Best Use of Parantheses (In a Song Title)

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sigur ros could take a hint from Gary Glitter...I'm the Leader of The Gang (I Am!), Do You Want to Touch Me (Oh Yeah!) and I Didn't Know I Loved You ('Til I Saw You Rock N Roll). Now those are parentheses!

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 02:12 (twenty-one years ago) link

No, the all-time winner in this category is the Deep Freeze Mice, for "A (dog found a stick in the park with such magical powers that a bark caused a wondrous pie to drop out of the sky and the doggy would grin like a shark)."

― Douglas, Wednesday, 13 November 2002 02:17 (twenty-one years ago) link

no making stuff up, douglas.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 02:33 (twenty-one years ago) link

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

― Joe (Joe), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 02:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

Let A Man Come in and Do the Popcorn (Part 1)
Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
Funky President (People It's Bad)

― jones (actual), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 03:21 (twenty-one years ago) link

haha Try Me (with Robert Palmer)

― jones (actual), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 03:22 (twenty-one years ago) link

Land of the Loops - "My Head (Leaks)". An element of surprise there.

― Mark (MarkR), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 03:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

(I'm) Stranded

― nebbesh (nebbesh), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 03:27 (twenty-one years ago) link

(You're) Safe In Your Sleep (From That Girl)

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 03:30 (twenty-one years ago) link

The Frogs - "I Love U (You Know I Don't)", "Stand Up For Your Rights (Or Sit Down", and "I Had A Second Change Done At The Shop (Now I've Added Animal Cocks". Among others.

Cex - "Florida (Is Shaped Like A Big Droopy Dick For A Reason)"

Storm & Stress - "Forever, Like Antioxidants (Listen To The Sounds Our Cells Make"

Not a song, an album title: 90 Day Men - (It (Is) It) Critical Band

Juno - "Things Gone And Things Still Here (We'll Need The Machine Guns By Next March)"

Joan of Arc - "Me (Plural)", "(In Fact I'm) Pioneering New Emotions", "I Love A Woman (who loves me)", "(I love a woman) Who Loves Me", and oh sweet jesus, "(You) [I] Can Not See (You) [Me] As (I) [You] Can".

― Nick Mirov (nick), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 04:18 (twenty-one years ago) link

Wow, I really forgot a lot of closing parentheses, didn't I? Here you go: )))

Less Tuesday night drinking would be good. Yes.

― Nick Mirov (nick), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 04:19 (twenty-one years ago) link

the best are the parens which sold a million copies (i.e. abstract song title for obvious chorus tag line). Off the top of my head:

Spiller - "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)"

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 04:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

Anyone remember the song where the chorus goes, "I love you period, do you love me question mark? Please please exclamation point, I want to hold you in parentheses"? That's what this thread reminds me of, you know. What was that song? THAT'S the worst song of all time.

― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 04:44 (twenty-one years ago) link

Hey Fritz--I'm not making it up! See http://www.strebor84.freeserve.co.uk/ericat027.htm .

― Douglas, Wednesday, 13 November 2002 05:26 (twenty-one years ago) link

(Nice Dream) by Radiohead. Oh wait, it's BEST use. Nevermind.

― Aaron W, Wednesday, 13 November 2002 05:33 (twenty-one years ago) link

Alice Cooper "Clones (We're All)"

― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 05:53 (twenty-one years ago) link

Clearly "Red Shoes (The Angels Want To Wear My)" by Elvis Costello.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 06:10 (twenty-one years ago) link

Soap (I Use The)

Beat that!!!!

It's the title of a Bread song.

― maryann, Wednesday, 13 November 2002 07:04 (twenty-one years ago) link

More James Brown - Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants)

― James Ball (James Ball), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 10:20 (twenty-one years ago) link

(Waiting For My) Train (To Come In) by (Holding Back) The Sea

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 10:46 (twenty-one years ago) link

There's plenty of country songs with good brackets:
The King is Gone (And So Are You) - George Jones
If Drinking Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will) - also George
It's not love (But it's not bad) - Merle Haggard
etc

― James Ball (James Ball), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 10:48 (twenty-one years ago) link

What Can You Buy A Wookiee For Christmas (When He Already Has A Comb)

Lick A Smurp For Christmas (All Fall Down)

Don't Stop (Wiggle Wiggle)

did the Pet Shop Boys ever use brackets?

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 12:12 (twenty-one years ago) link

Opportunities (Let's make lots of money)

― James Ball (James Ball), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 13:13 (twenty-one years ago) link

Spinal Tap's Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You (Tonight)

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 14:06 (twenty-one years ago) link

love goes (where my rosemary goes)

― joan vich (joan vich), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 14:18 (twenty-one years ago) link

Ally, I remember! That was Dan Baird, ex- of Georgia Satellites, and it was indeed called "I Love You Period". Wow, it was bad.

― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 15:30 (twenty-one years ago) link

"(Get a)Grip(on Yourself)" by the Stranglers

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 15:56 (twenty-one years ago) link

(& To Think It All Started With) Trim -- Chris Knox

― christoff (christoff), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 16:11 (twenty-one years ago) link

Aretha was the Queen of Parentheses (as well as Soul)

e.g.
A Natural Woman (You Make Me Feel Like)
(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You’ve Been Gone
Don't Play That Song (You Lied)
Border Song (Holy Moses)
Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)
Master of Eyes (The Deepness of Your Eyes)
Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)

― Jeff W (Jeff W), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 16:25 (twenty-one years ago) link

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