Themes - list of the forthcoming Showing 951-1,000 of 1,064

[TheFoe]

Hi Duke, would it be possible to include fairground rides in the artists name as well please?

[theDuke]

Sure, why not Nick.

[theDuke]

Updated to include band names & artists in Theme 436 too:

MON MAY 13 Theme 421 - "All By Myself" - solo outings by artists who are best known (or first known) as being a member of a band/group (but an original track, not a cover of their band's songs) - Val
MON MAY 20 Theme 422 - "Rhyming Rhythms" - Song titles consisting of rhyming phrases - i.e. - "Wooly Bully" "Rock Around The Clock" "Good Golly Miss Molly" etc. - Wooky Dooky
MON MAY 27 - "Angry songs" - any track which expresses anger (it doesn't necessarily have to have anger or other affiliated words in the title) - Fishy Jim
MON JUN 3 Theme 424 - “Two from one” Two songs from the same singer, band or group - Jemma
MON JUN 10 Theme 425 - "Gimme A Zeeee" - Song titles that contain the letter "z" - Helen
MON JUN 17 Theme 426 - Songs in the Life of Quays: Songs about docks, harbours, bays, quays, piers, landings, moorings. - Grimmy
MON JUN 24 Theme 427 - "The Happy Organ" #3 - Song titles that contain the word heart or words with heart in them e.g. heartache, heartbreak, heartbeat etc. - KJS
MON JUL 1 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 1
MON JUL 8 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 2
MON JUL 15 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 3
MON JUL 22 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 4
MON JUL 29 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 5
Theme 428 - "Read all about it" - song titles which could be a newspaper headline - Tim
Theme 429 - "In The Beginning" - Song titles phrased in the manner of something starting/beginning/commencing and so on - The Duke
Theme 430 - "Like Night and Day" - song titles containing the words "night" or "day" (or both) - Helen
Theme 431 - Kitchen Confidential: songs about cooking, chefs, kitchens. - Grimmy
Theme 432 - "I'll have a vowel please, Carol." - Any song by an artist whose band name or surname begins with a vowel. No Kate Bush, but Tori Amos is ok. No Blur, but Oasis is ok (...no Oasis...) - Sera
Theme 433 - Call me 'Mephistopheles’ - songs with any of the known words for devil. - Jemma
Theme 434 -
Theme 434 -
Theme 435 -
Theme 436 - "Fairground & Amusement Rides" - Song titles &/or Bands/Artist names, featuring a common ride one could find at a Theme Park, Amusement Park or at a Fairground. I.e.: Rollercoaster, Pirate Ship, Log Flume, Ghost Train, Haunted House, Dodgems, Teacup, Carousel, Duck Shoot, One Arm Bandits, Pinball and so on. I'll also allow names of well known rides, like Nemesis (& Reborn), Jersey Devil Coaster, Dragster, Oblivion..and so on..whatever takes your fancy. - The Dukester

[KJS]

MON MAY 13 Theme 421 - "All By Myself" - solo outings by artists who are best known (or first known) as being a member of a band/group (but an original track, not a cover of their band's songs) - Val
MON MAY 20 Theme 422 - "Rhyming Rhythms" - Song titles consisting of rhyming phrases - i.e. - "Wooly Bully" "Rock Around The Clock" "Good Golly Miss Molly" etc. - Wooky Dooky
MON MAY 27 - "Angry songs" - any track which expresses anger (it doesn't necessarily have to have anger or other affiliated words in the title) - Fishy Jim
MON JUN 3 Theme 424 - “Two from one” Two songs from the same singer, band or group - Jemma
MON JUN 10 Theme 425 - "Gimme A Zeeee" - Song titles that contain the letter "z" - Helen
MON JUN 17 Theme 426 - Songs in the Life of Quays: Songs about docks, harbours, bays, quays, piers, landings, moorings. - Grimmy
MON JUN 24 Theme 427 - "The Happy Organ" #3 - Song titles that contain the word heart or words with heart in them e.g. heartache, heartbreak, heartbeat, etc. - KJS
MON JUL 1 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 1
MON JUL 8 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 2
MON JUL 15 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 3
MON JUL 22 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 4
MON JUL 29 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 5
Theme 428 - "Read all about it" - song titles which could be a newspaper headline - Tim
Theme 429 - "In The Beginning" - Song titles phrased in the manner of something starting/beginning/commencing and so on - The Duke
Theme 430 - "Like Night and Day" - song titles containing the words "night" or "day" (or both) - Helen
Theme 431 - Kitchen Confidential: songs about cooking, chefs, kitchens. - Grimmy
Theme 432 - "I'll have a vowel please, Carol." - Any song by an artist whose band name or surname begins with a vowel. No Kate Bush, but Tori Amos is ok. No Blur, but Oasis is ok (...no Oasis...) - Sera
Theme 433 - Call me 'Mephistopheles’ - songs with any of the known words for devil. - Jemma
Theme 434 - "Pet Sounds" - Tracks with animal sounds in them. - KJS
Theme 435 -
Theme 436 - "Fairground & Amusement Rides" - Song titles &/or Bands/Artist names, featuring a common ride one could find at a Theme Park, Amusement Park or at a Fairground. I.e.: Rollercoaster, Pirate Ship, Log Flume, Ghost Train, Haunted House, Dodgems, Teacup, Carousel, Duck Shoot, One Arm Bandits, Pinball and so on. I'll also allow names of well known rides, like Nemesis (& Reborn), Jersey Devil Coaster, Dragster, Oblivion..and so on..whatever takes your fancy. - The Dukester

[Collette]

MON MAY 13 Theme 421 - "All By Myself" - solo outings by artists who are best known (or first known) as being a member of a band/group (but an original track, not a cover of their band's songs) - Val
MON MAY 20 Theme 422 - "Rhyming Rhythms" - Song titles consisting of rhyming phrases - i.e. - "Wooly Bully" "Rock Around The Clock" "Good Golly Miss Molly" etc. - Wooky Dooky
MON MAY 27 - "Angry songs" - any track which expresses anger (it doesn't necessarily have to have anger or other affiliated words in the title) - Fishy Jim
MON JUN 3 Theme 424 - “Two from one” Two songs from the same singer, band or group - Jemma
MON JUN 10 Theme 425 - "Gimme A Zeeee" - Song titles that contain the letter "z" - Helen
MON JUN 17 Theme 426 - Songs in the Life of Quays: Songs about docks, harbours, bays, quays, piers, landings, moorings. - Grimmy
MON JUN 24 Theme 427 - "The Happy Organ" #3 - Song titles that contain the word heart or words with heart in them e.g. heartache, heartbreak, heartbeat, etc. - KJS
MON JUL 1 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 1
MON JUL 8 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 2
MON JUL 15 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 3
MON JUL 22 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 4
MON JUL 29 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 5
Theme 428 - "Read all about it" - song titles which could be a newspaper headline - Tim
Theme 429 - "In The Beginning" - Song titles phrased in the manner of something starting/beginning/commencing and so on - The Duke
Theme 430 - "Like Night and Day" - song titles containing the words "night" or "day" (or both) - Helen
Theme 431 - Kitchen Confidential: songs about cooking, chefs, kitchens. - Grimmy
Theme 432 - "I'll have a vowel please, Carol." - Any song by an artist whose band name or surname begins with a vowel. No Kate Bush, but Tori Amos is ok. No Blur, but Oasis is ok (...no Oasis...) - Sera
Theme 433 - Call me 'Mephistopheles’ - songs with any of the known words for devil. - Jemma
Theme 434 - "Pet Sounds" - Tracks with animal sounds in them. - KJS
Theme 435 -
Theme 436 - "Fairground & Amusement Rides" - Song titles &/or Bands/Artist names, featuring a common ride one could find at a Theme Park, Amusement Park or at a Fairground. I.e.: Rollercoaster, Pirate Ship, Log Flume, Ghost Train, Haunted House, Dodgems, Teacup, Carousel, Duck Shoot, One Arm Bandits, Pinball and so on. I'll also allow names of well known rides, like Nemesis (& Reborn), Jersey Devil Coaster, Dragster, Oblivion..and so on..whatever takes your fancy. - The Dukester
Theme 437- "Let It Rain" - Songs with Rain,Rainy,Raining in the title (apols if it's been done before) - Collette

[Tim]

MON MAY 13 Theme 421 - "All By Myself" - solo outings by artists who are best known (or first known) as being a member of a band/group (but an original track, not a cover of their band's songs) - Val
MON MAY 20 Theme 422 - "Rhyming Rhythms" - Song titles consisting of rhyming phrases - i.e. - "Wooly Bully" "Rock Around The Clock" "Good Golly Miss Molly" etc. - Wooky Dooky
MON MAY 27 - "Angry songs" - any track which expresses anger (it doesn't necessarily have to have anger or other affiliated words in the title) - Fishy Jim
MON JUN 3 Theme 424 - “Two from one” Two songs from the same singer, band or group - Jemma
MON JUN 10 Theme 425 - "Gimme A Zeeee" - Song titles that contain the letter "z" - Helen
MON JUN 17 Theme 426 - Songs in the Life of Quays: Songs about docks, harbours, bays, quays, piers, landings, moorings. - Grimmy
MON JUN 24 Theme 427 - "The Happy Organ" #3 - Song titles that contain the word heart or words with heart in them e.g. heartache, heartbreak, heartbeat, etc. - KJS
MON JUL 1 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 1
MON JUL 8 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 2
MON JUL 15 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 3
MON JUL 22 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 4
MON JUL 29 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 5
Theme 428 - "Read all about it" - song titles which could be a newspaper headline - Tim
Theme 429 - "In The Beginning" - Song titles phrased in the manner of something starting/beginning/commencing and so on - The Duke
Theme 430 - "Like Night and Day" - song titles containing the words "night" or "day" (or both) - Helen
Theme 431 - Kitchen Confidential: songs about cooking, chefs, kitchens. - Grimmy
Theme 432 - "I'll have a vowel please, Carol." - Any song by an artist whose band name or surname begins with a vowel. No Kate Bush, but Tori Amos is ok. No Blur, but Oasis is ok (...no Oasis...) - Sera
Theme 433 - Call me 'Mephistopheles’ - songs with any of the known words for devil. - Jemma
Theme 434 - "Pet Sounds" - Tracks with animal sounds in them. - KJS
Theme 435 - "And the winner is..." - Oscar winners for 'best original song'. All listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy... Just the winners (in the yellow boxes) not other nominees, and by the artist who did the film version please. No covers. - Tim
Theme 436 - "Fairground & Amusement Rides" - Song titles &/or Bands/Artist names, featuring a common ride one could find at a Theme Park, Amusement Park or at a Fairground. I.e.: Rollercoaster, Pirate Ship, Log Flume, Ghost Train, Haunted House, Dodgems, Teacup, Carousel, Duck Shoot, One Arm Bandits, Pinball and so on. I'll also allow names of well known rides, like Nemesis (& Reborn), Jersey Devil Coaster, Dragster, Oblivion..and so on..whatever takes your fancy. - The Dukester
Theme 437- "Let It Rain" - Songs with Rain,Rainy,Raining in the title (apols if it's been done before) - Collette



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy...

[Val]

Just for clarification Tim. The Wiki page doesn't list the artist who sang the song in the film. Do you want us to do a bit of a research to check (sorry, once a librarian, always a librarian)? e.g.

1941 - Lady Be Good - "The Last Time I Saw Paris" - Jerome Kern (music); Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics)

https://secondhandsongs.com says the first recorded version was by Kate Smith in 1940 but as she was not in the film, I'm assuming you'd want Ann Sothern's version from the film (never released as a recording - hope she wasn't dubbed). .

Again, apologies for being a pedant and a lover of classic songs.

[Val]

Okay, turns out it shouldn't be a problem. I just happened to light on the sole anomaly. The Youtube clip of Ann Sothern in the film says:

"Kern was so upset at winning the Academy Award for "Best Original Song" with a song that was not written for the film (and that had been published and recorded before the film was released), he petitioned the Motion Picture Academy to change the rules. Since then, a nominated song has to have been written specifically for the film in which it is performed."

Ignore everything I said, full steam ahead.

[Val]

Turns out we did do this theme once before:

89. Oscar nominated songs (must be the version which featured in the film soundtrack) - Mondo

As we have no access to the old Zon threads, we'll never know what was nominated or what won. Well deserving of another go! Thanks Tim.

