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The Joker Steve Miller Band (bit obvious, sorry)

Can You Dig It? The Mock Turtles

Slip Slidin' Away Paul Simon

Iron Man Black Sabbath

Expresso Love Dire Straits

Wildcat Gene Vincent Only put this as it's on the radio now

Coward of the County Kenny Rogers

Doctor My Eyes Jackson Brown (ICU > Doctor, plus the eyes connection)

Bed and Breakfast Man Madness (I'm old enough to see your link, @ezbass)

Crossroads Robert Johnson (and everbody else)

Boys Keep Swinging Bowie

Costa Brava Love Fast Freddie's Fingertips

Slippery People Talking Heads

Don't Go Yazoo

Steve McQueen Sheryl Crow

No worries @Stingray5, some of the links - not just mine - are obscure/vague/tenuous/devious (delete as applicable) but that's part of what it's about. You're right in that an explanation isn't needed for each entry, that would take a lot of the fun out of it and people can always ask if they really need to know. Anyway, back to the thread with a link that's hopefully apparent. Following Rock Lobster: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Bruce Springsteen

@Stingray5 and @TheGreek (and any any other puzzled viewers); Turning Japanese was written, I believe, about an activity that would have one Coming In The Air... One Night In Bangkok led to Tie A Yellow Ribbon as Tie is a homonym of Thai(land). I realise that these may be seen as obscure or too cryptic but it's just to try and keep the thread fresh, albeit the same songs do seem to pop up regularly - I've certainly used The Vapors' song before. Our brains all work slightly differently... A serious suggestion: is it worth all participants following their song suggestion with a very brief explanation of how they've linked to the previous entry? For consistency, this would be for every entry, even if the link is blindingly obvious. It would also prevent the thread getting diverted with questions and replies such as this, not that I object to anybody asking about my links at all.

Tie A Yellow Ribbon Tony Orlando and Dawn

Turning Japanese The Vapors

The Diary Of Horace Wimp The Electric Light Orchestra

Ernie Benny Hill Horse-drawn milkcarts must have been obsolete when this was released in 1970 but milkmen themselves are now a rarity. We've recently started using a milkman, it's great having non-homogenised whole milk from a glass bottle. No milk float or early start for our guy, though, he has a Toyota pick-up and does his round during the day. One thing that has renained to this day is the 'milkman's hands': even in last week's Baltic weather he could pull 3 or 4 bottles out of the crate with one hand and walk up the drive no problem.

Yes it is but do you really think that the lyrics of the song are referring to the US or that anybody listening to it, either when realeased or now, would think of dollars? The Jam were one of the most English of bands and this was reflected in their songs.

News Of The World The Jam From Nothing Ever Happens Del Amitri "secretaries turn off typewriters..." Whilst [electric] typewriters aren't around anymore, I don't know how many jobs would be titled as a traditional secretary doing secretarial stuff. Probably called admin, HR etc; and emails and the like have made much of the secretarial role redundant.

Another from Mr Weller: Pretty Green (refers to the green £1 notes, kids).

@PaulThePlug and @Nail Soup Thanks for the suggestions but it's neither - Woolworth's is/was obviously more popular than I knew amongst songsmiths. Incidentally, I believe Woolworth is still a chain of shops in Australia, although I'm not sure how similar it is to the one that used to be here in the UK.