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Song prequels
Posted by idiotbear on 16 April 2010 - 9:51am.
On Shaun Keaveny's show on 6 Music yesterday, there was a really funny text/phone feature in which listeners had to provide "prequel" song titles. Some really good ones, like "Master Brightside", and "Feeling A Bit Exploited By The Rhythm" came up. Has the Massive got any ideas?
I'll start:
The Afternoon They Offered Dixie A Lift
Going To See The Doctor About My Mood Swings In Love
The Tide Is Out
Bob Dylan's 114th Dream
Not the best, but I'm sure you can do better....
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Ooh..
There can only really be one.
U2's I Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
This could run and run..
Rudy's Doing Quite Well
Rudy's Doing Quite Well, But He'll Need To Up His Game
Arguing Heatedly With An Arab
Here Comes The Fear
Memories Of Dre Are Getting A Bit Patchy
Elizabeth On A Slippery Toilet Seat
Dog Days Are In The Offing
Holiday Of The Grievous Angel
.
Kinks - 'Waterloo Dawn'
Beatles - '(Not Sure Yet What Colour To Paint My) Submarine'
Dylan - 'Rainy Day Women Nos. 11 and 34'
Simon & Garfunkel - Outward
Simon & Garfunkel - Outward Bound
Tammy Wynette - M-A-R-R-I-A-G-E
The Beatles - The Ballad of John and Cynthia
The Beatles - The Story of Bungalow Bill
The Bees - Chicken Investment
BRMC - Whatever Happened To My Skiffle?
David Bowie - Rondelet
Calvin Harris - Untolerated In the 70s
The Cardidgans - Record-FastForward
The Carpenters - Is that a UFO up there?
Hmmm...
Mr D, Would You Care To Dance? by The Rolling Stones
Two Day Trek To Base Camp On Disco Mountain by David Shire
Further Back From The Edge by Yes
B Road To Hell by AC/DC
Papa's Got A Knackered Old Bag by James Brown
The Arrival of the Giant Hogweed by Genesis
Slightly Peckish Like The Wolf by Duran Duran
5.14 by The Who
Motel California by The Eagles
I'm Buggered If I Can Find San Jose. Ask This Old Woman, She'll Know by Dionne Warwick
Raindrops Are Increasingly Falling On My Head by BJ Thomas
The Last Two Living Boys In New York by Simon and Garfunkel
Tell Laura I Quite Like Her by Ricky Vallance
Many Puddles To Cross by Jimmy Cliff
Kids Wanna Waltz by Bryan Adams
We Applied For Planning Permission To Build This City by Starship
Too Drunk To Snog by Dead Kennedys
Shit Day by Lou Reed
Looking Up The Beast In The
Looking Up The Beast In The Phone Book - Iron Maiden
Can Anyone Smell Burning? - Kings Of Leon
Alison Is Definitely Not Happening - Lemonheads
I Am A Slab Of Compressed Mud - Simon And Garfunkel
Hmm
The Jam: Running to Catch the last Tube at 11.45
Alice Cooper: Not long till the end of term
Blur: Song 1
You're face to face, with
The Man Who Bought The World - Him
Mild Concern in Ann Arbor - Him again
The Penultimate Record Album - Little Feat
She's Still Living With Her Parents - HJHs
A Nail In My Heart - Squeeze
Haitian Trial Separation - Steely Dan
...and the Gods Played Scrabble - The Jimi Hendrix Novices
Some more
Ian Dury - H&E In My Pocket
Kraftwerk - Bundesstraße
and more
Just before you leave - Spandau Ballet
The day before the day before you came - Abba
My word, this such a heavy shower the visibility is awful - Johnny Nash
Prince - I've Won The
Prince - I've Won The Lottery 2day
R.E.M. - Having Doubts About My Religion
Radiohead - Fat, Miserable
Rocket From The Crypt - Conceived In '68
A few more...
The Kinks - Birth of a Clown
Ramones - sheena is a prog rocker
Thin Lizzy - The Boy's have left town
Good idea
Brooce Springsteen - Born To Walk
Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Sex & Drugs & Rhythm & Blues
The Jam - In The Village
Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Sundays
Wings - Band Escaping From Prison
Whitney Houston - I May One Day Love You
The Beatles - I'm Off To The USSR
The Rolling Stones - Ruby Monday
Kate Bush - The Child With The Man In His Eyes
I offer you...
The Temptations - Granpa was in the Memphis Jug Band
Bananarama - Robert De Niro's on his Way
The Clash - This USA Is Really Quite Interesting You Know
James Brown - Get Down, I Feel Like A Bit Of A Nap
Duran Duran - Crescent Moon On Sunday
Michael Jackson - Naughty
The Supremes - Fetus Flirtation
Celine Dion - My Heart Could Do With A Rest
How about...
