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This game is totally robbed from Radcliffe and Maconey's radio show on Radio 2, but should work equally well as a forum game.

The rules of the game are straightforward, and hopefully simple: someone gives the name of a song and the artist of that song, and the next person has to give a name and artist of another song, with a reason as to why they're related. Any relation is acceptable, but if it's quite clearly no relation, won't be accepted. No contiguous posts with a song by the same artist.

No double-posts, no repetition. The repetition's gonna be hard to check in time given there's no search functionality on the forum, but we'll see how we get on.

I'll start things off, I'm going to say:

The Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen

Queen - We Are The Champions.

The Sex Pistols song, God Save The Queen, was released in the same year, 1977.

Both songs reached number two in the UK charts although most people think they were number ones.

They're also linked by the word Queen. Obviously!

Simon

Dancing Queen, ABBA.

You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - Leo Sayer

Dancing in the street - (1964) Martha and the Vandellas

(for you youth who think Bowie came up with it, or worse).

Reason: Dancing.

It Takes Two - Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston (Not the Rod Stewart/Tina Turner version!)

Marvin Gaye co-wrote Dancing In The Street with a guy called Mikey Stevenson who also produced both songs.

Simon

Tea for Two - Lyrics by Irvine Ceasar, Music by Vincent Youmans, 1925, for musical "No, No, Nanette."

Reason; It takes two, baby.

Might I just add, thank you the for mind crack, Mark. I'm hooked. I'll die, die, die an addict.

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Quote: Francois Dubois, S.J.

Tea for Two - Lyrics by Irvine Ceasar, Music by Vincent Youmans, 1925, for musical "No, No, Nanette."

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"I can't stop farting" by the Queers.

Yes that is a real song and there is a very obvious link. You see, "Tea for Two" is an anagram of "We fart too", and let's be honest we all do - except for Her Maj, bless her cork-like haemorrhoids.
The human race - we - is constantly farting, and we just can't stop. Hence, I can't stop farting.

Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me - George Michael & Sir Elton John.

The reason. I'm sure you can work that one out for yourselves.

Simon

PS. I'm not being homophobic. A very close relative of mine is gay and he refers to himself as being "a bit queer."

Go Down, Moses - Louis Armstrong, 1933.

Reason: "Go down" from the last post.

Note to self: DO NOT LOOK AT THIS THREAD FOR SIX HOURS. SET ALARM FOR 00:12.

I'll Follow You Down - Gin Blossoms

I mean, Moses' followers did start sinning (which included gambling- gin rummy?- and drinking- gin?) while his beard was busy blossoming after speaking with the Man Upstairs...this connection was brought to you by Charlton Heston and The Ten Commandments.

Down on the Corner - Credence Clearwater Revival, 1971

Down

(If Paradise Is)Half As Nice - Amen Corner (year 1969).

Corner

Pastime Paradise - Stevie Wonder.

Miles better than the gangsta thing.

Paradise.

Living In The City - Ray Charles.

Originally done by Stevie Wonder. The were also both blind and pretty handy tinkling the old ivories.

Simon

I didn't realise Ray had done a cover of that, I'll have to look it up. I like songs with a story.

In the similar ilk of trading covers of other singers, I'm going to go with:

I can't stop loving you by Don Gibson.

I have to confess I had to look up the artist, I (rather embarrassingly) thought Elvis had sung it.

I always assumed Ray had covered the song, but didn't realise just how old that song is (both versions).

Interestingly, Ray Charles was 5 years older than Elvis, something else I didn't realise.

I'm learning a lot today.

Only The Lonely - Roy Orbison.

'The Big O' was a massive country fan and also recorded an album of Don Gibson songs 'cos he loved him so much.

'No More Lonely Nights' - Paul McCartney (a single from the album Give My Regards to Broad Street).

Connections: The word 'lonely'. Also, after leaving school Roy Orbison was signed by Sun Records. Paul McCartney is one of the various artists on the album 'Good Rockin' Tonight The Legacy of Sun Records'.

Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues, Days of future Past (?)

Black Satin - Miles Davis.

Black Betty - Ram Jam

Contrary to popular belief the "Betty" referred to in the title is not a woman..... it is actually a gun....which leads nicely to....

The Eton Rifles by The Jam

Paint it black - The Rolling Stones

Paint it black featured in the Pulp Fiction soundtrack.

One of the most prominent songs in that film, which has since the film's release has been more widely known as The Song from Pulp Fiction is:

Misirlou by Dick Dale

Dick Dale... the subject of a Steeleye Span song "rode up hill and he rode down dale..."

Black Jack Davey - Steeleye Span.

Hit The Road Jack - Ray Charles

Ray Charles was played by Jamie Foxx in the movie Ray

Back to Pulp Fiction - Jamie Foxx is to star in Quentin Tarantino's new movie Django Unchained.....which has this song featured on it's soundtrack......

The Big Payback - James Brown