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Song prequels

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On Shaun Keaveny's show on 6 Music yesterday, there was a really funny text/phone feature in which listeners had to provide "prequel" song titles. Some really good ones, like "Master Brightside", and "Feeling A Bit Exploited By The Rhythm" came up. Has the Massive got any ideas?

I'll start:

The Afternoon They Offered Dixie A Lift
Going To See The Doctor About My Mood Swings In Love
The Tide Is Out
Bob Dylan's 114th Dream

Not the best, but I'm sure you can do better....

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Ooh..

There can only really be one.

U2's I Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

This could run and run..

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Lenny Law | 17 April 2010 - 1:01am

Rudy's Doing Quite Well

Rudy's Doing Quite Well, But He'll Need To Up His Game
Arguing Heatedly With An Arab
Here Comes The Fear
Memories Of Dre Are Getting A Bit Patchy
Elizabeth On A Slippery Toilet Seat
Dog Days Are In The Offing
Holiday Of The Grievous Angel

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idiotbear | 16 April 2010 - 10:09am

.

Kinks - 'Waterloo Dawn'
Beatles - '(Not Sure Yet What Colour To Paint My) Submarine'
Dylan - 'Rainy Day Women Nos. 11 and 34'

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ranger | 16 April 2010 - 10:12am

Simon & Garfunkel - Outward

Simon & Garfunkel - Outward Bound
Tammy Wynette - M-A-R-R-I-A-G-E
The Beatles - The Ballad of John and Cynthia
The Beatles - The Story of Bungalow Bill
The Bees - Chicken Investment
BRMC - Whatever Happened To My Skiffle?
David Bowie - Rondelet
Calvin Harris - Untolerated In the 70s
The Cardidgans - Record-FastForward
The Carpenters - Is that a UFO up there?

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Ahh_Bisto | 16 April 2010 - 10:29am

Hmmm...

Mr D, Would You Care To Dance? by The Rolling Stones

Two Day Trek To Base Camp On Disco Mountain by David Shire

Further Back From The Edge by Yes

B Road To Hell by AC/DC

Papa's Got A Knackered Old Bag by James Brown

The Arrival of the Giant Hogweed by Genesis

Slightly Peckish Like The Wolf by Duran Duran

5.14 by The Who

Motel California by The Eagles

I'm Buggered If I Can Find San Jose. Ask This Old Woman, She'll Know by Dionne Warwick

Raindrops Are Increasingly Falling On My Head by BJ Thomas

The Last Two Living Boys In New York by Simon and Garfunkel

Tell Laura I Quite Like Her by Ricky Vallance

Many Puddles To Cross by Jimmy Cliff

Kids Wanna Waltz by Bryan Adams

We Applied For Planning Permission To Build This City by Starship

Too Drunk To Snog by Dead Kennedys

Shit Day by Lou Reed

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Patrick Crowther | 16 April 2010 - 11:34am

Looking Up The Beast In The

Looking Up The Beast In The Phone Book - Iron Maiden
Can Anyone Smell Burning? - Kings Of Leon
Alison Is Definitely Not Happening - Lemonheads
I Am A Slab Of Compressed Mud - Simon And Garfunkel

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idiotbear | 16 April 2010 - 10:22am

Hmm

The Jam: Running to Catch the last Tube at 11.45
Alice Cooper: Not long till the end of term
Blur: Song 1

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Humphrey Plugg | 16 April 2010 - 10:22am

You're face to face, with

The Man Who Bought The World - Him
Mild Concern in Ann Arbor - Him again
The Penultimate Record Album - Little Feat
She's Still Living With Her Parents - HJHs
A Nail In My Heart - Squeeze
Haitian Trial Separation - Steely Dan
...and the Gods Played Scrabble - The Jimi Hendrix Novices

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Nick Duvet | 16 April 2010 - 12:11pm

Some more

Ian Dury - H&E In My Pocket
Kraftwerk - Bundesstraße

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Ahh_Bisto | 16 April 2010 - 10:50am

and more

Just before you leave - Spandau Ballet
The day before the day before you came - Abba
My word, this such a heavy shower the visibility is awful - Johnny Nash

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Malc | 16 April 2010 - 10:59am

Prince - I've Won The

Prince - I've Won The Lottery 2day
R.E.M. - Having Doubts About My Religion
Radiohead - Fat, Miserable
Rocket From The Crypt - Conceived In '68

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idiotbear | 16 April 2010 - 11:13am

A few more...