I'm currently assessing whether this town can hold us both
I'm entering into a chain reaction
Mack the stone-age primitive slicing tool
I want to ride my penny farthing
Making my way towards the dock of the bay for a rest
All that she wants is her first baby
Sign o' the future
Spring breeze
Ah, good one...
Bob Dylan - Some Along The Watchtower
Beatles - Sheckle Lane
The Kinks - Casual Follower Of Fashion
Elvis Costello - Oliver's Gang
The Beach Boys - The Gods Only Know
OK then
Doors - The Middle Bit
Doors - Strike a match for me
Neil Young - The Goldrush
Pink Floyd - Last Orders
I've only got time to submit..
Enola Bi-curious by Orchestral Manouevres in the twilight
very thorough!
have an up arrow, amigo
Just the one
From the HJH's - The Day Before Yesterday
Looks like
Rain
and of course the A side, Paperback Reader.
Wonderful stuff
Apply Undercoat, Grey by The Trundling Pebbles
The Challenges of Esteem by The Novemberists
Saturday, Flippin' Saturday by T1
There's a Strong Possibility That I May Endure, But We'll Just Have to Wait and See by Gloria Loser
Abba
Dancing Princess
Crowded House - One season in six hours
Bowie - Diamond Puppies
Dexy's - Jackie Wilson's clearing his throat
Braggster - Levi Stubbs trembling bottom lip
etc
Hee hee, this is fun
Oasis - Roadie for the Inspirals
How about
Size of a calf - The Wonderstuff
Mildly intrigued satsuma - The Pride
Baby you can apply for a provisional license - Beatles
Just need five more minutes - Republica
Papa was a slightly precarious stone at the top of a slope on a breezy day - Temptations
Aha - 'Has Anybody Seen My Keys?'
Rod Stewart - 'Have You Put On Weight [My Dear]?'
The Rolling Stones 'It's Still Too Light, Someone Might See Me'
The Fall 'Just Passed Through The Midlands'
The Vinegar Strokes
The Vinegar Strokes - The Rolling Stones
Hello, Frank Lloyd Wright - Simon and Garfunkel
Throne Rock - Smashing Pumpkins*
Brisk Walk - Snow Patrol
Go On, Get It Out Of Your System - Spiritualized
I Am The Crucifixion - Stone Roses
The Wake - Band Of Horses
*childhood spent in church comes in handy at last!
This is fun
Now, whatever you do, don't open that door - The Baha Men
While my guitar watches the end of ET - The Beatles
Bad Parenting - Duran Duran
Papa's got half way back from Sainsbury's and there's oranges rolling down the street - James Brown
One night stand in Coney Island - Lou Reed
Oh, I see that band that supported us are doing well - Morrissey
Liking this
Vaguely Unsettled in my mid 30's - Paul Simon
Slightly Miffed Song - Lou Reed
I'm tired of tents, I'm moving up in the world - Van Morrison
Respected Mexican citizen hovering suspiciously near the Texas Border - Genesis
It's large-ish and swelling - Pixies
You know, I think I'm getting the hang of this - Depeche Mode
Boeuf En Croute - Frank Zappa
Before
John Lennon - #8 Dream
Princess - Average size Bottomed Girls (unless they stop eating!)
Buzzcocks - Everthings OK at the Moment
Simon & Garfunkel - Its too noisy, Shut Up!
Marc Bolan/T Rex - Walk along with a Grey Cygnet
Dry Bottom Boys - Boy of usual happiness
hmm
Dexys 11pm Joggers - Plan A
Sex Pistols - Large-scale unruliness in the UK
I enjoyed this!
The Rolling Stones - Before Before They Make Me Run
Cat "Kitten" Stevens - Really Rather Early Has A Fracture
Emmylou Harris - Boulder To Birmingpig
Iron Maiden - Moonsperm
Roxy Music - Crush Is The Alcohol Free
Abba - Elba
The Beatles - Just Stay Right Here And Don´t Go Anywhere
Ringo Starr - Slightly Closer Boogaloo
Kate As-of-yet-no-pubes - Prince Of The Hill
Bob Dylan - Ballad Of Someone Who Could Perhaps Lose Some Weight
Bruce Springsteen - Born In The New World
Metallica - Enter Stoneman
How about...
Moist Grass Jude
I have laughed so much I nearly made myself ill
What a brilliant thread.
Here are my attempts:
Kate Bush - Puppies of Love
Soft Cell - Untainted Love
Britney Spears - Ooops, I did it
XTC - The Mayor-elect of Simpleton
Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers - Deposition of tiny rocks, where a water current loses some of its carrying capacity, accumulating in the stream.
