Songs with 'male' names as titles?
David Anthony Clark
songs mentioning her name 'Ashlee'. I was then 'told' to write her one.
Whilst thinking about this, I started thinking that I can't think of
many songs written by Women for Men which contain thier name (ie. Pamela,
,Ann-Toto,Alison,Veronica-Elvis Costello ...etc) It seems not many Females
want to write songs about males :) ( Names as titles of course... )
These are the only two I can think of...
Jesse ( Fleetwood Mac )
Me and Bobby Mgee ( Janis Joplin ? ) doesn't really count as it doesn't
mention his name exclusively.
Anybody else know any examples of 'male' titled songs?
Cheers
David
Bruce Rodean
> In article <3g9vt0$2...@pta.pyramid.com.au> David Anthony Clark (d...@pta.pyramid.com.au) wrote:
> > These are the only two I can think of...
> > Jesse ( Fleetwood Mac )
> > Me and Bobby Mgee ( Janis Joplin ? ) doesn't really count as it doesn't
> > mention his name exclusively.
> > Anybody else know any examples of 'male' titled songs?
> This is from the first half of the alphabet (by artists).
OK, here's the second half:
Eddie - Latin Quarter
Miguel - Gordon Lightfoot
Bobby - Reba McEntire
James - Pat Metheny Group
Jaco - Pat Metheny Group
Bob George - Prince
Harry Truman - Stan Ridgway
Hercules - Boz Scaggs
Vladimir Vladimir - Jane Siberry
Jonah - Paul Simon
Joe - Dusty Springfield
Rudy - Supertramp
Bill - Talking Heads
John Hardy - George Thorogood And The Destroyers
Vic - Throwing Muses
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Marlo Harris
: Jesse ( Fleetwood Mac )
: Me and Bobby Mgee ( Janis Joplin ? ) doesn't really count as it doesn't
: mention his name exclusively.
'Sam' by Olivia Newton-John, though olivia didn't write the song herself.
Joanne Johnson
Bill, I love you so, I always will...... blah blah balh
does this count for guys names in songs even tho they were a group?
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Grant Lund
"Johnny come home" - fine young cannibals
"John I love you" - Sinead O' Connor
Can't think of anymore...
Grant
Lisa Kvarda
In article <3g9vt0$2...@pta.pyramid.com.au>, d...@pta.pyramid.com.au writes:
>
> These are the only two I can think of...
>
> Jesse ( Fleetwood Mac )
> Me and Bobby Mgee ( Janis Joplin ? ) doesn't really count as it doesn't
> mention his name exclusively.
>
> Anybody else know any examples of 'male' titled songs?
Joey - Concrete Blonde
Lisa
Bonnie Kivowitz
Marlo Harris (ma...@bu.edu) wrote:
: : These are the only two I can think of...
: : Jesse ( Fleetwood Mac )
: : Me and Bobby Mgee ( Janis Joplin ? ) doesn't really count as it doesn't
: : mention his name exclusively.
I remember Tiffany did a song called "Danny"...
Bonnie :)
Brian D. Phillips
: Bill, I love you so, I always will...... blah blah balh
: does this count for guys names in songs even tho they were a group?
The title of the song was "Wedding Bell Blues"(It might have worked if
this was called the "Wedding BILL Blues", although "Weddin Marilyn Blues"
doesn't swing somehow.)
My entries:
Meet James Ensor - They Might be Giants
Mr. Klaw - They Might Be Giants
Quick Joey Small - Kasenetz-Katz(?)
Lola - The Kinks(well, it was a guy. Picky, picky!)
A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
Alex Chilton - Replacements
Michael Caine - Madness(?)
Marty Feldman Eyes - Bruce Baum(parody of "Bette Davis Eyes)
Old Johnny Hoggabee(An old, sexist folk song I sang in grade school about
a woman who was glad to marry a man with this horrid-sounding name since
he was rich)
John Henry - Leadbelly(Among others, of course)
C.C. Rider - Gertrude "Ma" Rainey
Jilted John - Jilted John
Joe Meek - Wreckless Eric
John Jacob Jingleheimer Smith - ?
Abdul Abulbul Amir - ?
My Name is Prince - Prince(Well...not anymore!)
Brian "Brian's Song" Phillips
Stephen Burkart
Andrew Rogers
>Whilst thinking about this, I started thinking that I can't think of
>many songs written by Women for Men which contain thier name (ie. Pamela,
>,Ann-Toto,Alison,Veronica-Elvis Costello ...etc) It seems not many Females
>want to write songs about males :) ( Names as titles of course... )
>Anybody else know any examples of 'male' titled songs?
