Elvis Costello & the attractions - Good year for the roses
Roses are red - Mac Band
Elvis Costello & the attractions - Good year for the roses
In the Year 2525 - Zager and Evans
Van Halen > Eddie
The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
Don't Be A Dummy -- John Du Cann (who was in Atomic Rooster).
It Should Have Been Me -- Yvonne Fair ("jilted" connection).
Scarborough Fair - Simon & Garfunkel
Reunited -- Peaches & Herb ("Parsley, sage, rosemary & thyme").
Peaches and Diesel - Eric Clapton
Who Do You Love? -- Bo Diddley (who do/hoodoo).
Sylvia's Mother - Dr Hook and the Medicine Show
Not the Doctor - Alanis Morissette, from the album Jagged Little Pill
Mother's Little Helper – The Rolling Stones (Song about tranquilisers “Little Yellow Pill”)
When the Drugs Don't Work - The Verve
A song for the lovers - Richard Ashcroft
The Rain Song - Led Zeppelin
Big Fat Blonde - The Rainmakers
Link here if you're interested - great lyrics
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It might as well rain until September - Carole King
April Skies - The Jesus and Mary Chain
Jesus is Just Alright - The Byrds
Real, Real, Real. - Jesus Jones
Purple Haze - Hendrix (lyric, excuse me while I kiss the sky)
The Purple People Eater -- Sheb Wooley.
Wooly Bully - Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
Walk like an Egyptian - The Bangles
Egyptian Reggae -- Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers.
song for the lovers - richard ashcroft
Lover, you should've come over - Jeff Buckley
Growing Up - Peter Gabriel
One More Try - George Michael (Gabriel > Michael - archangels)
This Is England - The Clash (George = St. George)
54-46 Was My Number -- Toots & The Maytals (on the soundtrack of Shane Meadows "This Is England").
(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang -- Heaven 17.
Heaven is a place on earth - Belinda Carlisle