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The Official "Songs About Bits Of Clothing" Thread

Started by Lisnaholic, Apr 03, 2024, 04:08 PM

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Apr 03, 2024, 04:08 PM
Yes, if I were a record producer, I'd be releasing a series of those cheap and cheesy compilation albums, K-Tel style, linked by a theme. One album would definitely be "Songs About Bits Of Clothing".

Here are a couple of essential tracks:-



What songs would you put on an album about clothes?



What you desire is of lesser value than what you have found.
#1 Apr 04, 2024, 12:05 AM Last Edit: Apr 04, 2024, 12:13 AM by Marie Monday
lots of hat songs for some reason
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#2 Apr 04, 2024, 03:27 PM
Thanks, Marie; that's quite a collection of hats! You didn't include Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, but as that's an instrumental, perhaps it doesn't count.
Good call on the Beefheart song which hadn't occurred to me. :thumb:

Boots are another piece of clothing which get some attention: plenty of people have recorded Thirsty Boots, but this is the guy who wrote it:



This was a huge hit many years ago: Are you ready, boots? Start walkin!


...while Lou Reed takes a darker look at the eroticism of boots:-



What you desire is of lesser value than what you have found.
#3 Apr 04, 2024, 03:46 PM
Apparently this song was popular in the UK in 70s, but the first time I heard it was on a shuttle bus in Germany two years ago. It instantly became one of my go-to happy songs.



This is what you want. This is what you get.
#4 Apr 04, 2024, 03:59 PM
^ Yep, it's got that irresistible, catchy hook, hasn't it ? Everyone knew the song in the UK because it was used in a tv advert for jeans: one of the few ads that I was positively happy to see come on between progs. 

What you desire is of lesser value than what you have found.
#5 Apr 04, 2024, 05:09 PM
Another great song about pants:



This is what you want. This is what you get.
#6 Apr 04, 2024, 05:11 PM


"stressed" is just "desserts" spelled backwards
#7 Apr 04, 2024, 05:15 PM
This is what you want. This is what you get.
#8 Apr 04, 2024, 06:32 PM
Chavs unite!




Only God knows.
#9 Apr 04, 2024, 10:14 PM


"stressed" is just "desserts" spelled backwards
#10 Apr 05, 2024, 06:07 PM
^ Thanks for the two songs celebrating Nike sneakers, jj and Lexi !

Here are two songs that were well-known decades ago:-



^ That L Cohen song is just too slow and long-drawn-out for me, so here's a livelier, more recent song to finish off with:-





What you desire is of lesser value than what you have found.
#11 Apr 05, 2024, 08:40 PM
More sneakers:



This is what you want. This is what you get.
#12 Apr 06, 2024, 01:18 AM
Did somebody say "sneakers?"...



Tommy Tucker - Hi-Heel Sneakers

#13 Apr 06, 2024, 02:10 AM
I don't think I ever saw this vid. Just heard it on radio for years and years.

Prince & The Revolution - Raspberry Beret


#14 Apr 06, 2024, 10:31 AM

I used to use this song as a pick up line.

"Any more room for me in those jeans?"

I was this cool the whole time.
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