[Val]

MON MAY 13 Theme 421 - "All By Myself" - solo outings by artists who are best known (or first known) as being a member of a band/group (but an original track, not a cover of their band's songs) - Val
MON MAY 20 Theme 422 - "Rhyming Rhythms" - Song titles consisting of rhyming phrases - i.e. - "Wooly Bully" "Rock Around The Clock" "Good Golly Miss Molly" etc. - Wooky Dooky
MON MAY 27 - "Angry songs" - any track which expresses anger (it doesn't necessarily have to have anger or other affiliated words in the title) - Fishy Jim
MON JUN 3 Theme 424 - “Two from one” Two songs from the same singer, band or group - Jemma
MON JUN 10 Theme 425 - "Gimme A Zeeee" - Song titles that contain the letter "z" - Helen
MON JUN 17 Theme 426 - Songs in the Life of Quays: Songs about docks, harbours, bays, quays, piers, landings, moorings. - Grimmy
MON JUN 24 Theme 427 - "The Happy Organ" #3 - Song titles that contain the word heart or words with heart in them e.g. heartache, heartbreak, heartbeat, etc. - KJS
MON JUL 1 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 1
MON JUL 8 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 2
MON JUL 15 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 3
MON JUL 22 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 4
MON JUL 29 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 5
Theme 428 - "Read all about it" - song titles which could be a newspaper headline - Tim
Theme 429 - "In The Beginning" - Song titles phrased in the manner of something starting/beginning/commencing and so on - The Duke
Theme 430 - "Like Night and Day" - song titles containing the words "night" or "day" (or both) - Helen
Theme 431 - Kitchen Confidential: songs about cooking, chefs, kitchens. - Grimmy
Theme 432 - "I'll have a vowel please, Carol." - Any song by an artist whose band name or surname begins with a vowel. No Kate Bush, but Tori Amos is ok. No Blur, but Oasis is ok (...no Oasis...) - Sera
Theme 433 - Call me 'Mephistopheles’ - songs with any of the known words for devil. - Jemma
Theme 434 - "Pet Sounds" - Tracks with animal sounds in them. - KJS
Theme 435 - "And the winner is..." - Oscar winners for 'best original song'. All listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy... Just the winners (in the yellow boxes) not other nominees, and by the artist who did the film version please. No covers. - Tim
Theme 436 - "Fairground & Amusement Rides" - Song titles &/or Bands/Artist names, featuring a common ride one could find at a Theme Park, Amusement Park or at a Fairground. I.e.: Rollercoaster, Pirate Ship, Log Flume, Ghost Train, Haunted House, Dodgems, Teacup, Carousel, Duck Shoot, One Arm Bandits, Pinball and so on. I'll also allow names of well known rides, like Nemesis (& Reborn), Jersey Devil Coaster, Dragster, Oblivion..and so on..whatever takes your fancy. - The Dukester
Theme 437- "Let It Rain" - Songs with Rain,Rainy,Raining in the title (apols if it's been done before) - Collette
Theme 438 - "Bugger the words" - Instrumental versions of hit (or at least very well-known) songs - Val
Theme 439 -
Theme 440 - Wildcard Round 19

[theDuke]

And i've got another theme, but will check first whether it's been done before. For now, I'll leave it floating here, 'otherwise I'll forget about it:

Theme *** - "Self Titled Songs" - Bands who released a self titled track, i.e. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden. Has to be the band themselves performing it, so no covers. - theDuke - theDuke

Edit: Doesn't look like that we have, it seems.

[Tim]

Val wrote: "Just for clarification Tim. The Wiki page doesn't list the artist who sang the song in the film. Do you want us to do a bit of a research to check (sorry, once a librarian, always a librarian)? e.g..."

No worries, Val. I think (from memory) that all the winners are linked to other wiki pages on which the artist who sang the song in the film is mentioned, so hopefully it shouldn't be an issue. There's nearly 90 years worth of songs anyway, so plenty of choice.

[Tim]

MON MAY 13 Theme 421 - "All By Myself" - solo outings by artists who are best known (or first known) as being a member of a band/group (but an original track, not a cover of their band's songs) - Val
MON MAY 20 Theme 422 - "Rhyming Rhythms" - Song titles consisting of rhyming phrases - i.e. - "Wooly Bully" "Rock Around The Clock" "Good Golly Miss Molly" etc. - Wooky Dooky
MON MAY 27 - "Angry songs" - any track which expresses anger (it doesn't necessarily have to have anger or other affiliated words in the title) - Fishy Jim
MON JUN 3 Theme 424 - “Two from one” Two songs from the same singer, band or group - Jemma
MON JUN 10 Theme 425 - "Gimme A Zeeee" - Song titles that contain the letter "z" - Helen
MON JUN 17 Theme 426 - Songs in the Life of Quays: Songs about docks, harbours, bays, quays, piers, landings, moorings. - Grimmy
MON JUN 24 Theme 427 - "The Happy Organ" #3 - Song titles that contain the word heart or words with heart in them e.g. heartache, heartbreak, heartbeat, etc. - KJS
MON JUL 1 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 1
MON JUL 8 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 2
MON JUL 15 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 3
MON JUL 22 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 4
MON JUL 29 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 5
Theme 428 - "Read all about it" - song titles which could be a newspaper headline - Tim
Theme 429 - "In The Beginning" - Song titles phrased in the manner of something starting/beginning/commencing and so on - The Duke
Theme 430 - "Like Night and Day" - song titles containing the words "night" or "day" (or both) - Helen
Theme 431 - Kitchen Confidential: songs about cooking, chefs, kitchens. - Grimmy
Theme 432 - "I'll have a vowel please, Carol." - Any song by an artist whose band name or surname begins with a vowel. No Kate Bush, but Tori Amos is ok. No Blur, but Oasis is ok (...no Oasis...) - Sera
Theme 433 - Call me 'Mephistopheles’ - songs with any of the known words for devil. - Jemma
Theme 434 - "Pet Sounds" - Tracks with animal sounds in them. - KJS
Theme 435 - "And the winner is..." - Oscar winners for 'best original song'. All listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy... Just the winners (in the yellow boxes) not other nominees, and by the artist who did the film version please. No covers. - Tim
Theme 436 - "Fairground & Amusement Rides" - Song titles &/or Bands/Artist names, featuring a common ride one could find at a Theme Park, Amusement Park or at a Fairground. I.e.: Rollercoaster, Pirate Ship, Log Flume, Ghost Train, Haunted House, Dodgems, Teacup, Carousel, Duck Shoot, One Arm Bandits, Pinball and so on. I'll also allow names of well known rides, like Nemesis (& Reborn), Jersey Devil Coaster, Dragster, Oblivion..and so on..whatever takes your fancy. - The Dukester
Theme 437- "Let It Rain" - Songs with Rain,Rainy,Raining in the title (apols if it's been done before) - Collette
Theme 438 - "Bugger the words" - Instrumental versions of hit (or at least very well-known) songs - Val
Theme 439 - 2024 marks the 200th anniversary of the National Gallery, so songs about art; can be the name of a painting, or an artist's name, or simply themed around the subject - Tim
Theme 440 - Wildcard Round 19

[Tim]

theDuke wrote: "And i've got another theme, but will check first whether it's been done before. For now, I'll leave it floating here, 'otherwise I'll forget about it:

Theme *** - "Self Titled Songs" - Bands who r..."

Great idea. It's a question whether there's sufficient to go around. If you reckon there are, go for it, or if not maybe extend the theme to any song, the title of which which has been used by a later band for their name (Deep Purple is an example of the latter)

Edit: Just found this, so it's doable. https://www.discogs.com/lists/Eponymo...

[Val]

Brian Wilson does a great (if short) cover of Barenaked Ladies' song "Brian Wilson" but no covers are allowed so I'll have to dig deeper.

[theDuke]

Tim wrote: "theDuke wrote: "And i've got another theme, but will check first whether it's been done before. For now, I'll leave it floating here, 'otherwise I'll forget about it:

Theme *** - "Self Titled Song..."

Hey Tim, yes it's doable...there are more out there than one might think....there's a few more that i know of that aren't on that list.

[Tim]

MON JUN 3 Theme 424 - “Two from one” Two songs from the same singer, band or group - Jemma
MON JUN 10 Theme 425 - "Gimme A Zeeee" - Song titles that contain the letter "z" - Helen
MON JUN 17 Theme 426 - Songs in the Life of Quays: Songs about docks, harbours, bays, quays, piers, landings, moorings. - Grimmy
MON JUN 24 Theme 427 - "The Happy Organ" #3 - Song titles that contain the word heart or words with heart in them e.g. heartache, heartbreak, heartbeat, etc. - KJS
MON JUL 1 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 1
MON JUL 8 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 2
MON JUL 15 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 3
MON JUL 22 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 4
MON JUL 29 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 5
Theme 428 - "Read all about it" - song titles which could be a newspaper headline - Tim
Theme 429 - "In The Beginning" - Song titles phrased in the manner of something starting/beginning/commencing and so on - The Duke
Theme 430 - "Like Night and Day" - song titles containing the words "night" or "day" (or both) - Helen
Theme 431 - Kitchen Confidential: songs about cooking, chefs, kitchens. - Grimmy
Theme 432 - "I'll have a vowel please, Carol." - Any song by an artist whose band name or surname begins with a vowel. No Kate Bush, but Tori Amos is ok. No Blur, but Oasis is ok (...no Oasis...) - Sera
Theme 433 - Call me 'Mephistopheles’ - songs with any of the known words for devil. - Jemma
Theme 434 - "Pet Sounds" - Tracks with animal sounds in them. - KJS
Theme 435 - "And the winner is..." - Oscar winners for 'best original song'. All listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy... Just the winners (in the yellow boxes) not other nominees, and by the artist who did the film version please. No covers. - Tim
Theme 436 - "Fairground & Amusement Rides" - Song titles &/or Bands/Artist names, featuring a common ride one could find at a Theme Park, Amusement Park or at a Fairground. I.e.: Rollercoaster, Pirate Ship, Log Flume, Ghost Train, Haunted House, Dodgems, Teacup, Carousel, Duck Shoot, One Arm Bandits, Pinball and so on. I'll also allow names of well known rides, like Nemesis (& Reborn), Jersey Devil Coaster, Dragster, Oblivion..and so on..whatever takes your fancy. - The Dukester
Theme 437- "Let It Rain" - Songs with Rain,Rainy,Raining in the title (apols if it's been done before) - Collette
Theme 438 - "Bugger the words" - Instrumental versions of hit (or at least very well-known) songs - Val
Theme 439 - 2024 marks the 200th anniversary of the National Gallery, so songs about art; can be the name of a painting, or an artist's name, or simply themed around the subject - Tim
Theme 440 - Wildcard Round 19
Theme 441 - The paper bit in the middle - two songs from a particular record label, not a gigantic major, but ones including those which began as Indies and grew large (eg, Island, Atlantic, Virgin, Motown), imprints set up by majors for a specific music genre (eg, Harvest, Vertigo), vanity labels that put out records by artists other than the ones behind the imprint (eg, Apple, Manticore), classic old school Indies (eg, Sun, Stax, Immediate, Trojan), newer Indies (eg, Rough Trade, Small Wonder, Subpop, Third Man, Sympathy For The Record Industry, and a host of others) - Tim

*feel free to shift this nom down the numbers as it's only a couple away from my previous nom (439)

[Collette]

Theme 424 - “Two from one” Two songs from the same singer, band or group - Jemma
MON JUN 10 Theme 425 - "Gimme A Zeeee" - Song titles that contain the letter "z" - Helen
MON JUN 17 Theme 426 - Songs in the Life of Quays: Songs about docks, harbours, bays, quays, piers, landings, moorings. - Grimmy
MON JUN 24 Theme 427 - "The Happy Organ" #3 - Song titles that contain the word heart or words with heart in them e.g. heartache, heartbreak, heartbeat, etc. - KJS
MON JUL 1 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 1
MON JUL 8 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 2
MON JUL 15 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 3
MON JUL 22 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 4
MON JUL 29 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 5
Theme 428 - "Read all about it" - song titles which could be a newspaper headline - Tim
Theme 429 - "In The Beginning" - Song titles phrased in the manner of something starting/beginning/commencing and so on - The Duke
Theme 430 - "Like Night and Day" - song titles containing the words "night" or "day" (or both) - Helen
Theme 431 - Kitchen Confidential: songs about cooking, chefs, kitchens. - Grimmy
Theme 432 - "I'll have a vowel please, Carol." - Any song by an artist whose band name or surname begins with a vowel. No Kate Bush, but Tori Amos is ok. No Blur, but Oasis is ok (...no Oasis...) - Sera
Theme 433 - Call me 'Mephistopheles’ - songs with any of the known words for devil. - Jemma
Theme 434 - "Pet Sounds" - Tracks with animal sounds in them. - KJS
Theme 435 - "And the winner is..." - Oscar winners for 'best original song'. All listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy... Just the winners (in the yellow boxes) not other nominees, and by the artist who did the film version please. No covers. - Tim
Theme 436 - "Fairground & Amusement Rides" - Song titles &/or Bands/Artist names, featuring a common ride one could find at a Theme Park, Amusement Park or at a Fairground. I.e.: Rollercoaster, Pirate Ship, Log Flume, Ghost Train, Haunted House, Dodgems, Teacup, Carousel, Duck Shoot, One Arm Bandits, Pinball and so on. I'll also allow names of well known rides, like Nemesis (& Reborn), Jersey Devil Coaster, Dragster, Oblivion..and so on..whatever takes your fancy. - The Dukester
Theme 437- "Let It Rain" - Songs with Rain,Rainy,Raining in the title (apols if it's been done before) - Collette
Theme 438 - "Bugger the words" - Instrumental versions of hit (or at least very well-known) songs - Val
Theme 439 - 2024 marks the 200th anniversary of the National Gallery, so songs about art; can be the name of a painting, or an artist's name, or simply themed around the subject - Tim
Theme 440 - Wildcard Round 19
Theme 441 - The paper bit in the middle - two songs from a particular record label, not a gigantic major, but ones including those which began as Indies and grew large (eg, Island, Atlantic, Virgin, Motown), imprints set up by majors for a specific music genre (eg, Harvest, Vertigo), vanity labels that put out records by artists other than the ones behind the imprint (eg, Apple, Manticore), classic old school Indies (eg, Sun, Stax, Immediate, Trojan), newer Indies (eg, Rough Trade, Small Wonder, Subpop, Third Man, Sympathy For The Record Industry, and a host of others) - Tim
Theme 442 - "Killer Tunes" -Songs with Kill, Killed, Killing, Killer in the title - Collette

