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I'll start off with:
Baba O'Reilly by the Who
Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis by Tom Waites.
Baba O'Reilly by the Who
Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis by Tom Waites.
In reply to DaveHK: Fairytale of New York - The Pogues
In reply to DaveHK:
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
In reply to goose299: 59th St Bridge Song, by Paul Simon (feeling groovy)
In reply to DaveHK:
Arrrgh!!
I should be working from home and have just finished listening to New Orders Age of consent to see if he sings it plus I aint listening to blue monday all the way through but pretty sure that's one too so bowing out of this
cheers
Gaz
Arrrgh!!
I should be working from home and have just finished listening to New Orders Age of consent to see if he sings it plus I aint listening to blue monday all the way through but pretty sure that's one too so bowing out of this
cheers
Gaz
In reply to Gazlynn:
You could just answer this with most of New Orders early back catalogue.
You could just answer this with most of New Orders early back catalogue.
In reply to Mike_Watson_99:
Dylan is a rich vein too.
> (In reply to Gazlynn)
> You could just answer this with most of New Orders early back catalogue.
> You could just answer this with most of New Orders early back catalogue.
Dylan is a rich vein too.
In reply to Gazlynn:
Apart from getting the title wrong?
Just call me lucifer
Cause I'm in need of some restraint
So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy
> (In reply to Dave Kerr)
>
>
> Rolling Stones - Symphony for the devil
>
>
>
> Rolling Stones - Symphony for the devil
>
Apart from getting the title wrong?
Just call me lucifer
Cause I'm in need of some restraint
So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy
In reply to Helen R:
I said 'songs' in the thread title to head off such foolishness.
> (In reply to Dave Kerr)
>
> May I offer Albatross by Fleetwood Mac?
>
> There's probably a few in this vein
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> May I offer Albatross by Fleetwood Mac?
>
> There's probably a few in this vein
I said 'songs' in the thread title to head off such foolishness.
In reply to DaveHK:
"Subterranean Homesick Blues"
> (In reply to Mike_Watson_99)
> [...]
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> Dylan is a rich vein too.
> [...]
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> Dylan is a rich vein too.
"Subterranean Homesick Blues"
In reply to DaveHK:
There's loads. Probably about 30% of all popular songs. This could be a long and (no offence) boring thread.
Paranoid Android - Radiohead
There's loads. Probably about 30% of all popular songs. This could be a long and (no offence) boring thread.
Paranoid Android - Radiohead
In reply to Blue Straggler:
Of course there's loads the point is what ones can people think of off the cuff.
I commend your pulling the figure of 30% out of the air.
> (In reply to Dave Kerr)
>
> There's loads. Probably about 30% of all popular songs. This could be a long and (no offence) boring thread.
>
> Paranoid Android - Radiohead
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> There's loads. Probably about 30% of all popular songs. This could be a long and (no offence) boring thread.
>
> Paranoid Android - Radiohead
Of course there's loads the point is what ones can people think of off the cuff.
I commend your pulling the figure of 30% out of the air.
In reply to Blue Straggler:
It was all downhill for Sir Paul after that wasn't it?
> (In reply to Dave Kerr)
>
> The Frog Chorus - Paul McCartney
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> The Frog Chorus - Paul McCartney
It was all downhill for Sir Paul after that wasn't it?
In reply to DaveHK: The Bluetones were good for this:
Bluetonic
Are You Blue or Are You Blind?
Solomon Bites the Worm
Marblehead Johnson
Bluetonic
Are You Blue or Are You Blind?
Solomon Bites the Worm
Marblehead Johnson
In reply to DaveHK:
Metallica have lots: Enter Sandman, Master of Puppets, Ride the Lightning, Fade to Black..
Metallica have lots: Enter Sandman, Master of Puppets, Ride the Lightning, Fade to Black..
In reply to thomm: err...Master of puppets is pulling your strings...
In reply to DaveHK:
Any others like Baba O'reilly (sp?) that are actually generally known by another name?
Any others like Baba O'reilly (sp?) that are actually generally known by another name?
