Song titles that are just wrong
Beatles, "The End"
Followed on Abbey Road by the last track, "Her Majesty". So, not the end at all. "The Penultimate" would have been more accurate.
Beatles, "Long Long Long"
Only a few minutes. Short short short.
Paul Simon, "An American Tune"
Based on a Bach chorale. Which makes it a German tune.
Rolling Stones, "I Got the Blues"
You’re a millionaire, and for the last five decades have shagged anyone you wanted.
REM, "Everybody Hurts"
Everybody? Brad Pitt? George Clooney? Bill Gates?
Rod Stewart, "Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?"
No.
Radiohead, "I Might Be Wrong"
You really don’t mean that, do you.
Any other nominees?
Followed on Abbey Road by the last track, "Her Majesty". So, not the end at all. "The Penultimate" would have been more accurate.
Beatles, "Long Long Long"
Only a few minutes. Short short short.
Paul Simon, "An American Tune"
Based on a Bach chorale. Which makes it a German tune.
Rolling Stones, "I Got the Blues"
You’re a millionaire, and for the last five decades have shagged anyone you wanted.
REM, "Everybody Hurts"
Everybody? Brad Pitt? George Clooney? Bill Gates?
Rod Stewart, "Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?"
No.
Radiohead, "I Might Be Wrong"
You really don’t mean that, do you.
Any other nominees?
posted by Stephen Stratford at 10:51 PM
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Black Grape - 'It's Great When You're Straight'
(this is Sean Ryder, ferchrissake)
Chesney Hawkes - 'I am the One and Only'
(...sheesh...)
Nirvana - 'Come As You Are'
(contains the lyric: "and I swear that I don't have a gun")
Well, I expect even Brad, George and Bill would hurt if you were to hit them really hard in their family jewels. Not that I'm advocating violence, of course.
As for Gary Glitter and Do You Wanna Be In My Gang?, I think I'll leave it, thank you.
So many from the ouevre of mr. billy joel . . . 'it's still rock n roll to me' . . . no, billy it's still bloody horrible to me . . . 'we didn't start the fire' . . . but I for one will gladly stamp it out . . . 'piano man' . . . oh stop it . . .
Boomtown Rats, I don't like Mondays
Who does? Should we all go postal?
I thought this was the "Song titles that are just wrong" department, not "Song titles that are truisms"? Example of the latter, Culture Club's Do You Really Want To Hurt Me? which begs the answer, "Yes, come to think of it, I believe I do, but possibly not in the way you'd like me to."
Not a song title, but I would nominate The Residents' Commercial Album as totally inappropriate.
Also Jimmy Osmond with "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool" aged about 7.
The Shadow of Your Smile (Astrud Gilberto et al) - a physical impossibility
I Want to Hold Your Hand (The Beatles) - yeah, and a few other bits, Johnny
Eight Days a Week (The Fabs again) - some chronological confusion here
Visions of Johanna (Bob Dylan) - I know Johanna, matey, and she claims to this day she never saw anything like a mule, let alone jewels and binoculars
Walk Between The Raindrops (Donald Fagen) - this is very difficult
Long Distance Love (Little Feat) - this is also very difficult, even with a webcam
Since this thread has been a bit Beatle-ish...
"Just Like Starting Over" - John Lennon single, 1980. No it wasn't, Johnny...
"You Never Give me your money" - Beatles. Yeah, right...
Others:
"I Guess that's Why they Call it the Blues" - Elton John.
Elton, your music is NOTHING like the Blues.
"Music to WAtch Girls Go By" - Andy Williams
Yeah, in a fucking rest home.
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