[Brass Neck]

In honour of Rishi Sunak's terribly deprived childhood;

Theme 424 - “Two from one” Two songs from the same singer, band or group - Jemma
MON JUN 10 Theme 425 - "Gimme A Zeeee" - Song titles that contain the letter "z" - Helen
MON JUN 17 Theme 426 - Songs in the Life of Quays: Songs about docks, harbours, bays, quays, piers, landings, moorings. - Grimmy
MON JUN 24 Theme 427 - "The Happy Organ" #3 - Song titles that contain the word heart or words with heart in them e.g. heartache, heartbreak, heartbeat, etc. - KJS
MON JUL 1 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 1
MON JUL 8 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 2
MON JUL 15 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 3
MON JUL 22 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 4
MON JUL 29 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 5
Theme 428 - "Read all about it" - song titles which could be a newspaper headline - Tim
Theme 429 - "In The Beginning" - Song titles phrased in the manner of something starting/beginning/commencing and so on - The Duke
Theme 430 - "Like Night and Day" - song titles containing the words "night" or "day" (or both) - Helen
Theme 431 - Kitchen Confidential: songs about cooking, chefs, kitchens. - Grimmy
Theme 432 - "I'll have a vowel please, Carol." - Any song by an artist whose band name or surname begins with a vowel. No Kate Bush, but Tori Amos is ok. No Blur, but Oasis is ok (...no Oasis...) - Sera
Theme 433 - Call me 'Mephistopheles’ - songs with any of the known words for devil. - Jemma
Theme 434 - "Pet Sounds" - Tracks with animal sounds in them. - KJS
Theme 435 - "And the winner is..." - Oscar winners for 'best original song'. All listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy... Just the winners (in the yellow boxes) not other nominees, and by the artist who did the film version please. No covers. - Tim
Theme 436 - "Fairground & Amusement Rides" - Song titles &/or Bands/Artist names, featuring a common ride one could find at a Theme Park, Amusement Park or at a Fairground. I.e.: Rollercoaster, Pirate Ship, Log Flume, Ghost Train, Haunted House, Dodgems, Teacup, Carousel, Duck Shoot, One Arm Bandits, Pinball and so on. I'll also allow names of well known rides, like Nemesis (& Reborn), Jersey Devil Coaster, Dragster, Oblivion..and so on..whatever takes your fancy. - The Dukester
Theme 437- "Let It Rain" - Songs with Rain,Rainy,Raining in the title (apols if it's been done before) - Collette
Theme 438 - "Bugger the words" - Instrumental versions of hit (or at least very well-known) songs - Val
Theme 439 - 2024 marks the 200th anniversary of the National Gallery, so songs about art; can be the name of a painting, or an artist's name, or simply themed around the subject - Tim
Theme 440 - Wildcard Round 19
Theme 441 - The paper bit in the middle - two songs from a particular record label, not a gigantic major, but ones including those which began as Indies and grew large (eg, Island, Atlantic, Virgin, Motown), imprints set up by majors for a specific music genre (eg, Harvest, Vertigo), vanity labels that put out records by artists other than the ones behind the imprint (eg, Apple, Manticore), classic old school Indies (eg, Sun, Stax, Immediate, Trojan), newer Indies (eg, Rough Trade, Small Wonder, Subpop, Third Man, Sympathy For The Record Industry, and a host of others) - Tim
Theme 442 - "Killer Tunes" -Songs with Kill, Killed, Killing, Killer in the title - Collette
Theme 443 - The Sky's the limit - songs with the word Sky/Skies in the title or the band name

[Jemma]

Theme 424 - “Two from one” Two songs from the same singer, band or group - Jemma
MON JUN 10 Theme 425 - "Gimme A Zeeee" - Song titles that contain the letter "z" - Helen
MON JUN 17 Theme 426 - Songs in the Life of Quays: Songs about docks, harbours, bays, quays, piers, landings, moorings. - Grimmy
MON JUN 24 Theme 427 - "The Happy Organ" #3 - Song titles that contain the word heart or words with heart in them e.g. heartache, heartbreak, heartbeat, etc. - KJS
MON JUL 1 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 1
MON JUL 8 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 2
MON JUL 15 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 3
MON JUL 22 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 4
MON JUL 29 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 5
Theme 428 - "Read all about it" - song titles which could be a newspaper headline - Tim
Theme 429 - "In The Beginning" - Song titles phrased in the manner of something starting/beginning/commencing and so on - The Duke
Theme 430 - "Like Night and Day" - song titles containing the words "night" or "day" (or both) - Helen
Theme 431 - Kitchen Confidential: songs about cooking, chefs, kitchens. - Grimmy
Theme 432 - "I'll have a vowel please, Carol." - Any song by an artist whose band name or surname begins with a vowel. No Kate Bush, but Tori Amos is ok. No Blur, but Oasis is ok (...no Oasis...) - Sera
Theme 433 - Call me 'Mephistopheles’ - songs with any of the known words for devil and the word devil is also ok - Jemma
Theme 434 - "Pet Sounds" - Tracks with animal sounds in them. - KJS
Theme 435 - "And the winner is..." - Oscar winners for 'best original song'. All listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy... Just the winners (in the yellow boxes) not other nominees, and by the artist who did the film version please. No covers. - Tim
Theme 436 - "Fairground & Amusement Rides" - Song titles &/or Bands/Artist names, featuring a common ride one could find at a Theme Park, Amusement Park or at a Fairground. I.e.: Rollercoaster, Pirate Ship, Log Flume, Ghost Train, Haunted House, Dodgems, Teacup, Carousel, Duck Shoot, One Arm Bandits, Pinball and so on. I'll also allow names of well known rides, like Nemesis (& Reborn), Jersey Devil Coaster, Dragster, Oblivion..and so on..whatever takes your fancy. - The Dukester
Theme 437- "Let It Rain" - Songs with Rain,Rainy,Raining in the title (apols if it's been done before) - Collette
Theme 438 - "Bugger the words" - Instrumental versions of hit (or at least very well-known) songs - Val
Theme 439 - 2024 marks the 200th anniversary of the National Gallery, so songs about art; can be the name of a painting, or an artist's name, or simply themed around the subject - Tim
Theme 440 - Wildcard Round 19
Theme 441 - The paper bit in the middle - two songs from a particular record label, not a gigantic major, but ones including those which began as Indies and grew large (eg, Island, Atlantic, Virgin, Motown), imprints set up by majors for a specific music genre (eg, Harvest, Vertigo), vanity labels that put out records by artists other than the ones behind the imprint (eg, Apple, Manticore), classic old school Indies (eg, Sun, Stax, Immediate, Trojan), newer Indies (eg, Rough Trade, Small Wonder, Subpop, Third Man, Sympathy For The Record Industry, and a host of others) - Tim
Theme 442 - "Killer Tunes" -Songs with Kill, Killed, Killing, Killer in the title - Collette
Theme 443 - The Sky's the limit - songs with the word Sky/Skies in the title or the band name

[SussexWelsh]

MON JUN 17 Theme 426 - Songs in the Life of Quays: Songs about docks, harbours, bays, quays, piers, landings, moorings. - Grimmy
MON JUN 24 Theme 427 - "The Happy Organ" #3 - Song titles that contain the word heart or words with heart in them e.g. heartache, heartbreak, heartbeat, etc. - KJS
MON JUL 1 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 1
MON JUL 8 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 2
MON JUL 15 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 3
MON JUL 22 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 4
MON JUL 29 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 5
Theme 428 - "Read all about it" - song titles which could be a newspaper headline - Tim
Theme 429 - "In The Beginning" - Song titles phrased in the manner of something starting/beginning/commencing and so on - The Duke
Theme 430 - "Like Night and Day" - song titles containing the words "night" or "day" (or both) - Helen
Theme 431 - Kitchen Confidential: songs about cooking, chefs, kitchens. - Grimmy
Theme 432 - "I'll have a vowel please, Carol." - Any song by an artist whose band name or surname begins with a vowel. No Kate Bush, but Tori Amos is ok. No Blur, but Oasis is ok (...no Oasis...) - Sera
Theme 433 - Call me 'Mephistopheles’ - songs with any of the known words for devil and the word devil is also ok - Jemma
Theme 434 - "Pet Sounds" - Tracks with animal sounds in them. - KJS
Theme 435 - "And the winner is..." - Oscar winners for 'best original song'. All listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy... Just the winners (in the yellow boxes) not other nominees, and by the artist who did the film version please. No covers. - Tim
Theme 436 - "Fairground & Amusement Rides" - Song titles &/or Bands/Artist names, featuring a common ride one could find at a Theme Park, Amusement Park or at a Fairground. I.e.: Rollercoaster, Pirate Ship, Log Flume, Ghost Train, Haunted House,
Fairground. I.e.: Rollercoaster, Pirate Ship, Log Flume, Ghost Train, Haunted House, Dodgems, Teacup, Carousel, Duck Shoot, One Arm Bandits, Pinball and so on. I'll also allow names of well known rides, like Nemesis (& Reborn), Jersey Devil Coaster, Dragster, Oblivion..and so on..whatever takes your fancy. - The Dukester
Theme 437- "Let It Rain" - Songs with Rain,Rainy,Raining in the title (apols if it's been done before) - Collette
Theme 438 - "Bugger the words" - Instrumental versions of hit (or at least very well-known) songs - Val
Theme 439 - 2024 marks the 200th anniversary of the National Gallery, so songs about art; can be the name of a painting, or an artist's name, or simply themed around the subject - Tim
Theme 440 - Wildcard Round 19
Theme 441 - The paper bit in the middle - two songs from a particular record label, not a gigantic major, but ones including those which began as Indies and grew large (eg, Island, Atlantic, Virgin, Motown), imprints set up by majors for a specific music genre (eg, Harvest, Vertigo), vanity labels that put out records by artists other than the ones behind the imprint (eg, Apple, Manticore), classic old school Indies (eg, Sun, Stax, Immediate, Trojan), newer Indies (eg, Rough Trade, Small Wonder, Subpop, Third Man, Sympathy For The Record Industry, and a host of others) - Tim
Theme 442 - "Killer Tunes" -Songs with Kill, Killed, Killing, Killer in the title - Collette
Theme 443 - The Sky's the limit - songs with the word Sky/Skies in the title or the band name - Brass Neck
Theme 444 - Location! Location! Location! - Song titles containing any of the words Under/Over/Between/Next/By/Inside/Outside/Below/Above/Beneath.
Must refer to a location or position, for example "By the tree" is good, "By The Time" is not good. - SussexWelsh

[Fishy_Jim]

MON JUL 22 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 4
MON JUL 29 Cream of 2024 - Summer - Round 5
Theme 428 - "Read all about it" - song titles which could be a newspaper headline - Tim
Theme 429 - "In The Beginning" - Song titles phrased in the manner of something starting/beginning/commencing and so on - The Duke
Theme 430 - "Like Night and Day" - song titles containing the words "night" or "day" (or both) - Helen
Theme 431 - Kitchen Confidential: songs about cooking, chefs, kitchens. - Grimmy
Theme 432 - "I'll have a vowel please, Carol." - Any song by an artist whose band name or surname begins with a vowel. No Kate Bush, but Tori Amos is ok. No Blur, but Oasis is ok (...no Oasis...) - Sera
Theme 433 - Call me 'Mephistopheles’ - songs with any of the known words for devil and the word devil is also ok - Jemma
Theme 434 - "Pet Sounds" - Tracks with animal sounds in them. - KJS
Theme 435 - "And the winner is..." - Oscar winners for 'best original song'. All listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy... Just the winners (in the yellow boxes) not other nominees, and by the artist who did the film version please. No covers. - Tim
Theme 436 - "Fairground & Amusement Rides" - Song titles &/or Bands/Artist names, featuring a common ride one could find at a Theme Park, Amusement Park or at a Fairground. I.e.: Rollercoaster, Pirate Ship, Log Flume, Ghost Train, Haunted House,
Fairground. I.e.: Rollercoaster, Pirate Ship, Log Flume, Ghost Train, Haunted House, Dodgems, Teacup, Carousel, Duck Shoot, One Arm Bandits, Pinball and so on. I'll also allow names of well known rides, like Nemesis (& Reborn), Jersey Devil Coaster, Dragster, Oblivion..and so on..whatever takes your fancy. - The Dukester
Theme 437- "Let It Rain" - Songs with Rain,Rainy,Raining in the title (apols if it's been done before) - Collette
Theme 438 - "Bugger the words" - Instrumental versions of hit (or at least very well-known) songs - Val
Theme 439 - 2024 marks the 200th anniversary of the National Gallery, so songs about art; can be the name of a painting, or an artist's name, or simply themed around the subject - Tim
Theme 440 - Wildcard Round 19
Theme 441 - The paper bit in the middle - two songs from a particular record label, not a gigantic major, but ones including those which began as Indies and grew large (eg, Island, Atlantic, Virgin, Motown), imprints set up by majors for a specific music genre (eg, Harvest, Vertigo), vanity labels that put out records by artists other than the ones behind the imprint (eg, Apple, Manticore), classic old school Indies (eg, Sun, Stax, Immediate, Trojan), newer Indies (eg, Rough Trade, Small Wonder, Subpop, Third Man, Sympathy For The Record Industry, and a host of others) - Tim
Theme 442 - "Killer Tunes" -Songs with Kill, Killed, Killing, Killer in the title - Collette
Theme 443 - The Sky's the limit - songs with the word Sky/Skies in the title or the band name - Brass Neck
Theme 444 - Location! Location! Location! - Song titles containing any of the words Under/Over/Between/Next/By/Inside/Outside/Below/Above/Beneath.
Must refer to a location or position, for example "By the tree" is good, "By The Time" is not good. - SussexWelsh
Theme 445 - I Speak Astronomy - Track titles including any celestial body or phenomenon: Stars (suns), planets, moons, comets, nebulae, galaxies etc. - Fishy Jim

