Τρίτη 7 Απριλίου 2026

Hellenic (Greek) words in international songs - T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z


Words of Hellenic (Greek) origin in popular, successful or favorite international songs.


T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z




Lyrics: I have a talent, a wonderful thing 'Cause everyone listens when I start to sing

Lyrics: You were a talented child



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technological

Mr. Roboto - STYX (1983)

Prince Of Peace - GALLIANO     selling twisted technology

Road To Hell - CHRIS REA

She Blinded Me With Science - THOMAS DOLBY

Tech-No-Logical World - PATRICK COWLEY feat. PAUL PARKER

Video Killed The Radio Star - BUGGLES

Virtual Insanity - JAMIROQUAI   ...new technology...



telegram

Loving the alien-DAVID BOWIE   ..opening telegrams..

Union of the snake-DURAN DURAN  ..telegram force & ready..



telegraph

Missing you-JOHN WAITE



telepathy

Sexual healing-MARVIN GAYE

Shake you down-GREGORY ABBOTT  ..you picked up on my t.



telephone

Do you believe in shame - DURAN DURAN     
a line of static on my t

Every little step I take - BOBBY BROWN 
listening for the telephone..

For a friend - THE COMMUNARDS   
as I put down the telephone...

Funny how love is  -FYC         
or call me on the phone

Hanna Hanna - CHINA CRISIS

The harder I try - BROTHER BEYOND 
I call you on the telephone

Sex talk - T’PAU        
I take what I can on the telephone

So far away - DIRE STRAITS  
I’m tired of making out on the telephone

Start of the breakdown - TEARS FOR FEARS

Suedehead - MORRISSEY     
why do you telephone

Tonight’s the night-ROD STEWART



telescope

Dumb - BEAUTIFUL SOUTH

Grace - SUPERGRASS        
then you showed me Mars through your t.

Proclaim your joy - MARC ANGEL

Save me - EMBRACE (1999)



theatre

Shame - EURYTHMICS (1987 / At the races and the theatre)

Lady is a tramp-LENA HORNE   LP Ladies sing the blues



theme

China in your hand-T’PAU (scheme, fantasy, prophecy)

Thank you my love-IMAGINATION



theory

Experiment IV-KATE BUSH

We only know in theory what we are doing...

To the moon & back-SAVAGE GARDEN   
every one’s got a theory about



therapy

Jesus Of Suburbia - GREEN DAY



thermometer

Too darn hot-ERASURE (C. Porter)  
when the thermometer goes way up..



throne

Express yourself-MADONNA   
like a queen on a throne...

Goodbye stranger-SUPERTRAMP

The hunter-DIDO



thyme

Scarborough Fair - SIMON & GARFUNKEL



titan

Seven seas of Rhye-QUEEN    I challenge the mighty titans & his troubadours



tomb

Celebrate youth-RICK SPRINGFIELD   
from the womb to the tomb...

Hymn to her-PRETENDERS   
from the womb to the tomb....

The pusher-STEPPENWOLF    
tombstone...

Thriller-M. JACKSON  
grizzly ghouls from every tomb...

Walk like an Egyptian-BANGLES    
All the old paintings on the tomb...



tone

Busy line-PETER SKELLERN    ....busy tone....

Red lights-CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT

My Baby Just Cares For Me - NINA SIMONE 

Nothing Has Been Proved - DUSTY



topic



toxic

Lyrics: She is re-creation She, intoxicated by thee

Desert Rose - STING          
Lyrics: This rare perfume is the sweet intoxication of her love

Emotions - MARIAH CAREY       
Lyrics: I'm in love, I'm alive Intoxicated, flyin' high

Give It To Me Baby - RICK JAMES   
Lyrics: You say I'm so crazy Coming home intoxicated I said I just wanna love ya

High On You - SURVIVOR   
Lyrics: To find a heart so true Such complete intoxication

Love’s Strange Ways - CHRIS REA (1983)
Lyrics: Drowning in her laughter as you go Intoxicating laughter that spins you high and low

Toxic - BRITNEY SPEARS
Lyrics: [Chorus] With a taste of your lips, I'm on a ride You're toxic, I'm slippin' under With a taste of a poison paradise I'm addicted to you Don't you know that you're toxic? And I love what you do Don't you know that you're toxic?



tragedy

Ant Rap - ADAM & THE ANTS (LP Prince Charming, 1981)
Lyrics: about standing up and saying that it's a tragedy and such old hat

Better Days - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (LP Lucky Town, 1992)
Lyrics: a life of leisure and a pirate's treasure, don't make much for tragedy

China Girl - DAVID BOWIE (LP Let's Dance, 1983) 
Lyrics: I'm feeling tragic like I'm Marlon Brando

Close My Eyes Forever - LITA FORD & OZZY OSBOURNE (LP Lita, 1988) 
Lyrics: What am I supposed to do with a childhood tragedy?

