Many songs have titles to them that are not at all mentioned in the song itself, with some of them not even being suggested at all. Songs like Baba O' Reily by The Who or What She Wants by Wham do not make it obvious in the song when being sung that those are the titles of them. In fact if you heard Baba O' Reily for the first time you would think the song is titled Teenage Wasteland or Wham's song is Somebody Tell Me for those are the two most sung phrases in the songs themselves. How many songs that made it to constant airplay or played around pop culture that you know of like these?
Dilemma by Nelly & Kelly Rowland, 2002
I think it is a very bad idea for artists to do this. It makes it vary difficult for people to find and buy the song, thus could result in loss of sales.
These days you can find any song you like (barring the relentlessly obscure stuff, of course) by typing a random snippet of the lyrics into Google. It will match one of several dozen websites that list the lyrics to dang near every commercially published song out there, complete with artist and title.
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 28, 2014, 02:43:45 PM
These days you can find any song you like (barring the relentlessly obscure stuff, of course) by typing a random snippet of the lyrics into Google. It will match one of several dozen websites that list the lyrics to dang near every commercially published song out there, complete with artist and title.
If you can hear the lyrics correctly. Sometimes it's hard to tell what the lyrics are.
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 28, 2014, 02:43:45 PM
These days you can find any song you like (barring the relentlessly obscure stuff, of course) by typing a random snippet of the lyrics into Google. It will match one of several dozen websites that list the lyrics to dang near every commercially published song out there, complete with artist and title.
Not always like a song that Macy's Department Store always plays that has Push Push Shove Me Away in the lyrics does not come up in the search. I google that one and it comes up nill, but bringing up similar songs by other artists, but not that particular one. However, I found the correct title for a Judy Collins song just by googling some of the lyrics of the song.
Both Sides Now is not mentioned in the lyrics of a song written and sung originally by Joni Mitchell and covered by Judy Collins. The " I really.....at all" from whatever each verse is about sticks in one's mind, but google "I really don't know love at all" and it will lead you to it.
What's Up by 4 Non Blondes
Tomorrow Never Knows by The Beatles
Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin
Also, Shazam and SoundHound exist for identifying songs with a smartphone now.
Pretty much any Smashing Pumpkins song
Many nine inch nails songs
Many Tool songs
Several Zep songs come to mind. "Trampled Underfoot," "Black Dog," "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp," "Carouselambra," "Achilles Last Stand" off the top of my head.
"Poem For The People," "A Song For Richard And His Friends" and "Dialogue" by Chicago.
"One" by Metallica.
If I put my mind to it I could probably come up with many more.
"Old White Lincoln" by the Gaslight Anthem (probably my favorite band aside from Springsteen).
One that includes the lyric but doesn't seem obvious is Boston's "Something About You" (it'd be easy to think the song is called "It Isn't Easy," and indeed when Tom Scholz was working on the album he initially called the song "Life Isn't Easy").
Most New Order songs (as well as their predecessor band, Joy Division)
Actually Careless Whisper by Wham is another. In fact when it first came out I thought that was What She Wants as for some reason that title fits that song more than it does the other one it was named for. This was even before I heard the song's lyrics I assessed that notion. I guess if a certain type of man could look like a Tom then a song melody can have a sound as well.
"Train in Vain" by The Clash. Never once is this phrase used in the song.
"South Central Rain" by R.E.M. You would think the the song is "I'm Sorry" (which is the parenthetical title). Of course, the way Michael Stipe mumbled through early R.E.M. songs, the title could have been sung.
"The Rain, The Park, and Other Things" by The Cowsills in 1967. Heard during the dream fantasy scene in the movie "Dumb and Dumber."
Good luck finding out what "I.G.Y" stands for and what it has in relation to the eponymous song by Donald Fagen.
This isn't anything new. Examples:
"The Christmas Song" - lyrics "Chestnuts roasting by the open fire ..."