The Kinks - Birth of a Clown
Ramones - sheena is a prog rocker
Thin Lizzy - The Boy's have left town

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raffa | 16 April 2010 - 11:19am

Good idea

Brooce Springsteen - Born To Walk
Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Sex & Drugs & Rhythm & Blues
The Jam - In The Village
Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Sundays
Wings - Band Escaping From Prison
Whitney Houston - I May One Day Love You
The Beatles - I'm Off To The USSR
The Rolling Stones - Ruby Monday
Kate Bush - The Child With The Man In His Eyes

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Beany | 16 April 2010 - 11:20am

I offer you...

The Temptations - Granpa was in the Memphis Jug Band

Bananarama - Robert De Niro's on his Way

The Clash - This USA Is Really Quite Interesting You Know

James Brown - Get Down, I Feel Like A Bit Of A Nap

Duran Duran - Crescent Moon On Sunday

Michael Jackson - Naughty

The Supremes - Fetus Flirtation

Celine Dion - My Heart Could Do With A Rest

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ganglesprocket | 16 April 2010 - 11:25am

How about...

I'm currently assessing whether this town can hold us both
I'm entering into a chain reaction
Mack the stone-age primitive slicing tool
I want to ride my penny farthing
Making my way towards the dock of the bay for a rest
All that she wants is her first baby
Sign o' the future
Spring breeze

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Joe R | 16 April 2010 - 11:46am

Ah, good one...

Bob Dylan - Some Along The Watchtower
Beatles - Sheckle Lane
The Kinks - Casual Follower Of Fashion
Elvis Costello - Oliver's Gang
The Beach Boys - The Gods Only Know

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Adman | 16 April 2010 - 11:48am

OK then

Doors - The Middle Bit

Doors - Strike a match for me

Neil Young - The Goldrush

Pink Floyd - Last Orders

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Sven Garlic | 16 April 2010 - 12:11pm

I've only got time to submit..

Enola Bi-curious by Orchestral Manouevres in the twilight

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Vorgongod | 16 April 2010 - 12:35pm

very thorough!

have an up arrow, amigo

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el hombre malo | 16 April 2010 - 1:28pm

Just the one

From the HJH's - The Day Before Yesterday

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el hombre malo | 16 April 2010 - 12:41pm

Looks like

Rain

and of course the A side, Paperback Reader.

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Captain Underpants | 17 April 2010 - 7:43am

Wonderful stuff

Apply Undercoat, Grey by The Trundling Pebbles
The Challenges of Esteem by The Novemberists
Saturday, Flippin' Saturday by T1
There's a Strong Possibility That I May Endure, But We'll Just Have to Wait and See by Gloria Loser

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Con Coleman | 16 April 2010 - 12:59pm

Abba

Dancing Princess

Crowded House - One season in six hours

Bowie - Diamond Puppies

Dexy's - Jackie Wilson's clearing his throat

Braggster - Levi Stubbs trembling bottom lip

etc

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Neil Dyson | 16 April 2010 - 1:29pm

Hee hee, this is fun

Oasis - Roadie for the Inspirals

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milkybarnick | 16 April 2010 - 1:34pm

How about

Size of a calf - The Wonderstuff
Mildly intrigued satsuma - The Pride
Baby you can apply for a provisional license - Beatles
Just need five more minutes - Republica
Papa was a slightly precarious stone at the top of a slope on a breezy day - Temptations

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hazeyjane | 16 April 2010 - 1:47pm
ChaosandMorphine | 16 April 2010 - 2:38pm
ChaosandMorphine | 16 April 2010 - 2:41pm
ChaosandMorphine | 16 April 2010 - 2:49pm
ChaosandMorphine | 16 April 2010 - 2:50pm

The Vinegar Strokes

The Vinegar Strokes - The Rolling Stones
Hello, Frank Lloyd Wright - Simon and Garfunkel
Throne Rock - Smashing Pumpkins*
Brisk Walk - Snow Patrol
Go On, Get It Out Of Your System - Spiritualized
I Am The Crucifixion - Stone Roses
The Wake - Band Of Horses

*childhood spent in church comes in handy at last!

