Mr. & Mrs.

I smile and sign the papers with some disappearing ink

"Mr. Baylis," Kasey Chambers
"Mr. Brightside," The Killers
"Mr. Flutter," Terry Scott Taylor
"Mr. Jones," Counting Crows
"Mr. Novocaine," Don McCloskey
"Mr. Sharky," The Swirling Eddies
"Mr. Wendal," Arrested Development
"Mr. Wrong," Cracker
"Mrs. Robinson," The Lemonheads
"Mrs. Robinson," Simon & Garfunkel

Comments

[wanderingoutlaw]

Not much to add this time:

"Mr Tambourine Man" - Bob Dylan
"Mr Tambourine Man" - The Byrds

[Louis]

Mr. Klaw - They Might Be Giants
Mr. Me - They Might Be Giants
Mr. Popeil - "Weird Al" Yankovik"
Mr. Roboto - Styx
Mr. Xcitement - They Might Be Giants
Mrs. Train - They Might Be Giants

[Todd Larason]

Some highlights:
"Mr. Bad Example", Warren Zevon
"Mr. Blue", Yaz (or Yazoo, depending where you are)
"Mr. Pink Eyes", The Cure
"Mrs. O", Dresden Dolls

and a lowlight:
"Mr. Tambourine Man", William Shatner

[Ray]

Mr Blue Sky - ELO
Mr Grieves - Pixies
Mrs Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel
Ms Jackson - Outkast

[elle]

Are these of a certain genre? If so, I apologize for not knowing the rules!

Mr. Telephone Man - New Edition
Mr. Me Too - Clipse
Mr. Cellophane - (from "Chicago"--don't know who sings it sorry!)
Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight
Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes
The song from "Cats" that I can't spell ;-p ("Oh, well, I never, was there ever, a cat so clever as magical Mr M____")
Mr. Loverman - Shabba Ranks

As I'm enjoying this way too much, I'll stop there

[Kevin]

Mrs. Robinson - Over the Rhine

[spluffer]

Mr. Richard's Favorite Song - Nilsson
Mr. Tinker - Nilsson
Mr. & Misdemeanor - Alice Cooper
Mr. Bell's Shuffle - Robert Nighthawk
Mr. Big - Free
Mr. Blue - Garth Brooks
Mr. Blues Is Coming To Town - Omar & The Howlers
Mr. Green Genes - Frank Zappa
Mr. Integrity - L7
Mr. Lucky - Henry Mancini, Elliot Easton's Tiki Gods
Mr. Moto - The Bel Airs, Agent Orange
Mr. Natural - The Hellecasters
Mr. Rebel - Eddie & the Showmen
Mr. Sandman - Chet Atkins
Mr. Self Destruct - Nine Inch Nails
Mr. Soul - Buffalo Springfield
Mr. Yunioshi - Henry Mancini, Insect Surfers

Not a Mrs. in the bunch, and I hope there aren't any rules!

[wb]

Mr. Highway Man - Howlin’ Wolf

[Rob H.]

"mr self destruct" - Nine Inch Nails
"Mr. B's Ballroom" - DEVO
"Mr. Krinkle" - Primus *This gets my vote as best song from this selection
"Mr. Superlove" - Afghan Whigs
"Mr. Zebra" - Tori Amos *second place
"mrs. jesus" - Tori Amos

as well as

"Mister Superstar" - Marilyn Manson
"Miss Blue" - Filter
"Miss Santa Cruz County" - Cracker *third place

[zalm]

“Mr. Blue Sky” - Electric Light Orchestra
“Mr. Fonebone” - Leo Kottke
“Mr. Levon” - Shawn Colvin
“Mr. My Go” - Kelly Joe Phelps
“Mr. November” - The National
“Mr. Pinstripe Suit” - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
“Mr. Plow” - The Simpsons
“Mr. Sandman” - Oranger
“Mr. Stanley” - John Hiatt
“Mr. Tough” - Yo La Tengo
“Mrs. Leroy Brown” - Loretta Lynn
“Mrs. Mcgrath” - Bruce Springsteen

[Theo]

Mr. Pharmacist - the Other Half
Mr. Whirly - the Replacements

[David]

