Collecting songs that mention signs of the zodiac

[R H Draney]

From the top 40, and limiting myself to the titles, I find:

"Taurus" by Spirit
"Gemini Dream" by the Moody Blues
"Scorpio" by Dennis Coffey
"Age of Aquarius" by the Fifth Dimension
"Son of Sagittarius" by Eddie Kendricks

I'm also aware of "Jesus Was a Capricorn" by Kris Kristofferson, and digging
into the lyrics there's a whole bunch of them in "Float On" by the
Floaters...can the assembled throng (or just the throng kit, with some assembly
required) help me fill out a full set of twelve?....

I'm willing to use Warren Zevon's "Play It All Night Long" with the line
"Grandma's dying of cancer now" if nothing more properly astrological comes up,
but let's consider that Plan B for the moment....r

[Rich Ardini]

Post by R H Draney
"Taurus" by Spirit
"Gemini Dream" by the Moody Blues
"Scorpio" by Dennis Coffey
"Age of Aquarius" by the Fifth Dimension
"Son of Sagittarius" by Eddie Kendricks

Supremes did a semi-obscure, but Top 40 song
called "No Matter What Sign You Are" ,
which might have named all of them.

[John Dean]

Post by R H Draney
"Taurus" by Spirit
"Gemini Dream" by the Moody Blues
"Scorpio" by Dennis Coffey
"Age of Aquarius" by the Fifth Dimension
"Son of Sagittarius" by Eddie Kendricks
I'm also aware of "Jesus Was a Capricorn" by Kris Kristofferson, and
digging into the lyrics there's a whole bunch of them in "Float On"
by the Floaters...can the assembled throng (or just the throng kit,
with some assembly required) help me fill out a full set of
twelve?....
I'm willing to use Warren Zevon's "Play It All Night Long" with the
line "Grandma's dying of cancer now" if nothing more properly
astrological comes up, but let's consider that Plan B for the
moment....r

And you're limiting yourself to the Latin version? (Otherwise "Like a
Virgin" would fit fine.)
I know Motorhead have a song "Capricorn" but I dunno if it charted
anywhere. And Jamiroquai have "Black Capricorn Day."
Tori Amos had "Goodbye Pisces"
In fact, if you use the title search here
http://www.leoslyrics.com/search.php
you'll get a pretty good selection.

[R H Draney]

Post by John Dean
And you're limiting yourself to the Latin version? (Otherwise "Like a
Virgin" would fit fine.)

I could probably find Chinese songs with the equivalent signs of *their*
zodiac...maybe for the second disc....

I imagine it's too much to hope that someone has actually managed to work
Ophiuchus (the constellation crosses the ecliptic but isn't generally considered
an astrological sign) into a song....r

[John Dean]

Post by R H Draney

Post by John Dean
And you're limiting yourself to the Latin version? (Otherwise "Like a
Virgin" would fit fine.)

I could probably find Chinese songs with the equivalent signs of
*their* zodiac...maybe for the second disc....
I imagine it's too much to hope that someone has actually managed to
work Ophiuchus (the constellation crosses the ecliptic but isn't
generally considered an astrological sign) into a song....r

It's possible someone somewhere has set Paradise Lost to music:

On th' other side,
Incensed with indignation, Satan stood
Unterrified, and like a comet burned,
That fires the length of Ophiuchus huge
In th' arctic sky, and from his horrid hair
Shakes pestilence and war.

[Harold Groot]

Post by R H Draney

Post by John Dean
And you're limiting yourself to the Latin version? (Otherwise "Like a
Virgin" would fit fine.)

I could probably find Chinese songs with the equivalent signs of *their*
zodiac...maybe for the second disc....
I imagine it's too much to hope that someone has actually managed to work
Ophiuchus (the constellation crosses the ecliptic but isn't generally considered
an astrological sign) into a song....r

Too much to hope? Not at all:

Order From Chaos

Ophiuchus Rex lyrics


I drove down the social spirals
Towards inferior eternities
Still Clutching the ideal-
The masks of fabled greatness
Men like gods?
Humankind is insignificance
Personified

Memories fade
Burned to death by futurity
Legacies vanish
Consumed by worms
What is a drop to the storm
that bursts it?
Meaningless wretch of the womb
that birthed it

My spiral dance complete
I hail the rushing earth

Ophiuchus...

Men like gods (you are weak)
Hail the rushing earth
Spiral dance complete
Hail the rushing earth

The inexorable conquest-
I stare at my cremation
Its yearning, cleansing flames
As cinders, ash and dust
Become the extent
Of my remains...