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idiotbear | 16 April 2010 - 3:11pm

This is fun

Now, whatever you do, don't open that door - The Baha Men
While my guitar watches the end of ET - The Beatles
Bad Parenting - Duran Duran
Papa's got half way back from Sainsbury's and there's oranges rolling down the street - James Brown
One night stand in Coney Island - Lou Reed
Oh, I see that band that supported us are doing well - Morrissey

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JamesMedd | 16 April 2010 - 3:42pm

Liking this

Vaguely Unsettled in my mid 30's - Paul Simon
Slightly Miffed Song - Lou Reed
I'm tired of tents, I'm moving up in the world - Van Morrison
Respected Mexican citizen hovering suspiciously near the Texas Border - Genesis
It's large-ish and swelling - Pixies
You know, I think I'm getting the hang of this - Depeche Mode
Boeuf En Croute - Frank Zappa

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Grant | 16 April 2010 - 7:33pm

Before

John Lennon - #8 Dream
Princess - Average size Bottomed Girls (unless they stop eating!)
Buzzcocks - Everthings OK at the Moment
Simon & Garfunkel - Its too noisy, Shut Up!
Marc Bolan/T Rex - Walk along with a Grey Cygnet
Dry Bottom Boys - Boy of usual happiness

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Rigid Digit | 16 April 2010 - 8:33pm

hmm

Dexys 11pm Joggers - Plan A

Sex Pistols - Large-scale unruliness in the UK

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el hombre malo | 16 April 2010 - 8:56pm

I enjoyed this!

The Rolling Stones - Before Before They Make Me Run
Cat "Kitten" Stevens - Really Rather Early Has A Fracture
Emmylou Harris - Boulder To Birmingpig
Iron Maiden - Moonsperm
Roxy Music - Crush Is The Alcohol Free
Abba - Elba
The Beatles - Just Stay Right Here And Don´t Go Anywhere
Ringo Starr - Slightly Closer Boogaloo
Kate As-of-yet-no-pubes - Prince Of The Hill
Bob Dylan - Ballad Of Someone Who Could Perhaps Lose Some Weight
Bruce Springsteen - Born In The New World
Metallica - Enter Stoneman

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Ola Claesson | 16 April 2010 - 9:22pm

How about...

Moist Grass Jude

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tkdmart | 16 April 2010 - 10:08pm

I have laughed so much I nearly made myself ill

What a brilliant thread.

Here are my attempts:

Kate Bush - Puppies of Love

Soft Cell - Untainted Love

Britney Spears - Ooops, I did it

XTC - The Mayor-elect of Simpleton

Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers - Deposition of tiny rocks, where a water current loses some of its carrying capacity, accumulating in the stream.

Weezer - Charles Hardin Holley

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Hannah | 16 April 2010 - 10:18pm

Your Weezer one...

...gives me an idea:

Bob Dylan: Charles Wesley Harding.

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idiotbear | 16 April 2010 - 10:26pm

Hannah deffo has something here

Let the Manic Street Preachers Sing - Paul Robeson

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PaddyH | 16 April 2010 - 11:33pm

The La's

Here She Comes

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PaddyH | 16 April 2010 - 10:26pm

I genuinely

laughed out loud at that, have an up!

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Dave Amitri | 16 April 2010 - 11:35pm

Medical Student, Medical

Medical Student, Medical Student - Thompson Twins
Walk, Walk, Walk - Velvet Underground and Nico
Be Here, in a few minutes - Oasis
Late Afternoon Paddling - REM
Walk the Primitive Life Form - Was Not Was
Northern soul classic: (Do I Love You?) I Haven't Decided Yet - Frank Wilson
Skunk (in the Middle of the Road) - Loudon Wainwright III

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PaddyH | 16 April 2010 - 11:29pm

Style Council

Bloody Cold Winter

Gurgle Like A Baby

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Dave Amitri | 16 April 2010 - 11:46pm

Katona-helmed/ McClusky svengali-ed three piece

Whole - Atomic Kitten

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PaddyH | 17 April 2010 - 12:30am

Errr...

XTC - PC Pop was no use, can anyone else help?
Talking Heads - Playing with matches very close to that flammable sofa
Prefab Sprout - I used to be really good at Basketball
Prince - Party Like It's 1998
Wire - I Am The Maggot
New Order - What would happen if I put these green sunglasses on?
The Beach Boys - Hang on a minute I'll ask Rhonda. Oi..Rhonda! Come ere!

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Dr Volume | 17 April 2010 - 2:02am

and there's more

I can't believe you just said that! - Joe Dolce
She's got horns on her head and a pair of tits - Cliff Richard
Nothing can go wrong here - Jim Diamond

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Austin | 17 April 2010 - 6:19am

How have I missed this?Here goes...

Building plot of the Ancestors - Afro Celt Sound System.
Spotty Boy - Air.
When I'm Sixty Three - HJH.
I'm Undecided - The Monkees.
First we Take the Staten Island Ferry - Leonard Cohen.
This Departure Lounge Tonight - Joni Mitchell.
Strange Pips - Billy Holiday.
Born to Toddle - Bruce Springsteen.
My Old Nursery - Steely Dan
At Sixteen and a Half - Janis Ian.
Peacefully Miserable - Bjork

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Pencilsqueezer | 17 April 2010 - 8:06am

can someone put a best of these in the magazine please

Some more to add:

A climb through the skylight - the Blue Nile
I got to know Americans - Bowie
Pre-teen confusion - Bowie
In the DHSS - HMHB
Wrapping up to go out on a cold day - Aztec Camera

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grahamt | 17 April 2010 - 8:21am

This has taken over my brain.

