Top 100 songs that sound like they're really 2 or 3 songs cobbled together

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1. Station To Station - David Bowie

― thing of thing, Thursday, 3 June 2004 10:27 (twenty years ago) link

No:

1. Incredible String Band - A Very Cellular Song

First song to sound like 7 songs cobbled together evah

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 3 June 2004 10:30 (twenty years ago) link

radiohead - paranoid android
pretty things - defecting grey

― the surface noise for the sake of noise (electricsound), Thursday, 3 June 2004 10:31 (twenty years ago) link

5. Shakira - Objection (Tango)

― edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 3 June 2004 10:33 (twenty years ago) link

6. A Day In The Life - Beatles

― Jonathan Z. (Joanthan Z.), Thursday, 3 June 2004 10:36 (twenty years ago) link

7. Alice Cooper - Halo of Flies

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 3 June 2004 10:36 (twenty years ago) link

Cibo Matto - Theme (Viva La Woman) -- about 5 or 6 in there

― andrew l. r. (allocryptic), Thursday, 3 June 2004 10:37 (twenty years ago) link

9. jethro tull - thick as a brick (natch)

― the surface noise for the sake of noise (electricsound), Thursday, 3 June 2004 10:38 (twenty years ago) link

10. Girls Aloud 'Sound Of The Underground'

11. Prince 'Batdance'

12. The Franz Ferdinands 'Take Me Out'

14. Beastie Boys 'B-Bou Bouillabaise'

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 3 June 2004 10:49 (twenty years ago) link

15. "Band On The Run," Paul McCartney & Wings
16. "Bohemian Rapsody," Queen

― John Fredland (jfredland), Thursday, 3 June 2004 10:52 (twenty years ago) link

15. Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody

― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 3 June 2004 10:52 (twenty years ago) link

17. Plastic Palace People - Scott Walker

― Jonathan Z. (Joanthan Z.), Thursday, 3 June 2004 10:55 (twenty years ago) link

18. Receptacle for the respectable, Super Furry Animals

― jim, Thursday, 3 June 2004 10:59 (twenty years ago) link

19. Layla

for reference:
Layla and other songs that just change into something else almost unrelated

― dave225 (Dave225), Thursday, 3 June 2004 11:12 (twenty years ago) link

If cobbled together = being played simultaneously, then Captain Beefheart to thread.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 3 June 2004 11:13 (twenty years ago) link

20. Van der Graaf Generator - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers

But really we should try to keep the Prog numbers out 'cos there's too many of those buggers that are 2 or 3 songs cobbled together - or, in this case, 22 or 23 songs cobbled together.

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 3 June 2004 12:06 (twenty years ago) link

21. Joni Mitchell 'Harry's House/Centerpiece'
22. Love 'You Set the Scene'

― Oliver Pyper (stickthrower), Thursday, 3 June 2004 12:57 (twenty years ago) link

23. Lee Perry & Charlie Ace - Cow Thief Skank

... technically speaking this is two songs spliced together.

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:01 (twenty years ago) link

24. U2 -Zooropa

― BrianB (BrianB), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:03 (twenty years ago) link

25. roxy music - VA plain

― peter smith (plsmith), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:32 (twenty years ago) link

26. The Coral 'Goodbye'
27. The Coral 'Skeleton Key'

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 3 June 2004 14:11 (twenty years ago) link

28. Beatles -- "Happiness Is a Warm Gun"

― JC-L (JC-L), Thursday, 3 June 2004 14:43 (twenty years ago) link

'B-Boy Bouillabaisse' should be read "Every track on Paul's Boutique".

29. Cornelius - 'Chapter 8: Seashore And Horizon'
30. Cornelius - 'Heavy Metal Thunder'
31. JC Chasez - 'Blowin' Me Up With Her Love'
32. Beck - 'Hotwax'

― Crickets Dance On Tequila Booty (Barima), Thursday, 3 June 2004 14:48 (twenty years ago) link

33. yes - starship trooper
29 holy x-post,. cornelius - that one with apples in stereo in it

― caspar (caspar), Thursday, 3 June 2004 14:51 (twenty years ago) link

34. Manic Street Preachers "Condemned to Rock and Roll"

― dave q, Thursday, 3 June 2004 14:52 (twenty years ago) link

35. Kiss "Let Me Know"

― dave q, Thursday, 3 June 2004 14:55 (twenty years ago) link

That Layla thread's really good.