"America" - lyrics "My country 'tis of thee ..." - the title is often confused with "America the Beautiful"
Quote from: roadman65 on June 28, 2014, 03:49:35 PM
Both Sides Now is not mentioned in the lyrics of a song written and sung originally by Joni Mitchell and covered by Judy Collins. The " I really.....at all" from whatever each verse is about sticks in one's mind, but google "I really don't know love at all" and it will lead you to it.
Yes it is, several times (ie, the line "I've looked at love from both sides now").
Anyways, howabout 'Rainy Day Women' by Bob Dylan?
:spin:
Mike
This thread is pointless because there are literally millions of examples.
I recommend for the moderators to lock it pronto.
Quote from: andrewkbrown on June 28, 2014, 09:57:44 PM
"The Rain, The Park, and Other Things" by The Cowsills in 1967. Heard during the dream fantasy scene in the movie "Dumb and Dumber."
HOLY BALLS this is the last place I thought I would find this song. Thanks! (though I admittedly didn't look very hard).
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Additionally, Baba O' Riley by the Who
Quote from: mgk920 on June 29, 2014, 01:07:05 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on June 28, 2014, 03:49:35 PM
Both Sides Now is not mentioned in the lyrics of a song written and sung originally by Joni Mitchell and covered by Judy Collins. The " I really.....at all" from whatever each verse is about sticks in one's mind, but google "I really don't know love at all" and it will lead you to it.
Yes it is, several times (ie, the line "I've looked at love from both sides now").
Anyways, howabout 'Rainy Day Women' by Bob Dylan?
:spin:
Mike
#'s 12 & 35.
Many songs by Dylan: Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, Bob Dylan's 115th Dream, From a Buick 6.
Every song but one on the album Anthem of the Sun, Wharf Rat, Black Peter, and New Speedway Boogie by The Grateful Dead
School Days by Chuck Berry
Norwegian Wood, Revolution 9, Tomorrow Never Knows by The Beatles
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes by CSN
ROLLING STONES: "Sympathy For The Devil" and "Bitch".
By the way, if you ever want to hear a great musical segue, play the long version of the song "Beginnings" by Chicago and then "Sympathy For The Devil"!
Quote from: Thing 342 on June 28, 2014, 10:10:31 PM
Good luck finding out what "I.G.Y" stands for and what it has in relation to the eponymous song by Donald Fagen.
International Geophysical Year. I remember when the song came out.
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on June 29, 2014, 10:04:18 AM
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes by CSN
I believe that song title properly lacks punctuation, as does the movie title, Star Trek Into Darkness. But I could be wrong I suppose.
Quote from: Thing 342 on June 28, 2014, 10:10:31 PM
Good luck finding out what "I.G.Y" stands for and what it has in relation to the eponymous song by Donald Fagen.
I.G.Y. was the International Geophysical Year, which was more or less 1958. The song's lyrics describe the future as someone from 1958 might imagine it.
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 28, 2014, 02:43:45 PM
These days you can find any song you like (barring the relentlessly obscure stuff, of course) by typing a random snippet of the lyrics into Google. It will match one of several dozen websites that list the lyrics to dang near every commercially published song out there, complete with artist and title.
And 99% of those web sites deliberatly misquote at least part of the song lyrics to avoid paying licensing fees.
Quote from: roadman65 on June 28, 2014, 12:45:37 PM
What She Wants by Wham
The song you're thinking of is "Everything She Wants". It says "everything she wants, is everything she sees" in the first verse of the song.
John Cage, "4'33""
More from Zeppelin. How could I have forgotten "D'yer Mak'er" (I remember hearing Casey Kasem talk about the history of that song title, and how it's properly pronounced similar to "Jamaica" but with an "er" at the end) and "The Crunge," which asks the question that lost travelers have been known to utter, "Where's that confounded bridge?"
the correct title is mentioned in the lyrics, but for the longest time I thought there was an Aerosmith song called "Home Sweet Home".
in fact, for many years I thought the lyrics at end were "and for the last time, I'm just a punk in the street". hey, it didn't fail to make sense.
