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)
Lyrics: 

Prince Of Peace - GALLIANO     
Lyrics: selling twisted technology

Road To Hell - CHRIS REA
Lyrics:

She Blinded Me With Science - THOMAS DOLBY
Lyrics:

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

Video Killed The Radio Star - BUGGLES
Lyrics: They took the credit for your second symphony Rewritten by machine on new technology And now I understand the problems you could see

Virtual Insanity - JAMIROQUAI   
Lyrics: Futures made of virtual insanity Now, always seem to be governed by this love we have For useless twisting of our new technology Oh, now there is no sound, for we all live underground



telegram

Loving The Alien - DAVID BOWIE (LP Tonight1984)
Lyrics: Watching them come and go The Templars and the Saracens They're travelling the holy land Opening telegrams

Union Of The Snake - DURAN DURAN (1983)
Lyrics: telegram force & ready



telegraph

Missing You - JOHN WAITE

Telegraph - ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK

Telegraph Road - DIRE STRAITS



telepathy

Sexual healing-MARVIN GAYE

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



telephone

Bad Connection - YAZOO (1982)
Lyrics: Can you hear me? Can you hear me at all? Gotta get the operator make a telephone call And if I write a letter it won't get there on time I'll only reach you baby on the telephone line

Cardiac Arrest - MADNESS
Lyrics: His mind wanders to the office, his telephone, desk and chair He's been happy with the company, they've treated him real fair

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

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

My Girl - MADNESS
Lyrics: My girl's mad at me Been on the telephone for an hour We hardly said a word I tried and tried but I could not be heard

Nothing Ever Happens - DEL AMITRI

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

Telephone Line - ELO

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

Private Life - THE PRETENDERS (1980), GRACE JONES (1980)
Lyrics: J'en ai marre with your theatrics; your acting's a drag It's ok on TV, but you can turn it off

Shame - EURYTHMICS (1987 / At the races and the theatre)
Lyrics: Shame! At the Lido and the opera Shame! At the races and the theatre

Lady Is A Tramp - LENA HORNE, FRANK SINATRA
Lyrics: She gets too hungry for dinner at eight She likes the theatre and never comes late



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



tiger

Lyrics: She said I was the tiger she wanted to tame

Don't Stop Me Now - QUEEN
Lyrics: I'm a shootin' star, leapin' through the sky like a tiger Defyin' the laws of gravity


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

Walking In Memphis - MARC KOHN (LP Walking In Memphis1991)
Lyrics: Now security they did not see him They just hovered around his 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

Change Your Mind - THE KILLERS (LP Hot Fuss, 2004)
Lyrics: Racy days help me through the hopeless haze But my, oh, my Tragic eyes, I can't even recognize myself Behind

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

I Wish - R KELLY (LP TP-2.com, 2000)
Lyrics: Your family called the morning of a tragic end Damn, my condolences

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

Private Life - THE PRETENDERS (1980), GRACE JONES (1980)
Lyrics: Your marriage is a tragedy, but it's not my concern I'm very superficial, I hate everything official

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

Auberge - CHRIS REA
Lyrics: You meet the silent type on a windy trail With a shiny cloak and an unseen silver dagger

I’m That Type Of Guy - LL COOL J

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

Danger Zone - KENNY LOGGINS

The Hills - THE WEEKND (2020)
Lyrics: Your man on the road, he doin' promo You said, "Keep our business on the low-low" I'm just tryna get you out the friend zone 'Cause you look even better than the photos

The Perfect Kiss - NEW ORDER  
Lyrics: 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)




Russians - STING (LP The Dream Of The Blue Turtles1985)
Lyrics: In Europe and America There's a growing feeling of hysteria Conditioned to respond to all the threats In the rhetorical speeches of the Soviets




Lyrics: I'll be yours until the sun no longer shines Yours until the poets run out of rhyme In other words, until the end of time

Classic - ADRIAN GURVITZ (LP Classic1982)
Lyrics: Expressing my words One page at a time Then tearing them up 'Cause they never rhyme

Disney Girls - BEACH BOYS (1957)
Lyrics: Darkness goes and softness shows A changing style Just in time words that rhyme Will bless your soul