36. JC Chasez - 'A.D.L.I.D.A.S.'
37. John Spencer Blues Explosion - 'Tour Diary'
38. The Avalanches - 'Since I Left You' (Tim Gane Remix)
39. Jolly Music - 'Radio Jolly'
40. The Beta Band - 'Won' (feat. Sean Reveron)/'The Beta Band Rap'/'Dragon' (they be good at this too)

― Crickets Dance On Tequila Booty (Barima), Thursday, 3 June 2004 14:58 (twenty years ago) link

41. Sugababes - Freak Like Me

― zdjhj, Thursday, 3 June 2004 15:01 (twenty years ago) link

42. Beach Boys - Heroes and Villians

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 3 June 2004 15:05 (twenty years ago) link

43. But surely. "Oh well" by Fleetwood Mac.

― Alan Connor (Alan Connor), Thursday, 3 June 2004 15:05 (twenty years ago) link

44. Neil and Iraiza - 'Oracle Noises'

― Crickets Dance On Tequila Booty (Barima), Thursday, 3 June 2004 15:09 (twenty years ago) link

45. Fiery Furnaces Blueberry Boat (all of it)

― andybeta, Thursday, 3 June 2004 15:12 (twenty years ago) link

Ah screw it.

46. Blur - 'Tender' (Cornelius Remix)
47. Basement Jaxx - 'Lucky Star' feat Dizzee Rascal/The entire Kish Kash record
48. Flipper's Guitar - 'The World Tower'

― Crickets Dance On Tequila Booty (Barima), Thursday, 3 June 2004 15:13 (twenty years ago) link

49. Jordan Knight - 'Give It To You'
50. Primal Scream - 'Burning Wheel'

― Crickets Dance On Tequila Booty (Barima), Thursday, 3 June 2004 15:15 (twenty years ago) link

51. Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
52. Beach Boys - Surf's Up

― mike a, Thursday, 3 June 2004 15:21 (twenty years ago) link

53. The Smashing Pumpkins - "Geek USA"

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 3 June 2004 15:32 (twenty years ago) link

'Jet Boy' - NY Dolls - guitar solo sounds like it's been grafted on from another song

― bham, Thursday, 3 June 2004 16:06 (twenty years ago) link

55. Will to Power - "Baby I Love Your Way, Freebird"

― Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Thursday, 3 June 2004 16:23 (twenty years ago) link

56. The Chameleons - "Second Skin"

― Seb (Seb), Thursday, 3 June 2004 16:31 (twenty years ago) link

57. Guns n' Roses - Rocket Queen
58. Lionel Richie - Say You Say Me

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Thursday, 3 June 2004 16:36 (twenty years ago) link

59. Beatles - You know my name, Look up the number

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Thursday, 3 June 2004 17:03 (twenty years ago) link

59. pink floyd - shine on you crazy diamond
60. the beatles - you know my name (look up the number)
61. aphex twin - windowlicker
62. kraftwerk - autobahn

― Toon (Skelter), Thursday, 3 June 2004 17:12 (twenty years ago) link

62. Dead Kennedys - Saturday Night Holocaust

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Thursday, 3 June 2004 17:17 (twenty years ago) link

The Beatles x-post invalidates one of Toon's entries, so we can continue from 63.

63. Michael Jackson - 'HIStory'
64. LCD Soundsystem - 'Losing My Edge'
65. Stereolab - 'Mass Riff'
66. Prince - 'Let's Go Crazy'
67. Fab Cushion - 'Channel Out'

― Crickets Dance On Tequila Booty (Barima), Thursday, 3 June 2004 17:18 (twenty years ago) link

68. Big Star - Oh My Soul
though the 2 songs are pretty similar

― Daniel DiMAGGIO (Daniel DiMAGGIO), Thursday, 3 June 2004 17:37 (twenty years ago) link

69. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Thursday, 3 June 2004 17:44 (twenty years ago) link

Yes ownz this thread. I'll just add one though.

Yes - Close To The Edge

― wetmink (wetmink), Thursday, 3 June 2004 17:57 (twenty years ago) link

That was 70, I guess.

71. Matthew Sweet - Thunderstorm

― wetmink (wetmink), Thursday, 3 June 2004 17:58 (twenty years ago) link

69 has been done.