Could You Be The One? - STEREOPHONICS (LP Keep Calm & Curry On, 2009)
Lyrics: every little thing you do is tragically hip

Epic - FAITH NO MORE (LP The Real Thing, 1989) 
Lyrics: It's magic, it's tragic, it's a loss, it's a win

Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - THE POLICE (LP Ghost In The Machine, 1981) 
Lyrics: even though my life before was tragic

Faded Flowers - SHRIEKBACK (LP Oil & Gold, 1985) 
Lyrics: These hands I kiss Tragic as anything

Fool (If You Think It’s Over) - CHRIS REA (LP Whatever Happened To Benny Santini? 1978) 
Lyrics: Miss Teenage Dream, such a tragic scene

Girl I'm Gonna Miss You - MILLI VANILLI (LP All Or Nothing, 1988) 
Lyrics: It's a tragedy for me to see the dream is over

Here Comes The Rain Again - EURYTHMICS (LP Touch, 1983) 
Lyrics: Here comes the rain again, raining in my head like a tragedy

Incomplete - ALANIS MORISSETTE (LP Flavors of Entanglement, 2008)
Lyrics: I will gather my wounds forge the end of tragic comedy

It's A Hit - RILO KILEY (LP More Adventurous, 2004)
Lyrics: any idiot can play Greek for a day and join a sorority or write a tragedy

Jesus Of Suburbia - GREEN DAY (LP Bullet In A Bible, 2005) 
Lyrics: To live, and not to breathe Is to die, in tragedy

Lost In Music - SISTER SLEDGE (LP We Are Family, 1979) 
Lyrics: Responsibility to me is a tragedy

Love Foolosophy - JAMIROQUAI (LP A Funk Odyssey, 2001) 
Lyrics: Seems so true, all the lies you're telling Tragically compelling

Maria - MEN AT WORK (LP Two Heart, 1985)
Lyrics: for this was to be a tragedy for our Maria

Mr. Crowley - OZZY OSBOURNE (LP Blizzard Of Oz, 1980) 
Lyrics: Your lifestyle to me seemed so tragic

Miss Jackson - PANIC! AT THE DISCO feat. LOLO (LP Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!, 2013)
Lyrics: There's something beautiful and tragic in the fallout

O Baby - SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES (LP The Rapture, 1995)
Lyrics: Thought it would end in tragedy

Out Of Time Man - MANO NEGRA (LP King Of Bongo, 1991)
Lyrics: It's a timing tragedy

Permanent Tears - EAGLE EYE CHERRY (LP Desireless, 1997) 
Lyrics: She's something of a tragedy stands in the shade of despair

Sally's Song - AMY LEE (LP Nightmare Revisited, 2008)
Lyrics: I sense there's something in the wind that feels like tragedy's at hand

Simple Creed - LIVE feat. TRICKY (single, 2001) 
Lyrics: Now, nobody's takin' your candy, you just keep on livin' this tragedy

Skin - RAG 'N' BONE MAN (LP Human, 2017) 
Lyrics: We bleed ourselves in vain, how tragic is this game?

Song To Say Goodbye - PLACEBO (LP Meds, 2006) 
Lyrics: You are one of god's mistakes. you crying, tragic waste of skin

Sounds Like A Melody - ALPHAVILLE (LP Forever Young, 1984) 
Lyrics: give me more tragedy, more harmony and phantasy, my love

Sweet Little Mystery - WET WET WET (LP Popped In Souled Out, 1987) 
Lyrics: don't think it is tragic, hey hey hey

Tears Of Pearls - SAVAGE GARDEN (LP Savage Garden, 1997) 
Lyrics: Is love really the tragedy the way you might describe

Tragedy - MARC ANTHONY (LP Mended, 2002)

Tragedy - THE BEE GEES (LP Spirits Having Flown, 1979) 

Tragedy - JOHN HUNTER (LP Famous At Night, 1984)

Tragedy & Mystery - CHINA CRISIS (LP Working With Fire & Steel, 1983)

When Did Your Heart Go Missing - ROONEY (LP Calling The World, 2007) 
Lyrics: This doesn't have to end in tragedy



trauma

Where Is The Love? - THE BLACK EYED PEAS feat. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE 
Lyrics: Only attracted to things that'll bring you trauma



tropical

Don’t look back - FYC  
never had a holiday in the tropical sun...

Foreign affair - MIKE OLDFIELD   
Lyrics: on a tropical beach

La Isla Bonita - MADONNA
Lyrics: Tropical the island breeze, all of nature wild and free

Prime Time - GERARD JOLING      
tropical....

Tin Man - AMERICA      
the tropic of Sir Galahad...



type

Caribbean Queen - BILLY OCEAN

Wherever I Lay My Hat - PAUL YOUNG   
I’m the type of guy...


typewriter

Nothing Ever Happens - DEL AMITRI  (synagogues)



typical

I started ... finish-SMITHS    
typical me

19-PAUL HARDCASTLE   
typically (psychiatrist, dramatic)

Separate lives-PHIL COLLINS & MARILYN MARTIN

Typical Male - TINA TURNER



tyran

16th Century greensleeves-RAINBOW



uranium  

Who wants to be a millionaire-THOMPSON TWINS (C. PORTER) (LP Red Hot & Blue-1990, ...who wants uranium to spare...  )



utopia

Heartland-THE THE



zone

The perfect kiss-NEW ORDER  ..playing with my pleasure zone



zoo

Big in Japan-ALPHAVILLE    ...shall I stay here at the zoo....

Drop the boy-BROS    ...can’t take another visit to the zoo

Perfect day - LOU REED


Hellenic (Greek) words in international songs - R, S

 
Words of Hellenic (Greek) origin in popular, successful or favorite international songs.


