Top 10 best song titles

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  1. bRETT

    bRETT Senior Member

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    Side two of Hatfield & the North;s first album:

    1. Fol de Rol" (Sinclair, Robert Wyatt) – 3:07
    2. "Shaving Is Boring" (Pyle) – 8:45
    3. "Licks for the Ladies" (Sinclair, Pyle) – 2:37
    4. "Bossa Nochance" (Sinclair) – 0:40
    5. "Big Jobs No. 2 (By Poo and the Wee Wees)" (Sinclair, Pyle) – 2:14
    6. "Lobster in Cleavage Probe" (Stewart) – 3:57
    7. "Gigantic Land Crabs in Earth Takeover Bid" (Stewart) – 3:21
    8. "The Other Stubbs Effect" (Pyle) – 0:38
     
  2. klaatuhf

    klaatuhf Forum Resident

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    Lycurgus The Wolf Driver (Peter Lang)
    The Thing at The Nursery Room Window (Peter Lang)
    The Waltz That Carried Us Away and Then a Mosquito Came and Ate Up My Sweetheart (John Fahey)
    When Shrimps Learn To Whistle (Leo Kottke)
    Illya Kuryakin Looked At Me (The Cleaners From Venus)
    Beware of The Flowers ('Cause I'm Sure They're Going To Get You, Yeh) (Otway & Barrett)
     
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  3. JozefK

    JozefK Forum Resident

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    "How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I've Been A Liar All My Life"

     
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  4. JozefK

    JozefK Forum Resident

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  5. JozefK

    JozefK Forum Resident

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    Surprisingly, unless I missed it no one mentioned this:

     
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  6. JozefK

    JozefK Forum Resident

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  7. JozefK

    JozefK Forum Resident

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    Spike Jones came up with my favorite song title (for a teenage love ballad) but I don't think he ever wrote a song for it: "They May Put My Heart In Jail, But They'll Never Stop My Face From Breaking Out"
     
  8. MothMonsterMan

    MothMonsterMan I am a moth who just wants to eat your flag

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    I'd agree that's a great title if you appreciate the irony. But I know , and hate, that there are lunkheads out there that are like " ****YEAH IT Is!
     
  9. Toad of the Short Forest

    Toad of the Short Forest Forum Resident

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    1.) Deep Freeze Mice - A Ten Legged Beast (or an Eight Legged with Feelers)
    2.) Frank Zappa/Mothers - Prelude to the Afternoon of a Sexually Aroused Gas Mask
    3.) Blossom Toes - The Remarkable Saga of the Frozen Dog
    4.) Captain Beefheart - There ain’t no Santa Claus on the Evenin’ stage
    5.) Intersystems - Morelli At the Moment of Electrocution
    6.) Love - Maybe the People Would be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale
    7.) Caravan - If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You
    8.) AMM - Later During a Flaming Riviera Sunset
    9.) An*l C*nt - Music Sucks
    10.) Leo Kottke - The Driving of the Year Nail

     
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  10. idleracer

    idleracer Forum Resident

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    :D I don't even think that's the most interesting song title to emerge from Australia:

     
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  11. Actuarybrad

    Actuarybrad Forum Resident

    Dogs
    Pigs
    Sheep
     
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  12. mark winstanley

    mark winstanley Certified dinosaur, who likes physical product

    prelude to the afternoon of a sexually aroused gas mask - zappa ...

    i think zappa might win

    but there's always
    several species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave and grooving with a pict - floyd
     
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  13. John69

    John69 Forum Resident

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    01. The Man Who Wrote Home Sweet Home Never Was A Married Man
    02. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
    03. Sunday Morning Coming Down
    04. So What
    05. Ripple
    06. Hello Walls
    07. Hot Burrito #1
    08. Tube Snake Boogie
    09. Positively 4th Street
    10. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
     
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  14. lesterbangs

    lesterbangs Forum Resident

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    Counting Crows- If I Could Give All My Love -or- Richard Manuel is Dead
    Father John Misty- Nothing Good Ever Happens at the Goddamn Thirsty Crow
    R.E.M- Radio Free Europe
    Joy Division- New Dawn Fades
    The Flaming Lips- Talkin' Bout the Smiling Deathporn Immortality Blues
    Lord Huron- La Belle Fleur Sauvage
    The National- Theory of the Crows
    Conor Oberst- Empty Hotel By the Sea
    Warren Zevon- Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
    Warren Zevon- Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner
     
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  15. aeo12

    aeo12 Forum Resident

    "Sir B. McKenzie's Daughter's Lament For The 77th Mounted Lancers Retreat From The Straits Of Loch Knombe, In The Year Of Our Lord 1727, On The Occasion Of The Announcement Of Her Marriage To The Laird Of Kinleakie" -- Fairport Convention
     