69. Missy Elliott - 'Ugly'/'Bubba Sparxxx - 'Get Ur Freak On'

― Do You MC? (Barima), Thursday, 3 June 2004 18:03 (twenty years ago) link

New 69 as "Take Me Out" has been mentioned already:

"Live and Let Die" - Wings/Guns'n'Roses

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 3 June 2004 18:04 (twenty years ago) link

Looks like that was an x-post and therefore was 72.

73. T.Rex - Tenement Lady

― wetmink (wetmink), Thursday, 3 June 2004 18:17 (twenty years ago) link

Ailsa, I kiss you.

74. Whichever Buffalo Springfield song that was remade as Flipper's Guitar - 'Dolphin Song

― Crickets Dance On Tequila Booty (Barima), Thursday, 3 June 2004 18:21 (twenty years ago) link

75. Polvo - High Wire Moves

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Thursday, 3 June 2004 19:00 (twenty years ago) link

I wanna add 'Where's Your Head At?' to no. 47.

― Crickets Dance On Tequila Booty (Barima), Thursday, 3 June 2004 19:04 (twenty years ago) link

76. replacements, "mr. whirly"

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Thursday, 3 June 2004 19:05 (twenty years ago) link

77. Saint Etienne - How we used to live

― daavid (daavid), Thursday, 3 June 2004 20:05 (twenty years ago) link

Andy said Fiery Furnaces, I say, specifically: "Inspector Blancheflower"

― Neb Reyob (Ben Boyer), Thursday, 3 June 2004 20:24 (twenty years ago) link

78. Daft Punk 'Phoenix (Basement Jaxx mix)'

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 3 June 2004 20:24 (twenty years ago) link

79. Sloan "Suppose They Close the Door"

― King Kobra (King Kobra), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:05 (twenty years ago) link

80. Metallica - "Battery"

― Lazer Guided Mellow Leee (Leee), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:07 (twenty years ago) link

81. Led Zeppelin "How Many More Times"

― dave q, Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:45 (twenty years ago) link

82. Sebadoh - Notsur Dnuora Selcric

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:46 (twenty years ago) link

83. Tortoise - Djed. But done oh so well.

― Sasha (sgh), Friday, 4 June 2004 00:52 (twenty years ago) link

rush - spirit of radio

― keith m (keithmcl), Friday, 4 June 2004 02:20 (twenty years ago) link

84. Pie - "Swarthmore"

― fizzcaraldo (Justin M), Friday, 4 June 2004 06:40 (twenty years ago) link

"How we used to live" should really be bumped up to #1

― fizzcaraldo (Justin M), Friday, 4 June 2004 06:40 (twenty years ago) link

85. "You Set the Scene," Love
86. "Your Mind and We Belong Together," Love

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 4 June 2004 07:00 (twenty years ago) link

there are some scott walker tunes that do this but i'm not remembering the names, dammit.

― amateur!st (amateurist), Friday, 4 June 2004 07:52 (twenty years ago) link

87. pink floyd - sheep

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Friday, 4 June 2004 07:56 (twenty years ago) link

Julian Cope: Sunshine Playroom

― harveyw (harveyw), Friday, 4 June 2004 08:12 (twenty years ago) link

what's that smog song that segues, improbably, into "baby got back" at the end?

― amateur!st (amateurist), Friday, 4 June 2004 08:44 (twenty years ago) link

Duplicates:

22. Love 'You Set the Scene'
85. "You Set the Scene," Love

Time for some Incredible String Band, they invented this stuff after all:

88. Incredible String Band - The Mad Hatter's Song
89. Incredible String Band - Ducks on a Pond
90. Incredible String Band - White Bird
91. Incredible String Band - Rainbow
92. Incredible String Band - Darling Belle

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 4 June 2004 09:09 (twenty years ago) link

andre3000-she lives in my lap

― thesplooge (thesplooge), Friday, 4 June 2004 09:52 (twenty years ago) link

93. Isley Brothers - Shout
94. Throwing Muses - Vicky's Box
95. Throwing Muses - Call Me
96. Throwing Muses - Soul Soldier

― mike a, Friday, 4 June 2004 14:15 (twenty years ago) link

97. The Beatles - You Never Give Me Your Number
98. Roxy Music - If There Is Something

― Jamie Fake (the pirate king), Friday, 4 June 2004 16:02 (twenty years ago) link

99. Genesis- Supper's Ready
100. Jethro Tull- A Passion Play

― Reid, Friday, 4 June 2004 18:03 (twenty years ago) link

jay-z - "come and get me" (it's really not much more than a timbaland sampler, but who doesn't want that?)