"Foolish Beat" was a #1 hit for Debbie Gibson in 1988. She only sings the title of that song once in the entire song ("...just a foolish beat of my heart..."). Compare that to "Shake Your Love" a few months earlier, where the damn lyric is said like 100 times in the whole thing! :banghead:
"Baba O'Riley." Synth loop in the style of Terry Riley was intended to be based on vital statistics of the Avatar Meher Baba, of whom Pete Townshend was a follower. Part of an abandoned rock opera about a world in which this was a typical way of composing music. Could be called the beginning of Townshend's growing inability to write straightforward rock songs and obsession with overblown concepts he had difficulty carrying out.
Quote from: Pete from Boston on June 30, 2014, 11:58:40 AM
"Baba O'Riley." Synth loop in the style of Terry Riley was intended to be based on vital statistics of the Avatar Meher Baba, of whom Pete Townshend was a follower. Part of an abandoned rock opera about a world in which this was a typical way of composing music. Could be called the beginning of Townshend's growing inability to write straightforward rock songs and obsession with overblown concepts he had difficulty carrying out.
I already mentioned "Baba O'Riley" on the last page, but it doesn't matter. If I recall correctly, "Baba O'Riley has been cited on some websites as one of the top 10 most confusing song names. My mom, who is not a Who fan, did not know the name of this song. I asked her, and she said, "Teenage Wasteland". Can't blame her...I think quite a few people (mistakenly) call it that.EDIT: Already mentioned by OP (post #1), which I missed and posted again too. :banghead:
Quote from: Thing 342 on June 28, 2014, 10:10:31 PM
Good luck finding out what "I.G.Y" stands for and what it has in relation to the eponymous song by Donald Fagen.
International Geophysical Year (July 1957 - December 1958).
Quote from: Pete from Boston on June 30, 2014, 11:58:40 AM
"Baba O'Riley." Synth loop in the style of Terry Riley was intended to be based on vital statistics of the Avatar Meher Baba
Third time that one's been mentioned. But, vital statistics, like a heartbeat or something? So, does that mean it's actually
supposed to sound like an orgasm at the end?
Quote from: vtk on June 30, 2014, 09:51:07 PM
Quote from: Pete from Boston on June 30, 2014, 11:58:40 AM
"Baba O'Riley." Synth loop in the style of Terry Riley was intended to be based on vital statistics of the Avatar Meher Baba
Third time that one's been mentioned. But, vital statistics, like a heartbeat or something? So, does that mean it's actually supposed to sound like an orgasm at the end?
Sorry, skimmed quickly. "Who's Next" was the salvaged remnants of "Lifehouse," a two-album story about a future society in which music was programmed for everyone based on their particular details. IIRC, Pete Townshend started the whole thing over and released it in 2000 or so, but like most of his recent output, it did not garner a lot of attention.
Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana.
Quote from: DandyDan on July 01, 2014, 06:18:09 AM
Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana.
Smells Like Nirvana by Weird Al Yankovic
come to think of it...
A Complicated Song
every polka-pop medley
Cavity Search
Quote from: roadman on June 30, 2014, 09:46:42 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 28, 2014, 02:43:45 PM
These days you can find any song you like (barring the relentlessly obscure stuff, of course) by typing a random snippet of the lyrics into Google. It will match one of several dozen websites that list the lyrics to dang near every commercially published song out there, complete with artist and title.
And 99% of those web sites deliberatly misquote at least part of the song lyrics to avoid paying licensing fees.
