Do you agree?

lol...when i first read the title of the thread i thought it said CEREAL instead of creater

Not ever, but he's had his moments here and there.

Frankly, one of the most creative is "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)"

He's up there but I gotta go with Arthur Lee of Love if only for the song "Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale".

Cloreen Bacon Skin... pretty damn out there.
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Oh, also, Terence Trent D'Arby is the one to put really odd phrases in his music that you'd not normally hear.

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'Sexy Motherfucker' was really interesting...

thedance said:

Interesting? or just BOLD.

A few...
For me - BOLD (based solely on the song title, not the content):
Head
Dirty Mind
Jack U Off
Sexuality
Sex
Erotic City
Vibrator
Gett Off
Sexy MF
Come
Orgasm
P Control
I Hate U
I Love U IN Me


Interesting (again based solely on the title alone):
The Sacrifice of Victor
Lemon Crush
Pheromone
Shhh!
Erotic City
Venus De Milo
Alexa De Paris
Lovesexy
Glam Slam
Around The World In A Day
Paisley Park
If I Was Your Girlfriend
Housequake
Shockadelica
Ronnie, Talk 2 Russia
Computer Blue
When Doves Cry
Purple Rain

Prince has some great song titles.

Tool also has some interesting titles:

Disgustipated
Prison Sex
Stinkfist
Message To Harry Manback
Hooker With A Penis
Pushit
Aenema
Eon Blue Apocalypse
Lateralus
LAMC/Maynard's Dick
Rosetta Stoned

I don't agree. Since we're discussing titles versus subject matter, Prince for the most part, just titles a song to coincide with the chorus or hook - like most other artists do.

Instrumentalists tend to have the more intriguing song titles, as it makes one contemplate the significance of it's meaning. Prince's instrumental efforts like 2 Nigs United 4 West Compton, Clockin' The Jizz, the Xpectations project and especially the Madhouse albums were creative and quite witty. The Madhouse remix titles are great too. Some other extended tracks and remixes by Prince had interesting titles as well, like Housequake (7 Minutes MoQuake) and Gett Off (Damn Near 10 Minutes).

Artists like Frank Zappa and the Butthole Surfers were Much more creative in naming lyrical-based songs than Prince ever was.

squirrelgrease said:

Same for Smashing Pumpkins. Sometimes I really wonder why "Hummer" is called Hummer I read somewhere that Billy thinks of the songname by this formula: you wrote a song about roses - they are red - bulls are being attached by red - so the songname will be "Cow"

zaza said:

That's true. Corgan has some clever naming conventions.

'Sexy Motherfucker' is bold according Ernest....?

I'm not native english, does it mean you don't appreciate this classic Prince song, or does it mean you just find the title bold, but still love the song...?

hmmmm strange,

btw.... I just SEXY MF, it's a sexxy funk jam of a song IMO...

sorry if I'm a bit off topic.
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thedance said:

Bold meaning fearless or daring. It's not typical that an artist calls a song "Pussy Control" or "Sexy Motherfucker". That's a bold move. Although they are also interesting, the balls it took to name a song "Vibrator", and not blink an eye in the process.....that's bold...and brave.

^ thanks Ernest, for your reply and explanation.

what about Pink Floyd's Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving With a Pict, for a title.

squirrelgrease said:

Spooky - I was going to make all those points (bar Butthols Surfers) myself! Get out of my head you!

Zappa, in particular, is most worthy of the mention. Dinah-Moe Humm, Cleetus Alwreetus, Sheik Yerbouti, The Grand Wazoo.....classics! 2 other great-named UK bands with excellent song and album titles are Ozric Tentacles and Shpongle

I think Nina Hagen's Nun Sex Monk Rock might have all of his beat

Im sorry but "If You Seek Amy" has got to be the most clever song title i ever heard. i only heard the song once though. and wished that it was "hidden" better....


oh...prince- right yeah.

i had an idea for creating a "prince song title generator" where you plug in random "Stuff" with a color, an adj, etc. and jumble it up. but i lost interest.

I wrote a princesque song called, " bitch fantastic".... thats about as close as i can get to cool song titles

Nvncible1 said:

That was one funny.

I like :

Merci for the speed of a mad clown in summer...

ernestsewell said:

Who sings that? The Poster Children had a minor alt-hit song titled If You See Kay.

squirrelgrease said:

im not even gonna say

Anotherloverholeinyohead
No More Candy For You
Endorphinmachine
Starfish & Coffee

...yeah, their deff up there in the "interesting" slot

inia said:

No

Some great titles IMO

P.M. Dawn:
Being So Not for You (I Had No Right)"
"Screaming at Me"
"Hale-Bopp Regurgitations"
Sometimes I Miss You So Much (Dedicated to the Christ Consciousness)
"Silence...Recorded at the Gravesite of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Reality Used to Be a Friend of Mine
A Watcher's Point of View (Don't 'Cha Think)"
Dearest Christian, I'm So Very Sorry for Bringing You Here. Love, Dad (Album title- Excellent btw)
Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience (Album title)

Plenty out there. . . .

ernestsewell said:

ernestsewell said:

pardon me, could you explain me in simple words, the meaning in american language about "lemon crush"? thanks

NM
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oscar73 said:

It's a soft drink.

squirrelgrease said:

Also it describes something bitter sweet. So you could replace the words bitter sweet with Lemon Crush through out the whole song and get a more conventional song but not as great.

Ready 4 the crush

Example
Every time U kiss me - bitter sweet
Nay, I can't resist thee - bitter sweet
Ooh it goes right through me - bitter sweet


Another good example of it is in the song color by The Steeles. Where the word color is a replacement for the word Judge.

Example
Judge me black if U Judge me just like U
Judge me angry if U Judge me less than I do
(Whoa, what's your Judge?)
Yeah, what's your Judge?