The 21 day Music Challenge - Day One - Songs about People

[TangerineBayern]

The Ballard of Curtis Loew - Lynyrd Skynyrd

 

[Fatboy]

Claudette :- Everly Brothers

 

[Fatboy]

Sweet Baby Jean :- Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers

 

[todayistheday]

The Adverts, Gary Gilmore's eyes.

 

[Steamgun]

Rod Stewart-Killing of Georgie Pt1

 

[strahovski]

Pain - Eleanor Rigby (much better version )

 

[Tangerinemoss]

Lady Eleanor Lindisfarne

Black Jack Davy Steeleye Span

 

[Wizaard]

Beatles-Penny Lane

Also got me thinking as they have other songs with names in it.
How many did I find?

Penny Lane is a street not a person. Eleanor Rigby, on the other hand...

 

[todayistheday]

Angelic Upstarts - The murder of Liddle Towers.

 

[Wizzerboy]

T-Rex ........ Debora
Kim Cannes ....... Bette Davis eyes

 

[1966_and_all_that]

Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Lovely Rita
and all off one album.

 

[Smethwick]

Song to woody
Hurricane
Joey
Death of hattie carroll
Ballad of frankie Lee and judas priest
Who killed davey moore
Sara

All Dylan ones off the top of my head.

More Dylan...
Blind Willie McTell
George Jackson
Roll on John (Lennon)
Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues
The Death of Emmet Till
Ballad of Donald White
Bob Dylan's Blues/Dream/115th Dream
Lenny Bruce
Billy (the kid)

Loads more with names that may or may not be real people... Maggie's Farm, To Ramona....

 

[Leither]

The Sisters of Mercy - Alice
The Sisters of Mercy - Marian
The Sisters of Mercy - Emma (far superior cover of a Hot Chocolate song)

 

[CompleteControl]

Clash - Janie Jones

 

[Ghosts of Electricity]

More Dylan...
Blind Willie McTell
George Jackson
Roll on John (Lennon)
Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues
The Death of Emmet Till
Ballad of Donald White
Bob Dylan's Blues/Dream/115th Dream
Lenny Bruce
Billy (the kid)

Loads more with names that may or may not be real people... Maggie's Farm, To Ramona....

Good shout,

Corrina Corrina is a beautiful song as well.

To ramona takes some beating.

 

[CompleteControl]

Half Man Half Biscuit - Bob Todd

 

[Fatboy]

Old Black Joe , Crazy Cavan

 

[poolseasider]

Penny Lane is a street not a person. Eleanor Rigby, on the other hand...

Hey there were no rules attached Penny is a name so I'm counting it.

 

[Tangerinetiltingatwindmil]

Sweet baby James. James Taylor
Making plans for Nigel. XTC
Luca. Suzanne Vega.
Sweet Caroline.Neil Diamond.

 

[td53]

Joe - Inspiral Carpets

 

[1966_and_all_that]

Good shout,

Corrina Corrina is a beautiful song as well.

To ramona takes some beating.

To Ramona is in my Dylan top 10.

 

[1966_and_all_that]

Billy Don't be a Hero - Paper Lace.

 

[Ghosts of Electricity]

To Ramona is in my Dylan top 10.

And didn't even make an album.

 

[1966_and_all_that]

And didn't even make an album.

Another Side of Bob Dylan. Why, where do you know it from?

 

[Ghosts of Electricity]

Another Side of Bob Dylan. Why, where do you know it from?

Yep, you are right.

I often listen to the bootleg series 1-3 and it's on there.

 

[Syorks seasider]

Looking out for Linda Hue and cry

 

[Fatboy]

Whole lotta Rosie AC/DC

 

[OhSitDown]

Duck Sauce - Barbara Streisand

 

[TangerineSeasider]

Ozzy Osbourne - Mr Crowley. A song about the occultist Aleister Crowley

 

[TangerineSeasider]

Nemo - Nightwish

 

[TangerineSeasider]

Alice Cooper - Ballad of Dwight Fry

 

[TangerineSeasider]

Iron Maiden - Alexander the Great

 

[TangerineSeasider]

Iron Maiden - Flight of Icarus

 

[TangerineSeasider]

Rush - Tom Sawyer

 

[Wizzerboy]

ELO.....
.diary of Horace Wimp

Blast, should read all the posts

 

[TangerineSeasider]

Tesla - Edison’s Medicine

 

[The Vendor]

Elvis (impersonator on Blackpool Pier)

 

[The Vendor]

. Manic Street Preachers

 

[HatfulofHollow]

Weezer - Buddy Holly

 

[ballysboots]

Jenny - Chicago (bonus point person and city )

 

[Davepick]

Vincent. Don McLean.

 

[1966_and_all_that]

Vincent. Don McLean.

American Pie - Buddie Holly.

 

[Loco]

Stand down Margaret - The Beat

 

[Fatboy]

Long tall Sally :- Little Richard

 

[Tangerinetiltingatwindmil]

Gary Gilmore’s eyes. Adverts

 

[GrahamwantshisOates]

Julia
Dear Prudence
The continuing story of Bungalow Bill
Rocky Racoon
Martha my dear
Sexie Sadie.

All off Beatles White album.