ext_281244 ([identity profile] freakytigger.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] poptimists2006-10-11 01:07 pm

Diamonds are Forever

Songs about diamonds please! (Yes this is a 'help me make a corny work CD' post)

[identity profile] katstevens.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 12:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Girls best friend?

[identity profile] katstevens.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 12:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Mr Prince and his Diamonds & Pearls?

[identity profile] fathands.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 12:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Diamond Dew by Gorkys.

[identity profile] katstevens.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 12:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Work database sa:

DIAMONDS AND RUST - JOAN BAEZ
THE DIAMOND SEA - SONIC YOUTH
DIAMONDS FROM SIERRA LEONE - KANYE WEST
DIAMONDS IN THE DARK - MYSTERY JETS
DIAMONDS IN THE RAW - THE SOS BAND
DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH - WILLIE NELSON
DIAMONDS ON THE SOLES OF HER SHOES - PAUL SIMON
DIAMOND SUN - GLASS TIGER

And a few others too.

[identity profile] katstevens.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 12:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Though I think the Willie Nelson one is just an album title. Doh.

[identity profile] hoshuteki.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 12:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I look forward to hearing about any cheesy work compilation with Sonic Youth's "The Diamond Sea" on it. IIRC, it's about 14 minutes long with a lot of feedback...

[identity profile] anatol-merklich.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
DIAMONDS AND RUST - JOAN BAEZ

as covered by JUDAS PRIEST

[identity profile] byebyepride.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 12:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Shine On You Crazy Diamond, obv.

[identity profile] katstevens.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 12:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course there is always Neil Diamond.

[identity profile] damnspynovels.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 12:45 pm (UTC)(link)
And Jim "hi ho silver" Diamond.

[identity profile] martinskidmore.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 12:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I can add a few from my collection:

Big Blue Diamonds - Little Willie John
Black Diamond Bay - Bob Dylan
Diamond Head - Beach Boys
The Diamond Sky - Chemical Brothers
Diamonds on My Windshield, or Diamonds and Gold - Tom Waits
Diamonds and Dust - Stormtroopers of Death
Diamonds and Pearls - Wailing Souls
Diamonds at Your Feet - Muddy Waters
Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne - Fatima Mansions
Field of Diamonds - Johnny Cash

and how has no one mentioned Lucy In The Sky With?

[identity profile] katstevens.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 12:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Possibly because my database only matches the beginning of the string.

[identity profile] juror8.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 12:31 pm (UTC)(link)
And from my collection:

Tori Amos- Liquid Diamonds
Transplants- Diamonds and Guns (your work colleagues will know this as "the song from that shampoo advert")
ELO- Four Little Diamonds

And "Jack of Diamonds" by obscure Canadian alt.country act the Corb Lund Band. Probably leave that one off, tbh.

[identity profile] bengraham.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Transplants- Diamonds and Guns (your work colleagues will know this as "the song from that shampoo advert")

I liked it before it was in the advert. It was never going to work long term though... how can you take a great band like Rancid and add that twat from Blink 182 and expect anything other than fleeting success?!!

DIAMOND GUYSERs

[identity profile] dubdobdee.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 12:33 pm (UTC)(link)
isn't there a late 80s song by two FOOPBALLERS? called diamond lights maybe?

4eva

[identity profile] w3ft.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 12:34 pm (UTC)(link)
hairy diamond - givin' up
john jacob nials - jack o diamonds
jandek - ace of diamonds

Re: 4eva

[identity profile] w3ft.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 12:38 pm (UTC)(link)
uh *niles

king tubby - diamond dub

[identity profile] graciousviv.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 12:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Polyphonic spree - Diamonds/Devotion to majesty

[identity profile] alexmacpherson.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 12:41 pm (UTC)(link)
KANYE WEST!

I second 'Liquid Diamonds' by Tori Amos, it is awesome.

Kelis's 'Bossy' has that "diamonds on my neck, di-diamonds on my grill" hook which Beyonce interpolates in 'Kitty Kat'.

[identity profile] lockedintheatti.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 12:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson - Diamonds

I loved it at the time but haven't heard it for years - I suspect it may have aged badly though.

[identity profile] lockedintheatti.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 01:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Electribe 101 - Diamond Dove. Lovely.

[identity profile] glamwhorebunni.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 01:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I was going to say Diamonds are Forever, having been amazed no-one has posted it yet, but now I notice this is the title of your post.

Whoops.

[identity profile] glamwhorebunni.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 01:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that Big Brovaz song based on a more materialistic version of the Sound of Music. It's not very good, but it does feature diamonds...

[identity profile] braisedbywolves.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 01:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Jibbs - Chain Hang Low :)

[identity profile] sbp.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Diamond Life - Sade, or is that just an album name?

[identity profile] lockedintheatti.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 01:50 pm (UTC)(link)
It's not a song title but it's a phrase from one of the verses of 'Smooth Operator'

[identity profile] cis.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 02:04 pm (UTC)(link)
diamond girl by nice and wild! it is an awesome song as well.

[identity profile] blue-russian.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 02:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I think this list couldn't help but benefit if you through in "Ace of Spades" and "Queen of Hearts," but anyway...

My one addition is Kiss - "Black Diamond"

[identity profile] skyecaptain.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Amy Diamond - Diamonds

(The word "diamond" looks really weird now)

[identity profile] mcarratala.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 03:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Very schmindie, and not really about diamonds, but nevertheless good: He'd Be A Diamond. Originally by The Bevis Frond (aaagh! hippy alert), also in versions by Teenage Fanclub and Mary Lou Lord and probably more (it's that kind of song...)

[identity profile] poptasticuk.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Everything by Amy Diamond could count, but especially 'Diamonds' obviously. Also 'Apples and Diamonds' by Bertine Zetlitz and 'Elastic Diamonds' by Surferosa.

[identity profile] jeff-worrell.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got/ I'm still Jenny from the block"

[identity profile] lockedintheatti.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Miss Dynamite:

"Now who gives a damn
About the ice on your hand
If it's not too complex
Tell me how many Africans died
For the baguettes on your Rolex"

[identity profile] mooxyjoo.livejournal.com 2006-10-11 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Image

shiney shiney

[identity profile] stickismyfriend.livejournal.com 2006-10-12 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
Just Another Diamond Day by Vashti Bunyan (its in that advert - you know)