R, S




Lyrics: the rhapsody she used to play
                                   
Lyrics: When her arms enfold me I hear a tender rhapsody But in reality She doesn't even know me

Lyrics: Well all the things you say make perfect sense to me Somehow I'm still unsure Then I catch myself going through the same old rhapsody RAP BOY RAP!

Lyrics: I'll count the hours until that day Rhapsody plays, a melody for you and me
                                          
Salsa Rapsody-MODERN ROMANCE (LP Adventures In Clubland, 1981)



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rhetorical

Russians-STING



rhythm

Downtown-PETULA CLARK         
just listen to the rhythm...
                                    
Get that beat-SHARP TIES

I Like The Rhythm - CARRIE LUCAS
                              
Into the groove-MADONNA
                                 
The king of rock’n’roll-PREFAB SPROUT  
my rhythm ain’t so hot...
                      
Le freak-CHIC

Making Love Out Of Nothing At All - AIR SUPPLY
Lyrics: The beating of my heart is a drum and it's lost And it's looking for a rhythm like you
  
Music & lights-IMAGINATION
                       
Rhythm Of My Heart - ROD STEWART
                      
Sing our own song-UB 40   ..when the ancient drum rhythms ring..
                                                  
Sledgehammer-PETER GABRIEL  ..I’ve been feeding the rhythm..

Sultans Of Swing - DIRE STRAITS (LP Dire Straits1978)
Lyrics: You check out guitar George He knows all the chords Mind, it's strictly rhythm He doesn't want to make it cry or sing
                                   
You ‘ll never find another love like mine-LOU RAWLS
                                               


sarcasm

The Wall - PINK FLOYD     
                                       
Millennium - ROBBIE WILLIAMS
                                      
Scar Tissue - RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS
                                            
Lotus - REM (LP Up-1999)     
Lyrics: sarcastic silver swell                                    



saxophone

Deacon Blues - STEELY DAN



scandal

I Don’t Wanna Lose You - FREDDIE JACKSON    
Lyrics: scandalize

In These Shoes? - KIRSTY MacCOLL
Lyrics: No le gusta caminar, no puede montar a caballo Como se puede bailar - es un escandolo
translation: He doesn't like to walk, he can't ride a horse. How can he dance? It's a scandal.
                                           
Nothing Has Been Proved - DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
Lyrics: 
                                                 
Rat In My Kitchen - UB40
Lyrics: you scandalise my name
                                           
Subterranean homesick blues-BOB DYLAN   
Lyrics: try to avoid the scandals



scene

Billie Jean - MICHAEL JACKSON 
Lyrics: she was more like a beauty queen  from a movie scene
                                            
Break On Through - THE DOORS
Lyrics: made the scene week to week
                        
Don’t need a gun-BILLY IDOL   
Lyrics: I see a scene so cold it echoes in blue  
                      
Down to earth-CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT 
Lyrics: movie scene                          

Fool if you think it’s over-CHRIS REA  ..such a tragic scene..
Lyrics: 
                   
For America-RED BOX
Lyrics: made in Taiwan western scenes
       
Hello again-CARS    ...you left the scene...
Lyrics:     

How Long - ACE
Lyrics: Oh, you said you was never intending To break up our scene in this way But there ain't any use in pretending It could happen to us any day
               
I Can't Stand Still - DON HENLEY
Lyrics: You say you haven't got another lover You say you only want to make the scene
                 
I’m that type of guy-L. L. COOL J  ..that shows up on the scene..
Lyrics:  
                                      
Last chance on the stairway-DURAN DURAN
Lyrics:           
                             
Liberian girl-M. JACKSON  ..just like in the movies with 2 lovers in a s
Lyrics:   
                                                  
Monday morning blues-BREATHE  ...I need a change of scene...
Lyrics:     
                                       
Only In Your Heart - AMERICA
Lyrics: you’ve got to change the scene    
                                        
Out Of This World - SHAKATAK
Lyrics: two people in a scene   
                                         
Rat in my kitchen-UB 40     ...when you deh pon the scene...
Lyrics:       
                                        
Rhythm of the night-DE BARGE  ..the scene is being set..
Lyrics:      
                                        
September mornin’-NEIL DIAMOND
Lyrics: Two lovers playing scenes from some romantic play     
                                        
Shirley do you own a Ferrari-CHRIS REA feat. S. BASSEY                                                 
Lyrics: a soul without hope is a terrible scene

Sultans Of Swing - DIRE STRAITS
Lyrics: and Harry doesn't mind If he doesn't make the scene
                                        
Superfreak-RICK JAMES
Lyrics:                                         



scenery

Hazy shade of winter-BANGLES  ..seasons change with the scenery..



sceptic

At The Zoo - SIMON & GARFUNKEL   ...orangutans are skeptical...

