Wow. I haven’t heard Amanda in a LONG time. Loved that entire cassette. Yeah, I said it....cassette!!
Name the best song ever that has just a woman's name in the title.
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Probably will be disqualified but Nikki Don't care.
I wasn't sure if it'd meet the criteria of only being the girl's name, but a line in the song says "With a name like Dani California", so I'm gonna count it.
I can't believe I hadn't thought of this one sooner.
My daughter's name.
My daughter's name.
Does Penny Lane count? I’m counting it.
And just to make sure I’m following the rules, a pic:
And just to make sure I’m following the rules, a pic:
Now, that is one song I don't believe I have ever heard before.
Believe it or not, it has been around for awhile, and performed by Emmylou Harris and Dylan among others:
From Wikipedia:
Barbara Allen" is a traditional folk song once popular throughout the English speaking world. It tells how the eponymous character denies a dying man's love then dies of grief soon after his untimely death.
The song began as a Scottish ballad in the seventeenth century or earlier, before quickly spreading (both orally and in print) throughout the British Isles and later North America. Ethnomusicologists Steve Roud and Julia Bishop described it as "far and away the most widely collected song in the English language—equally popular in England, Scotland and Ireland, and with hundreds of versions collected over the years in North America." As with most folk songs, "Barbara Allen" has been published and performed under many different titles, including "The Ballet of Barbara Allen", "Barbara Allen's Cruelty", "Barbarous Ellen", "Edelin", "Hard Hearted Barbary Ellen", "Sad Ballet Of Little Johnnie Green", "Sir John Graham", "Bonny Barbara Allan", "Barbry Allen" among others
It is a great song.
It kind of reminds me of another song I have recently become familiar with; a Kinks song, which I believe they never released as a single but it appeared on their Greatest Hits album. Celluloid Heroes. I really like this one.
I guess we are even; I had never heard that one before. It is actually quite a beautiful song.
Openly confessed to wife about HROT tonight.....she was eating up this topic tonight. Naming tons of songs. I said, there are no chances that there this many songs for men.
Anyway...we can let the resident females start that thread
Anyway...we can let the resident females start that thread
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This is actually the video I was trying to link to. I think it is better than the original one I posted.
Lots of the great ones like Jolene, Roxanne, Melissa and Jessica have already been used up. And those are so classic I don’t have to put the band with them.
So I’ll contribute Ana Ng by They Might Be Giants
And Jane by The Barenaked Ladies
So I’ll contribute Ana Ng by They Might Be Giants
And Jane by The Barenaked Ladies
Another vote for Layla.
Not sure these have been mentioned -
Not sure these have been mentioned -
Some great ones in this thread. Can't believe we're 3 pages in and this one hasn't been posted (unless I missed it):
Dancing Lucinda is one of my all time favorite! I WANNA BE HAPPIER THIS TIME. TAKE A WALK IN THE RAIN! The Nadas are for sure one of my favorite local bands.
My contribution
Dinah is my favorite. Louis Armstrong or Louis Prima version either one.
Many good ones already mentioned.
Many good ones already mentioned.
Douglas C. Neidermeyer
HR Legend
It is used by both males and females in Russia. Maybe there is a linguist on here that can explain why.
