Amazon exiles discussion

Duke has asked us for any song about horses, be it in the title or the lyrics (not the artist). Shouldn't be too difficult and let's have them all in by midnight Wednesday.

The next five themes are:

Theme 378 - The The - Songs titles beginning with "The" by bands/artists that officially begin with the word "The" - Helen
Theme 379 - Rolling Stone has listed its 200 Best Singers of All Time. Who did they miss out? - Val

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/mu...

Theme 380 - Wildcard Round 16
Theme 381 - "This Is Not A Love Song" - Songs about social issues - KJS
Theme 382 - Building blocks - Songs with any form of dwelling(s) in the title (e.g. house, tower, school, shop, church etc.) - Fishy Jim

New themes can be added at:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

In case anyone is planing ahead, Brass (who hasn't been around much of late) didn't want to trawl through the Rolling Stone list (Theme 379) so I said I would try to simplify it for him. This is an alphabetical list, by given name, of the women singers listed by Rolling Stone and their place in the Best 200:

Aaliyah 40
Adele 22
Alicia Keys 185
Amy Winehouse 83
Anita Baker 92
Anohni 192
Aretha Franklin 1
Ariana Grande 43
Barbra Streisand 147
Bessie Smith 33
Beyoncé 8
Billie Eilish 198
Billie Holiday 4
Björk 64
Bonnie Raitt 187
Brandy 193
Brenda Lee 161
Carrie Underwood 158
Celia Cruz 18
Chaka Khan 29
Chrissie Hynde 114
Christina Aguilera 141
Corin Tucker 155
Courtney Love 130
Darlene Love 144
Debbie Harry 168
Diana Ross 87
Dolly Parton 27
Donna Summer 122
Dusty Springfield 35
Ella Fitzgerald 45
Emmylou Harris 79
Erykah Badu 115
Etta James 41
Fiona Apple 111
Florence Welch 128
Françoise Hardy 162
Gal Costa 90
Gladys Knight 101
IU 135
Janis Joplin 78
Jazmine Sullivan 182
Joan Baez 189
Joni Mitchell 50
Karen Carpenter 123
Karen O 184
Kate Bush 60
Kelly Clarkson 194
La India 113
Lady Gaga 58
Lana Del Rey 175
Lata Mangeshkar 84
Lauryn Hill 136
Linda Ronstadt 47
Loretta Lynn 132
Mahalia Jackson 28
Mariah Carey 5
Marianne Faithfull 173
Martha Reeves 151
Martha Wash 179
Mary J. Blige 25
Mavis Staples 46
Mercedes Sosa 160
Minnie Riperton 65
Miriam Makeba 53
Nina Simone 21
Odetta 171
Ofra Haza 186
Patsy Cline 13
Patti LaBelle 74
Patti Smith 117
Patty Loveless 177
PJ Harvey 145
Poly Styrene 195
Rihanna 68
Rocío Dúrcal 139
Ronnie Spector 70
Rosalía 200
Ruth Brown 146
Sade 51
Sandy Denny 164
Selena 89
Solomon Burke 183
Stevie Nicks 93
SZA 180
Tammy Wynette 127
Taylor Swift 102
Tina Turner 55
Toni Braxton 48
Umm Kulthum 61
Wanda Jackson 149
Whitney Houston 2

And here's the alphabetical list, by given name, of the male singers listed by Rolling Stone and their place in the Best 200:

