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+====== Stalking Used to Be Romantic ======
+====  ====
+//Who Wouldn't Be Jealous of You?// (1928)
+(Larry Shay - Haven Gillespie - George Frommel)
+===  ===
+Who wouldn't be jealous of a girl like you and
+Who wouldn't be watching everything you do
+I'm on my toes, for goodness knows
+When you go out you're marvelous hard to doubt but hard to trust
+Who wouldn't be hanging round your neighbourhood
+====  ====
+//On the Street Where You Live//
+===  ===
+And oh, the towering feeling just to know somehow you are near
+The overpowering feeling that any second you may suddenly appear
+People stop and stare, they don't bother me
+For there's nowhere else on earth that I would rather be
+Let the time go by, I won't care ...
+==  ==
+Date added: 7/23/2010
+====== Widely Disparate Same-Title Songs ======
+====  ====
+Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
+===  ===
+Leadbelly
+Ultravox
+====  ====
+Mama Said
+===  ===
+Shirelles
+Metallica
+==  ==
+Date added: 7/2/2010
+====== New Soundalike ======
+//Since You Been Gone//, Rainbow
+//Reelin' in the Years//, Steely Dan
+{{:since-you-been-gone_reelin-in-the-years.mp3|}}
+====== New Soundalike ======
+//Did I Hear You Say You Love Me//, Stevie Wonder (Hotter Than July)
+//Fool for the City//, Foghat
+{{:did-i-hear-you-say_fool-for-the-city.mp3|}}
+====== New Soundalike ======
+//Too High//, Stevie Wonder (1973)
+//Humpty Dumpty//, Joy of Cooking (1971?)
+==  ==
+bassline; both are also similar to //Wack Wack//, Young Holt Unlimited
+{{:too-high_humpty-dumpty.mp3|}}
+====== New Soundalike ======
+//The Flame//, Cheap Trick
+//Nature's Way//, Spirit
+{{:the-flame_nature_s-way.mp3|}}
+====== New Soundalike ======
+//Wish You Were Here//, Pink Floyd
+//Almost Independence Day//, Van Morrison
+{{:wish-you-were-here_almost-independence-day.mp3|}}
+====== New Soundalike ======
+//Fly Like an Eagle//, Steve Miller Band
+//Grandma's Hands//, Bill Withers
+{{:fly-like-an-eagle_grandma_s-hands.mp3|}}
+(oops. I think I did the wrong parts of these songs. Will remove this note when new version done)
+====== New Soundalike ======
+//Breakfast in America//, Supertramp
+//You're a Very Lovely Woman//, The Merry-Go-Round
+{{:breakfast-in-america_you-re-a-very-lovely-woman.mp3|}}
+==  ==
+Date added: 6/6/2010
+====== Two-Song Medleys ======
+//Superwoman/Where Were You When I Needed You//, Stevie Wonder
+//Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding//, Elton John
+//Iron Horse/Born to Lose//, Motorhead
+//City of Gold/Fly by Night Lady//, Head East
+//Peace Frog/Blue Sunday//, Doors
+==  ==
+Date added: 5/2/2010
+===== Earlier entries =====
+//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
+====== Five Songs Called ... ======
+//Candy Man//, Mississippi John Hurt
+//Candy Man//, Roy Orbison
+//Candy Man//, Grateful Dead
+//Candy Man//, Sammy Davis Jr.
+//Candy Man//, Sweathog
+==  ==
+Date added: 4/27/2010
+====== New Soundalike ======
+====  ====
+//Crazy Train//, Ozzy Osbourne (1980)
+//Y.M.C.A.//,  Village People (1978)
+==  ==
+Date added: 4/4/2010
+====== TV Stars on Record ======
+{{:tv-stars-on-record.jpg|}}
+All's I can say is beware ye who enter LL's //Smooth Talker//
+I might have put up only that mp3, but for the fact that someone involved with the Hagman track got the idea from Janis Ian to use the word "debentures." There //is// a percentage in that kind of jive
+Side 1
+Dreamin', John Schneider
+Ballad Of The Good Luck Charm, Larry Hagman
+If You Want To Come Home, Lisa Hartman
+Are You Lonesome Tonight, John Schneider & Jill Michaels
+{{:smoothtalker-lorenzolamas.mp3|Smooth Talker, Lorenzo Lamas}}
+Side 2
+Fools Like Me, Lorenzo Lamas
+Walk Away, Lisa Hartman
+It's Now Or Never, John Schneider
+{{:my-favorite-sins_larry-hagman.mp3|My Favorite Sins, Larry Hagman}}
+Do You Love Me, David Hasselhoff
+====== Portmanteau Songs ======
+In which the song title is an internally referenced song (//portmanteau// probably doesn't mean this)
+==== New Entry ====
+//Oh Yeah//, Roxy Music -- "they're playin' Oh Yeah on the radio"
+==== Earlier Entries ====
+//Tennessee Waltz//, Patti Page
+//Kentucky Waltz//, Bill Monroe
+//Truck Drivin' Man//, George Hamilton IV
+====== Charmingly Clumsy Lyric ======
+"won't somebody stop and help a guy?"
