Songs about sisters

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Being a soppy, loving brother, I want to send my sister (who is travelling) a mix CD with the theme of sisters. But what tracks?

A couple to get started

Antony & the Johnsons - You are my sister

Joanna Newsom - Emily (about her sister)

The track can also mention her name: Jennifer. so:

Belle and Sebastian - Photo Jenny

Thank you kindly

― rogwan (rogwan), Friday, 19 January 2007 17:31 (nineteen years ago)

Faust, Jennifer

... a must

― Tom D. (Dada), Friday, 19 January 2007 17:32 (nineteen years ago)

Something by Twisted Sister?

― God Bows to Meth (noodle vague), Friday, 19 January 2007 17:32 (nineteen years ago)

You and your Sister - the Vulgar Boatmen

― sonofstan (sonofstan), Friday, 19 January 2007 17:33 (nineteen years ago)

There aren't that many nice songs about sisters, they tend to be creepy or weird

― Tom D. (Dada), Friday, 19 January 2007 17:34 (nineteen years ago)

Juliana Hatfield, "My Sister"

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 19 January 2007 17:37 (nineteen years ago)

The Grauniad had an article on this very subject today, in their readers recommend section:
http://music.guardian.co.uk/readersrecommend/story/0,,1993516,00.html

I'd say My Sister by Tindersticks, cos it's great, but also as miserable as sin I'm afraid!

― Neil Stewart (Neil Stewart), Friday, 19 January 2007 17:38 (nineteen years ago)

Well there's lots of horrible folk songs about sisters - full of incest, rape, murder and often all three - but that's maybe not waht you're looking for!

― Tom D. (Dada), Friday, 19 January 2007 17:43 (nineteen years ago)

You and Your Sister--Chris Bell

Duet with Alex Chilton, basically a Big Star song in all but name.

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Friday, 19 January 2007 17:46 (nineteen years ago)

"Sestrichka-Bratishka" by Nikakoi (so yes, it's about a sister as well as a brother)

― tiit (tiit), Friday, 19 January 2007 17:58 (nineteen years ago)

Antibalas "Sister"
The Cult "Brother Wolf Sister Moon"
"Sister Surround" Soundtrack of Our Lives
there's that song "Orange Sky" by Alexi Murdoch that's about brothers and sisters, but heavy on the touchy-feely

― boyant (Boyant), Friday, 19 January 2007 18:03 (nineteen years ago)

Pulp - Your Sister's Clothes
Beatles - Mean Mr Mustard/Polythene Pam "...his sister Pam works in a shop, she never stops.."

Googling gave me this link as well: http://www.poemhunter.com/songs/sister/

― his sister pam (hissisterpam), Friday, 19 January 2007 18:23 (nineteen years ago)

Mmm, and Babies by Pulp is about a boy who sleeps with his girlfriend's sister "because she looked like you, alright!"

― his sister pam (hissisterpam), Friday, 19 January 2007 18:24 (nineteen years ago)

Ummm....Prince to thread.

(NO, I AM NOT SICK AND TWISTED!)

― The Reverend Rodney J. Greene With Strings (R. J. Greene), Friday, 19 January 2007 18:25 (nineteen years ago)

Bob Dylan - Ballad In Plain D

― graf cycliz (graf cycliz), Friday, 19 January 2007 18:27 (nineteen years ago)

The Cult - "Sweet Soul Sister"
The Psychedelic Furs - "Sister Europe"
The Cure - "The Three Sisters"

― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Friday, 19 January 2007 18:54 (nineteen years ago)

Oh yes! The Divine Comedy - Three Sisters.

― his sister pam (hissisterpam), Friday, 19 January 2007 19:08 (nineteen years ago)

The White Stripes - "I Get Lonely But I Ain't That Lonely Yet"

― a magical moment with unicorns dancing around you (nickalicious), Friday, 19 January 2007 19:28 (nineteen years ago)

Palace Brothers - Riding

― paid in cigarettes (paid in cigarettes), Friday, 19 January 2007 19:33 (nineteen years ago)

coupla lighthearted picks your sis might enjoy:

ZZ Top - "Tube Snake Boogie"

"I got a gal who lives on the hill
she won't do it but her sister will"

Silverfish - "Don't Fuck"

"my sister, dude...won't take no lip...don't take no shit...my sister, man"

― hank (hank s), Friday, 19 January 2007 19:36 (nineteen years ago)

Green, "My Sister Jane"

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 19 January 2007 19:39 (nineteen years ago)

