What is the best track name you've heard?
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"Sunday Bacon" by Emmure.
It's kind of ridiculous, which I think is why I opted to say it over a more 'sensible' or serious song name. c:
It's kind of ridiculous, which I think is why I opted to say it over a more 'sensible' or serious song name. c:
You were to ugly to rape, so I beat the shit out of you by Anal ****
Between shit and piss are we born by Anaal Nathrakh
Between shit and piss are we born by Anaal Nathrakh
Metal has some dramatic and evocative, if excessively wordy song titles. A few favourites off the top of my head:
'She Painted Fire Across the Skyline Pts. I-III'
'In the Shadow of our Pale Companion'
'This Cold Mountain on Which You Will Die'
'You Were but a Ghost in My Arms'
All by Agalloch
'Ontologically, It Became Time and Space'
'The Cognate House of Courtly Witches lies West of County Meath'
'She Cries the Quiet Lake'
All by Absu
'The Planet that Once Used to Absorb Flesh in Order to Achieve Divinity and Immortality' be Demilich
'In the Kingdom Where Everything Dies, Even the Sky is Mortal' by Cryptopsy
'When Landscapes Bled Backwards' by Sickening Horror
'Literate Physicist Develops Taste for Fiction' by Negligent Collateral Collapse
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'She Painted Fire Across the Skyline Pts. I-III'
'In the Shadow of our Pale Companion'
'This Cold Mountain on Which You Will Die'
'You Were but a Ghost in My Arms'
All by Agalloch
'Ontologically, It Became Time and Space'
'The Cognate House of Courtly Witches lies West of County Meath'
'She Cries the Quiet Lake'
All by Absu
'The Planet that Once Used to Absorb Flesh in Order to Achieve Divinity and Immortality' be Demilich
'In the Kingdom Where Everything Dies, Even the Sky is Mortal' by Cryptopsy
'When Landscapes Bled Backwards' by Sickening Horror
'Literate Physicist Develops Taste for Fiction' by Negligent Collateral Collapse
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Haha I thought about throwing some A*C* track titles in my list but seems like a slippery slope toward a permanent ban!ToMegaTherion said:
Hank Made Me Vomit (Good Riddance Undying Shitlord) or You Are My Forever-Shining Guardian Light But You Can Still Suck A Fat Dick
Guy Who Got a Headache and Accidentally Saves the World
Guy Who Got a Headache and Accidentally Saves the World
Basically these, and I might add:OhJohnNo said:
"Frances Farmer will have her revenge on Seattle" by Nirvana
"The Return of the Giant Hogweed" by Genesis
"Rondo" by The Nice (it reminds me of Castlevania, and it's a incredible song too)
"Subterranean Homesick Blues" by Bob Dylan
"In the Court of the Crimson King", "Lizard" and "Lark's Tounges in Aspic" by King Crimson
"We Destroy The Family" by Fear. Kind of a funny throwaway joke song, but nothing amazing. Of serious track names, I was always fond of The Smiths "William, It Was Really Nothing." So sad.
They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From the Dead!! - Sufjan Stevens (Neo-Clasical FTW)
Monkey!!! Knife!!! Fight!!! - Minus the bear (For some reason medalheads tend to like this band as do I)
We Are Not a Football Team - Minus the bear
I Hate Buffering - The Devil Wears Prada (Not actually a good track IMHO i just agree with the title)
50,000 miles beneath my brain - Ten years after
Wolf Slaying as a Hobby - Stepdad (A somewhat perplexing upbeat band)
Acid Wølfpack - Coyote Kisses
Anthems for a Seventeen Year old Girl - Broken Social Scene
Apocalypse Please - Muse
Attack Of The 60 Ft Lesbian Octopus - Does it Offend you yeah? (fairly annoying track, good band)
Code Monkey - Jonathan Coulton
Bullet to the Binary - mewithoutYou
Eating a Book - He is Legend
A Horse is not a Home - Miike snow
Hot like Sauce - Pretty Lights (Like electronic music? search this ban all his tracks are free for downlode)
Tacobel Cannon - Ratatat
Weak Become Heroes - The Streets
Monkey!!! Knife!!! Fight!!! - Minus the bear (For some reason medalheads tend to like this band as do I)
We Are Not a Football Team - Minus the bear
I Hate Buffering - The Devil Wears Prada (Not actually a good track IMHO i just agree with the title)
50,000 miles beneath my brain - Ten years after
Wolf Slaying as a Hobby - Stepdad (A somewhat perplexing upbeat band)
Acid Wølfpack - Coyote Kisses
Anthems for a Seventeen Year old Girl - Broken Social Scene
Apocalypse Please - Muse
Attack Of The 60 Ft Lesbian Octopus - Does it Offend you yeah? (fairly annoying track, good band)
Code Monkey - Jonathan Coulton
Bullet to the Binary - mewithoutYou
Eating a Book - He is Legend
A Horse is not a Home - Miike snow
Hot like Sauce - Pretty Lights (Like electronic music? search this ban all his tracks are free for downlode)
Tacobel Cannon - Ratatat
Weak Become Heroes - The Streets
Is Cee-Lo Green's "Fuck You" too obvious? Pretty straight to the point of what the song was about. I miss when it was just a wordy music video, before there was a radio version that is more well known and adds an extra syllable. The redone music video also sucks. It will always and forever be for me... Just "Fuck You."