Things Can Only Get Better - HOWARD JONES



sceptre

Cymbeline - LOREENA McKENNITT



scheme

Broken Land - THE ADVENTURES
Lyrics: with schemes of men

Chain Gang Smile - BROTHER BEYOND
Lyrics: his citispeak schemes

China In Your Hand - T’PAU
Lyrics: it was the theme she had on a scheme

Deacon Blues - STEELY DAN
Lyrics: You call me a fool, you say it's a crazy scheme This one's for real, I already bought the dream

Face The Face - PETE TOWNSHEND
Lyrics: We've got to scheme the schemes

Hot In The City - BILLY IDOL
Lyrics: For all the dreams and schemes People are as they seem

How Long - ACE
Lyrics: Oh, your friends with their fancy persuasion Don't admit that it's part of a scheme

Imagination - BELOUIS SOME
Lyrics: You'll have to guide me, these impossible schemes You make me steal unstealable things

Lyrics: He may fiend and have a wet dream Because he seen a teen in tight jeans What makes him react like that is biological But scheme of gettin' in those jeans, is diabolical

Like A Rock - BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND 
Lyrics: And I stood arrow straight Unencumbered by the weight Of all these hustlers and their schemes I stood proud, I stood tall

Neutron Dance - POINTER SISTERS 
Lyrics: Industry don't pay a price that's fair All the common people breathing filthy air (Lord have mercy) Roof caved in on all the simple dreams And to get ahead your heart starts pumping schemes

Only Because Of You - ROGER HODGSON
Lyrics: He who smiles at lofty schemes Stems the tide of broken dreams is you

Telling Stories - TRACY CHAPMAN
Lyrics: There's a science fiction in the space between You and me A fabrication of a grand scheme Where I am the scary monster

Wishing I Was Lucky - WET WET WET
Lyrics: He would dream about another scheme About another sordid hall of dreams



schizophrenic

Anything Can Happen - WAS (NOT WAS)



school

Always The Sun - THE STRANGLERS   I was always told at school

Americanos - HOLLY JOHNSON    high schools & swimming pools

Bobby Brown (Goes Down) - FRANK ZAPPA
Lyrics: Here I am at a famous school I'm dressin' sharp and I'm actin' cool

Broken Land  - THE ADVENTURES  the games we played at school

Buggy Trousers  -MADNESS   naughty boys in nasty schools

Candybar Express - LOVE & MONEY   it’s a loving school

Don’t Stand So Close To Me - THE POLICE   schoolgirl fantasy

Gimme all your loving-ZZ TOP         ...school boy...

Glory days-BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN      ...high school...

Handle with care-TRAVELING WILBURYS  ...night schools...

Holiday rap-M. C. MIKER G. & DJ SVEN  ..you gotta go to school....

Jackie don’t go-SURVIVOR                ...schoolyard...

If you let me stay-T.T.D’ARBY   ...I’ll get my answer that I taught at school..

Lay your hands on me-BON JOVI*   ..I’ve been to school...

Leader of the pack-SHANGRI-LAS   ..picking you after school...

The lodgers-STYLE COUNCIL (idea)

Maggie May-ROD STEWART    ...back to school...

My hometown-BRUCE        ...at my high school....

Never say goodbye-BON JOVI*   ...remember days of skipping school..

Our house-MADNESS   ...then she sends the kids to school...

Real wild child-IGGY POP   ...I’m just out of school...

Shine on-HOUSE OF LOVE    ..in a church or in a school...

Skin trade-DURAN DURAN   ...then go back to school...

Smoking in the boy’s room-BROWNSVILLE STATION/MOTLEY CREW

Through the barricades-SPANDAU BALLET  ..they taught me what to say in school...

The voice-MOODY BLUES     ...back to school... 

Walk this way-RUN DMC   ...in a school gym locker...

(You gotta) Fight for your right (to party)-BEASTIE BOYS
                                                                    ...you wake up late for school man you don’t wanna go..



Scorpio

The ballad of....-CALEXICO       ....Scorpions...

What’s your sign-DES’REE      ...Scorpio...



sirens

Lyrics: air in flames Your words all spoken Siren screamed The world tore open

New Moon On Monday - DURAN DURAN (1983)
Lyrics: I couldn't really put it much plainer But I'll wait till you decide Send me your warning siren As if I could ever hide

That ole devil called love-ALISON MOYET   when he sings that siren song...

Suburbia-PET SHOP BOYS   ...listen a siren screams...

The wild boys-DURAN DURAN  ..you got sirens for a welcome..

Rubber bullets-10cc



skeleton

(Waiting For) The Ghost Train - MADNESS



sophisticated

Ladies Night - KOOL & THE GANG    
sophisticated mama

Object In My Eyes - THE CURE     
sophisticated smile



spastic

Goodnight Saigon - BILLY JOEL  
Lyrics: we came in spastic



sphere

The Sound Of Crying - PREFAB SPROUT   
Lyrics: music of the spheres



spiral

This Is Not America - PAT METHENY GROUP & DAVID BOWIE  
Lyrics: Snowman melting from the inside Falcon spirals to the ground



stadium

Brown Eyed Girl - VAN MORRISON (1967)
Lyrics: Making love in the green grass Behind the stadium

Making Love Out Of Nothing At All - AIR SUPPLY (1983)
Lyrics: I can make every tackle at the sound of the whistle I can make all the stadiums rock



static

Do You Believe In Shame? - DURAN DURAN (1988)
Lyrics: I heard you speak my name Heard you singing The Stones Maybe heard you laughing in a line of static On my telephone

