Songs that mention their title in the opening line of the song
Performer | Song Title | Opening Lines | Comments & Submittor Name | |||
Zac Efron | It Takes Two | It takes two. It takes two. | - Jessica | |||
Zager & Evans | In the Year 2525 | In the year 2525/If man is still alive | - crazydon | |||
Zao | Pudgy Young Blondes With Lobotomy Eyes | Pudgy young blondes with lobotomy eyes | From their 2006 album, "The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here" - Jonathan S. | |||
Zero Mostel | Tradition | Tradition, tradition! | "Tradition" is a song from the musical, "Fiddler On The Roof" (music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, book by Joseph Stein, based on the stories by Sholom Aleichem). Zero Mostel played the character of Tevye in the 1964 original Broadway musical. In the 1971 motion picture, Tevye would be played by Topol. - Peter | |||
The Zombies | Time Of The Season | It's the time of the season When love runs high. | By the time the Zombies' "Time Of The Season" charted in the U.S. in 1969, the group had already broken up. Later lead singer Rod Argent reforming a new Zombies would sing this quite a bit in concert. - Peter | |||
ZZ Top | La Grange | Rumour spreadin' 'round in that Texas town 'Bout that shack outside La Grange | - Rocky | |||
ZZ Top | Dreadmon Boogaloo | Dreadmon boogaloo. | "Dreadmon Boogaloo" is from ZZ Top's 1999 13th lp (CD), "XXX". - Peter | |||
ZZ Top | Piece | Piece, I want a little piece, I want a little piece of your love. | "Piece" is another song from ZZ Top's 2003 14th lp (CD), "Mescalero". - Peter | |||
ZZ Top | Have You Heard | Have you heard 'bout Jo Tir Math, Yeah, yeah, yeah? | "Have You Heard" is yet one more song from ZZ Top's 1973 lp, "Tres Hombres". - Peter | |||
ZZ Top | Black Fly | Black fly buzzin' buzzin' around, Black fly flyin' from town to town... | "Black Fly" is from ZZ Top's 1996 12th lp (CD), "Rhythmeen". - Peter | |||
ZZ Top | Waitin' For The Bus | Have mercy, been waitin' for the bus all day. | "Waitin' For The Bus" is from ZZ Top's third/1973 lp, "Tres Hombres". With "Tres Hombres", ZZ Top was getting extensive airplay on the Album oriented FM radio stations of that time period and quickly became stars amongst listeners and Hard Rock fans. "Tres Hombres" also starts the great music that is still heard on many Classic Rock and Classic Hit radio stations to this day. - Peter | |||
ZZ Top | Tramp | Tramp. | "Tramp" is another song from the 2003 lp (CD), "Mescalero", from ZZ Top. That is the opening line, "Tramp." - Peter | |||
ZZ Top | Hot, Blue And Righteous | Hot, blue and righteous, An angel called me aside. | "Hot, Blue And Righteous" is another song from ZZ Top's 1973 lp, "Tres Hombres". - Peter | |||
ZZ Top | Esther Be The One | Esther be the one that shoots a machine gun. | "Esther Be The One" is yet another song from ZZ Top's 1979 lp, "Degullo". "Degullo" also contained ZZ Top's first Top 40 hit, "Cheap Sunglasses" which went all the way into the Top 20's before going back down and off the charts. - Peter | |||
ZZ Top | Francine | Got a girl, her name's Francine, Finest thing you ever seen. | "Francine" is from ZZ Top's sophomore lp, 1972's "Rio Grande Mud". - Peter | |||
ZZ Top | Mescalero | Mescalero es lo que quiero combinacion peligroso y estaba especial es te coso es bueno. | "Mescalero" is the opening and title tune from ZZ Top's 2003 14th lp, "Mescalero". "Mescalero" was mainly sung in Spanish, but with some English. A salute to ZZ Top's Tex-Mex roots. - Peter | |||
ZZ Top | Shiek | I met a shiek from Mozambique Who led me to the Congo. | "Shiek" is from ZZ Top's 1973 lp, "Tres Hombres". - Peter | |||
