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Band Name Origins:

  • Ray Davies says that not only did it sound unpleasant like a kink in your back (he's always been obsessed with the idea of no one liking the Kinks), the shortest names were always printed bigger on show bills. The Kinks were second in shortness only to the Who. Submitted by: mike

Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics:

Song Name
Comments & Submitter Name
"Two Sisters"This song should be known as 'Jealous of her Sister'. - Paul Warren

New Band Names:

New Name
Why It's Better
Submitter Name
The StinksI like 'em, but making fun of the name is cool.Bob

Better Names for Current Songs:

Original Song Name
New Song Name
Submitter Name
"Gas Money ""Low Budget"Adam
"You really got Fleas""You really got me"Nice Bob

Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:

Song & Band Name
Song & Band Name
Comments & Submittor Name
"When Will I Be Loved?""All Day And All Of The Night," The KinksSerafina
"What's Your Name?""Lola," The KinksTravis
"Take Me Home Tonight""I Took My Baby Home," The KinksKathy
"She Loves You""And I Will Love You," The KinksKathy
There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available.

Remove a Letter From a Song Title:

"See My Fiend" originally "See My Friend"
oldiesfan

Add a Letter To a Song Title:

"Wart Lover" originally "Art Lover"
Peter
"You Really Got Mel" originally "You Really Got Me"
I often think it sounds like this! LOL
Joe
"Fart Lover" originally "Art Lover"
I STILL say farts are funny!
Josh

Change a Letter In a Song Title:

"You Really Gut Me" originally "You Really Got Me"
Ashley Nicole Hendershot-Wetherington
"Tired Of Wailing For You" originally "Tired Of Waiting For You"
Carmen Nunki
"Tired Of Baiting For You" originally "Tired Of Waiting For You"
Carmen Nunki
"Tired Of Wanting For You" originally "Tired Of Waiting For You"
Carmen Nunki
"You Really Rot Me" originally "You Really Got Me"
rebecca

There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.

Song Parodies:

Original Song Name
Parody Song Name
Parody Author
"Sunny Afternoon""Blazin' With The Creature From The Black Lagoon"Fred Snider
"Dedicated Follower of Fashion""BNP"Suef
"I Need You""My Igloo"Andy Primus
"I Need You""Deflead You"Andy Primus
"I Need You""I Speed Through"Andy Primus
"Sunny Afternoon""Funny Ol' Baboon"Andy Primus
"I Need You""I Feed You"Andy Primus
"I Need You""I Need Ewe"Andy Primus
"Waterloo Sunset""Daughter's New Fun Pet"Andy Primus
"Lola""Obama"Malcolm Higgins

There are additional song parodies available.

Untapped Commercial Ideas:

Song Name
Product
Submittor
Have A Cuppa TeaTetley TeaHarryMay
Hay FeverClaritinHarryMay
Do You Wish To Be A Man?Sex Change ClinicHarryMay
Tired Of Waiting For YouAlka-Seltzer MedicinesMike Hack

Bad Choices for On Hold Music:

Song Name
Company/Organization
Submittor
Dead End StreetDebt Collection AgencyFussBudgetVanPelt
State of ConfusionCalifornia Chamber of Congressbritrock
Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia BluesNAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)HarryMay
Low BudgetThe Pittsburgh Penguins Hockey Teamprince jellyfish
Tired Of WaitingAny Company That Puts You On Holdcharverz
There are additional Kinks on hold music ideas available.

Duets Not Yet Performed:

First Band/Song Name
Second Band/Song Name
New Song Name
Submittor
So Sick
   Ne-Yo
Tired Of Waiting For You
   The Kinks
So Sick And Tired Of Waiting For You
Modern r&b meets classic rock.
Me
My Name Is
   Eminem
Lola
   The Kinks
My Name Is Lola
Raphael
Everybody Loves A Clown
   Gary Lewis & Playboys
Death Of A Clown
   Kinks
Everybody Loves The Death Of A Clown
hec
Low Budget
   The Kinks
Funky Monks
   The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Low Budget Funky Monks
Kind of ironic...
eleanor
There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available.

If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be :

Kink 182
Blink 182 combined with The Kinks
Submitted By: nally
Kinks in the Jesus and Mary Chain
The Kinks combined with Jesus and Mary Chain
Submitted By: Raphael
The Kinks Of Leon
The Kinks combined with Kings Of Leon
...might just be something we don't want to know about?
Submitted By: neptunevsmars

Misheard Lyrics:

"All Day And All Of The Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh yeah, all day and nighttime yours
Please remember
Original Lyrics:
Oh yeah, all day and nighttime yours
Leave me never.
"A Well Respected Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
But his mother knows the best about matters of the instincts
Original Lyrics:
But his mother knows the best about the matrimonial stakes
"Come Dancing"
Misheard Lyrics:
My sister's married and she lives on in the States.
Original Lyrics:
My sister's married and she lives on an estate.
"Lola"
Misheard Lyrics:
I asked for her name and in a a bad-girl voice she said 'Lola'
Original Lyrics:
I asked for her name, and in a dark, brown voice, she said, 'Lola'.
There are additional misheard lyrics available.

Misheard Lyrics Story:

"Lola"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a man, I'm a man and so is Lola.
Original Lyrics:
I'm glad I'm a man, and so is Lola.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Q

For years, I thought Lola was a man. The song was a similar story to Aerosmith's 'Dude Looks Like a Lady'.

There are additional Kinks misheard stories available.

