1. Memphis - Chuck Berry
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 21:49 (fifteen years ago)
2. Norwegian Wood - The Beatles
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 22:02 (fifteen years ago)
3. Drive My Car - The Beatles
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 22:03 (fifteen years ago)
4. Empty Cans - The Streets
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 22:08 (fifteen years ago)
mod should shoehorn 'O. Henry' into thread title somehow...
― dont forget B.Manning's shout-out to Dock Ellis (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 22:11 (fifteen years ago)
5. "Ballad Of Forty Dollars" - Tom T. Hall
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 22:17 (fifteen years ago)
6. I’m in You – Pooh Sticks7. Country Death Song – Violent Femmes8. Bernard Cribbins – Hole in the Ground9. Johnny Cash – A Boy Named Sue
― everything, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 22:24 (fifteen years ago)
10. Nick Cave ft. Kylie Minogue, "Where the Wild Roses Grow"
Last verse:
On the third day he took me to the riverHe showed me the roses and we kissedAnd the last thing I heard was a muttered wordAs he knelt (stood smiling) above me with a rock in his fist
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 22:24 (fifteen years ago)
1 out of 5 country songs
― Well, because whatever happened changed him. (Dr. Superman), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 22:27 (fifteen years ago)
Annie - "Anthonio"
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 22:49 (fifteen years ago)
12. The Buoys - Timothy
― Yeah, there's no "I" in centipede... oh wait, yes there is. (Pancakes Hackman), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 22:56 (fifteen years ago)
13. Ween - Buenos Tardes Amigo
― Cunga, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 23:05 (fifteen years ago)
14. Bob Dylan - "Jet Pilot"
― Grisly Addams (WmC), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 23:14 (fifteen years ago)
15. Bruce Springsteen, "Darlington County"
― Jake Brown, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 23:46 (fifteen years ago)
16. Del Amitri - The Last To Know
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 23:47 (fifteen years ago)
17. Geto Boys - "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" (multiple twist endings!)
― the one corey (Pillbox), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 23:54 (fifteen years ago)
Gah, what is that one hugely cheesy 70s song where it turns out that the singer is singing about his daughter? Can't think who or what, but this is killing me.
― Vision Creation Mansun (NickB), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 23:58 (fifteen years ago)
18. Heart - "All I Want to Do is Make Love to You"
― the one corey (Pillbox), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 23:59 (fifteen years ago)
19. velvet underground 'the gift'
― 600 grams of chips for men and 300 grams for ladies (haitch), Wednesday, 23 June 2010 00:00 (fifteen years ago)
20 Todd Rundgren - We Gotta Get You A Woman
― Vision Creation Mansun (NickB), Wednesday, 23 June 2010 00:02 (fifteen years ago)
And in that vein, 21. Miranda Lambert - White Liar
― Yeah, there's no "I" in centipede... oh wait, yes there is. (Pancakes Hackman), Wednesday, 23 June 2010 00:09 (fifteen years ago)
21. sonic youth - mildred pierce
― samosa gibreel, Wednesday, 23 June 2010 00:14 (fifteen years ago)
22. Ode To Billy Joe - Bobbie Gentry23. My Biggest Fan - Loudon Wainwright III
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 23 June 2010 00:31 (fifteen years ago)
24. To Daddy- Emmylou Harris (written by Dolly Parton)
― banjoboy, Wednesday, 23 June 2010 01:59 (fifteen years ago)
25. Mistey Water Woman - Rick Springfiled (because, amazingly enough, it turns out that Bo, the farmer's daugher who Rick picked up hitchhiking, drowned in the lake years ago and Rick gave a ride to HER GHOST!!!!!!!!!"
