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This one's harder. What NW songs have men's names in the title?

William It Was Really Nothing – The Smiths
Be Good Johnny – Men at Work
James – The Bangles
Who’s Joe? – New Order (OK this is a recent song)
Mandinka – Sinead O’Connor
Free Nelson Mandela – The Specials
Jesse James – The Pogues
Billy’s Bones – The Pogues
Gene and Eddie – Stray Cats
Billy’s Birthday – Romeo Void
Johnny Johnny Johnny – Shonen Knife (not necessarily NW)



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Johnny on the Monorail - Buggles

Ronnies Song - LAX

Hey Johnny - Secret Service
Johnny Are You Queer - Josie Cotton
Jimmy Loves Maryann - Josie Cotton
Denis - Blondie (originally called Denise)
Amadeus - Falco
[;)]

Rudi, A Message to You - The Specials
Rudy Can't Fail - The Clash
Jimmy Jazz - The Clash
Ivan Meets G.I. Joe - The Clash
Tommy Gun - The Clash (OK, this is a stretch)
Making Plans for Nigel - XTC
Jason and the Argonauts - XTC

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Cary Grant's Hallucination - First Men On the Sun

O.K., not 80's but done by the remnants of Abecedarians, so I'll cut it the necessary slack. Besides, it's an interesting title.

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Jesse's Girl - Rick Springfield [:D][:o)][xx(]
Gary's Got a Boner - The Replacements
Alex Chilton - The Replacements

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I thought of more!

Gary Gilmour's eyes - Adverts
Romeo in Clover - Bolshoi
Romeo's Tune - Steve Forbert
Louie Louie - Kingsmen/Joan Jett
Hey Joe - Patti Smith
Major Tom - Peter Schilling
Tonight Ricky - Rachel Sweet
Olivers Army - Elvis Costello
Nigel - Mental As Anything
David Denies - Til Tuesday
Riding With James Dean - Joan Jett

And, how could we forget...
Mickey - Toni Basil [}:)]

I don't know how I forgot Major Tom. Keep 'em coming!

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You guys are good.
All I can think of now is
"James" by The Bangles
oh, what about "Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus?

"Micheal" by Secession

Fun topic and some great picks! You took "Who's Joe?" from me Manekineko?! Here's some of mine, including some pretty famous people...

Aloha Steve and Dano - Radio Birdman
Ziggy Stardust - Bowie
Charlie Don't Surf - Clash
Elvis Should Play Ska - Graduate
Johnny Hit and Run Paulene - X
Andy Fell - Human Sexual Response
Mickey Mouse - Sparks
Sherlock Holmes - Sparks
Samson and Delilah - Bad Manners
Jimmy Jimmy - Rick Ocasek
Mr. Blue - Yaz
Robert De Niro's Waiting - Bananarama
Endicott??? - Kid Creole
Linus and Lucy - Game Theory
Don Quichotte - Magazine 60
Frankly Mr. Shankly - Smiths
Shakespear's Sister - Smiths
Zero Zero 7 Charlie - UB40
Tom's Diner - Suzanne Vega
Joey - Conrete Blond
Harley David - Bollock Brothers
Kinko the Clown - Ogden Edsl
What's the Frequency Kenneth - REM
David Watts - The Jam
Billy Hunt - The Jam
Papa Jack - Morrissey
Pablo Picasso - Modern Lovers

Oh, and Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode (well, they say he was a man [:D] )

Tokyo Joe--Bryan Ferry

Neil Armstrong - Angst
Hemingway - Blue Clocks Green
Friends of Bill - Basking Sharks
Michael Caine - Madness
Face of Dorian Grey - Robert Marlow
Jo the Waiter - Gary Numan
Steamhammer Sam - Intaferon
There goes Norman - Undertones

and to counter Blir's DM reference:

Lucifer's Friend - Vision

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Thanks, everybody!

Bob Hope - Appliances SFB

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Michael Caine - Madness
Charlton Heston - Stump
Peter Lorre - Jazz Butcher
John Wayne Is Big Leggy - Haysi Fantayzee
Jesus On The Payroll - Thrashing Doves
Freddie's Dead - Fishbone
Johnny Come Home - Fine Young Cannibals
Hey Luciani - Fall
Adrian - Eurythmics (boy's name?)
You're A Good Man Albert Brown - Dukes Of Stratosphear
John, I'm Only Dancing - David Bowie/Polecats
Johnny Q - Crazy 8's
Black Man Ray - China Crisis
Hey Rocky - Boris Badenough
James Brown - Big Audio Dynamite
Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
The Night Belongs To Charlie - Aku Aku
When Smokey Sings - ABC
Hey Jack Kerouac - 10,000 Maniacs
A Girl Called Johnny - Waterboys
Making Plans For Nigel - XTC
The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead - XTC
Johnny Too Bad - UB40
Jesus Christ - U2
Romeo & Jane - Tonio K
Mr. Jones - Talking Heads
Luka - Suzanne Vega
Simon Says - Secession
Glad I'm Not A Kennedy - Shona Laing (OK, that's a stretch)
Mandela Day - Simple Minds
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence - Ryuichi Sakamoto
Johnny & Mary - Robert Palmer
Exhuming McCarthy - REM
Drac's Back - Red Lipstique
Bonzo Goes To Bitburg - Ramones
Ronnie Talk To Russia - Prince
Biko - Peter Gabriel
Pato & Roger Come Again - Pato Banton & Ranking Roger
Don Quixote - Nik Kershaw
Elvis Is Everywhere - Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper
Looking For Lewis & Clark - Long Ryders
Life Of Riley - Lightning Seeds
Sharkey's Day - Laurie Anderson
Ed's Funky Diner - It's Immaterial
John Hinkley Jr. - Ism