My vote goes to Aha's The Sun Always Shines On TV. NO IT DOES NOT! And if it did, what sort of consolation is that, blondie?
On the plus side, the song is a nice little number and the video - with its orchestra of spooky disembodied mannequins and intro showing how the guy and girl from the Take On Me video fared - is way cool.
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Standing outside a broken phone booth ...
Standing outside a broken phone booth with money in my hand.
aha - that band ruled...ahh the days of ...
aha - that band ruled...ahh the days of my youth!!!!
I always thought that Aha song was ...
I always thought that Aha song was basically saying "life isn't as rosy as you've been lead to believe (ie. what you see on TV), so don't be so hard on yourself". I like the title.
There was a big spate of electronic music in the mid to late 90s that had shit titles, particularly ones which were unpronouncable. Sure I like 'rsdio', 'c/pach' and 'second bad vilbel' by Autechre, but I don't think I can request them on the radio. It's sort of honest for such cerebral music to not have flowery titles like 'The Love You Cruelly Gave Me Would Not Last' (a track by a guy called Locust, which I swear is taking the piss), but I reckon titles have got to be vaguely utile.
Utile I tell you!
Then there was this Labradford album:
1. Recorded and mixed at Sound of Music, Richmond, Va.
2. with John Morand and assisted by Brian Hoffa.
3. Dulcimers played by Peter Neff, Strings played
4. by Chris Johnston, Craig Markva, Jamie Evans,
5. and Jonathan Morken. Photo provided by
6. Let O'Steen. Design assistance by John Piper
Rrrrrrr!!
is that the 'punk' band The ...
is that the 'punk' band The Locust???
who also had such gems as 'The Half-Eaten Sausage Would Like To See You In His Office"
and
'Anything Jesus Does I Can Do Better'
???
they are awesome
Nah, Locust was a guy doing moody ...
Nah, Locust was a guy doing moody semi-industrial electronic stuff in the mid-to-late-90s. A guy called Mark Van Hoen. I think he started doing moody, delicate songs later on, but under his own name.
Other titles I remember from the same album as the above were 'I Feel Cold Inside Because Of The Things You Say', 'I Am Afraid Of Who I Am' and 'Inside I Am Crying'. :D :D
Locust's a pretty damn common name. Anyone remember Nomad + Pearl Runga + a guy called Ryan doing drum n bass as Locust? I remember a good gig at La Luna. Seemed better than solo Nomad stuff to me, but maybe I was just more ignorant of dnb at the time. :P
the video for take on me was the best ...
the video for take on me was the best ever made.
//best ever made Billy Idol - Cradle ...
//best ever made
Billy Idol - Cradle of love
*chortle*
'dribbling darts of love' (i can't ...
'dribbling darts of love' (i can't remember the band)
digital bath - deftones (not that its a bad song mind)
and as jet kinda said, a lot of electronic music (particularly the older stuff) has stupid titles
dribbling darts of love <i>was</i> the ...
dribbling darts of love was the band. they changed it to just the 'dribbling darts' after a couple of years.
oh right its still a pretty silly ...
oh right
its still a pretty silly name
yep. in fact, 'dribbling' will render ...
yep. in fact, 'dribbling' will render absurd virtually any name or title it is added to. eg...
the dribbling beatles
I think one should actively attempt to disassociate oneself from dribbling, at any time, but especially with regards to making music.
When I was 18 some friends and I ...
When I was 18 some friends and I discussed starting a punk band called Drool.
I was the guitarist for metallica until ...
I was the guitarist for metallica until i felt sorry for Kirk hammet and let him replace me.
fuck off bruce...
fuck off bruce
Hahaha Jotun era Metallica post Dave ...
Hahaha Jotun era Metallica post Dave pre Kirk.
digital bath is a wicked song name!...
digital bath is a wicked song name!
was that in between Dave Mustaine ...
was that in between Dave Mustaine leaving and Kirk starting? Oh I see... we're in a world of make believe
Dave ain't got nothing on me!!! I ...
Dave ain't got nothing on me!!! I know how to play slipknot covers!!!! he h ehe
uh huh... so we are still in a world of ...
uh huh... so we are still in a world of make believe I see
The Loneliness of The Long-distance ...
The Loneliness of The Long-distance Runner, by Iron Maiden. Oh, they've got a million of em...
Yeah they do....
Yeah they do.
"The Loneliness of The Long-distance ...
