Give us a song title that references someone by their full name!

[Sheldon Cooper]

Ex: The Ballad of Curtis Loew by Lynyrd Skynyrd.

It's easy to find first names in song titles, but amazingly hard to find first AND last names.

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Eleanor Rigby

[pinboy3niner]

2. Gene Pitney - (The Man Who Shot) Liiberty Valance

[pipi_k]

3. "In memory

of Elizabeth Reed"


- Allman Brothers

[pinboy3niner]

4. Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes

[nomorenomore08]

43. Yes! Say whatever you want, that song is a fucking classic!

[reformist2]

138. Come Back Lisa

Come back Lisa
You little love killer
Come back Lisa
Lisa Miller

[pscot]

5. Tom Dooley

and The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

[pinboy3niner]

7. Good ones!

I'm trying to include videos where I can for the benefit of those who may not be familiar with a song or who may like to jog their memories.

[pinboy3niner]

6. Simon & Garfunkel - Richard Cory

Based on the 1897 poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson.

[Arugula Latte]

54. Simon & Garfunkel - So Long Frank Lloyd Wright

[pinboy3niner]

8. Herman's Hermits- I'm Henry VIII, I Am :)

[Bertha Venation]

21. AW, CRAP, PINBOY!

Instant earworm.

[pinboy3niner]

22. I'd go down on my knees but it's no good to pine....

Today's special: Two earworms for the price of one!

[Bertha Venation]

24. That one's not so bad, except

that it was spoofed after the Jeffrey Dahmer case came to light. I only remember one particular phrase; it's rather vulgar. Shall I post it? It is that phrase that's my earworm. It plays over and over.

[pinboy3niner]

26. In this case...

...discretion may truly be the better part of valor. You may want to keep that under your hat.

[Bertha Venation]

28. I think you're right.

It's rather gross, as you might imagine.

[BlueStreak]

81. I hate to get technical, but I don't think his last name was really VIII

Don't make me alert on this violation of the ground rules.

[frogmarch]

9. John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt

(His name is my name too.)

[pscot]

10. Shady Grove

[pinboy3niner]

11. Nat King Cole - Mona Lisa

[pscot]

12. Joe Hill

[pinboy3niner]

13. David Bowie - Andy Warhol

[Orrex]

145. Also Song for Bob Dylan, while we're at it

[NightWatcher]

14. Yellow Ledbetter

[KamaAina]

40. Hilarious video of that

[CBGLuthier]

15. Simon Zealotes

[Sheldon Cooper]

16. Okay, so I guess it wasn't as hard as I thought.

Great suggestions, everyone! ;h:

[CBGLuthier]

17. Sir Bodsworth Rugglesby III

[NightWatcher]

18. Casey Jones, Jack Straw (All those guys the Dead sung about)

[walkerbait41]

19. Can`t post a video

"Stagger Lee" BY Lloyd Price

[pinboy3niner]

20. The Swellers - His Name Is Robert Paulson

[Tom_Foolery]

23. Kenny Rogers and the First Edition's "Ruben James"...

[AngryAmish]

25. Ballad of Jerry Curlan

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?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[nomorenomore08]

45. ALERTED!

[Tom_Foolery]

27. Johnny Cash's "John Henry"...

[nolabear]

29. Samson and Delilah (well, it's the only names we know. Besides it's a fabulous version!)

[bluesbassman]

30. Janis Joplin: Me and Bobby McGee

Nice pick on the Skynrd tune, one of my favorites.

[woodsprite]

31. Sir James Rose (Steeleye Span) and Allison Gross (Steeleye Span)

[Xyzse]

32. John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_Jingleheimer_Schmidt

John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt,
His name is my name too.
Whenever we go out,
The people always shout,
"John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt!"
Da da da da da da da da

[Graybeard]

33. You beat me to it!

That was always a favorite camp-fire song.

[SwissTony]

34. Thea Gilmore: You and Frank Sinatra

[Tom_Foolery]

35. "Tim McGraw" by Taylor Swift...

[lastlib]

36. "John Barleycorn" - Traffic

(don't know if that's the complete title....)


And "Johnny Verbeck"

[lastlib]

37. Rush - "Tom Sawyer"

[Tom Ripley]

38. Black Sabbath- Iron Man

[KamaAina]

39. Ballad of Hollis Brown

[Tuesday Afternoon]

41. Hey Jack Kerouac - 10.000 Maniacs

[bluesbassman]

42. Led Zeppelin: Hats Off To (Roy) Harper

[JeffHead]

44. Amos Moses

[AngryOldDem]

46. Does "Rocky Raccoon" count, since "Richard Cory" is taken? n/t

[Callmecrazy]

47. Vera Lynn by Pink Floyd. Nt

[Doc_Technical]

48. George Harrison- "The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp" (Let it Roll)

[Enrique]

49. Nathan La Franeer by Joni Mitchell

apparently a real cabbie's name.

