Whew! I am exhausted. "From what?" you ask. No, not the medicine. No, not from being with the kids this whole week while Bryan has been at a Missile Defense War Fighter's conference. (Would you like to guess which state hosts this conference? Which state could possible be among the hot-bed hubs of missile defense action? You'll never guess.)
No, I'm exhausted from watching those two polls run neck and neck all week long! I couldn't write this post last night because the results were TIED on the TV Theme Song question as of 9:30 my time and I really needed to hit the sack. I woke up to find that a "Yes" vote was cast at the last minute, and so Wyatt, Casper and Felix make it in. Sorry to all of you who felt strongly about the discluding TV theme songs. You should have voted more often.
Laura, sister #1, came up with several in the comments section:
1. Sue (as in A BOY Named Sue - Johnny Cash)
2. Eli's Coming - Three Dog Night
3. Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello
4. Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner - Warren Zevon
Bryan tried to submit "Sue," and I turned him down, arguing that the whole point of the song is that Sue is a girl's name. But I'm going to accept it from Laura because she's the one who got all fancy and "excelled" the name list to make it alphabetical and yet still so easy for me.
And, as Bryan was not here to contest the point, the name officially counts.
That'll teach him to go to (insert improbable state name here) for a week.
Also of note is that I'm including "Thompson" which can be a first name, and is different from "Thomas," which has given us a few uses of "Tom" or "Tommy." Here, of course, it's referring to a weapon. But we've in the past used references to rats, so what's stopping us?
Sarah came up with one of the funnest songs referenced yet, "10 Rounds with Jose Cuervo,"--a great example of why I listen to country music when in the car. I laugh and laugh at this song (and a lot of the others) and Gemma calls from the back, "What are you laughing at?" and I shout back, over the song, "Country music, Gemma!!!"
Suzanne posted a long list of submissions.
1. Joseph - Under African Skies (Paul Simon)
Of course, "Joe/Joey" is already on the list, but I quote her here because I find it interesting that she thought of this song while being, in fact, under African skies. She just got back from a 3 week jaunt there with Madam Secretary, and I think it's awesome that she spent her free moments trying to improve our list here.
2. Galileo - Galileo (Indigo Girls)
Yeah. That's a guy's name. Why aren't boys named Galileo anymore? Or if not boys, how about dogs?
3. Earl - Goodbye Earl (Dixie Chicks)
4. Richard - Richard Cory (Simon and Garfunkel)
5. Lloyd - So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright (Simon and Garfunkel)
6. Rene - Rene and Georgette Magritte After the War (Paul Simon)
7. Jeremy - Jeremy (Pearl Jam)
8. Monty - Monty Got a Raw Deal (REM)
9. Marty - Marty (Rusted Root)
10. Wayne - John Wayne Gacy, Jr (Sufjan Stevens)
Oooh. Wayne! This one also shows up in Springsteen's "Darlington County,"--home of the terrific lyric, "Babe, you're lookin' at two big spenders/The world don't know what me and Wayne might do."
This got me thinking of other Springsteen songs ripe for the Name Game pickin', but wait! Suzanne's not done yet!
11. Romeo - Romeo and Juliet (Indigo Girls, or if you prefer Dire Straits or Romeo had Juliette by Lou Reed)
What do you mean, "if you prefer Dire Straits"? Are you kidding??? Hate to go all Barry on you, but of course all decent human beings prefer the Dire Straits version of that song.
12. Napolean - Waterloo - ABBA
Oh! And Nick kicks himself again as somebody else beats him to the ABBA punch. What a time to be gainfully employed and hard at work, eh Nick?
What a monster list. From just 3 people we have gained 17 names! I don't know what the rest of you are thinking about, but I'm glad these 3 ladies have carried the week.
As for a submission of my own:
Springsteen's "Adam Raise a Cain" - Ka-CHOW. 2 more names. And I've actually met someone named "Cain." This was at the wedding of friend who is an ex-con, and Cain was his best friend in prison. I didn't have the nerve to ask him, "Have you felt in any way cursed by your name?"
So today, we add the following 19 names:
Sue
Eli
Oliver
Roland
Thompson
Jose
Galileo
Earl
Richard
Lloyd
Rene
Jeremy
Monty
Marty
Wayne
Romeo
Napolean
Adam
Cain
I just tried to enter these into the list that Laura set up for me. I followed the directions specifically. I didn't mess around with the cursor, was very careful to put where you said to put it! But I couldn't get the new names to be numbered.
