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Posted: April 16 2010 at 17:18

Green Shield Stamp wrote:

'You Can Tune a Piano but You Can't Tuna Fish' by REO Speedwagon

'You Can Tune a Piano but You Can't Tuna Fish' by REO Speedwagon

I third this title and I like:

"Thick as a Brick"

"Cunning Stunts"

Vinyl just sounds better!!

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Posted: April 16 2010 at 18:52

This Is Our Punk Rock! Ye Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing

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Posted: April 17 2010 at 01:03

Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets

Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans

Fleetwood Mac - The Pious Bird of Good Omen

King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black

Moody Blues - On the Threshold of a Dream

Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Cord

Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children's Children

Nice - Ars Longa Vita Brevis

Kingdom Come - Galactic Zoo Dosier

Colosseum - Those who are about to die Salute You [Morituri Te Salutant]

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Posted: April 17 2010 at 01:19

great thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love some titles by heavy Aus rockers ACDC

'For those about to rock we salute you'

'if you want blood you've got it'

'off with their heads' by Kaiser Chiefs

By The Church

'magician among the spirits'

'parallel universe'

By Caravan

all of them!

By ELP

Brain Salad Surgery

By Porcupine Tree

Deadwing

Fear of a Blank Planet

By Van der Graaf Generator

The Quiet Zone / The Pleasure Dome

H to He, Who Am The Only One

The Least We Can do is wave to each other

By Pink Floyd

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

A Saucerful of Secrets

Atom Heart Mother

Dark Side of the Moon

A Momentary Lapse of Reason

Simple but effective one word titles

By Church

Seance

By King Crimson

Red

Beat

Discipline

By VDGG

Present

Vital

Godbluff

Trisector

By ELP

Tarkus

Trilogy

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Posted: April 17 2010 at 06:00

one I always liked ''The art of navigating by the stars'' Sieges Even

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Posted: April 17 2010 at 07:15

Chicago I, Chicago II, Chicago III, Chicago IV, etc...

Sometimes it's cool to keep things simple!

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Posted: April 17 2010 at 07:30

Blondie - "Eat to the Beat"

"Peace is the only battle worth waging."

Albert Camus

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Posted: April 17 2010 at 07:32

catfood03 wrote:

Chicago I, Chicago II, Chicago III, Chicago IV, etc...

Sometimes it's cool to keep things simple!

A bit like Led Zeppelin 1, 2, 3, 4...

Peter Gabriel 1, 2, 3 etc...

Sky 1, 2, 3, 4...

Soft Machine 1, 2, Third, Fourth, Fifth....

Focus 1, 2, 3....

No titles, no fuss, just good music

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Posted: April 17 2010 at 08:20

AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

catfood03 wrote:

Chicago I, Chicago II, Chicago III, Chicago IV, etc...

Sometimes it's cool to keep things simple!

A bit like Led Zeppelin 1, 2, 3, 4...

Peter Gabriel 1, 2, 3 etc...

Sky 1, 2, 3, 4...

Soft Machine 1, 2, Third, Fourth, Fifth....

Focus 1, 2, 3....

No titles, no fuss, just good music

Exactly! I don't admire those titles individually so much as because it creates a unified thread from album to album...

...or maybe these musicians were just unimaginative and lazy! LOL

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Posted: April 17 2010 at 09:59

ITo the already mentioned titles I'd add
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly
Radio K.A.O.S. - Roger Waters

And a very funny one, oozing self-irony, which I really love, although it's anything but prog:
In Search of the Fourth Chord - Status Quo (...and still looking LOL

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Property of Queen Productions...

