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Nought to Infinity in pop titles
Posted by PaddyH on 25 January 2011 - 11:38pm.
Easy peasy, can we get from nought to whatever, in numerical sequence, just using the titles culled from pop, rock, country or jazz music.
I'll start us off:
London 0 Hull 4 - The Housemartins
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5
Piece Chicken Dinner - Beastie Boys.
666
Aphrodite's Child
No, No, No
IN sequence please, chaps :
I'll go again: It Takes TWO -Marvin & Tammy
Next THREE
Aaaahhh,
I see what you did there.
Ho hum...
Er, 3 times a lady - Commodores.
1
Joy Zipper
Soz, Bob, you got it
We could also have had ONE Vision by Queen, The One and Only by the Hawksmeister...
Four was missed
So, Four Seasons in One Day - Ver House - fronted, of course, by Lord Neil of Finnshire
Not to mention
One by U2 and One by Metallica. And One Love by both Bob Marley and the Prodigy.
Or...
started with Elvis Costello: Less Than Zero.
Or
Nine below zero
where do Zero 7 fit?
5ive Gears In Reverse
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
5 Minutes
Stranglers
Six
Six Underground - Sneaker Pimps
Seven
Languages - Camper Van Beethoven
7 minutes to midnight
By Wah! Heat, or some such variant involving Wah!
After Eight
Neu!
Nine Pound Hammer
Earl Scruggs
Ten Feet Tall
XTC
or Ten Cent Pistol by The Black Keys
11:11 rodriguez and
11:11 rodriguez and gabrielle
And
Eleven Mustachioed Daughters - Bonzo Dog Band
Twelve gates to the city
James Taylor - can't remember the album
And
Twelve - Jurassic 5 (desktop iTunes helped)
It's a push but
Midnight (12) to Stevens - The Clash
Blur
13
And...
Teenage Fanclub - Thirteen
Surely Big Star
should get the credit for that one
Peter Gabriel
Fourteen Black Paintings
14th February
Billy Bragg
Come Feel Him Tremble
Paul Westerberg - 14 Songs
Wire
The 15th
16 by 32 Decemberists
Been waiting for that
At 17
Janis Ian
16, Maybe less
Iron & Wine as an alternative
Not Forgetting
Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
One fist of iron, the other of steel
And if the right one don't-a gitcha then the left-a one will...
.
.
17 seconds
The cure
Moby
Moby - 18
Or
18 - Alice Cooper
Ner ner ner ner ner
19 - Paul Hardcastle
19
Paul hardcastle
Damn
Slow Internet connection
I don't see
N'n'n'n'nineteen
Fuck it
I do n'n'n'n'n'now
Perennial Thames Valley Blues favourites
With their 19th Nervous Breakdown
George Benson
20/20 Vision
Well done
.
20ft Halo
Supergrass
21st Century
Schizoid Man
22 grand job
The Rakes
21 seconds to go
Can't think
22
Lily Allen
22 Miles of Hard Road
Eels
Can we have band names as well?
If so I'll go 23 skidoo
Of course
I was going to go wit Matchbox Twenty
It's only 24 Hours to Tulsa....
....but if he really put his foot down could he not make it in 23...? Aw, go on... I can't think of anything else with 23 in the title...
23
Blonde Redhead
or "Strawberry Letter 23"
by Shuggie Otis or the Brothers Johnson
And then
24 hours from Tulsa
24 hour party people
phew, was dying to get that one in!
25 Days
Hello Saferide (glorious scandinavian spooky pop)
25 miles
Edwyn Starr. I'm on a roll here.
And if the band name is allowed then I'll have
Section 25
Edwin Starr
25 Miles
*beginning to tread water, having prepared*
Another 25
25 Minutes to Go - Johnny Cash. Also by Diamanda Galás or The Pine Valley Cosmonauts. Song written by Shel Silverstein.
Awaits Pretty Things fans for
No 26
Therefore
October 26 - The Pretty Things (thanks iTunes)
Seriously thinking of going over to google now
!