In reply to DaveHK:
BYOB - System of a Down
About half of Coheed and Cambria's discography, if you include the instrumentals.
BYOB - System of a Down
About half of Coheed and Cambria's discography, if you include the instrumentals.
In reply to DaveHK: I think 59th St Bridge Song was known as 'Feeling Groovy'.
In reply to Hat Dude:
I heard that only three Beatles songs don't have the song-title in the lyrics. Not sure if it is true or not.
> (In reply to Dave Kerr)
>
> "A Day In The Life" - The Beatles
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> "A Day In The Life" - The Beatles
I heard that only three Beatles songs don't have the song-title in the lyrics. Not sure if it is true or not.
In reply to Al Evans:
Yup thats one. Or was feeling groovy a sub title?
> (In reply to Dave Kerr) I think 59th St Bridge Song was known as 'Feeling Groovy'.
Yup thats one. Or was feeling groovy a sub title?
In reply to Shani: I think there are more than that - I can think of Ballad of John and Yoko, Yer Blues, Tomorrow Never Knows, both revolution 1 and 9 and wild honey pie (if that counts!)
In reply to DaveHK: Brain Damage - Pink Floyd, Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen, Rainy Day Women #whatever it is - Bob Dylan
In reply to DaveHK:
It certainly became one, I have albums that say just 59th St Bridge Song and others that say that and then in brackets (feeling groovy)
> (In reply to Al Evans)
> [...]
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> Yup thats one. Or was feeling groovy a sub title?
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> Yup thats one. Or was feeling groovy a sub title?
It certainly became one, I have albums that say just 59th St Bridge Song and others that say that and then in brackets (feeling groovy)
In reply to Bjartur í Sumarhús:
Whoops, well haven't heard it for about 10 years. But it will now be stuck in my head.
Whoops, well haven't heard it for about 10 years. But it will now be stuck in my head.
In reply to DaveHK:
Chelsea Dagger? Though as I remember it does mention Chelsea and a Dagger, just not together.
Chelsea Dagger? Though as I remember it does mention Chelsea and a Dagger, just not together.
In reply to DaveHK:
Does The Weight by The Band fall into this category? Lots of folks think of it as Take a Load off Annie.
> (In reply to DaveHK)
>
> Any others like Baba O'reilly (sp?) that are actually generally known by another name?
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> Any others like Baba O'reilly (sp?) that are actually generally known by another name?
Does The Weight by The Band fall into this category? Lots of folks think of it as Take a Load off Annie.
In reply to DaveHK:
Telstar by Tornados although the version with lyrics has a different title and that is mentioned in those.
Telstar by Tornados although the version with lyrics has a different title and that is mentioned in those.
In reply to DaveHK:
The Royal Anthem came instantly to mind
> Of course there's loads the point is what ones can people think of off the cuff.
The Royal Anthem came instantly to mind
In reply to Strachan:
A quick google reveals you are correct. Borderline case.
"Fire Coming out of the Monkey's Head" by Gorillaz is one IIRC, as is "A Spaceboy Dream" by Belle & Sebastian
> (In reply to Dave Kerr)
> Chelsea Dagger? Though as I remember it does mention Chelsea and a Dagger, just not together.
> Chelsea Dagger? Though as I remember it does mention Chelsea and a Dagger, just not together.
A quick google reveals you are correct. Borderline case.
"Fire Coming out of the Monkey's Head" by Gorillaz is one IIRC, as is "A Spaceboy Dream" by Belle & Sebastian
In reply to DaveHK: Green Day - Good riddance
In reply to DaveHK:
There is a UK No. 1 single which has already been mentioned. It doesn't contain the title in the lyrics, but it does contain the title of the song which succeeded it in the chart.
There is a UK No. 1 single which has already been mentioned. It doesn't contain the title in the lyrics, but it does contain the title of the song which succeeded it in the chart.
In reply to DaveHK:
Grantchester Meadows: Pink Floyd
Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With a Pict: Pink Floyd
Astronomy Dominie: Pink Floyd
(I'm having a Pink Floyd moment!).
