Differences

This shows you the differences between the selected revision and the current version of the page.

--- chapters:songtitles 2009/06/29 00:52
+++ chapters:songtitles 2023/12/28 22:03 current
@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-====== Non-American Heavy Metal groups with classic American novels as song titles ======
+====== Non-American Heavy Metal groups with classic American novels as song titles ======
-==  ==
-//Moby Dick// -- Led Zeppelin
 ==  ==
-//Tom Sawyer// -- Rush
+//Moby Dick// -- Led Zeppelin
-====== New wave groups with classic American novels as song titles ======
-==  ==
-//The Sound & the Fury// -- Zeitgeist
+==  ==
-====== Different (and all good) songs with the title "Let the Good Times Roll" ======
+//Tom Sawyer// -- Rush
-==  ==
-Cars
+====== New wave groups with classic American novels as song titles ======
-==  ==
-Phoebe Snow
 ==  ==
-Shirley & Lee
+//The Sound & the Fury// -- Zeitgeist
-==  ==
-Dr. John (album: Gumbo)
+This band changed its name to The Reivers, after William Faulkner's last novel, which he wrote in three days [<< I just saw this fact in my notes, but I can't find it now; wikipedia doesn't mention this; wikipedia says it was a best-seller, but also that it was not critically well-regarded]. I recently saw the Steve McQueen (1969) movie based on that novel -- pretty good movie, I thought
-==  ==
+====== Repetition, rhyming, alliterativeness, and "palindromitiveness" in Abba titles ======
-Louis Jordan, Ray Charles
-==  ==
+==  ==
-Sam Cooke/Aretha Franklin
-==  ==
-Buck Owens (album: Live in Las Vegas)
+//Knowing Me, Knowing You//
-====== Two early Elvis song titles with a similar structure ======
 ==  ==
-//You're Right, I'm Left, She's Gone//
-//I Want You, I Need You, I Love You//
+//Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!//
-====== Two (cryptic) soul song titles with a similar structure ======
-==  ==
+==  ==
-//One Monkey Don't Stop No Show// -- Honeycone
-==  ==
-Written by Joe Tex
+//I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do//
-==  ==
-//One Chain Don't Make No Prison// -- Four Tops
+==  ==
-====== Song titles in which the song title is of an internally referenced song ======
-==  ==
+//Ring Ring//
-//Tennessee Waltz// -- Patti Page
-==  ==
-//Kentucky Waltz// -- Bill Monroe
+==  ==
-==  ==
-//Truck Drivin' Man// -- George Hamilton IV
+//Money, Money, Money//
-====== Two songs called ...  ======
-==  ==
+==  ==
-//Misty Blue// -- Dorothy Moore
-==  ==
-//Midnight Blue// -- Melissa Manchester
+//Voulez Vous//
-====== "Foxey Lady" should be called "Foxey Ladey" ======
-====== Neil Young's shared song titles ======
+==  ==
-==  ==
-//Goin' Back// -- Byrds
+//Super Trouper//
-==  ==
-//Peace of Mind// -- Loggins and Messina
+==  ==
-==  ==
-//Tell Me Why// -- Beau Brummels
-==  ==
+//Mamma Mia//
-//Tonight's the Night// -- Rod Stewart
-====== Different songs, same title ======
+==  ==
-==  ==
-//Our Town// -- Iris Dement
+//Chiquitita//
-==  ==
-//Our Town// -- Marshall Crenshaw
 ==  ==
-//Games People Play// -- Joe South
-==  ==
+//SOS//
-//Games People Play// -- Spinners
-====== Three songs on Blur's Leisure album that share titles with Beatles songs ======
-==  ==
+====== Different (and all good) songs with the title "Let the Good Times Roll" ======
-//Come Together//
-==  ==
-//Birthday//
+==  ==
-==  ==
+Cars
-//Slow Down// (sort of)
+==  ==
+Phoebe Snow
+==  ==
+Shirley & Lee
+==  ==
+Dr. John (album: Gumbo)
+==  ==
+Louis Jordan, Ray Charles
+==  ==
+Sam Cooke/Aretha Franklin
+==  ==
+Buck Owens (album: Live in Las Vegas)
+====== Two early Elvis song titles with a similar structure ======
+==  ==
+//You're Right, I'm Left, She's Gone//
+//I Want You, I Need You, I Love You//
+====== Cryptic Soul Song Titles ======
+==== New Entry ====
+//I'll Kill a Brick about My Man//, Hot Sauce
+==== Older Entries ====
+//One Monkey Don't Stop No Show// -- Honeycone
+==  ==
+Written by Joe Tex
+====  ====
+//One Chain Don't Make No Prison// -- Four Tops
+====== Portmanteau Songs ======
+In which the song title is an internally referenced song (//portmanteau// probably doesn't mean this)
+==== New Entry ====
+//Oh Yeah//, Roxy Music -- "they're playin' Oh Yeah on the radio"
+==== Earlier Entries ====
+//Tennessee Waltz//, Patti Page
+//Kentucky Waltz//, Bill Monroe
+//Truck Drivin' Man//, George Hamilton IV
+====== Two songs called ...  ======
+==  ==
+//Misty Blue// -- Dorothy Moore
+==  ==
+//Midnight Blue// -- Melissa Manchester
+====== "Foxey Lady" should be called "Foxey Ladey" ======
+====== Neil Young's shared song titles ======
+==  ==
+//Goin' Back// -- Byrds
+==  ==
+//Peace of Mind// -- Loggins and Messina
+==  ==
+//Tell Me Why// -- Beau Brummels
+==  ==
+//Tonight's the Night// -- Rod Stewart
+====== Different songs, same title ======
+==  ==
+//Our Town// -- Iris Dement
+==  ==
+//Our Town// -- Marshall Crenshaw
+==  ==
+//Games People Play// -- Joe South
+==  ==
+//Games People Play// -- Spinners
+====== Three songs on Blur's Leisure album that share titles with Beatles songs ======
+==  ==
+//Come Together//
+==  ==
+//Birthday//
+==  ==
+//Slow Down// (sort of)