Can
EFS No. 27
4 more..
Strawberry Letter 23 - The Brothers Johnson
four & Twenty Hours - Nana Mouskourri
In the year 2525 - Zager & Evans
... oh, & out of order but
30 Seconds over Tokyo - Pere Ubu
Very, very good
Smiley punctuation thing for that
Please someone find a 28
Because I have a belter for 29
In that case
Why? Twenty-Eight
A Guy called Gerald
28 Gun Bad Boy
Brilliant
Ryan Adams - 29
Since Paddy has 29 sewn up
can I just jump in with 030 by John Foxx
Or Brooooce
Highway 29
31 Today
Aimee Mann
Or 30th Century Man by Scott Walker
or Catapult 30 by Wire, or 30 Seconds over Tokyo by Pere Ubu
C30 C60 C90 go
can we use that once, or 3 times?
Ballix
How did I miss Lloyd Cole and the Commies' 29?
Dragon 32
a track on a techno album I have by a band called Bitstream, and co-incidentally the name of the first computer I owned.
See also 32 Lineup by B12
and W32.Aphex@mm by Aphex Twin. I suspect my collection of electronica may come in useful on this thread.
Peng! 33
By Stereolab
Come on someone I've got 35, 36, 37 and 38
ready to roll before we get onto that godawful U2 song.
34
Aleph-1 (electronica album track-honest!)
Broadcast
Bit 35
Autechre
Garbagemx36
Chrome
'Alien Soundtracks'. Track 9 is called : "St 37"
Prefab Sprout
compilation LP called "38 Carat Collection"
OK
Thirty Nine Steps - The Preachers
Bastids
My 39 is 39 Down by Lloyd Cole on the much underrated etc album of outtakes. A great song.
Also...
...'39 by Queen.
...and...
40 Day Dream
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
Also
40 Versions by Wire, 40 Days by Slowdive and 40 Years Back/Come by Royksopp
Midlife Crisis Alert!
A Pirate Looks At Forty - Jimmy Buffett
I suspect 38 is a beaten docket
I have a personal favourite for 39
Catch up
at the back!
The Fall
Loop 41 'Houston
or
Wire Map Ref 41 N 93 W (might come in handy later as well)
Easy easy
Sum 41
41-43
Azam Ali- 41 Ways to Die
Level 42
Country Joe and the Fish-section 43
Yay!!!
:)
Coldplay - 42
or the band Level 42 ( pick your poison... )
Sonnet 43
Rufus Wainwright ( and William Shakespeare )
Level 42
43
The Zombies
Care Of Cell 44
Also..
44 Blues - Little Feat
Blokes On 45
Orange Juice
Easy easy
+44
Cabaret Voltaire
2X45
Brimful of Asha on a 45? There must be loads for 45.
Star Turn
on 45 Pints
Howay turn give us some yer housey housey music
Moondog!!
2 West 46th St!
47th Street Jive
June Richmond & The Andy Kirk Orchestra.
I have this on "The R&B Years - 1949"
and, Wire again
'Object 47'
48 Crash
the mighty Suzi Q
*doffs cap to Dr V*
*bows head, sporting proud
*bows head, sporting proud mullet*
48 Crash
Suzi Quattro
Hmm
the band BR5-49 ?
And of course
50 Shades Of Blue - Edwyn Collins
50 Year Old Man
The Fall
Paul Simon
50 ways to leave your lover
(the 49ers)
Aimee Mann again
High On Sunday 51
52nd Street
Jazz-funk combo and also a Billy Joel LP
52nd Street Theme
Bud Powell (from The Amazing Bud Powell)
53rd & 3rd
`The Ramones
54-46 was my Number
Toots & The Maytals
Without me iTunes, or outside help
I'm struggling to 69 and 78, now
Ol 55
Tom Waits
I Can't Drive 55
Sammy Hagar
Brooce
57 channels & nothing on
I agree with Brooce
but what became of 56 ?
