Names

[boomerkuwanger]

I don't think I stole this idea from anyone, I can't think of where I might have gotten it from, but it seems like it would be very common. What about a mix-cd of just songs whose titles are girl's names? My musical knowledge-base is rather limited but here are a few that I know/have

Comments

You have only yourself to blame for this

[ludickid]

"Allison", the Pixies
"Anatalya", Muslimgauze
"Angelene", P.J. Harvey
"Annabelle", Gillian Welch
"Anna Lee", Bad Livers
"Arlene", the Handsome Family
"Billie", Pavement
"Brenda", the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
"Carmelita", Warren Zevon
"Caroline", Low
"Cathy Ray", Tuscadero
"Cecilia", Simon & Garfunkel
"Celia", Charles Mingus
"Charlotte", Kittie
"Cholly", Fishbone
"Christine", Tarnation
"Claudine", the Geraldine Fibbers
"Connie", Bongwater
"Cynthy-Ruth", Black Merda
"Daria", Cake
"Debra", Beck
"Diana", Skip Spence
"Diane", Husker Du
"Donna", Clem Snide
"Elaine", the Smithereens
"Ella", M. Ward
"Felicia", the Cannanes
"Geraldine", the Lyres
"Gretchen", Jandek
"Ida Lee", Urban Inbreed
"Iris", the Breeders (NOTE: IRIS NOT ACTUALLY A WOMAN'S NAME, BUT A METAPHOR FOR MENSTRUATION)
"Jenny", the American Music Club
"Jessica", Jandek
"Jezebel", Dizzee Rascal
"Jolene", Dolly Parton
"Juanita", the Flying Burrito Brothers
"Juliet", Huelyn Duvall
"Karoline", Neko Case & Her Boyfriends
"Lalena", Donovan
"Layla", Derek & the Dominoes
"Leyla", Am'r Diab
"Linda", Randy Newman
"Liz Beth", Eleventh Dream Day
"Lola", the Kinks (NOTE: LOLA IS PROBABLY A MAN)
"Lorenza Giada Alessandra", L7 (NOTE: TECHNICALLY, THIS IS THREE WOMEN'S NAMES)
"Lorraine", Freakwater
"Lucinda", Randy Newman
"Lyla", CocoRosie
"Madeleine-Mary", Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
"Madeline", Yo La Tengo
"Margarita", Los Super Seven
"Maria", the Wu-Tang Clan
"Mary", nomeansno
"Mary Jo", Belle & Sebastian
"Mary Lou", Ronnie Hawkins & the Hawks
"Monica", the Kinks
"Myrtle", Vic Chesnutt
"Neely", Air Miami
"Nicotina", Sparks (NOTE: THIS SONG IS ACTUALLY ABOUT A CIGARETTE, BUT HER NAME IS NICOTINA)
"Polly", Nirvana
"Raedawn", Viktor Vaughn
"Ramona", Guster
"Regina", the Sugarcubes
"Rhiannon", Fleetwood Mac
"Rosemary", Randy Newman
"Roxanne", the Police
"Sara", Fleetwood Mac
"Sirena", Dirty Three
"Suzanne", Randy Newman (NOTE: RANDY NEWMAN WRITES A LOT OF SONGS ABOUT WOMEN)
"Suzy Lee", the White Stripes
"Tania", Camper Van Beethoven
"Tanith", Throbbing Gristle
"Tatyana", Archers of Loaf
"Tessie", Dropkick Murphys (NOTE: TESSIE ACTUALLY A BIRD OR SOMETHING)
"Tina", Camper Van Beethoven
"Victoria", the Kinks (NOTE: VICTORIA POSSIBLY A METAPHOR FOR ENGLAND, BUT ALSO A QUEEN'S NAME)
"Vivienne", the Cannanes
"Yasmina", Guy Manoukian

Re: You have only yourself to blame for this

[qed]

I don't think that's going to fit on one mix. That's more like the 6 CD box set of songs with women's names.