Public Enemy has some great ones- "Incident at 66.6 FM", "Final Count of the Collision Between Us and the Damned", "Night of the Living Baseheads"
Silver Jews have some good ones too- "Country Diary of a Subway Conductor", "The Moon is the Number 18"
The Flaming Lips also excel at nonsensical ones- "Pilot Can at the Queer of God", "Guy Who Got a Headache and Accidentally Saves the World"
Titus Andronicus- "Upon Viewing Brueghel's 'Landscape with the Fall of Icarus'"
Velvet Underground- "The Black Angel's Death Song"
White Stripes- "I'm Lonely (But I Ain't That Lonely Yet"
The Birthday Party- "Pleasure Avalanche"
Minutemen- "Political Song for Michael Jackson to sing", "The Roar of the Masses Could Be Farts"
Silver Jews have some good ones too- "Country Diary of a Subway Conductor", "The Moon is the Number 18"
The Flaming Lips also excel at nonsensical ones- "Pilot Can at the Queer of God", "Guy Who Got a Headache and Accidentally Saves the World"
Titus Andronicus- "Upon Viewing Brueghel's 'Landscape with the Fall of Icarus'"
Velvet Underground- "The Black Angel's Death Song"
White Stripes- "I'm Lonely (But I Ain't That Lonely Yet"
The Birthday Party- "Pleasure Avalanche"
Minutemen- "Political Song for Michael Jackson to sing", "The Roar of the Masses Could Be Farts"
Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right, But Three Rights Make a Left - Zebrahead
You'll Rebel to Anything (As Long As its Not Challenging) - Mindless Self Indulgence
You'll Rebel to Anything (As Long As its Not Challenging) - Mindless Self Indulgence
Aphex Twin - "Ventolin"
The title refers to an anti-asthma drug that causes Tinnitus (the illusion of a high-pitched ringing noise) as a side-effect. Three guesses as to which sound effect Aphex Twin uses to make this one of the most un-listenable tracks ever.
There's a similar tinnitus-like effect on the background "music" in the movie "Human Centipede: Full Sequence", where the main character uses an inhaler for his frequent asthma attacks (which is explicitly stated to be Ventolin), so I'm wondering whether the filmmakers actually took some inspiration from the track.
Speaking of stealthy drug references - "Halcyon (On and On)" by "Orbital" - hearing it you'd think the song would be inspired by kids tripping on E, but in reality it's based on the sad story of the artists' elderly mother being addicted to a sleeping pill named "Halcion" (granted, the video to the song is a dead giveaway).
The title refers to an anti-asthma drug that causes Tinnitus (the illusion of a high-pitched ringing noise) as a side-effect. Three guesses as to which sound effect Aphex Twin uses to make this one of the most un-listenable tracks ever.
There's a similar tinnitus-like effect on the background "music" in the movie "Human Centipede: Full Sequence", where the main character uses an inhaler for his frequent asthma attacks (which is explicitly stated to be Ventolin), so I'm wondering whether the filmmakers actually took some inspiration from the track.
Speaking of stealthy drug references - "Halcyon (On and On)" by "Orbital" - hearing it you'd think the song would be inspired by kids tripping on E, but in reality it's based on the sad story of the artists' elderly mother being addicted to a sleeping pill named "Halcion" (granted, the video to the song is a dead giveaway).
My favourite thing about that song is that it's about a bike. Heh heh heh, Ten Speed.K84 said:
I saw a band in a pub called Howlin' Steam Train, and they had some very entertaining song names, like Midnight Whiskey Escapades and Stray Cat Ricochet. Blues is awesome.
The Strange Disappearance of Jebediah Sloak, Journeyman - Freescha. A haunting little tune that really fits the title.
Which One of You Jerks Drank My Arnold Palmer? - Blockhead. A fun little hip hop piece, although is slightly overshadowed by the excellent It's Raining Clouds on the same album.
I'm slightly disappointed to see that a good chunk of the tracks mentioned on here are just irreverent metal/punk albums. Imo good track names highlight the message or experience intended for the song to convey, and also have some level of complexity, but to each his own I suppose.
Which One of You Jerks Drank My Arnold Palmer? - Blockhead. A fun little hip hop piece, although is slightly overshadowed by the excellent It's Raining Clouds on the same album.
I'm slightly disappointed to see that a good chunk of the tracks mentioned on here are just irreverent metal/punk albums. Imo good track names highlight the message or experience intended for the song to convey, and also have some level of complexity, but to each his own I suppose.
