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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 Stinks | I like 'em, but making fun of the name is cool. | Bob |
New Song Names:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "You Really Sought Me" | "You Really Got Me" | Blake DeKalb |
| "Gas Money " | "Low Budget" | Adam |
| "You really got Fleas" | "You really got me" | Nice Bob |
Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "Everybody's A Star (Starmaker)," | Not everybody. | Yvette Bristle |
| "Teenagers From Mars," | When have any left Mars to be "from" there? | Karen Smith |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | |
| "Road To Nowhere," Talking Heads | "Deadend Street," The Kinks | |
| "Who's Johnny?," El DeBarge | "A Well Respected Man," The Kinks | |
| "I'll Get You," The Beatles | "You Really Got Me," The Kinks | |
| "Who Owns My Heart?," Miley Cyrus | "Lola," The Kinks | |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"A Well Respected Ma" originally "A Well Respected Man"
Yvette Bristle
"Don't Forge To Dance" originally "Don't Forget To Dance"
Signature required for permission to dance?
Wendy Torrance
"Tired Of Waiting Or You" originally "Tired Of Waiting For You"
Not sure which I'm tired of -- waiting, or you!
Adrienne Schnell
"Village Green Reservation Society" originally "Village Green Preservation Society"
Arlene Titshaw
Add a Letter to a Song Title:
"A Well Respected Manx" originally "A Well Respected Man"
Yvette Bristle
"A Well Respected Mane" originally "A Well Respected Man"
Yvette Bristle
"Stranglers" originally "Strangers"
Candy Welty
"Seek My Friend" originally "See My Friend"
Samantha Wayland
"Comet Dancing" originally "Come Dancing"
Can comets dance?
Samantha Wayland
There are additional song titles with a letter added available.
Change a Letter:
"A Well Respected Mat" originally "A Well Respected Man"
Yvette Bristle
"A Well Respected Dan" originally "A Well Respected Man"
Yvette Bristle
"A Well Respected Map" originally "A Well Respected Man"
Yvette Bristle
"A Well Respected Ban" originally "A Well Respected Man"
Yvette Bristle
"A Well Respected Mag" originally "A Well Respected Man"
mag = magazine
Yvette Bristle
There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.
Recordings:
Feb 12
a parody of "All Day And All Of The Night" by The Kinks
Historical parody about early flight.
Youtube: (Mp4 video)
Song Parody Lyrics:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "All Day and All off the Night" | "All Pray with All of Your Might" | Gregory Blake |
| "Well Respected Man" | "Ideology Man" | Gregory Blake |
| "Apeman" | "Tape’ Man" | John A. Barry |
| "Apeman" | "Nape Fan" | John A. Barry |
| "Tired Of Waiting For You" | "Tired Of Going Poo-Poo" | Dukenberg McFlarp |
| "Sunny Afternoon" | "Sunday Afternoon" | Annie Gardener |
| "Lola" | "Bipolar" | 65th Beatle |
| "Lola" | "Lula" | Doug Raiden |
| "Tired of Waiting For You" | "Tired of Kwarteng" | John Davison |
| "Victoria" | "Insomnia" | Tony Wiseguy |
There are additional Kinks song parodies available. | ||
Songs for Commercials, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Have A Cuppa Tea | Tetley Tea | HarryMay |
| Hay Fever | Claritin | HarryMay |
| Do You Wish To Be A Man? | Sex Change Clinic | HarryMay |
| Tired Of Waiting For You | Alka-Seltzer Medicines | Mike Hack |
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| State Of Confusion | Any state police headquarters | Opie M. |
| State Of Confusion | Any state police headquarters | Opie M. |
| A Well-Respected Man | John Edwards's Answering Machine | carly_carlz |
| Dead End Street | Debt Collection Agency | FussBudgetVanPelt |
| State of Confusion | California Chamber of Congress | britrock |
| There are additional on hold music ideas available. | ||
Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| I'm A Man The Spencer Davis Group | Well Respected Man The Kinks | I'm A Well Respected Man | Bob Oldhart |
| Lily Was Here David A. Stewart featuring Candy Dulfer | All Day And All Of The Night The Kinks | Lily Was Here All Day And All Of The Night She never left? | Serafina |
| Don't Come Around Here No More Tom Petty | Come Dancing The Kinks | Don't Come Dancing Around Here No More | Joe |
| Robert De Niro's Waiting Bananarama | Tired Of Waiting For You The Kinks | Robert De Niro's Tired Of Waiting For You | Francis A. Sissy |
| There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:
The Kinkpins
The Kingpins combined with The Kinks
Submitted By: Alexis
The Nikkinks
Nikki combined with The Kinks
Submitted By: Candy Welty
Kink 182
Blink 182 combined with The Kinks
Alternative rock and classic rock combine!
Submitted By: nally
The Kinkston Trio
The Kinks combined with The Kingston Trio
Combined group would actually have at least 6 or 7 total members.
Submitted By: Leo
There are additional Kinks Combined Groups that haven't been done yet available.
Misheard Lyrics:
"Lola"
Misheard Lyrics: Ra-ra-ra-ra robot
Original Lyrics: La-la-la-la Lola
| "Picture Book"
Misheard Lyrics: Pizza Hut
Original Lyrics: Picture book
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"Come Dancing"
Misheard Lyrics: Commensing
Original Lyrics: Come dancing
| "Father Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: Give all the toys to the Make-a-Wish boys
Original Lyrics: Give all the toys to the little rich boys
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| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Stories:
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"Father Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: Thought I knew it was my bad
Original Lyrics: Thought I knew it was my dad
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Cody Finke Thought I knew it was a mistake! |
| There are additional misheard stories available. | |
Song Parody Fragments:
"Lola"
Better Lyrics:
Well, I'm not dumb but I can't understand
Why I look like a woman but feel like a man.