Buttloads of 'em - five on my favorite album alone: "Luckie", "Lu", "Timer",
"Eli's Coming", and "Farmer Joe". And lots of 'em from the Golden Age of
Rock'n'Roll: "Bobbie's Girl", "Billy", "Johnny Angel", "Don't Mess With
Bill", "Wait Til My Bobby Gets Home", "Ode To Billie Joe", etc.
There have been occasional songs by men with men's names in the title: "Louie
Louie" [had to mention that, of course], "Billy Don't Be A Hero", "Big Bad
John", "Michael" (both the Highwaymen's folkie chestnut and the C.O.D.'s ace
Chicago soul hit), "Mack The Knife", "Brother Louie", "Eli's Coming" as
remade by Three Dog Night, "Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron"... on up to the recent
"Jeremy" by what's-their-name.
But rarest of all are songs by women with other women's names in the title:
there's "Emmie" on you-know-what, plus "Tammy", "Judy's Turn To Cry", Laura
Brannigan's "Gloria", plus three from Helen Reddy: "Delta Dawn", "Angie Baby",
and "Ruby Red Dress".
Andrew
and everybody's callin luie luie luie
Meredith J. Fine
radio show using only songs with people's names in the title. Here are the
male names that I can recall from the top of my head:
Bill----Chickasaw Mudd Puppies
JC----Sonic Youth (it's in memory of Joe Cole, a roadie)
Lee Is Free--Sonic Youth
Frederick----Patti Smith Group
Graham Robert Wood----Pooka
Vic----Throwing Muses
Ramon----Laurie Anderson
Richard----Billy Bragg
Joey----Concrete Blonde
Joe----PJ Harvey
Ed----King Missile
Earl Scheib----Hayride
What's The Frequency, Kenneth?----R.E.M.
Wendell Gee----R.E.M.
John I Love You----Sinead O'Connor
Tom's Diner----Suzanne Vega
Jeremy----Pearl Jam
Brother Jake----Neville Brothers
Hey Joe----Jimi Hendrix
Mr. Wendal----Arrested Development
Oh Jim----Lou Reed
My Friend George----Lou Reed
Little Johnny Jewel----Television
Marcus Said----Sloan
Harry's Circumsision----Lou Reed
Jonas & Ezekial----Indigo Girls
Ted, Woody, and Junior----Robyn Hitchcock
Floyd the Barber----Nirvana
It's A Shame About Ray----Lemonheads
Jimmy Jimmy----Madonna
Particularly Zeke----traditional (and Vibrating Egg)
William's Doll----Alan Alda
That's all I can think of right now, but I know I played others.
M.J.
Doug Mauldin
: : mention his name exclusively.
Not to mention the fact that as originally written (by Roger Miller, BTW)
the song's title character was a female.
Roger did a nice "gotcha" on this one. The lyrics were originally
something like "Windshield wipers keeping time/and Bobby clapping hands
we fin-/ally sang up every song that driver knew." Nothing else in the
first part of the song keeps us from assuming that Bobby is just a buddy.
The first time we auditioned Roger's recording of this for
possible airplay at the radio station, we were rocking along until
he got to the part about "holding Bobby's body next to mine" at which
point we all went "Whoa!" Then he started using pronouns to refer to
her and she underwent a transformation in our minds. This twist is completely
absent from Joplin's version. I would imagine Miller didn't mind, though.
It no doubt made him a lot more money than his own version did.
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gdma...@ualr.edu Department of Applied Science
Not a spokesman. (They didn't ask me to say that, but it seems fashionable.)
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Tamara Bakker
>From: sbur...@cpp.pha.pa.us (Stephen Burkart)
>Subject: Re: Songs with 'male' names as titles?
>Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 17:05:33 GMT
>"Johnny I Love You" was a Booker T and the MGs b-side (late 60s?)
>
"Fernando" by Abba
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Larry Miller
Bennie and the Jets - Elton John
Ben - Michael Jackson
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce
Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
Fifth of Beethoven - Walter Murphy
Frankenstein - Edgar Winter
Jesus Is Just Alright - Doobie Brothers
Mr. Bojangles - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Peter Gunn - Duane Anthony
Rock Me Amadeus - Falco
Rocket Man - Elton John
Rough Boy - ZZ Top
Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
Snoopy vs. The Red Baron - Royal Guardsman
Soul Man - Sam & Dave, Blues Bros
Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
Godzilla - Blue Oyster Cult (couldn't pass on this one!)
