Ironic Song Titles of The Sixties

admin · Post by **admin** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 9:03 am

Perhaps I was up too late last night, sorting through the virus literature, however, I got thinking about song titles of various groups that stuck me funnier and funnier as the night wore on. I confess that they are not nearly so funny this afternoon, but here are a few. I would like to hear of others that you find.

The Foundations - Build Me Up Butterdup
The Mindbenders - Um Um Um Um Um Um
Bread -Make It With You
The Miracles - Shop Around
The Byrds - Eight Miles High
Little Peggy March - I Will Follow Him
The Zombies - She's Not There
The Drifters - There Goes My Baby
Fifth Dimension - If I Could Reach You
Status Quo - Break The Rules
Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hanging On
The Seekers - I'll Never find Another You
The Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling
The Parliaments - I Wanna Testify
The Beatles - Dig It
The Rolling Stones - Around And Around

wmthor · Post by **wmthor** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 9:41 am

Zager and Evans - In The Year 2525
The Edsels - Rama Lama Ding Dong
The Four Seasons - Big Girls Don't Cry
The Orions - Don't Hang Up
Three Dog night - Mama Told Me (Not To Come)
The Animals - Spill The Wine

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 10:58 am

I just Dropped in (to see what condition my condition was in)

needs to win a prize for something!

Edit - Yeah, yeah, oh yeah!

One Toke Over the Line?

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:26 am

Tommy James-Hanky Panky
Commander Cody-Baby Let Me Bang Your Box
Beatles-Octopus Garden
Sheb Wooley-Purple People Eater
Homer and Jethro-I've Got Tears In My Ears From Lying On My Back In My Bed Crying Over You
Muddy Waters-Got My Mojo Workin'

wmthor · Post by **wmthor** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:42 am

The Notorious Cherry Bombs - It's Hard To Kiss The Lips At Night (That Chewed Your *** Out All Day Long)

lyle_from_minneapolis · Sun Apr 29, 2007 3:22 pm

Okay, these aren't from the 60's, but...but Suzy Creamcheese, what's got into you?

* There's a Place in Hell for me and My Friends (Morrisey)
* You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby (The Smiths)
* Shoplifters of the World Unite (The Smiths)
* Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend (The Pet Shop Boys)
* We the Cats Shall Hep Ya (Cab Calloway)
* Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes (They Might Be Giants)
* Youth Culture Killed My Dog (They Might Be Giants)
* I Love You But You're Boring (The Beautiful South)
* I Hate You But You're Interesting (The Beautiful South)
* Happy Death Theme (The Young Fresh Fellows)
* I Got My Mojo Working And I Thought You'd Like To Know (The Young Fresh Fellows)
* I Kicked A Boy (The Sundays)
* The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife are some Jive-*** Slippers (Charles Mingus)
* All The Things You Could Be By Now If Sigmund Freud's Wife Was Your Mother (Charles Mingus)
* Kicker Of Elves (Guided By Voices)
* Satan Gave Me A Taco (Beck)
* Kaboom!!! (from the Hunt for Red October Soundtrack)
* Come and Smash Me Said The Boy With The Magic Penis (Sonic Youth)
* A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But for Very Good Reasons (Sufjan Stevens)
* To the Workers of the Rockford River Valley Region, I have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament, and it involves shoe string, a lavender garland, and twelve strong women (Sufjan Stevens)
* They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From the Dead!! Ahhhhh! (Sufjan Stevens)

admin · Post by **admin** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 3:48 pm

Great song titles here. What I was looking for, and I did not explain myself well enough was a connection between the group name and the song title. As in the example The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup. Regardless, that for all the great titles.

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 4:12 pm

Ok, got it! How about Red Rubber Ball by Cyrkle?

einar · Post by **einar** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:19 pm

Peter, what did you start here?! But I'll ignore your recent narrowization, and nominate
Bellamy Brothers: If I said you have a beautiful body would you hold that against me?
(And this is 70's too, so should not have been posted).

admin · Post by **admin** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:34 pm

Just exactly, Charly.

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 4:14 am

How about...
The Temptations-Cloud Nine
The Rolling Stones-Stoned
Little Richard-Long Tall Sally

admin · Post by **admin** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 4:41 am

Superb George.

Thanks Einar, I remember that song well.

admin · Post by **admin** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 4:55 am

Some more.

Who - I Can't Explain
Fortunes - This Golden Ring
Temptations - Get Ready
Shadows - FBI
Cougars - Saturday Night At The Duck Pond
Shadows - A Place In The Sun

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:38 am

The Seeds-The Farmer
Love-My Flash On You
Los Lobos Will The Will Survive

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Tue May 01, 2007 10:50 am

The Doors-Break On Through
Jimi Hendrix-Are You Experienced