Songs in which the singer breaks down crying
Doo wop naturally has the edge in this category
The Bells Clyde McPhatter
Valerie Starlights
She’s Out of My Life Michael Jackson
You Are So Beautiful to Me Joe Cocker
True True Lovin' Ferlin Husky
Near crying
Songs with chicken sounds in them
Funky Western Civilization Tonio K
Psycho Chicken The Fools
Do the Funky Chicken Rufus Thomas
From my Stax sampler tape
Drink American Peter Stampfel & the Bottlecaps
Hound Dog Big Mama Thornton
Doghouse Blues Bill Monroe
Barnyard Boogie Delmore Brothers
Western Movies Olympics
Shotgun Wedding Roy C
Young Guns Wham
Are You Lonesome Tonight Elvis Presley
Another Brick in the Wall Pink Floyd
Models Couch Flambeau
Starting All Over Again Mel & Tim
Songs with long, talking intros
Atlantis Donovan
By the Time I Get to Phoenix Isaac Hayes
Songs where a talking part alternates with a singing part
Spill the Wine Eric Burdon & War
Is That All There Is Peggy Lee
Songs where they speak French in them
Wordy Rappinghood Tom Tom Club
Michelle Beatles
Je Suis un Rock Star Bill Wyman
Funky Western Civilization Tonio K
Rapture Blondie
Jennifer Juniper Donovan
Songs where the more well-known version is the live version
This probably isn't an example of great minds thinking alike, but where else am I to put it? (Performance, Delivery?) This illustrates the folly of trying to put art into my, I don't know -- little boxes, on the hillside. Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind.
Conquistador Procol Harum
Show Me the Way Peter Frampton
Baby, I Love Your Way Peter Frampton
Do You Feel Like We Do Peter Frampton
Ridin’ the Storm Out REO Speedwagon
Easy Livin Uriah Heep
Songs that have carnival-announcement style lead-ins
Little Egypt Coasters
Magical Mystery Tour Beatles
Long pause (à la the Rascals' “Good Lovin’”)
May This Be Love Jimi Hendrix
Art rock songs with atonal, disturbing crowd chanting/noises
Fool’s Overture Supertramp
Fearless Pink Floyd
Tower Struck Down Steve Hackett
Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen Santana
Fallin' In and Out of Love with You/Amie Pure Prairie League
Livin' Lovin' Maid/Heartbreaker Led Zeppelin
This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide The Kings
No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature Guess Who
Prelude/Nothing to Hide Spirit
There is something in the air, 1980-1981, British
Man in a Suitcase Police (1980)
Man on a Corner Genesis (1981)
Man in the Corner Shop The Jam (1981)
Songs with harp, sometimes just one big strum
Tonight's the Night Rod Stewart
A Girl Like You Rascals
This Year Curtis Mayfield
Probably “This Year,” unless there's more than one song with it on the CM album I have
Love of My Life Queen
Groups who you might not expect to use harmonica, but do
The Cure
(last song of Boys Don't Cry)
Black Sabbath
Tangerine Dream
Weird things that make you think your stereo is broken
Good Humor Man Love
1-2-3 Red Light Ohio Express
1-2-3 Len Barry
2-4-6-8 Motorway Tom Robinson Band
25 or 6 to 4 Chicago
well, . . . what it does isn't counting up but there is a numerical progression of some type. By the way, we know the lyrics aren't "25 or 6, 2, 4" because it's printed as "to" in the title
Fantasy category: songs that contain practical, instructional information