Nov 19 2008
Clever! Title!
I often browse around on iTunes for music that I have never heard. I’ll think of a word and type it in the search bar, and filter through whatever pops up. iTunes used to have a feature called “Just For You” that reccomended new songs based on recent purchases, but sadly it was removed. I was very discontented when that happened.
Now, while I’m browsing about for new musical adventures, I always feel more inclined to sample a song if the title is cathchy, clever, or downright hilarious. My favorites are the kind that have absolutely positively nothing to do whatsoever with the actual song. Bands like Panic! at the Disco and Fall Out Boy are especially good at this. For instance, “Lying is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off,” “The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide is Press Coverage,” and “I Constantly Thank God for Esteban” by Panic!, or “Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner,” “Of All The Gin Joints in All the World,” or, my personal favorite, “Our Lawyer Made Us Change the Title of This Song So We Wouldn’t Get Sued” by Fallout Boy. There seems to be an increasing trend in naming songs after lines from movies (Panic! was influenced by the movie Closer and several books by the author Chuck Palahniuk, Fall Out Boy seems to love classics like Casablanca and Dirty Dancing).
But it doesn’t stop at those bands. I encourage you to search through whatever music downloading program you own for ridiculous song titles. If you find one, please share it with me. I’d love to hear it.
Song quote to part with:
“In the end the only steps that matter are the ones you take all by yourself” -”Can’t Go Back Now” by the Weepies