Funny Lyrics:

"Lola"
The Funny Lyrics:
I'd never ever kissed a woman before
Why They're Funny:
Lola is a transvestite, so the narrator still hasn't kissed a woman.
Submitted by: Jeanette
"Muswell Hilbilly"
The Funny Lyrics:
I said good-bye to Rosie Rook this morning; I'm gonna miss her bloodshot, alcoholic eyes.
She wore her Sunday hat so she'd impress me. I'm gonna carry her mem'ry 'til the day I die.
Why They're Funny:
In all of Ray Davies' best lyrics, the humor comes with a heavy dose of pain and regret. If you don't conjure a funny picture, the sadness is overwhelming. I don't know of another songwriter who does this so consistently well.
Submitted by: Smoky Joe
There are additional Funny lyrics available.

Repetitive Lyrics:

"You Really Got Me"
The Repetitive Lyrics:
You really got me
You really got me
You really got me
Why They're Repetitive:
ummmmm yeah okay we got you ... now what do you wants us to do?
Submitted by: Skylar
"I'm Not Like Everybody Else"
The Repetitive Lyrics:
I'm Not Like Everybody Else
Why They're Repetitive:
Was Ray Davies Having A Bad Day Or What. Surely Once Is Enough Ray.
Submitted by: pete robinson

Nonsensical Lyrics:

"All Day And All Of The Night"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
The only time I feel all right is by your side
Why They're Nonsensical:
'By your side' is a *place*, not a time!
Submitted by: Bob
"Lola"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
Girls will be boys and boys will be girls.
Why They're Nonsensical:
Girls will never be boys and boys will never be girls. Girls will always be girls and boys will always be boys. That's the way it's always been, and that's the way it's always going to be.
Submitted by: Pepsy

Misrhymed Lyrics:

"Sunny Afternoon"
The Misrhymed Lyrics:
Tax man's taken all my dough
Left me in my stately home
Why They're Misrhymed:
Did he take your sense of rhyme, too?
Submitted by: Doug Montgomery
 

Dated Lyrics:

"A Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy"
The Dated Lyrics:
There's a guy on my block, he lives for rock
He plays records day and night
Why They're Dated:
Spin that vinyl dude! Would you ever let 2007 teenager manually set a needle down on your WHITE ALBUM? Dated. The terms 45, 33 -1/3 and 78s: All now as Dated as a Dictaphone when I was a teen. Depressed? Just put on an IPOD and walk in traffic. This song was written befor the Sony Walkman craze: Before that you had to stay in your room and either groove to your personal music collection or sulk to it.
Submitted by: Tony Cat.
 

Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:

"The Village Green Preservation Society"
The Lyrics:
God save Mrs. Mop And good old Mother Riley
Who They Mention:
Mrs. Mop is a card game. Old Mother Riley refers to a music hall act in which Irish washerwoman Old Mother Riley was played by Arthur Lucan (born Arthur Towle), and his wife Kitty McShane played Old Mother Riley's daughter.
Submitted by: Joe Bloggs
"The Village Green Preservation Society"
The Lyrics:
We are the Village Green Preservation Society God save Donald Duck, vaudeville and variety
Who They Mention:
Donald Duck
Submitted by: Joe Bloggs
There are additional celebrity lyrics available.

Song Lyrics That Mention Brand Name Products:

"Lola (The original album version)"
The Lyrics:
I met her in a club down in old Soho
Where you drink Champagne
And it tastes just like Coca-Cola
Product Brand Name:
Coca-Cola
Submitted by: FussBudget
 

Songs That Open With Their Titles:

"You Really Got Me"
Opening Lines:
Girl, you really got me goin', You got me so I don't know what I'm doin'.
Comments:
The Kinks are a British band, that during the years 1964 - 1965 were competing well with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones in Great Britian, but had only modest success in the States at that time. But the Kinks, or more specifically lead singer (and the writer for most of their tunes), Ray Davies (who would continue to lead the group amid several line-up changes), would continue to have chart success in both Britain and the United States and worldwide well into the 1980's (with such hits as "Lola" & "Come Dancing"). Unfortunately the Kinks have been one of those rare groups, that despite having chart success, have yet to have a #1 song on Billboard Magazine's HOT 100 charts. "You Really Got Me", originally released in August 1964 and having success in both the States and Britain, has been covered by many artists over the years, with probably the most well-known and recognizable one (at least to Classic Rock station listeners) being Van Halen's 1978 version that didn't change a thing with the lyrics.
Submitted by: Peter
 

Song Title Space Change:

"You're Ally Got Me " originally "You Really Got Me"
Submitted by: George Straitjacket
"Destroy ER" originally "Destroyer"
Submitted by: George Straitjacket

Band Name Anagrams:

The Skink Submitted by: Ely Kyle
A skink is a kind of lizard

Song Title Anagrams:

"Your Alley Got Me" originally "You Really Got Me"
Submitted by: Marcia Todd

Songs That Are Banned:

"Lola"
The reason you sometimes hear "cherry cola" instead of "Coca-Cola" in some versions of this song is that the "Coca-Cola" lyric was banned by the BBC because they thought it was advertising.
Submitted by: crazydon

Upbeat Songs With Depressing Lyrics:

"Come Dancing"
The Lyrics:
The day they knocked down the palley,
my sister stood and cried.
The day they knocked down the palley,
part of my childhood died, just died.
Why:
Looking back on how things have changed can be depressing.
Submitted by: Brian Kelly
"Low Budget"
The Lyrics:
"Were all on our uppers, were all going skint. I used to smoke cigar's, but now I suck Polo mint's"
Why:
The Kinks enjoy'd a mini-revival of sorts round about this time, and used the material Ray Davies had written about the economic sinkhole that was the average British citizen's plight, and launched a pretty profitable "Give The People What They Want" tour. Ironic
Submitted by: princejellyfish

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