Grantchester Meadows: Pink Floyd
Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With a Pict: Pink Floyd
Astronomy Dominie: Pink Floyd
(I'm having a Pink Floyd moment!).
In reply to DaveHK:
Anything by Napalm Death, one of those bands where vocals count as percussion...
Anything by Napalm Death, one of those bands where vocals count as percussion...
In reply to DaveHK: Positively Fourth Street by Bob Dylan
People.
It is neither clever nor funny to suggest instrumentals.
It is neither clever nor funny to suggest instrumentals.
In reply to Dominion:
I believe it's been inferred that the "song" must have words. 4'33" is purely instrumental and therefore inadmissible.
> (In reply to Dave Kerr)
> John Cage - 4'33"
I believe it's been inferred that the "song" must have words. 4'33" is purely instrumental and therefore inadmissible.
In reply to DaveHK:
Purely from memory, might I suggest the following: -
19-2000 - Gorillaz
40 - U2
A Day In The Life - The Beatles
A Decade Under The Influence - Taking Back Sunday
A Lover's Concerto - The Toys
Affirmation - Savage Garden
All My Best Friends Are Metalheads - Less Than Jake
Alpha Omega - Architects
Amanita - Animal Collective
Amsterdam - Coldplay
B.Y.O.B. - System of a Down
Baba O'Riley - The Who
Back from Kathmandu - OK Go
Badge - Cream
Banditos - The Refreshments
Basket Case - Green Day
Behind Me Lies Another Fallen Soldier - As I Lay Dying
Between Angels And Insects - Papa Roach
Big Log - Robert Plant
Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Brain Stew - Green Day
Build God, Then We'll Talk - Panic! at the Disco
Bullet With Butterfly Wings - Smashing Pumpkins
Burrito - Seether
But It's Better If You Do - Panic! at the Disco
Camisado - Panic! at the Disco
Carouselambra - Led Zeppelin
Chop Suey - System of a Down
Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses
Corduroy - Pearl Jam
Cottage Cheese - Crow
Creeque Alley - The Mamas & the Papas
D'yer Maker - Led Zeppelin
Dakota - Stereophonics
Danny's Song - Loggins & Messina
Depuis Le Début - 30 Seconds to Mars
Dilemma - Nelly
Dirty Harry - Gorillaz
Drowning Man - U2
Dysentery Gary - blink-182
Endorphins - Sub Focus
Epic - Faith No More
Everybody's Everything - Santana
Faint - Linkin Park
Feel Good Hit Of The Summer - Queens of the Stone Age
Fitzpleasure - Alt-J
Foolish - Ashanti
For Stevie Wonder's Eyes Only - Bring Me the Horizon
For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
Fort Hood - Mike Doughty
Great Romances Of The 20th Century - Taking Back Sunday
Hair Of The Dog - Nazareth
Halcyon - Ellie Goulding
He's Frank (Slight Return) - Brighton Port Authority
Heartbreak Station - Cinderella
Helena Beat - Foster the People
Helicopter - Bloc Party
I Write Sins Not Tragedies - Panic! at the Disco
I'm Made of Wax, Larry, What Are You Made of? - A Day to Remember
Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots
Into The Lens - Yes
Iowa - Slipknot
Iris - The Goo Goo Dolls
Jesus, Etc. - Wilco
Jumper - Third Eye Blind
Killer - Adamski
Kitchenware and Candy Bars - Stone Temple Pilots
Kodak Ghosts - Michael Chapman
Laid - James
Land Of 1,000 Dances - Chris Kenner
Legend of a Mind - The Moody Blues
Leif Eirikson - Interpol
Let It Rock - Chuck Berry
Life During Wartime - Talking Heads
Liverpool 08 - Ringo Starr
London Beckoned Songs About Money Written By Machines - Panic! at the Disco
Love Song - The Cure
Love Song - Tesla
Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off - Panic! at the Disco
Maggie May - Rod Stewart
Motion Picture Soundtrack - Radiohead
Mountain Song - Jane's Addiction
Murder Bar - Sevendust
Muscle Museum - Muse
My Back Pages - The Byrds
N.I.B. - Black Sabbath
Nails For Breakfast, Tacks For Snacks - Panic! at the Disco
Ode To Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry
Our Lawyers Made Us Change The Name Of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued - Fall Out Boy
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Peace Frog - The Doors
Pelican - The Maccabees
People Got A Lot of Nerve - Neko Case
Pepper - Butthole Surfers
Phantom Limb - The Shins
Poetic Tragedy - The Used
Pop Song '89 - R.E.M.
