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Old 28-08-2014, 18:23
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Gangsta Bop - Akon
White Flag - Dido

Both artistes have very long birth names :
Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Bongo Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam (Akon)
Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong (Dido)
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Old 29-08-2014, 09:02
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White Flag - Dido
Faithless - Scritti Politti

Dido's brother Rollo is in a band called Faithless
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Old 29-08-2014, 09:22
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Faithless - Scritti Politti
Weird Science - Oingo Boingo

Both bands are two words long, rhyme, and end with the same vowel
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Old 31-08-2014, 15:13
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Weird Science - Oingo Boingo
Knowledge - Operation Ivy

Science comes from Latin word scientia, meaning knowledge
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Old 31-08-2014, 19:33
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Knowledge - Operation Ivy
Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats & Dogs - Brian & Michael

Ivy's son was Brian Tilsley in Coronation Street. There's knowledge for you.
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Old 01-09-2014, 14:26
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Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats & Dogs - Brian & Michael
There's No One Quite Like Grandma - St Winifred's School Choir

The former song, a one-hit wonder, featured St. Winifred's School Choir on uncredited backing vocals, they went on to become one-hit wonders in their own right two years later, with the latter song
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Old 01-09-2014, 18:06
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There's No One Quite Like Grandma - St Winifred's School Choir
Belle & Sebastian - Belle & Sebastian

my granny's name was Elsie, commonly known as Belle. My grandad was a Yorkshire miner though, so unlikely to be named Sebastian
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Old 03-09-2014, 00:20
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Belle & Sebastian - Belle & Sebastian
East of Eden ~ Big Country

The actress playing Belle in Emmerdale is called Eden!
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Old 03-09-2014, 10:23
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East of Eden - Big Country
This Is Not A Song - Frank & Walters

The film East Of Eden stars James Dean, who is also namechecked in the latter song
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Old 03-09-2014, 10:33
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This Is Not A Song - Frank & Walters
Don't Speak - No Doubt

The 1970s sitcom 'Nearest & Dearest' had a regular character called Walter who never spoke.
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Old 03-09-2014, 11:21
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Don't Speak - No Doubt
Dumb - Beautiful South

Self-explanatory link
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Old 03-09-2014, 12:26
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Dumb - Beautiful South
Jeun Ko Ku (Chop 'N' Quench) - Fela Kuti

Dumb was a single on the Quench album
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Old 03-09-2014, 12:52
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Jeun Ko Ku (Chop 'N' Quench) - Fela Kuti
Seven - James

Kuti had seven children - he was a fertile fela
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Old 03-09-2014, 14:10
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He certainly was Tel - with twenty seven wives I'm not surprised he has a Jagger-sized brood

Seven - James
Trimm Trabb - Blur

Misnamed albums link - Seven was James's fourth long player while 13 is Blur's sixth
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Old 03-09-2014, 14:19
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indeed!

Trimm Trabb - Blur
Still Ill - Smiths

two word titles both words ending in a double letter
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Old 03-09-2014, 15:52
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Still Ill - Smiths
Cassandra - Abba

One vowel only used in both song titles and artists names
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Old 04-09-2014, 08:27
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Cassandra - Abba
Keep The Cosmic Trigger Happy - Super Furry Animals

Cassandra and Trigger were Only Fools & Horses characters, and one of Rodney's catchphrases was 'cosmic'
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Old 05-09-2014, 12:03
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Keep The Cosmic Trigger Happy - Super Furry Animals
Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz

Gorillas are furry animals
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Old 05-09-2014, 12:32
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Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz
Noodle Dance - PB & J Otter

Noodle is a character in both
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Old 05-09-2014, 16:05
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Noodle Dance - PB & J Otter
All You Need - Sofia The First

Disney songs sure are catchy
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Old 05-09-2014, 16:57
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let it go Mikey, let it go

All You Need - Sofia The First
Winter Kiss - Young Guns

Ariel Winter & Tim Gunn are amongst the voice artists on the former
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Old 06-09-2014, 15:10
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Winter Kiss - Young Guns
Another First Kiss - They Might Be Giants

Both song titles...last word "kiss", They Might Be Giants and Young Guns are also names of films
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Old 07-09-2014, 18:11
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Another First Kiss - They Might Be Giants
Nelson Mandela ~ The Special AKA

TMBG had their only UK hit Birdhouse in Your Soul when Nelson Mandela was finally freed.
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Old 08-09-2014, 11:00
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Nelson Mandela ~ The Special AKA
Biko - Peter Gabriel

Both songs about anti-apartheid, arrested / jailed African black movement figures
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Old 08-09-2014, 11:48
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Biko - Peter Gabriel
Raphaël - Carla Bruni

Gabriel & Raphael are both names of biblical archangels
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