She’s Not A Girl Who Misses Much
I have a large enough collection of digitized music that I cannot ever listen to it all without resorting to various tricks, or allowing universal randomization to choose for me, or by choosing themes to build around. Yesterday, I was working in my my (digital) darkroom, and needed to come up with a title for a photograph that revolved around a revolver. My first thought was “Happiness is A Warm Gun”, because that is such a great song, but then my mind wandered, bang bang…
If I had to choose, my favorite “gun” songs would be, in no particular order, Jimi Hendrix – Machine Gun; Beatles – Happiness is A Warm Gun; Pogues – A Pistol for Paddy Garcia; Leo Kottke – Vaseline Machine Gun; The Clash – Guns of Brixton; Warren Zevon – Lawyers, Guns And Money; Junior Walker – Shotgun; The Pixies – There Goes My Gun; and Felice Brothers – Frankie’s Gun! Of course, this could change by tomorrow.
Here are some others…
| Selected in Playlist: Guns and Pistols 200 songs, 12:29:10.302936553955 total time, 1.4 GB | ||
| Title | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Wabash Cannon Ball | Watson, Doc | Doc Watson On Stage |
| Tommy Gun | Clash, The | Give ‘Em Enough Rope |
| Sunn of Gunn | Chance, The | In Search – Psychedelic Rock |
| Song Of A Gun (Demo) | The La’s | Scared To Get Happy: A Story Of Indie-Pop 1980-1989 [Disc 4] |
| Shotgun Willie | Willie Nelson | Shotgun Willie |
| Shotgun | The Band Of Heathens | Uncut 2014.02 You Really Got It – 15 Tracks Of 2014’s Best New Music |
| Rusty Gun | Grin | The Very Best Of GRIN Featuring Nils Lofgren |
| Running Gun Blues | Bowie, David | The Man Who Sold The World |
| Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner | Zevon, Warren | Excitable Boy |
| A Pistol for Paddy Garcia | Pogues | Rum, Sodomy & The Lash |
| Machine Gun | Hendrix, Jimi | Live At The Fillmore East |
| Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun | Beastie Boys | Paul’s Boutique |
| Loaded Gun | Lightening Dust | This Wheel’s On Fire-Uncut 08 2013 |
| Lawyers, Guns And Money | Zevon, Warren | Excitable Boy |
| John The Gun | Fairport Convention | Live At The BBC |
| Happiness Is A Warm Gun | Beatles | The White Album |
| Guns on the Roof | Clash, The | Give ‘Em Enough Rope |
| The Guns Of Brixton | Clash, The | London Calling |
| The Gun | Reed, Lou | The Blue Mask |
| Gun | Uncle Tupelo | Still Feel Gone |
| Gun | Uncle Tupelo | 89/93: An Anthology |
| Cannon Ball Rag | Davy Miller | Imaginational Anthem, Vol. 6 : Origins Of American Primitive Guitar |
| The Big Guns | Jenny Lewis With The Watson Twins | Radio Bob: 15 Brilliant Tracks From Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour – Uncut August 2007 |
| Dog And Gun (An Old English Ballad) | Bradley Kincaid | Harry Smith’s Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 4 |
| Ol’ Cannonball | North Mississippi Allstars | Keys to the Kingdom |
| Love Gun | Cee Lo Green | The Lady Killer |
| Gun Has No Trigger | Dirty Projectors | Uncut 2012.09 Complete Control |
| Gunsmoke | Coup | Genocide & Juice |
| Shotgun Boogie | Don Walser | Dare to Dream: The Best of Don Walser |
| Mightiest of Guns | A.A. Bondy | Uncut June 2010: Western Skies |
| Shotgun | Junior Walker & The All Stars | Motown: The Classic Years [Disc 1] |
| Tonz ‘o’ Gunz | Gang Starr | Full Clip: A Decade Of Gang Starr |
| Gun Street Girl | Waits, Tom | Rain Dogs |
| Gun | Gil Scott-Heron | Reflections |
| A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun | Waits, Tom | Blue Valentine |