Weezer - Charles Hardin Holley
Your Weezer one...
...gives me an idea:
Bob Dylan: Charles Wesley Harding.
Hannah deffo has something here
Let the Manic Street Preachers Sing - Paul Robeson
The La's
Here She Comes
I genuinely
laughed out loud at that, have an up!
Medical Student, Medical
Medical Student, Medical Student - Thompson Twins
Walk, Walk, Walk - Velvet Underground and Nico
Be Here, in a few minutes - Oasis
Late Afternoon Paddling - REM
Walk the Primitive Life Form - Was Not Was
Northern soul classic: (Do I Love You?) I Haven't Decided Yet - Frank Wilson
Skunk (in the Middle of the Road) - Loudon Wainwright III
Style Council
Bloody Cold Winter
Gurgle Like A Baby
Katona-helmed/ McClusky svengali-ed three piece
Whole - Atomic Kitten
Errr...
XTC - PC Pop was no use, can anyone else help?
Talking Heads - Playing with matches very close to that flammable sofa
Prefab Sprout - I used to be really good at Basketball
Prince - Party Like It's 1998
Wire - I Am The Maggot
New Order - What would happen if I put these green sunglasses on?
The Beach Boys - Hang on a minute I'll ask Rhonda. Oi..Rhonda! Come ere!
and there's more
I can't believe you just said that! - Joe Dolce
She's got horns on her head and a pair of tits - Cliff Richard
Nothing can go wrong here - Jim Diamond
How have I missed this?Here goes...
Building plot of the Ancestors - Afro Celt Sound System.
Spotty Boy - Air.
When I'm Sixty Three - HJH.
I'm Undecided - The Monkees.
First we Take the Staten Island Ferry - Leonard Cohen.
This Departure Lounge Tonight - Joni Mitchell.
Strange Pips - Billy Holiday.
Born to Toddle - Bruce Springsteen.
My Old Nursery - Steely Dan
At Sixteen and a Half - Janis Ian.
Peacefully Miserable - Bjork
can someone put a best of these in the magazine please
Some more to add:
A climb through the skylight - the Blue Nile
I got to know Americans - Bowie
Pre-teen confusion - Bowie
In the DHSS - HMHB
Wrapping up to go out on a cold day - Aztec Camera
This has taken over my brain.
Aretha Franklin - The Site That Jack Cleared
HJH - It's A Bit Cloudy Out
The Ronettes - I'm Thinking Of Staring Directly At The Sunshine For An Hour Or So
The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes
Bryan Adams - Amble To You
Coldplay - Sundials
East 17 - You Can Stay Over
East 17 - You Can Stay Over If You Want
Yoo hoo!
Over here, Renee!
A few more
Alabama 3 – Went To Bed Last Night
Alice Cooper – Standing For Office
Fairport Convention – Hello, Hello
Ocean Colour Scene – The Day We Bought A Cheap Day Return
Tom Robinson – 1, 3, 5, 7 Slip Road
Richard Thompson – I’ll Leave My Jimmy Shands On That Chair
Led Zeppelin – Three Sticks
Another Lennon One
Happy Easter (Its All Kicking Off)
not only, but also:
Motorhead - The Two of Clubs
New Order - Red Sunday
Before
Leonard Cohen - The Present
Patti Smith - Foals
Pink Floyd - Lambs
REM - Things are looking bleak for this planet and I'm not sure if that's going to impact on my mood at all
Some more
Dexys - I'll Just Go Start The Car Eileen
Bow Wow Wow - 7", 12", LP, Go!
Bananarama - Robert De Niro's Nearly Here
Let's keep this going...
I'm unfamiliar with the layout of this particular Tesco - The Clash
Pink Floyd - The Great
Pink Floyd - The Great Soundcheck In The Sky;
The Ramones - Richard is a Punk;
Marvin Gaye - Fuck Off, You Bitch.
3,2,1
Ladies And Gentlemen We Have Lift-Off - Spiritualized
Don't Go
Don't Go - Advice from Randy Newman's mother
Stuck in An Airport - John Denver
Open invitation to Select a Community Chest card - Abba
80s Mania
Raking the Garden of Love - Tears for Fears
Slightly Muggy in the City - Billy Idol
We Built This Village (on Rock 'n' Roll) - Starship
Water Water Baby - Vanilla Ice
I Jogged - Flock of Seagulls
Arbitrarily Small Quantity - Blondie
This - Roxy Music
(apologies if any of the above posted before!)