FM (No Static At All) - STEELY DAN



statistic

One In Ten - UB40 (1981)
Lyrics: Nobody knows me, but I'm always there A statistic a reminder of a world that doesn't care



stereo

Pass The Dutchie - MUSICAL YOUTH (1982)
Lyrics: You play it on the radio An' so mi say, we are go hear it on the stereo



strategy, strategic

The Boys Light Up - AUSTRALIAN CRAWL (1980)
Lyrics: Silently, she opens the drawer Mother's little helper is comin' out for more Strategically positioned before the midday show Her back is arched, those lips are parched, repeated blow by blow

Desire - FUTURE WORLD ORCHESTRA (1981)
Lyrics: Spend my time trying to find a strategy Pearls and wine to show you what I mean

Sometimes When We Touch - DAN HILL (1978)
Lyrics: Romance and all its strategy leaves me battlin' with my pride But through the insecurity some tenderness survives

You’re So Vain - CARLY SIMON (1972)
Lyrics: You walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht Your hat strategically dipped below one eye Your scarf it was apricot




stratosphere

1st Man In Space - THE ALL SEEING I (1999)
Lyrics: And I'm floating like God in his heaven High in the stratosphere Darling come quick you can see our house from here

Lebanese Blonde - THIEVERY CORPORATION (1998)
Lyrics: One touch upon my lips And all my thoughts are clear I feel your smoky mist Up to the stratosphere



stomach

Changes - 2PAC (1998)
Lyrics: I'm tired of bein' poor and, even worse, I'm black My stomach hurts so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch

When Doves Cry - PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION (1984)
Lyrics: Touch, if you will, my stomach (Hmm) Feel how it trembles inside (Mhm) You've got the butterflies all tied up Don't make me chase you, even doves have pride



surgery

The Miracle - QUEEN  
Lyrics: Mother Nature does it all for us (The wonders of this world go on) Open hearts and surgery

Right Place, Wrong Time - DR. JOHN
Lyrics: Got to give myself a good talking-to this time Just need a little brain salad surgery (oooh) Got to cure this insecurity

Stool Pigeon - KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS
Lyrics: "If you wanna squeal" said the FBI "We can make a deal, make it worth your while" So he told it all and in return He got a credit card and a Thunderbird And the maximum security Even after plastic surgery



sycamore tree

Dream a little dream of me-MAMAS & PAPAS

Wishing well-T.T.D’ARBY   ..underneath a sycamore tree...



sycophantic

Shirley do you own a Ferrari-CHRIS REA

The Master & the Margarita-TEA PARTY (Pop & Rock, Jan 2002, P. 28)



sylph

Desire as-PREFAB SPROUT   ...desire as a sylph figured creature...



symbiotic

It’s the end of ... know it-REM  ...symbiotic, patriotic...



symbol

Love is the 7th wave-STING (ocean) ..all the symbols of our fear..

Mr. Jones-COUNTING CROWS  ..I felt so symbolic yesterday...

No milk today-HERMANS HERMITS



sympathy

Aquarius / Let the sunshine in-5TH DIMENSION
 
Careless memories-DURAN DURAN

Charlotte street-LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS

Crash-THE PRIMITIVES    ...got no words of sympathy...

Dandy-HERMAN’S HERMITS

Don’t mess with Dr. Dream-THOMPSON TWINS
...he’s not one for sympathy...

Fools gold-THIN LIZZY    ...we don’t sell sympathy...

Goodbye-AIR SUPPLY    ...sympathize...  (criticize)

Highly strung-SPANDAU BALLET

How will I know-JESSICA (99)   ...sympathize...

Laid so low-TEARS FOR FEARS     ...got fed on tea and sympathy...

Lay back in the arms of someone-SMOKIE

Live together-LISA STANSFIELD     ...all we need is sympathy...

Love M.D.-TONY JOE WHITE     ....a little sympathy...

Mrs. Robinson-SIMON & GARFUNKEL    ...sympathetic eyes.....

Nothing has been proved-D. SPRINGFIELD   ...sympathetic tone...

Red letter day-CHINA CRISIS    ...I let the world play on my sympathy...

Rent-PET SHOP BOYS

Rescue-ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN   ...would you sympathize...

Second  chance-38 SPECIAL

Someone’s Got It In For Me - JAMES (1999)

Sorry - THE COLOURFIELD

Stand Back - STEVIE NICKS      ...I need a little sympathy...

Strength Of Character - CHINA CRISIS     ...you really don’t need sympathy...

Strong Enough - CHER (99)

Take these chains from my heart-RAY CHARLES

2CV-LLOYD COLE

Union of the snake-DURAN DURAN

Ancora tu-LUCIO BATTISTI    ...sympatica....

Honesty-BILLY JOEL     ...sympathize...

I can’t stand alone-HOUR GLASS (LP In the beginning, L&G)  ..sympathy..

Nothing Really Ends - DEUS (from Belgium)

Only he has the power...-S. LAWRENCE / ANDREW L. WEBBER

Sit down-JAMES     ...sit down in sympathy...
                                                      
see: BEATLES (Any time at all ; I sympathize)



symphony

Angel of Harlem-U 2      ...the street sounds like a symphony....

Forever & ever-DEMIS ROUSSOS

God gave me....-MICK JAGGERT (2001)    ...symphony...