Grumble...don't get me started on that bs. If the record companies posted them on their own website themselves as a courtesy for consumers, we would not have this issue. They could post the lyrics and have useful ads for a person to then buy a copy of the song or similar songs, but no, that's innovation, and the recording industry isn't capable of that. Instead, god forbid other sites fill this void and give away lyrics for free and make money from worthless ads (lose 20 lbs in 5 days with this secret), so let's just sue the websites who do so. No one would ever pay for lyrics outright, but yet somehow the recording industry is convinced they are losing money from it.
Quote from: bugo on June 29, 2014, 01:41:33 AM
This thread is pointless because there are literally millions of examples.
I recommend for the moderators to lock it pronto.
I respectfully disagree. The fact that there are so many examples makes this an interesting thread. This is much better than a thread that just asks a question that has one correct answer.
I feel like the 90's was the prime time for obscure song names, although it stuck around with emo and pop-punk bands in the 00's
Easy examples with multiple songs: Stone Temple Pilots (interstate love song, sex type thing) and pretty much every song by Fallout Boy and Panic at the Disco.
Other examples that quickly come to mind, where the title is from an otherwise easily forgotten lyric:
"Big Yellow Taxi" by Counting Crows and Vanessa Carlton
(Paved paradise and put up a parking lot)
"Counting Blue Cars" by Dishwalla
(Tell me all your thoughts on God)
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Quote from: bugo on June 29, 2014, 01:41:33 AM
This thread is pointless because there are literally millions of examples.
I recommend for the moderators to lock it pronto.
I hope that's sarcasm.
A few songs by Coldplay do the same thing. For example, the song "Charlie Brown" makes no reference to the title at all, at least I can't tell.
Quote from: Laura on July 01, 2014, 02:28:55 PM
"Big Yellow Taxi" by Counting Crows and Vanessa Carlton
(Paved paradise and put up a parking lot)
I had figured that there would be covers of this, but I had no idea there was a version more "authoritative" than the original Joni Mitchell! I've heard two versions: the original, and one horrifically modern one that was full of auto-tune and I'm afraid whoever put that version together had completely missed the point.
Quote"Big Yellow Taxi" by Counting Crows and Vanessa Carlton
(Paved paradise and put up a parking lot)
"Counting Blue Cars" by Dishwalla
(Tell me all your thoughts on God)
Two very good examples of mainstream songs that everybody is familiar with.
Quote from: Brian556 on July 02, 2014, 06:24:54 PM
Quote"Big Yellow Taxi" by Counting Crows and Vanessa Carlton
(Paved paradise and put up a parking lot)
"Counting Blue Cars" by Dishwalla
(Tell me all your thoughts on God)
Two very good examples of mainstream songs that everybody is familiar with.
I've never heard either song and have only heard of one of them.
Now available for the first time on one CD: America's best-loved rock classics!
Teenage Wasteland - The Who
Take a look at my Girlfriend - Supertramp
Sending out an SOS - The Police
Woo Ooo - Blur
Sail Away - Enya
Move Out - Yaz
Major Tom - David Bowie
What's that sound - Buffalo Springfield
I Get Knocked Down - Chumbawumba
Stand by Me - the Clash
The Show that Never Ends - ELP
Hey Hey Mama - Led Zeppelin
Feelin' Groovy - Simon and Garfunkel
Stand by me - Clash
I Like Big Butts - Sir Mix-a-lot
Many miles away - Police
We Don't Need No Education - Pink Floyd
Quote from: kurumi on July 03, 2014, 12:02:11 AM
Stand by Me - the Clash
...
Stand by me - Clash
Are these two separate songs?
(Great list, by the way.)
Quote from: Pete from Boston on June 30, 2014, 10:08:32 PM
Sorry, skimmed quickly. "Who's Next" was the salvaged remnants of "Lifehouse," a two-album story about a future society in which music was programmed for everyone based on their particular details.
IMO, one of the greatest rock albums ever made.