Looking at my iTunes
Ali Farka Touré and Toumani Diabaté take care of 56
Actually
I'm waiting on 59
I have a 74
waiting to pounce
My favourite word
Pounce
Spur 58
A real group apparently!
Therefore
Gaslight Anthem - 59 Sound
not Simon & Garfunkel
59th Bridge street Song?
This game has derailed
so I'm going to bed! :)
EDIT ( and I can't think of a 56 either... )
We seemed to have skipped 56 but
no matter cos Track 4 on 'The Now EP' by abstract Hip Hop artiste Lukid is entitled '56'
Three cheers for Dr Volume!
60 Miles An Hour - New Order
( and NOW I'm going to bed )
60 Miles an Hour
New Order
Dylan
Highway 61 revisited
Zimm
Highway 61 Revisited
John Shuttleworth
"The Man who lives on the M62"
4 seasons
December 63 (Oh what a night)
Fabs
When im 64
Feck it, too tired, bed
I bagsy:
69 Love Songs (Or indeed Summer of 69)
78 R.P.M - SLF
Mind there is
Eiffel 65 and Route 66.
Ha!
Bed
Dinah 62
By Dinah Washington.
67-70
Family 'Summer '67'
Pink Floyd 'Summer '68'
69 is as mentioned above (also Sonic Youth 'Death Valley '69' if you're in the mood)
Fela Kuti and the Africa '70
Upwards
Band called SR-71
Europe 72 - Grateful Dead
Nineteen 73 - James **unt.
Nineteen 73 - James **unt.
What a silly..
bunt
A little straight flush - 73-77
The Earthquake of 73 by the Fruitbats
Rory Gallagher's Irish Tour '74 album
The Connells 74/75 (double whammy!)
Spirit of 76 - The Alarm (and I'd been hoping that we'd get their 68 Guns too, but I missed that one)
Electric 77 by Swervedriver
73-79(I've kept the full year titles-sorry!)
Anaheim 73 - Ramleh
Broadway Melody of 1974 - Genesis
Poolside 75 - Cardinal
UK Tour '76 - Nucleus
1977 - Ash
Super 78 - Neu
1979 - Meat Beat Manifesto
Could I please add
Alice Cooper - teenage lament'74
1979
By those Smashing Pumpkins
78 stone wobble
By the briefly famous Gomez
Into the Eighties!
Estelle - 1980
Good morning!
80's life - The Good, The Bad & The Queen
'81 - Joanna Newsom
Girl Group heaven
Candy & The Kisses - The 81
New Gold Dream
81, 82, 83, 84!
Cupid & Psyche
'85
Now
86....
Sorry
86 TV's
I Am Kloot
david bowie
87 and cry
$87 and a
guilty conscience... etc etc.......... Richmond Fontaine
88 Seconds In Greensboro
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Latitude 88 North
ELO
89
89 -Funky Fresh Few ; Dope on Plastic vol 3
On a Roll
S.90 Skank -Big Youth
90% of me is you-Gwen McCrae
Mustn't hog this thread
A bit of cheating but the title includes 91 ('91)
92
93-94
Wire Map ref 41N 93W (as mentioned way before)
Oval -94 Diskont
did we miss out 95?
In which case, Bolivia '95 - Scott Walker
Surely
93 'till Infinity- Souls of Mischief should be included ?
96 Tears
'97 Bonnie And Clyde
Eminem
98.7
Salako
98.6
Keith
Johnny 99
99 Red Balloons
Hundred Reasons
Band names are allowed, aye?
Rolling Stones
100 Years Ago
The 101 ers
Fred Eaglesmith has a song called 105
99 Luftballons
Nena
99 Red balloons
Nena.
Too slow
Read the whole thread first!
