It's just one of those odd things. Every once and a while, you hear somne certain conglomeration of words that just appeal for some reason to you. You can't really say why, you just know you're going to like whatever it is they are applied to.
For me, this happens all the time with music. The song may be nothing special, but the title just draws me right into it.
The first time i really came across this preference was with the song" That Was a Crazy Game of Poker" by O.A.R. At the time, I was going through a period where my friends and I were playing poker at a regular interval.
It was love at first sight, before even hearing it, I just knew I was going to love the song, and I was right. Sure it's pretty quirky, and it stretches on, but that excessive length is all pure quirky awesomeness. For this song, it's almost as if the title is an analogy for the song. Not only is it part of the lyrics, but it too is long, quirky, and awesome.
Since discovering that particular song, I've found it easy to uncover ther examples of this odd category of songs. Examples?
How about the total oddballness of "Occurrence on the Border (Hopping on a Pogo-Gypsy Stick)" by Gogol Bordello.
The indecisive, but very appropriate "Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe" by Okkervil River.
The timeless "It's the End of the World as We Know It" by R.E.M.
A champion of excessive length, "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand" by Primitive Radio Gods.
One that's very out there, "Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, IL" by Sufjan Stevens.
A very wise statement, "Don't Change Horses (In the Middle of a Stream)" by Tower of Power.
Probably one of the worst songs to state the title of in public, "Prostitution Is the World's Oldest Profession (And I, Dear Madame, Am A Professional)" by Cobra Starship.
And lastly, a little sampling of Fall Out Boy song titles. They pretty much feature a motherlode of excessiveness:
"I Slept With Someone in Fall Out Boy and All I got was this Stupid Song Written about Me"
"Our Lawyers Made Us Change the Title of this Song so We Wouldn't Get Sued"
"I'm Like A Lawyer With the Way I'm Always Trying To Get You Off"
"Champagne For My Real Friends, Real Pain For My Sham Friends"
"Sending Postcards From A Plane Crash (Wish You Were Here)"
"Tell That Mick He Just Made My List of Things to Do Today"
Amongst others...
Hahahaha! I totally LOL'd when I saw the title "I slept with someone in fall out boy..." It's so true haha! Fall out boy needs to open their minds and write about other things then just gals!
ReplyDeleteThere's also the moments when you're really amped for something that catches your eye, and then it leads in total failure. For instance I heard of the band "Jack Off Jill" which I thought was hilarious, listened to around 5-6 of their songs and was thoroughly disappointed. I really wanted to like their music, but just didn't strike with me sadly.
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