Fun With Band & Song Names
Different ways to look at the names of bands and song titles.
Funny & Strange Music News
September 21
Recreation of Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up"
amIright Events
Given an album cover with all identifying marks removed, can you guess the performer? This is a new amIwrong section.
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Album Cover Themes
Can you think of multiple albums that share a common visual theme?
Oct 12
amIright News
Today's parodies are now listed, sorry for the delay.
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Oct 8
amIright News
Fixed the problems with the site sections that used amazon for retrieving album covers.
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Literally Impossible Song Titles
"Church Of The Heart," Roxette - Submitted By: George Straitjacket
"Catch A Wave," The Beach Boys - Submitted By: Bobby Brooks Lapp
Remove a Letter From a Song Title
"Lunge Act," Nirvana originally "Lounge Act" - Submitted By: Eva
"We Want The Fun," Gerardo originally "We Want The Funk" - Submitted By: Samantha Wayland
Add a Letter To a Song Title
"Can Wes Talk," Tevin Campbell originally "Can We Talk" - Submitted By: Joe Cocker Spaniel
"Don't Marry Here," The Beautiful South originally "Don't Marry Her" - Submitted By: Dionne Peacewick
Change a Letter In a Song Title
"You Don't See Me Cry," Wilson Phillips originally "You Won't See Me Cry" - Submitted By: Serafina
"You Won't See Me Pry," Wilson Phillips originally "You Won't See Me Cry" - Submitted By: Serafina
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song
"Where Did Our Love Go?," The Supremes
"Under The Bridge," Red Hot Chili Peppers
Submitted By: Serafina
"Where Did Our Love Go?," The Supremes
"Somewhere In The Night," Barry Manilow
Submitted By: Serafina
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be...
Bad Ideas for On Hold Music
Duets That Haven't Been Performed Yet
"A Long, Long, Long Public Service Announcement"
"Long, Long, Long," The Beatles
"Public Service Announcement," Jay-Z
Submitted By: dxman
Songs for Commercials, That Haven't Been Done Yet
All of the new songs for commercials, that haven't been done yet
New Song Names (we invented)
Cool Band Names (we invented)
Destroyed Doom
My friend said that he had his destroyed doom and it sounded dumb and made no sense but sounded cool
Submitted By: mike95
3 steps in Hell
I was sitting here and thinking about band names for my friends and I just thought of it
Submitted By: mike95
New Vain Songs
"Children Of Bodom," Children Of Bodom
It contains half their band name, but Bodom is kindof a key word here, so I guess it counts.
Submitted By: Travis
"Skid Row," Skid Row
"I said 'Hey man, there's something that you oughta know. I tell ya Park Avenue leads to Skid Row.'" was contained in the lyrics to the song.
Submitted By: Mickey D.
New Singers Who Act
Ogre from Skinny Puppy appeared in: Repo! The Genetic Opera
He played Pavi Largo, and he was pretty good.
Submitted By: =3
Coolio appeared in: Dear God, The Convent, Submerged, Judgment Day, China Strike Force, Stealing Candy, Red Water, Code Hunter, Grad Night, Pterodactyl, Exposed, Move
Submitted By: Michael Prymula
New Celebrities Who Sing
Claudia Christian performed: Once Upon A Time, So Far Away
Yes, Commander Ivanova herself did sing, she released three albums- Once Upon A Time, Claudia Squared, and Taboo, and she also sang along with the other cast members of Babylon 5 on the album The Be Five
Submitted By: Michael Prymula
Jada Pinkett Smith performed: Something Inside Of Me
Was the lead singer for the heavy metal band Wicked Wisdom for a few years, most people hated them, I thought they weren't too bad personally, though Jada sounded really awkward whenever she tried screaming out lyrics instead of singing them
Submitted By: Michael Prymula
New Better Off Solo
Dave Grohl from Nirvana
Now the lead singer of the Foo Fighters, arguably more popular than Nirvana but not as infuential. He has also played for Tom Petty's Heartbreakers, Queens of the Stone Age, and Nine Inch Nails, and is now in a supergroup called Them Crooked Vultures.
Submitted By: dxman
Kenny Rogers from Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
After going solo and switching from psychedelic rock to country, he broke out.
Submitted By: dxman
Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics
Bookends from Simon & Garfunkel
The short title song from the duo's 1968 album doesn't contain the word 'bookends' in the lyrics. 1st verse: 'Time it was and what a time it was it was, A time of innocence a time of confidences.' 2nd verse: 'Long ago it must be, I have a photograph. Preserve your memories, they're all that's left you.'
