h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

And a couple more from K over in the peanut gallery:

Mojo Nixon- “Debbie Gibson’s Pregnant with My 2- Headed Love Child”
Rapeman- “Kim Gordon’s Panties”
American Music Club- “Johnny Mathis’ Feet”

Looking up MDC - hope they don't change their name to Movement for Democratic Change (Zimbabwe opposition party) they might get picked off.

Here's the rest of my mp3 folder.

Nick Cave - Blind Lemon Jefferson / Jesus Met The Woman At The Well (2 for 2) / Jack The Ripper / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagger_Lee
Pixies - (Mose) Allison / Alec Eiffel
PJ Harvey - Yuri G
Red Snapper - Fatboy's Dust
Silverfish - Elvis Leg
Tom Waits - Jesus Gonna Be Here (Him again - I believe he was real, even if his dad wasn't)

Debbie Gibson’s Pregnant with My 2- Headed Love Child!
Kim Gordon's Panties? That Albini fella's got some special interests.

There's a Pixies song (written and sung by the drummer) called Make Believe, which was all about pretending a girl was Debbie Gibson.

Tribe Of Toffs - John Kettley Is A Weatherman (And So Is Michal Fish)

Kate Bush - Houdini
Midnight Oil - Truganini (for those who don't know, Truganini was the last of the 'full-blood' Tasmanian Aborigines and a survivor of official British genocide. She died in 1876.)
The Clouds - Hieronymus (Bosch, of course.)

There was another song I thought of in the middle of the night. I wonder what it was.

If we have Hieronymus, we also need "Vincent" by Don McLean

Good catch.

And I just remembered what I'd forgotten...

Jesus Jones - Welcome back, Victoria.

Good ones!

I think I'm tapped out, at least for now.

I'd forgotten all about that song.

Georgie Fame- The Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde
Barenaked Ladies- Be My Yoko Ono

Ok, pullin' one outta the hat...

Pythagoras's Trousers - Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen
Mel Brooks - Springtime for Hitler

Smiths - The Queen Is Dead / Frankly, Mr (Bill) Shankly / Shakespeare's Sister

Dandy Warhols - Cool as Kim Deal

Franz Ferdinand- All For You, Sophia
Bananarama- Robert De Niro's Waiting

(I think I've exhausted my Zen playlist, and I'm done tapping K's brain after the goofy stuff he came up with... so now I'm stuck thinking...)

Still looking for famous people?

Let's see what my list has to offer:


Austin Lounge Lizards - Leonard Cohen's Day Job

Bob Dylan - Billy the Kid (not sure it counts, being from the Pat Garret & Billy the Kid soundtrack)

The Chieftains - The Rebel Jesus

Herman's Hermits - Henry VIII

John Prine - The Late John Garfield Blues

Liederjan - Stephan Jantzen, 17. Dezember 1873 (he was famous for a daring rescue of some shipwrecked Danish sailors during a storm)

Iain MacKintosh - Armstrong (as in Neil Armstrong)

Simon & Garfunkel - So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright (there *are* songs about architects!)

Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over, Beethoven

John Mayall - John Lee Boogie (about John Lee Hooker, of course)



[I'll leave out the Folk songs about long-dead heroes and princes, also Henry Rollins on the subject of Ween and Marilyn Manson, as those are spoken word]

Frank Lloyd Wright did some signifant things to Chicago, from what I recall my tour guide said.

Architecturally, or for the gossip columns? He had numerous affairs and dozens of children