A Difficult Abecedarian Playlist
Some Music For The Vocal Abecedarian Challenge
The Prompt
Write an abecedarian poem.
This is a βDifficultβ Abecedarian Poem because the basic Abecedarian is a poem where every line starts with the next ascending letter βAβ to βZβ but this requires that every line end with the next descending letter βZβ to βAβ, so rhyme is out of the question.
Just to add a few more hurdles this is a list of twenty-six songs by artists, and if you want to listen then YouTube links to all the songs follow the poem. I've had to take a little artistic license to fit the format as you can see in the very first line, but I have managed to create twenty-six lines of songs that I like but you may have never heard or were released before you were born, or you have forgotten about.
Dharrsheena pointed out that this slots nicely into my Plagiaristic Poetry series as well.
I do find it amusing that Vocal does not have "Abecedarian" on the Poetry Tags.
The Difficult Abecedarian Playlist Poem
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A Song By Wire is "Eardrum BuzZ"
Beatles, They Walked Down "Blue Jay WaY"
Chris Mann Covered "I Want Your SeX"
David Bowie "Where Are We NoW"?"
Electric Curved Air "Back Street LuV"
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Flying Pickets Did "Only YoU"
Graham Parker In "Endless Night"
Hawkwind Gave Us "Reefer MadnesS"
Imagine Dragons "BelieveR"
Japan "Quiet Life" Starts With "Q"
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Kate Bush She Was "Sat In Your LaP"
Lissie Sang About A "CuckoO"
Madness Showed Us "Yesterday's MeN"
Nicki Minaj Has Her "FreedoM"
Outkast Short A "Player's BalL"
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Pink Floyd The Wall "Another BricK"
Queen "Under Pressure" To Find "J"
Ren Looking Out For A "Sick BoI"
Steely Dan Polish "Your Gold TeetH"
The The Have "The Sinking FeelinG"
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Underworld Taking "Two Months OfF"
VAST always wanted to be "FreE"
Wreckless Eric, His "Whole Wide World"
X-Ray Spex "Crystal Clear" There's "C"
Yello "Blue Biscuit" Letter "B"
Z Z Top Finish With "LeilA"
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The Difficult Abecedarian Playlist
Obviously, this won't be exactly in alphabetical order but will match the poem.
Wire - "Eardrum Buzz"
Beatles - "Blue Jay Way"
Chris Mann - "I Want Your Sex"
I wanted George Michael's version, but could not fit it into the rhyme format for obvious reasons. George Michael and the title are four syllables each leaving no space for a word beginning with "C" to be inserted (and no, I am not being lascivious there)
David Bowie - "Where Are We Now?"
Curved Air - "Back Street Luv"
Flying Pickets - "Only You"
Graham Parker - "Endless Night"
Hawkwind - "Reefer Madness"
Imagine Dragons - "Believer"
Japan - "Quiet Life"
Kate Bush - "Sat In Your Lap"
Lissie - "Cuckoo"
Madness - "Yesterday's Men"
Nicki Minaj - Freedom
Outkast - "Player's Ball"
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall, Part Two
Queen - Under Pressure
Ren - "Sick Boi"
Steely Dan - "Your Gold Teeth"
The The - "The Sinking Feeling"
Underworld - "Two Months Off"
VAST - "Free"
Wreckless Eric - "Whole Wide World"
X-Ray Spex - "Crystal Clear"
Yello - "Blue Biscuit"
ZZ Top - "Leila"
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Comments (8)
That format is not easy. Well done, you. Great job.
You may have outdone yourself with this one, Mike! Now to begin listening.
Gosh Mike, you've really outdone yourself! It's a Plagiaristic Difficult Abecedarian! You're incredible!
Wow! Definitely a huge effort... I hadn't realised that each line end was descending from Z-A!! Will have to attempt it sometime, but certainly not with Song artists & titles... brilliant. I only recognise: Imagine Dragons "BelieveR" Queen Under Pressure. Will have to listen to the others.
Wow. Just, wow!
Well written! Good job!
This is incredibly impressive and creative!!
Good list.