Quote from: hbelkins on July 02, 2014, 10:16:15 PM
Quote from: Brian556 on July 02, 2014, 06:24:54 PM
Quote"Big Yellow Taxi" by Counting Crows and Vanessa Carlton
(Paved paradise and put up a parking lot)
"Counting Blue Cars" by Dishwalla
(Tell me all your thoughts on God)
Two very good examples of mainstream songs that everybody is familiar with.
I've never heard either song and have only heard of one of them.
More of a...Gen Y song(s). I see you're 52.
Volume II:
The Lunatic/All that You Do Pink Floyd
I'll Be Watching You The Police
Goin' Down for the Last Time Head East
You Make it Hard CSN
All Aboard That Train CSN
Carry The News Mott the Hoople
Mama Queen
Blood in the Streets/My Girl The Doors
Been a Long Time Led Zeppelin
Feel It Stone Temple Pilots
Off to Never Never Land Metallica
I Like the Night Life The Cars
Go Ask Alice Jefferson Airplane
On Our Way Back Home Peter Gabriel
Girl, I Want to Be With You The Kinks
Yesterday's Gone Fleetwood Mac
Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 02, 2014, 05:31:59 PM
Quote from: Laura on July 01, 2014, 02:28:55 PM
"Big Yellow Taxi" by Counting Crows and Vanessa Carlton
(Paved paradise and put up a parking lot)
I had figured that there would be covers of this, but I had no idea there was a version more "authoritative" than the original Joni Mitchell! I've heard two versions: the original, and one horrifically modern one that was full of auto-tune and I'm afraid whoever put that version together had completely missed the point.
Ahh!! I always thought there was an original version of this song, but just listed the one I knew. I heard the song as a kid and then later the Counting Crows version and thought it wasn't new.
Yeah, the counting crows one is probably the "horrifically modern one" you're thinkin of. According to Wikipedia, there have been several covers, but this one is most famous.
ETA: I'm loving the Joni Mitchell version. This is definitely the one I remember as a kid.
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I've known quite a few people who said they like that song "If You Be My Bodyguard" by Paul Simon.
Quote from: vtk on July 03, 2014, 12:21:02 AM
Quote from: kurumi on July 03, 2014, 12:02:11 AM
Stand by Me - the Clash
...
Stand by me - Clash
Are these two separate songs?
(Great list, by the way.)
Wikipedia claims that the song was titled "Train In Vain" to avoid confusion with "Stand By Me" by Ben E. King. I've seen it come up on the satellite display as "Train In Vain (Stand By Me)".
Many songs that are popular now are covers. Even back in the early 80's when Manfred Mann came out with Blinded By The Light many thought it was their song (or his), but actually Bruce Springsteen wrote the song and performed it on his debut album Greetings From Asbury Park, New Jersey.
The original Bruce song did not make the hit similar to Paul Young's Every Time You Go Away where many were not aware it was a Hall and Oates original until someone discovered that it was when the Philadelphia duo did other major hits on their own.
Then I myself had an attack of ignorance when The Righteous Brothers song You've Lost That Loving Feeling was played again on the radio when Hall and Oates, too, covered that hit song in 1980. I actually thought that Howard Stern, who was an actual DJ for WNBC in New York, played the song on his radio show was turning down the turntable speed of vinyl records to come up with Bill Medley's deep voice. Yes, I though that he was purposely playing Hall and Oates from a 45 rpm single speed at 33 rpm's on the turntable until later when I learned that the original artist actually had their version sound like a slow moving turntable. Not that I mock the Righteous Brothers for those of you here jumping to conclusions about that sentence, but in fact like both versions. I was 15 at the time and how was I supposed to know as I was 3 or 4 when the Righteous Brothers were popular in culture.
Quote from: kurumi on July 03, 2014, 12:02:11 AM
Feelin' Groovy - Simon and Garfunkel
We sang that one in my elementary school music classes. While the official title is "59th Street Bridge Song," it is parenthetically titled "Feelin' Groovy."