ZZ Top | Loaded | Loaded, Gonna have a good time. | "Loaded" is another song from ZZ Top's 1996 lp, "Rhythmeen". - Peter | |||
ZZ Top | Just Got Paid | I just got paid, Got me a pocket full of change. | "Just Got Paid" is another song from ZZ Top's 1972 sophomore lp, "Rio Grande Mud". For many rock critics, "Just Got Paid" was the first song where ZZ Top started to drift away from just the original Blues-Rock territory that they started out in, to a more Hard Rock territory that would sell on the burgeoning Album oriented FM radio stations that were just starting in the early 1970's to take over popularity from Top 40 AM radio stations. "Just Got Paid" was also the group's first venture into Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 charts. ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard's beards were starting to become recognizable, as well as their great blend of blues, rock, and TexMex music. - Peter | |||
ZZ Top | My Head's In Mississippi | I'm shufflin' thru the Texas sand, But my head's in Mississippi. | "My Head's In MississippI" is from ZZ Top's 1990 and 10th lp, "Recycler". With "Recycler", ZZ Top was becoming a staple of a fairly new FM radio station format, the Classic Rock stations for some of their older stuff such as "Cheap Sunglasses" and "Legs". How well-known ZZ Top had become in the 1980's was evident by another song on the "Recycler" lp, "Double Back", which became the theme song for a major motion picture named, "Back To The Future Part 3" and a Top 40 tune to boot. - Peter | |||
ZZ Top | Jesus Just Left Chicago | Jesus just left Chicago and he's bound for New Orleans. | "Jesus Just Left Chicago" is another song from ZZ Top's 1973 lp, "Tres Hombres". - Peter | |||
ZZ Top | Deal Goin' Down | When the deal goin' down and you gonna take your chance... | "Deal Goin' Down" is from ZZ Top's 1994 11th lp (CD), "Antenna". - Peter | |||
ZZ Top | Bedroom Thang | I know you wanna be my bedroom thang, But you're much too young. | "Bedroom Thang" is yet another tune from ZZ Top's 1970 debut lp, "First Album". - Peter | |||
ZZ Top | Hi Fi Mama | I want your hi fi mama, won't you let me play it tonight, I want you hi fi mama, won't you let me play it tonight, I put the needle in the groove, | The rest of the opening line: "... while you douse the lights." "Hi Fi Mama" is yet another double entendre song from ZZ Top's 1979 lp, "Degullo". - Peter | |||
ZZ Top | TV Dinners | TV dinners, there's nothin' else to eat. | "TV Dinners" is another song from ZZ Top's big selling 1983 lp, "Eliminator". Although, not as well known as say "Legs" or "Sharp Dressed Man", "TV Dinners" certainly had it's hooks about an American icon of the last half of the 20th Century. - Peter | |||
ZZ Top | Legs | She's got legs, she knows how to use them. | - Peter | |||
ZZ Top | Groovy Little Hippie Pad | I'm gonna find me a groovy little hippie pad. | "Groovy Little Hippie Pad" is another song (although not as well known as "Pearl Necklace") from ZZ Top's 1981 lp, "El Loco". - Peter | |||
ZZ Top | Pearl Necklace | Pearl necklace. | "Pearl Necklace" is from ZZ Top's 1981 and 7th lp, "El Loco". "Pearl Necklace" was ZZ Top's response to the New Wave and Power pop dance tunes and artists starting to dominate the charts in 1981. ZZ Top met that head on by not giving up their Hard Rock, Blues Rock and Tex Mex sound, but by incorporating into the mix their own brand of Texas dance hall beats that sound nearly like the skiffle music introduced to America by the British bands such as the Rolling Stones back in the 1960's. "Pearl Necklace" was only a hint as to the big stuff that was just about to come from ZZ Top. - Peter |
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