Songs that were "jump the shark" moments for bands:
Megadeth - Crush Em
― "Salvation Army FUCK!" (Neanderthal), Monday, 22 March 2021 14:36 (three years ago) link
Songs which are deliberately set up to sound like the band are playing out of time until you realise it's all a brilliant trickThe Fall - I Am Damo SuzukiCrime - Murder By Guitar
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Thursday, 15 April 2021 20:38 (three years ago) link
PiL - Pop Tones
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Thursday, 15 April 2021 20:41 (three years ago) link
There's this thing called "A Day in the Life" offa some Bea'uls record, maybe you've heard of it
― Jurassic parkour (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 15 April 2021 20:56 (three years ago) link
but that doesn't do that
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Thursday, 15 April 2021 20:59 (three years ago) link
every Chief Keef song but except it's not intentional
― P-Zunit (Neanderthal), Thursday, 15 April 2021 21:11 (three years ago) link
(batsignal sent, *sit back and wait*)
Song titles that are the full name of a (non-fictional) person:
"Tim McGraw" (T. Swift)"Pete Davidson" (A. Grande)"Cath Carroll" (Unrest)"Rosa Parks" (Outkast)"Clint Eastwood" (Gorillaz)
― best time to call is friday and saturday afternoons! (morrisp), Friday, 23 April 2021 16:12 (three years ago) link
"Jessica Simpson" (the Moldy Peaches guy)
― best time to call is friday and saturday afternoons! (morrisp), Friday, 23 April 2021 16:16 (three years ago) link
"Brian Wilson" - Barenaked Ladies
― Lily Dale, Friday, 23 April 2021 16:20 (three years ago) link
"faron young" (prefab sprout)"lee remick" (the go-betweens)
― voodoo chili, Friday, 23 April 2021 16:20 (three years ago) link
"Virginia Woolf" (Indigo Girls)
― Jurassic parkour (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 23 April 2021 16:27 (three years ago) link
"Debbie Harry" (Family Fodder)"Winona Ryder" (Unrest)
(just now learned that the latter song is derived from the former, which I had never heard of)
― best time to call is friday and saturday afternoons! (morrisp), Friday, 23 April 2021 16:27 (three years ago) link
"The Ballad of Davy Crockett"
― Jurassic parkour (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 23 April 2021 16:32 (three years ago) link
^disqualified!!
― best time to call is friday and saturday afternoons! (morrisp), Friday, 23 April 2021 16:35 (three years ago) link
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Magic Johnson
― Filibuster Poindexter (Neanderthal), Friday, 23 April 2021 16:37 (three years ago) link
Sheck Wes - Mo Bamba
― Filibuster Poindexter (Neanderthal), Friday, 23 April 2021 16:40 (three years ago) link
oh man, I should have thought of "Magic Johnson"!
― best time to call is friday and saturday afternoons! (morrisp), Friday, 23 April 2021 16:45 (three years ago) link
Rick Ross - Gunplay f. Gunplay
― Filibuster Poindexter (Neanderthal), Friday, 23 April 2021 16:49 (three years ago) link
“David Bowie” - phish
― calstars, Friday, 23 April 2021 16:49 (three years ago) link
'Andy Warhol' - David Bowie
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 23 April 2021 16:52 (three years ago) link
Duck Sauce • Barbra Streisand
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 23 April 2021 16:56 (three years ago) link
lots of ‘em here:Songs with footballers in their titles
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 23 April 2021 16:59 (three years ago) link
“Alex Chilton” - the Replacements
― Lee626, Friday, 23 April 2021 17:10 (three years ago) link
Oh, good catch
― Jurassic parkour (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 23 April 2021 17:18 (three years ago) link
“P.F. Sloan” - Jimmy Webb“Buddy Holly” - Weezer“Frank Sinatra” - Cake
― Lee626, Friday, 23 April 2021 17:21 (three years ago) link
"Penelope Tree" - Felt
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Friday, 23 April 2021 17:22 (three years ago) link
"Ry Cooder" and "Jim Cain" by Bill Callahan
"Marilyn Monroe" – Dan Bern
― Canon in Deez (silby), Friday, 23 April 2021 17:25 (three years ago) link
"Jacques Derrida" - Scritti Politti"Perry Como" - Sean O'Hagan"Van Dyke Parks" - Van Dyke Parks
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Friday, 23 April 2021 17:36 (three years ago) link
Uma Thurman - Fall Out Boy
― peace, man, Friday, 23 April 2021 17:38 (three years ago) link
Tiger Woods - Dan Bern
― peace, man, Friday, 23 April 2021 17:39 (three years ago) link
Bands named after songs from the Talking Heads:
Big CountryRadio head
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 23 April 2021 17:42 (three years ago) link
"Robert Montgomery" by Love."James Dean" by Eagles.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 23 April 2021 17:43 (three years ago) link
Bands named after songs by Can:
SpoonMoonshakeHunters & Collectors
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 23 April 2021 17:44 (three years ago) link
Heaven
― Jurassic parkour (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 23 April 2021 17:44 (three years ago) link
xxp "River Phoenix" (Japanther)"Stanley Kubrick" (Mogwai)
― best time to call is friday and saturday afternoons! (morrisp), Friday, 23 April 2021 18:52 (three years ago) link
"Woody Allen" (Unrest)
― best time to call is friday and saturday afternoons! (morrisp), Friday, 23 April 2021 18:57 (three years ago) link
"Pablo Picasso" (The Modern Lovers)!
― best time to call is friday and saturday afternoons! (morrisp), Friday, 23 April 2021 19:05 (three years ago) link
"Willie Nelson" by Miles Davis (plus numerous songs named after boxers)
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 23 April 2021 19:24 (three years ago) link
Psychokiller (2): 1186 monthly listeners on SpotifyPsycho Killer: 0 monthly listenersThe Psychokillers: 3 monthly listenersnot counting Psychokiller (1): 220 monthly listeners, they’re a TH cover band
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 23 April 2021 20:06 (three years ago) link
Slippery People (1, first release 2020): 19 monthly listenersSlippery People (2, first release 2021): 52 monthly listeners
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 23 April 2021 20:11 (three years ago) link
Listening Wind (first release 2021): 8,795 monthly listeners(I’m not making them up, I swear!)
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 23 April 2021 20:19 (three years ago) link
also, in my Release Radar this week:Kaydy Cain ft. Kabasaki • Serena Williams
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 23 April 2021 20:29 (three years ago) link
"Matthew Modine" by Pony Up!
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Friday, 23 April 2021 20:42 (three years ago) link
Yo La Tengo - Tom Courtenay
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 23 April 2021 20:42 (three years ago) link
Negativland - Michael Jackson
― Hideous Lump, Saturday, 24 April 2021 07:26 (three years ago) link
Cocoa Tea - Barack Obama
― I took drugs recently and why doesn't the UK? (ledge), Saturday, 24 April 2021 08:36 (three years ago) link
"Johnny Carson" by the Beach Boys.
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 24 April 2021 11:32 (three years ago) link
Mogwai - “Nick Drake”
― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 24 April 2021 12:21 (three years ago) link