Aaron Neville 104
Al Green 10
Axl Rose 134
Barrington Levy 119
Barry White 56
Bill Withers 106
Bob Dylan 15
Bob Marley 98
Bob Seger 181
Bobby “Blue” Bland 163
Bono 140
Brian Wilson 57
Bruce Springsteen 77
Bryan Ferry 150
Buddy Holly 174
Burna Boy 197
Caetano Veloso 108
Charlie Rich 120
Chet Baker 116
Chris Cornell 80
Chris Stapleton 170
Chuck Berry 96
Clyde McPhatter 99
Curtis Mayfield 38
D’Angelo 75
David Bowie 32
David Ruffin 66
Dennis Brown 67
Dion 154
Donny Hathaway 126
Eddie Vedder 105
El DeBarge 137
Elton John 100
Elvis Presley 17
Fela Kuti 188
Frank Ocean 190
Frank Sinatra 19
Freddie Mercury 14
George Jones 24
George Michael 62
George Strait 156
Glenn Danzig 199
Hank Williams 30
Héctor Lavoe 73
Howlin’ Wolf 59
Iggy Pop 176
Jackie Wilson 121
James Brown 44
Jeff Buckley 131
Jimmie Rodgers 88
João Gilberto 81
Joe Strummer 125
John Fogerty 118
John Lennon 12
Johnny Cash 85
Juan Gabriel 172
Jung Kook 191
Kurt Cobain 36
Leonard Cohen 103
Levon Helm 148
Little Richard 11
Lou Reed 107
Louis Armstrong 39
Luciano 143
Luther Vandross 31
Mahlathini 153
Marc Anthony 167
Marvin Gaye 20
Merle Haggard 138
Michael Jackson 86
Michael Stipe 152
Mick Jagger 52
Mississippi John Hurt 159
Morrissey 166
Muddy Waters 72
Neil Young 133
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan 91
Otis Redding 9
Ozzy Osbourne 112
Paul McCartney 26
Paul Westerberg 196
Prince 16
Ray Charles 6
Rob Halford 129
Robert Johnson 124
Robert Plant 63
Robert Smith 157
Rod Stewart 49
Roger Daltrey 109
Ronnie James Dio 165
Roy Orbison 71
Russell Thompkins Jr. 142
Sam Cooke 3
Smokey Robinson 23
Steve Perry 82
Stevie Wonder 7
Sylvester 169
Tabu Ley Rochereau 178
Teddy Pendergrass 42
The Weeknd 110
Thom Yorke 34
Toots Hibbert 94
Usher 97
Van Morrison 37
Vicente Fernández 95
Willie Nelson 54
Wilson Pickett 76
Youssou N’Dour 69

My first nomination. The first song that came to mind - an old classic:

William Tell Overture (Beetlebaum) - Spike Jones & His City Slickers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp9xJ...

after Val

William Tell Overture (Beetlebaum) - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
All The Pretty Little Horses - Nick Cave & Current 93
Iron Horse/Born To Lose - Motörhead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7d4V...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVUqf...

After Tim

William Tell Overture (Beetlebaum) - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
All The Pretty Little Horses - Nick Cave & Current 93
Heavy Horses - Jethro Tull
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
Wild Horses - Garth Brooks

https://youtu.be/hXjUl4R_15s
https://youtu.be/xrKgXBxM2Eg

After Jemma:

William Tell Overture (Beetlebaum) - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
All The Pretty Little Horses - Nick Cave & Current 93
Heavy Horses - Jethro Tull
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
Wild Horses - Garth Brooks
Wooden Horse (Casper Hauser’s Song) - Suzanne Vega
Dead Horse - Bent Knee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPBZD...
https://bentknee.bandcamp.com/track/d...

Only the short version of Dead Horse was available on Youtube, so I have gone with Bandcamp.

Tempted by The Duck And Roger The Horse by Cardiacs, but thought better of it (it's been nommed before anyway).

changing one

William Tell Overture (Beetlebaum) - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
All The Pretty Little Horses - Nick Cave & Current 93
Iron Horse/Born To Lose - Motörhead
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
Wild Horses - Garth Brooks
Wooden Horse (Casper Hauser’s Song) - Suzanne Vega
Dead Horse - Bent Knee

After Tim

William Tell Overture (Beetlebaum) - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
All The Pretty Little Horses - Nick Cave & Current 93
Iron Horse/Born To Lose - Motörhead
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
Wild Horses - Garth Brooks
Wooden Horse (Casper Hauser’s Song) - Suzanne Vega
Dead Horse - Bent Knee
Swimming Horses - Siouxsie And The Banshees
Talking Horse - Melvins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tSfr...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBaxR...

