I feel like these all need to be individual threads. Condensing them all into this hodgepodge is a disservice to the culture.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 27 September 2019 14:17 (four years ago) link
"In My Former Country I Was Engineer" by the Ebb & Flow, which is a good song but he sure wasn't audio engineer, unless I have a somehow damaged out-of-phase download.
― mick signals, Friday, 27 September 2019 19:46 (four years ago) link
Peggy Seeger, "I'm Gonna Be an Engineer"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IGVxBb5uYk
― Lily Dale, Friday, 27 September 2019 21:00 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygxDs_zcayo
― flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Friday, 27 September 2019 21:11 (four years ago) link
should've included the vocal version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnIH51niqCY
― flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Friday, 27 September 2019 21:12 (four years ago) link
The Flying Pickets did a good, spooky song called Monica Engineer
― frame casual (dog latin), Saturday, 28 September 2019 16:54 (four years ago) link
Songs in which the narrator communicates telepathically with their lover:Golden Earring - “Radar Love”Metric - “Satellite Mind”Bad Brains - “Sacred Love”...
― Una Palooka Dronka (hardcore dilettante), Saturday, 28 September 2019 18:56 (four years ago) link
Don't Speak / I know what you're thinking
― mick signals, Saturday, 28 September 2019 19:01 (four years ago) link
J. Lowenstein with the riposte: https://genius.com/Sebadoh-mind-reader-lyrics
― #YABASIC (morrisp), Saturday, 28 September 2019 19:08 (four years ago) link
"Rocks Off"
― Lily Dale, Saturday, 28 September 2019 20:38 (four years ago) link
Battle of the Children of the :GraveSeaDamned
― calstars, Saturday, 28 September 2019 20:53 (four years ago) link
Songs whose narratives hinge upon mistaken identity:
“Silhouettes” – The Rays (and others)“Hurricane” – Bob Dylan“Billie Jean” – Michael Jackson*“Oh Sweet Woods” – Fiery Furnaces“It Wasn’t Me” – Shaggy*
*alleged
― drunk on hot toddies (morrisp), Saturday, 12 October 2019 01:59 (four years ago) link
Songs that sound like Histoire de Melody Nelson:Paper Tiger - BeckAlso others...
― 29 facepalms, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 16:28 (four years ago) link
Songs listing the cities in which the party will be occurring tonight:
Dancing in the Streets - Martha & the VandellasAll Over the World - Electric Light OrchestraKeep This Party Going - The B-52's
(There's got to be more...)
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 25 October 2019 04:06 (four years ago) link
T.I.’s verse on “We’re Taking Over”
― thicc elizabeth (voodoo chili), Friday, 25 October 2019 13:12 (four years ago) link
Songs where the singer is in denial:
10CC - I'm Not In LoveJohn Waite - I Ain't Missing YouFlight of the Conchords - I'm Not Crying
― The Pingularity (ledge), Thursday, 21 November 2019 11:41 (four years ago) link
Flowers on the Wall--Flowers on the Wall
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 21 November 2019 15:42 (four years ago) link
stone roses - i am the resurrection
― mookieproof, Thursday, 21 November 2019 15:47 (four years ago) link
The Louvin Brothers - I Like the Christian Life
― deepchord presents echosmith (unregistered), Thursday, 21 November 2019 16:06 (four years ago) link
albert collins - i ain't drunk
― mookieproof, Thursday, 21 November 2019 16:18 (four years ago) link
Buzzcocks - “You Say You Don’t Love Me.”
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 21 November 2019 16:20 (four years ago) link
George Jones - "She Thinks I Still Care"
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 21 November 2019 16:26 (four years ago) link
lol
Bourgeois Tagg - I Don't Mind At All
― The Pingularity (ledge), Friday, 22 November 2019 08:42 (four years ago) link
Dylan - "Most of the Time"
Does this include songs where not only the singer but also the songwriter seems to be in denial? If so:
Bruce Springsteen - "Happy"That terrible Justin Bieber song about how he's totally over Selena Gomez, he's just writing her this song because she keeps blowing up his phone, and also his mother doesn't like her.
― Lily Dale, Friday, 22 November 2019 17:29 (four years ago) link
I guess "Boots of Spanish Leather" also involves a lot of denial, although he clues in at the end.
― Lily Dale, Friday, 22 November 2019 17:34 (four years ago) link
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 November 2019 16:37 (four years ago) link
ALBUMS NAMED AFTER THE STUDIO THEY WERE RECORDED IN
Abbey Road - BeatlesCaribou - Elton John
And then I hit Wikipedia to find these...
The Power Station - The Power Station (album and band)Shangri La - Mark KnopflerBear Creek - Brandi Carlile
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 27 December 2019 02:09 (four years ago) link
Feel the heat
― calstars, Friday, 27 December 2019 02:28 (four years ago) link
5150 - Van HalenElectric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix (though this might technically be a studio named after an album)
― Mazzy Tsar (PBKR), Friday, 27 December 2019 02:54 (four years ago) link
Guitar solos that are preceded with the singer exclaiming “oh no...”:-Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath-Van Halen, you really got me
― calstars, Sunday, 19 January 2020 03:19 (four years ago) link
Songs in which the singer reads off a phone number:“867-5309/Jenny” — Tommy Tutone“Group Sex” — Circle Jerks“The Vietnamese Telephone Ministry” — Fiery Furnaces― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Friday, August 3, 2018 5:30 AM (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink
“867-5309/Jenny” — Tommy Tutone“Group Sex” — Circle Jerks“The Vietnamese Telephone Ministry” — Fiery Furnaces
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Friday, August 3, 2018 5:30 AM (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink
Owen Pallett's The Secret Seven also does this.
