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Musical Connections

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  • Posts: 7,989 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Shiny Happy People - REM. Money is shiny :pac: (tenuous one there :p) , but primarily because ABBA & REM are both acronyms.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,243 ✭✭✭Abusesurvivor


    Georgia on my mind - Ray Charles

    REM from Athens, Georgia...plus election and all that...


  • Posts: 7,989 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Rainy Night in Georgia - Randy Crawford,,, because 'Georgia'


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,243 ✭✭✭Abusesurvivor


    You’ve got a friend in me - Randy Newman


  • Posts: 7,989 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Uptown Uptempo Woman - Randy Edelman (to complete the 'Randy' trifecta :) )


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,243 ✭✭✭Abusesurvivor


    Uptown girl - Billy Joel

    Uptown!


  • Posts: 7,989 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    My Girl - Madness

    Girl :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,243 ✭✭✭Abusesurvivor


    Runaway Train - Soul Asylum

    Madness - Asylum


  • Posts: 7,989 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Drops of Jupiter - Train

    Train


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 68,628 Mod ✭✭✭✭Grid.


    Life on Mars? - David Bowie ( planetary connection)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,243 ✭✭✭Abusesurvivor


    Moon River - Andy Williams
    Trying to continue the astronomical theme with “moon”


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,281 ✭✭✭✭Deja Boo


    Down by the Lazy River - The Osmonds

    Connection: The Osmond Brothers debuted on Andy Williams show back in the day.

    Original recording
    50 year anniversary

    👉️ Boards Deadline, 7 November 👈️



  • Posts: 7,989 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Horizon - Carpenters' album

    A River is a stretch of water, and the best (?:confused:) place to calculate the 'horizon' is on major stretches of water - seas and oceans :)

    More solid connection - Both are Brother and Sister duos, Donny/Marie , Karen/Richard.


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    Desperado - Eagles (Carpenters did a cover of it on that album)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,281 ✭✭✭✭Deja Boo


    Fly Like an Eagle - Steve Miller Band (Eagle in band to eagle in title)

    👉️ Boards Deadline, 7 November 👈️



  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 68,628 Mod ✭✭✭✭Grid.


    The Lovely Linda - Paul McCartney ( played on SMB album)


  • Posts: 7,989 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Looking for Linda - Hue and Cry

    Linda


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,281 ✭✭✭✭Deja Boo


    Looking For Love [in all the wrong places] - Johnny Lee

    (looking)

    👉️ Boards Deadline, 7 November 👈️



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,243 ✭✭✭Abusesurvivor


    What’s another year - Johnny Logan
    Johnny, and JL - same initials.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,281 ✭✭✭✭Deja Boo


    Hold On · John Lennon

    (same initials)

    👉️ Boards Deadline, 7 November 👈️



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  • Posts: 7,989 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Hold On - Wilson Phillips

    Same song title; plus Wilson Phillips were daughters of musical legends, and John Lennon had a son who also had some success in that field; so a musical family connection.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,281 ✭✭✭✭Deja Boo


    Already Gone - Eagles

    (Wilson Phillips also recorded the song)

    👉️ Boards Deadline, 7 November 👈️



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,243 ✭✭✭Abusesurvivor


    Real Gone - Sheryl Crow

    Gone in title and continuing the avian theme (Eagles) with Crow.


  • Posts: 7,989 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Real Gone Kid - Deacon Blue

    Real Gone. And Sheryl Crow did a duet with 'Kid' Rock.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,243 ✭✭✭Abusesurvivor


    Even better than the real thing - U2

    “Real” ... the best I could come up with!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,281 ✭✭✭✭Deja Boo


    Getting Better all the Time - The Beatles

    (better in titles)

    👉️ Boards Deadline, 7 November 👈️



  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 68,628 Mod ✭✭✭✭Grid.


    You'll Never Walk Alone - Gerry & the Pacemakers (George Martin produced both songs)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,243 ✭✭✭Abusesurvivor


    Never • Heart
    Never in title, plus Heart - pacemaker


  • Posts: 7,989 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Never Ever - All Saints

    Never


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,243 ✭✭✭Abusesurvivor


    Whatever - Oasis

    “ever” in title; AllSaints and Oasis are both clothing retailers...and Nicole Appleton from All Saints was married to Liam Gallagher.


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