[R H Draney]

Post by Harold Groot

Post by R H Draney
I imagine it's too much to hope that someone has actually managed to work
Ophiuchus (the constellation crosses the ecliptic but isn't generally considered
an astrological sign) into a song....r

Order From Chaos
Ophiuchus Rex lyrics

Thanks!...I've got some free downloads coming my way; this definitely has to go
on my list....r

[Justin Fletcher]

Post by R H Draney
"Taurus" by Spirit
"Gemini Dream" by the Moody Blues
"Scorpio" by Dennis Coffey
"Age of Aquarius" by the Fifth Dimension
"Son of Sagittarius" by Eddie Kendricks
I'm also aware of "Jesus Was a Capricorn" by Kris Kristofferson, and digging
into the lyrics there's a whole bunch of them in "Float On" by the
Floaters...can the assembled throng (or just the throng kit, with some assembly
required) help me fill out a full set of twelve?....
I'm willing to use Warren Zevon's "Play It All Night Long" with the line
"Grandma's dying of cancer now" if nothing more properly astrological comes up,
but let's consider that Plan B for the moment....r

From brief search of local lyrics DB; it'll be easier if you find the
lyrics yourself - email me if not... You'll also have to check that
they're appropriate or not to your purpose. Also, these are not limited to
top 40, so you'll have to decide whether you want to use them or not.

Aries
Meredith Brooks 'Birthday'
Saint Etienne 'Erica America'

Taurus
(can't find any)

Gemini
Moody Blues 'Gemini Dream' (yeah, you'd got that)
Deep Purple 'Fireball'
Lauryn Hill 'Final Hour'

Cancer
(first the ones that are references to anything but the medical
condition)
Meredith Brooks 'Birthday'
(now the medical condition tracks, direct)
Del Amitri 'This Side Of Morning'
Dennis Leary 'Asshole'
Fish 'Credo'
Mansun 'Being A Girl'
Pink Floyd 'Dogs'
(the medial condition as a metaphor)
Genesis 'Firth Of Fifth'
Lacuna Coil 'Heir Of A Dying Day'
Linkin Park 'By Myself'
Mansun 'Cancer'
Marillion 'Three Boats Down From The Candy'
Nirvana 'Heart Shaped Box'
Queens Of The Stone Age 'Songs For The Deaf'
Simon And Garfunkel 'The Sound Of Silence'
UB40 'One In Ten'
(finally those that I'm not sure of)
Slipknot 'Skin Ticket'
Therapy? 'Straight Life'

Leo
Deep Purple 'Maybe I'm A Leo'
h 'Better Dreams' (though it's a name rather than a reference)
Peter Gabriel 'Games Without Frontiers' (again, a name)
Sheryl Crow 'We Do What We Can' (and again, a name)

Virgo
Tears For Fears 'I Believe'

Libra
(none in my collection)

Scorpio
Darren Hayes 'Dirty'
Duran Duran 'Nice'
Red Hot Chili Peppers 'On Mercury'
White Zombie 'Black Sunshine'

Sagittarius
Mike Oldfield 'Saved By A Bell'

Capricorn
IQ 'Capricorn'
Jamiroquai 'Black Capricorn Day'

Aquarius
Alisha's Attic 'Air And Angels'
Aqua 'Aquarius'
Lauryn Hill 'Superstar'
Mike Oldfield 'Saved By A Bell'

Pisces
Nirvana 'Heart Shaped Box'
REM 'You'


So it's Libra and Taurus that I don't have anything for... suggestions ?

[Joshua Kreitzer]

Post by Justin Fletcher
So it's Libra and Taurus that I don't have anything for... suggestions ?

Stevie Wonder, "I Just Called to Say I Love You" ("No Libra sun/No
Halloween").

Also, for Cancer: Snap, "Rhythm Is a Dancer" ("I'm serious as cancer").

Joshua Kreitzer
***@hotmail.com

[Harold Groot]

Post by R H Draney
"Taurus" by Spirit
"Gemini Dream" by the Moody Blues
"Scorpio" by Dennis Coffey
"Age of Aquarius" by the Fifth Dimension
"Son of Sagittarius" by Eddie Kendricks
I'm also aware of "Jesus Was a Capricorn" by Kris Kristofferson, and digging
into the lyrics there's a whole bunch of them in "Float On" by the
Floaters...can the assembled throng (or just the throng kit, with some assembly
required) help me fill out a full set of twelve?....
I'm willing to use Warren Zevon's "Play It All Night Long" with the line
"Grandma's dying of cancer now" if nothing more properly astrological comes up,
but let's consider that Plan B for the moment....r

Shel Silverstein's "The Man Who Got No Sign" mentions all of them,
though it's more spoken than sung. It's on his album "Freakin' At The
Freakers Ball".

[Bill Marcum]

On 29 Jul 2005 16:07:19 -0700, R H Draney

Post by R H Draney
"Taurus" by Spirit
"Gemini Dream" by the Moody Blues
"Scorpio" by Dennis Coffey
"Age of Aquarius" by the Fifth Dimension
"Son of Sagittarius" by Eddie Kendricks

"Danny's Song" by Kenny Loggins has the line "Pisces, Virgo rising is a
very good sign".

