Great Songs, Bad Titles

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Here's a few of them.

"Rock Lobster" by The B-52's.
"Yum Yum Yamaha" by Carol Conners & The Cycles.
"Warsaw" by Joy Division.
"For Today I Am a Boy" by Antony and the Johnsons.

Anymore?

― Michael Costello (MichaelCostello1), Monday, 13 June 2005 05:26 (twenty years ago)

Maybe not a great song, but Rilo Kiley's "Portions for Foxes" probably won't be the hit single it could be thanks in part to an awful, awful name.

― Jeff Reguilon (Talent Explosion), Monday, 13 June 2005 05:36 (twenty years ago)

"Rock Lobster" by The B-52's.
"Warsaw" by Joy Division.

WTF? What's wrong with these?

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 13 June 2005 05:39 (twenty years ago)

Robert Plant, "Big Log"

― Dr. Gene Scott (shinybeast), Monday, 13 June 2005 05:51 (twenty years ago)

Broken Social Scene have fucking pitiful track names.

― Nic de Teardrop (Nicholas), Monday, 13 June 2005 07:03 (twenty years ago)

"Emma Blowgun's Last Stand" -- Beulah

Redeemed (maybe), by "If We Can Land a Man on the Moon Then Surely I Can Win Your Heart"

― giboyeux (skowly), Monday, 13 June 2005 07:10 (twenty years ago)

new order "dracula's castle
revenge "fag hag"
beatles "everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey"
beach boys "wild honey"

― feil ninn, Monday, 13 June 2005 07:17 (twenty years ago)

Johnny Fever's WTF seconded. I like both those names

― Seuss, Monday, 13 June 2005 07:22 (twenty years ago)

"Big Log" owns this. Even as an adult it makes me giggle like the day I first heard it. (The title, that is. I really like the song.)

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Monday, 13 June 2005 07:44 (twenty years ago)

Out Hud to thread immediately!

― Ian Riese-Moraine: exposing ambitious careerists as charlatans since 1986. (East, Monday, 13 June 2005 10:22 (twenty years ago)

"Jocko Homo" by Devo

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 13 June 2005 16:44 (twenty years ago)

http://www.steady-j.ukdeejays.com/aed.html

No wait, forgot about the "great songs" part...

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 13 June 2005 16:57 (twenty years ago)

Most of the Lambchop catalog.

― mike a, Monday, 13 June 2005 17:38 (twenty years ago)

"Mr Brightside."

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Monday, 13 June 2005 17:40 (twenty years ago)

Pyramid Song

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Monday, 13 June 2005 18:04 (twenty years ago)

Good call on "Pyramid Song." I think any song with "Song" in the title might qualify... but I like "Mr. Brightside."

― On a Strict El Cholo Diet (Bent Over at the Arclight), Monday, 13 June 2005 23:01 (twenty years ago)

cure - untitled / lovesong.
simple minds - lovesong.
any one calling a song - unknown or love song should be made to retitle it.

― fatbob, Tuesday, 14 June 2005 01:42 (twenty years ago)

Is there a "Bad Songs, Great Titles" thread yet?

― daavid (daavid), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 02:18 (twenty years ago)

"Bra" - Cymande

Apropos of absolutely nothing, unless "Bra" is supposed to mean "Bro".

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 03:06 (twenty years ago)

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