Love them or hate them, the Sunday Song Lyric is going on a summer hiatus. Barring some profound inspiration — or something really topical — I don’t expect to post more SSLs until some time in August. Below the jump, however, is an index of all the SSL posts since January 2007. The listing of earlier SSLs can be found here and here. As always, recommendations are welcome, but I doubt I’ll post (m)any in the next few months.
2009
May
3 – Lie to Me, Depeche Mode
Apr. 26 – The Ad-dressing of Cats, T.S. Eliot
Apr. 19 – The Fear, Lily Allen
Apr.
12 – Thrice All American, Neko Case
Apr. 5 – King of Rock, Run-DMC
Mar.
29 – Tracks of My Tears, Smokey Robinson
Mar. 22 – If You Seek Amy, Britney Spears
Mar.
15 – Stand and Deliver, Adam and the Ants
Mar.
8 – Bob Dylan, Desolation Row
Mar.
1 – Elbow, Grounds for Divorce
Feb.
22 – The The, Uncertain Smile
Feb.
15 – Nat King Cole, Unforgettable
Feb.
8 – John Prine, Paradise
Feb. 1 – Jethro Tull, Fallen on Hard Times
Jan. 25 – The Clash, Should I Stay or Should I Go
Jan. 18 – Frank Loesser, Baby, It’s Cold Outside
Jan. 11 – The Fleet Foxes, White Winter Hymnal
Jan. 4 – MGMT, Time to Pretend
2008
Dec. 28 – TV on the Radio, Golden Age
Dec. 21 – Adam Sandler, Hanukah Song
Dec. 14 – BR5-49, Betty, Betty
Dec. 7 – Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, Please Read the Letter
Nov. 30 – Ray Davies, Thanksgiving Day
Nov. 16 – Talking Heads (David Byrne), Animals
Nov. 9 – The Cure, Boys Don’t Cry
Nov. 2 – Bruce Springsteen, A Night with the Jersey Devil
Oct. 26 – Guns N’ Roses, Chinese Democracy
Oct. 19 – Andy Razaf and Leon Berry, Christopher Columbus
Oct. 12 – Dolly Parton, Jolene
Sept. 21 – Billy Joel, It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me
Sept. 7 – Heart, Barracuda
Aug. 31 – Johnny Horton (Mike Phillips), North to Alaska
Aug. 24 – Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
Aug. 17 – Isaac Hayes, When Something Is Wrong with My Baby
Aug. 10 – Garbage, Bleed Like Me
Aug. 3 – P.O.D., It Can’t Rain Every Day
July 27 – Chris Rea, Gone Fishing
July 13 – Jethro Tull, Drive on the Young Side of Life
July 6 – Queen, Princes of the Universe
June 29 – Sonny Curtis & the Crickets, I Fought the Law
June 22 – Eddie DeLange, Moonglow
June 15 – Paul Simon, Father & Daughter
June 8 – Weezer, Pork and Beans
May 25 – Godsmack, Running Blind
May 18 – Gene DePaul & Sammy Cahn, Teach Me Tonight
May 11 – [Mothers’ Day Edition]
May 4 – Husker Du, I Apologize
Apr. 27 – Mark Erelli, The Farewell Ball
Apr. 20 – John Rzeznik (Goo Goo Dolls), Iris
Apr. 13 – The Raconteurs, Salute Your Solution
Apr. 6 – Frank Zappa, The Torture Never Stops
Mar. 16 – Spitzer Song Lyric
Mar. 16 – George & Ira Gershwin, Our Love Is Here to Stay
Mar. 9 – Aqua, Barbie Girl
Mar. 2 – Edward Heymann & Johnny Green, I Cover the Waterfront
Feb. 24 – Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz, Happy Working Song
Feb. 17 – Foo Fighters, Long Road to Ruin
Feb. 10 – Amy Winehouse,
You Know I’m No Good
Feb. 3 – Bernard Seigal (aka Buddy Blue), Gun Sale at the Church
Jan. 27 – The Pretenders, My City Was Gone
Jan. 13 – Squeeze, Melody Motel
Jan. 6 – Britney Spears, Piece of Me
2007
Dec. 23 – The Pogues, Fairytale of New York
Dec. 16 – N.W.A., F**k the Police
Dec. 2 – Portishead, Sour Times
Nov. 11 – Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here
Oct. 28
– Fall Out Boy, I’m Like A Lawyer With The Way I’m Always Trying To Get You Off
Oct. 7 – John Mellencamp, Jena
Sept. 30 – Nickelback, Rockstar
Sept. 23 – Herman Hupfeld, As Time Goes By
Sept. 16 – Kate Bush, This Woman’s Work
Sept. 9 – Holt Marvell, These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
Sept. 2 – Nine Inch Nails, Hurt
Aug. 26 – Duke Ellington, Solitude
Aug. 19 – Alarm, Eye of the Hurricane
Aug. 12 – Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht, Solomon Song
Aug. 5 – Marcy Playground, The Vampires of New York
July 29 – Richard Adler & Jerry Ross, Rags to Riches
July 22 – Mary Chapin Carpenter, The Long Way Home
July 15 – The Cure, Jumping Someone Else’s Train
July 8 – Arctic Monkeys, Teddy Picker
June 24 – White Stripes, Icky Thump
June 17 – Ricky Skaggs, Father Knows Best
June 10 – Linkin Park, What I’ve Done
June 3 – Genesis, Illegal Alien
May 27 – [Memorial Day Lyrics]
May 20 – Sam Cooke, A Change Is Gonna Come
May 13 – Five for Fighting (John Ondrasik), Freedom Never Cries
May 6 – Elvis Costello, Radio, Radio
April 29 – Sublime, April 29, 1992 (Miami)
April 15 – Buddy De Sylva/Lew Brown, Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
April 8 – Arcade Fire, Keep the Car Running
March 25 – Bloc Party, Uniform
March 18 – Dropkick Murphys, The Dirty Glass
March 11 – Joss Whedon, Once More With Feeling
March 4 – Melissa Etheridge, I Need to Wake Up
February 25 – Randy Newman, Our Town
February 11 – Elton John/Bernie Taupin, Philadelphia Freedom
February 4 – The Clash (Paul Simonon), The Guns of Brixton
January 28 – Leonard Cohen, Hallelujah
January 21 – Jay-Z, 30 Something/Minority Report/Kingdom Come
January 7 – Evanescence, Lithium