| The Rifle’s Spiral | The Shins | Port Of Morrow |
| Gunslinger | John Fogerty | Revival |
| Wabash Cannonball | Seeger, Pete | American Favourite Ballads |
| Gun Street Girl | Waits, Tom | Big Time |
| Guns Before Butter | Gang Of Four | Entertainment! |
| New Cannonball Blues | TV On The Radio | Nine Types of Light |
| 21 Guns | Green Day | 21st Century Breakdown |
| Wabash Cannonball | Cash, Johnny | Man In Black |
| Wabash Cannonball | Carter Family | Best Of The Best Of |
| Ten Cent Pistol | The Black Keys | Brothers |
| Son of a Gun (Live in Bristol) | Vaselines | Enter The Vaselines |
| Son of a Gun (Demo) | Vaselines | Enter The Vaselines |
| Son of a Gun | Vaselines | Enter The Vaselines |
| Smoking Gun | Robert Cray Band | Strong Persuader |
| Scattergun | Ramones | Adios Amigos |
| Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner | Warren Zevon | Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon |
| Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner | Zevon, Warren | Learning to Flinch |
| Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner | Zevon, Warren | A Quiet Normal Life – The Best |
| Rifles | Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Black Rebel Motorcycle Club |
| Pistol of Fire | Kings Of Leon | Aha Shake Heartbreak |
| Mean Son of a Gun | Kitty, Daisy & Lewis | SXSW 2008 Showcasing Artists |
| Machine Gun | Saxon | Wheels of Steel |
| Lovegun | James, Rick | Stone City |
| Love Gun | KISS | Love Gun |
| Love Gun | Rick James | The Ultimate Collection |
| Lawyers, Guns And Money | Warren Zevon | Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon |
| Lawyers, Guns & Money | Zevon, Warren | Learning to Flinch |
| The Last Gunfighter Ballad | Clark, Guy | Texas Cookin’ |
| If the Rabbit Had a Gun | Memphis Slim | The Folkways Years, 1959-1973 |
| I’m Your Gun | Jethro Tull | 20 Years of Jethro Tull |
| Happiness Is a Warm Gun | Tori Amos | Strange Little Girls |
| Gunslinging Bird | Mingus Big Band | Gunslinging Bird |
| Guns of Brixton | Clash, The | Live: From Here to Eternity |
| Gunpowder | Wyclef Jean | The Carnival |
| Gun Has No Trigger | Dirty Projectors | Swing Lo Magellan |
| Gun Fight | The Mighty Underdogs | SXSW 2008 Showcasing Artists |
| Gun | Cale, John | Fear |
| Frankie’s Gun! | Felice Brothers | The Felice Brothers |
| Fire Your Guns | AC/DC | The Razors Edge |
| Emma Blowgun’s Last Stand | Beulah | When Your Heartstrings Break |
| Don’t Shoot Shotgun | Def Leppard | Hysteria |
| Don’t Need A Gun | Billy Idol | Greatest Hits |
| Cannonball | Breeders | Last Splash |
| Cannon | White Stripes | White Stripes |
| Armalite Rifle | Gang Of Four | Entertainment! |
| Little Man With Gun In His Hand | Minutemen | Buzz Or Howl Under The Influence Of Heat |
| The Guns Of Brixton [Live] | Clash, The | Live At Shea Stadium |
| The Eton Rifles | The Jam | Setting Sons |
| Guns Of Navarone | The Skatalites | Hi-Bop Ska |
| Bop Gun (Endangered Species) | Parliament | Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome |
| Tommy Gun [Live] | Clash, The | Live At Shea Stadium |
| Melt The Guns | XTC | English Settlement |
| Crazy Captain Gunboat Willie | Little Feat | Little Feat |
| Baby, You Can Get Your Gun! | Snooks Eaglin | Baby, You Can Get Your Gun |
| New Gun In Town | The dB’s | Like This |
| La Pistola Y El Corazon | Los Lobos | Just Another Band From East L.A. |
| gun-shy | Grizzly Bear | Shields |
| The Gunner’s Dream | Pink Floyd | The Final Cut |
| Machine Gun | Hendrix, Jimi | Band Of Gypsys |
| Rusted Guns Of Milan | Art Brut | Bang Bang Rock And Roll |