After Foe

William Tell Overture (Beetlebaum) - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
All The Pretty Little Horses - Nick Cave & Current 93
Iron Horse/Born To Lose - Motörhead
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
Wild Horses - Garth Brooks
Wooden Horse (Casper Hauser’s Song) - Suzanne Vega
Dead Horse - Bent Knee
Swimming Horses - Siouxsie And The Banshees
Talking Horse - Melvins
Hollow Horse - The Icicle Works
Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NHGKFbJ...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X_DVS_3...

after Helen

William Tell Overture (Beetlebaum) - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
All The Pretty Little Horses - Nick Cave & Current 93
Iron Horse/Born To Lose - Motörhead
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
Wild Horses - Garth Brooks
Wooden Horse (Casper Hauser’s Song) - Suzanne Vega
Dead Horse - Bent Knee
Swimming Horses - Siouxsie And The Banshees
Talking Horse - Melvins
Hollow Horse - The Icicle Works
Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus
Chestnut Mare - The Byrds
White Horses - Jacky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt0ow...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDa8e...

I was waiting for Jacky (Jackie Lee) to turn up. Evocative of childhood memories...

After KJS

William Tell Overture (Beetlebaum) - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
All The Pretty Little Horses - Nick Cave & Current 93
Iron Horse/Born To Lose - Motörhead
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
Wild Horses - Garth Brooks
Wooden Horse (Casper Hauser’s Song) - Suzanne Vega
Dead Horse - Bent Knee
Swimming Horses - Siouxsie And The Banshees
Talking Horse - Melvins
Hollow Horse - The Icicle Works
Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus
Chestnut Mare - The Byrds
White Horses - Jacky
Coal Black Horses - 16 Horsepower
Nag Nag Nag - Cabaret Voltaire

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jj...
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=pWG...

After Sussex

#2

William Tell Overture (Beetlebaum) - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
All The Pretty Little Horses - Nick Cave & Current 93
Iron Horse/Born To Lose - Motörhead
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
Wild Horses - Garth Brooks
Wooden Horse (Casper Hauser’s Song) - Suzanne Vega
Dead Horse - Bent Knee
Swimming Horses - Siouxsie And The Banshees
Talking Horse - Melvins
Hollow Horse - The Icicle Works
Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus
Chestnut Mare - The Byrds
White Horses - Jacky
Coal Black Horses - 16 Horsepower
Another Horsedreamer's Blues - Counting Crows
The Horses - Daryl Braithwaite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnigc...

Right, ironically, i'm feeling a bit horse, in the throat at least, having caught some crappy bug (not covid thank goodness); my throat feels like it's lined with millions of tiny shards of glass....urgh.

Anyway...i'd forgotten what picked for this one, so had a lookie 'round, and found a couple of upbeat choons to cheer me up:

After Val's No 2:

William Tell Overture (Beetlebaum) - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
All The Pretty Little Horses - Nick Cave & Current 93
Iron Horse/Born To Lose - Motörhead
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
Wild Horses - Garth Brooks
Wooden Horse (Casper Hauser’s Song) - Suzanne Vega
Dead Horse - Bent Knee
Swimming Horses - Siouxsie And The Banshees
Talking Horse - Melvins
Hollow Horse - The Icicle Works
Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus
Chestnut Mare - The Byrds
White Horses - Jacky
Coal Black Horses - 16 Horsepower
Another Horsedreamer's Blues - Counting Crows
The Horses - Daryl Braithwaite
Black Horse And The Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall
Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) – Big & Rich

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQmDU...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9Zbu...

Changing one of mine:

William Tell Overture (Beetlebaum) - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
All The Pretty Little Horses - Nick Cave & Current 93
Iron Horse/Born To Lose - Motörhead
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
Wild Horses - Garth Brooks
Wooden Horse (Casper Hauser’s Song) - Suzanne Vega
Dead Horse - Bent Knee
Swimming Horses - Siouxsie And The Banshees
Talking Horse - Melvins
Hollow Horse - The Icicle Works
Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus
Chestnut Mare - The Byrds
White Horses - Jacky
Coal Black Horses - 16 Horsepower
Nag Nag Nag - Cabaret Voltaire
The Horses - Daryl Braithwaite
Black Horse And The Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall
Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) – Big & Rich

18 nominations means up to 6 votes each. Here's the playlist so go mad with all these horsies.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

and one Bandcamp track at

https://bentknee.bandcamp.com/track/d...

