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Friday Fun Thread for September 16, 2022

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I'm working on a playlist of Songs That Are Just Lists of Things. Songs where the lyrics are just lists of stuff, repetitive lines, if you know a few of the songs you'll get the theme pretty quick. So far:

Mambo No. 5 -- Lou Bega

People Who Died -- The Jim Carroll Band

I've Been Everywhere -- Johny Cash (As an aside, everyone here should listen to The One on The Right Was On the Left for some vintage CW Roundup content, TheMotte collectively being represented by the guy in the rear)

Area Codes -- Ludacris

Orgy For One -- Ninja Sex Party

Blood of the Kings -- Manowar

I'm Too Sexy -- Right Said Fred

We Didn't Star the Fire -- Billy Joel

Girls -- The Dare

10 Things I Hate About You -- Leah Kate

We Got Two Jealous Agains -- NOFX

So what other songs should I add to this one? I'm open to foreign language songs if the structure is obvious.

"Genau" by KMFDM is basically "List of German expressions in English" as a song.

"Firestarter" by The Prodigy - the lyrics are a list of traits possessed by the speaker.

"The Number Song" by DJ Shadow is a series of sampled count-offs from different songs.

"This Could Be Love" - Alkaline Trio - the chorus is a list of numbered instructions.

"Feel Good Hit of the Summer" - Queens of the Stone Age

I’ve been Everywhere also has an Australian version (some people say it’s the original, as it was released earlier than the US adaptation which was later covered by Johnny Cash) and there is a good list of foreign language adaptations, including (of course) multiple Czech versions.

https://secondhandsongs.com/work/35565/adaptations#nav-entity

The version I’m particularly attached to is Jackie Leven’s: https://www.flashlyrics.com/lyrics/jackie-leven/ive-been-everywhere-27

Not quite following the requirements, but Boards of Canada - Aquarius comes pretty close.

Listing point starts at about 3:00.

Yeah, it's maybe not exactly what the OP was looking for (hardly any Boards of Canada tracks can be said to have anything resembling coherent "lyrics", apart from maybe In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country and 1969). That being said, Aquarius is a fucking fantastic track anyway so I heavily endorse its inclusion.

And along those lines, Gyroscope is another Boards of Canada track featuring a list of numbers.

Yakko's World- Animaniacs

Wakko's America is a good one too.

Lemon Demon - The Ultimate Showdown

https://youtube.com/watch?v=sTpW81xguME

The Alphabet Song traditional (or is this one Sesame Street)?

Bob - Weird Al Yankovic

Some other Weird Al:

Since You've Been Gone

Your Horoscope for Today

You Make Me

And special mention to the middle part of Hardware Store where he lists all the things the store sells.

Ten Crack Commandments -- Biggie Smalls

Some Swedish hipster choices:

Hållplatz -- Göteborgselektronikerna (list of tram stops in Gothenburg)

Hålla Din Hand -- Doktor Kosmos (list of activities for left-wing activists)

Like a Boss by Lonely Island?

The Counting Song https://youtube.com/watch?v=VWSXbl1c2Ag

Feel Good Hit of the Summer - Queens of the Stone Age is a list of drugs the singer is implying they have taken.

Would you consider "You don't call Wagga Wagga Wagga"? A list of Australian towns with double names you would not call by the singular abbreviation, as argument to say the singer's home town's name in full.

Tom Lehrer - The Elements

Jay Foreman - Every Tube Station Song

Thou Shalt Always Kill - Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip

My Favorite Things - Sound of Music

If I Had A Million Dollars by the Barenaked Ladies comes to mind.

Done Too Soon - Neil Diamond

The Name Game - Shirley Ellis

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover - Paul Simon

Do Right - Jimmie's Chicken Shack

Waters of March - Elis Regina and Tom Jobim

Also the Eclipse part of Dark Side of the Moon, though that's more like a coda to Bran Damage than a song in its own right.

You have good taste in music my man, I was going to add Carol Brown, iteotwawki and fifty ways to leave your lover.

Maybe The Good Ship Lifestyle - Chumbawumba?

I feel incredibly stupid for suggesting this, but Lizzo - Boys actually fits the bill very well.

EDIT: And honestly, so does The Twelve Days of Christmas.

You shouldn't feel stupid, Lizzo is probably the greatest entertainer currently in the music business.

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