Quote from: Brandon on June 30, 2014, 05:23:37 PM
Quote from: Thing 342 on June 28, 2014, 10:10:31 PM
Good luck finding out what "I.G.Y" stands for and what it has in relation to the eponymous song by Donald Fagen.
International Geophysical Year (July 1957 - December 1958).
I was born in the first month of that year
Yet another Zeppelin contribution: "Four Sticks." So named, legend has it, because John Henry Bonham played the drums on that track with two drumsticks in each hand.
Quote from: hbelkins on July 03, 2014, 11:43:49 PM
Yet another Zeppelin contribution: "Four Sticks." So named, legend has it, because John Henry Bonham played the drums on that track with two drumsticks in each hand.
Much of it is in 5/4, like the aptly titled "Five Four" by Gorillaz
"December 1963" by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons is known as "Oh, What a Night" in parentheses. Just like "Big Yellow Taxi", the title is used only once in the lyrics.
Quote from: kurumi on July 04, 2014, 02:41:13 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on July 03, 2014, 11:43:49 PM
Yet another Zeppelin contribution: "Four Sticks." So named, legend has it, because John Henry Bonham played the drums on that track with two drumsticks in each hand.
Much of it is in 5/4, like the aptly titled "Five Four" by Gorillaz
If you want to talk about odd time signatures, look no further than Tool. Their song "Forty Six &2" has some odd changes, but manages to be very catchy and a great pop tune despite all the time signature changes. Many of their other songs have odd time signatures as well.
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The song is mostly in 4/4 time with some sections of 7/8 in between. In the intro, Danny Carey plays 4 measures of 7/8 on his ride cymbal over the rest of the band playing in 4/4, and they all meet up on the downbeat of the 5th measure in 4/4. During the bridge there are 3 measures of 7/8 followed by one measure of 4/4. During a particular quad fill, the drums are in 3/8, the guitar plays one measure of 9/8 followed by one in 5/8 all while the bass keeps time in 7/8.
I have problems with playing in 4/4 with a measure of 3/4 every so often. Danny Carey is a monster.
Quote from: bugo on July 04, 2014, 08:11:16 AM
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The song is mostly in 4/4 time with some sections of 7/8 in between. In the intro, Danny Carey plays 4 measures of 7/8 on his ride cymbal over the rest of the band playing in 4/4, and they all meet up on the downbeat of the 5th measure in 4/4. During the bridge there are 3 measures of 7/8 followed by one measure of 4/4. During a particular quad fill, the drums are in 3/8, the guitar plays one measure of 9/8 followed by one in 5/8 all while the bass keeps time in 7/8.
That sounds like the aural equivalent of a strobe light causing a seizure.
Quote from: hbelkins on July 04, 2014, 06:50:51 PM
Quote from: bugo on July 04, 2014, 08:11:16 AM
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The song is mostly in 4/4 time with some sections of 7/8 in between. In the intro, Danny Carey plays 4 measures of 7/8 on his ride cymbal over the rest of the band playing in 4/4, and they all meet up on the downbeat of the 5th measure in 4/4. During the bridge there are 3 measures of 7/8 followed by one measure of 4/4. During a particular quad fill, the drums are in 3/8, the guitar plays one measure of 9/8 followed by one in 5/8 all while the bass keeps time in 7/8.
That sounds like the aural equivalent of a strobe light causing a seizure.
Nope. It sounds completely natural:
QuoteYet another Zeppelin contribution: "Four Sticks."
Among my favorite of Zeppelin songs...
Meanwhile, one song not mentioned yet: The Body Electric, from Rush (off their Grace Under Pressure album).
Well, if we're speaking of Rush, I don't think I've ever heard the number or year "2112" mentioned in the hundreds of times I've played side one of their fourth album.
Or "YYZ" for that matter...
Quote from: froggie on July 07, 2014, 11:05:40 PM
Or "YYZ" for that matter...