"The Loneliness of The Long-distance Runner" is actually the name of a short story by Allan Sillitoe. A film based on the story came out in 1960 is more widely-known - some regard it as a classic of British cinema.
...yeah mate, Maiden turn lots of ...
...yeah mate, Maiden turn lots of classics into 'songs'.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Alexander the Great
Ghengis Khan
etc, etc, ad infinitum...
The rime of the ancient mariner??? im ...
The rime of the ancient mariner??? im sure thats a poem we did in english a while ago by coleridge i think, well one of those opium adicts anyway.
It goes off on 'live after death'... ...
It goes off on 'live after death'... betraying my bogan past, but thank you Iron Maiden for helping me pass English Lit!
//'live after death' /m/'s...
//'live after death'
/m/'s
Bath time for Jim (kick down the ...
Bath time for Jim (kick down the door's)
'Funk-o-metal carpet ride' by a band ...
'Funk-o-metal carpet ride' by a band called 'pretty boy floyd', which in itself is pretty bloody silly. 90s glam metal. Oh dear!
//pretty boy floyd and I thought I was ...
//pretty boy floyd
and I thought I was the only one hahaha.
Ugly Kid Joe named themselves because ...
Ugly Kid Joe named themselves because they got a gig supporting Pretty Boy Floyd and thought it would be a good piss take.
XTC's Making Plans For Nigel is ...
XTC's Making Plans For Nigel is another one.
The whole song, though a classic, is quite silly.
I cant stand myself { when you touch ...
I cant stand myself { when you touch me}. James Brown and the Dapps 1967.
I dont want nobody to give me nothing [ open up the door I'll get it myself ]
I got ants in my pants
Im forever blowing bubbles
Donald wheres yoor trousers
Shake hands with beef
"touch myself" (they played it on the ...
"touch myself" (they played it on the 1st austin powers movie)
"tay tay tay tay" (some 80s song cant remember who sung it now)
oh i forgot "the purple people ...
oh i forgot
"the purple people eater" - some lame 1950s novelty tune.
//"tay tay tay tay" (some 80s song cant ...
//"tay tay tay tay" (some 80s song cant remember who sung it now)
The song's called Respectable, it's by Mel&Kim.
thats they one...."respectable" sounds ...
thats they one...."respectable" sounds more of its namesake for a title although at first it was called 'tay tay tay' and i mean "where the hell would they get tay tay tay" from?? however its all sorted and thanks for the music301 lesson there heather.
//although at first it was called 'tay ...
//although at first it was called 'tay tay tay'
i was meant to say although at first I THOUGHT it was called 'tay tay tay'
//i mean "where the hell would they get ...
//i mean "where the hell would they get tay tay tay" from??
Ah, well, probably derived from the first line/word of the chorus - tay tay tay tay t-ta t-tay tay tay tay take or leave us only please believe us we are never gonna beerespectable..
Man, I was just reading back on that, and then I realised I was surreptitiously doing the actions...
Maybe they wrote it for the Eurovision song contest...that competition was never short of oo-ee-oos and biddy biddy biddy biddy bops and plee plee plippy bom boms in the 80s.
Dang, and now I remember how much I ...
Dang, and now I remember how much I like them. I'll be scouring the bargain bins this weekend...
we used to give my friend matt shit for ...
we used to give my friend matt shit for having Mel&Kim posters on his bedroom wall, I think he still has a copy of their album somewhere.
Another one: Everybody's Got ...
Another one:
Everybody's Got Something To Hide Escept For Me And My Monkey, by the Beatles. It's quite a rockin' song, but one has to wonder what Lennon was on when he thought up the lyrics (probably quite a lot).
maybe the people would be the times, or ...
maybe the people would be the times, or between clarke & hilldale- love
the one about the furry animals grooving in a pict- pink floyd
lucifer sam- pink floyd
ironically lena it was that song title ...
ironically lena it was that song title that gave me my handle.
The whole Barret-era Floyd is ...
The whole Barret-era Floyd is chockablock with silly song-titles - psychedelia and all.
¿really sam?- ¡golly!...
¿really sam?- ¡golly!
lena, lena, lena.......U Never cease to ...
lena, lena, lena.......U Never cease to amaze me, honestly.
just wait til we have a liason ...
just wait til we have a liason dangereuse
Mojo Nixon had some classics, Don ...
Mojo Nixon had some classics, Don Henley Must Die and Debbie Gibson is Pregnant with my 2 headed love child are stand outs.
Frank Zappa had a few beauts as well, latex solar beef, uncle meat, the idiot bastard son.....