(Songs where most of the title is in) parenthesis. (How many can you name/Search & Destroy)

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fcc,
are you in fact by profession a fact checker or copy editor ?

― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 23:55 (twenty-one years ago)

not specifically, but i've been a writer, reporter, researcher and editor, so it's kind of in my blood. i can't help it sometimes, though i wish i could.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 00:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Two more IWTHP (I Wish They Had Parentheses)

I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone - Elvis
I Was Checking Out, She Was Checking In - Don Covay

― Ken L (Ken L), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 00:08 (twenty-one years ago)

The Things You See (When You Haven't Got Your Gun) - Allan Holdsworth

― Joe (Joe), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 00:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Alice Cooper "Clones (We're All)"
Alice Cooper "Inmates (We're All Crazy)"

― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 00:11 (twenty-one years ago)

First time I became aware of the phenomenon:

128. Samantha Fox - "Touch Me (I Want Yoyur Body)"

I think Smash Hits wrote something along the lines of "(Don't you just hate it when) artists put parentheses in song titles?"

― JoB (JoB), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 00:41 (twenty-one years ago)

The only song I can think of that actually mentions parentheses in its lyrics is Dan Baird's great "I Love You Period".

― JoB (JoB), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 00:44 (twenty-one years ago)

A personal favorite: "In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 03:19 (twenty-one years ago)

the deftones actually have a number of these kinda songs ...

"my own summer (shove it)"
"be quiet and drive (far away)"

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 06:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Azita-You're Not Very (Honest is that the way they drifted on to get to Rome?)

― robots in love (robotsinlove), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 10:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Bogdan Raczynski - "There Are Many Things I Don't Understand But I Knew That I Loved You (But It's Too Late, You've Taken Me For Granted)" and "That First Time I Met Her and She Hugged Me (And Then Laughed at Me Heartlessly When I Said I Wanted to Know What It Meant to Love Her)"

Good...gravy...no, I did not type those out, either.

― Ian Moraine (Eastern Mantra), Monday, 22 November 2004 00:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm sorry. I really am. But...

I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) - Meat Loaf

― Klamm (VampireSubmarine), Monday, 22 November 2004 03:01 (twenty-one years ago)

(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear - Blondie

― brian patrick (brian patrick), Monday, 22 November 2004 03:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Bunnybrains win thread prizes with:

"(What Kind Of)SHAPE(Are You In?)"

"(How Many Times) Are We Gonna Let Aretha (Franklin) Get [Away](With This) (Lame Shit)"

"(The Gibbons) Aren't The Only Monkees (On The Planet)"

"Don't Give Up (Yer Day Job)(In Parentheses)"

― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 22 November 2004 03:17 (twenty-one years ago)

actually my fave bunnybrains title might be:

"(Another Glass Of) Milk"

("Stratagien Gegen Nik Kershaw" is good too. But no parentheses."Seat Me In The (Vivisection)" and "Kill Yer-(S)elf" have nice ones though.)

― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 22 November 2004 03:21 (twenty-one years ago)

New Slang (When you notice the Stripes) - The Shins

― papa november (papa november), Monday, 22 November 2004 03:22 (twenty-one years ago)

I just read Jonathan Lethem's "The Fortress of Solitude," in which one of the major characters, the former leader of a Motown group, records a song under the pseudonym Doofus Funkstrong, titled "(Did You Press Your) Bump Suit"

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 22 November 2004 07:00 (twenty-one years ago)

I just went to look something up in my ancient copy of Joel Whitburn's Top 40 book, and this hit me in the face, which amazingly enough is not on the list already.

Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) -The First Edition

I feel like I caught the Loch Ness Monster.

― Ken L (Ken L), Monday, 22 November 2004 15:02 (twenty-one years ago)

CHEATER ALERT:
Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking) - Janice Ian
(You're My) Soul and Inspiration - The Righteous Brothers
Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly) - Icicycle Works

Man, I just keep finding a whole lot of these this morning with no effort at all- by accident in fact, without any clicking and reloading- using this amazingly fast random access technology called "a book." It is quite an old technology from what I understand- this "book" I have is from 1985. I believe they had something called "proofreading" back in those days, which means any mistakes I make must have been introduced by me.

― Ken L (Ken L), Monday, 22 November 2004 16:27 (twenty-one years ago)

For instance: in the "book," the word "icicle" is spelled correctly. Presumably those wise people knew that it was not a bicycle made of ice.

― Ken L (Ken L), Monday, 22 November 2004 16:34 (twenty-one years ago)

The Vibators - Judy Said (Gonna Go Knock You in The Head)

And can't you fuxors read: "...where most of the title..." - shit like this isn't correct:

"my own summer (shove it)"
"be quiet and drive (far away)"

― Sasha (sgh), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 01:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, you may have started this thread, I'll grant you that, but scrolling through the list and looking at all the great entries that don't obey the letter of your law, I say:

The Man Can't Bust (Our Parentheses)!

― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 02:47 (twenty-one years ago)

And nobody did a Search and Destroy either, so I would ask:

Are You Going To Enforce That Rule Too (Or Does It Impact Too Much On The Bottom Line)?

― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 02:49 (twenty-one years ago)

One for Sasha:
(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear

One for me:
(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame

One that seems to have paren's but not all the time (LP avec, single sans?):
Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)

― Ken L (Ken L), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 17:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)

― Ken L (Ken L), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 18:17 (twenty-one years ago)

three months pass...

Richard X feat. Tiga - "You (Better Let Me Love You x4) Tonight"
Spandau Ballet - "Chant No. 1 (I Dont Need This Pressure On)"

― Seb (Seb), Friday, 18 March 2005 22:55 (twenty-one years ago)

(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 18 March 2005 23:02 (twenty-one years ago)

How about that song "San Francisco (be sure to wear some flowers in your hair)"..? Don't know the name of the singer..

