Top 200 Songs that mention TV

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Shall we start with 90s Indie

200. Built to Spill -- Kicked It In the Sun (tiny tv, on at 3)

199. Yo la tengo -- From a Motel 6 (I climb where I can see, you're close but I won't reach, blank stare at the TV, the howling II's on channel 3)

198. Eric's Trip -- Allergic to love (I see it in the movies on TV, the TV in my room at night, the TV's always, on all night, and it's allright)

wanko ergo sum, Sunday, 2 September 2007 17:58 (seventeen years ago)

197. Arab Strap -- Soaps (Will we sit next door and watch the soaps)

wanko ergo sum, Sunday, 2 September 2007 18:00 (seventeen years ago)

196 Ned's Atomic dustbin, Kill Your Television
195 Carter USM, Lenny and Terence (I won't be watching TV anymore, I'll poke my TV eyes out at the door)

Thank god for these threads, I'd be nowhere in the posting stats without them.

ledge, Sunday, 2 September 2007 18:01 (seventeen years ago)

194. Arab Strap -- The First Big Weekend (Sunday afternoon we go up to John's with a lot of beer in time to watch the Simpsons)

wanko ergo sum, Sunday, 2 September 2007 18:02 (seventeen years ago)

193. "Television Generation" Kursaal Flyers

outdoor_miner, Sunday, 2 September 2007 18:06 (seventeen years ago)

192 Archers of Loaf, White Trash Heroes (Started dreaming of white trash heroes, TVs turned down)
191 Manic Street Preachers, Enola/Alone (The Statue of Liberty looks so solemn on the tv)

ledge, Sunday, 2 September 2007 18:08 (seventeen years ago)

190 Young Marble Giants, "BrandNewLife" ("Sit at home and watch the tube")

DavidM, Sunday, 2 September 2007 18:10 (seventeen years ago)

189 Super Furry Animals "God! Show Me Magic" (Wouldn't it be nice to know What the paper doesn't show What the TV doesn't say And what my hamster's ate today?)

pft, Sunday, 2 September 2007 18:10 (seventeen years ago)

188 Elastica "Smile" (You were talking to some girl Who'd seen you on her T.V. set)

pft, Sunday, 2 September 2007 18:12 (seventeen years ago)

187 Saint Etienne, "Carnt Sleep" ("When I get home from work / sit down and watch TV").

DavidM, Sunday, 2 September 2007 18:12 (seventeen years ago)

186 Saint Etienne, You're in a Bad Way (Home from work, put the tv on. Get your kicks watching bruce on the old generation game)

ledge, Sunday, 2 September 2007 18:14 (seventeen years ago)

185 Mansun, Television (couldn't resist)

Just got offed, Sunday, 2 September 2007 18:15 (seventeen years ago)

184 Victims "television addict"
AKA the best song on this list

chad, Sunday, 2 September 2007 18:16 (seventeen years ago)

183 Saint Etienne "Grovely Road (George, he called to say that he’d be late; there’s something on the tv around eight)

182 Saint Etienne "Dutch TV" (Dont know who you are but you cant come in
turn the tv down kick the tv in)

pft, Sunday, 2 September 2007 18:16 (seventeen years ago)

181 The Wedding Present, "Kennedy" ("Cos everybody loves a TV show")

DavidM, Sunday, 2 September 2007 18:17 (seventeen years ago)

180 Super Furry Animals "Play it Cool" (And when she grazed her knee upon the astroturf all her blood turned green as the tv screamed: "Whatever you want to do, do it now and pay later")

pft, Sunday, 2 September 2007 18:19 (seventeen years ago)

179 Mando Diao "TV & Me" (Fright night on the radio, Starving junkies on the TV)

pft, Sunday, 2 September 2007 18:21 (seventeen years ago)

178 Ash "Angel Interceptor" (Sitting alone With the TV on I fell asleep, I was hoping you'd call)

pft, Sunday, 2 September 2007 18:24 (seventeen years ago)

177 Primal Scream "Exterminator" (Satellite sickness, tv junk No civil disobedience, no civil disobedience)

pft, Sunday, 2 September 2007 18:26 (seventeen years ago)

176 My Bloody Valentine "Another Rainy Saturday" (Save your hairstyle, stay inside. Watch tv, improve your mind)

pft, Sunday, 2 September 2007 18:34 (seventeen years ago)

"I found that essence rare" - Go4 ("Aim for the body rare, you'll see it on TV...)

outdoor_miner, Sunday, 2 September 2007 18:53 (seventeen years ago)

and 174. 5.45- Go4 ("How can I sit and eat my tea,
with all that blood flowing from the television.")

outdoor_miner, Sunday, 2 September 2007 18:54 (seventeen years ago)

173."I've got a t.v.
You've got a t.v.
We've all got t.v.'s....
Big Fucking Deal...."

"T.V. Eye" - Iggy

outdoor_miner, Sunday, 2 September 2007 19:16 (seventeen years ago)

172. Elvis Costello: Human Hands

With only the blue light of the TV on...

kornrulez6969, Sunday, 2 September 2007 19:19 (seventeen years ago)

171. Kinks - Shangri-La
Time goes by and he pays off his debts
Got a tv set and a radio
For seven shillings a week
Shangri-la, shangri-la, shangri-la, shangri-la, shangri-la, shangri-la

170. Black Flag - TV Party
169. Weird Al - Frank's 2000" TV

abanana, Sunday, 2 September 2007 19:22 (seventeen years ago)

168. "She Watch Channel Zero," Public Enemy
167. "TV," Dwight Twilley Band
166. "Television," Dave Edmunds

If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Sunday, 2 September 2007 21:11 (seventeen years ago)

165. Blur - "Coffee & TV"

musically, Sunday, 2 September 2007 21:13 (seventeen years ago)

164. The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - "Television: The Drug of the Nation"

funniest song of the 90s

The Good Dr. Bill, Sunday, 2 September 2007 21:13 (seventeen years ago)

163. the who, "however much i booze"
("i see myself on tv, i'm a faker, a paper clown")

Lawrence the Looter, Sunday, 2 September 2007 21:53 (seventeen years ago)


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