Music Puzzle by Jangler

[tablesaw]

This puzzle was posted by jangler_npl two weeks ago. I wanted to repost it for a larger audience, since the original was under a friends lock.

What unusual feature do all of these songs have in common? If you know the answer, feel free to show it by posting additional examples (if you can think of any). There's at least one other Paul Simon song which works. (And technically, the Pretenders song probably needs an asterisk.)

"1979"—Smashing Pumpkins
"Against All Odds"—Phil Collins
"American Tune"—Paul Simon
"Big Yellow Taxi"—Joni Mitchell
"Brass In Pocket"—The Pretenders
"No Rain"—Blind Melon
"Sloop John B"—The Beach Boys

The original post inspired several additions, some of which will be listed in the first comment to this post, as additional references.

Comments

[dysprositos]

(I only tested my guess with the first four songs in the post, but the property I think it is is certainly rare enough that I'll be very surprised if it doesn't turn out to be correct.)

Marble House--the Knife
Treat Me Like a Villain--Calm
What Is Eternal--Trans-Siberian Orchestra

[tablesaw]

They look good to me!