Rock’n’roll music-CHUCK BERRY

Video killed the radio star-BUGGLES

When Smokey sings-ABC   ...symphonies that soothe the rage...



symptom

Bad medicine-BON JOVI     ...I got all the symptoms....

Sick & tired-CARDIGANS

Sign your name-T. T. D’ARBY   ...the symptoms are so deep...



synagogue

Nothing ever happens-DEL AMITRI   ..they’ll burn down the synagogue..



Synchronicity

Deep down & dirty-STEREO MC’s     ...synchronize...

Freestyler-BOMFUNK MC’s     ...synchronize...

Incommunicado-MARILLION   ...call it synchronicity call it deja vu...



syncopation

Changing every day-CULTURE CLUB  summer syncopation...



syndrome

20 seconds to comply-SILVER BULLET(89)  also see VARIOUS



synthesis

Ashes to ashes-DAVID BOWIE      …Just pictures of Jap girls in synthesis and I



synthesizer

Love in your eyes-GAZEBO



system

Automatic-POINTER SISTERS

Angel eyes-WET WET WET

First we take Manhattan-LEONARD COHEN

Georgie Porgy -TOTO (1979)    

Head over heels-TEARS FOR FEARS  ..with a system of touch..

Steamy windows-T.J. WHITE

System Addict - FIVE STAR
 
Walls come tumbling down-STYLE COUNCIL governments crack & systems fall

You Are In My System - SYSTEM, ROBERT PALMER


Hellenic (Greek) words in international songs - P, Q

 
Words of Hellenic (Greek) origin in popular, successful or favorite international songs.


P, Q



Lyrics: Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in

Lyrics: I'm going deeper underground There's too much panic in this town

Lyrics: Crime is (Woo!) increasing Trigger happy policing Panic is spreading God knows where we're heading



Under Construction



Panic-THE SMITHS

Red alert-BASEMENT JAXX            don’t panic

Saviour Man - FLASH & THE PAN



panorama

Me & my monkey-ROBBIE    panoramic view



panther

Rebel Without A Pause - PUBLIC ENEMY



pantomime

I Finally Found Someone - BRYAN ADAMS & BARBRA STREISAND   
Lyrics:

The great beyond-REM

Stolen moments-MATT MURPHY (79)



paradox

Burning heart-SURVIVOR  it’s the paradox that drives us all



paragraph

Parisiene walkways-GARY MOORE    ...I could write you paragraphs...



parallel

There’s nothing like this-OMAR   ..there’s no parallel for we two...



paralyzed

Cross my heart-EIGHTH WONDER   ...I’m paralysed...

I need love-LL COOL J

Thriller-MICHAEL JACKSON



paramedic

Bad Medicine - BON JOVI    ...there ain’t no paramedic...



paranoid

Check the meaning-RICHARD ASHCROFT (2002)    ...paranoia.. 

Girls & Boys-BLUR      ...love in the 90’s is paranoid....

Paranoid - BLACK SABBATH

Somebody’s watching me-ROCKWELL

Stop the rock-APOLLO 440      ...paranoia...



parasite

For America-RED BOX   ...we’re satellites you’re parasites...



pathetic

I remember that-PREFAB SPROUT (G&L)   ..nothing pathetic..



pathos

King of rock’n’roll-PREFAB SPROUT   all the pathos you can keep for the children in the street



patriot

It’s the end...it-REM        ...patriotic....

War dance-XTC      ...a patriotic romance...



pause

Twist In My Sobriety - TANITA TIKARAM



pedal

What You Waiting For - GWEN STEFANI



pharmacopoeia

Boom! There she was-SCRITTI POLITTI



phase

Condition of the heart-PRINCE  ..my friends all say it’s just a phase..

Constant craving-K. D. LANG   ...even through the darkest phase...

Dance hall days-WANG CHUNG   ...we were so in phase...

I’m not in love-10cc  ...it’s just the silly phase I’m going through..?

Just like you-ROXY MUSIC   ..all phases of moon...



phenomenon

Ohenomenon - LL COOL J

We call it acieeed-D-MOB ...acieeed the musical phenomenon...



philosophy

In the summertime-MUNGO JERRY

Our last summer-ABBA      ...philosophy and I...

Sho’ you right-BARRY WHITE    ...baby I’m relating to your philosophies...

Stay the night-CHICAGO    ...at least that’s my philosophy...

What I am-EDIE BRICKEL & THE NEW BOHEMIANS



phoenix

A view to a kill-DURAN DURAN



phonograph

Pretzel logic-STEELY DAN



photograph

Absolutely (Story Of A Girl) - NINE DAYS (2000)
Lyrics: This is the story of a girl Who cried a river and drowned the whole world And while she looks so sad in photographs I absolutely love her

Angelia-RICHARD MARX        ...nothin’ but a photograph...

Change-TEARS FOR FEARS

Dear John-LOVE & MONEY     ...I’ll carry a photograph of you...

(I don’t wanna go to) Chelsea-ELVIS COSTELLO  ..photographs...

If we never meet again-TOMMY CONWELL

My funny Valentine-ELVIS COSTELLO   ...unphotographable...

The other side-RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS

Paint a vulgar picture-SMITHS     

Parisiene walkways-GARY MOORE

Real gone kid-DEACON BLUE    ...it scattered all the photographs...

