Re: The Song Remains The Name

Ever get confused when a song title is also an artist's name? You're looking at a playlist and see:

Daniel Johnston - The Beatles
OFF! - Jeffrey Lee Pierce
Family Fodder - Debbie Harry
Jonathan Richman - Velvet Underground
Butthole Surfers - Lou Reed
Prince Buster - Madness
Prince - Kiss
The Cult - Nirvana
The Cult - Soul Asylum


And didn't someone have a song called "Big Star"?

So Delvin, if you really want to mess with your audience's head...



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Motorhead - Ramones
Hawkwind - Motorhead
Coldplay - Sparks
Good Charlotte - My Bloody Valentine
Bonzo Dog Band - Death Cab for Cutie
Amy Grant - House of Love
Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
Nico - Camera Obscura
U2 - Wire
Sons and Daughters - Johnny Cash
The 88 - Sons and Daughters
The Replacements - Alex Chilton
Art Brut - The Replacements
Iron City Houserockers - Blondie
Kings X - Black Flag
The Stranglers - Peaches
Shonen Knife - Blue Oyster Cult
Redd Kross - Shonen Knife



Post Edited (04-03-14 14:04)

God forbid if we were back in the age of 45s, I wouldn't know how to file them.

They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants

I know what you mean, hoip:





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I thought you'd be interested in this topic, D-man. Hey, if you don't mind confusing your audience, I say: Baffle away!

Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood
The Rezillos - Flying Saucer Attack
Leonard Cohen - Sisters of Mercy



Post Edited (04-03-14 16:46)

This will make a great set of songs for my show. Any objections? (I'm a volunteer at the station myself, so don't ask for royalties.)

The Jayhawks, "Big Star"

"The Beat" - Elvis Costello
"Amy Grant" - The Young Fresh Fellows
"Vince Taylor" - Adam Ant
"ABC" - The Jackson 5
"Eric's Trip" - Sonic Youth
"Blonde Redhead" - DNA
"Hunters and Collectors" - Can
"Jet" - Paul McCartney & Wings
"Ladytron" - Roxy Music
"Seether" - Veruca Salt
"Roxette" - Dr Feelgood
"Radiohead" - Talking Heads
"Pretty Girls Make Graves" - The Smiths
"Powderfinger" - Neil Young
"Starsailor" - Tim Buckley
"Stiff Little Fingers" - The Vibrators
"Velocity Girl" - Primal Scream

Teenage Fanclub - "Gene Clark"

Oh yeah...

"Miles Davis and the Cool" – The Gaslight Anthem

Those are some referential Jersey boys.

Fab, do you mind if I use "The Song Remains the Name" as the name of my theme?

OK, that's it. *rolls up sleeves* Move over, Delvin, I'm taking over your show. Apparently, I have to do EVERYTHING for you!

Heh heh, yes of course, feel free. Looking forward to it.

Genesis - The Knife
Neu - Negativland
Negativland - U2
R.E.M. - Low

"Michael Jackson" – Fatboy Slim
"Barbra Streisand" – Duck Sauce
"Dio" – Tenacious D

These are reaches, I admit:

"Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?" – Waylon Jennings (Hank Williams)

"We're the Replacements" – They Might Be Giants (The Replacements)

"Debbie" – The B-52's (Debbie Harry)

"Grace Kelly" – Mika (okay, Grace Kelly's not on target, but he references Freddie Mercury several times, and it sounds like a Queen homage)

"Whitney Joins The Jams" – The Jams/The Timelords/The KLF (Whitney Houston) (features a copious amount of as-yet cleared samples and N. England/Scottish...nonsense)

"Levi Stubbs' Tears" – Billy Bragg (Levi Stubbs of The Four Tops)

"Lighten Up, Morrissey" – Sparks

"I'da Called You Woody, Joe" – The Gaslight Anthem (Woody Guthrie + Joe Strummer[!])

"Glass" – King Missile ("Hey hey, look at me, Hey hey, I'm Phillip Glass,
Hey, look at me over here, Hey hey hey, EINSTEIN...")

"Should Have Shot Paul" – The Strange Boys (Paul McCartney...and John Lennon)

"The Boy with the Arab Strap" - Belle & Sebastian
"I ♥ John, She ♥s Paul" - Beulah
"Dolly Parton" - The Briefs
"Big Dipper" - Built to Spill
"Bats" - The Joy Formidable
"Pastels Badge" - Tallulah Gosh (of course, they also have a song called "Tallulah Gosh")

Kinks - "Misfits"
Elvis Costello - "B-Movie"
Teenage Fanclub - "The Fall"
David Sylvian - "Ride"
MGMT - "Brian Eno"
Oingo Boingo - "Dead or Alive"

Big Dipper - "Robert Pollard"

The Goose will be handling my show this coming Monday, so I can go see Bryan Ferry. But I'll be back, first with a tribute to TP, then with this theme.

Miles Davis - Billy Preston
Miles Davis - Willie Nelson
Miles Davis - John McLaughlin

The Ocean Blue - Vanity Fair
The Primitives - Ocean Blue
T Bone Burnett - Primitives
Beastie Boys - The Move
Bad Religion - Television
Guitar Wolf - Orange Juice
The William Blakes - Wayne Coyne (For maximum mischief, they named not just a song but their album after Coyne, and featured a painting of him on the cover)

Has there been a thread lately about songs named after fictitious bands?

"Bennie & the Jets" - Elton John
"Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" - The Beatles
"Tex Pawnshop & the Tremoloes" - Gary Myrick
"Ziggy Stardust" - David Bowie

The Waterboys - "World Party"
Volcano Suns - "Balancing Act"
Spiritualized - "Cop Shoot Cop"
Victoria Williams - "Shoes"
Can - "Mushroomhead"