Fun With Band & Song Names
Different ways to look at the names of bands and song titles.
Funny & Strange Music News
September 21
Recreation of Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up"
amIright Events
Given an album cover with all identifying marks removed, can you guess the performer? This is a new amIwrong section.
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Album Cover Themes
Can you think of multiple albums that share a common visual theme?
Oct 12
amIright News
Today's parodies are now listed, sorry for the delay.
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Oct 8
amIright News
Fixed the problems with the site sections that used amazon for retrieving album covers.
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Literally Impossible Song Titles
"Church Of The Heart," Roxette - Submitted By: George Straitjacket
"Catch A Wave," The Beach Boys - Submitted By: Bobby Brooks Lapp
Remove a Letter From a Song Title
"Word In Motion," New Order originally "World In Motion" - Submitted By: Ed
"Could I Be Magic?," Barry Manilow originally "Could It Be Magic?" - Submitted By: Serafina
Add a Letter To a Song Title
"Can We Stalk?," Tevin Campbell originally "Can We Talk?" - Submitted By: Catcher's Mitt Romney
"Didn't It Blow Your Mind?," New Kids On The Block originally "Didn't I Blow Your Mind?" - Submitted By: Serafina
Change a Letter In a Song Title
"Teach Four Children," Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young originally "Teach Your Children" - Submitted By: Serafina
"Reach Your Children," Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young originally "Teach Your Children" - Submitted By: Serafina
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be...
Bad Ideas for On Hold Music
Duets That Haven't Been Performed Yet
"A Long, Long, Long Public Service Announcement"
"Long, Long, Long," The Beatles
"Public Service Announcement," Jay-Z
Submitted By: dxman
Songs for Commercials, That Haven't Been Done Yet
All of the new songs for commercials, that haven't been done yet
New Song Names (we invented)
Cool Band Names (we invented)
Destroyed Doom
My friend said that he had his destroyed doom and it sounded dumb and made no sense but sounded cool
Submitted By: mike95
3 steps in Hell
I was sitting here and thinking about band names for my friends and I just thought of it
Submitted By: mike95
New Vain Songs
"Skid Row," Skid Row
"I said 'Hey man, there's something that you oughta know. I tell ya Park Avenue leads to Skid Row.'" was contained in the lyrics to the song.
Submitted By: Mickey D.
"Korn," Korn
This mash-up's bridge ends with the lyric, "Korn and the muthaf***in' Franchise Boyz!"
Submitted By: Jonathan S.
New Singers Who Act
David Bowie appeared in: The Man Who Fell To Earth, The Hunger, etc.
don't forget "Into the Night" from 1985. Bowie is a gangster, wearing the yellow outfit from the "Modern Love" video. When he gets in a fracas with a federal agent he pulls out a BOWIE knife. This film also features Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dan Ackroyd and B.B. King. A great thriller. Check it out.
Submitted By: 84/85
Harry Nilsson appeared in: Skidoo, Son of Dracula
Submitted By: dxman
New Celebrities Who Sing
Claudia Christian performed: Once Upon A Time, So Far Away
Yes, Commander Ivanova herself did sing, she released three albums- Once Upon A Time, Claudia Squared, and Taboo, and she also sang along with the other cast members of Babylon 5 on the album The Be Five
Submitted By: Michael Prymula
Jada Pinkett Smith performed: Something Inside Of Me
Was the lead singer for the heavy metal band Wicked Wisdom for a few years, most people hated them, I thought they weren't too bad personally, though Jada sounded really awkward whenever she tried screaming out lyrics instead of singing them
Submitted By: Michael Prymula
New Better Off Solo
Dave Grohl from Nirvana
Now the lead singer of the Foo Fighters, arguably more popular than Nirvana but not as infuential. He has also played for Tom Petty's Heartbreakers, Queens of the Stone Age, and Nine Inch Nails, and is now in a supergroup called Them Crooked Vultures.
Submitted By: dxman
Kenny Rogers from Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
After going solo and switching from psychedelic rock to country, he broke out.
Submitted By: dxman
Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics
East Jesus Nowhere from Green Day
"A fire burns today/Of blasphemy and genocide/The sirens of decay/Will infiltrate the faith fanatics..." Wow, these guys've really got it in for religion, eh?
Submitted By: Jonathan S.
New Former Occupations of Performers
Chad Wolf from Carolina Liar: Several odd jobs
A Native of Charleston, SC, he worked in several of them while in Los Angeles.
Submitted By: Rock Maninoff
Gene Watson from Gene Watson: auto body mechanic
in his early career his day job was at a Houston auto body shop
Submitted By: robert
New Performer's New Career Entries
Ken Johner from The Johner Brothers: Farmer
Ken and Brad were a country music duo from Saskatchewan but Ken quit and became a farmer. Brad still records music today.