[Arugula Latte]

50. Alex Chilton by the Replacements

[ghostsofgiants]

108. The only reply to this thread that matters.

[Arugula Latte]

51. Free Nelson Mandela by the Specials

[Arugula Latte]

52. Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa by Vampire Weekend (Peter Gabriel)

[Arugula Latte]

53. Robert De Niro's Waiting by Bananarama

[Arugula Latte]

55. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Robert E. Lee, Virgil Kane) by the Band

[Arugula Latte]

56. Panic in Detroit (Che Guevara) by David Bowie

Kickass song!

[lastlib]

57. Jim Croce - "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"

"One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack)"
"A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or, How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission)" - Simon & Garfunkel
"Warren Harding" - Al Stewart
"Baba O'Reilly" - The Who
"Jumpin' Jack Flash" - The Rolling Stones

[PuffedMica]

58. James Dean

[LiberalElite]

59. Johnny Angel

[bluedigger]

60. Martin Scorsese - King Missile

[Boom Sound 416]

64. Ahhh King Missile

[winter is coming]

61. Darcy Farrow.

[PuffedMica]

62. Marie Laveau

[Boom Sound 416]

63. Arnold Layne - Pink Floyd

[JeffHead]

65. Brian Wilson, Steve Mcqueen, and The Ballad of Jimi Hendrix

[Boom Sound 416]

66. Cisco Kid - Sublime

[Arugula Latte]

67. This one has a boatload: "It's the End of the World" by REM

[Arugula Latte]

68. Up on the Catwalk by Simple Minds (Natasia Kinski, Martin Luther, Robert De Niro, etc.)

[Tanuki]

69. Bobbie Ann Mason

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?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Boom Sound 416]

70. Peggy Sue?

[Tanuki]

71. Mary Hamilton (folk ballad, as performed by Joan Baez)

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?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Tanuki]

72. Bill Bailey, won't you please come home?

Sing it, Sarah Vaughn!
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?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Momgonepostal]

88. You beat me to that one!

Great version!

[Initech]

73. Primus - Lee Van Cleef

Off one of my recent favorite albums:

[Tanuki]

74. Hang down your head, Tom Dooley

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?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Tanuki]

75. Clifton Clowers (and his "purty young daughter") are referenced in

Wolverton Mountain:
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?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Tanuki]

76. Dan Bern's "Marilyn Monroe didn't marry Henry Miller"

<iframe width="640" height="360" src="

?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>


Marilyn Monroe didn't marry Henry Miller
Marilyn Monroe didn't marry Henry Miller
Marilyn Monroe didn't marry Henry Miller
Marilyn Monroe didn't marry Henry Miller

But if she did, he'd have taken her to Paris
And if she did, she'd have smoked a lot of opium
And if she did, she'd have dyed her hair blue
And if she did, she might be alive

Oh ohh, Henry Miller
Oh ohh, Marilyn Monroe
Oh ohh, Henry Miller
Oh ohh, Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe didn't marry Henry Miller
She lived outside the Tropic of Capricorn
Marilyn Monroe didn't marry Henry Miller
I don't even know if she knew Henry Miller

But if she did, he'd have taken her to Paris
And if she did, they'd have fucked every day
And if she did, she'd have felt like a woman
Not like a photograph in a magazine

Oh ohh, Henry Miller
Oh ohh, Marilyn Monroe

This is not a knock against Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman is my favorite play
But Marilyn Monroe should have married Henry Miller
And if she did, she might be alive

'Cause if she did, he'd have taken her to Paris
Tied her to the bed and eaten dinner off of her
And okay maybe she'd have died the same, anyway
But if she did she'd have had more fun

Oh ohh, Henry Miller
Oh ohh, Marilyn Monroe
Oh ohh, Henry Miller
Oh ohh, Marilyn Monroe

Songwriters
Bern Dan


Read more: Dan Bern - Marilyn Lyrics | MetroLyrics

[Liberal Veteran]

77. Joan Crawford by Blue Öyster Cult -nt

[Lydia Leftcoast]

78. The Ballad of Polly Von

I shall tell of a hunter, whose life was undone
By the cruel hand of evil, at the setting of the sun
His arrow was loose, and it flew through the dark
And his true love was slain as the shaft found its mark

But she'd her apron wrapped about her, and he took her for a swan
And it's so and alas, it was she - Polly Von

Read more: Peter, Paul & Mary - Polly Von Lyrics | MetroLyrics

[BlueStreak]

79. Lucrecia MacEvil

[Tanuki]

80. Ode to Billie Joe (McAlister), by Bobbie Gentry

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?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Tanuki]

82. Bostonians of a certain age will remember Dapper O'Neil, sui generis politician,

who used to sing about the Irish belly dancer Nelly Kelly:
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?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[MoreGOPoop]

83. 'Come Back to us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard'

by John Prine

[hibbing]

84. Bob Dylan - The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll

Hi,
Fun thread to read through, thanks.

Peace

[HarveyDarkey]

85. And....

John Wesley Harding

[hibbing]

89. And...

The Death Of Emmett Till

Ballad of Hollis Brown posted earlier is also a Dylan song.

Quinn the Eskimo..hehe

[Tanuki]

86. And...Abdul Abulbul Amir

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?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Momgonepostal]

87. Molly Malone...

here's a Sinead O'Connor version:

http://m.

