Song titles that encompass a given act's careerlong thematic fixations

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For example: Nick Cave's "Babe, I'm on Fire"

Themes: perdition, death, fire, rampant use of the word "babe"

― Ess (Ess), Thursday, 17 July 2003 18:20 (twenty-three years ago)

"Born in the U.S.A."

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 17 July 2003 18:24 (twenty-three years ago)

The Smashing Pumpkins - "Rhinoceros"

large, mostly hairless mammals

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 17 July 2003 18:25 (twenty-three years ago)

heh

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 17 July 2003 18:26 (twenty-three years ago)

But they still rock, so.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 17 July 2003 18:29 (twenty-three years ago)

XTC, "When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty"

1. Andy Partridge's preoccupation with women that make him feel nervous and inferior
2. Song titles that are excessively clever and only appeal to people who like that sort of thing (a.k.a. me)
3. Vibe of song: jittery, brittle pop with a bubblegum dance beat that goes all fancy-coloured, and all the reggae-ish overtones
4. Partridge's stage fright/mental illness that wrecked their "career" ("you" = "live audience")

― Neudonym, Thursday, 17 July 2003 18:31 (twenty-three years ago)

(I still love the Pumpkins to death but I couldn't resist)

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 17 July 2003 18:32 (twenty-three years ago)

Nirvana "I Hate Myself and Want to Die"

― King Kobra (King Kobra), Thursday, 17 July 2003 18:35 (twenty-three years ago)

haha Lou Reed "I Wanna Be Black"

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Thursday, 17 July 2003 18:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Billy Idol: "I nominate me song 'Rebel Yell,' coz it sums up me a'itude!"
Rest of the world: "Uh, more like 'Dancing With Myself'."
BI: "Oh shurrup"

― Neudonym, Thursday, 17 July 2003 18:40 (twenty-three years ago)

every single fuckin' Spiritualized song ever.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Thursday, 17 July 2003 18:43 (twenty-three years ago)

JSBX: "Dig My Shit"

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 17 July 2003 18:48 (twenty-three years ago)

"Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again"

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Thursday, 17 July 2003 18:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Morrissey "Dial-A-Cliche"

― Xii (Xii), Thursday, 17 July 2003 21:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Smiths "Heaven knows I'm MISERABLE now"

― King Kobra (King Kobra), Thursday, 17 July 2003 22:09 (twenty-three years ago)

"Silly Love Songs", by the certain sir-to-be

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Thursday, 17 July 2003 22:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Lycia - "The Morning Breaks So Cold And Gray"

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 17 July 2003 22:42 (twenty-three years ago)

Gary Numan -- "Are 'Friends' Electric" (or "I Dream of Wires")

― Tad (llamasfur), Thursday, 17 July 2003 22:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Mogwai - Take Me Somewhere Nice

― damian_nz (damian_nz), Thursday, 17 July 2003 23:51 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh and Shuttle 358 - I like being here

― damian_nz (damian_nz), Thursday, 17 July 2003 23:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Motorhead - Speedfreak. Well, duuuh.

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Friday, 18 July 2003 03:39 (twenty-three years ago)

Killing Joke - "Frenzy" or "Extremities" or possibly "Tension"

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 18 July 2003 03:45 (twenty-three years ago)

Tom Waits - Gun Street Girl.

1. Its got guns/death
2. Its got females.
3. It got regret.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Friday, 18 July 2003 03:48 (twenty-three years ago)

Bob Marley and the Wailers

"Kaya" and "Forever Loving Jah" cover all their bases.

― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Friday, 18 July 2003 07:09 (twenty-three years ago)

The Velvet Underground

"Heroin"

― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Friday, 18 July 2003 07:11 (twenty-three years ago)

Alex surely "Unspeakable" is the Joke pick?

Gary Numan's should be "I Nearly Married A Human"! Well OK it doesnt sum up anything much but it's funny!

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 18 July 2003 07:25 (twenty-three years ago)

DJ Assault: "Ass and titties"

― Jacob (Jacob), Friday, 18 July 2003 08:52 (twenty-three years ago)

the kinks, "where have all the good times gone?"

― amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 18 July 2003 09:03 (twenty-three years ago)

"Killing Joke - "Frenzy" or "Extremities" or possibly "Tension""

So you wouldn't go with "Eighties - I'm Living In The Eighties" then Alex?

*runs away cackling in(s)anely*

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:08 (twenty-three years ago)

Cocteau Twins - "Sugar Hiccup"

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:30 (twenty-three years ago)

The Stranglers - "Death And Night And Blood"

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:30 (twenty-three years ago)

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