One thing I love is when lyrics in a song are the title of the album.
Now, I'm not talking about the cop-out, where the chorus of the song is the name of the song and is also the name of the album (see Fully Completely by the Hip). I'm talking about those obscure lyrics, when, once you hear them, you can be all "Hence the title".
Some notable examples:
Metric - Sick Muse - "All the blonds/blinds? are/of? fantasies"
Metric (again!) - I.O.U. - "Old world underground, where are you now?"
U2 - Bullet the Blue Sky - "In the locust wind, comes a rattle and hum" (Rattle & Hum version only applies)
Beastie Boys - Get it Together - "Like Ma Bell, I've got the ill communication"
Dave Matthews Band - The Best of What's Around - "playing under the table and dreaming"
I Mother Earth - Three Days Old - "the scenery and fish, they're bad" (also wins for being a stupid lyric)
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit - "oh well, whatever, nevermind"
So go out, dear friends, and relish those rare moments when a band doesn't default to a silly song title as the album title. But really, p.s., who listens to albums anymore anyway?
1 comment:
Eponymous - what a brilliant word. We need to buy a horse and name it Eponymousity.
I also love this, and when they use one word from a song to name the title of that song too.
You know who doesn't do this....Billy Talent. Think "Fallen Leaves", could he say it any more times :)
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