E102
By the BMX Bandits
Fever 103
By A Certain Ratio
C T A -102
The Byrds
This is a lot easier with Spotify
Psalm 104
Amy Grant.
104?
Would 'ten four' by Joey Beltram count?
(95 is missing btw, but '95 degrees but cool' by Sound Assembly may suffice)
Lot 105
By Blur
106
By 808 State
Lot 105
Blur
too slow...
107 steps
Bjork
107 Steps
By Bjork (from the Selmasongs soundtrack album)
Agh! Too slow!
Nippy there, Badger King!
108
The American metal band '108'
109 Pt2
by The Charlatans.
110 In the Shade
by John Fogerty
111
Paul Weller
Wot
No 95?
Sorry
Just seen it mentioned above.
*hides*
Lady 95
by Styx
(edit - just seen the previous 95 entry too - appy polly loggies)
112
Puff Daddy's old outfit 112
A pedant writes
31 and 106 are missing...
No,
they're both there...
You are right
*gets back in cupboard*
113
Are a French hip hop collective.
Bon.
Mais oui
And very good they are too.For more French hip hop go to www.yolala.org.
SOMEBODY FIND 114...
...SO A HUNDRED PEOPLE CAN ALL POST THE BOB DYLAN THING SIMULTANEOUSLY!
Even cheating
I'm coming up empty on a credible entry for 114.
Dave Brubeck
Eleven-Four?
Huzzah
Bob, more Zimm please.
THAT'LL DO!
Bob Dylan's 115th Dream!
Or the less obvious
The Lord's 115th Dream - Teddybears STHLM
Oooooooh.
Get you. ;-)
I'd vouchsafe
That we are struggling from now on and in sequence.
116
by Champion
http://open.spotify.com/track/14T8fohSe2XFUf6Shxffwu
Paragraph 117
by Bushido
http://open.spotify.com/track/4twwocvUOGjaTua7h19GID
Agreed
There are still some obvious ones, some dubious ones (I bagsy Carol King's album 'One to one' for 121 ) and eventually there would be this
This is a lot of fun, PaddyH. Gotta go now, but I'll look at this again later.
Wemix 118
by Monochronic
http://open.spotify.com/track/5AzpveoOhCfWZTlaLyXTsi
118 Green Bottles
Hanging on a wall....
Lacuna Coil
1.19
Is that good enough?
120 minutes
The Fannies
It's a long shot, but...
One To One - Joe Jackson?
or
Psalm 121 - Brian Doerksen
Christian worship songs
Christian worship songs based on the Book of Psalms should see us all the way to 150, then.
122 Hours of Fear
by the Screamers. Apparently. Cheating now I'm afraid.
2-4-6-8 Motorway
Good 'old' Tom Robinson Band
1 2 3 (4)
Feist
or
1, 2, 3 by Camille
Or
1,2,3 Red Light by 1910 Fruitgum Co
124
by Photek
125 mph
126 mph by DDR
It's on spotify - not very good though
127
127-Rhonda Smith (Bass player for Prince)
I have 129-130
missing 128
129 -Split Endz
130-Joe and Jessy (Thanks to DJ Cut La Roc for telling me this one )
128
'Disco 128' by Christopher & Raphael Just, apparently.
131
From Arvo Part "Da Pacem" album, Zwei Slawische Psalmen : Psalm 131.
132
one-three, to the Birmingham (well, it is sung!)
133
Wes Davis: one three three seven (it was the best I could find on Google!)
Whitehouse released a selection
of their live "Actions" on CD-R a few years ago.
Yep, I bought them.
Here are the of the gigs on the CD-Rs to move the list along
LA 135 - SE1 Club, London
LA 136 - Rothko, New York
LA 137 - Empty Bottle, Chicago
LA 139 - Bill's Bar, Boston
Then
Theatre 140 - 5/5/78 - Pere Ubu
146 degrees - Cinerama
Cantata 147(Bach) - Wendy Carlos
Cloud 149 - Pere Ubu
My Dad
bought Whitehouse in the 70s. didn't know they were a band :)
They "apropriated" the name from your dad's favourite
magazine as their lyrical concerns were of a, ahem, similar "bent". Initial posters etc. also shared the same typeface as the "Special Interest" publication.