[Helen The Melon]

Theme 428 - "Read all about it" - song titles which could be a newspaper headline - Tim
Theme 429 - "In The Beginning" - Song titles phrased in the manner of something starting/beginning/commencing and so on - The Duke
Theme 430 - "Like Night and Day" - song titles containing the words "night" or "day" (or both) - Helen
Theme 431 - Kitchen Confidential: songs about cooking, chefs, kitchens. - Grimmy
Theme 432 - "I'll have a vowel please, Carol." - Any song by an artist whose band name or surname begins with a vowel. No Kate Bush, but Tori Amos is ok. No Blur, but Oasis is ok (...no Oasis...) - Sera
Theme 433 - Call me 'Mephistopheles’ - songs with any of the known words for devil and the word devil is also ok - Jemma
Theme 434 - "Pet Sounds" - Tracks with animal sounds in them. - KJS
Theme 435 - "And the winner is..." - Oscar winners for 'best original song'. All listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy... Just the winners (in the yellow boxes) not other nominees, and by the artist who did the film version please. No covers. - Tim
Theme 436 - "Fairground & Amusement Rides" - Song titles &/or Bands/Artist names, featuring a common ride one could find at a Theme Park, Amusement Park or at a Fairground. I.e.: Rollercoaster, Pirate Ship, Log Flume, Ghost Train, Haunted House, Dodgems, Teacup, Carousel, Duck Shoot, One Arm Bandits, Pinball and so on. I'll also allow names of well known rides, like Nemesis (& Reborn), Jersey Devil Coaster, Dragster, Oblivion..and so on..whatever takes your fancy. - The Dukester
Theme 437- "Let It Rain" - Songs with Rain,Rainy,Raining in the title (apols if it's been done before) - Collette
Theme 438 - "Bugger the words" - Instrumental versions of hit (or at least very well-known) songs - Val
Theme 439 - 2024 marks the 200th anniversary of the National Gallery, so songs about art; can be the name of a painting, or an artist's name, or simply themed around the subject - Tim
Theme 440 - Wildcard Round 19
Theme 441 - The paper bit in the middle - two songs from a particular record label, not a gigantic major, but ones including those which began as Indies and grew large (eg, Island, Atlantic, Virgin, Motown), imprints set up by majors for a specific music genre (eg, Harvest, Vertigo), vanity labels that put out records by artists other than the ones behind the imprint (eg, Apple, Manticore), classic old school Indies (eg, Sun, Stax, Immediate, Trojan), newer Indies (eg, Rough Trade, Small Wonder, Subpop, Third Man, Sympathy For The Record Industry, and a host of others) - Tim
Theme 442 - "Killer Tunes" -Songs with Kill, Killed, Killing, Killer in the title - Collette
Theme 443 - The Sky's the limit - songs with the word Sky/Skies in the title or the band name - Brass Neck
Theme 444 - Location! Location! Location! - Song titles containing any of the words Under/Over/Between/Next/By/Inside/Outside/Below/Above/Beneath.
Must refer to a location or position, for example "By the tree" is good, "By The Time" is not good. - SussexWelsh
Theme 445 - I Speak Astronomy - Track titles including any celestial body or phenomenon: Stars (suns), planets, moons, comets, nebulae, galaxies etc. - Fishy Jim
Theme 446 - Aye Aye Captain - Song titles containing one (or more) of the homophones Aye, Eye, I, and Ai - Helen

[Sera69]

Theme 428 - "Read all about it" - song titles which could be a newspaper headline - Tim
Theme 429 - "In The Beginning" - Song titles phrased in the manner of something starting/beginning/commencing and so on - The Duke
Theme 430 - "Like Night and Day" - song titles containing the words "night" or "day" (or both) - Helen
Theme 431 - Kitchen Confidential: songs about cooking, chefs, kitchens. - Grimmy
Theme 432 - "I'll have a vowel please, Carol." - Any song by an artist whose band name or surname begins with a vowel. No Kate Bush, but Tori Amos is ok. No Blur, but Oasis is ok (...no Oasis...) - Sera
Theme 433 - Call me 'Mephistopheles’ - songs with any of the known words for devil and the word devil is also ok - Jemma
Theme 434 - "Pet Sounds" - Tracks with animal sounds in them. - KJS
Theme 435 - "And the winner is..." - Oscar winners for 'best original song'. All listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy... Just the winners (in the yellow boxes) not other nominees, and by the artist who did the film version please. No covers. - Tim
Theme 436 - "Fairground & Amusement Rides" - Song titles &/or Bands/Artist names, featuring a common ride one could find at a Theme Park, Amusement Park or at a Fairground. I.e.: Rollercoaster, Pirate Ship, Log Flume, Ghost Train, Haunted House, Dodgems, Teacup, Carousel, Duck Shoot, One Arm Bandits, Pinball and so on. I'll also allow names of well known rides, like Nemesis (& Reborn), Jersey Devil Coaster, Dragster, Oblivion..and so on..whatever takes your fancy. - The Dukester
Theme 437- "Let It Rain" - Songs with Rain,Rainy,Raining in the title (apols if it's been done before) - Collette
Theme 438 - "Bugger the words" - Instrumental versions of hit (or at least very well-known) songs - Val
Theme 439 - 2024 marks the 200th anniversary of the National Gallery, so songs about art; can be the name of a painting, or an artist's name, or simply themed around the subject - Tim
Theme 440 - Wildcard Round 19
Theme 441 - The paper bit in the middle - two songs from a particular record label, not a gigantic major, but ones including those which began as Indies and grew large (eg, Island, Atlantic, Virgin, Motown), imprints set up by majors for a specific music genre (eg, Harvest, Vertigo), vanity labels that put out records by artists other than the ones behind the imprint (eg, Apple, Manticore), classic old school Indies (eg, Sun, Stax, Immediate, Trojan), newer Indies (eg, Rough Trade, Small Wonder, Subpop, Third Man, Sympathy For The Record Industry, and a host of others) - Tim
Theme 442 - "Killer Tunes" -Songs with Kill, Killed, Killing, Killer in the title - Collette
Theme 443 - The Sky's the limit - songs with the word Sky/Skies in the title or the band name - Brass Neck
Theme 444 - Location! Location! Location! - Song titles containing any of the words Under/Over/Between/Next/By/Inside/Outside/Below/Above/Beneath.
Must refer to a location or position, for example "By the tree" is good, "By The Time" is not good. - SussexWelsh
Theme 445 - I Speak Astronomy - Track titles including any celestial body or phenomenon: Stars (suns), planets, moons, comets, nebulae, galaxies etc. - Fishy Jim
Theme 446 - Aye Aye Captain - Song titles containing one (or more) of the homophones Aye, Eye, I, and Ai - Helen
Theme 447 - "Pass the Dutchie" - Royalty. Kings and Queens, Princes and Princesses, Dukes, Dutchesses, Counts, Countesses etc

[Helen The Melon]

I have a feeling that we have done this before but I cannot be bothered to search all the previous themes. If some kind person with a good memory can say whether we have done this recently or not, please...I will remove it if we have.

Theme 429 - "In The Beginning" - Song titles phrased in the manner of something starting/beginning/commencing and so on - The Duke
Theme 430 - "Like Night and Day" - song titles containing the words "night" or "day" (or both) - Helen
Theme 431 - Kitchen Confidential: songs about cooking, chefs, kitchens. - Grimmy
Theme 432 - "I'll have a vowel please, Carol." - Any song by an artist whose band name or surname begins with a vowel. No Kate Bush, but Tori Amos is ok. No Blur, but Oasis is ok (...no Oasis...) - Sera
Theme 433 - Call me 'Mephistopheles’ - songs with any of the known words for devil and the word devil is also ok - Jemma
Theme 434 - "Pet Sounds" - Tracks with animal sounds in them. - KJS
Theme 435 - "And the winner is..." - Oscar winners for 'best original song'. All listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy... Just the winners (in the yellow boxes) not other nominees, and by the artist who did the film version please. No covers. - Tim
Theme 436 - "Fairground & Amusement Rides" - Song titles &/or Bands/Artist names, featuring a common ride one could find at a Theme Park, Amusement Park or at a Fairground. I.e.: Rollercoaster, Pirate Ship, Log Flume, Ghost Train, Haunted House, Dodgems, Teacup, Carousel, Duck Shoot, One Arm Bandits, Pinball and so on. I'll also allow names of well known rides, like Nemesis (& Reborn), Jersey Devil Coaster, Dragster, Oblivion..and so on..whatever takes your fancy. - The Dukester
Theme 437- "Let It Rain" - Songs with Rain,Rainy,Raining in the title (apols if it's been done before) - Collette
Theme 438 - "Bugger the words" - Instrumental versions of hit (or at least very well-known) songs - Val
Theme 439 - 2024 marks the 200th anniversary of the National Gallery, so songs about art; can be the name of a painting, or an artist's name, or simply themed around the subject - Tim
Theme 440 - Wildcard Round 19
Theme 441 - The paper bit in the middle - two songs from a particular record label, not a gigantic major, but ones including those which began as Indies and grew large (eg, Island, Atlantic, Virgin, Motown), imprints set up by majors for a specific music genre (eg, Harvest, Vertigo), vanity labels that put out records by artists other than the ones behind the imprint (eg, Apple, Manticore), classic old school Indies (eg, Sun, Stax, Immediate, Trojan), newer Indies (eg, Rough Trade, Small Wonder, Subpop, Third Man, Sympathy For The Record Industry, and a host of others) - Tim
Theme 442 - "Killer Tunes" -Songs with Kill, Killed, Killing, Killer in the title - Collette
Theme 443 - The Sky's the limit - songs with the word Sky/Skies in the title or the band name - Brass Neck
Theme 444 - Location! Location! Location! - Song titles containing any of the words Under/Over/Between/Next/By/Inside/Outside/Below/Above/Beneath.
Must refer to a location or position, for example "By the tree" is good, "By The Time" is not good. - SussexWelsh
Theme 445 - I Speak Astronomy - Track titles including any celestial body or phenomenon: Stars (suns), planets, moons, comets, nebulae, galaxies etc. - Fishy Jim
Theme 446 - Aye Aye Captain - Song titles containing one (or more) of the homophones Aye, Eye, I, and Ai - Helen
Theme 447 - "Pass the Dutchie" - Royalty. Kings and Queens, Princes and Princesses, Dukes, Dutchesses, Counts, Countesses etc - Sera
Theme 448
Theme 449
Theme 450
Theme 451 - "Keep It In The Family" - songs by bands/duos/collabs that contain blood relations - Helen

[Tim]

Helen The Melon wrote: "I have a feeling that we have done this before but I cannot be bothered to search all the previous themes. If some kind person with a good memory can say whether we have done this recently or not, ..."

I think we have, but who cares. I'm sure there's plenty out there which weren't nommed the last time.