Bob Dylan - Oh Sister
Velvet Underground - Sister Ray
MC5 - Sister Ann
MX-80 Sound - Theme From Sisters
Chris D - Little Sister
Sonic Youth - Schizophrenia

― dad a (dad a), Friday, 19 January 2007 19:43 (nineteen years ago)

Lotte Lenya (Brecht/Weill) - Pirate Jenny
Everly Brothers - Poor Jenny
De La Soul - Jenifa
American Music Club - Jenny

― Dan Booth (dad a), Friday, 19 January 2007 19:53 (nineteen years ago)

The Kinks: Two Sisters. Love this one

― Billy Pilgrim (Billy Pilgrim), Friday, 19 January 2007 20:13 (nineteen years ago)

snowden "sisters"

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 19 January 2007 20:14 (nineteen years ago)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle - 'Tell My Sister', a staple of my early youth that one.

― to scour or to pop? (Haberdager), Friday, 19 January 2007 20:18 (nineteen years ago)

Ummm....Prince to thread.
(NO, I AM NOT SICK AND TWISTED!)

Who yo kiddin', sister?

― tiit (tiit), Friday, 19 January 2007 20:35 (nineteen years ago)

Beck to thread!

"I met you
In JC Penny
I think your name-tag
Said 'Jenny'..."

― to scour or to pop? (Haberdager), Friday, 19 January 2007 20:37 (nineteen years ago)

FUCKING SISTER CHRISTIAN, dood! Fucking NIGHT RANGER!

Bold Soul Sister - Ike & Tina
Sister Goodbye - The Prayers
Little Sister - Dalmatians
~~Schizophrenia - Sonic Youth~~ (oops, dbooth already got this one)
Little Sister - Elvis Presley
Fish Fry - Big Black
~~Tell My Sister - Kate & Anna McGarrigle~~ (fuck, and scour got that)
2 Sisters - Prisonshake
Sister Flossie - Red Red Meat
Sister Golden Hair - America
Transistor Sister - Gaunt
Sister Rosa - Neville Brothers
Sister/Brother - Afghan Whigs

― verbose, bombastic, self-immolating (Pye Poudre), Friday, 19 January 2007 20:39 (nineteen years ago)

Sebadoh - Cry Sis
Eyehategod - Sister Fucker (Part I)
Eyehategod - Sister Fucker (Part II)

― Sir Echo (Sir Echo), Friday, 19 January 2007 20:44 (nineteen years ago)

Note that "Fish Fry" is about murdering of the sister, and "Sister Flossie" is about group sexing of sister, so those are prob. not recommended for yr. comp. Never paid attention to the lyrics of "Sister/Brother", but I imagine they're at least somewhat unsavory.

Oh, and "Sister Rosa" is just about Rosa Parks. Maybe she's somebody's sister, but then again, maybe not. Still, I understand that she was a very nice lady. Too bad the song sucks.

― verbose, bombastic, self-immolating (Pye Poudre), Friday, 19 January 2007 20:44 (nineteen years ago)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister_Kate_song

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 19 January 2007 20:55 (nineteen years ago)

The Go-Betweens - "The Clarke Sisters"

...with their steely grey hair...

― hank (hank s), Friday, 19 January 2007 20:57 (nineteen years ago)

er, make that *steel* grey hair...(and mark me down for another senior moment)...

― hank (hank s), Friday, 19 January 2007 20:58 (nineteen years ago)

Carly Simon - "My Older Sister" (god I love that one)
The Church - "Sisters"

I remember once when I saw Catherine Wheel live, the singer introduced one of the songs by saying "this one is about killing your sister"...I thought that was pretty bizarre and uncool.

― White Dopes on Punk (Bimble...), Friday, 19 January 2007 20:59 (nineteen years ago)

Palace - "Riding"

Aw, he loves his sister Lisa!

― clotpoll (Clotpoll), Friday, 19 January 2007 21:23 (nineteen years ago)

Jennifer O'Connor: "Sister"
The Beatles: "Lovely Rita"

― mike a (mike a), Friday, 19 January 2007 21:59 (nineteen years ago)

Bob Dylan - Oh Sister
Velvet Underground - Sister Ray
MC5 - Sister Ann
MX-80 Sound - Theme From Sisters
Chris D - Little Sister
Sonic Youth - Schizophrenia

-- Dan Booth

QUIT STEALING MY THOUGHTS!!

