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Musical Trails

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geniejean

28-08-2014

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)

UKMikey

29-08-2014

White Flag - Dido
Faithless - Scritti Politti

Dido's brother Rollo is in a band called Faithless

Terrence Chant

29-08-2014

Faithless - Scritti Politti
Weird Science - Oingo Boingo

Both bands are two words long, rhyme, and end with the same vowel

geniejean

31-08-2014

Weird Science - Oingo Boingo
Knowledge - Operation Ivy

Science comes from Latin word scientia, meaning knowledge

Terrence Chant

31-08-2014

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.

geniejean

01-09-2014

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

Terrence Chant

01-09-2014

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

Multimedia81

03-09-2014

Belle & Sebastian - Belle & Sebastian
East of Eden ~ Big Country

The actress playing Belle in Emmerdale is called Eden!

Terrence Chant

03-09-2014

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

biscuitfactory

03-09-2014

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.

Terrence Chant

03-09-2014

Don't Speak - No Doubt
Dumb - Beautiful South

Self-explanatory link

UKMikey

03-09-2014

Dumb - Beautiful South
Jeun Ko Ku (Chop 'N' Quench) - Fela Kuti

Dumb was a single on the Quench album

Terrence Chant

03-09-2014

Jeun Ko Ku (Chop 'N' Quench) - Fela Kuti
Seven - James

Kuti had seven children - he was a fertile fela

UKMikey

03-09-2014

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

Terrence Chant

03-09-2014

indeed!

Trimm Trabb - Blur
Still Ill - Smiths

two word titles both words ending in a double letter

geniejean

03-09-2014

Still Ill - Smiths
Cassandra - Abba

One vowel only used in both song titles and artists names

Terrence Chant

04-09-2014

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'

UKMikey

05-09-2014

Keep The Cosmic Trigger Happy - Super Furry Animals
Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz

Gorillas are furry animals

Terrence Chant

05-09-2014

Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz
Noodle Dance - PB & J Otter

Noodle is a character in both

UKMikey

05-09-2014

Noodle Dance - PB & J Otter
All You Need - Sofia The First

Disney songs sure are catchy

Terrence Chant

05-09-2014

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

geniejean

06-09-2014

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

Multimedia81

07-09-2014

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.

Terrence Chant

08-09-2014

Nelson Mandela ~ The Special AKA
Biko - Peter Gabriel

Both songs about anti-apartheid, arrested / jailed African black movement figures

UKMikey

08-09-2014

Biko - Peter Gabriel
Raphaël - Carla Bruni

Gabriel & Raphael are both names of biblical archangels

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