― dlp9001, Wednesday, 23 June 2010 02:08 (fifteen years ago)
26. New Order-- Love Vigilantes
― late adopter, Wednesday, 23 June 2010 03:32 (fifteen years ago)
27. Meatloaf. Paradise by the Dashboard Light
― paulhw, Wednesday, 23 June 2010 03:36 (fifteen years ago)
28. "I Lost a Number," Grin29. "Christmas Wrapping," Waitresses
― clemenza, Wednesday, 23 June 2010 03:37 (fifteen years ago)
30. "Taxi," Harry Chapin31. "Cat's in the Cradle," Harry Chapin
― clemenza, Wednesday, 23 June 2010 03:38 (fifteen years ago)
32. "Song of Joy"- Nick Cave & Bad Seeds
― Now, Wednesday, 23 June 2010 03:43 (fifteen years ago)
33. "Stan."
A Prince Among Thieves is an album twist ending.
― talrose, Wednesday, 23 June 2010 04:33 (fifteen years ago)
34. "Save Your Kisses For Me" by Brotherhood of Man.
― anagram, Wednesday, 23 June 2010 04:53 (fifteen years ago)
35. Peter Hammill, "Four Pails"
― anagram, Wednesday, 23 June 2010 04:57 (fifteen years ago)
36. "Lola" - Kinks, obv.
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 23 June 2010 06:41 (fifteen years ago)
37. The Long Blondes 'Once And Never Again'
― Duran (Doran), Wednesday, 23 June 2010 06:50 (fifteen years ago)
38. johnny cash "a boy named sue"
― teledyldonix, Wednesday, 23 June 2010 06:52 (fifteen years ago)
oh shit that was already written, DISREGARD THAT WE'RE STILL AT 37
Ah anagram, thanks man, that was exactly what I was trying to think of!
― Vision Creation Mansun (NickB), Wednesday, 23 June 2010 06:56 (fifteen years ago)
Damn, I was trying to thinkof that songwhere they break intoThe Twist attheend, but I can't recall it.
Wouldhave been dead funnyand that.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 23 June 2010 07:01 (fifteen years ago)
38. "Camouflage" - Stan Ridgway.
― calumerio, Wednesday, 23 June 2010 08:16 (fifteen years ago)
39. Revelations - Iron Maiden
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 23 June 2010 08:20 (fifteen years ago)
40. The Story of Isaac - Leonard Cohen
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 23 June 2010 08:21 (fifteen years ago)
41. Scotland World Cup Squad - We Have a Dream
― barack psychosis (ledge), Wednesday, 23 June 2010 08:24 (fifteen years ago)
42. Hotel California
― barack psychosis (ledge), Wednesday, 23 June 2010 08:26 (fifteen years ago)
43. Divine Comedy, "Something for the Weekend"
― anagram, Wednesday, 23 June 2010 08:35 (fifteen years ago)
44. Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
― barack psychosis (ledge), Wednesday, 23 June 2010 09:48 (fifteen years ago)
45. Abba, "Crazy World"46. Abba, "Two For the Price of One"
― I am utterly and abjectly pissed off with this little lot (Tom D.), Wednesday, 23 June 2010 09:49 (fifteen years ago)
47. Quantum Leap - The Lone Ranger
― State Attorney Foxhart Cubycheck (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 23 June 2010 09:50 (fifteen years ago)
48. The Beatles - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
― barack psychosis (ledge), Wednesday, 23 June 2010 09:50 (fifteen years ago)
About a thousand folk songs wherein a girl dresses up as a boy and runs off to the sea/to the army
― I am utterly and abjectly pissed off with this little lot (Tom D.), Wednesday, 23 June 2010 09:51 (fifteen years ago)
(No Thanks I'm Waiting For My) Boyfriend by The Piranhas.
― everything, Wednesday, 23 June 2010 16:51 (fifteen years ago)
Sorry, I forgot the numbering.