Aretha Franklin - The Site That Jack Cleared
HJH - It's A Bit Cloudy Out
The Ronettes - I'm Thinking Of Staring Directly At The Sunshine For An Hour Or So
The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes
Bryan Adams - Amble To You
Coldplay - Sundials

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idiotbear | 17 April 2010 - 8:28am

East 17 - You Can Stay Over

East 17 - You Can Stay Over If You Want

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idiotbear | 17 April 2010 - 9:41am

Yoo hoo!

Over here, Renee!

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Captain Underpants | 17 April 2010 - 10:46am

A few more

Alabama 3 – Went To Bed Last Night

Alice Cooper – Standing For Office

Fairport Convention – Hello, Hello

Ocean Colour Scene – The Day We Bought A Cheap Day Return

Tom Robinson – 1, 3, 5, 7 Slip Road

Richard Thompson – I’ll Leave My Jimmy Shands On That Chair

Led Zeppelin – Three Sticks

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JeremyRS | 17 April 2010 - 5:19pm

Another Lennon One

Happy Easter (Its All Kicking Off)

not only, but also:

Motorhead - The Two of Clubs

New Order - Red Sunday

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Rigid Digit | 17 April 2010 - 5:32pm

Before

Leonard Cohen - The Present

Patti Smith - Foals

Pink Floyd - Lambs

REM - Things are looking bleak for this planet and I'm not sure if that's going to impact on my mood at all

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Sven Garlic | 17 April 2010 - 7:24pm

Some more

Dexys - I'll Just Go Start The Car Eileen

Bow Wow Wow - 7", 12", LP, Go!

Bananarama - Robert De Niro's Nearly Here

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Resting Place | 17 April 2010 - 8:10pm

Let's keep this going...

I'm unfamiliar with the layout of this particular Tesco - The Clash

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Grant | 17 April 2010 - 8:59pm

Pink Floyd - The Great

Pink Floyd - The Great Soundcheck In The Sky;
The Ramones - Richard is a Punk;
Marvin Gaye - Fuck Off, You Bitch.

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Formbyman | 17 April 2010 - 9:07pm

3,2,1

Ladies And Gentlemen We Have Lift-Off - Spiritualized

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Norwegian Blue | 17 April 2010 - 9:42pm

Don't Go

Don't Go - Advice from Randy Newman's mother
Stuck in An Airport - John Denver
Open invitation to Select a Community Chest card - Abba

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Los Aromas | 17 April 2010 - 9:53pm

80s Mania

Raking the Garden of Love - Tears for Fears
Slightly Muggy in the City - Billy Idol
We Built This Village (on Rock 'n' Roll) - Starship
Water Water Baby - Vanilla Ice
I Jogged - Flock of Seagulls
Arbitrarily Small Quantity - Blondie
This - Roxy Music

(apologies if any of the above posted before!)

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DougieJ | 17 April 2010 - 10:24pm

This Drizzle's Making My Specs Mist Up - Johhny Nash

So He Said to Me 'Are You Neil Diamond?' - Neil Diamond
LBJ's Ordering New Strides - Madness
Don't Play in the Rose Garden, Sonny - The Smiths
What Banana Skin? What Up-turned Rake? - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Ed's Looking a Bit Peaky - Pixies
Godzilla Bonked Nessie in February - Morrissey
Jack 'n' Meg's Engagement Do - Billy Idol

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badartdog | 17 April 2010 - 11:08pm

Intervention - Amy Winehouse

Slightly offensive acts at moderate prices - AC/DC
A thunderstorm is coming, let's go and stand underneath that tree on top of the hill - AC/DC
One more week of school left before summer - Alice Cooper
On fire - Aztek Camera
Ask your mum if we can throw a party - Beastie Boys
He asked he asked - The Beatles
I'll run until this road ends - Blur
Coal puppies - David Bowie
Break my heart - Toni Braxton
If it's a boy; let's name him Nigel - XTC
Springtime wardrobe - Animal Collective

I could go on and on...

