally different.

Friday song list no. 12: Coat of many colours

Here is the final part of the colour palette: shades and tints of the basic colours. If you know of other colours that have been included in song titles, please leave a comment with the title and artist and I will add the song(s) to the list. Colours that are also names of things that gave their names to the colours (e.g. ruby, strawberry, silver, gold etc.) are only included when they refer or seem to refer to the colour and not the thing, and personal names that are colours as well are not included (except possibly by accident). Colour metaphors, like “golden years” are included.

Reds, pinks and oranges:
Crimson & Clover — Tommy James & The Shodells
Rose Tint My World – From The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Scarlet Pussy – Prince
Scarlet Ribbons – Jim Reeves

Blues and violets:
Lilac Wine – Jeff Buckley
Mood Indigo – Duke Ellington
Navy Blue – Diane Renay
Turquoise – Donovan
Turquoise Hexagon Sun – Boards Of Canada

Yellows:
All In The Golden Afternoon – Alphaville
Fields Of Gold – Sting
Golden Boy – Natalie Merchant
Golden Brown – Stranglers
Golden Empire – Tina Turner
Golden Loom – Bob Dylan
Golden Slumbers – Beatles
Golden Years – David Bowie
Lost Boys And Golden Girls – Jim Steinman
Pandora’s Golden Heebie-Jeebies – The Association
Platinum Blonde – No Doubt
Silence Is Golden – The Tremeloes
Silver Threads Among The Gold – Standard
The Golden Age Of Rock ‘N Roll – Mott The Hoople
The Green-Gold Girl Of The Summer – Martin Newell
Violence Is Golden – John Fogerty
When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again – Elvis Presley
Where The Blue Of The Night Meets The Gold Of The Day – Bing Crosby

Greens:
Emerald Eyes – Fleetwood Mac

Grays/greys:
By The Light Of The Silvery Moon – George Bailey
Look For The Silver Lining – Standard
Platinum Blonde – No Doubt
Silver Blue – Roxette
Silver Lining – David Gray
Silver Threads & Golden Needles – Standard
Silver Threads Among The Gold – Standard

Browns:
Chestnut Mare – The Byrds

Whites:
Ebony And Ivory – Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder

Blacks:
Ebony And Ivory – Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
Ebony Eyes – Rick James

What were they thinking?

Words cannot describe my feelings about the “novelty” item shown below. There is cute kitsch, and then there is just tasteless kitsch. Guess into which categoery I put it?

Friday song list no. 11: Purple and violet

I am putting purple and violet together, since there don’t seem to be that many song titles using those colours.

Purple:
1. Deep Purple – Nino Tempo & April Stevens
2. Pale Purple – Ani Difranco
3. Pictures Of Purple People – Marc Bolan & T. Rex
4. Purple – Gus Gus
5. Purple – Nas
6. Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix
7. Purple Heather – Rod Stewart
8. Purple Hills – Eminem
9. Purple Kisses – The Dream
10. Purple Love Balloon – CUD
11. Purple Parallelogram – The Lemonheads
12. Purple People – Tori Amos
13. Purple Pills – Eminem & D12
14. Purple Rain – Prince
15. Purple Sneakers – You Am I
16. Purple Stain – Red Hot Chili Peppers
17. Purple Toupee – They Might Be Giants
18. Smoking On Purple – Lil Boosie
19. The Purple People Eater – Sheb Wooley

Violet:
1. A Violet Fluid – Nine Inch Nails
2. Bruise Violet – Babes In Toyland
3. Ultra Violet – U2
4. Ultraviolet Dreams – Cypress Hill
5. Violet – Hole
6. Violet – Judy Collins
7. Violet – Savage Garden
8. Violet – Seal
9. Violet And Blue – Stevie Nicks
10. Violet Blue – Duke Ellington
11. Violet Delight – Michal
12. Violet Eyes – Meat Puppets
13. Violet High – Cyclefly
14. Violet Hill – Coldplay
15. Violet Sauce – Namie Amuro
16. Violet To Blue – Nik Kershaw
17. Violets For Your Furs – Billie Holiday
18. Wine And Violet – Lemon Pipers

Friday song list no. 10: A brown study

Mix together too many colours of paint and in all likelihood what you will get is a shade of brown.