― M. Agony Von Bontee (M. Agony Von Bontee), Friday, 19 January 2007 22:12 (nineteen years ago)

ok this song was sent to my sister by some crepe...

― feed latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 19 January 2007 22:14 (nineteen years ago)

"Sister Of Mercy" by Thompson Twins.

Oh well, I guess that's stretching it a bit :)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 19 January 2007 22:17 (nineteen years ago)

Urge Overkill - "Sister Havana"

― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Friday, 19 January 2007 22:18 (nineteen years ago)

Posies: "Solar Sister"

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 20 January 2007 02:21 (nineteen years ago)

Stone Roses - (Song For My) Sugar Spun Sister

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Saturday, 20 January 2007 03:00 (nineteen years ago)

Thank you Billy Pilgrim for remembering 'Two Sisters' by The Kinks. I recommend its monstrous spawn, 'A Sister Like You' by The Auteurs. It's highly enjoyable and you can smell Luke Haines' hideous breath even through small desktop speakers.

― Dr. Joseph A. Ofalt (hyloolnuspstt), Saturday, 20 January 2007 04:22 (nineteen years ago)

Oh my god we forgot the Stone Roses! THANKS RUFUS!

― White Dopes on Punk (Bimble...), Saturday, 20 January 2007 04:23 (nineteen years ago)

I shall have to listen to "Two Sisters" by the Kinks again. I can't remember it now at all.

― White Dopes on Punk (Bimble...), Saturday, 20 January 2007 04:24 (nineteen years ago)

Oh my god. NEVER MIND. Two Sisters is on my favourite Kinks album "Something Else". Never mind. I know it's brilliant. Haven't heard it in years but I know it's brilliant. Never mind. I shall play it now.

― White Dopes on Punk (Bimble...), Saturday, 20 January 2007 04:27 (nineteen years ago)

Oh thank God the first song that came to my mind hasn't yet been mentioned: "Sisters" by Rosemary and Betty Clooney. It was featured in the '50s movie White Christmas, where Rosemary mimes it along with her co-star Vera-Lynn.

I love "Sister Of Mercy" by the Thompson Twins, BTW, but yeah, that's not exactly in keeping with the whole "songs about sisters" theme....

― Phoenix Dancing (krushsister), Saturday, 20 January 2007 04:37 (nineteen years ago)

Actually, it's interesting that the theme of this song is the same as my formerly recommended Carly Simon's "Older Sister" (sorry it wasn't called "My Older Sister" after all, just "Older Sister"). The theme is a younger sister being so painfully jealous of her older sister.

For myself, I always wondered what it might be like to have a sister. I never lucky enough to have one.

xpost

― White Dopes on Punk (Bimble...), Saturday, 20 January 2007 04:38 (nineteen years ago)

Anyway I was talking about the Kinks song "Two Sisters" though it crossed with Phoenix.

― White Dopes on Punk (Bimble...), Saturday, 20 January 2007 04:39 (nineteen years ago)

The Kinks and Cary Simon you see? Because Ray Davies and Carly Simons are both Cancers.

― White Dopes on Punk (Bimble...), Saturday, 20 January 2007 04:40 (nineteen years ago)

Look, if you call me drunk, I'll just put on Kate Bush and that will be the end of the argument. So no barroom brawls tonight.

― White Dopes on Punk (Bimble...), Saturday, 20 January 2007 04:41 (nineteen years ago)

"Little Sister" by Silkworm, but it's a tad depressing.

― jodi, samurai photographer (burun), Saturday, 20 January 2007 06:01 (nineteen years ago)

Terence Trent D'Arby - "Dance Little Sister"

― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Saturday, 20 January 2007 06:08 (nineteen years ago)

Mary - Robert Fripp

― timmy tannin (pompous), Saturday, 20 January 2007 06:34 (nineteen years ago)

would the Kinks' "Come Dancing" fit, with its sisterly references?

― that's so taylrr (ken taylrr), Saturday, 20 January 2007 06:38 (nineteen years ago)

I should say that my sister likes pink (the colour, not the artists)

― rogwan (rogwan), Saturday, 20 January 2007 12:56 (nineteen years ago)

that may be the setup of the kinks' "two sisters," but it's most certainly not the theme. the theme is quite the opposite, i'd say.

also note that ray davies has said the two sisters he had in mind were himself and dave.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Saturday, 20 January 2007 17:06 (nineteen years ago)

More Kinks: "Rosy Won't You Please Come Home"

― The Dusty Baker Selection (Charles McCain), Saturday, 20 January 2007 17:09 (nineteen years ago)

"Shakespear's Sister" - The Smiths

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 20 January 2007 18:38 (nineteen years ago)

"Little Sister"-Runaways
"Little Sister"-Rufus Wainwright
"Kimberly"-Patti Smith

― Arthurgh! A Music War (Arthur), Saturday, 20 January 2007 19:30 (nineteen years ago)

Oh wow, forgot to mention "White Wedding" by Billy Idol. "Hey little sister, what have you done?", et al. And directed at/inspired by his real sister who got married after she found out she was pregnant. As you guys already know.

