I went to a music school. I think most other Danish schools just do Grease as well. I volunteered for script duty as well two years, first time we decided on my idea to adapt Emir Kosturica's 'Underground'. It was a pretty incoherent script, none of us bothered to watch the film. It was a pretty pretentious school.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 20:41 (four years ago) link
i feel like so many posts in this thread are like the equivalent of "why are computer files put in things called 'folders' - where does this come from?"
― sarahell, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 20:47 (four years ago) link
These bands' set lists must take up multiple sheets on multiple monitors
― Cornelius Fondue (Matt #2), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 20:55 (four years ago) link
XP - to Tom D, it's funny because the ridiculous instrumental math-metal band I was in nearly 20 years ago had an album called 'Arm Yourself With Clairvoyance', taken from a quote by Satie. And yeah we did have some stupid song titles too, natch.
― Maresn3st, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 21:14 (four years ago) link
approximately when did this trend crosspollinate with emo― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, November 6, 2019 7:52 PM (fifty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, November 6, 2019 7:52 PM (fifty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Was literally going to post this exact thing! Many of these are uncomfortably close to Fall Out Boy song titles.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 21:23 (four years ago) link
1. Dick Cheney Bleeding to Death on the Streets of Detroit2. Paul Wolfowitz Boiled Alive in His Own Urine3. William Kristol Raped in Prison4. A Menstruating Condolezza Rice Dropped in the Amazon River, Eaten by Pirahna in 60 Seconds5. Ari Fleischer Split Right Down in the Middle6. Colin Powell Uncle Tom7. Michael Powell Choking to Death on the Shattered Glass of My TV Screen8. Donald Rumsfeld Buried Up to His Neck in Dogshit With Lawnmower on Top9. Richard Perle Torn Apart by Jackals10. Fuck John Cage11. William Rehnquist Torn Apart by Six-Foot Bull Sharks12. Bill Frist Kept Alive in a Persistent Vegetative State and Broadcast 24 Hours a Day on His Own Cable Network, Part 113. Bill Frist Kept Alive in a Persistent Vegetative State and Broadcast 24 Hours a Day on His Own Cable Network, Part 214. Clarence Thomas on the Wrong End of a Gay Porno15. Bill O'Reilly's Face Sanded Off, Pureed, Injected Into an Enema Bag and Administered to a Willing Rick Santorum16. John Ashcroft Flattened Under the Weight of a 5,200 Pound Replica of the Ten Commandments17. Rush Limbaugh Sodomized by a 30-Pound Cuban Cigar18. Trent Lott Asking for Directions in Brooklyn (aka Fuckin' Cracker)19. Pat Robertson Plagued by Locusts20. Tom DeLay Shoved in a Roach Motel, Poisoned, and Eaten From the Inside Out by Tarantulas21. Jack Abramoff Scalped22. Judith Miller Cut in Two by an Improvised Explosive Device23. Michael Brown in the Superdome on September 4, 200524. Tony Blair Trampled by French Poodles25. Jerry Falwell Meets the Children of the Corn26. Anthony Scalia has a Hunting Accident in the Middle of the Wilderness, Gets Savaged by Wolves27. Peggy Noonan Forcefed the Rotting Corpse of Ronald Reagan28. Karl Rove Forced to Roam the Earth Forever as One of the Living Dead Feeding on Raw Sewage29. Scott McLellan Wrapped in a Barbed Wire and Thrown Into a Press Room of Broken Glass, Part 130. Scott McLellan Wrapped in a Barbed Wire and Thrown Into a Press Room of Broken Glass, Part 231. Alberto Gonzales Wearing a Black Hooded Mask, Standing on a Crate With Electric Wires Taped to His Outstretched Hands32. Paul Bremer at the End of Lynndie England's Leash33. Brit Hume Scattered, Smothered, Tarred and Feathered34. George W. Bush Go Straight to Fucking Hell35. Silence Is Golden
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 21:32 (four years ago) link
"Fuck John Cage" seems to be a thematic outlier?
― jeanie bueller energy (morrisp), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 21:40 (four years ago) link
has anyone ever used an iphone's predictive text feature to churn out song titles?
― horsegrenades, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 22:52 (four years ago) link
these remind me of the spaceship names in the culture novels
― gbx, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 22:57 (four years ago) link
Best Use of Parantheses (In a Song Title)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 23:14 (four years ago) link
Nation of Ulysses - A Kid Who Tells On Another Kid Is A Dead Kid
this is a quote from the film "Over the Edge" FYI
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 23:21 (four years ago) link
or are we not distinguishing between things that are direct references/quotes of other works (I see "The Bride Stripped Bare" was also referenced upthread)? Cuz quotes/references don't seem very random to me.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 23:22 (four years ago) link
From Japan’s post-rock-tuned reunion album (which contains more similarly titled instrumentals):
https://youtu.be/BKoTJ56ij4c
― Max Florian, Thursday, 7 November 2019 10:31 (four years ago) link
If we are talking origins, Soft Machine Volume Two from 1969 has
"Hibou, Anemone and Bear""Thank You Pierrot Lunaire""Have You Ever Bean Green?""Fire Engine Passing with Bells Clanging" "Orange Skin Food""10:30 Returns to the Bedroom"
(the best titles, "As Long as He Lies Perfectly Still" and "Dedicated to You But You Weren't Listening" don't count as they are not instrumentals)
Think the root of this stuff was perhaps in psychedelia, West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band's 1968 LP "Volume 3: A Child's Guide to Good and Evil" has
"Eighteen Is Over the Hill""Our Drummer Always Plays in the Nude""A Child of a Few Hours Is Burning to Death""Anniversary of World War III"
(although I don't think these are instrumentals)
Think there are probably some goofy jazz titles from the early 60s, but really not an expert on those.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 7 November 2019 10:45 (four years ago) link
those WCPAEB songs aren't instrumentals e.g. "A Child of a Few Hours Is Burning to Death" is an anti-war song about napalm being dropped on civilians, albeit a somewhat surreal one ('we should have called suzy and bobby - they love to watch fires!')
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Thursday, 7 November 2019 10:58 (four years ago) link