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Locust | 18 April 2010 - 5:06pm

Somethin' Heating Up - The

Somethin' Heating Up - The Afghan Whigs
Unscathed, Thank Goodness! - Black Flag
A Collection Of Closely-Planted Saplings - The Cure
Whoah! That's Plenty! - Elvis Presley

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idiotbear | 19 April 2010 - 2:33pm

My husband likes this thread and wants to play:

Mr Husband's contributions:

Carpenters: "We Haven't Quite Begun"
Prefab Sprout: "The Prince of Rock and Roll"
Bruce Springsteen: "Conceived in the USA"

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Hannah | 19 April 2010 - 10:50pm

Tell Mr Husband

That "Conceived in the USA" is a gem.

How about "Master Blue Sky"?

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Joe R | 20 April 2010 - 8:43am

Spice Girls: "Well, it's

Spice Girls: "Well, it's been a lovely evening. Thank you so much for having us. We should probably be shooting off soon."

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idiotbear | 19 April 2010 - 11:09pm

if only ....

David Crosby - Hi, my name is David Crosby

Gene Pitney - Only 24 hrs and 5 mins to Tulsa

Nick Drake - Six Leaves Left

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julian | 20 April 2010 - 2:02am

"I really can't quite

decide how I feel about the informal and unconventional social habits being adopted by the young these days. Tell you what, I'll have a puff on this jazz cigarette, have a think and tell you how I feel about it in a minute. I'm sure I'll be fairly enthusiastic." by Queen.

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Albert Edward | 20 April 2010 - 10:14am

Umm...

On Time For The Sky by Jackson Browne

I Am In The Process Of Calling To Say I Love You by Stevie Wonder

Street Fighting Adolescent by The Rolling Stones

Maybe I'm Mildly Surprised by Paul McCartney

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Patrick Crowther | 20 April 2010 - 9:34am

Curses, Crowther

Everytime I make a phonecall, from now until forever, I suspect that as I dial, I'll be singing,
"I am in the process of calling to say I love you"
and adapting as appropriate:
"I am in the process of calling to pay my gas bill"
"I am in the process of calling to remind my husband to pick up some milk"
etc. etc.

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Hannah | 20 April 2010 - 9:43am

How about..?

Rose Royce - Love Lives Here
Al Green - Can We Get Together?
Rolling Stones - Rising Dice

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atcf | 20 April 2010 - 10:30am

The Smiths:-

How Soon Is In A Minute

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nigelthebald | 20 April 2010 - 10:41am

Surely..

How soon is soon?

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johnsimpson1965 | 20 April 2010 - 12:53pm

Ummm....

The Vice Headmaster Ritual by The Smiths

Affection Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division

I Wanna Be Liked by The Stone Roses

Reasonably-Sized Muff by John Martyn

There Ain't Half Been Some Moderately-Intelligent Bastards by Ian Dury and the Blockheads

You're Gonna Make Me Fucking Ecstatic When You Go by Bob Dylan

You're One Of My Friends by Queen

Not Now Barry by Pink Floyd

We Are The Runners-Up by Queen

Fly Like A Pigeon by The Steve Miller Band

Do Stop by Fleetwood Mac

Born and Bred 'Ere Guv Song by Led Zeppelin

Sore Throat and a Runny Nose by Peggy Lee

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Patrick Crowther | 20 April 2010 - 1:23pm

My tuppence

The Band - This Wheel's Smokin'
George Harrison - Behind That Closed Door
Love - Sting in the Spring

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Charlie Gordon | 20 April 2010 - 1:06pm

My go

'I'm Too Sexy For My Shit' - Right Said Fred

'Who Wants To Live 'Til About, Oh Say, Ten Past Four, No Five, On August 3rd 2034?' - Queen.

'Eleanor Rugby' - The Beatles

'Suzy P' - Dale Hawkins

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Beezer | 20 April 2010 - 1:20pm

Elton John and Kiki Dee

Don't Go Lighting My Fart.

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Beezer | 20 April 2010 - 1:24pm

An Ian Dury album

I`m Partial to Your Piff Paff Poof
Health and Effiency In My Pocket
I quite fancy that Pandora lass
I`m not sure about this Gay lifestyle I lead
My Youthful Father
Peel some spouds and boil them in water, Harry
Heavy Petting, Anadin and trad jazz
I`m Not Sure Things Are Being Used to Their Full Potential
Reasons To Be Cheerful (pts 1-2)
Child In A Rut
Go To Sleep, I`ll Slip You One In The Morning

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Simon Smith | 21 April 2010 - 8:13am

Late ... some album prequels ...

Apprentice Boy's Dead - The Grateful Dead
Warmer Than June - Stevie Wonder
Wings at 342 Metres Per Second - Paul McCartney
Embryonic Colonials - David Bowie
Earl of Derby Gears - Cream

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Steven C | 22 April 2010 - 9:54am
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