[a***@hotmail.com]

Post by R H Draney
"Taurus" by Spirit
"Gemini Dream" by the Moody Blues
"Scorpio" by Dennis Coffey
"Age of Aquarius" by the Fifth Dimension
"Son of Sagittarius" by Eddie Kendricks
I'm also aware of "Jesus Was a Capricorn" by Kris Kristofferson, and digging
into the lyrics there's a whole bunch of them in "Float On" by the
Floaters...can the assembled throng (or just the throng kit, with some assembly
required) help me fill out a full set of twelve?....
I'm willing to use Warren Zevon's "Play It All Night Long" with the line
"Grandma's dying of cancer now" if nothing more properly astrological comes up,
but let's consider that Plan B for the moment....r

-- In the B52's tune 'Song For a Future Generation', all five original
members introduce themselves in the song & all make reference to their
sign of the zodiac.
Here are the lyrics in question, extrapolated from various parts of the
song.:


Hey, I'm Fred the Cancerian from New Jersey
I like collecting records and exploring
The cave of the unknown


Hello, I'm Cindy, I'm a Pisces
And I like chihuahuas and
Chinese noodles


Hi, my name is Ricky and I'm a Pisces
I love computers and hot tamales


Hey, I'm Kate and I am a Taurus
I love tomatoes and black-capped
Chickadees


Hey, my name is Keith and I'm a
Scorpio from Athens, G-A and I like
To find the essence from within


--
Allen

[David Watson]

Post by R H Draney
"Taurus" by Spirit
"Gemini Dream" by the Moody Blues
"Scorpio" by Dennis Coffey
"Age of Aquarius" by the Fifth Dimension
"Son of Sagittarius" by Eddie Kendricks

"Gemini"--Alan Parsons Project

Also, raunchy musical comedian Blowfly released two albums based on the
zodiac, Zidiac Blowfly and Blowfly's Zodiac Party. Haven't heard them, so
I can't tell you if they're songs or not.
--
Dave Watson, Severed Heads Liberation Front (_Stretcher_ CD-R--sevcom.com)
Swetier Balzoff (aka Ottawa), Ontario, Canada Email--shlf [at] ncf [dot] ca
My music and anime webpage: http://eyevocal.ottawa-anime.org/
Craig Hall--1975-2005--Good friend and kindred wild spirit.

[Mathilda Jane]

Goodbye Pisces - Tori Amos
Virgo Clowns - Van Morrison
Gift from Virgo - Beyonce
I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship - David Bowie
Virgo - Doug E. Fresh
Gemini Childe - Mamas and the Papas
Scorpio Rising - 10,000 Maniacs
Scorpios - Adam and the Ants
Capricorn - Motorhead

Post by R H Draney
"Taurus" by Spirit
"Gemini Dream" by the Moody Blues
"Scorpio" by Dennis Coffey
"Age of Aquarius" by the Fifth Dimension
"Son of Sagittarius" by Eddie Kendricks
I'm also aware of "Jesus Was a Capricorn" by Kris Kristofferson, and digging
into the lyrics there's a whole bunch of them in "Float On" by the
Floaters...can the assembled throng (or just the throng kit, with some assembly
required) help me fill out a full set of twelve?....
I'm willing to use Warren Zevon's "Play It All Night Long" with the line
"Grandma's dying of cancer now" if nothing more properly astrological comes up,
but let's consider that Plan B for the moment....r

[Lorraine]

Live
Libra
(Libra)

Janet Jackson
Damita Jo
(Taurus)


Third Eye Blind
Palm Reader
(Leo)

Jethro Tull
Truck Stop Runner
(Leo)

[Baggus]

A little Australian feel here...

"I Am Pegasus" by Ross Ryan mentions "Sagittarius"
"Capricorn Dancer" by Richard Clapton ( nice 70's west coast-y feel, this
one.)
"I Just Called To Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder, has a Libra Sun...
--
Regards from.
Baggus of ~Oz~

I met a girl in a bar
She said her name was star.
So I pushed her over....
And made a wish upon a falling star...

Post by R H Draney
"Taurus" by Spirit
"Gemini Dream" by the Moody Blues
"Scorpio" by Dennis Coffey
"Age of Aquarius" by the Fifth Dimension
"Son of Sagittarius" by Eddie Kendricks
I'm also aware of "Jesus Was a Capricorn" by Kris Kristofferson, and digging
into the lyrics there's a whole bunch of them in "Float On" by the
Floaters...can the assembled throng (or just the throng kit, with some assembly
required) help me fill out a full set of twelve?....
I'm willing to use Warren Zevon's "Play It All Night Long" with the line
"Grandma's dying of cancer now" if nothing more properly astrological comes up,
but let's consider that Plan B for the moment....r