This one is only obvious if you know Morse code, and if you can recognize that "YYZ" is in Morse code. :)
Okay, here are some more:
"Bow down before the one you serve" ("Head like a hole" by Nine Inch Nails)
"Country Song" by Seether
"Keep 'em separated" ("Come Out and Play" by Offspring)
"Smelling like a rose" ("Dead and Bloated" by the Stone Temple Pilots)
"Time to Take her Home" OR "Conversations Kill" ("The Big Empty" by the Stone Temple Pilots)
"Half the Man I used to be" ("Creep" by, yep, Stone Temple Pilots)
"Special" ("Creep" by Radiohead)
"I want to hear everybody sing" ("Rolling" by Big and Rich)
"I'd like to know" ("Questions 67 and 68" by Chicago)
"Put your hands in the air" ("Unity" by Shinedown)
"Bubbly"-Colbie Callait
Quote from: OracleUsr on July 08, 2014, 01:01:12 AM
Okay, here are some more:
"Bow down before the one you serve" ("Head like a hole" by Nine Inch Nails)
"Head like a hole, black as your soul?" The title is right there in the chorus.
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"Special" ("Creep" by Radiohead)
Again, the song title is right in the chorus.
Quote from: OracleUsr on July 08, 2014, 01:01:12 AM"Special" ("Creep" by Radiohead)
Of all the Radiohead songs, you (and seemingly most people) only seem to know this one - that total waste of time, their 'Iron Lung'.
As bugo says, the title is prominently in the chorus (though I'll give you 'Special' as being more prominent, coming just before the chorus twice).
How about 'Street Spirit (Fade Out)' - Fade Out is pretty dominant, but Street Spirit really isn't, hence why they needed the bracketed bit. Or 'Paranoid Android' which does have a robot voice going "I may not be paranoid, but I'm not an android" but doesn't stand out? Or Pyramid Song, where I cannot see the link at all from the lyrics?
or if you want one of their less-good songs that somehow people seem to like, 'Idioteque' is a much better fit for this thread than 'Creep'.
Actually, thinking about, Creep is one of their most obviously lyrics-based titles from their better known songs.
"Come Out and Play" is also in the lyrics to that Offspring song.
I've heard Robert Lamm talk about the story behind the song "Questions 67 and 68" and that line is at the very end of the song. Of course, there's also "Poem 58" from that same album.
There are a whole bunch of Rush songs that don't have the song title in the lyrics, many from the 80s. "Red Sector A" and "Force 10" are a couple that I can think of offhand. I also don't think the line "the spirit of radio" is in the song of the same title.
"Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand"
When I first heard Paul McCartney/Wings' Silly Love Songs, I thought it was actually titled I Love You, because that's what they sing in the chorus.
I always found it odd that the Roy Orbison song is titled "Oh, Pretty Woman" when you mostly just hear him sing "pretty woman," no "oh."
Quote from: Pete from Boston on July 08, 2014, 09:31:46 PM
I always found it odd that the Roy Orbison song is titled "Oh, Pretty Woman" when you mostly just hear him sing "pretty woman," no "oh."
Yeah, true. The only time is at the very end where you hear "Oh, oh, Pretty woman".
Quote from: english si on July 08, 2014, 07:43:48 AM
Quote from: OracleUsr on July 08, 2014, 01:01:12 AM"Special" ("Creep" by Radiohead)
Of all the Radiohead songs, you (and seemingly most people) only seem to know this one - that total waste of time, their 'Iron Lung'.
It is overrated, but it's really a good song. The rest of Pablo Honey kinda sucks though. I owned Pablo Honey and when The Bends came out, I wasn't expecting much out of it. A friend bought The Bends and let me borrow it and I was blown away. I loved it and couldn't believe it was the same band. It is still my favorite Radiohead album. When OK Computer came out, I was actually disappointed in it because I expected it to be more like The Bends and the reviews I read talked about it so highly. I eventually grew to like it but it took a while. When Kid A came out, I didn't know what to expect so I wasn't disappointed. The last Radiohead album that I liked was Hail To The Thief. Thom Yorke is too whiny on their last few albums.
