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    Posted: May 22 2004 at 16:04

I know there was already a similar topic. But I can't find it anymore . So I decided to invite you anew to find some strange and/or funny song titles. On the prog site "ground and sky" there are some bands listed who don't lack of humour. For example :

Forever Einstein, "Down with gravity" with the following set of songs ;

1.  Maybe spending the rest of your life in a madhouse will teach you some manners


2.  My mule wouldn't walk in the mud so I had to put 17 bullets in her


3.  You want fries with that?


4.  My wife's ex-husband's grandfather's bowler is now mine and I never wear it

5.  Minimalism is not incompatible with destiny


6. 
With a car like that you must be knee deep in whores

7.  Tell the little man with the big head the bank is CLOSED!

 
8.  A fruit pie salesman with a whoopee cushion living in Witchita Falls OR Wow! If your fly weren't open you'd look just like Roger Moore

9.  I'm going to cut the soles off my shoes sit in a tree and learn to play the flute

10.  Better to be early than lift your leg

 

You have also Dashiell Hedayat (album "Obsolete") (with the following line-up : Dashiell Hedayat, vocal, guitar, keyboards; Daevid Allen, lead guitar; Didier Malherbe, sax, flute; Christian Tritsch, bass, acoustic guitar; Pip Pyle, drums, guitar; Gilli Smythe, vocal; with Robert Wyatt, voice; William S. Burroughs, voice), an album which features a song called : "Eh, Mushroom, will you mush my room ?".

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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 22 2004 at 20:15

 

From Happy the Man debut eponymous album (1977)

Knee Bitten Nymphs in Limbo ; On Time, as a Helix of Precious Laughs ; Stumpy Meets the Firecracker in Stencil Forest

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 22 2004 at 20:24

LOL What's that old Floyd track? Something like "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Grooving in a Cave with a Pict."

Just a tad off-kilter, wot? Wacko

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 22 2004 at 22:33

I suppose Zappa is worth mentioning...

the list goes on indefinitely, but here is a taste:

My guitar wants to kill your mama

Why does it hurt when I pee?

Willie the Pimp (a take on Willie the wimp)

the Muffin Man

Sheik Yerbouti

I dont wanna get drafted

Father O'Blivion

to name a few...

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2004 at 18:02

Peter:

"Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict."  Definitely "best of show" re strange song titles!!  

Peace.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2004 at 18:33

I'd sure go with Peter about Pink Floyd track LOL

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2004 at 19:03

Labradford - E luxo so (1999)

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. Leta O'Steen. Design assistance by John Piper 

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2004 at 06:09
"Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict" will be the one Wink
when i sell my life story, maybe i should write it first and do the living later 'cause life is so much cleaner on the page
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2004 at 07:13
Hows about that good ol' country & western classic.......

"drop kick me jesus, through the goalposts of life"

Not a clue who it's by, but I just remember it being played in a list of the top 50 worst c/w songs ever a few Christmas's ago

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2004 at 15:12

Brand X:

 Algon (Where an Ordinary Cup of Drinking Chocolate Costs 9,000,000 pounds)

Hate Zone

Smacks of Euphoric Hysteria

Born Ugly

Disco Suicide (later retitled "Born Pretty at a Disco")

National Health:

The Lethargy Shuffle

The Mind Your Backs Tango

The Collapso

People are puzzled why I don't dig the Stones, well, I listened to the Stones, I tried, and I tried, and I tried, and--I Can't Get No Satisfaction!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2004 at 16:50
Armageddonouddahere: Mind Gallery
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2004 at 17:23

Brand X again: TMIUATGA ("They're Making It Up As They Go Along")

& Why Should I Lend You Mine (When You've Broken Yours Off Already)

LOL Ha! That's a band that doesn't take themselves too seriously! Python's Michael Palin even did the liner notes for one of their albums, as I recall (gone with my vinyl, sadly).

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2004 at 17:26

 Smile Here's the title of an obscure punk album that I saw once (don't recall the band, but the title was memorable): "668: Neighbour of the Beast"

Ha!LOL Clever!

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2004 at 17:31

Here's one from the Tannahill Weavers, one of my favourite Scottish trad bands (you may not get this one at first -- say it aloud in a Scots accent): "Phuktiphanno" LOL

"Hey, what's the name of that reel you just played, Angus?"

"Phuktiphanno, mate."

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O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2004 at 18:13

I can't remember what band it was, CRS eek, but they had a tune called:

Kwitcherbitchin'

 

Steve Morse had "Tumeni Notes." Shredilicious, eh?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2004 at 18:17
In my current playlist:

Thank Christ For George (Catapilla)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 26 2004 at 21:54

Adrian Belew: "Joan Miro's Procession Through the Insides of a Purple Antelope Across a Sea of Tuna Fish"

Whew!LOL

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