Band/artist name = song title

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Madness: "Madness"
They Might Be Giants: "They Might Be Giants"

Others? Having the artist's name as a part of a longer song title does not count.

I'll grant it's a pointless question, btw.

― OleM, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Iron Maiden: Iron Maiden
Black Sabbath: Black Sabbath
Chaki: chaki

― chaki, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

All-time winner = The Monochrome Set's "The Monochrome Set."

― Nitsuh, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Motorhead: Motorhead

― Ben Squircle, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

there's a punk band in my town named all dead. they are absolutely adorable, the lead singer introduces the band 'we're all dead and so are you'. they have like three songs titled 'all dead'.

― tyler, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

There's a band here called Eat a Bag of Dicks and I'm told they have only one song, called "Eat a Bag of Dicks." It sounds to me like the greatest thing ever, but my informant says no. I don't believe her, though--this same woman once told me that the only hip hop she likes is the Roots 'cause "they play their own instruments." She's a nice person otherwise.

― adam, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

slowdive

― gareth, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I be "Living in a Box". I be "Living in a " caaaard-booooaard "Box"

― Brian MacDonald, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Thingy had a song called "Thingy" when they were Heavy Vegetable.
Arcwelder had a song called "Arcwelder" when they were Tiltawhirl.
They Might Be Giants had a song called "We're The Replacements" when they were They Might Be Giants. Those fuckers.

― Brian MacDonald, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Talk Talk - Talk Talk
Big Country's always the obvious one for this isn't it?

― static, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ramones - R.A.M.O.N.E.S (well, I know it's a cover but...)

― jel --, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Remembered a couple more:

Renegade Soundwave: "Renegade Soundwave"
Rema Rema: "Rema Rema"

― OleM, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

tin machine - tin machine.

― cecilia, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

we missed an obvious one ... Prince, "My Name Is Prince"

― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Surely 'Creation' by Creation, on Creation beats all. 'Talk Talk' were named after the song, which was performed by Mark Hollis's original punk rock combo (forget the name- something suitably 'mod sounding) on the 'Streets' compilation circa 1977, rather than taking their name from the Music Machine's sixties psych-garage classic.

― Snotty Moore, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Public Image Ltd - Public Image

― Pump Wellington, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Pet Shop Boys - Pet Shop Boys

― Nik, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

(Shudder) Deep Forest. That's the artist, song and (I think) album name.

― EdwardO, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

David Hasselhof: "David Hasselhof"

― Joe, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

King Crimson, Dalek I Love You, Ziggy Stardust, Konk, Van Dyke Parks, Kinko the Clown, and Jilted John

― A Nairn, Sunday, 3 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who. Led Zepplin. Buddy Holly.

― Sterling Clover, Sunday, 3 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

if we're going to start listing every band that's had a self-titled record we'll be here all day, now, won't we?

― electric sound of jim, Sunday, 3 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Colourfield

― Curt, Sunday, 3 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Bad Company

― Curt, Sunday, 3 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Bad Girl

― gareth, Sunday, 3 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Having the artist's name as a part of a longer song title does not count.

Otherwise, Solex would rule this thread.

― Curt, Sunday, 3 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Not to mention Bo Diddley.

― Curt, Sunday, 3 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

e.s.o. jim: if we're going to start listing every band that's had a self-titled record we'll be here all day, now, won't we?

Well, many of us seem to be here all day anyway, no?

But yes, only song titles count, not record titles in general.

― OleM, Sunday, 3 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Belle & Sebastian. Not their best song.

― DV, Sunday, 3 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Two Ton Boa.

It is interesting to me that John McLaughlin has the song named after him on Bitches Brew

― Ron Hudson, Sunday, 3 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Built to Spill.

― Dare, Sunday, 3 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

On the long and justifiably forgotten CUT THE CRAP album by the Clash (the album the revisionists refuse to even acknowledge in every brief history of the band), Strummer penned a rather desperate tune called "We Are the Clash," which -- given the departure of Mick Jones and Topper Headon by that point -- rang a bit hollow.

Cop Shoot Cop had a tune dubbed "Triumphal Theme," the chorus of which was -- WAIT FOR IT --- "Cop Shoot Cop! Cop Shoot Cop!"

Nick Cave wrote a track in the Birthday Party called "The Bad Seed," didn't he?

Devo's "Jocko Homo" (featuring the classic query, "Are we Not Men? We Are Devo!")

― Alex in NYC, Monday, 4 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

World Party
The Rocksteady Crew
Mull Historical Society

― MarkH, Monday, 4 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Icicle Works - name of group, song & LP
Return to Forever (?sort of?)

― Dave225, Tuesday, 5 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Icicle Works (or was it Ice House?)

― Dave225, Tuesday, 5 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ron: it's because it's not really a song per se, but just McLaughlin's full solo section in the extended jam that makes up "Bitches Brew." Teo editited it out of the final cut, but it ended up as its own song because Miles liked it. Apparently, just titling it "John McLaughlin" seemed like the simplest route.

― matthew m., Tuesday, 5 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Dave: It's Icehouse.

― Sean, Tuesday, 5 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

but they were called "Flowers" at the time...

― electric sound of jim, Tuesday, 5 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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