Best/most original song titles

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25/07/2005, 4:50 PM
Gerrit

Best/most original song titles

a small variant to the 'best/worst band names' thread. Best song titles...

There is a light that never goes out (The Smiths)
Some girls are bigger than others (The Smiths)
Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me (The Smiths)
Girlfriend in a coma (The Smiths)
Nocturnal me (Echo & The Bunnymen)
Bring on the dancing horses (Echo & The Bunnymen)
The killing moon (Echo & The Bunnymen)
Empire state halo (Echo & The Bunnymen)
Bela Lugosi's dead (Bauhaus)
Wait for the black-out (The Damned)
Motorcycle emptiness (Manics)
The masses against the classes (Manics)
If you tolerate this your children will be next (Manics)
Roses in the hospital (Manics // pure Richey stuff :D )
Freedom of speech won't feed my children (Manics)
Cryptorchid (Marilyn Manson)
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (Black Sabbath)
Children of the grave (Black Sabbath)
The freezing moon (Mayhem)
Bitter sweet symphony (The Verve)
Where the streets have no name (U2)
The church-bells and the razorblades (Silke Bischoff)
Hysteria (Muse)
Butterflies and hurricanes (Muse)
Where the wild roses grow (Nick Cave)

i like titles that are either bizarre enough to make you curious for the entire song (Manics and Morrissey are class in that) or just titles that breath mystery or melancholy.
25/07/2005, 5:00 PM
Neish

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gerrit

a small variant to the 'best/worst band names' thread. Best song titles...

There is a light that never goes out (The Smiths)
Some girls are bigger than others (The Smiths)
Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me (The Smiths)
Girlfriend in a coma (The Smiths)

What about "Heaven Knows I miserable now "?
25/07/2005, 5:01 PM
Anto McC

"leave no turn unstoned" Humble Pie
25/07/2005, 5:02 PM
Gerrit

Great one indeed ! "Cemetary gates" has something melancholic-dark as well, and what about "A rush and a push and the land is ours" ?
25/07/2005, 5:53 PM
hamish

German band Faust - "Why don't you eat carrots" :D
25/07/2005, 5:55 PM
superfrank

Aqua Boogie (Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop) by Parliament.
25/07/2005, 6:18 PM
ken foree

royal trux's "The United States Vs. One 1974 Cadillac el Dorado Sedan" has a certain quality that betrays what an absolute monster of a song it actually is
26/07/2005, 12:44 AM
Flea

From one of the best bands of all time, German 'rock' band Can -
"Turtles have legs too". ;) Amazing band but wierd, apparently the greatest influence on Pink Floyd when they were starting out.
26/07/2005, 8:49 AM
gustavo

If white America told the truth for one day its world would fall apart
26/07/2005, 9:12 AM
fosterdollar

Minimum Wage - TMBG
26/07/2005, 9:47 AM
Lionel Ritchie

We Threw Gasoline On The Fire And Now We Have No Eyebrows And Stumps For Arms. -NOFX
26/07/2005, 10:17 AM
ken foree

can and faust mentioned in this thread, terrific! both have some great song names alright, to go naturally with their fantastic songs
26/07/2005, 10:25 AM
EnDai

Entrails ripped from a virgins c�nt - Cannibal Corpse.
26/07/2005, 10:49 AM
noby

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Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie

We Threw Gasoline On The Fire And Now We Have No Eyebrows And Stumps For Arms. -NOFX

plus the song is almost as good as the title.

Any HMHB song title is pretty good

"Hair like Brian May blues"
"Friday night and the gates are low"
"24 hour garage people"
"Tonight Matthew I'm going to be with Jesus"
"Dickie Davies Eyes"
"Improv Workshop Mimeshow Gob****e"
"Styx Gig (Seen By My Mates Coming Out Of A)"

You get the idea.
26/07/2005, 10:51 AM
fosterdollar

Quote:

Originally Posted by EnDai

Entrails ripped from a virgins c�nt - Cannibal Corpse.

Hilarious - if you're 12 years old.
26/07/2005, 11:18 AM
Lionel Ritchie

Quote:

Originally Posted by noby

plus the song is almost as good as the title.

Any HMHB song title is pretty good

"Hair like Brian May blues"
"Friday night and the gates are low"
"24 hour garage people"
"Tonight Matthew I'm going to be with Jesus"
"Dickie Davies Eyes"
"Improv Workshop Mimeshow Gob****e"
"Styx Gig (Seen By My Mates Coming Out Of A)"

You get the idea.

Flying over to see HMHB in Leeds on thursday night (28.7.05). Have arranged to meet the band and all. I can't fcukin' wait!!!!!!!! 19 years later I finally get to meet the men behind such additional titles as...