Willie and The Hand Jive - Eric Clapton
Billy, Don't Be A Hero - Bo Donaldson
Jay Steven Weiner
Buddy Holly--Weezer
You Don't Mess Around With Jim--Jim Croce
Me & Bobby McGee--Janis Joplin, also Kris Kristofferson
Wasn't there also a song "Ricky Don't Lose That Number"?
Was the Phil Collins song titled "Billy Don't You Lose That Number", or
was "Billy" not in the title?
Tom Dooley--Kingston Trio, I believe
What's the Frequency, Kenneth?--REM
Major Tom--Peter Schilling (didn't Rush also have a song w/the same name?)
Ballad of Davy Crockett--most recently remade by the Kentucky Headhunters
Michael Kappert
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|> In article <3g9vt0$2...@pta.pyramid.com.au>, d...@pta.pyramid.com.au writes:
|> >
|> > These are the only two I can think of...
|> >
|> > Jesse ( Fleetwood Mac )
wasnt there also Jesse by Carly Simon ? (dedicated to Warren Beatty)
|> > Me and Bobby Mgee ( Janis Joplin ? ) doesn't really count as it doesn't
|> > mention his name exclusively.
|> >
|> > Anybody else know any examples of 'male' titled songs?
|>
|> Joey - Concrete Blonde
|>
|>
|> Lisa
Albert Flasher by The Guess Who
Chuck E.'s In Love by Rikkie Lee Jones
Frankie by ... ? some forgettable pop singer (female)
Dennis by Blondie
not too many :(
Michael
Riddle
How about Bananarama's "Nathan Jones" ?
"You never wrote me, you never called.....Nathan Jones, you've been
gone too long...."
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Brian D. Phillips
Here's a bit of a cheat:
Windy by the Association
In the song, it's a she. It was based on a male hippie in San Francisco
who was usually altered and "Tripped down the streets of the city".
Brian
Joshua I Eilberg
: How about Bananarama's "Nathan Jones" ?
Bennie and The Jets - Bennie was a she.
Other songs with male names for titles include:
Nikita - Elton John (about Nikita Kruschev)
Roy Rogers, Levon, Hercules, Dan Dare, Billy Bones and the White
Bird, Johnny B. Goode, The Ballad of Danny Bailey, Dear John
Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny), I Feel Like A Bullet (in the gun of
Robert Ford) - All done by Elton John
Neil Morgenstern
Did Madonna record a cover of the Undertones?
>Particularly Zeke----traditional (and Vibrating Egg)
>William's Doll----Alan Alda
>
>That's all I can think of right now, but I know I played others.
>
> M.J.
hundreds of "Johnny" songs, most notably "Johnny Remember Me" - John Leyton.
"William It Was Really Nothing" - The Smiths
"Billy Budd" - Morrissey
"Tony The Pony" - Morrissey
deceptively not "Our Frank" - Morrissey - not about a man called Frank but
starts with the lines "Our frank and open, deep conversations, they get me
nowhere, they bring me down..."
David Watts - The Kinks or The Jam
Subject with too many to name.
Neil
Emily Branson
Being the Al Stewart fan that I am, I could not resist
throwing my two cents' in.
Here are my song titles:
"Samuel"
"You Should Have Listened to Al"
"Peter on the White Sea"
"Warren Harding"
Emily Branson
West Lafayette, IN
--
"And when the sun goes low and you're home all
alone, think of me and try not to laugh."
from "You Wear it Well" by Rod Stewart
Yet Another Steve
>
> >While browsing, I saw this thread and I couldn't resist. I programmed
a 6 hour
> >radio show using only songs with people's names in the title. Here are the
> >male names that I can recall from the top of my head:
> >
> >Bill----Chickasaw Mudd Puppies
> >JC----Sonic Youth (it's in memory of Joe Cole, a roadie)
> >Lee Is Free--Sonic Youth
Let us not forget, the original poster asked for songs with 'male' names
*written* *by* *women*.
Just naming every song that has a guy's name in the title can go on forever.
Steve
Meredith J. Fine
nmor...@cs.ucl.ac.uk (Neil Morgenstern) asked of my original post:
>
>MF2...@american.edu (Meredith J. Fine) writes:
>
>>Jimmy Jimmy----Madonna
>
>Did Madonna record a cover of the Undertones?
>
No. From True Blue liner notes: "'Jimmy Jimmy' Written by Madonna and Stephen
Bray."
M.J.
Jonas Ussing
>"Samuel"
>"You Should Have Listened to Al"
> "Peter on the White Sea"
>"Warren Harding"
"Jesus he knows me", Genesis
Oh, and by the way:
This thread could get long. Really long....
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