Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Various sound effects in songs, neither music or nature related


This is the playlist for my Radio Boo broadcast on Wednesday 5 October 2016 with songs using several neither musical nor natural sounds in their recordings.


Arrow


Cupid - SAM COOKE (single, 1961)
UK # 7, US # 17, AU # 22




Camera


Freeze-Frame - THE J. GEILS BAND (LP Freeze Frame, 1981)
US # 4, UK # 27, BE # 5, CH # 11, NL # 13, DE # 29


Girls On Film - DURAN DURAN (LP Duran Duran, 1981)
UK # 5, SE # 15, BE # 30, AU # 11, NZ # 4


Souvenir De Chine - JEAN-MICHEL JARRE (LP Les Concerts En Chine, 1982)




Car engine


Autobahn - KRAFTWERK (LP Autobahn, 1974)


Close (To The Edit) - THE ART OF NOISE (LP (Whose Afraid Of?) The Art Of Noise, 1984)
UK # 8


Club Tropicana - WHAM! (LP Fantastic, 1983)
UK # 4, NO # 10, DE # 13, NL # 14, BE # 23, NZ # 25
Also: car door slamming & footsteps


Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car - BILLY OCEAN (single, 1988)
US # 1, UK # 3, BE # 1, NO # 1, NL # 2, DE # 3, CH # 3, SE # 4, AT # 8, FR # 41, AU # 8, NZ # 2


Joe Le Taxi - VANESSA PARADIS (LP M & J1987)
FR # 1, NO # 5, SE # 7, DE # 8, BE # 8, NL # 25


Living In The U.S.A. - THE STEVE MILLER BAND (single, 1968 / LP Sailor, 1968)


Love Is The Drug - ROXY MUSIC (LP Siren, 1975)
UK # 2, CA # 3, US # 30, NL # 9, BE # 15, DE # 39, AU # 18, NZ # 24


Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) - BILLY JOEL (LP The Stranger, 1977)
US # 17, UK # 35, NZ # 31


On The Highway - IN_VOX (single2003)


Panama - VAN HALEN (LP 1984, 1983)
US # 13, UK # 64


Stick Shift - THE DUALS (single, 1961)
US # 25
Also: a police siren at the end of the song


Stripped - DEPECHE MODE (1986)
DE # 4, CH # 8, SE # 9, UK # 15, NZ # 41


The Race - YELLO (LP Flag, 1988)
UK # 7, DE # 4, AT # 6, CH # 8, ML # 14, BE # 20, NZ # 9




Car horns


Let's Go - EURYTHMICS (LP Revenge1986)


Pull Up To The Bumper - GRACE JONES (LP Nightclubbing, 1981 / LP Island Life, 1985)
UK # 12 (1985), BE # 14, NL # 16, DE # 26, NZ # 13




Cash register


Money - PINK FLOYD (LP The Dark Side Of The Moon, 1973)
US # 13, AT # 10, DE # 49, CA # 18,

Paper Planes - M.I.A. (LP Kala, 2007)
US # 4, UK # 19, BE # 18, DK # 18, AT # 51, NL # 57, DE # 76, FR # 91




Church bells


Black Sabbath - BLACK SABBATH (LP Black Sabbath, 1970)


Das Omen (Teil 1) - MYSTERIOUS ART (single, 1989)
DE # 1, CH # 2, AT # 2


Hells Bells - AC / DC (LP Back In Black, 1980)
in 2012: FR # 43, AT # 49
in 2015: DE # 25, CH # 61


High Hopes - PINK FLOYD (LP The Division Bell, 1994)
FR # 2, UK # 26, CA # 43


The Sensual World - KATE BUSH (LP The Sensual World, 1989)
UK # 12, NL # 20, DE # 29, BE # 31, AU # 44


Tom's Diner - DNA feat. SUZANNE VEGA (single, 1990)
Re-mix cover version of ''Tom's Diner'' by Suzanne Vega (1987)
UK # 2, US # 5,




Clock ticking & ringing


In The Light - IRENE SKYLAKAKI (LP Wrong Direction, 2012)


Russians - STING (LP The Dream Of The Blue Turtles, 1986)


Time - PINK FLOYD (LP The Dark Side Of The Moon1973)


Timebomb - CHUMBAWAMBA (single, 1993 / LP Anarchy, 1994)
UK # 59


Το Τραγούδι Του Χουζούρη - ΤΑ ΣΤΡΟΥΜΦΑΚΙΑ (LP Το Party Των Στρουμφ1984)


also:

Ten More Minutes - BINGOBOYS (single, 1993)




Door bell


Hello Baby! - ΓΙΑΝΝΗΣ ΜΗΛΙΩΚΑΣ (LP Hello Baby! 1995)




Door knocking


Femmes Fatales - SAINT TROPEZ (single1982)