Hurry up!
I've got a doozer when it gets to 910...
Great
That's the One After The ...oh forget it
One Hundred and Fifty Miles
by Unforscene ( it´s on spotify, I cheated )
Balls, got there first
Studio 150 - Paul Weller
Oddfellows Local 151
REM
Or
Cell 151 - Steve Hackett
Who says cheating never fails?
I found this brilliant Nuyorcian soul/ funk band while thinking ahead.
San Sebastian 152
http://www.descarga.com/cgi-bin/db/23290.10
http://open.spotify.com/album/2u5QszmVA1yrqkEgfsd9VU
153-4
153 by Chainsaw
154 by Wire
Everybody In The Place (155 And Rising)
The Prodigy
Mew - 156
hmmm
do you think i'll get to do 2,000,000 Voices by Angelic Upstarts? :-D
Reo Speedwagon
157 Riverside Avenue
A total dude introduces
Reo Speedwagon
157 Riverside Avenue
A total dude introduces
.
.
"158 years of beautiful sex"
By Guided by Voices
Anything by Exit 159
http://www.myspace.com/exit159
The Darts
Two Treble Twentys and a Double Top.
Also Tennesse Ernie Ford or The Redskins
With um, 16.0 tons...
.
.
Happy Mondays
0-161ers
Right, let's open it up to non-sequential numbers
But not before neo proggers Hamster Theatre get their day with *162*.
The last two I have offered were cheating, using spotify, but I have loved findng both San Sebastian 152 and the aforementioned ver Theatre.
So from 163, how far can we go, non-conscutively, but in sequence?
We have to get to 910 for a real doozer, apparently.
Zero to Infinity
erm...
Gong - Zero to Infinity!
Zero to Infinity
erm...
Gong - Zero to Infinity!
Nought to Infinity in pop titles
200 Motels - Mothers
Moving swiftly along
Proclaimers - (I'm gonna be) 500 miles
Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 (624 ??)
You do realise...
...that we'll never get to infinity on this thread don't you. Has anyone written a song called Googolplex yet ?
The Alsations - Five Honours and a 175
Fondly remembered Dexyslite power pop:
Apparently
http://www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/lemur/googleplex-lyrics-1224706.html
A.M 180
by Grandaddy
The Voodoo Organist - 151 Proof
http://open.spotify.com/track/636xzIUON3EpKJSFq3R5qa
151
Oddfellows Local 151 by R.E.M. (from Document)
EDIT: Doh! Didn't see the second page..
151
151-Tha Alkaholiks,it on the XO Experience album.
been waiting for this. you and me both,Drakeygirl
6 million ways to die
900 number
The 45 King hip hop classic,which is basically the first sax riff from this,looped-
The Night Has ....
A Thousand Eyes.
... or
Dwight Yoakam's "A Thousand Miles From Nowhere"
167: I love finding new music in this game
Third time cheating, third piece of music that I love.
Dubsteppers African Arcade with 167
A pedant's note...
The artist is Playdoe, who are a South African rap group, comprising Sibot and Spoek (not sure which raps and which produces)
African Arcade is the name of their second EP
So you'll find it under Playdoe, rather than African Arcade. Thanks.
Peace and love, peace and love... :)
168: And more great music found through blog game serendipity
Electro 168! Dark Machines.
Look it up on MySpace or Spotify.
into the thousands
hard to see all digits between 101 - 998 getting a guernsey - tho Keith provides 999 on Main Offender. So, going to four digits we have the Stones and 2000 Man - Are there many between this and the Year 2525??
Well, there's 2112 for a
Well, there's 2112 for a start!