This Drizzle's Making My Specs Mist Up - Johhny Nash
So He Said to Me 'Are You Neil Diamond?' - Neil Diamond
LBJ's Ordering New Strides - Madness
Don't Play in the Rose Garden, Sonny - The Smiths
What Banana Skin? What Up-turned Rake? - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Ed's Looking a Bit Peaky - Pixies
Godzilla Bonked Nessie in February - Morrissey
Jack 'n' Meg's Engagement Do - Billy Idol
Intervention - Amy Winehouse
Slightly offensive acts at moderate prices - AC/DC
A thunderstorm is coming, let's go and stand underneath that tree on top of the hill - AC/DC
One more week of school left before summer - Alice Cooper
On fire - Aztek Camera
Ask your mum if we can throw a party - Beastie Boys
He asked he asked - The Beatles
I'll run until this road ends - Blur
Coal puppies - David Bowie
Break my heart - Toni Braxton
If it's a boy; let's name him Nigel - XTC
Springtime wardrobe - Animal Collective
I could go on and on...
Somethin' Heating Up - The
Somethin' Heating Up - The Afghan Whigs
Unscathed, Thank Goodness! - Black Flag
A Collection Of Closely-Planted Saplings - The Cure
Whoah! That's Plenty! - Elvis Presley
My husband likes this thread and wants to play:
Mr Husband's contributions:
Carpenters: "We Haven't Quite Begun"
Prefab Sprout: "The Prince of Rock and Roll"
Bruce Springsteen: "Conceived in the USA"
Tell Mr Husband
That "Conceived in the USA" is a gem.
How about "Master Blue Sky"?
Spice Girls: "Well, it's
Spice Girls: "Well, it's been a lovely evening. Thank you so much for having us. We should probably be shooting off soon."
if only ....
David Crosby - Hi, my name is David Crosby
Gene Pitney - Only 24 hrs and 5 mins to Tulsa
Nick Drake - Six Leaves Left
"I really can't quite
decide how I feel about the informal and unconventional social habits being adopted by the young these days. Tell you what, I'll have a puff on this jazz cigarette, have a think and tell you how I feel about it in a minute. I'm sure I'll be fairly enthusiastic." by Queen.
Umm...
On Time For The Sky by Jackson Browne
I Am In The Process Of Calling To Say I Love You by Stevie Wonder
Street Fighting Adolescent by The Rolling Stones
Maybe I'm Mildly Surprised by Paul McCartney
Curses, Crowther
Everytime I make a phonecall, from now until forever, I suspect that as I dial, I'll be singing,
"I am in the process of calling to say I love you"
and adapting as appropriate:
"I am in the process of calling to pay my gas bill"
"I am in the process of calling to remind my husband to pick up some milk"
etc. etc.
How about..?
Rose Royce - Love Lives Here
Al Green - Can We Get Together?
Rolling Stones - Rising Dice
The Smiths:-
How Soon Is In A Minute
Surely..
How soon is soon?
Ummm....
The Vice Headmaster Ritual by The Smiths
Affection Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division
I Wanna Be Liked by The Stone Roses
Reasonably-Sized Muff by John Martyn
There Ain't Half Been Some Moderately-Intelligent Bastards by Ian Dury and the Blockheads
You're Gonna Make Me Fucking Ecstatic When You Go by Bob Dylan
You're One Of My Friends by Queen
Not Now Barry by Pink Floyd
We Are The Runners-Up by Queen
Fly Like A Pigeon by The Steve Miller Band
Do Stop by Fleetwood Mac
Born and Bred 'Ere Guv Song by Led Zeppelin
Sore Throat and a Runny Nose by Peggy Lee
My tuppence
The Band - This Wheel's Smokin'
George Harrison - Behind That Closed Door
Love - Sting in the Spring
My go
'I'm Too Sexy For My Shit' - Right Said Fred
'Who Wants To Live 'Til About, Oh Say, Ten Past Four, No Five, On August 3rd 2034?' - Queen.
'Eleanor Rugby' - The Beatles
'Suzy P' - Dale Hawkins
Elton John and Kiki Dee
Don't Go Lighting My Fart.
An Ian Dury album
I`m Partial to Your Piff Paff Poof
Health and Effiency In My Pocket
I quite fancy that Pandora lass
I`m not sure about this Gay lifestyle I lead
My Youthful Father
Peel some spouds and boil them in water, Harry
Heavy Petting, Anadin and trad jazz
I`m Not Sure Things Are Being Used to Their Full Potential
Reasons To Be Cheerful (pts 1-2)
Child In A Rut
Go To Sleep, I`ll Slip You One In The Morning
Late ... some album prequels ...
Apprentice Boy's Dead - The Grateful Dead
Warmer Than June - Stevie Wonder
Wings at 342 Metres Per Second - Paul McCartney
Embryonic Colonials - David Bowie
Earl of Derby Gears - Cream