Εγώ Χτυπώ Την Πόρτα Σου - ΤΑΚΗΣ ΚΑΡΑΟΛΗΣ & ΡΟΥΛΑ ΚΑΛΑΚΗ (LP Λούμπεν Τραγούδια & Παρατράγουδα / Αγαπάτε Τους Σκύλους, 1978)




Door opening / closing


Thriller - MICHAEL JACKSON (LP Thriller, 1982)
US # 4, UK # 10, ES # 1, BE # 1, IT # 2, CH # 3, CA # 3, NL # 4, AT # 5, NO # 7, DE # 9, SE # 10, FI # 11, DK # 25, FR # 35, AU # 3, NZ # 6



Door slamming


Ain't No Doubt - JIMMY NAIL (LP Growing Up In Public, 1992)
UK # 1, IE # 1, SE # 3, BE # 5, NL # 9, DK # 10, DE # 18, FI # 20, EU # 8, AU # 5, NZ # 4

Green Door - SHAKIN' STEVENS (LP Shaky, 1981)
UK # 1, CH # 5, DE # 6, NL # 8, AΤ # 8, BE # 7, NZ # 2




Footsteps


Lost Again - YELLO (LP You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess, 1983)
CH # 10, DE # 26, UK # 73

Puttin' On The Ritz - TACO (LP After Eight, 1982)
SE # 1, NO # 2, AT # 3, CH # 6, BE # 13, NL # 18, DE # 20, NZ # 1




Glass breaking


The Message - GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE feat. MELLE MEL & DUKE BOOTEE (single, 1982)
UK # 8, US # 62, AT # 9, NL # 10, CH # 11, NZ # 2




Gunshots


Ballad Of Bonnie & Clyde - GEORGIE FAME (single1967)
UK # 1, CH # 2, DE # 9, AT # 5, NL # 5, BE # 4, NO # 7


Enough Is Enough - CHUMBAWAMBA & CREDIT TO THE NATION (single1993 / LP Anarchy1994)
UK # 56


Femmes Fatales - SAINT TROPEZ (single, 1982)


Secret Agent Man - BRUCE WILLIS (LP The Return Of Bruno, 1987)
Cover version of ''Secret Agent Man'' by Johnny Rivers (1966)
The song also includes a police siren, body hitiing the ground & car related sounds (slammin' of the door, engine running)




Helicopter


Goodnight Saigon - BILLY JOEL (LP The Nylon Curtain, 1982)
NL # 1, BE # 1, US # 56, UK # 29, IE # 19


One - METALLICA (LP ...And Justice for All1988)
US # 35, UK # 13, FI # 1, SE # 3, NL # 3, NO # 4, IE # 12, CH # 22, BE # 23, DE # 31, AU # 38, NZ # 13




Jet Plane


Back In The U.S.S.R. - THE BEATLES (The White Album, 1968)
UK # 19, SE # 19, NZ # 44


Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) - SPILLER feat. SOPHIE ELLIS BEXTOR (single, 2000)
UK # 1, NO # 4, CH # 5, FI # 6, IT # 9, NL # 13, BE # 13, DE # 14, AT # 16, FR # 17, SE # 28, AU # 1, NZ # 1
The song samples ''Love Is You'' by Carol Williams (1976)


The Letter - THE BOX TOPS (single, 1967)
US # 1, CA # 1, NO # 1, BE # 2, NL # 3, UK # 5, DE # 5, AT # 9, AU # 4




Morse code


London Calling - THE CLASH (LP London Calling, 1979)
UK # 1, SE # 30, NZ # 23


Planet Claire - THE B-52's (LP The B-52's, 1979)
NZ # 35


S.O.S. - ABC (LP Beauty Stab, 1983)
UK # 39




Motorbike engine


Girls, Girls, Girls - MÖTLEY CRÜE (LP Girls, Girls, Girls, 1987)
US # 12, UK # 26


Leader Of The Pack - THE SHANGRLI-LAS (single, 1964)
US # 1, NO # 8, UK # 11 (1965), UK # 3 (1972)


Would I Lie To You? - EURYTHMICS (LP Be Yourself Tonight, 1985)
US # 5, UK # 17, BE # 10, SE # 10, CH # 21, NL # 24, DE # 34, FR # 41, NZ # 5




Ship horn


Night Boat To Cairo - MADNESS (LP One Step Beyond... 1979)




Sirens (air attack, ambulance, fire alarm, police etc.)


Ballad Of Bonnie & Clyde - GEORGIE FAME (single1967)
UK # 1, CH # 2, DE # 9, AT # 5, NL # 5, BE # 4, NO # 7
Police siren


Breaking The Law - JUDAS PRIEST (LP British Steel, 1980)
UK # 12
Police siren


Dr. Beat - MIAMI SOUND MACHINE (LP Eyes Of Innocence, 1984)
UK # 6, BE # 3, CH # 5, DE # 7, NL # 6, FR # 23, NZ # 15
The song includes ambulance siren.