| Son Of A Gun | La’s, The | The La’s |
| Millie Pulled A Pistol On Santa | De La Soul | De La Soul Is Dead |
| Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner | Warren Zevon | The Playlist – May 2007 |
| Pistol Packin’ Mama | Nelson, Willie | Country Music |
| Pistol By Your Side | Foxymorons | Hesitation Eyes |
| Guns Of Navarone | The Skatalites | Trojan Ska Box Set Volume 1 |
| Southern Cannon Ball | Jimmie Rodgers | Recordings 1927 – 1933 Disc D |
| Pistol Packin’ Papa | Jimmie Rodgers | Recordings 1927 – 1933 Disc C |
| Happiness Is A Warm Gun | Breeders, The | Pod |
| Don’t Take Your Guns to Town | Cash, Johnny and Willie Nelson | VH1 Storytellers |
| Vaseline Machine Gun | Kottke, Leo | Takoma Slide |
| Johnny’s Got A Gun | Dead Moon | Echoes Of The Past |
| Janies Got A Gun | Aerosmith | Aerosmith Gold |
| Shotgun Blues | Guns N’ Roses | Use Your Illusion II |
| Kim’s Watermelon Gun | Flaming Lips | Clouds Taste Metallic |
| Guns Are The Tongues | Thompson, Richard | Sweet Warrior |
| Jawbone and the Air-Rifle | The Fall | Hex Enduction Hour |
| Gun Will Go | Wu-Tang Clan Feat. Sunny Valentine | 8 Diagrams |
| 20,000 Gun Salute | Coup | Steal This Double Album |
| With A Gun | Steely Dan | Pretzel Logic |
| A Nigga Witta Gun | Dr. Dre | The Chronic |
| Guns Of Brixton | Nouvelle Vague | Nouvelle Vague |
| Ballad Of A Well-Known Gun | Elton John | Tumbleweed Connection |
| Wabash Cannonball | Carter Family | In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain |
| My Father’s Gun | Elton John | Tumbleweed Connection |
| Machine Gun | Portishead | Third |
| Frankies Gun | Felice Brothers | Uncut: Long Time Gone |
| The Cannonball | Carter Family | In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain |
| Vaseline Machine Gun | Kottke, Leo | Standing In My Shoes |
| Looking Down The Barrel Of A Warm Gun | dj BC and The Beastles | Let It Beast |
| Lazy Gun | JET | Get Born |
| Janie’s Got A Gun | Aerosmith | Billboard Hot 100 Singles 1990 |
| Guns Of Navarone | Roland Alphonso and The Skatalites | The Skatalites & Friends – Phoenix City (Disc 2) |
| GUN PROBLEM | Railroad Jerk | ONE TRACK MIND |
| Billy’s Got A Gun | Def Leppard | Pyromania |
| All Guns Blazing | Judas Priest | Painkiller |
| Bop Gun (Endangered Species) | Parliament | Parliament’s Greatest Hits |
| Streamline Cannonball | Watson, Doc | The Vanguard Years |
| We’Ve Only Just Begun | Mayfield, Curtis | Live! |
| Vaseline Machine Gun | Kottke, Leo | 6 & 12 String Guitar |
| There Goes My Gun | Pixies | Doolittle |
| Shotgun | Hopkins, Lightnin’ | All The Classics 1946-1951 |
| Gun Love | ZZ Top | Chrome, Smoke & BBQ – The ZZ Top Box (Disc 4) |
| A Pistol For Paddy Garcia | Pogues | Rum, Sodomy & The Lash |
| Needle-Gun | Ciccone Youth | The Whitey Album |
| Don’t Take Your Guns To Town | Cash, Johnny | Johnny Cash |
| Wabash Cannonball | Watson, Doc | The Vanguard Years |
| (Straight To Your Heart) Like A Cannon Ball | Morrison, Van | Tupelo Honey |
| Can I Take My Gun To Heaven? | Cracker | Cracker |
| Tommy Gun Angel | Bardo Pond | Lapsed |
| Silver Pistol | Brinsley Schwarz | Uncut: Across the Great Divide – Music Inspired by The Band |
| Paul’s Tune (The Guns of Brixton) | Clash, The | The Vanilla Tapes (London Calling Legacy Edition) |
| Lawyers, Guns And Money | Wallflowers, The | Enjoy Every Sandwich |
| Human Cannonball | Butthole Surfers | Suburbia |
| Guns Of Navarone (Live) | Specials, The | Specials: The Singles Collection |
| John The Gun | Denny, Sandy | No More Sad Refrains (Disc 1) |