"Mr. Danny Boy", Mother Love Bone

[borealys]

"Mr. Black", Danny Michel

[Steve]

Mrs. Oleary's Cow - Brian Wilson
Mrs. Morgan - DC Talk
Mrs. Leroy Brown - Loretta Lynn
Mr. Brownstone - Guns N' Roses
Mr. Plow - Homer Simpson
Mr. Tambourine Man - William Shatner
Mr. Tambourine Man - Jerry Springer
Mr. Magoo - Seventy Sevens
Mr. Flutter - Terry Scott Taylor

[throatwarbler mangrove]

"Mr. Skin," Spirit
"Mr. Pitiful," Otis Redding
"Mr. Eliminator," Dick Dale
"Mr., You're a Better Man than I," The Yardbirds

[Steve]

Technically doesn't fit, but cool song:
The Tale Of Mr. Morton - Skee-Lo (From "School House Rock! Rocks")...best song on the album, in my opinion

[GeoX]

The Pixies, "Mr Grieves"
Manic Street Preachers, "Mr. Carbohydrate"
Gordon Bok, "Mr. Eneos"
Tom Waits, "Mr. Henry"
Psychedelic Furs, "Mr. Jones"
They Might Be Giants, "Mr. Klaw"
They Might Be Giants, "Mr. Me"
Blur, "Mr. Robinson's Quango"
Styx, "Mr. Roboto"
Tom Waits, "Mr Siegal"
Stan Ridgway, "Mr. Smith"
Madness, "Mr. Speaker Gets the Word"
Bob Dylan, "Mr. Tangerine Man"
Gordon Bok, "Mrs. MacDonald's Lament"
Dresden Dolls, "Mrs. O"
Simon and Garfunkel, "Mrs. Robinson"
Paul McCartney & Wings, "Mrs. Vanderbilt"

And if we count the whole word spelled out...

Space, "Mister Psycho"
Gordon Bok, "Mister, I Don't Mind"

[Fred]

Steve --

If not the best of the Schoolhouse Rock songs, certainly the sweetest:

"Mister Morton knew just one girl
Mister Morton knew
Mister Morton grew flowers for Pearl
Mister Morton grew ..."

It's like "Eleanor Rigby" except with a happy ending and a grammar lesson.

[cminus]

"Mr. And Mrs. Money," Pat McCurdy
"Mr. Bad Example," Warren Zevon
"Mr. Bojangles," The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
"Mr. Brownstone," Guns N' Roses
"Mr. E's Beautiful Blues," The Eels
"Mr. Fixit," The Amazing Crowns
"Mr. Frump In The Iron Lung," Weird Al Yankovic
"Mr. Intentional," Against All Authority
"Mr. Mastodon Farm," Cake
"Mr. Me," They Might Be Giants
"Mr. Pinstripe Suit," Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
"Mr. Plow Jingle," The Simpsons
"Mr. Popeil," Weird Al Yankovic
"Mr. Roboto," Styx
"Mr. Self-Destruct," Nine Inch Nails
"Mr. Sparkle Advertising Jingle," The Simpsons
"Mr. Tambourine Man," Bob Dylan
"Mr. Tambourine Man," The Byrds
"Mr. Tambourine Man," William Shatner
"Mr. Wilson," Optiganally Yours
"Mrs. Bean," The Essex Green
"Mrs. Forbes' Leith Reel," Carl McKenzie
"Mrs. McGhee Jig," Cape Breton Island Festival Ensemble

Low on the distaff portion, but that seems common. Oddly, the "Mrs." songs are all from my folk/neo-folk/folk-rock category.

My top suggestion here is the transcendent "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues." Everyone in the world should hear this song, no fooling. The peppy but dark-humored "Mr. Bad Example," Warren Zevon at his most playful, is a strong runner-up. "Mr. And Mrs. Money" and "Mr. Mastodon Farm" are also highly recommended.

[JET]

That neither the Baker, Bassey, Walker nor Hammill haven't already been listed while Springsteen has is just...sad.