Remembering the first time-SIMPLY RED

So emotional-W. HOUSTON   ..I keep your photograph beside my bed...

La Solitudine-LAURA PAUSINI

Wishing-A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS   ..if I had a photograph of you....

Grace-SUPERGRASS     ...so we captured you in a photograph...

Michael Caine-MADNESS      ...a photograph to keep...



phrase

Eye know-DE LA SOUL          ...of phrase I’m right up to bat...

New moon on Monday-DURAN DURAN



physic/al

Glam slam-PRINCE    ...it seems to transcend the physical...
 
I feel for you-CHAKA KHAN   ..it’s mainly a physical thing..

King in a catholic style-CHINA CRISIS  ...physical in every way...

Lola-THE KINKS

Sho’ you right-BARRY WHITE    ...girl we got to get physical to get off...

Tomb of memories-PAUL YOUNG



pirate

That's Life - FRANK SINATRA



planet

A spaceman....-CHRIS De BURGH   ...I come from a planet a long way from here...

The great beyond-REM

Planet Earth - DURAN DURAN



pneumonia

I’ll never fall in love again-BOBBIE GENTRY, D. WARWICK, DEACON BLUE

Lost weekend-L. COLE & THE COMMOTIONS   ..double pneumonia...

Roll over Beethoven-CHUCK BERRY



poem, poet, poetry


Songs about poems

Blue Jean - DAVID BOWIE (1984)
Lyrics: I'm gonna write a poem in a letter

Can I Kick It? - A TRIBE CALLED QUEST (1990)
Lyrics: right now, Phife is a poem sayer

Incomplete - ALANIS MORISSETTE (2008)
Lyrics: I'll be less afraid &  measured outside of my poems

Jungle Love - STEVE MILLER BAND (1977 / I thought I would write you a poem)

Poem Without Words - ANNE CLARK (1987 / instrumental)

This Picture - PLACEBO (2003 / I wrote a poem that described her world)


Songs about poets

A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall - BOB DYLAN (1963 / I heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter)

A Special Kind Of Man - ROGER WHITTAKER (1971 / My brother was a poet And a very special kind of man)

Atlantis - DONOVAN (1968 / the poet, the physician, the farmer)

Baby I'm Yours -BARBARA LEWIS (1965 / until the poets run out of rhyme)

Do You Believe In Shame - DURAN DURAN (1988 / And did you have to change All your poet's fire into frozen dust?)

Edge Of Seventeen - STEVIE NICKS (1981 / with the words of a poet)

Escape (The Piña Colada Song) - RUPERT HOLMES (1979 / though I'm nobody's poet)

The Fly - U2 (1991 / every poet is a thief)

Give It Away - RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS (1991 / Bob Marley, poet & a prophet)

Ice Ice Baby - VANILLA ICE (1990 / I'm a lyrical poet)

Imitation Of Life - REM (2001 / water hyakinth, named by a poet)

In These Arms - BON JOVI (1992 / like a poet needs the pain)

Lay Your Hands On Me - BON JOVI (1989 / I'm a fighter, I'm a poet, I'm a preacher)

Marrakesh Night Market - LOREENA McKENNITT (1994 / the poets of drummimg)

One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) - FRED ASTAIRE (1943), FRANK SINATRA (1947 / I'm a kind of poet)

Sara - FLEETWOOD MAC (1979 / Sara you're the poet in my heart)

Sweet Jane - THE VELVET UNDERGROUND (1970 / all the poets, they studie rules of verse)

Talking Back To The Night - STEVE WINWOOD (1982 / A poet in his madness)

Telegram Sam - T-REX (1972 / he's a natural born poet)

That’s Life - FRANK SINATRA (1966 / I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king)

Use Somebody - KINGS OF LEON (2008 / Wagin' wars to shape the poet and the beat)


Songs about poetry, poesia

Charlotte Street - LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS (1984 / I don't need your sympathy I won’t read your poetry, oh sweetness please)

Closer Than Close - BEE GEES (1997 / poetry in motion)

Diamonds & Rust - JOAN BAEZ (1975 / my poetry was lousy, you said)

I Am A Rock - SIMON & GARFUNKEL (1966 / I have my books & my poetry to protect me)

(I’ll Love You) Till the End of the World - NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (1991 / others a re works of inspiration, of poetry)

Kick It In - SIMPLE MINDS (1989 / Love gives me poetry Stays up all night and puts a curse on me)

La Tortura - SHAKIRA feat ALEJANDRO SANZ (2005 / Hey baby, save the poetry)

My Bag - LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS (1987 / my head's swimming with poetry & prose)

Poetry In Motion - JOHNNY TILLOTSON (1960)

Shame - EURYTHMICS (1987 / You with yer mother's pride and poetry "Don't you want to feel the shame?")

She Blinded Me With Science - THOMAS DOLBY (1982 / poetry in motion)

Ti Sento - MATIA BAZAR (1985 / Che mi resta di te Della mia poesia? Mentre l'ombra del sonno Lenta scivola via)



pole

This Is England - THE CLASH
Lyrics: Time on his hands the freezing mohawk strolls He won't go for the carrots Been beaten by the pole Some sunny day confronted by his soul



police

Girls & Boys - BLUR      Streets like a jungle so call the police...