[Tim]

Theme 431 - Kitchen Confidential: songs about cooking, chefs, kitchens. - Grimmy
Theme 432 - "I'll have a vowel please, Carol." - Any song by an artist whose band name or surname begins with a vowel. No Kate Bush, but Tori Amos is ok. No Blur, but Oasis is ok (...no Oasis...) - Sera
Theme 433 - Call me 'Mephistopheles’ - songs with any of the known words for devil and the word devil is also ok - Jemma
Theme 434 - "Pet Sounds" - Tracks with animal sounds in them. - KJS
Theme 435 - "And the winner is..." - Oscar winners for 'best original song'. All listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy... Just the winners (in the yellow boxes) not other nominees, and by the artist who did the film version please. No covers. - Tim
Theme 436 - "Fairground & Amusement Rides" - Song titles &/or Bands/Artist names, featuring a common ride one could find at a Theme Park, Amusement Park or at a Fairground. I.e.: Rollercoaster, Pirate Ship, Log Flume, Ghost Train, Haunted House, Dodgems, Teacup, Carousel, Duck Shoot, One Arm Bandits, Pinball and so on. I'll also allow names of well known rides, like Nemesis (& Reborn), Jersey Devil Coaster, Dragster, Oblivion..and so on..whatever takes your fancy. - The Dukester
Theme 437- "Let It Rain" - Songs with Rain,Rainy,Raining in the title (apols if it's been done before) - Collette
Theme 438 - "Bugger the words" - Instrumental versions of hit (or at least very well-known) songs - Val
Theme 439 - 2024 marks the 200th anniversary of the National Gallery, so songs about art; can be the name of a painting, or an artist's name, or simply themed around the subject - Tim
Theme 440 - Wildcard Round 19
Theme 441 - The paper bit in the middle - two songs from a particular record label, not a gigantic major, but ones including those which began as Indies and grew large (eg, Island, Atlantic, Virgin, Motown), imprints set up by majors for a specific music genre (eg, Harvest, Vertigo), vanity labels that put out records by artists other than the ones behind the imprint (eg, Apple, Manticore), classic old school Indies (eg, Sun, Stax, Immediate, Trojan), newer Indies (eg, Rough Trade, Small Wonder, Subpop, Third Man, Sympathy For The Record Industry, and a host of others) - Tim
Theme 442 - "Killer Tunes" -Songs with Kill, Killed, Killing, Killer in the title - Collette
Theme 443 - The Sky's the limit - songs with the word Sky/Skies in the title or the band name - Brass Neck
Theme 444 - Location! Location! Location! - Song titles containing any of the words Under/Over/Between/Next/By/Inside/Outside/Below/Above/Beneath.
Must refer to a location or position, for example "By the tree" is good, "By The Time" is not good. - SussexWelsh
Theme 445 - I Speak Astronomy - Track titles including any celestial body or phenomenon: Stars (suns), planets, moons, comets, nebulae, galaxies etc. - Fishy Jim
Theme 446 - Aye Aye Captain - Song titles containing one (or more) of the homophones Aye, Eye, I, and Ai - Helen
Theme 447 - "Pass the Dutchie" - Royalty. Kings and Queens, Princes and Princesses, Dukes, Dutchesses, Counts, Countesses etc - Sera
Theme 448 - Our moral guardians - Songs banned by the BBC, for whatever reason and no matter how long for. List at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... and a piece giving some of the more bizarre justifications https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...
Theme 449
Theme 450
Theme 451 - "Keep It In The Family" - songs by bands/duos/collabs that contain blood relations - Helen

[Fishy_Jim]

Theme 431 - Kitchen Confidential: songs about cooking, chefs, kitchens. - Grimmy
Theme 432 - "I'll have a vowel please, Carol." - Any song by an artist whose band name or surname begins with a vowel. No Kate Bush, but Tori Amos is ok. No Blur, but Oasis is ok (...no Oasis...) - Sera
Theme 433 - Call me 'Mephistopheles’ - songs with any of the known words for devil and the word devil is also ok - Jemma
Theme 434 - "Pet Sounds" - Tracks with animal sounds in them. - KJS
Theme 435 - "And the winner is..." - Oscar winners for 'best original song'. All listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy... Just the winners (in the yellow boxes) not other nominees, and by the artist who did the film version please. No covers. - Tim
Theme 436 - "Fairground & Amusement Rides" - Song titles &/or Bands/Artist names, featuring a common ride one could find at a Theme Park, Amusement Park or at a Fairground. I.e.: Rollercoaster, Pirate Ship, Log Flume, Ghost Train, Haunted House, Dodgems, Teacup, Carousel, Duck Shoot, One Arm Bandits, Pinball and so on. I'll also allow names of well known rides, like Nemesis (& Reborn), Jersey Devil Coaster, Dragster, Oblivion..and so on..whatever takes your fancy. - The Dukester
Theme 437- "Let It Rain" - Songs with Rain,Rainy,Raining in the title (apols if it's been done before) - Collette
Theme 438 - "Bugger the words" - Instrumental versions of hit (or at least very well-known) songs - Val
Theme 439 - 2024 marks the 200th anniversary of the National Gallery, so songs about art; can be the name of a painting, or an artist's name, or simply themed around the subject - Tim
Theme 440 - Wildcard Round 19
Theme 441 - The paper bit in the middle - two songs from a particular record label, not a gigantic major, but ones including those which began as Indies and grew large (eg, Island, Atlantic, Virgin, Motown), imprints set up by majors for a specific music genre (eg, Harvest, Vertigo), vanity labels that put out records by artists other than the ones behind the imprint (eg, Apple, Manticore), classic old school Indies (eg, Sun, Stax, Immediate, Trojan), newer Indies (eg, Rough Trade, Small Wonder, Subpop, Third Man, Sympathy For The Record Industry, and a host of others) - Tim
Theme 442 - "Killer Tunes" -Songs with Kill, Killed, Killing, Killer in the title - Collette
Theme 443 - The Sky's the limit - songs with the word Sky/Skies in the title or the band name - Brass Neck
Theme 444 - Location! Location! Location! - Song titles containing any of the words Under/Over/Between/Next/By/Inside/Outside/Below/Above/Beneath.
Must refer to a location or position, for example "By the tree" is good, "By The Time" is not good. - SussexWelsh
Theme 445 - I Speak Astronomy - Track titles including any celestial body or phenomenon: Stars (suns), planets, moons, comets, nebulae, galaxies etc. - Fishy Jim
Theme 446 - Aye Aye Captain - Song titles containing one (or more) of the homophones Aye, Eye, I, and Ai - Helen
Theme 447 - "Pass the Dutchie" - Royalty. Kings and Queens, Princes and Princesses, Dukes, Dutchesses, Counts, Countesses etc - Sera
Theme 448 - Our moral guardians - Songs banned by the BBC, for whatever reason and no matter how long for. List at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... and a piece giving some of the more bizarre justifications https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...
Theme 449
Theme 450
Theme 451 - "Keep It In The Family" - songs by bands/duos/collabs that contain blood relations - Helen
Theme 452 - Live dead stop - Any live version of a track which has to have an ending whereas the studio version fades out.

[KJS]

Theme 431 - Kitchen Confidential: songs about cooking, chefs, kitchens. - Grimmy
Theme 432 - "I'll have a vowel please, Carol." - Any song by an artist whose band name or surname begins with a vowel. No Kate Bush, but Tori Amos is ok. No Blur, but Oasis is ok (...no Oasis...) - Sera
Theme 433 - Call me 'Mephistopheles’ - songs with any of the known words for devil and the word devil is also ok - Jemma
Theme 434 - "Pet Sounds" - Tracks with animal sounds in them. - KJS
Theme 435 - "And the winner is..." - Oscar winners for 'best original song'. All listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy... Just the winners (in the yellow boxes) not other nominees, and by the artist who did the film version please. No covers. - Tim
Theme 436 - "Fairground & Amusement Rides" - Song titles &/or Bands/Artist names, featuring a common ride one could find at a Theme Park, Amusement Park or at a Fairground. I.e.: Rollercoaster, Pirate Ship, Log Flume, Ghost Train, Haunted House, Dodgems, Teacup, Carousel, Duck Shoot, One Arm Bandits, Pinball and so on. I'll also allow names of well known rides, like Nemesis (& Reborn), Jersey Devil Coaster, Dragster, Oblivion..and so on..whatever takes your fancy. - The Dukester
Theme 437- "Let It Rain" - Songs with Rain,Rainy,Raining in the title (apols if it's been done before) - Collette
Theme 438 - "Bugger the words" - Instrumental versions of hit (or at least very well-known) songs - Val
Theme 439 - 2024 marks the 200th anniversary of the National Gallery, so songs about art; can be the name of a painting, or an artist's name, or simply themed around the subject - Tim
Theme 440 - Wildcard Round 19
Theme 441 - The paper bit in the middle - two songs from a particular record label, not a gigantic major, but ones including those which began as Indies and grew large (eg, Island, Atlantic, Virgin, Motown), imprints set up by majors for a specific music genre (eg, Harvest, Vertigo), vanity labels that put out records by artists other than the ones behind the imprint (eg, Apple, Manticore), classic old school Indies (eg, Sun, Stax, Immediate, Trojan), newer Indies (eg, Rough Trade, Small Wonder, Subpop, Third Man, Sympathy For The Record Industry, and a host of others) - Tim
Theme 442 - "Killer Tunes" -Songs with Kill, Killed, Killing, Killer in the title - Collette
Theme 443 - The Sky's the limit - songs with the word Sky/Skies in the title or the band name - Brass Neck
Theme 444 - Location! Location! Location! - Song titles containing any of the words Under/Over/Between/Next/By/Inside/Outside/Below/Above/Beneath.
Must refer to a location or position, for example "By the tree" is good, "By The Time" is not good. - SussexWelsh
Theme 445 - I Speak Astronomy - Track titles including any celestial body or phenomenon: Stars (suns), planets, moons, comets, nebulae, galaxies etc. - Fishy Jim
Theme 446 - Aye Aye Captain - Song titles containing one (or more) of the homophones Aye, Eye, I, and Ai - Helen
Theme 447 - "Pass the Dutchie" - Royalty. Kings and Queens, Princes and Princesses, Dukes, Dutchesses, Counts, Countesses etc - Sera
Theme 448 - Our moral guardians - Songs banned by the BBC, for whatever reason and no matter how long for. List at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... and a piece giving some of the more bizarre justifications https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...
Theme 449 - "Order Please!" - Song titles with an ordinal number in them. - KJS
Theme 450
Theme 451 - "Keep It In The Family" - songs by bands/duos/collabs that contain blood relations - Helen
Theme 452 - Live dead stop - Any live version of a track which has to have an ending whereas the studio version fades out.- Fishy_Jim

[Fishy_Jim]

Changing one of mine:

Theme 431 - Kitchen Confidential: songs about cooking, chefs, kitchens. - Grimmy
Theme 432 - "I'll have a vowel please, Carol." - Any song by an artist whose band name or surname begins with a vowel. No Kate Bush, but Tori Amos is ok. No Blur, but Oasis is ok (...no Oasis...) - Sera
Theme 433 - Call me 'Mephistopheles’ - songs with any of the known words for devil and the word devil is also ok - Jemma
Theme 434 - "Pet Sounds" - Tracks with animal sounds in them. - KJS
Theme 435 - "And the winner is..." - Oscar winners for 'best original song'. All listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy... Just the winners (in the yellow boxes) not other nominees, and by the artist who did the film version please. No covers. - Tim
Theme 436 - "Fairground & Amusement Rides" - Song titles &/or Bands/Artist names, featuring a common ride one could find at a Theme Park, Amusement Park or at a Fairground. I.e.: Rollercoaster, Pirate Ship, Log Flume, Ghost Train, Haunted House, Dodgems, Teacup, Carousel, Duck Shoot, One Arm Bandits, Pinball and so on. I'll also allow names of well known rides, like Nemesis (& Reborn), Jersey Devil Coaster, Dragster, Oblivion..and so on..whatever takes your fancy. - The Dukester
Theme 437- "Let It Rain" - Songs with Rain,Rainy,Raining in the title (apols if it's been done before) - Collette
Theme 438 - "Bugger the words" - Instrumental versions of hit (or at least very well-known) songs - Val
Theme 439 - 2024 marks the 200th anniversary of the National Gallery, so songs about art; can be the name of a painting, or an artist's name, or simply themed around the subject - Tim
Theme 440 - Wildcard Round 19
Theme 441 - The paper bit in the middle - two songs from a particular record label, not a gigantic major, but ones including those which began as Indies and grew large (eg, Island, Atlantic, Virgin, Motown), imprints set up by majors for a specific music genre (eg, Harvest, Vertigo), vanity labels that put out records by artists other than the ones behind the imprint (eg, Apple, Manticore), classic old school Indies (eg, Sun, Stax, Immediate, Trojan), newer Indies (eg, Rough Trade, Small Wonder, Subpop, Third Man, Sympathy For The Record Industry, and a host of others) - Tim
Theme 442 - "Killer Tunes" -Songs with Kill, Killed, Killing, Killer in the title - Collette
Theme 443 - The Sky's the limit - songs with the word Sky/Skies in the title or the band name - Brass Neck
Theme 444 - Location! Location! Location! - Song titles containing any of the words Under/Over/Between/Next/By/Inside/Outside/Below/Above/Beneath.
Must refer to a location or position, for example "By the tree" is good, "By The Time" is not good. - SussexWelsh
Theme 445 - Back to back - Any two songs which you think go together well played one after the other - Fishy Jim
Theme 446 - Aye Aye Captain - Song titles containing one (or more) of the homophones Aye, Eye, I, and Ai - Helen
Theme 447 - "Pass the Dutchie" - Royalty. Kings and Queens, Princes and Princesses, Dukes, Dutchesses, Counts, Countesses etc - Sera
Theme 448 - Our moral guardians - Songs banned by the BBC, for whatever reason and no matter how long for. List at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... and a piece giving some of the more bizarre justifications https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...
Theme 449 - "Order Please!" - Song titles with an ordinal number in them. - KJS
Theme 450
Theme 451 - "Keep It In The Family" - songs by bands/duos/collabs that contain blood relations - Helen
Theme 452 - Live dead stop - Any live version of a track which has to have an ending whereas the studio version fades out.- Fishy_Jim

[Val]

And adding some qualification to my next outing:

