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Scraggy Taters
15-05-2013


Heavyweight Champion Of The World - Reverend & The Makers

Professional Widow - Tori Amos

The latter songs lyrics make a reference to Muhammed Ali who was a heavyweight champion of the world.
Terrence Chant
15-05-2013
Professional Widow - Tori Amos
Made Of Money - Adam Ant

TA once sang about cornflakes, sort of, whilst the latter includes the line 'that makes me choke on my Shreddies' . I suspect a professional widow may be pretty loaded too
Scraggy Taters
15-05-2013


Made Of Money - Adam Ant
Poker Face - Lady GaGa

One of Mr Ants minor hits was called 'Strip', which is a variation of the card game 'Poker'.
Though having a 'Poker-face' if you're winning at strip-poker may be tricky...
geniejean
15-05-2013
Poker Face - Lady GaGa
Daddy - Reba McEntire

Both singers born on March 28th .......my dad's birthday God rest his soul
Scraggy Taters
15-05-2013


Daddy - Reba McEntire
Next To Me - Emeli Sandé

'Daddy' is also the name of a track on Emelis best selling 2012 album.
'Next To Me' being the best selling single from 'Our Version Of Events'.
Multimedia81
16-05-2013
Next To Me - Emeli Sandé
You're Gonna Get Next to Me ~ Bo Kirkland/ Ruth Davis

The latter of course contains the former song title
Terrence Chant
16-05-2013
You're Gonna Get Next to Me ~ Bo Kirkland/ Ruth Davis
I Don't Want to Play Football - Belle & Sebastian

(Chris) Kirkland and (Kelvin) Davis are also the names of goalkeepers. Belle & Sebastian were going to call their 2006 album 'The Goalkeeper's Revenge' as homage to Bill Naughton's short stories book, but settled on 'The Life Pursuit' eventually.
Scraggy Taters
16-05-2013
I Don't Want to Play Football - Belle & Sebastian
From The Bench At Belvidere - Boo Radleys

The original French series of childrens TV programme 'Belle et Sébastien' was filmed in the village of Belvédère in the Alpes-Maritimes.
Team managers who don't want to play football watch from the bench.
Terrence Chant
16-05-2013
From The Bench At Belvidere - Boo Radleys
Flying Trapeze - Riverboat Six

The video to the Boos' song I Hang Suspended featured lead singer Sice suspended from a flying trapeze.
Scraggy Taters
16-05-2013
Flying Trapeze - Riverboat Six
The Circus - Erasure

A flying trapeze would be one of the main attractions at the circus.

Neither song title appears anywhere in the song itself.
Terrence Chant
17-05-2013
The Circus - Erasure
The Circle - Robert Forster

Near identical titles by artists who start and and with the same letter
Scraggy Taters
17-05-2013
The Circle - Robert Forster
Hip To Be Square - Huey Lewis & The News

From circle to square
Terrence Chant
17-05-2013
Hip To Be Square - Huey Lewis & The News
Diamond Eyes - Deftones

both songs have a shape and a body part in the title
Scraggy Taters
17-05-2013
Diamond Eyes - Deftones
Club-Foot - Kasabian

Whereas these two song titles each have a playing card suit and a body part that is doubled !
Both acts played live at 'Plein Air' in Luxembourg on 27th June 2010.
Terrence Chant
20-05-2013
Club Foot - Kasabian
I Can Only Disappoint U - Mansun

Charles Manson links.....Kasabian were named after Linda Kasabian, the getaway driver of the Manson cult, whilst the latter song includes Manson references in the lyric (e.g 'piggies scrawled on your walls')
Scraggy Taters
20-05-2013
I Can Only Disappoint U - Mansun
Disposable Teens - Marilyn Manson

Both songs taken from albums released in 2000 by the two 'Manson sounding' acts.
Terrence Chant
20-05-2013
Disposable Teens - Marilyn Manson
Tainted Love - Soft Cell

Aside from the cover of a cover, both acts have appeared on the Cooking Vinyl label
Scraggy Taters
20-05-2013
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Swamp Thing - The Grid


Synthesiser maestro David Ball was in both acts.
Terrence Chant
20-05-2013
Swamp Thing - The Grid
Die Like A Dog - Curve

Both duos had an album entitled 'Doppelgänger'
Scraggy Taters
20-05-2013
Die Like A Dog - Curve
Time To Burn - Storm

Both acts have 'Blackberry 5' device models named after them.
Terrence Chant
21-05-2013
Time To Burn - Storm
Timothy - Jet

Both acts are names of Gladiators, and the first three letters of each song are the same
Scraggy Taters
21-05-2013
Timothy - Jet
Get It On - T. Rex

Jet released the 'Dirty Sweet EP', which drew its name from the T. Rex song 'Get It On'
Terrence Chant
21-05-2013
Get It On - T. Rex
A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash

JC was "clad in black"
Scraggy Taters
21-05-2013


A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
A Girl Named Sandoz - Smashing Pumpkins

Gender-opposite titles.
Terrence Chant
21-05-2013
A Girl Named Sandoz - Smashing Pumpkins
Come As You Are - Nirvana

Courtney Love boffers.....perhaps Billy Corgan was attracted by her smashing pumpkins
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