Submitted By: George Straitjacket
New Former Occupations of Performers
Chad Wolf from Carolina Liar: Several odd jobs
A Native of Charleston, SC, he worked in several of them while in Los Angeles.
Submitted By: Rock Maninoff
Gene Watson from Gene Watson: auto body mechanic
in his early career his day job was at a Houston auto body shop
Submitted By: robert
New Performer's New Career Entries
Ken Johner from The Johner Brothers: Farmer
Ken and Brad were a country music duo from Saskatchewan but Ken quit and became a farmer. Brad still records music today.
Submitted By: Travis
Mike Pareskuwicz from Fall Out Boy: Cashier at Home Depot
Actually, this was in 2003, when he first quit the band.
Submitted By: Ethanator
Song Title Space Change
"No Body's Supposed To Be Here," Deborah Cox originally "Nobody's Supposed To Be Here" - Submitted By: George Straitjacket
"Put Your Light Son," Santana with Everlast originally "Put Your Lights On" - Submitted By: George Straitjacket
There are more Song Title Space Change available
Band Name Anagrams
Go Nick Bra originally King Cobra - Submitted By: Reese Witherfork
I Bang Cork originally King Cobra - Submitted By: Lisa Basil
There are more Band Name Anagrams available
Song Title Anagrams
"Ban Normal Ad," Blur originally "Dan Abnormal" - Submitted By: Salvador Dali Parton
"Deliver Ebay Dream," The Monkees originally "Daydream Believer" - Submitted By: Courtney (about as bad as tennis elbow)
There are more Song Title Anagrams available
Band Name Aliteration
Bobby Brown - - Submitted By: Travis
Brook Benton - - Submitted By: Travis
There are more Band Name Aliteration available
How to Pronounce a Band Name
Doomsword pronounced as doom-sord - Submitted By: Hardrock
ELO (short for Electric Light Orchestra) pronounced as Ee-el-oh - Submitted By: To Dynamite 1979
There are more How to Pronounce a Band Name available
Song Title Acrostics
"iJAK," Green Day originally "I'm Just A Kid" - Submitted By: Optimus Lime
"LG (like the phone brand)," Green Day originally "Little Girl" - Submitted By: Optimus Lime
There are more Song Title Acrostics available
Song Title Spoonerisms
"Betty Avis Dies," Kim Carnes originally "Bette Davis Eyes" - Submitted By: She
"Must See Banta," Hi-Five originally "Must Be Santa" - Submitted By: Santa
There are more Song Title Spoonerisms available
Names as a Word Bank
Gay Nerd formed from Green Day - Submitted By: Optimus Lime
Bad Bony Nylon Boob formed from Bob Dylan - Submitted By: Adlai Alda
There are more Names as a Word Bank available
Band Name Spoonerisms
R/A/M/M/S originally M/A/R/R/S - Submitted By: Elctric Boogeyman
Stife originally Feist - Submitted By: She
There are more Band Name Spoonerisms available
Products Bands Should Endorse Based on Their Name
Show Of Hands should endorse "Rush tribute band concerts" - Submitted By: pickle
Men Without Hats should endorse "Haidressers" - Submitted By: Jakko Wakko
There are more Products Bands Should Endorse Based on Their Name available
Movies Named After Song Titles
"The Final Countdown," Europe - Submitted By: dxman
"Love Story," Taylor Swift - Submitted By: Country
There are more Movies Named After Song Titles available
New Band Names
Bicycle Works a better name for Icicle Works
Submitted By: Cape Canaveral Lavigne
Kinky Dee a better name for Kiki Dee
Submitted By: Drew Scarymore
There are more New Band Names available
Music Performer Nicknames
"Weird Al" Yankovic is also called: Alfred Matthew Yankovic
Well, yeah...actually that's his real name, but it's like a nickname since he goes by Weird Al Yankovic so much.
Submitted By: James
Nick Lowe is also called: Basher
It's in the title of his first greatest hits album, which was released in 1989. I read that the nickname has to do with his technique in producing other people's music.
Submitted By: Kruel 2 B Kind In Da Rite Mehzhur
There are more Music Performer Nicknames available
Missing Parts
"Changes In Latitude, Changes In Attitude," Jimmy Buffet
Disregards east-west components of culture-shock.
Regina Haniger
"Last Train To Clarksville," The Monkees
What happened to all the previous trains tthere?
Blake DeKalb
There are more Missing Parts available
Other Name Resources
- Rock 'n' Roll Call - A book on how bands got their names
- From ABBA to ZZ Top - A book on how bands got their names
Other Pages
- Songs We Proposed That Are Now Being Used
Did a song suggested on the Songs for Commercials, That Haven't Been Done Yet page actually get used? It will get added here.