Poprocks And Coke - Green Day
Positively 4th Street - Bob Dylan
Possum Kingdom - Toadies
Rainy Day Women #12 And #35 - Bob Dylan
Randy Scouse Git - The Monkees
Richard III - Supergrass
Romeo's Tune - Steve Forbert
Run Of The Mill - George Harrison
Shut Up - Madness
Six Days - DJ Shadow
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
Snoopy's Christmas - The Royal Guardsmen
Song 2 - Blur
Space Oddity - David Bowie
St. Andrew's Fall - Blind Melon
Strength Through Music - Amanda Palmer
Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan
Sunshine Superman - Donovan
Taboo - Santana
Talk Shows On Mute - Incubus
Tapioca Tundra - The Monkees
Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan
The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) - Simon & Garfunkel
The Bad Touch - Bloodhound Gang
The Ballad of El Goodo - Big Star
The Ballad of John and Yoko - The Beatles
The Ketchup Song - Las Ketchup
The National Anthem - Radiohead
The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press Coverage - Panic! at the Disco
The Promise - Tracy Chapman
The Rain, The Park And Other Things - The Cowsills
The Scientist - Coldplay
The Spirit Of Radio - Rush
The Unforgettable Fire - U2
The Wrestler - Bruce Springsteen
Theme From An Imaginary Western - Mountain
There's A Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey, You Just Haven't Thought Of It Yet - Panic! at the Disco
Thrash Unreal - Against Me!
Timberwolves At New Jersey - Taking Back Sunday
Time To Dance - Panic! at the Disco
Title and Registration - Death Cab for Cutie
Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles
Toussaint L'Overture - Santana
Train in Vain (Stand By Me) - The Clash
Transylvania - McFly
Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
Va Va Voom - Nicki Minaj
Viva La Vida - Coldplay
What's Up - 4 Non Blondes
Whistle For The Choir - The Fratellis
Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam
Yer Blues - The Beatles
Young Turks - Rod Stewart
Purely from memory, might I suggest the following: -
19-2000 - Gorillaz
40 - U2
A Day In The Life - The Beatles
A Decade Under The Influence - Taking Back Sunday
A Lover's Concerto - The Toys
Affirmation - Savage Garden
All My Best Friends Are Metalheads - Less Than Jake
Alpha Omega - Architects
Amanita - Animal Collective
Amsterdam - Coldplay
B.Y.O.B. - System of a Down
Baba O'Riley - The Who
Back from Kathmandu - OK Go
Badge - Cream
Banditos - The Refreshments
Basket Case - Green Day
Behind Me Lies Another Fallen Soldier - As I Lay Dying
Between Angels And Insects - Papa Roach
Big Log - Robert Plant
Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Brain Stew - Green Day
Build God, Then We'll Talk - Panic! at the Disco
Bullet With Butterfly Wings - Smashing Pumpkins
Burrito - Seether
But It's Better If You Do - Panic! at the Disco
Camisado - Panic! at the Disco
Carouselambra - Led Zeppelin
Chop Suey - System of a Down
Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses
Corduroy - Pearl Jam
Cottage Cheese - Crow
Creeque Alley - The Mamas & the Papas
D'yer Maker - Led Zeppelin
Dakota - Stereophonics
Danny's Song - Loggins & Messina
Depuis Le Début - 30 Seconds to Mars
Dilemma - Nelly
Dirty Harry - Gorillaz
Drowning Man - U2
Dysentery Gary - blink-182
Endorphins - Sub Focus
Epic - Faith No More
Everybody's Everything - Santana
Faint - Linkin Park
Feel Good Hit Of The Summer - Queens of the Stone Age
Fitzpleasure - Alt-J
Foolish - Ashanti
For Stevie Wonder's Eyes Only - Bring Me the Horizon
For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
Fort Hood - Mike Doughty
Great Romances Of The 20th Century - Taking Back Sunday
