Heard E=MC2 by Big Audio Dynamite on the radio earlier, and got me thinking on this. Got be songs that have lyrics, obviously. Big obvious one is Bohemian Rhapsody. Any more?
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- R. + R. McReynold's Travelling Circus, The Jurgen Klopp Farewell Tour XI, Page's Boys
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Bizarre Love Triangle was the first one that came to mind.
10538 Overture I thought might have been another but I Googled the lyrics and they do feature "one-O-five-three-eight". I blame the slightly fuzzy early 70s production for not spotting that one earlier.
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New Order, Propaganda and Cocteau Twins loom large here.Last edited by Auntie Beryl; 23-04-2018, 20:51.
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IFWHITEAMERICATOLDTHETRUTHFORONEDAYITSWORLDWOULDFA LLAPART - Manics
Archives of Pain - Manics
Married With Children - Oasis
Song 2 - Blur
Train In Vain - The Clash
Paranoid Android - Radiohead
A Day In The Life - The Beatles
Goldfinger - Ash
edit - I don't know why it's put a space in FALL there; it's not in the editable post.
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Originally posted by delicatemoth View PostThere's definitely at least one, and now it's niggling at me. EDIT - more than one then, cos that wasn't what I was trying to remember.
'Almost Killed Me' by The Hold Steady, title from the opening track 'Positive Jam'. Endearingly, they also use the phrase "hold steady" in at least the first two songs, possibly more. I did like them.
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Originally posted by Kevin S View PostIFWHITEAMERICATOLDTHETRUTHFORONEDAYITSWORLDWOULDFA LLAPART - Manics
Originally posted by Kevin S View PostIFWHITEAMERICATOLDTHETRUTHFORONEDAYITSWORLDWOULDFA LL - ManicsOriginally posted by Kevin S View PostIFWHITEAMERICATOLDTHETRUTHFORONEDAYITSWORLDWOULDFL APART - ManicsLast edited by Various Artist; 23-04-2018, 22:03.
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Originally posted by Janik View PostI was referring to the line from Smells Like Teen Spirit that runs It's hard to find the time, whatever, nevermind, which is the lyric the album was named after, despite it, nor any other lyric, titling the song it stems from. A double flip, if you like.
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Count me as another for whom New Order/Joy Division were the first thing to spring to mind.
Otherwise, here's a bit of a random sprinkling:
The Ballad of John and Yoko – Beatles
New York Mining Disaster 1941 – Bee Gees
Space Oddity – David Bowie
Tubthumping – Chumbawamba
The Pop Singer's Fear of the Pollen Count – Divine Comedy
Unfinished Sympathy – Massive Attack
Porcelain – Moby
Acquiesce – Oasis
Souvenir – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Disco 2000 – Pulp
Unchained Melody – Righteous Brothers
Odd meta-example: Enjoy The Silence – Depeche Mode. The title doesn't appear in the radio version you'll normally hear – but after the album version ends there's a few seconds of, er, silence, broken by Dave Gahan singing "Enjoy the silence!", followed by a sort of yogic chime; then an uncredited instrumental track kicks in for a minute or two before Policy Of Truth starts.
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Beatles:
Tomorrow Never Knows
A Day In The Life
Dylan:
Positively Fourth Street
Rainy Day Women
The Smiths have several, such as, from their best album: Headmaster Ritual, Rusholme Ruffians, Barbarism Begins At Home, Meat Is Murder, Nowhere Fast. And their most famous track: How Soon Is Now?
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Originally posted by Janik View PostI got a feeling there is a sub-category of songs with an unsung title, but which are on an album that calls itself after a line from the lyrics. However, irritatingly, I can't place what is niggling as existing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search...ng_Soul_RebelsLast edited by Satchmo Distel; 24-04-2018, 01:31.
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Originally posted by Satchmo Distel View PostSearching for the Young Soul Rebels - line appears in "There There My Dear" from the album of that title.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search...ng_Soul_Rebels
Also: Beck's Odelay album title is sung in one of the songs thereon.
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