The B List: 20 Wiki Lists
Good ol’ Wikipedia, your source for information that may or may not be entirely accurate, has a number of pretty cool lists about music. This week’s B List is a list of lists featuring our 20 favorite Wikipedia lists. Damn, that’s a lotta lists…
1. List of songs whose title constitutes the entire lyrics
Examples: No Honey, No Money by Beck and Wipe Out by The Safaris
2. Bands who use the now-famous cowbell in their recordings
Examples: Gov’t Mule and Blue Oyster Cult
3. List of songs about killers
Examples: Midnight Rambler by the Rolling Stones (Albert DeSalvo) and Bring On The Night by The Police (Gary Gilmore)
4. List of album covers containing nudity (Rule #1)
Examples: Lovesexy by Prince and Mother’s Milk by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
5. List of albums that contain a hidden track
Examples: Eurotrash Girl on Cracker’s Kerosene Hat and Malibu Nights on Tenacious D’s self-titled debut album
Read on for 15 more great lists on Wikipedia on this week’s B List…
6. List of songs about New Orleans
Examples: The House of the Rising Sun and City of New Orleans
Examples: Tortoise and Sigur Ros
8. List of Beatles’ songs by singer
Examples: Carry That Weight and Christmas Time (Is Here Again) are the only songs sung by all four Beatles
9. List of soundtracks to fictitious films
Examples: Zappa’s Thing-Fish and Eno’s Music For Films
10. List of songs in John Lennon’s jukebox
Examples: Otis Redding’s My Girl and Chuck Berry’s No Particular Place To Go
11. List of Rolling Stone’s 500 greatest albums of all-time
Examples: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles and Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
12. List of music releases featuring a vocoder
Examples: Candy Girl by New Edition and Mr. Roboto by Styx
13. List of double A-side singles
Examples: All Apologies/Rape Me by Nirvana and Let’s Spend The Night Together/Ruby Tuesday by the Rolling Stones
14. List of B-side compliations
Examples: Lost Dogs by Pearl Jam and Dead Letter Office by R.E.M.
15. List of musicians with multiple self-titled albums
Examples: David Bowie and the Grateful Dead
16. List of self-referential songs
Examples: Alice’s Restaurant by Arlo Guthrie and We’re Not Gonna Take It by Twisted Sister
17. List of songs about London
Examples: London Town by Paul McCartney and London Calling by The Clash
Examples: Dead Man’s Curve by Jan & Dean and Last Kiss by J. Frank Wilson
19. List of albums entirely made up of covers
Examples: Garage Inc. by Metallica and Rock & Roll by John Lennon
Examples: Cowboys From Hell by Pantera and Rock & Roll Band by Boston
So did the Ohio Players have any album covers without nudity?