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Sunday, 19 January 2020 14:15 (four years ago) link
Songs/tunes that sample Sydney's pedestrian crossing sound:
Orbital, Walk NowBillie Eilish, Bad Guy
― Paperbag raita (ledge), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 12:00 (four years ago) link
Songs where the title doesn't appear in the lyrics until the 2nd verse:
Fleetwood Mac - "Dreams"
― Bill Bruford's drumbeat for "South Side of the Sky": proto-dubstep? (Prefecture), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 16:11 (four years ago) link
"Nebraska"
― Lily Dale, Wednesday, 29 January 2020 16:46 (four years ago) link
"Nebraska"― Lily Dale, Wednesday, January 29, 2020 10:46 AM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Lily Dale, Wednesday, January 29, 2020 10:46 AM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Good one!
― Bill Bruford's drumbeat for "South Side of the Sky": proto-dubstep? (Prefecture), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 22:24 (four years ago) link
songs in which the protagonist's friend/lover leaves them behind in pursuit of stardom:
Twinkle - Golden LightsColin Blunstone - Caroline GoodbyeAmanda Mair - Sense
― nothing in the dialog (unregistered), Thursday, 30 January 2020 02:10 (four years ago) link
songs where the lead vocalist is having their ass eaten
Geto Boys - Gangsta of Love
― ... that's Traore! (Neanderthal), Thursday, 30 January 2020 02:21 (four years ago) link
songs where the lead vocalist is eating ass
R.A. The Rugged Man "Tom Thum"
― ... that's Traore! (Neanderthal), Thursday, 30 January 2020 02:23 (four years ago) link
Basement Jaxx, Red AlertRegurgitator, SuperstraightGiuseppe Ottaviani, Crossing LightsPolish Club, Iguana
― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Thursday, 30 January 2020 02:25 (four years ago) link
songs where nobody is eating ass or having their ass eaten[..]2523 Songbird :: Kenny G
[..]
2523 Songbird :: Kenny G
uh yeah, I'm pretty sure Kenny has never gone on record to say that 'Songbird' isn't a wordless meditation on the pleasures of booty eating. otherwise it's a pretty solid list, though!
― nothing in the dialog (unregistered), Thursday, 30 January 2020 03:14 (four years ago) link
Old timey Ilx post up there
― calstars, Thursday, 30 January 2020 12:32 (four years ago) link
found the site with this list, last 3 are all legit but i don't buy the basement jaxx.
― Paperbag raita (ledge), Thursday, 30 January 2020 13:54 (four years ago) link
Neanderthal, solid effort, but sorry. That list includes cRIMson and Clover and pRIMrose Lane. Plus the two tracks by Leean RIMes. All of which are clear coded references.
― Okay, you're an ambulance (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 30 January 2020 14:42 (four years ago) link
Fuck! How could I have forgot those!
I'll be punishing the intern who compiled this list!
― ... that's Traore! (Neanderthal), Thursday, 30 January 2020 14:51 (four years ago) link
And I have my doubts about "2551 Lights, Camera, Action! :: Mr. Cheeks"
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 31 January 2020 06:00 (four years ago) link
1 Smooth Asscheeks :: Santana3 You Light Up My Ass :: Debby Boone4 I Gotta Feeling (It's Analingus) :: Black Eyed Peas, The5 Hey Jude (Can I Eat Your Ass?) :: Beatles, The15 Tossin' Salad And Turnin' :: Bobby Lewis16 I'll Make Love To You (By Which I Mean I'll Munch Dat Ass All Night) :: Boyz II Men17 Bette Davis Ass :: Kim Carnes20 I Want To Hold Your Asscheeks Open :: Beatles, The21 How You Remind Me (Of That Time You Ate My Ass) :: Nickelback22 Un-Break My Bung :: Toni Braxton24 (I Want Your Tongue) Truly Madly But Especially Deeply :: Savage Garden26 Every Butt You Taste :: Police, The32 How Deep Is Your Hole :: Bee Gees33 Bust A Ass Open :: Young M.C.36 The First Time Ever I Sat On Your Face :: Roberta Flack
I should have been in bed 2 hours ago.
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 31 January 2020 06:22 (four years ago) link
found the site with this list, last 3 are all legit but i don't buy the basement jaxx
ooh, what site? there used to be a thread with other techno/trance tracks that sampled it on inthemix, but the new owners nuked the entire archive a year or two ago and I can't remember any of them
(also I've just relistened to Superstraight and now I suspect either I'm misremembering another Regurgitator song of the era (never got on with T-Wrecks), or maybe the idea was that Kostic based the pre-verse drumbeat on the wait sound?)
― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Friday, 31 January 2020 09:21 (four years ago) link
https://junkee.com/fatboy-slim-greta-thunberg-melbourne/239874
actually they don't mention superstraight and the jaxx is their own theory, think they're talking about the video version but i still don't hear it.
― Paperbag raita (ledge), Friday, 31 January 2020 09:57 (four years ago) link
speaking of the new owners! that's almost certainly not the link you meant to post, but Junkee has been around less than a decade, so it's definitely not "their" theory.
― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Friday, 31 January 2020 10:23 (four years ago) link
luv 2 visit websites that change the url when u scroll
https://junkee.com/billie-eilish-bad-guy-pedestrian-sound-songs/239769
― Paperbag raita (ledge), Friday, 31 January 2020 10:28 (four years ago) link