58. (No Thanks I'm Waiting For My) Boyfriend by the Piranhas
― everything, Wednesday, 23 June 2010 16:52 (fifteen years ago)
59. Dear Doctor - The Rolling Stones
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 23 June 2010 16:56 (fifteen years ago)
60. Pina Colada song
― Chicago to Philadelphia: "Suck It" (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 23 June 2010 17:35 (fifteen years ago)
61. Murder in the Rue Morgue-Iron Maiden
― Chicago to Philadelphia: "Suck It" (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 23 June 2010 18:13 (fifteen years ago)
62. The Champion-Carman
― andrew m., Wednesday, 23 June 2010 18:17 (fifteen years ago)
63. Jim Stafford - "My Girl Bill"
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Wednesday, 23 June 2010 18:58 (fifteen years ago)
64. Bobby Goldsboro - "Honey"
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Wednesday, 23 June 2010 19:00 (fifteen years ago)
64. Magnetic Fields - "Papa Was a Rodeo"
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Wednesday, 23 June 2010 20:04 (fifteen years ago)
Oops, 65.
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Wednesday, 23 June 2010 20:05 (fifteen years ago)
66. "Bermuda Love Triangle" by The Negro Problem(basically the same twist ending as #60, but kinkier and meaner)
― Dodo Lurker (Slim and Slam), Wednesday, 23 June 2010 21:42 (fifteen years ago)
67. Magnetic Fields - The One You Really Love
― Davek (davek_00), Wednesday, 23 June 2010 22:25 (fifteen years ago)
What about songs where the twist ending is represented in the music, not the lyrics? Where the coda goes a completely different direction.
For Davek:
1. Phish - "Maze"(The ending isn't so much a twist as an out-of-left-field "HUH???".)
― Dodo Lurker (Slim and Slam), Wednesday, 23 June 2010 22:29 (fifteen years ago)
xpost remind me what happens, it's been a long time since I've listened to Phish.
― Davek (davek_00), Wednesday, 23 June 2010 22:32 (fifteen years ago)
After a long, meandering section in one key, there's suddenly a two-bar tag in a completely different key.
― Dodo Lurker (Slim and Slam), Wednesday, 23 June 2010 22:35 (fifteen years ago)
You can feel good (you can feel good) good about Hood!
― Davek (davek_00), Wednesday, 23 June 2010 22:35 (fifteen years ago)
Aaah I remember, funnily enough my memories of that song are of it being this quite dark eerie Trey solo showcase.
― Davek (davek_00), Wednesday, 23 June 2010 22:36 (fifteen years ago)
68. wham - wake me up before you go go
― t-shart weather (electricsound), Thursday, 24 June 2010 05:15 (fifteen years ago)
69. Dean Martin - The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane70. Eminem - Stan71. Killah Priest - Déjà Vu
― Tuomas, Thursday, 24 June 2010 12:20 (fifteen years ago)
72 - Ice T, 'Soul On Ice'
― display-name aesthete (snoball), Thursday, 24 June 2010 12:41 (fifteen years ago)
73. Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi
― anatol_merklich, Thursday, 24 June 2010 13:39 (fifteen years ago)
74. Harry Chapin - Corey's Coming
― ImprovSpirit, Thursday, 24 June 2010 15:48 (fifteen years ago)
75 - Ice T, 'The Girl Tried To Kill Me'
― display-name aesthete (snoball), Thursday, 24 June 2010 17:39 (fifteen years ago)
76 - Ice T, "Peel Their Caps Back"
― display-name aesthete (snoball), Thursday, 24 June 2010 17:42 (fifteen years ago)
77 - David Bowie, 'Space Oddity'
― display-name aesthete (snoball), Thursday, 24 June 2010 17:47 (fifteen years ago)
78 - The Who, 'Pictures of Lily'
― display-name aesthete (snoball), Thursday, 24 June 2010 17:50 (fifteen years ago)
79 – "Everything You Want," by Vertical Horizon, one of my lest favorite songs. Twist: that perfect dude the narrator has been describing? The one who suffers through all of your ambiguous torments & is always by your side to lift you up? Turns out that guy is the narrator!