Theme 431 - Kitchen Confidential: songs about cooking, chefs, kitchens. - Grimmy
Theme 432 - "I'll have a vowel please, Carol." - Any song by an artist whose band name or surname begins with a vowel. No Kate Bush, but Tori Amos is ok. No Blur, but Oasis is ok (...no Oasis...) - Sera
Theme 433 - Call me 'Mephistopheles’ - songs with any of the known words for devil and the word devil is also ok - Jemma
Theme 434 - "Pet Sounds" - Tracks with animal sounds in them. - KJS
Theme 435 - "And the winner is..." - Oscar winners for 'best original song'. All listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy... Just the winners (in the yellow boxes) not other nominees, and by the artist who did the film version please. No covers. - Tim
Theme 436 - "Fairground & Amusement Rides" - Song titles &/or Bands/Artist names, featuring a common ride one could find at a Theme Park, Amusement Park or at a Fairground. I.e.: Rollercoaster, Pirate Ship, Log Flume, Ghost Train, Haunted House, Dodgems, Teacup, Carousel, Duck Shoot, One Arm Bandits, Pinball and so on. I'll also allow names of well known rides, like Nemesis (& Reborn), Jersey Devil Coaster, Dragster, Oblivion..and so on..whatever takes your fancy. - The Dukester
Theme 437- "Let It Rain" - Songs with Rain,Rainy,Raining in the title (apols if it's been done before) - Collette
Theme 438 - "Bugger the words" - Instrumental versions of hit (or at least very well-known) songs - Val
The instrumental version must come AFTER the vocal hit version. e.g. Moon River would be ineligible because Henry Mancini's orchestral version pre-dates any vocal rendition.
Theme 439 - 2024 marks the 200th anniversary of the National Gallery, so songs about art; can be the name of a painting, or an artist's name, or simply themed around the subject - Tim
Theme 440 - Wildcard Round 19
Theme 441 - The paper bit in the middle - two songs from a particular record label, not a gigantic major, but ones including those which began as Indies and grew large (eg, Island, Atlantic, Virgin, Motown), imprints set up by majors for a specific music genre (eg, Harvest, Vertigo), vanity labels that put out records by artists other than the ones behind the imprint (eg, Apple, Manticore), classic old school Indies (eg, Sun, Stax, Immediate, Trojan), newer Indies (eg, Rough Trade, Small Wonder, Subpop, Third Man, Sympathy For The Record Industry, and a host of others) - Tim
Theme 442 - "Killer Tunes" -Songs with Kill, Killed, Killing, Killer in the title - Collette
Theme 443 - The Sky's the limit - songs with the word Sky/Skies in the title or the band name - Brass Neck
Theme 444 - Location! Location! Location! - Song titles containing any of the words Under/Over/Between/Next/By/Inside/Outside/Below/Above/Beneath.
Must refer to a location or position, for example "By the tree" is good, "By The Time" is not good. - SussexWelsh
Theme 445 - Back to back - Any two songs which you think go together well played one after the other - Fishy Jim
Theme 446 - Aye Aye Captain - Song titles containing one (or more) of the homophones Aye, Eye, I, and Ai - Helen
Theme 447 - "Pass the Dutchie" - Royalty. Kings and Queens, Princes and Princesses, Dukes, Dutchesses, Counts, Countesses etc - Sera
Theme 448 - Our moral guardians - Songs banned by the BBC, for whatever reason and no matter how long for. List at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... and a piece giving some of the more bizarre justifications https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...
Theme 449 - "Order Please!" - Song titles with an ordinal number in them. - KJS
Theme 450
Theme 451 - "Keep It In The Family" - songs by bands/duos/collabs that contain blood relations - Helen
Theme 452 - Live dead stop - Any live version of a track which has to have an ending whereas the studio version fades out.- Fishy_Jim

[Jemma]

Theme 431 - Kitchen Confidential: songs about cooking, chefs, kitchens. - Grimmy
Theme 432 - "I'll have a vowel please, Carol." - Any song by an artist whose band name or surname begins with a vowel. No Kate Bush, but Tori Amos is ok. No Blur, but Oasis is ok (...no Oasis...) - Sera
Theme 433 - Call me 'Mephistopheles’ - song titles with any of the known words for devil and all associated words hell, beast... devil is also ok including band/singer or group - Jemma
Theme 434 - "Pet Sounds" - Tracks with animal sounds in them. - KJS
Theme 435 - "And the winner is..." - Oscar winners for 'best original song'. All listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy... Just the winners (in the yellow boxes) not other nominees, and by the artist who did the film version please. No covers. - Tim
Theme 436 - "Fairground & Amusement Rides" - Song titles &/or Bands/Artist names, featuring a common ride one could find at a Theme Park, Amusement Park or at a Fairground. I.e.: Rollercoaster, Pirate Ship, Log Flume, Ghost Train, Haunted House, Dodgems, Teacup, Carousel, Duck Shoot, One Arm Bandits, Pinball and so on. I'll also allow names of well known rides, like Nemesis (& Reborn), Jersey Devil Coaster, Dragster, Oblivion..and so on..whatever takes your fancy. - The Dukester
Theme 437- "Let It Rain" - Songs with Rain,Rainy,Raining in the title (apols if it's been done before) - Collette
Theme 438 - "Bugger the words" - Instrumental versions of hit (or at least very well-known) songs - Val
The instrumental version must come AFTER the vocal hit version. e.g. Moon River would be ineligible because Henry Mancini's orchestral version pre-dates any vocal rendition.
Theme 439 - 2024 marks the 200th anniversary of the National Gallery, so songs about art; can be the name of a painting, or an artist's name, or simply themed around the subject - Tim
Theme 440 - Wildcard Round 19
Theme 441 - The paper bit in the middle - two songs from a particular record label, not a gigantic major, but ones including those which began as Indies and grew large (eg, Island, Atlantic, Virgin, Motown), imprints set up by majors for a specific music genre (eg, Harvest, Vertigo), vanity labels that put out records by artists other than the ones behind the imprint (eg, Apple, Manticore), classic old school Indies (eg, Sun, Stax, Immediate, Trojan), newer Indies (eg, Rough Trade, Small Wonder, Subpop, Third Man, Sympathy For The Record Industry, and a host of others) - Tim
Theme 442 - "Killer Tunes" -Songs with Kill, Killed, Killing, Killer in the title - Collette
Theme 443 - The Sky's the limit - songs with the word Sky/Skies in the title or the band name - Brass Neck
Theme 444 - Location! Location! Location! - Song titles containing any of the words Under/Over/Between/Next/By/Inside/Outside/Below/Above/Beneath.
Must refer to a location or position, for example "By the tree" is good, "By The Time" is not good. - SussexWelsh
Theme 445 - Back to back - Any two songs which you think go together well played one after the other - Fishy Jim
Theme 446 - Aye Aye Captain - Song titles containing one (or more) of the homophones Aye, Eye, I, and Ai - Helen
Theme 447 - "Pass the Dutchie" - Royalty. Kings and Queens, Princes and Princesses, Dukes, Dutchesses, Counts, Countesses etc - Sera
Theme 448 - Our moral guardians - Songs banned by the BBC, for whatever reason and no matter how long for. List at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... and a piece giving some of the more bizarre justifications https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...
Theme 449 - "Order Please!" - Song titles with an ordinal number in them. - KJS
Theme 450
Theme 451 - "Keep It In The Family" - songs by bands/duos/collabs that contain blood relations - Helen
Theme 452 - Live dead stop - Any live version of a track which has to have an ending whereas the studio version fades out.- Fishy_Jim

[theDuke]

Just remembered that i left one of mine 'floating' back in May. There's now plenty of new themes added, so i'll think i'll fill vacant 450 in:

Theme 431 - Kitchen Confidential: songs about cooking, chefs, kitchens. - Grimmy
Theme 432 - "I'll have a vowel please, Carol." - Any song by an artist whose band name or surname begins with a vowel. No Kate Bush, but Tori Amos is ok. No Blur, but Oasis is ok (...no Oasis...) - Sera
Theme 433 - Call me 'Mephistopheles’ - song titles with any of the known words for devil and all associated words hell, beast... devil is also ok including band/singer or group - Jemma
Theme 434 - "Pet Sounds" - Tracks with animal sounds in them. - KJS
Theme 435 - "And the winner is..." - Oscar winners for 'best original song'. All listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy... Just the winners (in the yellow boxes) not other nominees, and by the artist who did the film version please. No covers. - Tim
Theme 436 - "Fairground & Amusement Rides" - Song titles &/or Bands/Artist names, featuring a common ride one could find at a Theme Park, Amusement Park or at a Fairground. I.e.: Rollercoaster, Pirate Ship, Log Flume, Ghost Train, Haunted House, Dodgems, Teacup, Carousel, Duck Shoot, One Arm Bandits, Pinball and so on. I'll also allow names of well known rides, like Nemesis (& Reborn), Jersey Devil Coaster, Dragster, Oblivion..and so on..whatever takes your fancy. - The Dukester
Theme 437- "Let It Rain" - Songs with Rain,Rainy,Raining in the title (apols if it's been done before) - Collette
Theme 438 - "Bugger the words" - Instrumental versions of hit (or at least very well-known) songs - Val
The instrumental version must come AFTER the vocal hit version. e.g. Moon River would be ineligible because Henry Mancini's orchestral version pre-dates any vocal rendition.
Theme 439 - 2024 marks the 200th anniversary of the National Gallery, so songs about art; can be the name of a painting, or an artist's name, or simply themed around the subject - Tim
Theme 440 - Wildcard Round 19
Theme 441 - The paper bit in the middle - two songs from a particular record label, not a gigantic major, but ones including those which began as Indies and grew large (eg, Island, Atlantic, Virgin, Motown), imprints set up by majors for a specific music genre (eg, Harvest, Vertigo), vanity labels that put out records by artists other than the ones behind the imprint (eg, Apple, Manticore), classic old school Indies (eg, Sun, Stax, Immediate, Trojan), newer Indies (eg, Rough Trade, Small Wonder, Subpop, Third Man, Sympathy For The Record Industry, and a host of others) - Tim
Theme 442 - "Killer Tunes" -Songs with Kill, Killed, Killing, Killer in the title - Collette
Theme 443 - The Sky's the limit - songs with the word Sky/Skies in the title or the band name - Brass Neck
Theme 444 - Location! Location! Location! - Song titles containing any of the words Under/Over/Between/Next/By/Inside/Outside/Below/Above/Beneath.
Must refer to a location or position, for example "By the tree" is good, "By The Time" is not good. - SussexWelsh
Theme 445 - Back to back - Any two songs which you think go together well played one after the other - Fishy Jim
Theme 446 - Aye Aye Captain - Song titles containing one (or more) of the homophones Aye, Eye, I, and Ai - Helen
Theme 447 - "Pass the Dutchie" - Royalty. Kings and Queens, Princes and Princesses, Dukes, Dutchesses, Counts, Countesses etc - Sera
Theme 448 - Our moral guardians - Songs banned by the BBC, for whatever reason and no matter how long for. List at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... and a piece giving some of the more bizarre justifications https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...
Theme 449 - "Order Please!" - Song titles with an ordinal number in them. - KJS
Theme 450 - "Self Titled Songs" - Bands/Artists who released a self titled track, i.e. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden. Covers of other artist's work, performed by a band/artist bearing the same name of the song, are acceptable (see my comment below). - theDuke
Theme 451 - "Keep It In The Family" - songs by bands/duos/collabs that contain blood relations - Helen
Theme 452 - Live dead stop - Any live version of a track which has to have an ending whereas the studio version fades out.- Fishy_Jim

PS: Val, you mentioned a Brian Wilson cover of another artist's material titled with his name. I might allow that one, as that hadn't occurred to me. Nor did i think it through, when i stipulated no covers by other bands/artists of songs nominated...which of course would disqualify the nomination anyway....it has to be same name for both the song AND the artist! So technically, Brian Wilson doing a cover of a song bearing his name, would qualify...so you can use it Val! :)

[Val]

Theme 438 - "Bugger the words" - Instrumental versions of hit (or at least very well-known) songs - Val
The instrumental version must come AFTER the vocal hit version. e.g. Moon River would be ineligible because Henry Mancini's orchestral version pre-dates any vocal rendition.
Theme 439 - 2024 marks the 200th anniversary of the National Gallery, so songs about art; can be the name of a painting, or an artist's name, or simply themed around the subject - Tim
Theme 440 - Wildcard Round 19
Theme 441 - The paper bit in the middle - two songs from a particular record label, not a gigantic major, but ones including those which began as Indies and grew large (eg, Island, Atlantic, Virgin, Motown), imprints set up by majors for a specific music genre (eg, Harvest, Vertigo), vanity labels that put out records by artists other than the ones behind the imprint (eg, Apple, Manticore), classic old school Indies (eg, Sun, Stax, Immediate, Trojan), newer Indies (eg, Rough Trade, Small Wonder, Subpop, Third Man, Sympathy For The Record Industry, and a host of others) - Tim
Theme 442 - "Killer Tunes" -Songs with Kill, Killed, Killing, Killer in the title - Collette
Theme 443 - The Sky's the limit - songs with the word Sky/Skies in the title or the band name - Brass Neck
Theme 444 - Location! Location! Location! - Song titles containing any of the words Under/Over/Between/Next/By/Inside/Outside/Below/Above/Beneath.
Must refer to a location or position, for example "By the tree" is good, "By The Time" is not good. - SussexWelsh
Theme 445 - Back to back - Any two songs which you think go together well played one after the other - Fishy Jim
Theme 446 - Aye Aye Captain - Song titles containing one (or more) of the homophones Aye, Eye, I, and Ai - Helen
Theme 447 - "Pass the Dutchie" - Royalty. Kings and Queens, Princes and Princesses, Dukes, Dutchesses, Counts, Countesses etc - Sera
Theme 448 - Our moral guardians - Songs banned by the BBC, for whatever reason and no matter how long for. List at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... and a piece giving some of the more bizarre justifications https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...
Theme 449 - "Order Please!" - Song titles with an ordinal number in them. - KJS
Theme 450 - "Self Titled Songs" - Bands/Artists who released a self titled track, i.e. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden. Covers of other artist's work, performed by a band/artist bearing the same name of the song, are acceptable (see my comment below). - theDuke
Tim found this helpful link:
https://www.discogs.com/lists/Eponymo...
Theme 451 - "Keep It In The Family" - songs by bands/duos/collabs that contain blood relations - Helen
Theme 452 - Live dead stop - Any live version of a track which has to have an ending whereas the studio version fades out.- Fishy_Jim
Theme 453 - Easy or hard? Any song with either or both of these words in the title. - Val

[Isabella]

As a lurker on here and one who isn't much into music, may I suggest a "Hall of shame" list, please? I'm thinking of "stalker" songs. The creepy "always watching you", sort and the "I'll get you and keep you, whatever you want" sort. Maybe reversing the usual idea, so the "winner" is the worst offender? Of course, it may already have been done but I thought it might be interesting.

