I'm trying to make a playlist of just "John songs," with either "John" in the title (e.g. "The Sloop John B" by the Beach Boys) or with"John/Johnny" as a protagonist (e.g. "I'm Straight" by the Modern Lovers).
Here's what I have so far but I I know I'm missing some good ones-- help me fill in the blanks:
I've Got a Boy and His Name is John, Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash
John Law Burned Down the Liqour Store, Chris Thomas King
Johnny and June, Mike West
Farewell to John Denver, Monty Python's Flying Circus
John The Revelator, White Stripes version
My Son John, John C. Reilly
Leave Her Johnny, Lou Reed
John Henry, Gillian Welch with Old Crow Medicine Show
Johnny Get Your Gun, Old Crow Medicine Show
I Am John, Loney Dear
Johnny 99, The Boss
What am I forgetting?
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hi, I came across your blog through google blog search on "Gillian Welch". here are a few more John songs that I know of:
Neko Case - John Saw That Number
Emmylou Harris - John the Baptist
Tom Waits - Buzz Flederjohn (does this count?)
Son House - John the Revelator
Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy
Bob Dylan - Gotta Travel On
Tom Waits - Down There By the Train (mention of John Wilkes Booth)
um....John Henry, PETE SEEGER
Johnny B Goode by Chuck Berry
Well, there's also:
"The Ballad of John and Yoko," the Beatles
"Big Bad John," Jimmy Dean (really--you forgot this one?)
"Johnny Hit and Run Pauline," X
"Johnny Ryall," Beastie Boys
"John, I'm Only Dancing," David Bowie
"Johnny Angel," Shelley Fabares (who once walked by my house on a charity walk!)
"It's Johnny's Birthday," a little throwaway song on George Harrison's first solo album
"John Blaze," Timbaland (so close!)
A song you probably don't want:
"Letter to a John," Ani DiFranco
So....I did a search on Rhapsody for this - came up with 5,622 results.
From a scan of the first few pages of results, my favorite is this: John Barleycorn by the Bassholes.
I'm going with this because I think that the Bassholes is a really hilarious name for a band.
here are a few you might want...
--johnny 99, by the boss
--johnny guitar, grant lee phillips
--johnny apleseed, joe strummer & the mescaleros
--johnny cash, sons & daughters
--johnny mathis's feet, american music club (or divine comedy
--johnny my boy, the ad libs
--jonathan david, belle & sebastian
you might want to leave off "johnny, are you queer?" by josie cotton. let me know if you wan any of these and i'll email ya... josh
I was just listening to "Tennessee Sucks" by Ryan Adams. There's no main John, per se, but there is the line, "There goes Johnny B., weird and tall ..."
I found a good one on iTunes called: Song to John - by the Turtle Island Quartet. It's a tribute album to John Coltrane. It would be great sleeping music for him.
Brother John - Big Head Todd and the Monsters
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