Hair Of The Dog - Nazareth
Halcyon - Ellie Goulding
He's Frank (Slight Return) - Brighton Port Authority
Heartbreak Station - Cinderella
Helena Beat - Foster the People
Helicopter - Bloc Party
I Write Sins Not Tragedies - Panic! at the Disco
I'm Made of Wax, Larry, What Are You Made of? - A Day to Remember
Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots
Into The Lens - Yes
Iowa - Slipknot
Iris - The Goo Goo Dolls
Jesus, Etc. - Wilco
Jumper - Third Eye Blind
Killer - Adamski
Kitchenware and Candy Bars - Stone Temple Pilots
Kodak Ghosts - Michael Chapman
Laid - James
Land Of 1,000 Dances - Chris Kenner
Legend of a Mind - The Moody Blues
Leif Eirikson - Interpol
Let It Rock - Chuck Berry
Life During Wartime - Talking Heads
Liverpool 08 - Ringo Starr
London Beckoned Songs About Money Written By Machines - Panic! at the Disco
Love Song - The Cure
Love Song - Tesla
Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off - Panic! at the Disco
Maggie May - Rod Stewart
Motion Picture Soundtrack - Radiohead
Mountain Song - Jane's Addiction
Murder Bar - Sevendust
Muscle Museum - Muse
My Back Pages - The Byrds
N.I.B. - Black Sabbath
Nails For Breakfast, Tacks For Snacks - Panic! at the Disco
Ode To Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry
Our Lawyers Made Us Change The Name Of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued - Fall Out Boy
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Peace Frog - The Doors
Pelican - The Maccabees
People Got A Lot of Nerve - Neko Case
Pepper - Butthole Surfers
Phantom Limb - The Shins
Poetic Tragedy - The Used
Pop Song '89 - R.E.M.
Poprocks And Coke - Green Day
Positively 4th Street - Bob Dylan
Possum Kingdom - Toadies
Rainy Day Women #12 And #35 - Bob Dylan
Randy Scouse Git - The Monkees
Richard III - Supergrass
Romeo's Tune - Steve Forbert
Run Of The Mill - George Harrison
Shut Up - Madness
Six Days - DJ Shadow
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
Snoopy's Christmas - The Royal Guardsmen
Song 2 - Blur
Space Oddity - David Bowie
St. Andrew's Fall - Blind Melon
Strength Through Music - Amanda Palmer
Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan
Sunshine Superman - Donovan
Taboo - Santana
Talk Shows On Mute - Incubus
Tapioca Tundra - The Monkees
Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan
The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) - Simon & Garfunkel
The Bad Touch - Bloodhound Gang
The Ballad of El Goodo - Big Star
The Ballad of John and Yoko - The Beatles
The Ketchup Song - Las Ketchup
The National Anthem - Radiohead
The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press Coverage - Panic! at the Disco
The Promise - Tracy Chapman
The Rain, The Park And Other Things - The Cowsills
The Scientist - Coldplay
The Spirit Of Radio - Rush
The Unforgettable Fire - U2
The Wrestler - Bruce Springsteen
Theme From An Imaginary Western - Mountain
There's A Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey, You Just Haven't Thought Of It Yet - Panic! at the Disco
Thrash Unreal - Against Me!
Timberwolves At New Jersey - Taking Back Sunday
Time To Dance - Panic! at the Disco
Title and Registration - Death Cab for Cutie
Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles
Toussaint L'Overture - Santana
Train in Vain (Stand By Me) - The Clash
Transylvania - McFly
Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
Va Va Voom - Nicki Minaj
Viva La Vida - Coldplay
What's Up - 4 Non Blondes
Whistle For The Choir - The Fratellis
Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam
Yer Blues - The Beatles
Young Turks - Rod Stewart
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