Femmes Fatales - SAINT TROPEZ (single1982)
Police siren


Indiana Wants Me - R. DEAN TAYLOR (single, 1970)
UK # 2, US # 5
The song includes police sirens. Also: a police officer warning & several gunshots.


Modern Day Delilah - VAN STEPHENSON (LP Righteous Anger, 1984)
US # 22
The song includes police siren.


Two Tribes - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD (LP Welcome To The Pleasuredome, 1984)
UK # 1, DE # 1, NL # 1, BE # 1, CH # 4, SE # 9, AT # 16, US # 43, FR # 48
The song includes air attack sirens.




Sonar sound (Submarine)


Das Boot - U96 (single, 1991)
DE # 1, CH # 1, AT # 1, NO # 1, NL # 3, SE # 5, NL # 11, UK # 18, IE # 19
Techno cover of the original ''Das Boot'' version of 1981 movie.


Leuchtturm - NENA (LP Nena, 1983)
DE # 2, AT # 3, NL # 7




Striking a match


Carnival - THE CARDIGANS (LP Life, 1995)
UK # 35, NL # 44


Christine - MISS-X (single, 1963)
UK # 37


Hermando's Hideaway - ARCHIE BLEYER (single, 1954)
US # 2
The song also includes knockin at a door.




Train on railroad tracks


Riding On A Train - THE PASADENAS (LP To Whom It May Concern, 1988)
UK # 13, NL # 4, BE # 6, CH # 13, DE # 24, FR # 40, NZ # 25


Station To Station - DAVID BOWIE (LP Station To Station, 1976)


The Train - THE NITS (EP Hat, 1988)
NL # 34


This City Never Sleeps - EURYTHMICS (LP Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This), 1983 / OST 9 1/2 Weeks, 1986)


Trans Europe Express - KRAFTWERK (LP Trans Europe Express, 1977)
SE # 15, IT # 34, US # 67, CA # 96
Though a studio created train sound, it keeps going all through the song.




Typing on a typewriter


Kiss & Tell - BRYAN FERRY (LP Bete Noire, 1988)
UK # 41, NL # 45, NZ # 26


9 To 5 - DOLLY PARTON (single, 1980 / LP 9 To 5 & Odd Jobs, 1980)
US # 1, UK # 47,  AT # 5, BE # 5, SE # 6, NL # 15, DE # 46, NZ # 9




Whip


Rawhide - FRANKIE LAINE with JIMMY CARROLL & HIS ORCHESTRA (single, 1958)


Whip It - DEVO (LP Freedom Of Choice, 1980)
US # 14, NZ # 11




The playlist

21:59:58 The Art Of Noise - Close (To The Edit) (LP Whose Afraid Of... 1984)
22:05:38 Yello - The Race (LP Flag, 1988)
22:09:06 U96 - Das Boot (1991)
22:12:53 Mysterious Art - Das Omen-Teil 1 (1989)
22:17:47 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes (LP Welcome To The Pleasuredome, 1984)
22:24:50 Eurythmics - Would I Lie To You? (LP Be Yourself Tonight, 1985)
22:28:40 Motley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls (LP Girls, Girls, Girls, 1987)
22:33:01 Duran Duran - Girls On Film (LP Duran Duran, 1981)
22:36:29 Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug (LP Siren, 1975)
22:40:31 Michael Jackson - Thriller (LP Thriller, 1982)
22:46:30 Wham! - Club Tropicana (LP Fantastic, 1983)
22:50:51 The Pasadenas - Riding On A Train (LP To Whom It May Concern, 1988)
22:55:06 The Box Tops - The Letter (single, 1967)
22:57:23 The Beatles - Back In The U.S.S.R. (The White Album, 1968)
23:00:00 Steve Miller Band - Living In The U.S.A. (single, 1968)
23:04:10 The Duals - Stick Shift (1961)
23:07:40 R. Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me (single, 1970)
23:11:59 The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack (1964)
23:15:03 Frankie Laine with Jimmy Carroll & His Orchestra - Rawhide (1958)
23:17:09 Yiannis Miliokas - Hello Baby! (LP Hello Baby! 1995)
23:22:51 Ta Stroumfakia - To Tragoudi Tou Houzouri (1984)
23:25:39 Dolly Parton - 9 To 5 (OST 9 To 5, 1980)
23:28:48 Nena - Leuchtturm (LP Nena, 1983)
23:31:54 Pink Floyd - Time (LP The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973)
23:37:50 Pink Floyd - Money (LP The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973)
23:42:35 Bruce Willis - Secret Agent Man / James Bond Is Back (LP The Return Of Bruno, 1987)
23:47:56 Miss X - Christine (single, 1963)
23:50:53 Archie Bleyer - Hernando's Hideaway (1954)
23:53:36 Jean Michel Jarre - Souvenir Of China (LP Les Concerts En Chine, 1982)
23:57:18 Eurythmics - This City Never Sleeps (LP Sweet Dreams, 1983)


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