FutureBaby Playlist: O-S

You know, there are really a remarkable number of bands whose names begin with “S”… There may be more “B” or “T” acts in my library, just because I own a bazillion songs by Bob Dylan and Tom Waits, but there sure are a lot of “S” artists.

This set continues to show that sing-along-ability is the most important criterion in picking FutureBaby tunes. On strict moral grounds, the Pogues have no business on such a list, not due to lyrical content, but rather the make-up of the band, but how could I not include a couple of theirs?

• “Murder (Or A Heart Attack),” Old 97’s (Despite the title, it’s a sweet song about a lost cat.)
• “Big Brown Eyes,” Old 97’s
• “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay,” Otis Redding
• “Yellow Ledbetter,” Pearl Jam (I have no idea what the actual words are, but it’s a great song to mumble along to)
• “Sussudio,” Phil Collins
• “Take Me Home,” Phil Collins
• “Out All Night,” The Pietasters
• “Without You,” The Pietasters
• “The Irish Rover,” The Pogues
• “The Broad Majestic Shannon,” The Pogues
• “Whiskey In the Jar,” The Pogues (It’s hard to find Pogues songs without much booze and death…)
• “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” Queen
• “Under Pressure,” Queen & David Bowie
• “(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville,” R.E.M.
• “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine),” R.E.M.
• “Like Dreamers Do,” The Radiators
• “Rockaway Beach,” The Ramones
• “Shake A Tail Feather,” Ray Charles
• “Four-Eyed Girl,” Rhett Miller
• “I Live In Trafalgar Square,” Richard Thompson (I considered “When I get to the Border,” but the mental image of a toddler singing “Say I drowned in a barrel of wine…” put that to rest…)
• “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling,” Righteous Brothers
• “Lockjaw,” The Rugburns
• “Hardest Way Possible,” Rustic Overtones
• “New York, New York,” Ryan Adams
• “Don’t Pull Your Love,” Sam & Dave
• “Hold On I’m Comin’,” Sam & Dave
• “Soul Man,” Sam & Dave
• “Soothe Me,” Sam & Dave
• “You Send Me,” Sam Cooke
• “Wonderful World,” Sam Cooke
• “Cupid,” Sam Cooke
• “Another Saturday Night,” Sam Cooke
• “Twistin’ The Night Away,” Sam Cooke
• “Bring It On Home To Me,” Sam Cooke
• “Soothe Me,” Sam Cooke (I have a lot of songs by guys named Sam.)
• “Goodbye to You,” Scandal (Yes, I’m a child of the 80’s)
• “Singing In My Sleep,” Semisonic
• “Beautiful Wreck,” Shawn Mullins
• “See My Vest,” Simpsons
• “Nothing Compares 2 U,” Sinéad O’Connor
• “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” Sinéad O’Connor
• “I Second That Emotion,” Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
• “I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow,” The Soggy Bottom Boys
• “Got To Get You Off My Mind,” Solomon Burke
• “Diamond In Your Mind ,” Solomon Burke
• “Somebody To Shove,” Soul Asylum
• “Misery,” Soul Asylum
• “Two Princes,” Spin Doctors
• “The Underdog,” Spoon
• “My Coco,” Stellastarr*
• “Have A Nice Day,” Stereophonics
• “The Joker,” Steve Miller Band
• “All Over The World,” Strange Fruit
• “Bye, Bye,” The Subdudes (Which I will now have stuck in my head for the rest of the day…)
• “All The Time In The World,” The Subdudes
• “Hoover Dam,” Sugar
• “If I Can’t Change Your Mind,” Sugar (Relatively mellow songs from Bob Mould.)
• “You Can’t Hurry Love,” The Supremes

The next batch will be the end of the playlist, at least for this draft.