Jacky - 6
Motörhead - 5
Nick Cave - 4
Daryl - 3
Big & Rich - 2
KT. - 1



William Tell Overture (Beetlebaum) - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
All The Pretty Little Horses - Nick Cave & Current 93 - 4
Iron Horse/Born To Lose - Motörhead - 5
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
Wild Horses - Garth Brooks
Wooden Horse (Casper Hauser’s Song) - Suzanne Vega
Dead Horse - Bent Knee
Swimming Horses - Siouxsie And The Banshees
Talking Horse - Melvins
Hollow Horse - The Icicle Works
Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus
Chestnut Mare - The Byrds
White Horses - Jacky - 6
Coal Black Horses - 16 Horsepower
Nag Nag Nag - Cabaret Voltaire
The Horses - Daryl Braithwaite - 3
Black Horse And The Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall - 1
Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) – Big & Rich - 2

After Jemma

Siouxsie - 4
Cab Vol - 3
Byrds - 2
Horsepower - 1

William Tell Overture (Beetlebaum) - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
All The Pretty Little Horses - Nick Cave & Current 93 - 4
Iron Horse/Born To Lose - Motörhead - 5
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
Wild Horses - Garth Brooks
Wooden Horse (Casper Hauser’s Song) - Suzanne Vega
Dead Horse - Bent Knee
Swimming Horses - Siouxsie And The Banshees - 4
Talking Horse - Melvins
Hollow Horse - The Icicle Works
Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus
Chestnut Mare - The Byrds - 2
White Horses - Jacky - 6
Coal Black Horses - 16 Horsepower - 1
Nag Nag Nag - Cabaret Voltaire - 3
The Horses - Daryl Braithwaite - 3
Black Horse And The Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall - 1
Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) – Big & Rich - 2

After Helen

Bent Knee 6
KT Tunstall - 5
Cabaret Voltaire - 4
16 Horsepower - 3
Motorhead - 2
Icicle Works - 1

William Tell Overture (Beetlebaum) - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
All The Pretty Little Horses - Nick Cave & Current 93 - 4
Iron Horse/Born To Lose - Motörhead - 7
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
Wild Horses - Garth Brooks
Wooden Horse (Casper Hauser’s Song) - Suzanne Vega
Dead Horse - Bent Knee - 6
Swimming Horses - Siouxsie And The Banshees - 4
Talking Horse - Melvins
Hollow Horse - The Icicle Works - 1
Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus
Chestnut Mare - The Byrds - 2
White Horses - Jacky - 6
Coal Black Horses - 16 Horsepower - 4
Nag Nag Nag - Cabaret Voltaire - 7
The Horses - Daryl Braithwaite - 3
Black Horse And The Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall - 6
Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) – Big & Rich - 2

after TheFoe

R Stones - 6
S Jones - 5
Melvins - 4
I Works - 3
G Brooks - 2
S Vega - 1

William Tell Overture (Beetlebaum) - Spike Jones & His City Slickers - 5
All The Pretty Little Horses - Nick Cave & Current 93 - 4
Iron Horse/Born To Lose - Motörhead - 7
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones - 6
Wild Horses - Garth Brooks - 2
Wooden Horse (Casper Hauser’s Song) - Suzanne Vega - 1
Dead Horse - Bent Knee - 6
Swimming Horses - Siouxsie And The Banshees - 4
Talking Horse - Melvins - 4
Hollow Horse - The Icicle Works - 4
Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus
Chestnut Mare - The Byrds - 2
White Horses - Jacky - 6
Coal Black Horses - 16 Horsepower - 4
Nag Nag Nag - Cabaret Voltaire - 7
The Horses - Daryl Braithwaite - 3
Black Horse And The Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall - 6
Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) – Big & Rich - 2

After KJS

The Byrds - 6
The Icicle Works - 5
Q Lazzarus - 4
Garth Brooks - 3
The Rolling Stones - 2
Siouxsie And The Banshees - 1