Echoes in The Night - GARY BROOKER (1985)
Lyrics: Let the memories wash over me Just like echoes in the night Hold on to those echoes in the night Save them, don't let them out of sight

Lyrics: I'm gonna make it up for all of The Sunday Times I'm gonna make it up for all of the nursery rhymes

Here She Comes - BONNIE TYLER

I Know You Got Soul - ERIC B & RAKIM    
the rhymes on the microphone

One - THREE DOG NIGHT

Rollover DJ - JET (LP Get Born, 2003)
Lyrics: Got your rhymes going round in my head Got your supersonic beats mixing up my Keds So dance little DJ, come on

School's Out - ALICE COOPER
Lyrics: Well, we got no class And we got no principles And we got no innocence We can't even think of a word that rhymes

Timebomb - CHUMBAWAMBA (single1993 / LP Anarchy1994)
Lyrics: Hear the smashing of your expectations Hear the shattering of half-rhymes

Wish We Were Heroes - MELISSA MANCHESTER & DAVID GATES

You Decorated My Life - KENNY ROGERS
Lyrics: Like a rhyme with no reason In an unfinished song



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rhythm

All Night Long - LIONEL RICHIE (1983)
Lyrics: People dancing all in the street See the rhythm all in their feet

Downtown  - PETULA CLARK         
just listen to the rhythm
                                    
Get That Beat - SHARP TIES

Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick - IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS

I Like The Rhythm - CARRIE LUCAS
                  
I’ll Go Where Your Music Takes Me - JIMMY JAMES & THE VAGABONDS (1976)    
Lyrics: I'll go where your music takes me Where your rhythm makes me
            
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

Poison Arrow - ABC
Lyrics: No rhythm in cymbals, no tempo in drums Love on arrival, she comes when she comes
                       
Rhythm Of My Heart - ROD STEWART

The Rhythm Of The Night - DeBARGE

Sing Our Own Song - UB40  
when the ancient drum rhythms ring

Slave To The Rhythm - GRACE JONES feat. IAN McSHANE  (1985)
Lyrics: Work to the rhythm! Slave to the rhythm! A-ha Live to the rhythm! Love to the rhythm! A-ha 
                                     
Sledgehammer - PETER GABRIEL (LP So1986)
Lyrics: I've been feeding the rhythm (Show for you)

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                                    

20 Seconds To Comply - SILVER BULLET (1991)  
LyricsSarcastic reaper skeleton speaker


saxophone

Deacon Blues - STEELY DAN

Tony Adams - JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS
Lyrics: Only saxophones and beach trombones


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  
Lyrics: such a tragic scene
                   
For America - RED BOX
Lyrics: made in Taiwan western scenes
       
Hello Again - CARS
Lyrics:  you left the scene   

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 - LL COOL J
Lyrics: that shows up on the scene 
                                      
Last chance on the stairway-DURAN DURAN
Lyrics:           
                             
Liberian girl-M. JACKSON  
Lyrics: just like in the movies with 2 lovers in a s  

Love Is Just The Great Pretender - ANIMAL NIGHTLIFE
Lyrics: I've played this scene so many times Sweet violins and corny lines, a Hollywood remake
                                       
Monday morning blues-BREATHE
Lyrics:  I need a change of scene   
                                       
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    
Lyrics: when you deh pon the scene      
                                        
Rhythm of the night-DE BARGE 
Lyrics: the scene is being set     
                                        
September mornin’-NEIL DIAMOND
Lyrics: Two lovers playing scenes from some romantic play     

17 Again - EURYTHMICS (LP Peace1999)
Lyrics: Sweet dreams are made of anything That gets you in the scene
                      
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




Lyrics: She talked about her father Said he never really liked her She said that she'd been married To a schizophrenic biker I thought I'd say goodbye But then I saw her start to cry



school

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

America - PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION               
Lyrics: Jimmy Nothing never went to school They made him pledge allegiance He said it wasn't cool Nothing made Jimmy proud Now, Jimmy lives on a mushroom cloud

Americanos - HOLLY JOHNSON    
high schools & swimming pools

Angie Baby - HELEN REDDY
Lyrics: Folks hoping you'd turn out cool But they had to take you outta school You're a little touched, you know, Angie, baby