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Posted: April 17 2010 at 10:51

just a few I like:

Alan Parsons Project:

The Turn of a Friendly Card

Aphrodite's Child:

666

Atomic Rooster:

Death Walks Behind You

Camel:

Mirage

I Can See Your House From Here

Caravan:

For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night

If I Could Do It All Over Again I'd Do It All Over You

Eloy:

Silent Cries And Mighty Echoes

Emerson, Lake & Palmer:

Brain Salad Surgery

Tarkus

The Enid:

In The Region Of The Summer Stars

Frank Zappa:

Apostrophe (')

Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute

Hot Rats

Return of The Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar

Sleep Dirt

Weasels Ripped My Flesh

We're Only in It for the Money

Gryphon:

Red Queen To Gryphon Three

Jethro Tull:

Aqualung

Heavy Horses

Minstrel in the Gallery

Thick as a Brick

King Crimson:

In the Court of the Crimson King

Marillion:

Script For A Jester's Tear

The Moody Blues:

Days of Future Passed

In Search of the Lost Chord

Nektar:

Journey To The Centre Of The Eye

A Tab In The Ocean

Pink Floyd:

The Dark Side of the Moon

A Momentary Lapse of Reason

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

Rare Bird:

As Your Mind Flies By

Rush:

Hemispheres

Strawbs:

Grave New World

Van Der Graaf Generator:

H to He Who, Am the Only One

The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other

Yes:

Close to the Edge

Tales From Topographic Oceans

Time always wins.

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Posted: April 17 2010 at 12:58

"Eargasm", by Johnnie Taylor

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Posted: April 17 2010 at 13:11

Not to condone violence, but I always loved Spooky Tooth's:

You Broke My Heart, So I Busted Your Jaw.

Can you tell me where we're headin'?
Lincoln County Road or Armageddon.

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Posted: April 17 2010 at 15:54

jammun wrote:

Not to condone violence, but I always loved Spooky Tooth's:

You Broke My Heart, So I Busted Your Jaw.

I wanted to mention that one also. It's funny.

I also like titles like "That's Another Fine Tune You Got Me Into". I think it was from Gilgamesh.

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Posted: April 17 2010 at 17:28

jammun wrote:

Not to condone violence, but I always loved Spooky Tooth's:

You Broke My Heart, So I Busted Your Jaw.

Yeah, I vote for this one also

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Posted: April 17 2010 at 21:14

The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking- Roger Waters
All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes- Pete Townshend
Psychoderelict- Pete Townshend
Rigor Mortis Sets In - John Entwistle
Stereotomy- Alan Parsons Project
Silent Nation - Asia

simple but effective:
90125- Yes
Invisible Touch - Genesis

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Posted: April 17 2010 at 22:00

jammun wrote:

Not to condone violence, but I always loved Spooky Tooth's:

You Broke My Heart, So I Busted Your Jaw.

That reminds me of "How Can I Miss You, If You Won't Go Away" by Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks

Here's a (song) title in a similar vein: "if You Leave Me, Can I Come Too" by Mental As Anything

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.

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Posted: April 18 2010 at 12:58

Album... there are a lot, certainly, but the best song title... Set the controls for the heart of the sun!

"You want me to play what, Robert?"

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Posted: April 18 2010 at 16:34

richardh wrote:

presdoug wrote:

Electric Savage-Colosseum 2

Especially good when you see the album cover (nowadays would be considered politically incorrect)

a definite eye-catcher-and man, is it ever a great album!

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Posted: April 18 2010 at 16:40

Art of Noise had a few cute titles= In Visible Silence, Below the Waste and In No Sense , Non Sense.

Dave Bainbridge- Veil of Gossamer

Bruford's Gradually Going Tornado

Caravan- Cunning Stunts (brilliant)

Jim Capaldi- Whale Meat Again

Colorstar- Heavenicetrip,

Thomas Dolby- Aliens Ate My Buick,

Eno- Here Come the Warm Jets (tsk, tsk),

Fish- Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors,

Gilgamesh- Another Fine Tune You Got Me Into,

Group 87- A Career in Dada Processing,

Hawkwind- The Xenon Codex,

Ian Hunter-

You Are Never Alone With A Schizophrenic,

Japan- Gentlemen Take Polaroids,

Kerrs Pink- The Art of Complex Simplicity,

LPD- The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse,

Magazine- Magic, Murder and the Weather

and The Proper Use of Soap,

The Nits- In the Dutch Mountains ,

The Shamen's

In Gorbachev We Trust,

Soft Machine-

Land of Cockayne,

The Sparks- Sax and Violins,

VdGG-

The Least We Could Do is Wave at Each Other,

YMO-

Hi-Tech/No-Crime

Edited by tszirmay - April 18 2010 at 16:44

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