Great Title, Awful Song

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Good examples?

― Joe (Joe), Sunday, 20 October 2002 14:42 (twenty-three years ago)

EVERYTHING BY ANAL CUNT!

― A.V. Alexandre (Keiko), Sunday, 20 October 2002 14:47 (twenty-three years ago)

(actually i kinda like them the more i hear them)

― A.V. Alexandre (Keiko), Sunday, 20 October 2002 14:48 (twenty-three years ago)

happy with what you have to be happy with

― bernie, Sunday, 20 October 2002 15:02 (twenty-three years ago)

"Academy Fight Song" by Mission of Burma

― Curtis Stephens, Sunday, 20 October 2002 15:49 (twenty-three years ago)

"Academy Fight Song" by Mission of Burma

Pshaw.

― Jody Beth Rosen, Sunday, 20 October 2002 18:36 (twenty-three years ago)

EVERYTHING BY ANAL CUNT!

Replace AC With GG as in Allin

― brg30 (brg30), Sunday, 20 October 2002 19:12 (twenty-three years ago)

"Glueing Carpet To Your Genitals Does Not Make You A Cantaloupe" by The Locust

(any many other Locust songs, come to think of it.)

― Ian Johnson (orion), Sunday, 20 October 2002 19:22 (twenty-three years ago)

What's wrong with "Academy Fight Song?"

― T. Weiss (Timmy), Sunday, 20 October 2002 20:03 (twenty-three years ago)

It's just not my kind of music. But then again I have no taste.. heh

― Curtis Stephens, Sunday, 20 October 2002 20:14 (twenty-three years ago)

'shitloads of money' by liz phair

― angelo (angelo), Monday, 21 October 2002 00:09 (twenty-three years ago)

"My Name Is Not Susan"

― Charlie (Charlie), Monday, 21 October 2002 00:10 (twenty-three years ago)

not actually a song *title* of course, but "it's a tragedy to see the dream is over ..." (Milli Vanilli)

I like the title of "Flash in the Pantry" by Gryphon, but I suspect I'd hate the song.

― robin carmody (robin carmody), Monday, 21 October 2002 00:24 (twenty-three years ago)

"Pass the Coirvoisier" (sp?)

Great title - v. shit song

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Monday, 21 October 2002 08:46 (twenty-three years ago)

no, it's a brilliant song (although "Break Ya Neck" is probably bettah)

― robin carmody (robin carmody), Tuesday, 22 October 2002 01:19 (twenty-three years ago)

"Post Police Razzia In The Le Corbusier Lounge, Marseille" by Chicks On Speed

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 22 October 2002 01:25 (twenty-three years ago)

What is good about the title of "Academy Fight Song"??

Robin reviewed something on NYLPM long long ago and it had a title something like "If we can land a man on the moon why then can't I win your heart?" and I thought awww but the song itself was atrocious.

The last song I downloaded purely cos of the title was called "Speakers Push The Air" by Pretty Girls Make Graves. I should have been tipped off by the band name but it was an absolute stinker.

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 22 October 2002 10:10 (twenty-three years ago)

I mean "Speakers Push The Air" sounds like a lost bass classic!

Actually come to think of it "Women Respond To Bass" by Renegade Soundwave is a not-bad track but it can't live up to its title.

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 22 October 2002 10:11 (twenty-three years ago)

Almost every Morrissey solo track?

― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Tuesday, 22 October 2002 17:52 (twenty-three years ago)

Justyn: no.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 22 October 2002 18:42 (twenty-three years ago)

When I heard the title "Academy Fight Song", for some reason, I knew it'd be a great song. It's one of my favorites now. I can't pinpoint what it is about the title, tho. I liked "Speakers Push the Air" after I forced it; "If We Can Land..." is a WONDERFUL mixtape song (of course). The deciding factor in which Morrissey solo songs I like the most is always the title (ie "Hairdresser on Fire" = best song evah)

― A.V. Alexandre (Keiko), Tuesday, 22 October 2002 18:52 (twenty-three years ago)

fifteen years pass...

Car Seat Headrest - War Is Coming (If You Want It)

― _Rudipherous_, Monday, 1 January 2018 16:55 (eight years ago)

I didn't know Car Seat Headrest except as a name, but I was curious to hear this song, despite some trepidations.

― _Rudipherous_, Monday, 1 January 2018 16:57 (eight years ago)

Best thread ever

― The Harmony Illustrated Encyclopedia of Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 1 January 2018 17:10 (eight years ago)

Who's that by?

― Mark G, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 11:42 (eight years ago)

so many father john misty songs

― flappy bird, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 18:29 (eight years ago)

i hate myself and want to die - nirvana

― flappy bird, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 18:47 (eight years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UslxbFZpWQU

― flappy bird, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 19:29 (eight years ago)

!!! - “We Were Stoned When We Thought Up The Title Of This And We Didn't Want To Give It A Name That We Had To Explain As 'Oh Yeah We Were Stoned When We Thought Of It' So We're Just Calling It Improvisational Jam 11-02-01”

― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 19:34 (eight years ago)

i hate myself and want to die - nirvana

good song tho

― billstevejim, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 19:37 (eight years ago)

i disagree, it's a throwaway noise song, boring riff, shit lyrics. and the title is so good. easily my least favorite in utero era song, including 'gallons of rubbing alcohol...' (fantastic title, great genuinely disturbing music & lyrics) and 'the other improv' (absolutely chilling). i love all the in utero era songs but man what a waste for 'i hate myself and want to die.'

― flappy bird, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 19:41 (eight years ago)

Is it the one where the chorus is like "Its someday, its someway" ?

― Mark G, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 21:52 (eight years ago)

yeah

― flappy bird, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 21:55 (eight years ago)

That one's alright!

― Mark G, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 08:21 (eight years ago)

'alright' maybe, but not great, certainly not as good as the title deserves

― flappy bird, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 17:14 (eight years ago)

All About That Bass

― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 17:18 (eight years ago)

great choice

― flappy bird, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 17:20 (eight years ago)

Its a bad title because it doesnt serve the song. I think it got randomly applied, along with "Sappy" or "Verse Chorus Verse" or whatever else those two songs got.

― Mark G, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 22:15 (eight years ago)

yeah the song is very nonchalant, it sounds tossed off, the emotional tenor of the song is indifference. the music of "Moist Vagina" and "Milk It" would've fit "I Hate Myself and Want to Die" much better, for example.

― flappy bird, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 22:17 (eight years ago)

like, idk when i listen to the song i'm not convinced he hates himself or that he wants to die. lol

― flappy bird, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 22:17 (eight years ago)

kind of a shitty thing to say about a suicide victim

― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 23:19 (eight years ago)

lmao ok dude

― flappy bird, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 23:41 (eight years ago)

three months pass...

So many Father John Misty songs

― flappy bird, Saturday, 21 April 2018 03:37 (seven years ago)

two months pass...

exact opposite

loren connors and suzanne langille, "Wee Wee Hours"

― Karl Malone, Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:38 (seven years ago)

Nurse with Wound has some utterly pretentious yet awesome titles. The music is not horrible but it’s somewhat unremarkable half of the time.

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 19 July 2018 19:21 (seven years ago)

five years pass...

Todd Rundgren - Zen Archer

― calstars, Saturday, 23 September 2023 12:46 (two years ago)

Not awful but definitely doesn't do justice to the title.

Steppenwolf, "Earschplittenloudenboomer"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkpLo3FqAWw

― The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Wednesday, 27 September 2023 17:32 (two years ago)

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