I was particularly proud of this song queue I created this morning:
Kathleen, Josh Ritter
Evangeline, Matthew Sweet
Gracie, Ben Folds
Jolene, Cake
Allison, Pixies
Gloria, Them
Maybellene, Chuck Berry
Layla, Derek And The Dominos
Billie Jean, Michael Jackson
Peggy Sue, Buddy Holly
Lola, The Kinks
Roxanne, The Police
Alison, Elvis Costello
Jezebel, Iron & Wine
Julianne, Ben Folds Five
Kate, Ben Folds Five
Mary, Joe Purdy
Laura, Charlie Parker
I’m sure there are tons more, but these are the ones I thought of / found on our tunez server this morning.
You scare me.
There are probably as many of those as there are names for girls. You should continue the list.
You’ll need these…
Luka – Suzanne Vega
Sara – Starship
Veronica – Elvis Costello
Jenny – Tommy Tutone
Mandy – Barry Manilow
Rosanna – Toto
Ana Ng – TMBG
Wendy – Beach Boys
Eleanor Rigby – Beatles
Josephine – Wallflowers
Cecilia – Simon and Garfunkel
Daria – Cake
Janeane – Muckafurgason
Christie Lee – Billy Joel
Susie Q – CCR
I also forgot this lovely gem that can be found on the old Rev 105 Archive disk: Caroline, by Kirsty MacColl. This is an incredibly catchy tune, that I got stuck in my head this morning after checking the book Coraline (by Neil Gaiman) out from the Minneapolis Public Library.
I couldn’t immediately remember who sings it (because I don’t know this Kirsty MacColl at all–maybe I should–), so I searched last.fm from my iphone, and got hundreds of song titles containing Caroline, including titles by OutKast, Fleetwood Mac, David Gray and Low. Now I want to find all these and listen to them!
So to sum my previous comment up:
Caroline, by Kirsty MacColl
Caroline, by Low
Caroline, by OutKast
I haven’t listened to the others yet. Here’s some more “new” ones:
Cecilia Ann – The Pixies
Priscilla – Suzanne Vega
Isobel – Bjork
Lydia – Her Space Holiday
Nanci – Toad The Wet Sprocket
Chelsea – Counting Crows
Gina – Geggy Tah
Margaret – Jill Sobule
Maria – Blondie
Virginia Woolf – Indigo Girls
laura-ween
sarah-ween
pandy fackler-ween (really…it’s a name)
patricia-doc corbin dart
derek-animal collective
liza-loudon wainrwight
john e. smoke-butthole surfers
naomi-neutral milk hotel
daniel-elton john
madeline-mary – bonnie prince billy
lupe-brokeback
julio iglesias-butthole surfers
dorothy-critters buggin
ziggy stardust-david bowie
clementine-elliot smith
louise-howlin wolf
doralee-jesse sykes
anne-john frusciante
vincent van gough, salvador dali-jonathan richman
laura, sally walker – leadbelly
suzanne-leonard cohen
rubin-marvin pontiac
lizzy, joan of arc – melvins
frankie, louis collins-mississippi john hurt
gideon-my morning jacket
seamus-pink floyd
kitty-pogues
louise-shannon wright
lucinda-tom waits
dudley-yeah yeah yeahs
Noah & the Whale — Mary
wendy was by the association not the beach boys
a lot missing here i was looking for an actual list but yall helped with some .. although don’t limit yourself to pop / rock ya missed a bunch of country songs
Thanks for the feedback Keefer, but I’m only listing songs I like here. ;)