"23 Years (Tending The Wrong Grave)"
"Even Men With Steel Hearts (Love To See A Dog On The Pitch)"
"Clocked In Laid Off Signed On"
"He Who Would Valium Take"
"Outbreak of Vitus Gerulitus"
"The Light at the End of the Tunnel (Is the Light of an On Coming Train)"

Here's their setlist from Exeter two weeks ago...

****in' 'ell It's Fred Titmus
Len Ganley Stance
Trumpton Riots
Time Flies By When You're The Driver of a Train
Vatican Broadside
Monmore Hare's Running
PRS Quick The Drawbridge
Help Me Rhonda
Joy Division Oven Gloves
Letters Sent
Tending The Wrong Grave For 23 Years
Outbreak Of Vitas Gerulaitis
San Antonio Foam Party
If I Had Possession Over Pancake Day
Look Dad No Tunes
Twenty Four Hour Garage People
99% Of Gargoyles Look Like Bob Todd
Them's The Vagaries
Bad Review
Bob Wilson Anchorman
CAMRA Man
CORGI Registered Friends
For What Is Chatteris
Running Order Squabble Fest
Everything's AOR
Lark Descending
26/07/2005, 11:47 AM
noby

Excellent stuff. I'm quite jealous.
26/07/2005, 11:56 AM
superfrank

Another Parliament one - Dr. Funkenstein's Supergroovalisticprosifunkistication Medley.
26/07/2005, 12:52 PM
EnDai

Quote:

Originally Posted by fosterdollar

Hilarious - if you're 12 years old.

The title asked for original. Sh�t band, sh�t song, but the title always makes me smile. My apologies for posting. :(

:)
26/07/2005, 12:55 PM
fosterdollar

Fair enough but i wouldn't say that it was all that original. Have a look at some of the song titles they and their ilk have besides. They really need to get out more, poor lads.
28/07/2005, 12:24 AM
Flea

I suppose Underworlds Born Slippy is the most original, says it all about the scene
29/07/2005, 10:03 AM
Pat O' Banton

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Originally Posted by noby

Any HMHB song title is pretty good

Would also mention the album titles as well, 'Trouble over Bridgewater' being a particular favourite of mine :D
30/07/2005, 9:01 PM
Gerrit

Eels usually come up with nice titles as well... Their best ones IMO are:

Woman driving, man sleeping
Cancer for the cure
Last stop: this town (a very soft title for a song about somebody dying after unsuccesfully fighting a disease)
03/08/2005, 2:02 PM
speedking

Best one I've ever seen was Anal C�nt's "I Snuck A Retard Into A Sperm Bank". I nearly fell over laughing when I saw it!
03/08/2005, 9:53 PM
holidaysong

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gerrit

Eels usually come up with nice titles as well... Their best ones IMO are:

Woman driving, man sleeping
Cancer for the cure
Last stop: this town (a very soft title for a song about somebody dying after unsuccesfully fighting a disease)

Love the Eels - seen them live in Vicar Street earlier this year. My favourite song titles by them are 'Going to Your Funeral' and 'Climbing to the Moon'.
04/08/2005, 12:08 AM
sylvo

The Pixies, Nimrod son, ''You are the son of a mother ******'', as well as ''you are the son of incestious union''

Said that to a manager once at work, he didn't understand what incestious meant, well he was a Hertfordshire hillbilly. :eek:
04/08/2005, 7:38 PM
Gerrit

Quote:

Originally Posted by holidaysong

Love the Eels - seen them live in Vicar Street earlier this year. My favourite song titles by them are 'Going to Your Funeral' and 'Climbing to the Moon'.

Yeah, though in fact the original Eels (line-up of E, Butch and Tommy) is long gone. In fact Eels to day is Mark Oliver Everett solo, using a different name than in his early solo years.
06/08/2005, 4:17 PM
holidaysong

Quote:

Originally Posted by sylvo

The Pixies, Nimrod son, ''You are the son of a mother ******'', as well as ''you are the son of incestious union''

Said that to a manager once at work, he didn't understand what incestious meant, well he was a Hertfordshire hillbilly. :eek:

Oh a Pixies fan, as my username suggests I am also one ;) Going to see them on August 23rd :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gerrit

Yeah, though in fact the original Eels (line-up of E, Butch and Tommy) is long gone. In fact Eels to day is Mark Oliver Everett solo, using a different name than in his early solo years.

Yeah I know that, don't worry I'm a REAL fan not a "Oh that Goddamn right it's a beautiful day song was good" fan... I think E was right to stick with the Eels name as it is more familiar to people.