Submitted By: Travis
Mike Pareskuwicz from Fall Out Boy: Cashier at Home Depot
Actually, this was in 2003, when he first quit the band.
Submitted By: Ethanator
Song Title Space Change
"The Was Sail Song," Traditional originally "The Wassail Song" - Submitted By: Mark Chestnut Roasting On An Open Fire
"Le Tit Snow! Le Tit Snow! Le Tit Snow! ," Vaughn Monroe originally "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" - Submitted By: Mark Chestnut Roasting On A Open Fire
There are more Song Title Space Change available
Band Name Anagrams
Moans There originally The Ramones - Submitted By: Don Corleona Lewis
Frog, Then Joy originally John Fogerty - Submitted By: dxman
There are more Band Name Anagrams available
Song Title Anagrams
"Ban Normal Ad," Blur originally "Dan Abnormal" - Submitted By: Salvador Dali Parton
"Deliver Ebay Dream," The Monkees originally "Daydream Believer" - Submitted By: Courtney (about as bad as tennis elbow)
There are more Song Title Anagrams available
Band Name Aliteration
Bobby Brown - - Submitted By: Travis
Brook Benton - - Submitted By: Travis
There are more Band Name Aliteration available
How to Pronounce a Band Name
Doomsword pronounced as doom-sord - Submitted By: Hardrock
ELO (short for Electric Light Orchestra) pronounced as Ee-el-oh - Submitted By: To Dynamite 1979
There are more How to Pronounce a Band Name available
Song Title Acrostics
"iJAK," Green Day originally "I'm Just A Kid" - Submitted By: Optimus Lime
"LG (like the phone brand)," Green Day originally "Little Girl" - Submitted By: Optimus Lime
There are more Song Title Acrostics available
Song Title Spoonerisms
"Must See Banta," Hi-Five originally "Must Be Santa" - Submitted By: Santa
"Eddie Davis Buys," Kim Carnes originally "Bette Davis Eyes" - Submitted By: MOR
There are more Song Title Spoonerisms available
Names as a Word Bank
Gay Nerd formed from Green Day - Submitted By: Optimus Lime
Bad Bony Nylon Boob formed from Bob Dylan - Submitted By: Adlai Alda
There are more Names as a Word Bank available
Band Name Spoonerisms
Stan Rhyme Meme Holer originally Mannheim Steamroller - Submitted By: Santa
Lick No originally Nick Lowe - Submitted By: British Bullcrap
There are more Band Name Spoonerisms available
Products Bands Should Endorse Based on Their Name
Show Of Hands should endorse "Rush tribute band concerts" - Submitted By: pickle
Men Without Hats should endorse "Haidressers" - Submitted By: Jakko Wakko
There are more Products Bands Should Endorse Based on Their Name available
Movies Named After Song Titles
"Dark Star," Crosby, Stills, Nash (& Young) - Submitted By: Rocky
"Up!," Shania Twain - Submitted By: Raphael
There are more Movies Named After Song Titles available
New Band Names
Bicycle Works a better name for Icicle Works
Submitted By: Cape Canaveral Lavigne
Kinky Dee a better name for Kiki Dee
Submitted By: Drew Scarymore
There are more New Band Names available
Music Performer Nicknames
Tre' Cool is also called: The Snoo
Tré Cool can be identified in several pictures of Green Day's alias band The Network. The Snoo claims to be a former Mexican wrestler in his bio on the Network's official website. Green Day has, in the past, had a run-in with former ECW wrestlers Tazz and Tommy Dreamer. The Network was a faction representing TNN, now Spike, censors when ECW had a wrestling program on the channel. Spike is also the name of a song by The Network, telling the story of how a punk rocker becomes homeless when his girlfriend leaves him. GDA Tre was seen wearing a similar mask while pranking supporting band "The Bravery" during a concert at Times Union Center in Albany, NY.
Submitted By: Optimus Lime
Jason White is also called: Balduducci
Jason White (Green Day Backing guitarist) is belived to be Balducci from Green Day's Alias band The Network
Submitted By: Optimsu Lime
There are more Music Performer Nicknames available
Missing Parts
"Changes In Latitude, Changes In Attitude," Jimmy Buffet
Disregards east-west components of culture-shock.
Regina Haniger
"Last Train To Clarksville," The Monkees
What happened to all the previous trains tthere?
Blake DeKalb
There are more Missing Parts available
Other Name Resources
- Rock 'n' Roll Call - A book on how bands got their names
- From ABBA to ZZ Top - A book on how bands got their names
Other Pages
- Songs We Proposed That Are Now Being Used
Did a song suggested on the Songs for Commercials, That Haven't Been Done Yet page actually get used? It will get added here.