+====  ====
+--//Hitchin' a Ride//, Vanity Fare
+==  ==
+"a guy?" -- you mean, //you//? you want me to help . . . //you//?
+==  ==
+{{:hitchin_-a-ride_vanity-fare_section.mp3|}}
+==  ==
+Date Added: 3/27/2010
+====== You: Listen to These Records ======
+====  ====
+{{:pressure-cooking_labelle.mp3|Pressure Cooking, Labelle}}
+The human-voice equivalent of Eddie Van Halen's guitar playing
+====== Best Mandolin Album, Ever ======
+{{:dickdia.jpg|}}
+I play 1, 2, 3, 8, 11 (12, 5, 7 eventually)
+Side 1
+{{:01_la_napoletana.mp3|01 La Napoletana.mp3 }}
+{{:02_la_siciliana.mp3|02 La Siciliana.mp3}}
+{{:03_guaglione.mp3|03 Guaglione.mp3}}
+{{:04_non_dimenticar.mp3|04 Non dimenticar.mp3}}
+{{:05_la_bellissima_bruna.mp3|05 La bellissima bruna.mp3}}
+{{:06_ciao_mazurka.mp3|06 Ciao Mazurka.mp3}}
+Side 2
+{{:07_la_spagnola.mp3|07 La Spagnola.mp3}}
+{{:08_santa_lucia.mp3|08 Santa Lucia.mp3}}
+{{:09_vieni_sul_mar.mp3|09 Vieni sul mar.mp3}}
+{{:10_carnival_of_venice.mp3|10 Carnival of Venice.mp3}}
+{{:11_tra_veglia_e_sonno.mp3|11 Tra veglia e sonno.mp3}}
+{{:12_tango_della_rosa.mp3|12 Tango della rosa.mp3}}
+==  ==
+Date Added: 3/21/2010
+====== New Soundalike ======
+====  ====
+//A Muse//, All
+//Of Wolf and Man//, Metallica
+==  ==
+{{:a-muse_of-wolf-and-man.mp3|a-muse_of-wolf-and-man.mp3}}
+====== You: Listen to These Records ======
+=====  =====
+{{:kaw-liga_the-residents.mp3|kaw-liga_the-residents.mp3}}
+==== A Pair of Paradoxes ====
+===  ===
+{{:breakin_in-a-brand-new-broken-heart-connie-francis.mp3|breakin_in-a-brand-new-broken-heart-connie-francis.mp3}}
+==  ==
+harmony all the way through
+===  ===
+{{:no-future-in-the-past_vince-gill.mp3|no-future-in-the-past_vince-gill.mp3}}
+==  ==
+slow-build thriller
+=====  =====
+{{:gypsy_moody-blues.mp3|gypsy_moody-blues.mp3}}
+==  ==
+Date Added: 3/13/2010
 ====== Cryptic Soul Song Titles ======
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 ====== Pronunciation Anomalies ======
-The title of //Da Doo Ron Ron//, by the Crystals, has a short a sound in the first syllable (Da) and o sounds in the Rons. Instead, in the actual song, the pronunciation of the first sound is more like a short e (D__e__ or D__ay__), and more like u sounds (R__u__n R__u__n) in the 3rd and 4th syllables
+The title, as it's printed, of //Da Doo Ron Ron//, by the Crystals, has a short a sound in the first syllable (Da) and o sounds in the Rons. Instead, in what you actually hear in the record the pronunciation of the first sound is more like a short e (D__e__ or D__ay__), and more like u sounds (R__u__n R__u__n) in the 3rd and 4th syllables
 ======  ======
-"It's like trying to tell a stranger 'bout __a__ rock and roll" -- is there more than one rock and roll to tell the stranger about, or does the enormity of the task of telling someone about rock and roll for the first time elicit a pause ("about, eh, rock and roll")?
+"It's like trying to tell a stranger 'bout __a__ rock and roll" -- is there more than one rock and roll to tell the stranger about, or does the enormity of the task of telling someone about rock and roll for the first time elicit a pause ("about, uh, rock and roll")?
 ====  ====