Chet Baker - Mr. B
Augustus Pablo - Mr. Big
Slut - Mr. Blake
The Herbaliser - Mr. Chombee Has the Flaw
The Birthday Party - Mr. Clarinet
The Jam - Mr. Clean
Roy Budd - Mr. Easy
Barry Adamson - Mr. Eddy's Theme
Jason Falkner - Mr. Future
The Herbaliser - Mr. Holmes
Roger Eno - Mr. Johnson Watches the Sky
Zarathustra - Mr. Joker
Shirley Bassey - Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Jellyfish - Mr. Late
Man on Fire - Mr. Lie
Eno/Moebius/Roedelius/Plank - Mr. Livingstone
Happy the Man - Mr. Mirror's Reflection on Dreams
Jamiroquai - Mr. Moon
Mike Oldfield - Mr. Shame
Stan Ridgway - Mr. Smith
Mr. T - Mr. T's Commandment
Mr. T - Mr. T, Mr. T (He Was Made for Love)
Di Leva - Mr. Thomas
John Barry - Mr. Tight Trousers
King's X - Mr. Wilson
Lloyd Cole - Mr. Wrong
Peter Hammill - Mr. X (Gets Tense)
Piero Piccioni - Mr. Dante Fontana
Klaatu - Mrs Toad's Cookies
Mind's Eye - Mrs. Claire Voyance
Writing on the Wall - Mrs. Coopers Pie
Scritti Politti - Mrs. Hughes
Scott Walker - Mrs. Murphy

[Steve]

Fred,

I wasn't actually commenting on the original "Mr. Morton", which to be honest I don't recall. I was referring to the song on the alt-rock tribute album.

BUT, a cool thing about having small children is I have this one friend who, instead of buying my boys the latest DVD's at birthday or Christmas, he buys them things like Mr. Rogers DVD's and the complete Schoolhouse Rock collection on DVD. And then I watch them.

So I'm gonna go cue up the original Mr. Morton.

[natasha]

Mrs. Potter's Lullaby - Counting Crows

[Paul Herzberg]

Not done this before, but I had, hopefully, some interesting ones that, despite some huge lists here, didn't turn up already. Three Coltrane tracks being the most glaring and the Randy Newman one being the most surprising:

A Tribe Called Quest - Mr. Muhammad
Candi Staton - Mr And Mrs Untrue
John Coltrane - Mr. Day
John Coltrane - Mr. Knight
John Coltrane - Mr. Syms
Kate Bush - Mrs. Bartolozzi
Method Man - Mr. Sandman
Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott - Mr. D.J. (Featuring Lady Saw)
Randy Newman - Mr. President (Have Pity On The Working Man)
Stereophonics - Mr Writer
The Flaming Lips - Mr. Ambulance Driver

[Steve M.]

"Mr. Lee" -- Bobbettes

"Mr. Custer" - Larry Verne

"Mr. Dieingly Sad" - Critters

"Mr. Jaws" - Dickie Goodman

"Miss Fine Brown Frame" - Syl Johnson

"Mr. Bitterness" - Soul Coughing

[Steve M.]

"Ms. Grace" - The Tymes

[malachite]

"Mr. Tanner" -- Harry Chapin

*sigh* Nobody much remembers Harry at all anymore, which is a great shame. But this was always one of my favorites:

"Mr. Tanner was a cleaner from a town in the Midwest
And of all the cleaning shops around, he'd made his the best...

But music was his life, though not his livelihood
It made him feel so happy. It made him feel so good
That he sang from his heart, and he sang from his soul
He did not know how well he sang. It just made him whole."

[howard]

My favorite line from the songs on your list: "... and a ten-pound flashlight rolling in the trunk."

[cminus]

Hey, I still remember Harry Chapin, although my copy of "Mr. Tanner" is on cassette only, which is why it didn't make the list.

I like "Mr. Tanner," but I always thought the last few lines (the ones beginning "excepting very late at night...") were a cop-out. It would have been a lot more powerful for the song to end on the previous line. If it'd been done that way, "Mr. Tanner" would surpass even "Cats In The Cradle" in the pantheon of patented-Harry Chapin-style songs where you realize with a dawning sense of horror that the chorus doesn't mean what you thought it meant.

[InsultComicDog]

For the benefit of Mr. Kite - Beatles