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Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 10:36AM 
Things Songs Are About: Volume 1
by MOLLY LAMBERT
An unofficial companion piece to the earlier classic recording "Bands By Smell."
things songs by The Kinks are about
- tea
- nostalgia
- photography
- England
- sex
- the seasons
- Hollywood movies
- transvestites
- public parks
- clothing
- the Victorian era
- ape men
things songs by Belle & Sebastian are about
- nostalgia
- books
- sex
- tea
- photography
- England
- the seasons
- public parks
- Mike Piazza
- adolescence
- homoeroticism
- death
- funny little frogs
things songs by Lou Reed are about
- loneliness
- drugs
- New York City
- rock 'n roll
- girls
- parties
- sex
- times of day
- love
- race relations
- transvestites
- Berlin
- death
things songs by Andrew W.K. are about
- parties
- girls
- being awesome
- puking
- cars
- wolves
- death
- New York City
things songs by David Bowie are about
- space
- homoeroticism
- drugs
- Mickey Mouse growing up a cow
- fame
- the apocalypse
- Berlin
- sex
- rock 'n roll
- transvestites
- alligators
- death
things songs by Prince are about
- sex
- funk
- love
- Dorothy Parker
- purple rain
- cars
- homoeroticism
- race relations
- the apocalypse
- working for Mr. McGee
- pussy control
Molly Lambert is the managing editor of This Recording. She also tumbls and twitters.
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Reader Comments (3)
A list like this almost requires a Venn Diagram. (http://sciencevsromance.net/post/346200127/in-which-i-visually-present-the-overlap-in-themes)
B&S are of course Scottish. I can't remember any of their songs being about England. But then I haven't really listened to them since Fold Your Hands Child.
You forgot dancing, Bowie sings about dancing all the time.
But I loved this.