Suburbia - PET SHOP BOYS    ...in the distance a police car...

West End Girls - PET SHOP BOYS     ..call the police...



policeman

Hey Matthew - KAREL FIALKA    ...I want to be a policeman...

Suburbia - PET SHOP BOYS   ..where’s a policeman when you need one..



politician
Always the sun-STRANGLERS   ..it’s not unlike politicians..

The Beat(en) Generation-THE THE   ...by the greedy hands of politics..

Drop the boy-BROS        ...I’d like to be in politics...

Hey Matthew-KAREL FIALKA   ..political publicity stund..

Hooverville-CHRISTIANS   ...oh Mr. Politician open up your eyes...

One better world-ABC    ...politicians preaching on TV...

Our last summer-ABBA    ...you talked of politics... (philosophy)

Sisters are doing it for themselves-EURYTHMICS (doctors, lawyers)

Sowing .. of love-TEARS FOR FEARS   ..politician granny...

Time after time-BELOVED       ...politics & romance....

Working with fire & steel-CHINA CRISIS   ...I couldn’t think political blue...



porno

Fight ... right-BEASTIE BOYS   ...your mom threw away your best porno mag..



pornography.............................1/ I want your sex-GEORGE MICHAEL    ..what do you call pornography..
                                                2/ No clause 28-BOY GEORGE       ...to show pornography the door...



practical...................................1/ Coffee & TV-BLUR       ...practically floored...
                                                2/ Hey DJ-THE BEATMASTERS feat. Betty Boo    ...practice..
                                                3/ The logical song-SUPERTRAMP
                                                4/ The puppet-ECHO & THE B.    ...practice...


praxis.......................................1/ I just died in your arms-CUTTING CREW  ..she’s loving by praxy...


problem....................................1/ Appetite-PREFAB SPROUT    ....here she is with two small problems...
                                                2/ Bizarre love triangle-NEW ORDER  ...it’s no problem of mine...
                                                3/ Confide in me-KYLIE MINOGUE
                                                4/ Downtown-PETULA CLARK      ...let your problems surround you...
                                                5/ Every time you go away-PAUL YOUNG  If we can’t solve any problems...
                                                6/ Farfalina-LUCA CARBONI
                                                7/ Fast car-T. CHAPMAN     ...my old man’s got a problem...
                                                8/ Fight for ourselves-SPANDAU BALLET  ..so many problems..
                                                9/ Free-CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT   ...problems we can share...
                                              10/ I don’t think...alone-RAY PARKER Jr.   ..I admit I’ve got a problem...
                                              11/ Land of confusion-GENESIS     ...making too many problems...
                                              12/ Live together-LISA STANSFIELD  ..we’ve got to solve the problem..
                                              13/ Love will save the day-W. HOUSTON  ...your problems are too deep...
                                              14/ Loving the alien-D. BOWIE   ..Palestine a modern problem....
                                              15/ Masterpiece-GAZEBO
                                              16/ Never can say goodbye-COMMUNARDS
                                              17/ People hold on-COLDCUT   ...nobody’s solving the problem..
                                              18/ Play that funky music-WILD CHERRY
                                              19/ Running up that hill-KATE BUSH
                                              20/ Spinning wheel-BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS
                                              21/ Superwoman-KARYN WHITE        ...I’m convinced I know the problem...
                                              22/ You keep it all in-BEAUTIFUL SOUTH   ..you know your problem..
                                              23/ Disappear-INXS       ..all the problems....
                                              24/ Fall on me-REM      There’s a problem...
                                              25/ I can’t escape myself-SOUND   ..all my problems are larger than life..


program...................................1/ I.G.Y.-DON FAGEN


prophet....................................1/ Can I play with madness-IRON MAIDEN   ..the prophet stared at his crystal ball...
                                                2/ China in your hand-T’PAU    ...a prophecy for a fantasy...
                                                3/ E=mc2-B.A.D.       ...no people prophecy....
                                                4/ One of us-JOAN OSBOURNE
                                                5/ Sound of silence-SIMON & GARFUNKEL   ..the words of the 
                                                                                        prophets are written on the subway walls...
                                                6/ Small talk-SCRITTI POLITTI    ...we’re tired of prophesying...


protein......................................1/ Space oddity-DAVID BOWIE    ...protein pills...


protocol.....................................1/ The chant has begun-LEVEL 42


prototype...................................1/ 


psyche.......................................1/ Pressure-BILLY JOEL      ..psyche 1, psyche 2...


psychedelic................................1/ Eyes without a face-BILLY IDOL


psychiatrist................................1/ 19-PAUL HARDCASTLE


psycho.......................................1/ Be-LENNY KRAVITZ (LP Let love rule-1990)  ..psychotic...
                                                 2/ Love missile F1-11-SIGUE SIGUE SPUTNIK  ..psycho maniac..
                                                 3/ Somebody’s watching me-ROCKWELL


psychological.............................1/Drama!-ERASURE    ...just one psychological drama after another..
                                                  2/ Word up-CAMEO   ....no time for psychological romance....


pyre (πυρ / fire)..........................1/ Mothers talk-TEARS FOR FEARS    ...funeral pyre...