― Phoenix Dancing (krushsister), Sunday, 21 January 2007 08:51 (nineteen years ago)

Geir wins. And I am drunk again. What? Was there a Runaways sister song? I am all over that shit. Let me make my way to my CD stacks.

Nuttin' wrong with Billy Idol, though.

― White Dopes on Punk (Bimble...), Sunday, 21 January 2007 09:09 (nineteen years ago)

"my sister, dude...won't take no lip...don't take no shit...my sister, man"

so very true
so take waynes world and your mms let them melt in your hands and burn your mouth cause this girls from the south.
This bitch aint no witch looking at you gonna turn off your switch.
games been played your cards have been layed
turn your back now
pow pow pow

― Snapping Turtle (wish), Friday, 26 January 2007 01:28 (nineteen years ago)

And what about:

Laughing Hyenas "Sister"
Queen Latifah "Nature of a Sista"
Gil Scott-Heron "Whitey's on The Moon"

― Dan Booth (dad a), Friday, 26 January 2007 03:03 (nineteen years ago)

skid row - sweet little sister
dEUS - sister dew
the tea party - sister awake
sufjan stevens - sister
the stone roses - love spreads

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Friday, 26 January 2007 15:55 (nineteen years ago)

the nixons had "sister"

― AaronK (AaronK), Friday, 26 January 2007 23:57 (nineteen years ago)

the Roches' song "We" is about their sisterly relationship w/each other

http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/t/theroches3298/we156218.html

― jaxon (jaxon), Saturday, 27 January 2007 00:03 (nineteen years ago)

All of the Eels album, Electro-Shock Blues is about Mark Everett's sister being institutionalized and comitting suicide. It's a good album!

― darin (darin), Saturday, 27 January 2007 00:36 (nineteen years ago)

Monie Love, "It's A Shame (My Sister)"

― The Redd And The Blecch (Ken L), Saturday, 27 January 2007 03:26 (nineteen years ago)

"I Gave My Sister Ace of Bass In the 3rd Grade, This is What She Gave Me" -- Brian English (from Beyond Words, 2006)

― tiit (tiit), Saturday, 27 January 2007 17:27 (nineteen years ago)

The Lovin' Spoonful, "Do You Believe In Magic"

― The Redd And The Blecch (Ken L), Sunday, 28 January 2007 01:34 (nineteen years ago)

The Velvet Underground, "It's Just Too Much"
Little Richard, "Lucille"

― The Redd And The Blecch (Ken L), Sunday, 28 January 2007 01:37 (nineteen years ago)

Hm. The two Pulp songs mentions were both apparently on The Sisters EP

― The Redd And The Blecch (Ken L), Sunday, 28 January 2007 01:48 (nineteen years ago)

Lou Reed, "Little Sister" (which I always think is called "My Baby Sister")

Elton John, "Saturday Nights Alright (For Fighting)" -"My sister looks cute in her braces and boots, a handful of grease in her hair"

― The Redd And The Blecch (Ken L), Sunday, 28 January 2007 01:52 (nineteen years ago)

"We Are Family" -Sister Sledge!
"Sister Saviour"-the Rapture (although, like many a song w/sister in the title, it's not really about dude's sister)

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Sunday, 28 January 2007 02:40 (nineteen years ago)

The word "sister" is used a lot in
Labelle, "Lady Marmalade".

― The Redd And The Blecch (Ken L), Sunday, 28 January 2007 03:19 (nineteen years ago)

Oh my god right now the internet radio station is playing Marianne Faithful's "Sister Morphine". It's great. I hope that wasn't mentioned on this thread before.

― Lick The Strobelight Lollipops (Bimble...), Sunday, 28 January 2007 20:21 (nineteen years ago)

(Smog)-Revanchism

― 22 hours of no beer (wolfwolfwolf), Sunday, 28 January 2007 21:44 (nineteen years ago)

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