1. A Pound For A Brown On The Bus – Frank Zappa
2. Bad Leroy Brown – Jim Croce
3. Ballad Of Hollis Brown – Bob Dylan
4. Black, Brown Or White – Michelle Shocked
5. Bobby Brown Goes Down – Frank Zappa
6. Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
7. Brown Eyed Handsome Man – Various Artists
8. Brown Girl In The Ring – Boney M.
9. Brown Paper Bag – Lil Wayne
10. Brown Shoes Don’t Make It – Frank Zappa
11. Brown Sugar – Rolling Stones
12. Brown To Blue – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
13. Brownsville Girl – Bob Dylan
14. Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy – Elton John
15. Carrie Brown – Steve Earle & Del Mccoury Band
16. Charlie Brown – The Coasters
17. Dark Brown Eyes – The Spongetones
18. Do The Brown Nose – Dead Milkmen
19. Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue – Crystal Gayle
20. Golden Brown – The Stranglers
21. I Dream Of Brownie With The Light Blue Jeans – Spike Jones
22. I Dream Of Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair – Lots Of People
23. John Brown – Bob Dylan
24. John Brown’s Body – Traditional
25. Little Brown Jug – Glenn Miller
26. Miss Brown To You – Billie Holiday
27. Mr. Brownstone – Guns N Roses
28. Mrs. Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter – Herman & The Hermits
29. Ode To The Little Brown Shack Out Back – Billy Ed Wheeler
30. Old Brown Shoe – The Beatles
31. Pair Of Brown Eyes – The Pogues
32. Soul Sister, Brown Sugar – Sam & Dave
33. Sweet Georgia Brown – Doc Watson
34. You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown – Title track from the musical

Huge purse alert

You can’t see the size very well from the photo, but I swear it was the size of half a black plastic bag of the kind used in family-sized trash cans. It kind of looks like one too:

I’m sure I’ve seen this car before….

Found clothing #10

Friday song list no. 9: No shades of grey (gray)

Whether you prefer to call it gray or grey, it’s what you get when you mix black paint with white paint:

1. Blue Red And Grey – The Who
2. Blue Turns To Grey – Cliff Richard
3. Earl Gray – Fleetwood Mac
4. Fade To Grey – Visage
5. Girls In Grey – Charles Williams
6. Green And Grey – New Model Army
7. Grey Day – Madness
8. Grey Lagoons – Roxy Music
9. Grey Room – Damien Rice
10. Grey Seal – Elton John
11. Grey Street – Dave Matthews Band
12. Grey Victory – 10000 Maniacs
13. Only Shades Of Gray – Monkees
14. Shades Of Gray – Robert Earl Keen
15. Shades Of Grey – Billy Joel
16. The Old Grey Goose Is Dead – Traditional
17. The Old Grey Mare – Traditional
18. Touch Of Grey – Grateful Dead
19. When You Are Old And Gray – Tom Lehrer
20. Wrapped In Grey – XTC

Cook/Chef

Lost hope?

Recommended blog: Cake Wrecks

Could also be titled: What were they thinking! or Cake Decorators Gone Wild: http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/

Philosopher?

Shark?

“H Karl” means “H Carl”, but is pronounced like “hákarl” which means “shark”.

Chica

Friday song list no. 8: In the pink

Some love it, some hate it, none seem to be neutral about it. It’s Barbie’s favourite colour:

1. A White Sport Coat And A Pink Carnation – Marty Robbins
2. Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White – Prez Prado
3. Freeway Of Love (Pink Cadillac) – Aretha Franklin
4. Lily The Pink – The Scaffold
5. Ms Pinky – Frank Zappa
6. My Love Is Pink – Sugababes
7. Pink – Aerosmith
8. Pink & Blue – Outkast
9. Pink Alligator Rock – Jimmy West
10. Pink And Black – Sonny Fisher
11. Pink Bow Tie – Jerry Dove
12. Pink Cadillac – Bruce Springsteen
13. Pink Cadillac (And-A-Red-Headed-Girl) – Donnie Huffman
14. Pink Carnations And Yellow Roses – Ray Campbell
15. Pink Cashmere – Prince
16. Pink Champagne – John Amory
17. Pink Chiffon – Johnnie Lee
18. Pink Cookies In A Plastic Bag – Ll Cool J
19. Pink Elephants – Wally Willette
20. Pink Elephants On Parade – From The Disney Movie Dumbo
21. Pink Flamingos – Tracy Byrd
22. Pink Flower – Daisy Chainsaw
23. Pink Glove – Pulp
24. Pink Houses – John Cougar Mellencamp
25. Pink India – Stephen Malkmus
26. Pink Moon – Nick Drake
27. Pink Panther Theme – The Henry Manchini Orchestra
28. Pink Pedal Pushers – Carl Perkins
29. Pink Pegged Slacks – Eddie Cochran
30. Pink Petticoat – Ted Kirby
31. Pink Petticoats – The Big Bopper
32. Pink Shoes – Merle Matts II
33. Pink Thing – XTC
34. Pink Thunderbird – Gene Vincent
35. Pink Toenails – Dixie Chicks
36. Pink Triangle – Weezer
37. Pretty In Pink – Psychedelic Furs
38. Pretty Pink Ribbon – Cake
39. Sink The Pink – AC-DC
40. Tan Shoes With Pink Shoelaces – Dodie Stevens
41. The Pink Camel Walk – Four Daddy’o’s
42. Tickled Pink – K.D. Lang
43. Two Pink Lines – Eric Church
44. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt 1 – Flamin’ Lips
45. You’re A Pink Toothbrush – Max Bygraves

Motorcycle of the gods?

Oxygen

Map or card?

“Kort” can mean either “card” or “map”. I’m inclined to think it’s “card”, as in “Credit card”.

It pays to advertise

There is a shop in Reykjavík by the same name. I think the car belongs to the owner.

Typical guy licence plate