In this thread, we discuss the finest, most elegantly crafted...song titles?

Psy-Fi · 07-24-2012, 10:55 AM

I was going to mention Beefheart & Zappa, but they've alredy been mentioned so I'll go with something more tasteless and obscure.
The Fabulous Dung Beatles from their Brown Submarine album...
"Dick In Your Mouth"
"Jew! The New Gay"
"The Great Emancipator (of Hot Black Ass)"
"Lying Thieving Bastard"
"Ringo Is A Homeless Mexican With Nowhere To Go"
"Jesus Was Bi-Curious"
"Reach Around"
"Airtight Granny"
"Viking Metalhead"
"Hardcore Is A Form Of Homosexual Repression"
"Who's Laughing Now, Cripple?"
"My Life Is A Big Black Hole"

And the same band, from The Wipe Album...
"Have You Ever Been Brown?"
"The Drummer From Hanson"
"Feed Kate Moss"
"Jason Ate Bad Chicken"
"Squatter Streetpunks Threw Up All Over My Phone"
"Yvonne, John Waters!"
"Chick With A Dick"
"We Can Drink More Than You"
"Santa Claus Is A Pedophile"

shadowtear · 08-03-2012, 05:26 AM

Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck by the Blood Brothers. Hands down, that can not be beaten.

blackdragon123 · 08-03-2012, 12:40 PM

Personally i think when it comes to song titles, less is more. A long song title isn't always a good one. I have never come a song title with more rhetoric authority than

Bitch ..........by The Rolling Stones

blackdragon123 · 08-03-2012, 12:41 PM

come across*

StarCannibal · 08-05-2012, 07:42 AM

Runners up:
Tool: "Hooker wWitha Penis"
Funkadelic: "No Head, No Back Stage Pass"
Hatfield and the North: "Big Jobs No. 2 (By Poo and the Wee Wees"
Quiet Sun: "Mummy Was an Asteroid, Daddy Was a Small Non-Stick Kitchen Utensil"

The winneer:
Caravan: "If I Could Do It All Over Again I'd Do It All Over You"

Alfred · 08-05-2012, 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hip hop bunny hop

"When I Think of True Punk Rock Bands, I Think of Nirvana and the Melvins"

I find this one the funniest.

Ravenheart · 08-07-2012, 10:59 AM

The ultimate song title is "I Snuck a Retard Into a Sperm Bank" by Anal ****.

Zyrada · 08-07-2012, 11:46 AM

I spend an inordinate amount of time coming up with witty or poignant titles in case I get the urge to use them later. I'll probably end up deeming the majority of them inappropriate for the style of whatever it is I'm writing, but it's good to have a stockpile, just in case.

Also, a lot of the song titles from The Third Eye Foundation's album 'You Guys Kill Me' are pretty well-crafted plays on words if you ask me. Even the album name itself, really, considering the cover is a portrait of Jesus.

Key · 08-07-2012, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blackdragon123

Personally i think when it comes to song titles, less is more. A long song title isn't always a good one. I have never come a song title with more rhetoric authority than

Bitch ..........by The Rolling Stones

What about...

"A Lap Dance Is So Much Better When The Stripper Is Crying"

The title is long, and the song is silly. Two for two I think.

blackdragon123 · 08-08-2012, 07:21 AM

the problem i have with that is that it's more of a sentence than a song title. But i suppose because of the Fall Out Boy craze that errupted during my teen years i've always been biased against a title that's more than 5 words long

08-03-2012, 12:40 PM	#33 (permalink)
blackdragon123 don't be no bojangles Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Wales Posts: 496	Personally i think when it comes to song titles, less is more. A long song title isn't always a good one. I have never come a song title with more rhetoric authority than Bitch ..........by The Rolling Stones __________________ 'Well, I'm a common working man, With a half of bitter, bread and jam, And if it pleases me, I'll put one on ya man, When the copper fades away!' - Jethro Tull

08-03-2012, 12:41 PM	#34 (permalink)
blackdragon123 don't be no bojangles Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Wales Posts: 496	come across* __________________ 'Well, I'm a common working man, With a half of bitter, bread and jam, And if it pleases me, I'll put one on ya man, When the copper fades away!' - Jethro Tull

08-07-2012, 10:59 AM	#37 (permalink)
Ravenheart Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 68	The ultimate song title is "I Snuck a Retard Into a Sperm Bank" by Anal ****. __________________ Last.fm

08-08-2012, 07:21 AM	#40 (permalink)
blackdragon123 don't be no bojangles Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Wales Posts: 496	the problem i have with that is that it's more of a sentence than a song title. But i suppose because of the Fall Out Boy craze that errupted during my teen years i've always been biased against a title that's more than 5 words long __________________ 'Well, I'm a common working man, With a half of bitter, bread and jam, And if it pleases me, I'll put one on ya man, When the copper fades away!' - Jethro Tull

07-24-2012, 10:55 AM	#31 (permalink)
Psy-Fi Aficionado of Fine Filth Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: You don't want to look in there. Posts: 6,798	I was going to mention Beefheart & Zappa, but they've alredy been mentioned so I'll go with something more tasteless and obscure. The Fabulous Dung Beatles from their Brown Submarine album... "Dick In Your Mouth" "Jew! The New Gay" "The Great Emancipator (of Hot Black Ass)" "Lying Thieving Bastard" "Ringo Is A Homeless Mexican With Nowhere To Go" "Jesus Was Bi-Curious" "Reach Around" "Airtight Granny" "Viking Metalhead" "Hardcore Is A Form Of Homosexual Repression" "Who's Laughing Now, Cripple?" "My Life Is A Big Black Hole" And the same band, from The Wipe Album... "Have You Ever Been Brown?" "The Drummer From Hanson" "Feed Kate Moss" "Jason Ate Bad Chicken" "Squatter Streetpunks Threw Up All Over My Phone" "Yvonne, John Waters!" "Chick With A Dick" "We Can Drink More Than You" "Santa Claus Is A Pedophile"

08-03-2012, 05:26 AM	#32 (permalink)
shadowtear Groupie Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Liverpool Posts: 27	Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck by the Blood Brothers. Hands down, that can not be beaten.

08-05-2012, 07:42 AM	#35 (permalink)
StarCannibal Groupie Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 5	Runners up: Tool: "Hooker wWitha Penis" Funkadelic: "No Head, No Back Stage Pass" Hatfield and the North: "Big Jobs No. 2 (By Poo and the Wee Wees" Quiet Sun: "Mummy Was an Asteroid, Daddy Was a Small Non-Stick Kitchen Utensil" The winneer: Caravan: "If I Could Do It All Over Again I'd Do It All Over You"

08-07-2012, 11:46 AM	#38 (permalink)
Zyrada Avant-Gardener Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Inside your navel gazing back at you Posts: 163	I spend an inordinate amount of time coming up with witty or poignant titles in case I get the urge to use them later. I'll probably end up deeming the majority of them inappropriate for the style of whatever it is I'm writing, but it's good to have a stockpile, just in case. Also, a lot of the song titles from The Third Eye Foundation's album 'You Guys Kill Me' are pretty well-crafted plays on words if you ask me. Even the album name itself, really, considering the cover is a portrait of Jesus.