[Val]

Great to see you here Isabella and a worthy idea. I'll add it.

Theme 439 - 2024 marks the 200th anniversary of the National Gallery, so songs about art; can be the name of a painting, or an artist's name, or simply themed around the subject - Tim
Theme 440 - Wildcard Round 19
Theme 441 - The paper bit in the middle - two songs from a particular record label, not a gigantic major, but ones including those which began as Indies and grew large (eg, Island, Atlantic, Virgin, Motown), imprints set up by majors for a specific music genre (eg, Harvest, Vertigo), vanity labels that put out records by artists other than the ones behind the imprint (eg, Apple, Manticore), classic old school Indies (eg, Sun, Stax, Immediate, Trojan), newer Indies (eg, Rough Trade, Small Wonder, Subpop, Third Man, Sympathy For The Record Industry, and a host of others) - Tim
Theme 442 - "Killer Tunes" -Songs with Kill, Killed, Killing, Killer in the title - Collette
Theme 443 - The Sky's the limit - songs with the word Sky/Skies in the title or the band name - Brass Neck
Theme 444 - Location! Location! Location! - Song titles containing any of the words Under/Over/Between/Next/By/Inside/Outside/Below/Above/Beneath.
Must refer to a location or position, for example "By the tree" is good, "By The Time" is not good. - SussexWelsh
Theme 445 - Back to back - Any two songs which you think go together well played one after the other - Fishy Jim
Theme 446 - Aye Aye Captain - Song titles containing one (or more) of the homophones Aye, Eye, I, and Ai - Helen
Theme 447 - "Pass the Dutchie" - Royalty. Kings and Queens, Princes and Princesses, Dukes, Dutchesses, Counts, Countesses etc - Sera
Theme 448 - Our moral guardians - Songs banned by the BBC, for whatever reason and no matter how long for. List at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... and a piece giving some of the more bizarre justifications https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...
Theme 449 - "Order Please!" - Song titles with an ordinal number in them. - KJS
Theme 450 - "Self Titled Songs" - Bands/Artists who released a self titled track, i.e. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden. Covers of other artist's work, performed by a band/artist bearing the same name of the song, are acceptable (see my comment below). - theDuke
Tim found this helpful link:
https://www.discogs.com/lists/Eponymo...
Theme 451 - "Keep It In The Family" - songs by bands/duos/collabs that contain blood relations - Helen
Theme 452 - Live dead stop - Any live version of a track which has to have an ending whereas the studio version fades out.- Fishy_Jim
Theme 453 - Easy or hard? Any song with either or both of these words in the title. - Val
Theme 454 - "Hall of Shame" - "stalker" songs e.g. the creepy "always watching you" sort and the "I'll get you and keep you, whatever you want" sort. Reversing the usual idea, so vote for the worst offender. - Isabella

[Collette]

Can someone add this to the list, please and thanks .

Theme 455 "I ♥️... 1987. " Songs from your favourite albums of '87. (Singles released either side of said year are fine) - Collette.

[Val]

Theme 439 - 2024 marks the 200th anniversary of the National Gallery, so songs about art; can be the name of a painting, or an artist's name, or simply themed around the subject - Tim
Theme 440 - Wildcard Round 19
Theme 441 - The paper bit in the middle - two songs from a particular record label, not a gigantic major, but ones including those which began as Indies and grew large (eg, Island, Atlantic, Virgin, Motown), imprints set up by majors for a specific music genre (eg, Harvest, Vertigo), vanity labels that put out records by artists other than the ones behind the imprint (eg, Apple, Manticore), classic old school Indies (eg, Sun, Stax, Immediate, Trojan), newer Indies (eg, Rough Trade, Small Wonder, Subpop, Third Man, Sympathy For The Record Industry, and a host of others) - Tim
Theme 442 - "Killer Tunes" -Songs with Kill, Killed, Killing, Killer in the title - Collette
Theme 443 - The Sky's the limit - songs with the word Sky/Skies in the title or the band name - Brass Neck
Theme 444 - Location! Location! Location! - Song titles containing any of the words Under/Over/Between/Next/By/Inside/Outside/Below/Above/Beneath.
Must refer to a location or position, for example "By the tree" is good, "By The Time" is not good. - SussexWelsh
Theme 445 - Back to back - Any two songs which you think go together well played one after the other - Fishy Jim
Theme 446 - Aye Aye Captain - Song titles containing one (or more) of the homophones Aye, Eye, I, and Ai - Helen
Theme 447 - "Pass the Dutchie" - Royalty. Kings and Queens, Princes and Princesses, Dukes, Dutchesses, Counts, Countesses etc - Sera
Theme 448 - Our moral guardians - Songs banned by the BBC, for whatever reason and no matter how long for. List at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... and a piece giving some of the more bizarre justifications https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...
Theme 449 - "Order Please!" - Song titles with an ordinal number in them. - KJS
Theme 450 - "Self Titled Songs" - Bands/Artists who released a self titled track, i.e. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden. Covers of other artist's work, performed by a band/artist bearing the same name of the song, are acceptable (see my comment below). - theDuke
Tim found this helpful link:
https://www.discogs.com/lists/Eponymo...
Theme 451 - "Keep It In The Family" - songs by bands/duos/collabs that contain blood relations - Helen
Theme 452 - Live dead stop - Any live version of a track which has to have an ending whereas the studio version fades out.- Fishy_Jim
Theme 453 - Easy or hard? Any song with either or both of these words in the title. - Val
Theme 454 - "Hall of Shame" - "stalker" songs e.g. the creepy "always watching you" sort and the "I'll get you and keep you, whatever you want" sort. Reversing the usual idea, so vote for the worst offender. - Isabella
Theme 455 "I ♥️... 1987. " Songs from your favourite albums of '87. (Singles released either side of said year are fine) - Collette.

[Val]

Collette wrote: "Can someone add this to the list, please and thanks .

Theme 455 "I ♥️... 1987. " Songs from your favourite albums of '87. (Singles released either side of said year are fine) - Collette."

Done Collette!

[Collette]

Thanks Val. I'm on a mobile phone and appear to have my boxing gloves on. 😘

[theDuke]

Theme 440 - Wildcard Round 19
Theme 441 - The paper bit in the middle - two songs from a particular record label, not a gigantic major, but ones including those which began as Indies and grew large (eg, Island, Atlantic, Virgin, Motown), imprints set up by majors for a specific music genre (eg, Harvest, Vertigo), vanity labels that put out records by artists other than the ones behind the imprint (eg, Apple, Manticore), classic old school Indies (eg, Sun, Stax, Immediate, Trojan), newer Indies (eg, Rough Trade, Small Wonder, Subpop, Third Man, Sympathy For The Record Industry, and a host of others) - Tim
Theme 442 - "Killer Tunes" -Songs with Kill, Killed, Killing, Killer in the title - Collette
Theme 443 - The Sky's the limit - songs with the word Sky/Skies in the title or the band name - Brass Neck
Theme 444 - Location! Location! Location! - Song titles containing any of the words Under/Over/Between/Next/By/Inside/Outside/Below/Above/Beneath.
Must refer to a location or position, for example "By the tree" is good, "By The Time" is not good. - SussexWelsh
Theme 445 - Back to back - Any two songs which you think go together well played one after the other - Fishy Jim
Theme 446 - Aye Aye Captain - Song titles containing one (or more) of the homophones Aye, Eye, I, and Ai - Helen
Theme 447 - "Pass the Dutchie" - Royalty. Kings and Queens, Princes and Princesses, Dukes, Dutchesses, Counts, Countesses etc - Sera
Theme 448 - Our moral guardians - Songs banned by the BBC, for whatever reason and no matter how long for. List at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... and a piece giving some of the more bizarre justifications https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...
Theme 449 - "Order Please!" - Song titles with an ordinal number in them. - KJS
Theme 450 - "Self Titled Songs" - Bands/Artists who released a self titled track, i.e. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden. Covers of other artist's work, performed by a band/artist bearing the same name of the song, are acceptable (see my comment below). - theDuke
Tim found this helpful link:
https://www.discogs.com/lists/Eponymo...
Theme 451 - "Keep It In The Family" - songs by bands/duos/collabs that contain blood relations - Helen
Theme 452 - Live dead stop - Any live version of a track which has to have an ending whereas the studio version fades out.- Fishy_Jim
Theme 453 - Easy or hard? Any song with either or both of these words in the title. - Val
Theme 454 - "Hall of Shame" - "stalker" songs e.g. the creepy "always watching you" sort and the "I'll get you and keep you, whatever you want" sort. Reversing the usual idea, so vote for the worst offender. - Isabella
Theme 455 "I ♥️... 1987. " Songs from your favourite albums of '87. (Singles released either side of said year are fine) - Collette.
Theme 456 - "Wot No Royalties?!" - Music released by artists/bands/musicians copyright free. - Das Duke

[KJS]

Theme 440 - Wildcard Round 19
Theme 441 - The paper bit in the middle - two songs from a particular record label, not a gigantic major, but ones including those which began as Indies and grew large (eg, Island, Atlantic, Virgin, Motown), imprints set up by majors for a specific music genre (eg, Harvest, Vertigo), vanity labels that put out records by artists other than the ones behind the imprint (eg, Apple, Manticore), classic old school Indies (eg, Sun, Stax, Immediate, Trojan), newer Indies (eg, Rough Trade, Small Wonder, Subpop, Third Man, Sympathy For The Record Industry, and a host of others) - Tim
Theme 442 - "Killer Tunes" -Songs with Kill, Killed, Killing, Killer in the title - Collette
Theme 443 - The Sky's the limit - songs with the word Sky/Skies in the title or the band name - Brass Neck
Theme 444 - Location! Location! Location! - Song titles containing any of the words Under/Over/Between/Next/By/Inside/Outside/Below/Above/Beneath.
Must refer to a location or position, for example "By the tree" is good, "By The Time" is not good. - SussexWelsh
Theme 445 - Back to back - Any two songs which you think go together well played one after the other - Fishy Jim
Theme 446 - Aye Aye Captain - Song titles containing one (or more) of the homophones Aye, Eye, I, and Ai - Helen
Theme 447 - "Pass the Dutchie" - Royalty. Kings and Queens, Princes and Princesses, Dukes, Dutchesses, Counts, Countesses etc - Sera
Theme 448 - Our moral guardians - Songs banned by the BBC, for whatever reason and no matter how long for. List at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... and a piece giving some of the more bizarre justifications https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...
Theme 449 - "Order Please!" - Song titles with an ordinal number in them. - KJS
Theme 450 - "Self Titled Songs" - Bands/Artists who released a self titled track, i.e. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden. Covers of other artist's work, performed by a band/artist bearing the same name of the song, are acceptable (see my comment below). - theDuke
Tim found this helpful link:
https://www.discogs.com/lists/Eponymo...
Theme 451 - "Keep It In The Family" - songs by bands/duos/collabs that contain blood relations - Helen
Theme 452 - Live dead stop - Any live version of a track which has to have an ending whereas the studio version fades out.- Fishy_Jim
Theme 453 - Easy or hard? Any song with either or both of these words in the title. - Val
Theme 454 - "Hall of Shame" - "stalker" songs e.g. the creepy "always watching you" sort and the "I'll get you and keep you, whatever you want" sort. Reversing the usual idea, so vote for the worst offender. - Isabella
Theme 455 "I ♥️... 1987. " Songs from your favourite albums of '87. (Singles released either side of said year are fine) - Collette.
Theme 456 - "Wot No Royalties?!" - Music released by artists/bands/musicians copyright free. - Das Duke
Theme 457 - “A kiss is just a kiss” - Songs with kiss, kisses, kissed or kissing in the title. - KJS

[Val]

Updating to allow for the "Cream of 2024 - Part 2" - get your thinking caps on now. There were plenty of new releases this year even if we didn't get round to buying them. PLUS I've snuck in a cheeky Alternative Christmas theme in the week before the big day.

