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Song titles that mention other genres of music
Posted by AndyPage on 26 August 2011 - 10:25pm.
For instance, Echo & The Bunnymen's 'All That Jazz' is not a jazz song.
So another example would be The Fall's 'The Classical'.
Plus the recent splendid track by My Morning Jacket, 'Holding On To Black Metal'.
Any more, Massive?
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Sultans
of Swing.
Glam Racket
by The Fall
Death Disco - PIL
Playground Twist - Siouxsie & The Banshees
only one i can think of
Heavy Metal Drummer - Wilco
I guess that's why they call it the Blues
Really Mr Taupin? Last time I looked, traditional Blues music had everything to do with the African-American experience of poverty and prejudice, and very little, if anything, to do with "rolling like thunder under the covers" but there we are...
A Pedant Writes:
The expression "The Blues" does not merely refer to a musical genre.
Having "The Blues" refers to a general feeling of being "down" and, if anything, the musical genre was named as a musical exposition of the feeling rather than the other way around.
If Bernie was referring to blues music then he was indeed in error. Otherwise he was perfectly at liberty to use the expression in that context.
Dear Mike
I may well have been being facetious for satiric purposes.
Yours sincerely,
Stick
(a fan of both blues music, and the odd Elton tune).
Facetious for satiric purposes?
On the Word Blog?
Disgusting!
Mike (beginning to appreciate Elton a bit more again in my old age)
I am a rock
Simon and Garwinkle
Another PIL
This is not a love song
And yet another
Poptones
Spandau Ballet
oh
Okay. Be-bop-a-lula
Thrash by Cowboys International.
Although it has to be said that Thrash wasn't really a recognised musical genre in 1981.
I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues.
I mean..
C'mon..
Great minds, Len
*points upward*
*Doffs cap, adopts apologetic pose*
Great minds indeed,
But have either of you seen Mike_H's excellent reply, which in my opinion is a valid argument for this being a case of crossed wires?
I must admit I have a vested interest here, as I like that song.
This Ole House
Yeah. Right. Classic Chicago Old-Skool.
Grime Of The Century
Where's Mr Crowther when you need him?
"World" is a nebulous genre anyway...
"We Are the World," "Wild World" and "Mad World" don't sound particularly ethnic at all.
Brian Eno's Alternative 3 is quite ambient actually.
More Blues
Wah's The Story of the Blues isn't yer standard 12 bar fare.
Can I have an album title?
20 Jazz Funk greats
Throbbing Gristle.
Alabama 3 - You apparently
Alabama 3 - You apparently may no longer gyrate to the genre they refer to as "Techno"
Not sure about this one...
There is an element of techo to their music from this period, although there are heavy doses of some other genres as well.
Bob M
Punky Reggae Party?
Jonathan Richman
Egyptian Reggae.
Lightspeed Champion
Everyone I know is Listening to Crunk
Afrika Bambaataa
Planet Rock
Pulp
This is Hardcore
Disco 2000
Guns'n'Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
M - Pop Muzik
Simon and Garfunkel - I am a Rock
Bow Wow Wow - Go Wild in the Country
At The Indie Disco
Divine Comedy (not indie!)
The Ballad of John & Yoko The Beatles
Leak At The Disco Baxter Dury
Soul Boy Black Box Recorder
Life In A Northern Town Dream Academy
Metal Baby Teenage Fanclub
Popscene Blur (it's indie!)
A Punk Rock Version Of God The Freelance Helleaiser
Rocksteady Aretha Franklin
Twisterella Ride
No ones ever recorded a song called Shit Techno but they should.
It's that f***ing pedant again:
The use of the word "Ballad" to describe any old slow song is a lazy corruption of it's true meaning of a song (tempo irrelevant) or poem relating a story, generally based on fact.
In the sense in which it appears to have been written, "The Ballad Of John & Yoko" is indeed a proper ballad in the traditional sense and is therefore ineligible in this thread.
Thank you
I am now less ignorant.
some...
Akala - Electro Livin' (it's Grime)
Klashnekoff - Jungle Bunnies (it's Grime spoken word)
The Apples In Stereo - Baroque (it's Power pop)
Belle & Sebastian - The Blues are still Blue (definitely indie)
Brakes - All Night Disco Party (indie again)
Alabama 3 - U Don't Dance 2 Tekno Anymore (hillbilly boogie)
Barry Adamson - Jazz Devil (creepy trip hop)
I could go on...
Actually
The use and style of the muted horns, double bass and brushed traps all suggest Jazz in the Jazz Devil.
Maybe
But its more of an implication, as the rest of the song just sounds like Tricky, but in less of a marijuana haze. I suspect that "Jazz Devil" wouldn't really work in Ronnie Scott's, would it?
some more
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, 'Why I Love Country Music'
The Osmonds 'Little bit Country, Little bit Rock n' Roll' is neither.
Macca...
... The Prog Chorus.
coat already on.
Slik
The Kids A Punk
(never heard this until this weeks TOTP Revisit - my life hasn't really been changed by hearing it)
Just thought of another
Japan ~ Swing
Aerosmith
Love In An Elevator
oooh, and BRMC
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club are pros at this kind of thing:
Gospel Song
Heart + Soul
Whatever Happened To My Rock'n'Roll (Punk Song)
Ant Rap
Double points there, I think.