William Tell Overture (Beetlebaum) - Spike Jones & His City Slickers - 5
All The Pretty Little Horses - Nick Cave & Current 93 - 4
Iron Horse/Born To Lose - Motörhead - 7
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones - 8
Wild Horses - Garth Brooks - 5
Wooden Horse (Casper Hauser’s Song) - Suzanne Vega - 1
Dead Horse - Bent Knee - 6
Swimming Horses - Siouxsie And The Banshees - 5
Talking Horse - Melvins - 4
Hollow Horse - The Icicle Works - 9
Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus - 4
Chestnut Mare - The Byrds - 8
White Horses - Jacky - 6
Coal Black Horses - 16 Horsepower - 4
Nag Nag Nag - Cabaret Voltaire - 7
The Horses - Daryl Braithwaite - 3
Black Horse And The Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall - 6
Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) – Big & Rich - 2

After Val:

Rolling Stones - 5
Q Lazzarus - 4
Motörhead - 3
Melvins - 2
16 Horsepower - 1

William Tell Overture (Beetlebaum) - Spike Jones & His City Slickers - 5
All The Pretty Little Horses - Nick Cave & Current 93 - 4
Iron Horse/Born To Lose - Motörhead - 10
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones - 13
Wild Horses - Garth Brooks - 5
Wooden Horse (Casper Hauser’s Song) - Suzanne Vega - 1
Dead Horse - Bent Knee - 6
Swimming Horses - Siouxsie And The Banshees - 5
Talking Horse - Melvins - 6
Hollow Horse - The Icicle Works - 9
Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus - 8
Chestnut Mare - The Byrds - 8
White Horses - Jacky - 6
Coal Black Horses - 16 Horsepower - 5
Nag Nag Nag - Cabaret Voltaire - 7
The Horses - Daryl Braithwaite - 3
Black Horse And The Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall - 6
Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) – Big & Rich - 2

after Duke

Jacky - 5
Suzanne Vega - 4
Byrds - 3
16 Horsepower - 2
Melvins - 1

William Tell Overture (Beetlebaum) - Spike Jones & His City Slickers - 5
All The Pretty Little Horses - Nick Cave & Current 93 - 4
Iron Horse/Born To Lose - Motörhead - 10
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones - 13
Wild Horses - Garth Brooks - 5
Wooden Horse (Casper Hauser’s Song) - Suzanne Vega - 5
Dead Horse - Bent Knee - 6
Swimming Horses - Siouxsie And The Banshees - 5
Talking Horse - Melvins - 7
Hollow Horse - The Icicle Works - 9
Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus - 8
Chestnut Mare - The Byrds - 11
White Horses - Jacky - 11
Coal Black Horses - 16 Horsepower - 7
Nag Nag Nag - Cabaret Voltaire - 7
The Horses - Daryl Braithwaite - 3
Black Horse And The Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall - 6
Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) – Big & Rich - 2

After Tim:

KT Tunstall - 4
Jacky - 3
Motörhead - 2
Siouxsie And The Banshees - 1

William Tell Overture (Beetlebaum) - Spike Jones & His City Slickers - 5
All The Pretty Little Horses - Nick Cave & Current 93 - 4
Iron Horse/Born To Lose - Motörhead - 12
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones - 13
Wild Horses - Garth Brooks - 5
Wooden Horse (Casper Hauser’s Song) - Suzanne Vega - 5
Dead Horse - Bent Knee - 6
Swimming Horses - Siouxsie And The Banshees - 6
Talking Horse - Melvins - 7
Hollow Horse - The Icicle Works - 9
Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus - 8
Chestnut Mare - The Byrds - 11
White Horses - Jacky - 14
Coal Black Horses - 16 Horsepower - 7
Nag Nag Nag - Cabaret Voltaire - 7
The Horses - Daryl Braithwaite - 3
Black Horse And The Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall - 10
Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) – Big & Rich - 2

No wooden spoons!!!

1st: KJS with 14 votes for Jacky
2nd: Jemma with 13 votes for The Rolling Stones
3rd: Tim with 12 votes for Motörhead

Thanks everyone.