| Son Of A Gun | Nirvana | Incesticide |
| Shotgun Boogie | Ford, Tennesse Ernie | The Roots Of Rock ‘n’ Roll |
| Shot With His Own Gun | Costello, Elvis | Trust |
| Drunks With Guns | Pavement | Slanted & Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe |
| Daughter Of A Son Of A Gun | Zora Young | Mojo Mamas |
| Two Gunslingers | Petty, Tom & the Heartbreakers | Into The Great Wide Open |
| Water Pistol Man (Chocolate Mix) | Spearhead | Chocolate Supa Highway |
| Cannonball Blues | Furry Lewis | In His Prime 1927 – 1928 |
| Gunshy | Phair, Liz | Exile in Guyville |
| Don’t Take Your Guns To Town | Cash, Johnny | Murder |
| Cannonball Rag (live) | Watson, Doc | The Vanguard Years |
| Pistol Packin’ Papa | Rodgers, Jimmie | Jimmie Rodgers – Riding High 1929-1930 |
| Me And A Gun | Amos, Tori | Little Earthquakes |
| Dixie Cannonball | Gene Autry | Roots N’ Blues – The Retrospective (1925-1950) |
| Cannon Ball Blues | Jelly Roll Morton & His Hot Peppers | The Pearls |
| Wabash Cannonball | Roy Acuff | Steel Rails- Classic Railroad |
| Tommy Gun | Clash, The | Theme Time Radio Hour – 25 – Guns |
| Throw Away Your Gun Dub | Prince Far I | Natty Roots Rebels |
| This Gun Don’t Care Who It Shoots | Wanda Jackson | Theme Time Radio Hour – 25 – Guns |
| (Straight To Your Heart) Like A Cannon Ball | Morrison, Van | Theme Time Radio Hour – 41 – Heart |
| Smoking Gun | The Tennessee Boltsmokers | SXSW 2008 Showcasing Artists |
| Shotguns | Bob Dylan | Theme Time Radio Hour – 25 – Guns |
| Shotgun Boogie | Tennessee Ernie Ford | Theme Time Radio Hour – 25 – Guns |
| Shotgun | Junior Walker & The All Stars | Theme Time Radio Hour – 25 – Guns |
| Pistol Packin’ Mama | Al Dexter & His Troopers | Theme Time Radio Hour – 25 – Guns |
| Pistol Packin’ Mama | Hurricanes | Theme Time Radio Hour – 25 – Guns |
| Percussion Gun | White Rabbits | The Top Tunes of 2009: One Man’s View |
| Machine Gun Etiquette | Damned, The | Machine Gun Etiquette |
| La Pistola Y El Corazon | Los Lobos | Theme Time Radio Hour – 25 – Guns |
| Historical Gunfighters | Bob Dylan | Theme Time Radio Hour – 25 – Guns |
| Guns Fever | The Valentines | Theme Time Radio Hour – 25 – Guns |
| Guns | Bob Dylan | Theme Time Radio Hour – 25 – Guns |
| The Gunfighter | Bob Dylan | Theme Time Radio Hour – 25 – Guns |
| Great Long Pistol | Jerry Irby & His Texas Rangers | Theme Time Radio Hour – 25 – Guns |
| Grass Cannons | Olivia Tremor Control | Black Foliage: Animation Music Volume I |
| Don’t Take Your Guns To Town | Cash, Johnny | Theme Time Radio Hour – 25 – Guns |
| Bucky Done Gun | M.I.A. | Arular |
| The Big Guns | Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins | Theme Time Radio Hour – 25 – Guns |
| Mightiest of Guns | A.A. Bondy | When The Devil’s Loose |
| Son Of A Gun | Vaselines, The | The Way Of The Vaselines: A Complete History |
| .44 Pistol | R.L. Burnside | Too Bad Jim |
| Wabash Cannon Ball | Acuff, Roy | Essential Roy Acuff 1936-1949 |
| Tommy Gun | Clash, The | Che Guevara |
| Still Be Around (From Gun Cassingle) | Uncle Tupelo | Rarities And Stuff |
| Smoking Gun | Cray, Robert | Strong Persuader |
| Shotgun Boogie | Walser, Don | Rolling Stone From Texas |
| Kids With Guns | Gorillaz | Demon Days |
| In Bristol With A Pistol | Third Eye Foundation | You Guys Kill Me |
| Gunpowder | Black Joe Lewis & the Honey Bears | SXSW 2008 Showcasing Artists |
I should clean this list up, but I’m feeling lazy…
1. Gun by Mick Jagger.
2. Run Run Run by Jo Jo Gunne. Not a gun in the title, but rather, the name of the band.