  16. DirkM

    DirkM Forum Resident

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    Repeal Of The Licensing Laws - The Pogues
    Your Phone's Off The Hook But You're Not - X
    Love Minus Zero/No Limit - Bob Dylan
    Did You Have A Nice Life Without Me? - Cock Sparrer
    Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend!) - Mel & Kim
    I've Forgotten What It Was In You (That Put The Need In Me) - Maria McKee
    An Elpee's Worth Of Toons - Todd Rundgren
    My Old Man's Got A Gun - Olivia Newton-John
    If My Car Could Only Talk - Lou Christie
    W.O.R.K. (N.O. Nah, No No My Daddy Don't) - Bow Wow Wow
     
  17. The Razors Edge

    The Razors Edge Forum Resident

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    Mummy Was an Asteroid, Daddy Was a Small Non-Stick Kitchen Utensil - Quiet Sun
    There's No Lights On The Christmas Tree Mother, They're Burning Big Louie Tonight - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
    If I Were Britannia I'd Waive the Rules - Budgie
    Return Of The Son Of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar - Frank Zappa
    I Wanna Find a Woman That'll Hold My Big Toe Till I Have to Go - Captain Beefheart
    3 AM at the Border of the Marsh from Okefenokee - Tangerine Dream
    All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit - Half Man Half Biscuit

     
  18. DirkM

    DirkM Forum Resident

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    This is, without a doubt, the greatest thing I've ever read on this site.
     
  19. Dbstay

    Dbstay Senior Member

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    The Hand That Rocks The Cradle - The Smiths

    There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths

    I Am Not Sorry - Morrissey

    We Hate it When Our Friends Become Successful - Morrissey

    Satan Rejected My Soul - Morrissey

    I Have Forgiven Jesus - Morrissey

    The Last Of The Famous International Playboys - Morrissey

    Unhappy Birthday - The Smiths

    It´s Not Your Birthday Anymore - Morrissey

    That Joke Isn´t Funny Anymore - The Smiths
     
  20. plentyofjamjars67

    plentyofjamjars67 Forum Resident

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    here are 14 favorite titles of mine, since the OP had honorable mentions :D

    "Another The Letter" Wire
    "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" The Yardbirds
    "Recent Bedroom" Atlas Sound
    "Molecular Delusion" Ramases
    "Voices Green And Purple" The Bees
    "It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry" Bob Dylan
    "Chariots Of Silk" Tyrannosaurus Rex
    "A Kissed Out Red Floatboat" Cocteau Twins
    "20 Songs Less" Gastr Del Sol
    "Raspberry Salesman" Teddy & The Pandas
    "Andmoreagain" Love
    "L.S. Bumblebee" Peter Cook & Duddley Moore
    "Echidna's Arf (Of You)" Frank Zappa/Mothers Of Invention
    "Lions In My Own Garden (Exit Someone)" Prefab Sprout
     
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  21. Zoot Marimba

    Zoot Marimba And I’m The Critic Of The Group

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    1. Who Are The Brain Police?-Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention
    2. The Great Sun Jester-Blue Oyster Cult
    3. Take Your Clothes Off And Dance-Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention
    4. You (Fill In The Blank)-Anal C***
    5. New York’s Alright If You Like Saxophones-Fear
    6. Killing Is My Business (And Business Is Good)-Megadeth
    7. At Dawn They Sleep-Slayer
    8. None Of Them Knew They Were Robots-Mr. Bungle
    9. As The Worm Turns- Faith No More
    10. Night Prowler-AC/DC
     
  22. rancher

    rancher Unmade Bed

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    Stereolab was the all-time classic for song titles, they had one rule, the title could not relate in any way to the chorus:

    Puncture in the Radax Permutation
    Cosmic Country Noir
    Jenny Ondioline (google it)
    We’re Not Adult Orientated
    Pack Y’r Romantic Mind
    Metronomic Underground
    Get a Shot of the Refrigerator
     
  23. skisdlimit

    skisdlimit Forum Resident

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    Maybe not the "best" objectively speaking, but these are 10 favorite song titles of mine:

    1. "Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow" - Funkadelic
    2. "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" - Frank Zappa
    3. "Take This Job And Shove It" - Johnny Paycheck
    4. "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" - AC/DC
    5. "Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell" - The Stooges
    6. "Girls L.G.B.N.A.F." - Ice-T
    7. "Why Don't We Get Drunk" - Jimmy Buffett
    8. "Jack U Off" - Prince
    9. "Territorial Pissings" - Nirvana
    10. "Beat On The Brat" - Ramones
     
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  24. tim_neely

    tim_neely Forum Hall Of Fame

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    Just to make it more challenging, I restrict this top 10 to songs that made the U.S. top 40.

    Alphabetically:

    "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft (The Recognized Anthem of World Contact Day)," Carpenters
    "Hot Smoke and Sasafrass," The Bubble Puppy
    "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman," Whistling Jack Smith
    "If I Said You Have a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me," The Bellamy Brothers
    "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage," Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
    "New York Mining Disaster 1941 (Have You Seen My Wife, Mr. Jones)," Bee Gees
    "Over Under Sideways Down," The Yardbirds
    "Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies," The Association
    "Smells Like Teen Spirit," Nirvana
    "You Can't Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd," Roger Miller
     
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  25. barking spider

    barking spider Forum Resident

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    Just when I thought I had all Syd Barrett songs there appears a new one.
     
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