This month’s suggested playlist is ‘famous names’. As ever the playlist editor’s decision is final to allow for my ridiculous biases, on tunes I just don’t like.
The deal is any tune that has a famous person’s name in the title, be it a real or fictional person will be included.
This is what I’ve got so far:-
Michael Caine - Madness
O Superman - Laurie Anderson
There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis - Kirsty MacColl
Robert De Niro’s Waiting - Bananarama
Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
John Wayne is Big Leggy - Haysi Fantayzee
Einstein A Go-Go - Landscape
Geronimo - Sheppard
Grace Kelly - MIKA
Joan Of Arc - OMD
The Joker - Steve Miller Band
Just Like Jesse James - Cher
Free Nelson Mandela - Soweto Singer
Rasputin - Boney M
Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz
Prince Charming - Adam and The Ants
Bruce Lee - Robbie Williams
Sherlock Holmes - Sparks
Andy Warhol - David Bowie
Black Man Ray - China Crisis
Roll Over Beethoven - ELO
Electric Barbarella - Duran Duran
Barbie Girl - Aqua
Walks Like Rihanna - The Wanted
Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5
Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin) - Scritti Politti
Marvin Gaye - Puth and Trainor
Rock Me Amadeus - Falco
So please fellow retro runners, if you know of a famous person/character missing from this Who’s Who of Running Tunes, then please let me know.
I’ll finish it up and release at the end of September
The others I have to listen to them - Editor’s choice and all, but I’m thinking of a follow on list for more ‘parental advisory’ and Cardinal Pell, well I’m still thinking of him...
I think Cardinal Pell is a bit too out there.... whilst I agree with the sentiments..., for that reason the Pope is out too. Sorry, but I guess you won’t be shocked.
Genghis is in.
But who exactly is the Angel of Death - I couldn’t actually run to this at all, I wanted to cry!
Oh Mr M hits my sensitive button as my family history is Jewish in origin and I just couldn’t put it in even though it’s hardly complimentary. But the famous names Mark 2 list is just about done...
phew, couldn’t start the time & effort investment again that would be exhausting!! Blondes def have more fun, but dark is mysterious??!! Yorkshire will have to be my Italy...just need to eat more cornettos..lol xxx
Love ELO, hate that cover! Also I did not know about Angie. However, can you imagine a less appropriate running tune! (Maybe Vincent, as i suggested...)
Lol, well, l don’t do ‘running’ tunes, l literary listen to my favourite music while running, never running to a beat. And that could be anything from early Miles Davis to hard driven rock at full blast with Johnny Cash and classical music in between. Music and running are great friends.
Haha, look, his singing there is the absolute top end (try singing the verse if you don’t believe me), song structure and the way they played it was exceptional. They had Taylor on guitar still, and once he left they turned into a cabaret act. I enjoy listening to it and running slow. And then breaking it down and running harder with Rammstein.
That's the problem, it's good, and it's emotional so would result in 😢 !! Also, I listened to Desert Island Discs with David Beckham on a run once and he only went and chose Wild Horses - maaaaaan.
Okay - so it's real or fictional people - I do have a ‘names’ list that this could go on, but I think this one was just anti-war rather than named after a particular Oliver - but I do love the song and it’s already on this playlist
I always thought this referred to Oliver Cromwell- no idea why. I'll have to listen to the lyrics again (been an awfully long time since I last heard it!)
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