[Arugula Latte]

90. Dig It by the Beatles (BB King, Doris Day, Matt Busby)

[Arugula Latte]

91. Goody Two Shoes by Adam Ant (Al Green)

[Momgonepostal]

92. Miss Amanda Jones/Rolling Stones

http://m.

[enigmatic]

93. "Johnny Mathis' Feet"- American Music Club

&feature=share&list=FLNsn0TEBCwsEHiuDl-1Jyig

[enigmatic]

94. "Ariel Ramirez"- Richard Buckner

[enigmatic]

95. "Pablo Picasso"- The Modern Lovers

[enigmatic]

96. "Sylvia Plath"- Peter Laughner

[Tanuki]

97. "Save the bones for Henry Jones, 'cause Henry don't eat no meat,"

duet by Nat King Cole and Johnny Mercer:
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?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Tanuki]

98. Alan Lomax singing the folk song "Billy Barlow":

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?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[walkerbait41]

99. Alley oop by The Royal Guardsmen

[Momgonepostal]

100. Bette Davis Eyes/Kim Carnes

http://m.

[Arugula Latte]

101. Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole (Eve Marie Saint)

[Arugula Latte]

102. Behind the Wall of Sleep by Smithereens (Jeannie Shrimpton)

[clarice]

103. Timothy Leary - Moody Blues nt

[clarice]

104. Song For Kelly Huckaby -- Death Cab For Cutie

[clarice]

105. Barenaked Ladies = Be My Yoko Ono

[B Calm]

112. I loved the Moody Blues! Take a hit

of Orange Sunshine then sit back with my headphones on and listen to the Moody Blues. At 62, I don't think my heart can take it now.

[Bombero1956]

106. Mrs. Robinson- Simon & Garfunkel

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio,
Our nation turns it's lonely eyes to you.
What's that you say, Mrs. Robinson.
Jotting Joe has left and gone away,
Hey hey hey.

[Bombero1956]

107. ROCK in the USA

Voices from nowhere
And voices from the larger towns
Filled our head full of dreams
Turned the world upside down
There was Frankie Lyman-Bobby Fuller-Mitch Ryder
(They were Rockin')
Jackie Wilson-Shangra-las-Young Rascals
(They were Rockin')
Spotlight on Martha Reeves
Let's don't forget James Brown
Rockin' in the U.S.A.
Rockin' in the U.S.A.

[Art_from_Ark]

109. Santa Claus is Coming to Town

[PuffedMica]

110. Jim Dandy

[PuffedMica]

111. Thank You Daniel Ellsberg

[Beware the BeastMan]

114. Alice Cooper- "The Ballad of Dwight Fry"

[pintobean]

115. The Guess Who - Albert Flasher

[alarimer]

116. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll

By Dylan.

[RainDog]

117. yo la tengo: Let's Save Tony Orlando's House

[RainDog]

118. cake: "Frank Sinatra"

[MADem]

119. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance by Gene Pitney

[foo_bar]

120. James K. Polk

Let's see how many Youtube embeds it takes to kill Firefox:

[DFW]

121. And the alltime Godzilla answer to this thread:

"We Didn't Start The Fire" by Billy Joel, which mentions the full names of:



Harry Truman, Doris Day, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio, Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Marilyn Monroe,

Josef Stalin, Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, James Dean, Davy Crockett, Peter Pan*, Elvis Presley, Mickey Mantle,

Zhou Enlai, Charles de Gaulle, Buddy Holly, Ben Hur, Syngman Rhee, Chubby Checker,

John Glenn, Ho Chi Minh, Sally Ride, Bernie Goetz

And those are just the ones whose full names are in the song!


*If Rocky Raccoon counts, so does Peter Pan!

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

147. ^^^ yeah +1 right here

[argyl]

122. " Matty Groves" Fairport Convention. Sung by Sandy Denny.

[Still Blue in PDX]

123. Joe Hill nt

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

124. Tim Smith by The Wildhearts

about the leader of The Cardiacs.

[PuffedMica]

125. Like Jimmy Reed Again

[PuffedMica]

126. Johnny B. Good

[Denninmi]

127. The Gin Blossoms - Keli Richards

http://m.

&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D1-S4jiCp6CU

[d_r]

128. wendell gee r.e.m. casey jones grateful dead

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

129. Sarah Sylvia Cynthia Stout

by Shel Silverstein

[caraher]

130. Hey Jack Kerouac

10,000 Maniacs:

[DirkGently]

131. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

[PuffedMica]

133. The Sinking of the Reuben James

[PuffedMica]

132. Lizzie Borden

[PuffedMica]

134. Genghis Khan

[PuffedMica]

135. Albert Flasher

[Arctic Dave]

136. John Henry

[Arctic Dave]

137. Big Bad John

[Arctic Dave]

139. A boy named Sue

[PuffedMica]

140. the ballad of jed clampett

[pinboy3niner]

141. Smile when you say that

[PuffedMica]

142. Tom Traubert's Blues

[DFW]

143. Agnes English

John Fred and his Playboy Band

[hobbit709]

144. Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout.

[Earth Bound Misfit]

146. Maria Bartiromo - Joey Ramone

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

148. Tam Lin by Fairport Convention