Exactly how many "(Girl's name) says" songs did Lou Reed do?

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Can we get a final ruling on this?

― trappist monkey, Friday, 14 October 2005 14:03 (twenty years ago)

Candy, Lisa, Stephanie, Caroline...any others?

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Friday, 14 October 2005 14:06 (twenty years ago)

And did anybody else write a ".. Says" song?

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 14 October 2005 14:12 (twenty years ago)

"Jesus Says" by Ash

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 14 October 2005 14:18 (twenty years ago)

Vulgar Boatmen: Margaret Says, Allison Says

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Friday, 14 October 2005 14:19 (twenty years ago)

"Jane Says" by Janes Addiction

― Paranoid Spice (kate), Friday, 14 October 2005 14:20 (twenty years ago)

GET THE FUCK UP

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 14 October 2005 14:22 (twenty years ago)

A brief history of saying things in the UK chart:

2 1910 Fruitgum Co Simon Says Mar 1968
3 Wet Wet Wet Julia Says May 1995
15 Ash Jesus Says Oct 1998
24 Pharoahe Monch Simon Says Feb 2000

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 14 October 2005 14:23 (twenty years ago)

"Danny Says," Ramones; honorable mention for Eno's "Cindy Tells Me."

― owen moorhead (i heart daniel miller), Friday, 14 October 2005 14:23 (twenty years ago)

Andy's Chest, if you say it while you're eating.
Mamma Says - some 70s band from Cleveland .. Wild Horses or something

― when something smacks of something (dave225.3), Friday, 14 October 2005 14:24 (twenty years ago)

Or if you allow past tense:

Lenny Kravitz - Mama Said

― o. nate (onate), Friday, 14 October 2005 14:29 (twenty years ago)

'Jesus Said' - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions!

Better than Ash.

― the pinefox, Friday, 14 October 2005 14:32 (twenty years ago)

Or future tense...

Janis Joplin- Tell Mama

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Friday, 14 October 2005 14:33 (twenty years ago)

IT'S SAYS! NOT SAID OR GOING TO SAY OR MAMA USED TO SAY! SAYS!

ahem.. (sits)

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 14 October 2005 14:35 (twenty years ago)

Nina Says - Saloon
Zusaan Says - Dump
Catherine Says - The Aislers Set
Mom Says - Low
Gareth Brown Says - Mclusky
My Boy Says - Talulah Gosh
Radio Says - Adorable
Fool Says - M. Ward
The Sea Says - Marc Almond & The Willing Sinners
Someone Says - The Editors
Everyone Says - The Brian Jonestown Masssacre

― Wub-Fur Internet RAdio, Friday, 14 October 2005 14:54 (twenty years ago)

Oh, about 142. It's either 142 or 136, I forget which.

― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Friday, 14 October 2005 14:55 (twenty years ago)

Jenny Says- Cowboy Mouth. Which is, you know, frequently confused with Lou Reed.

― js (honestengine), Friday, 14 October 2005 15:09 (twenty years ago)

Hey, Lou also could easily have added a "...Says" to "Sister Ray"'s title! (That's what he sings, after all.)

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 14 October 2005 16:21 (twenty years ago)

Tones on Tail - "Christian Says"

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 14 October 2005 16:23 (twenty years ago)

Can we spend the rest of this thread talking about "My Boy Says" by Talulah Gosh?

― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 14 October 2005 16:50 (twenty years ago)

more Lou Reed: "and the colored girls say/ do da do da do da do ..."

― ken taylrr never her (ken taylrr), Friday, 14 October 2005 18:54 (twenty years ago)

"Jenny said..." in "Rock and Roll"

― Masked Gazza, Friday, 14 October 2005 19:06 (twenty years ago)

Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson - "Say, Say, Say"
Melanie B - "Say, Say, Say"

Generic style, add your own name.

― nickn (nickn), Friday, 14 October 2005 19:09 (twenty years ago)

She said... I know what it's like to be dead.

― billstevejim (billstevejim), Friday, 14 October 2005 20:36 (twenty years ago)

Wow, Lou Reed did all of these songs?

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 14 October 2005 21:22 (twenty years ago)

the shamen: "christopher mayhew says"

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Friday, 14 October 2005 22:33 (twenty years ago)

Not Lou Reed:

Umi Says - Mos Def
Stephanie Says - Velvet Underground

― Harrison Fjord (Harrison Fjord), Friday, 14 October 2005 22:44 (twenty years ago)

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