Theme 442 - "Killer Tunes" -Songs with Kill, Killed, Killing, Killer in the title - Collette
Theme 443 - The Sky's the limit - songs with the word Sky/Skies in the title or the band name - Brass Neck
Theme 444 - Location! Location! Location! - Song titles containing any of the words Under/Over/Between/Next/By/Inside/Outside/Below/Above/Beneath.
Must refer to a location or position, for example "By the tree" is good, "By The Time" is not good. - SussexWelsh
Theme 445 - Back to back - Any two songs which you think go together well played one after the other - Fishy Jim

Dec 16 - Alternative Christmas - bring out those oddities that you don't hear on the radio/at the shops this time of year. Feel free to include Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, etc if you wish.
Nominations close Dec 18; voting closes Dec 22

* Cream Of 2024 - Winter - Round 1 Up on Dec 23, nominations close Dec 29; voting closes Jan 5
I've allowed one week for nominations and another week for voting. It's a busy time of year but it would be great if we all make it to the table.
* Cream Of 2024 - Winter - Round 2 Up on Jan 6
* Cream Of 2024 - Winter - Round 3 Up on Jan 13
* Cream Of 2024 - Winter - Round 4 Up on Jan 20
* Cream Of 2024 - Winter - Round 5 Up on Jan 27

Theme 446 - Aye Aye Captain - Song titles containing one (or more) of the homophones Aye, Eye, I, and Ai - Helen
Theme 447 - "Pass the Dutchie" - Royalty. Kings and Queens, Princes and Princesses, Dukes, Dutchesses, Counts, Countesses etc - Sera
Theme 448 - Our moral guardians - Songs banned by the BBC, for whatever reason and no matter how long for. List at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... and a piece giving some of the more bizarre justifications https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...
Theme 449 - "Order Please!" - Song titles with an ordinal number in them. - KJS
Theme 450 - "Self Titled Songs" - Bands/Artists who released a self titled track, i.e. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden. Covers of other artist's work, performed by a band/artist bearing the same name of the song, are acceptable (see my comment below). - theDuke
Tim found this helpful link:
https://www.discogs.com/lists/Eponymo...
Theme 451 - "Keep It In The Family" - songs by bands/duos/collabs that contain blood relations - Helen
Theme 452 - Live dead stop - Any live version of a track which has to have an ending whereas the studio version fades out.- Fishy_Jim
Theme 453 - Easy or hard? Any song with either or both of these words in the title. - Val
Theme 454 - "Hall of Shame" - "stalker" songs e.g. the creepy "always watching you" sort and the "I'll get you and keep you, whatever you want" sort. Reversing the usual idea, so vote for the worst offender. - Isabella
Theme 455 "I ♥️... 1987. " Songs from your favourite albums of '87. (Singles released either side of said year are fine) - Collette.
Theme 456 - "Wot No Royalties?!" - Music released by artists/bands/musicians copyright free. - Das Duke
Theme 457 - “A kiss is just a kiss” - Songs with kiss, kisses, kissed or kissing in the title. - KJS
Theme 458 -
Theme 459 -
Theme 460 - Wildcard Round 20

[theDuke]

Putting my next one after the wildcard, to space my noms apart a wee bit:


Theme 443 - The Sky's the limit - songs with the word Sky/Skies in the title or the band name - Brass Neck
Theme 444 - Location! Location! Location! - Song titles containing any of the words Under/Over/Between/Next/By/Inside/Outside/Below/Above/Beneath.
Must refer to a location or position, for example "By the tree" is good, "By The Time" is not good. - SussexWelsh
Theme 445 - Back to back - Any two songs which you think go together well played one after the other - Fishy Jim

Dec 16 - Alternative Christmas - bring out those oddities that you don't hear on the radio/at the shops this time of year. Feel free to include Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, etc if you wish.
Nominations close Dec 18; voting closes Dec 22

* Cream Of 2024 - Winter - Round 1 Up on Dec 23, nominations close Dec 29; voting closes Jan 5
I've allowed one week for nominations and another week for voting. It's a busy time of year but it would be great if we all make it to the table.
* Cream Of 2024 - Winter - Round 2 Up on Jan 6
* Cream Of 2024 - Winter - Round 3 Up on Jan 13
* Cream Of 2024 - Winter - Round 4 Up on Jan 20
* Cream Of 2024 - Winter - Round 5 Up on Jan 27

Theme 446 - Aye Aye Captain - Song titles containing one (or more) of the homophones Aye, Eye, I, and Ai - Helen
Theme 447 - "Pass the Dutchie" - Royalty. Kings and Queens, Princes and Princesses, Dukes, Dutchesses, Counts, Countesses etc - Sera
Theme 448 - Our moral guardians - Songs banned by the BBC, for whatever reason and no matter how long for. List at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... and a piece giving some of the more bizarre justifications https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...
Theme 449 - "Order Please!" - Song titles with an ordinal number in them. - KJS
Theme 450 - "Self Titled Songs" - Bands/Artists who released a self titled track, i.e. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden. Covers of other artist's work, performed by a band/artist bearing the same name of the song, are acceptable (see my comment below). - theDuke
Tim found this helpful link:
https://www.discogs.com/lists/Eponymo...
Theme 451 - "Keep It In The Family" - songs by bands/duos/collabs that contain blood relations - Helen
Theme 452 - Live dead stop - Any live version of a track which has to have an ending whereas the studio version fades out.- Fishy_Jim
Theme 453 - Easy or hard? Any song with either or both of these words in the title. - Val
Theme 454 - "Hall of Shame" - "stalker" songs e.g. the creepy "always watching you" sort and the "I'll get you and keep you, whatever you want" sort. Reversing the usual idea, so vote for the worst offender. - Isabella
Theme 455 "I ♥️... 1987. " Songs from your favourite albums of '87. (Singles released either side of said year are fine) - Collette.
Theme 456 - "Wot No Royalties?!" - Music released by artists/bands/musicians copyright free. - Das Duke
Theme 457 - “A kiss is just a kiss” - Songs with kiss, kisses, kissed or kissing in the title. - KJS
Theme 458 -
Theme 459 -
Theme 460 - Wildcard Round 20
Theme 461 - "I Am The God Of Hellfire....And I Bring You....FIRE!" - Song Titles containing Incendiary words, but no firefighter or fire extinguishing words, cos tonight we're burning baby burning! - Thermal Duklear Explosion :)

[Tim]

Theme 443 - The Sky's the limit - songs with the word Sky/Skies in the title or the band name - Brass Neck
Theme 444 - Location! Location! Location! - Song titles containing any of the words Under/Over/Between/Next/By/Inside/Outside/Below/Above/Beneath.
Must refer to a location or position, for example "By the tree" is good, "By The Time" is not good. - SussexWelsh
Theme 445 - Back to back - Any two songs which you think go together well played one after the other - Fishy Jim

Dec 16 - Alternative Christmas - bring out those oddities that you don't hear on the radio/at the shops this time of year. Feel free to include Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, etc if you wish.
Nominations close Dec 18; voting closes Dec 22

* Cream Of 2024 - Winter - Round 1 Up on Dec 23, nominations close Dec 29; voting closes Jan 5
I've allowed one week for nominations and another week for voting. It's a busy time of year but it would be great if we all make it to the table.
* Cream Of 2024 - Winter - Round 2 Up on Jan 6
* Cream Of 2024 - Winter - Round 3 Up on Jan 13
* Cream Of 2024 - Winter - Round 4 Up on Jan 20
* Cream Of 2024 - Winter - Round 5 Up on Jan 27

Theme 446 - Aye Aye Captain - Song titles containing one (or more) of the homophones Aye, Eye, I, and Ai - Helen
Theme 447 - "Pass the Dutchie" - Royalty. Kings and Queens, Princes and Princesses, Dukes, Dutchesses, Counts, Countesses etc - Sera
Theme 448 - Our moral guardians - Songs banned by the BBC, for whatever reason and no matter how long for. List at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... and a piece giving some of the more bizarre justifications https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...
Theme 449 - "Order Please!" - Song titles with an ordinal number in them. - KJS
Theme 450 - "Self Titled Songs" - Bands/Artists who released a self titled track, i.e. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden. Covers of other artist's work, performed by a band/artist bearing the same name of the song, are acceptable (see my comment below). - theDuke
Tim found this helpful link:
https://www.discogs.com/lists/Eponymo...
Theme 451 - "Keep It In The Family" - songs by bands/duos/collabs that contain blood relations - Helen
Theme 452 - Live dead stop - Any live version of a track which has to have an ending whereas the studio version fades out.- Fishy_Jim
Theme 453 - Easy or hard? Any song with either or both of these words in the title. - Val
Theme 454 - "Hall of Shame" - "stalker" songs e.g. the creepy "always watching you" sort and the "I'll get you and keep you, whatever you want" sort. Reversing the usual idea, so vote for the worst offender. - Isabella
Theme 455 "I ♥️... 1987. " Songs from your favourite albums of '87. (Singles released either side of said year are fine) - Collette.
Theme 456 - "Wot No Royalties?!" - Music released by artists/bands/musicians copyright free. - Das Duke
Theme 457 - “A kiss is just a kiss” - Songs with kiss, kisses, kissed or kissing in the title. - KJS
Theme 458 -
Theme 459 -
Theme 460 - Wildcard Round 20
Theme 461 - "I Am The God Of Hellfire....And I Bring You....FIRE!" - Song Titles containing Incendiary words, but no firefighter or fire extinguishing words, cos tonight we're burning baby burning! - Thermal Duklear Explosion :)
Theme 462 - Son of The paper bit in the middle - a second round of selections from favourite record labels. Same rules as before - Tim

[TheFoe]

Hi Val, are you doing the second part of the Cream of 2024 please? :-)

[Val]

Sure am! Look closely at Tim's post above yours.

[TheFoe]

Thanks Val, I should have checked there first.

[Val]

Hoping Jim will see this - a query re his upcoming theme:
Theme 445 - Back to back - Any two songs which you think go together well played one after the other - Fishy Jim

Are we going to vote for a pair of songs because they fit well together? If so, should we be nominating two pairs of songs or is that going to be too unwieldy? If we vote for each song individually, isn't that getting away from the premise that they work well back-to-back? Clarification needed - at least by me.

[Helen The Melon]

Trying to keep it simple. We may have done this before but I cannot remember and there is just too much to search through now!

Dec 16 - Alternative Christmas - bring out those oddities that you don't hear on the radio/at the shops this time of year. Feel free to include Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, etc if you wish.
Nominations close Dec 18; voting closes Dec 22

* Cream Of 2024 - Winter - Round 1 Up on Dec 23, nominations close Dec 29; voting closes Jan 5
I've allowed one week for nominations and another week for voting. It's a busy time of year but it would be great if we all make it to the table.
* Cream Of 2024 - Winter - Round 2 Up on Jan 6
* Cream Of 2024 - Winter - Round 3 Up on Jan 13
* Cream Of 2024 - Winter - Round 4 Up on Jan 20
* Cream Of 2024 - Winter - Round 5 Up on Jan 27

Theme 446 - Aye Aye Captain - Song titles containing one (or more) of the homophones Aye, Eye, I, and Ai - Helen
Theme 447 - "Pass the Dutchie" - Royalty. Kings and Queens, Princes and Princesses, Dukes, Dutchesses, Counts, Countesses etc - Sera
Theme 448 - Our moral guardians - Songs banned by the BBC, for whatever reason and no matter how long for. List at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... and a piece giving some of the more bizarre justifications https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...
Theme 449 - "Order Please!" - Song titles with an ordinal number in them. - KJS
Theme 450 - "Self Titled Songs" - Bands/Artists who released a self titled track, i.e. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden. Covers of other artist's work, performed by a band/artist bearing the same name of the song, are acceptable (see my comment below). - theDuke
Tim found this helpful link:
https://www.discogs.com/lists/Eponymo...
Theme 451 - "Keep It In The Family" - songs by bands/duos/collabs that contain blood relations - Helen
Theme 452 - Live dead stop - Any live version of a track which has to have an ending whereas the studio version fades out.- Fishy_Jim
Theme 453 - Easy or hard? Any song with either or both of these words in the title. - Val
Theme 454 - "Hall of Shame" - "stalker" songs e.g. the creepy "always watching you" sort and the "I'll get you and keep you, whatever you want" sort. Reversing the usual idea, so vote for the worst offender. - Isabella
Theme 455 "I ♥️... 1987. " Songs from your favourite albums of '87. (Singles released either side of said year are fine) - Collette.
Theme 456 - "Wot No Royalties?!" - Music released by artists/bands/musicians copyright free. - Das Duke
Theme 457 - “A kiss is just a kiss” - Songs with kiss, kisses, kissed or kissing in the title. - KJS
Theme 458 - "Do Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Don't" - Song titles containing either (or both) of the words "do" or "don't" - Helen
Theme 459 -
Theme 460 - Wildcard Round 20
Theme 461 - "I Am The God Of Hellfire....And I Bring You....FIRE!" - Song Titles containing Incendiary words, but no firefighter or fire extinguishing words, cos tonight we're burning baby burning! - Thermal Duklear Explosion :)
Theme 462 - Son of The paper bit in the middle - a second round of selections from favourite record labels. Same rules as before - Tim