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

Cherry Bomb - THE RUNAWAYS
Lyrics: Can't stay at home, can't stay in school Old folks say, "You poor little fool"

Don’t Stand So Close To Me - THE POLICE  
Lyrics: Young teacher, the subject of 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

Lyrics: Eddie waited 'til he finished high school He went to Hollywood, got a tattoo

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 Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) - SIMPLE MINDS
Lyrics: She's the one in front of me, siren and the ecstasy

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

20 Seconds To Comply - SILVER BULLET (1991)  
Lyrics: sarcastic reaper skeleton speaker

(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

Make Me Lose Control - ERIC CARMEN
Lyrics: And Jennifer's got her daddy's car She's playin' "Uptown" on the 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

Something Beautiful - ROBBIE WILLIAMS (2003)
Lyrics: The DJ said on the radio Life should be stereo each day



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

Tony Adams - JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS
Lyrics: In the darkness, an angel won the beauty pageant Stroboscopic snowflakes fell from the
stratosphere



stroboscope

Tony Adams - JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS
Lyrics: In the darkness, an angel won the beauty pageant Stroboscopic snowflakes fell from 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 (1989)
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
Lyrics: And the smile on my face Is not sycophantic I'm just a true romantic How about you?

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



symbol(ic)

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

Mr. Jones-COUNTING CROWS  
I felt so symbolic yesterday

Motorcycle Emptiness - MANIC STREET PREACHERS
Lyrics: Life lies a slow suicide Orthodox dreams and symbolic myths

No milk today-HERMANS HERMITS



sympathy

Ancora Tu - LUCIO BATTISTI  
Lyrics: sympatica

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

Honesty-BILLY JOEL     
sympathize

How will I know-JESSICA (99)  
sympathize

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

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

Nothing Really Ends - DEUS (from Belgium)

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

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

Rent - PET SHOP BOYS
Lyrics: And look at the two of us in sympathy And sometimes ecstacy

Rescue-ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN  
would you sympathize

Second  chance-38 SPECIAL

Sit Down - JAMES    
sit down in sympathy

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 (1983)
Lyrics: Nightshades on a warning Give me strength, at least give me a light Give me anything, even sympathy There's a chance you could be right
                                                      
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
Lyrics: They took the credit for your second symphony Rewritten by machine on new technology And now I understand the problems you could see

When Smokey sings-ABC  
symphonies that soothe the rage



symptom

Bad medicine-BON JOVI    
I got all the symptoms

Sick & Tired - THE CARDIGANS (LP Emmerdale1994)
Lyrics: Symptoms are so deep Something here's so wrong Nothing is complete Nowhere to belong

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



synagogue

Nothing Ever Happens - DEL AMITRI  
Lyrics: They'll burn down the synagogues at six o'clock And we'll all go along like before



synchronize, Synchronicity

Dance With Me - DEBELAH MORGAN (2000)
Lyrics: Baby, look into my eyes Let the music hypnotize Let our bodies synchronize One dance and you'll be mine (You'll be mine)

Deep Down & Dirty - STEREO MC’s     
Lyrics: synchronize

Freestyler - BOMFUNK MC’s     
Lyrics: synchronize

Incommunicado - MARILLION   
Lyrics: call it synchronicity call it deja vu

Superstyling - GROOVE ARMADA
Lyrics: Just followin' the back an naturally harmonizin' Climb into position with synchronized things



syncopation

Changing Every Day - CULTURE CLUB  
summer syncopation



syndrome

Cleanin' Out My Closet - EMINEM (LP The Eminem Show, 2002)
Lyrics: Goin' through public housing systems, victim of Munchhausen's syndrome

20 Seconds To Comply - SILVER BULLET (1991)  
Lyrics: Creatin' chaos the China Syndrome



synthesis

Ashes Τo Αshes - DAVID BOWIE   
Lyrics: Just pictures of Jap girls in synthesis and I



synthesizer

Love In Your Eyes - GAZEBO (1983)
Lyrics: You are just a damn sequencer Moving to the beat Living with a synthesizer Cold as a repeat

Virtual Insanity - JAMIROQUAI (1996)
Lyrics: There's nothin' left to do but pray I think it's time I found a new religion Woah, it's so insane To synthesize another strain There's something in these futures that we have to veto



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