Perfect Titles with Imperfect Syntax

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I'm thinking of stuff like "Hives Are Law, You are Crime," where slightly-off wording elevates a song title to greatness.

― Mark, Wednesday, 14 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Like the Boredoms song "JB Dick + Tin Turner Pussy Badsmell". That's more than slightly off but I love it.

― Mark, Wednesday, 14 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Mark E Smith to thread........

― Baxter Wingnut, Wednesday, 14 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Where is this Smtih guy, I need some other new answers...

― Mark, Wednesday, 14 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Noise For Pretend have a song called "Pants With His Halfway Down", a title that lives in its own syntactic universe. (Is "pants" a verb or noun? Is "halfway" an adverb or a noun? The answer, of course, is: Yes.) The song is terrific, too.

― Chris Piuma, Wednesday, 14 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Is you is or is you aint my baby.

― Dave225, Wednesday, 14 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

They Might Be Giants: "I Be An Retarded"

― Matt Riedl (veal), Wednesday, 14 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

noel gallagher OWNS this thread.

― mark p, Wednesday, 14 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

ah, crap. i read too quickly and thought the thread was JUST about imperfect syntax (missed the "elevates to greatness" part).

so, no, forgive me, noel owns nothing.

as you were!

― mark p, Wednesday, 14 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

"bring my car i feel to smash it" - sea and cake

― cybele, Wednesday, 14 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

five months pass...

I think the Mr Kinsella from Owls/Joan of Arc takes the prize for most puns and word/syntax-play in song titles. That said, few of them even approach 'greatness'.

Examples from the Owls album:
What Whorse You Wrote Id On
Life in the Hair Salon-Themed Bar on the Hair Salon Themed Bar on the Island

And then there was the 90 Day Men album:
(It (Is) It) Critical Band

― Ben Gook, Saturday, 18 January 2003 03:50 (twenty-two years ago)

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