A current example: "Pompeii" by Bastille.
One of those where the song was crafted to have an obviously catchy hook but got messed up in the pipeline: "Pumpkin Soup" by Kate Nash. Apparently the title is the name of the file used on her laptop for the working version of the song. Even the record company wanted to name it "I Just Want Your Kiss" but for whatever reason it didn't happen.
http://vimeo.com/14025560
Quote from: 6a on July 11, 2014, 10:50:05 PM
One of those where the song was crafted to have an obviously catchy hook but got messed up in the pipeline: "Pumpkin Soup" by Kate Nash. Apparently the title is the name of the file used on her laptop for the working version of the song. Even the record company wanted to name it "I Just Want Your Kiss" but for whatever reason it didn't happen.
http://vimeo.com/14025560
This is a Yo La Tengo habit. They apparently make up meaningless names for undeveloped bits of song, leading to titles like "Tired Hippo" or "Let's Save Tony Orlando's House" (whose lyrics were written later based off the title).
Remember "Epic" by Faith No More ("You want it all but you can't have it")?
Someone mentioned "Smells Like Teen Spirit". Nirvana also had a song called "Lithium" that was never mentioned. Also from the early 90s: "All Around the World" by Lisa Stansfield. She says, "I've been around the world", but never the actual title.
One more: "Pepper" by the Butthole Surfers.
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Yet another Zeppelin contribution: "Four Sticks." So named, legend has it, because John Henry Bonham played the drums on that track with two drumsticks in each hand.
Much of it is in 5/4, like the aptly titled "Five Four" by Gorillaz
If you want to talk about odd time signatures, look no further than Tool. Their song "Forty Six &2" has some odd changes, but manages to be very catchy and a great pop tune despite all the time signature changes. Many of their other songs have odd time signatures as well.
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The song is mostly in 4/4 time with some sections of 7/8 in between. In the intro, Danny Carey plays 4 measures of 7/8 on his ride cymbal over the rest of the band playing in 4/4, and they all meet up on the downbeat of the 5th measure in 4/4. During the bridge there are 3 measures of 7/8 followed by one measure of 4/4. During a particular quad fill, the drums are in 3/8, the guitar plays one measure of 9/8 followed by one in 5/8 all while the bass keeps time in 7/8.
I have problems with playing in 4/4 with a measure of 3/4 every so often. Danny Carey is a monster.
The only thing I've ever played in 5/4 was the Mission Impossible theme, in high school band. That sucked quite a lot. We ended up scrapping it before playing it in public because we couldn't get the 5/4 right. Speaking of other odd (non-4/4) time signatures, I never had problems with 3/4 or 2/4, but 2/2 and 6/8 are a pain in the ass. "Sleigh Ride" is in 2/2 and I still cringe thinking about it when it comes on every Christmas.
Another famous 5/4 song is "Take Five" by Dave Brubeck:
Does the current hit "Latch" by Disclosure count? The lyric goes, "I'm latching onto you." I looked at the lyrics and the word "latch" is never mentioned as a stand-alone word.
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"Bubbly"-Colbie Callait
There is a line in there, "every time I see your bubbly face", but it is kinda obscure.
I just listened to a song that I don't remember being mentioned yet. "Peace Frog" by The Doors
Any and every Fall Out Boy song.
They also win the award for most obnoxious song titles.
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Any and every Fall Out Boy song.
They also win the award for most obnoxious song titles.
A lot of Fall Out Boy songs actually do have the obnoxious title in the lyrics, it's just hard to tell.
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Definitely with you on the obnoxious titles. "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs"? They have long titles, too, but that doesn't bother me.
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Definitely with you on the obnoxious titles.
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Prince is Da Man! But, yeah, his titles r strange, 2.
Bassnectar has a lot of songs that fit into this category.