― J Dublin, Sunday, 20 March 2005 00:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Wilco - I Got You (At The End Of The Century)
Styx - Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)
The Knack - Siamese Twins (The Monkey And Me)

― John Fredland (jfredland), Sunday, 20 March 2005 04:59 (twenty-one years ago)

(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave

― i am nervous (cochere), Sunday, 20 March 2005 05:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Handsome Boy Modelling School - Rock and Roll (Could Never Hip Hop Like This)
Electric Six - Naked Pictures (Of Your Mother)
Busta Rhymes - Woohah! (Got You All In Check)
Ryan Adams - To Be Young (is to be sad, is to be high)
Radiohead - every song title on "Hail To The Thief"

― brilliant young and angsty (thatguy), Sunday, 20 March 2005 06:45 (twenty-one years ago)

The Revealing Science Of God (Dance Of The Dawn)
The Remembering (High The Memory)
The Ancient (Giants Under The Sun)
Ritual (Nous Sommes Du Soleil)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 20 March 2005 15:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Palace - (i was drunk at the) pulpit

― subspace, Sunday, 20 March 2005 18:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Home & Garden: "(please) FIX MY HORN (my brakes don't work)"

― Curious George Finds the Ether Bottle (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 20 March 2005 19:19 (twenty-one years ago)

It seems to me that the title of every song on Vision Creation Newsun except "Zutto" is completely enclosed in parentheses. So:
"(circle)"
"(star)"
"(heart)"
"(spiral)"
"(tilde)"
"(two circles)"
"(arrow up)"
"(omega)"

― Ken L (Ken L), Sunday, 20 March 2005 21:44 (twenty-one years ago)

The Dictators - (I Live for) Cars and Girls)

― matulageci (matulageci), Sunday, 20 March 2005 22:28 (twenty-one years ago)

The Dictators - (I Live for) Cars and Girls

― matulageci (matulageci), Sunday, 20 March 2005 22:28 (twenty-one years ago)

"I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" -- Hall and Oates
"Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)" -- John Fred and his Playboy Band

There are so many more -- what a cool topic!

― Elspeth, Monday, 21 March 2005 17:02 (twenty-one years ago)

three months pass...

Revive!

The Flaming Lips - "Race for the Prize (Sacrifice of the New Scientists)"
The Flaming Lips - "The Spark That Bled (The Softest Bullet Ever Shot)"
The Flaming Lips - "What Is The Light? (An Untested Hypothesis Suggesting That The Chemical [In Our Brains] By Which We Are Able To Experience The Sensation Of Being In Love Is The Same Chemical That Caused The "Big Bang" That Was The Birth Of The Accelerating Universe)"
The Flaming Lips - "Waitin' for a Superman (Is It Gettin' Heavy??)"
The Flaming Lips - "Suddenly Everything Has Changed (Death Anxiety Caused By Moments Of Boredom)"
The Flaming Lips - "The Gash (Battle Hymn For The Wounded Mathematician)"
The Flaming Lips - "Sleeping On The Roof (Excerpt From 'Should We Keep The Severed Head Awake??')"
The Flaming Lips - "Buggin' (The Buzz Of Love Is Busy Buggin' You)"

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Monday, 18 July 2005 17:01 (twenty years ago)

So Stark (You're A Skyscraper): Pavement

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Monday, 18 July 2005 19:57 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home)- The Impalas

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Thursday, 31 May 2007 19:30 (nineteen years ago)

"You're My Girl (I Don't Want To Discuss It)" - Little Richard
"Just Sometimes (Song Of Laughter And Forgetting)" - Swervedriver
"It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)" - Merle Haggard
"Heart Failed (In The Back Of A Taxi)" - Saint Etienne
"She's A Woman (And Now He Is A Man)" - Husker Du
"Who Do You Think You Are (Jesus Christ The Superstar)?" - Staple Singers

― Euler, Thursday, 31 May 2007 20:04 (nineteen years ago)

Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want)
Hall & Oates - Why Do Lovers (Break Each Other's Heart?)

― musically, Thursday, 31 May 2007 20:13 (nineteen years ago)

(Don't Fear) the Reaper

or maybe this was said already

― Bill Magill, Thursday, 31 May 2007 21:11 (nineteen years ago)

My personal favorite:

The Saints "(I'm) Stranded"

― Saxby D. Elder, Thursday, 31 May 2007 23:23 (nineteen years ago)

DEVO - "Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Gettin')"

― Rock Hardy, Thursday, 31 May 2007 23:28 (nineteen years ago)

Lefty Frizzell was all about this shit:

Always Late (With Your Kisses)
Don't Think It Ain't Been Fun, Dear (Cuz It Ain't)
Forever (And Always)
Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses)
How Long Will It Take (To Stop Loving You)
I Never Go Around Mirrors (I've Got a Heartache to Hide)
Shine, Shave, Shower (It's Saturday)
I'm an Old, Old Man (Tryin' to Live While I Can)

etc.

― jim, Thursday, 31 May 2007 23:33 (nineteen years ago)

Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses)
How Long Will It Take (To Stop Loving You)
Shine, Shave, Shower (It's Saturday)

that's less than half!

― Curt1s Stephens, Thursday, 31 May 2007 23:36 (nineteen years ago)

Oh shit yeah.

His brother David has one with more than a half, also hilarious.

I'm Gonna Hire a Wino (to Decorate Our Home)

― jim, Thursday, 31 May 2007 23:38 (nineteen years ago)

Gangsta Boo - Can I Get Paid? (Get Your Broke Ass Out) (Da Strippers Anthem)

― clotpoll, Friday, 1 June 2007 00:00 (nineteen years ago)

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