― breaking that little dog's heart chakra (Abbott), Thursday, 24 June 2010 20:48 (fifteen years ago)
(I think this thread would be a lot better if the twist endings were described.)
80. Common - Testify
― Christyles, Friday, 25 June 2010 16:18 (fifteen years ago)
I would suppose "The Twist", "Let's Twist Again" and "Twist And Shout" all have twist endings? :)
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Friday, 25 June 2010 16:27 (fifteen years ago)
81. Devo-- 'Beautiful World'
― late adopter, Saturday, 26 June 2010 03:47 (fifteen years ago)
I think it would be better if this thread encouraged people to listen to the songs and heard the twist ending for themselves the first time.
― display-name aesthete (snoball), Saturday, 26 June 2010 08:36 (fifteen years ago)
82. Buddy Holly, 'It's Doesn't Matter Anymore'83. Michael Jackson, 'Working Day & Night'
― display-name aesthete (snoball), Saturday, 26 June 2010 10:21 (fifteen years ago)
I feel ya, snoball, but idk that I have five and a half hours to listen to all these songs just to feel like I'm really playing along (assuming all 83 songs listed are ~3 minutes long).
― breaking that little dog's heart chakra (Abbott), Sunday, 27 June 2010 16:26 (fifteen years ago)
84. johnny cash - long black veil
― symsymsym, Sunday, 27 June 2010 17:14 (fifteen years ago)
85. Loveblind - The Church
― Vast Halo, Sunday, 27 June 2010 20:29 (fifteen years ago)
86. Porter Wagoner - The Carroll County Accident
― Gavin in Leeds, Sunday, 27 June 2010 21:05 (fifteen years ago)
87. The Treble Spankers - araban
― meisenfek, Monday, 28 June 2010 17:37 (fifteen years ago)
xp - doesn't just about every Porter Wagoner song have a twist ending?
― ninjas and lasers and gold and (snoball), Monday, 28 June 2010 17:38 (fifteen years ago)
88. lefty frizzell, "saginaw, michigan"
― fact checking cuz, Monday, 28 June 2010 18:07 (fifteen years ago)
Fair point!
― Gavin in Leeds, Monday, 28 June 2010 19:05 (fifteen years ago)
89. ice cube, "you can't fade me" (shameless woman gets her comeuppance for trying to pull the okey-doke on Cube)
― When we was in the shower, your buttcheeks was warm (Eisbaer), Monday, 28 June 2010 19:08 (fifteen years ago)
xp Although granted that some are more signposted than others. 'Cold Hard Facts of Life' is pretty much obvious from the get-go - PW sets himself up and is totally oblivious even though we know what's going to happen as soon as he walks into the liquor store and overhears the two men talking.
― ninjas and lasers and gold and (snoball), Monday, 28 June 2010 19:08 (fifteen years ago)
90. "your silent face," new order(what starts off sounding like an attempt to write some Ian-esque lyrics ends as a mildly-scatalogical kiss-off).
― When we was in the shower, your buttcheeks was warm (Eisbaer), Monday, 28 June 2010 19:10 (fifteen years ago)
91 - another 'hey nearly every song by this person has a twist ending' - Roy Orbison, 'Running Scared'
― ninjas and lasers and gold and (snoball), Monday, 28 June 2010 19:13 (fifteen years ago)
92. Under Your Thumb - Godley & Creme
― Vast Halo, Wednesday, 30 June 2010 22:20 (fifteen years ago)
93. Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag
?
― village idiot (dog latin), Wednesday, 30 June 2010 22:22 (fifteen years ago)
94. Kung Fu Reference - The Ass Ponys
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 30 June 2010 22:37 (fifteen years ago)
95 (actually 94 because "Stan" is in here twice) Richard Hell & the Voidoids - "The Plan"
― nickn, Friday, 2 July 2010 21:17 (fifteen years ago)