"Your Love Is Like A Cancer" - Son Seals
Best Song or AlbumTitles?
This is admittedly a stupid thread, and a waste of your time. But, for amusement sake, please indulge me.
All of us have our favorite bands, favorite genres and so on. But what are your favorite song or album titles?
There have been some very clever titles over the years.
I'd like to begin with my favorites:
"Careful with that ax, Eugene" the Pink Floyd classic.
"The smoker you drink, the player you get" by Joe Walsh
"As falls Wichita so falls Wichita Falls" by Pat Metheny
Others?
All of us have our favorite bands, favorite genres and so on. But what are your favorite song or album titles?
There have been some very clever titles over the years.
I'd like to begin with my favorites:
"Careful with that ax, Eugene" the Pink Floyd classic.
"The smoker you drink, the player you get" by Joe Walsh
"As falls Wichita so falls Wichita Falls" by Pat Metheny
Others?
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Great thread. I'm laughing my ass off reading album titles I've never heard of. I think any "best of" is my least favorite. Ones I like that come to mind are: "Richest Man in Babylon" by Thievery Corporation. Are they talking about Saddam or Chalabi or what? I also like R. L. Burnside's "A Ass Pocket Of Whiskey". |
Spooky Tooth "You Broke my Heart so I Broke Your Jaw" Frank Zappa "Broken Hearts are for Assholes" "Titties 'N Beer" "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" "Penguin in Bondage" "Why Does it Hurt When I Pee?" "Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus" "I Promise not to C*me in Your Mouth" "The Illinois Enema Bandit" "C*cksuckers Ball" B.B. King "Nobody Loves me But My Mother" Bare Naked Ladies "Be My Yoko Ono" Black Sabbath "Fairies Wear Boots" Blue Rodeo "The Ballad of the Dimestore Greaser and the Blonde Mona Lisa" Bob Marley "Them Belly Full but we Hungry" Bruce Cockburn "The Trouble with Normal" "If I had a Rocket Luancher" Bryan Adams "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me is You" The Clash "Lost in the Supermarket" Don Henley "You're Not Drinking Enough" Downchild Blues Band "Tryin' to Keep Her 88's Straight" Elton John "Jamaica Jerk Off" Elvis Costello "I Can't Stand up for Falling Down" Eric Clapton "Willie and the Hand Jive" Green Day "American Idiot" Iron Maiden "Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter" Meatloaf "Life is a Lemon and I Want my Money Back" Metallica "Free Speach for the Dumb" Midnight Oil "Bullroarer" Nirvana "Territorial Pissings" Pearl Jam "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" Red Hot Chil Peppers "True Men Don't Kill Coyotes" Rough Trade "What's the Furor About the Fuhrer" Stevie Ray Vaughn "Rude Mood" Taj Mahal "She Caught the Katy and Left me a Mule to Ride" "Goin' Up to the Country, Paint my Mailbox Blue" The Tragically Hip "Gus: The Polar Bear from Central Park" |
Gumbei, Believe it or not, many years ago when Steve McCormack and I were much younger, we played, "Walk With An Erection" by The Swinging Erudites at CES. We were in a room where "serious" listening was going on and Steve ask if he could play his own disc. Everyone stood around nodding their head, thinking it was the Bangles, "Walk Like an Egyptian". I still laugh today, remembering the look on Steve McCormack's face as he patted his foot to the music and examined expressions around the room. There used to be a lot more fun in high end audio. |
How about: Tuff Darts: "Your love is like a nuclear waste" ( they should stamp contaminated right across your face ) Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band with the Rootettes: "Party till you puke" The Mentors: Most any song title applies here. If you're familiar with El Duece and crew, you know what i mean : ) Talking Heads: "More songs about buildings and food" Buzzcocks: "Singles going steady" Tonio K: "Life in the foodchain" Primus: Sailing the seas of cheese / Professor Nutbutter's house of treats / Wynona's big brown beaver / Those damned blue collar tweekers / The air is getting slippery / etc... Flaming Lips: "Yoshimi vs the Pink Robots" Public Image Limited: "This is not a love song" Wire: "12XU" ( pronounced "one two ex you" and i hope you get the meaning ) Devo: "Jocko Homo" Monster Magnet: "Look to your orb for the warning" Ned's Atomic Dustbin: "Kill your television" Group X: "Stepping on the Crowtche owf Your American President" ( yes, this is the actual spelling and name of their latest CD release ) If you liked the type of music listed above and / or have a sense of humour, try checking out this home-brewed flash animation video from Group X. If you turn on your computer speakers ( hint, hint ), you can hear the "world famous Arabian rap group" ( how they bill themselves ) performing the song "Bang, Bang, Bang". If you are easily offended by "Arabian gangsta rap", don't bother because you won't like it. Be forewarned though. Arabian rap is obviously a bit different than American rap. These guys hate P Diddy : ) Sean > |
I've got about a half dozen more songs / "videos" for that band, all done in the same vein. If enough people are interested, i'll post links to them. The "cool" thing about it is that all of these "videos" were made by fans for the band, not by the band themselves. The very crude and low tech flash animation really blends well with the "minimalistic" music, doesn't it? Sean > PS... I'll take "Arabian rap" over "American rap" any day of the week : ) |
track listings for M.O.D USA for M.O.D album 1. Aren't You Hungry / Get A Real Job 2. I Executioner 3. Don't Feed The Bears 4. Ballad Of Dio 5. Thrash Or Be Thrashed 6. Let Me Out 7. Bubble Butt 8. You're Beat 9. Bushwackateas 10. Man Of Your Dreams 11. That Noise 12. Captain Crunch 13. Jim Gordon 14. Imported Society 15. Spandex Enormity 16. Short But Sweet 17. Parents 18. Confusion 19. You're X'ed 20. A.I.D.S. 21. Ruptured Nuptuals 22. Ode To Harry 23. Hate Tank |
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"Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" (auf Deutsch) by M.A. Numminen https://youtu.be/h4QTXZMFcos "Tunnelmassa" ("In the Mood" in Finnish) by M.A. Numminen: https://youtu.be/TQQCJuSp0n4 "Kotiharjun päällä" ("American Patrol" swing, in Finnish) by M.A. Numminen https://youtu.be/5UNQr2jb18w |
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