Well, for now, we've got the old list:
Abie
Al (taken as different from Albert, because it might be short for Alan)
Albert
Amadeus
Andy
Anthony
Ben(nie)
Bernie
Bill(y)
Bobby
Buddy
Charles(Charlie)
Chester
Chris
Daniel
Davy
Dean
Eddie
Elvis
Fernando
Frank
Fred
Gene
Gus
Harry
Henry
Jack
Jeremiah
Jessie
Jesus
Jim/James
Joey
John(ny)
Juan
Jude
Julio
Kenneth
Lawrence
Lee
Leroy
Lester
Levon
Louie
Luke
Malcolm
Marciano
Maurice
Michael
Micky
Moses
Paul
Peter
Ricky
Rico
Roy
Stan
Tom(my)
Tony
Vincent
Walter
Whelan
Willie (which comes to 62 names, I'm having a tough time with basic technology today as I couldn't get the numbers to copy. . .)
Plus today's 19, plus the 3 waiting in the wings pending the TV Theme Song poll, for a grand total of. . .
79 names!
We're 79% close to 100. And only 21% away from that mark! I never thought this was possible. Never, never, never.
But now. I mean: 79 names! Now I am certain there must be 21 more out there. Somewhere.
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Hi Honey -
Since you're including tv theme songs you can use George and Elroy from the Jetsons - I think Astro is in the song too. And I tried to vote multiple times but couldn't. Oh well.
So when are you going to tell us what State Bryan has been in all week? I'm guessing Alabama because I know they have a NASA space camp there and I'm pretty sure missles are space going vehicles.
Hi again Honey - lest I be lambasted for suggesting a name and not checking, Astro is NOT in the Jetsons theme song. But what about Scooby Doo?
TV is in and I am on it. Fred Flinstone, Barney, Bam Bam from the Flinstones Cartoon, Mike from the Brady Bunch song. Now I am having a brain fart. I'm guessing the state of Alaska. So what is the state anyway? Joe listens to the new music these days and he has a few inputs: Souja Boy, Phinnas and Pherb from a current cartoon, Flow Rider. Sponge Bob and Square Pants. Are you sure you want to include cartoon theme songs?
Mary Jean (I think that's you), Mike is not mentioned in the Brady Bunch song (though the line is "a man named Brady" which in this case is the last name, but Brady is also a first name . . . judges??) and only Fred is mentioned in the Flintstones song (and Fred is already on the list.) I concur on Phineas and Ferb (that's the name of the cartoon and they are two odd looking boys, but boys nonetheless) and Sponge Bob Square Pants, but I'm pretty sure Bob is already on the list as well. I don't know Souja boy and Flow Rider. But tell Joe to keep brainstorming, (but let him know rap and hip hop songs are not allowed). Now I'm listening to Carlo singing all sorts of TV theme songs . . . no new names yet (he also came up with Fred Flintstone and Mr. Ed - also already on the list.) Now that I'm thinking of cartoons, there is Manny (from Handy Manny) and Max (from Max and Ruby) . . . but back to classic TV from Carlo - Gilligan (I don't think Skipper and Professor and Mr. Howe count as first names) and Robin (as in Robin Hood, at the end of the Dukes of Hazzard song.) Okay I'm done. Later gator
Yes it was me, I always forget to sign my name. The two names Joe came up with are not rap or hip hop, but the current music on the hard rock radio station. There is the Drake and Josh show and the Zack and Cody, 2 brady bunchesque shows for the kids today. I asked Joe if their names were in the opening songs and he started singing them. I'll have to listen closely and confirm it all. MJ
Okay, Amy. I'm behind, but have you gotten these names yet:
Leonard, Leonid, Lenny, Lester--from REM's End of the World as You Know It
Ronnie--from Escape Club's Wild Wild West (Ronnie's got a new gun...)
Victor--from Leningrad by Billy Joel (Victor was born, Spring of '44, And never saw, his father anymore...)
Stay tuned....
-Amanda
Oh, and tv theme songs....how about Max from Max and Ruby? "Max and Ruby....Ruby and Max..." Or does that not count because it's a rabbit? It's still a male name. Let me know, because I have more from cartoon theme songs.
-Amanda
Amanda coming late to the game with several hits at once--not an easy feat almost 80 names into it.
It's not her fault she's late. I had failed to tell her anything about this blog, and I don't even have the chemo to blame for the brain lapse because I hadn't started it yet. The funny thing is, this whole time I've been thinking, "Wow, I was thinking Amanda would be ALL OVER this kind of thing. . ."
Glad to have you aboard, friend! Way to contribute!
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