Why I look like a woman but feel like a man.
Original Lyrics:
Well, I'm not dumb but I can't understand
Why she walked like a woman and talked like a man.
Why she walked like a woman and talked like a man.
Submitted by: Viktor the Victor
Funniest Song Lyrics:
"Lola"
The Funny Lyrics: I'm a man and so is Lola
(later..) Girls will be boys and boys will be girls Why They're Funny: Isn't it just hilarious? These lines are a bit inconsistent; also, girls CAN'T be boys and vice-a-versa. I mean, yeah, that kind of stuff totally grosses some people out but I just think it's a riot!
Submitted by: Marissa
| "Lola"
The Funny Lyrics: I met her in a club down in old Soho
Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry Cola C-O-L-A 'cola' Why They're Funny: The guitar strumming really sounds a lot funny before he says 'I met her in a club'.
Submitted by: Mike Hack
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Repetitive Song 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
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Nonsensical Song Lyrics:
"Come Dancing"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: And there's a car park where the Palais used to stand
Why They're Nonsensical: Contradicts a line in the first stanza: "Before that, they put up a bowling alley, on the site that used to be the local Palais" (So what happened to the bowling alley?)
Submitted by: RJSchex
| "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: A. Person
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| There are additional nonsensical lyrics available. | |
Misrhymed Song 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
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Inappropriate Song Lyrics:
"Come Dancing"
The Inappropriate Lyrics: Come on sister, have yourself a ball
Why They're Inappropriate: Look at the last word in that line and then you do the math. I dig this song anyway.
Submitted by: Baby Has A Kinky Daddy
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Dated Song 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.
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Dirty Song Lyrics:
"Lola"
The Dirty Lyrics: I got down on my knees , I looked at her, and she at me
Why They're Dirty: Lola is a transvestite and the main character get down on his knees to perform oral sex on him.
Submitted by: Rex
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Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:
"Celluloid Heroes"
The Lyrics: Rudolph Valentino, looks very much alive,
And he looks up ladies' dresses as they sadly pass him by. Avoid stepping on Bela Lugosi 'Cos he's liable to turn and bite, But stand close by Bette Davis Because hers was such a lonely life. If you covered him with garbage, George Sanders would still have style, And if you stamped on Mickey Rooney He would still turn round and smile, But please don't tread on dearest Marilyn 'Cos she's not very tough, She should have been made of iron or steel, But she was only made of flesh and blood. Who They Mention: Rudolph Valentino, Bela Lugosi, Bette Davis, George Sanders, Mickey Rooney, Marilyn Monroe (could have scored 6 names for this, but worth putting the whole verse in - great songwriting).
Submitted by: Adrian Smith
| "Celluloid Heroes"
The Lyrics: Don't step on Greta Garbo as you walk down the Boulevard,
Who They Mention: Greta Garbo
Submitted by: Adrian Smith
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| 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
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Song Lyrics That Mention Other Songs:
"Destroyer"
The Song Lyrics: Met a girl named Lola, took her up to my place
Song They Mention: "Lola", an earlier hit for the Kinks themselves!
Submitted by: Mr. Bump
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Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"Mr. Pleasant"
Opening Lines: Oh Mr. Pleasant, how is Mrs Pleasant?
Comments: Submitted by: RevengeFromMars YouTube
| "The Village Green Preservation Society"
Opening Lines: We are the Village Green Preservation Society
Comments: Submitted by: RevengeFromMars YouTube
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| There are additional spelling lyrics available. | |
Song Title Space Change:
"A Well Respect Ed Man" originally "A Well Respected Man"
Finally Ed gets some respect from the Kinks!
Submitted by: Peter
"Mu Swell Hillbilly" originally "Muswell Hillbilly"
How can a Greek letter swell a hillbilly?
Submitted by: Penelope Beckinsale
"No Thing to Say" originally "Nothing to Say"
Submitted by: Sutch
"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:
Seth Kink Submitted by: Caroline Vale
In The KSK Submitted by: Robert D. Arndt Jr.
KSK= Bundeswehr Elite Military Unit
The Skink Submitted by: Joe
A skink is a kind of lizard
Song Title Anagrams:
"Rot Vicia" originally "Victoria"
Vicia is a plant in bean fam.
Submitted by: Foley Cassid
"I, A Victor" originally "Victoria"
Submitted by: Foley Cassid
"Can Dog Mince?" originally "Come Dancing"
Submitted by: Alyssa Jayne
"Dance Coming" originally "Come Dancing"
Submitted by: Alyssa Jayne
"I Can Mend Cog" originally "Come Dancing"
Submitted by: Alyssa Jayne
There are additional Song Title Anagrams available.
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
Song Title Acrostics:
HAD: "Have Another Drink"
Submitted by: Candy Welty
Song Title Spoonerisms:
"Faye, Heaver" originally "Hay Fever"
Submitted by: D. Melody Dole, MD
"Some Dan King" originally "Come Dancing"
Note the two Cs in original aren't pronounced same
Submitted by: Sonya Raynos
"Come Sanding" originally "Come Dancing"
Note the two Cs in original aren't pronounced same
Submitted by: Sonya Raynos
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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Names as a Word Bank:
Nikki & Seth Submitted by: Rachel Blattington
The Thin Skin Hens Submitted by: Rachel Blattington
Lyrics Alliteration:
"The Village Green Preservation Society"
The Lyrics: God save Donald Duck, Vaudeville and Variety
We are the Desperate Dan Appreciation Society Why: 2x D "Donald Duck", 2x V "Vaudeville, Variety", 2x D "Desperate Dan"
Submitted by: RevengeFromMars YouTube
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