― m. (mitchlnw), Friday, 4 June 2004 18:09 (twenty years ago) link

the Jesus Lizard - Chrome
the Who - A Quick One While He's Away
My Dad Is Dead - Baby's Got a Problem

― Joshua Houk (chascarrillo), Saturday, 5 June 2004 00:52 (twenty years ago) link

the smog song in question is "real live dress"

― the surface noise for the sake of noise (electricsound), Saturday, 5 June 2004 05:42 (twenty years ago) link

Genesis- Supper's Ready

A bit more than 2 or 3...

― brriyhglrkeh, Saturday, 5 June 2004 11:26 (twenty years ago) link

i'm surprised, considering how much love the album is getting around these parts these days, that no one's mentioned:

105. big & rich, "real world"

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Saturday, 5 June 2004 14:00 (twenty years ago) link

two years pass...

106. Del Shannon "Runaway"

― Maltodextrin (Maltodextrin), Saturday, 23 September 2006 06:45 (eighteen years ago) link

Does it count if it actually was?

107. The Beatles "I've Got a Feeling"

― Nick Minichino (nicksoldout), Saturday, 23 September 2006 10:24 (eighteen years ago) link

10. The Dismemberment Plan - A life of possibilities

― Marty Innerlogic (marty innerlogic), Saturday, 23 September 2006 11:30 (eighteen years ago) link

109. Joanna Newsom - "Only Skin"

― Edward III (edward iii), Saturday, 23 September 2006 11:50 (eighteen years ago) link

110. Stereolab, "Captain Easychord" (moreso than "Mass Riff" to me)

― Myke. (Myke Weiskopf), Saturday, 23 September 2006 19:42 (eighteen years ago) link

Black Sabbath - Symptom Of The Universe
Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper (album version)

― Matt #2 (Matt #2), Saturday, 23 September 2006 20:05 (eighteen years ago) link

114. Girls Aloud - Biology

― musically (musically), Saturday, 23 September 2006 23:19 (eighteen years ago) link

115. Steppenwolf - For Ladies Only

― jim wentworth (wench), Saturday, 23 September 2006 23:39 (eighteen years ago) link

McCartney's got a boatload of these. Besides the ones already mentioned (Band on the Run, Live & Let Die), add:

116. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
117. The Pound Is Sinking

Always trying to duplicate the success of Abbey Road Side Two, out Paul is.

118. The Who - Rael

119. Everything John Zorn ever wrote

― Hideous Lump (Hideous Lump), Sunday, 24 September 2006 01:33 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh yeah, and:

120. Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

― Hideous Lump (Hideous Lump), Sunday, 24 September 2006 01:34 (eighteen years ago) link

121. Echo & The Bunnymen - "Porcupine"

― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Sunday, 24 September 2006 15:32 (eighteen years ago) link

122. The Human League - Love Action

― Colleen Hanlon-Smith (C. Hanlon-Smith), Sunday, 24 September 2006 20:11 (eighteen years ago) link

anything from pwl during their chart stranglehold. eg the bits in sonia records that should have been in the kylie ones and so on.

― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Sunday, 24 September 2006 20:15 (eighteen years ago) link

This IS two songs grafted together. Should medlies count? Ah, what the hell, the thread is two years old anyway.

― Rev. Hoodoo (Rev. Hoodoo), Sunday, 24 September 2006 21:32 (eighteen years ago) link

I was referring to "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey," which I always heard as a medley (note that slash in the title), not some "Layla"-ish song with two separate parts.

― Rev. Hoodoo (Rev. Hoodoo), Sunday, 24 September 2006 21:33 (eighteen years ago) link

123. I'm Mandy Fly Me - 10cc
124. The Wall Street Shuffle - 10cc

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 25 September 2006 07:38 (eighteen years ago) link

125. roxy music - 'mother of pearl'

― EARLY-90S MAN (Enrique), Monday, 25 September 2006 07:45 (eighteen years ago) link

126. tim buckley - 'song slowly song'

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Monday, 25 September 2006 13:21 (eighteen years ago) link

127. Modest Mouse--Teeth Like God's Shoeshine

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Monday, 25 September 2006 13:48 (eighteen years ago) link

1. The Remains - Don't Look Back!!!!!

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 25 September 2006 14:00 (eighteen years ago) link

Dadaismus beat me to all of my ISB picks...

― Bumblepuppy (Horbgorbling Slubberdegullion), Monday, 25 September 2006 23:04 (eighteen years ago) link

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