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Post by mga707 on May 24, 2020 22:42:53 GMT -5
Listening to this weeks show I think that "Trampled Under Foot" by Led Zeppelin should have been titled "Talking 'bout Love". By the way I can't believe that the song only reached #38 on AT 40. Just following Zep tradition when it comes to singles titles--consider "Black Dog" and "D'yer Mak'er".
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Post by Hervard on May 25, 2020 8:22:38 GMT -5
Listening to this weeks show I think that "Trampled Under Foot" by Led Zeppelin should have been titled "Talking 'bout Love". By the way I can't believe that the song only reached #38 on AT 40. Just following Zep tradition when it comes to singles titles--consider "Black Dog" and "D'yer Mak'er". "The Ah Ah Song" and "You Don't Have To Go", respectively.
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Post by Hervard on May 25, 2020 8:45:56 GMT -5
Randy Meisner's 1981 solo hit "Hearts On Fire" should have been titled "(I've Been) Aching From Desire". Or at least "Her Heart's On Fire", as the title implies a plural of hearts, instead of the word with an apostrophe S, meaning "heart is on fire", which is how it is used in the lyrics. Bryan Adams makes this same faux pas in his 1987 hit of the same title (which could have been alleviated by entitling it "This Heart's On Fire".
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Post by Michael1973 on Jun 26, 2020 11:06:17 GMT -5
A few more...
I've never understood why "Over My Head (Cable Car)" needed a subtitle, especially since the subtitle is randomly mentioned once in the lyrics and doesn't really have much to do with the story.
Also, "No Myth". In fact, at a pub trivia event last year, one guy was recalling the hit song by Sean Penn's brother, but he kept calling it "Someone To Dance With."
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Post by Hervard on Sept 21, 2020 9:23:48 GMT -5
Lou Rawls' "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" could have been titled "You're Gonnna Miss My Lovin'", as the title of the song is only mentioned once, at the beginning of the third verse.
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Post by saltrek on Jan 10, 2021 9:13:56 GMT -5
Dave Loggins - "Please Come To Boston" - why not "Please Come To Denver" or "Please Come To LA"? All three get equal time in the song . Maybe it should be called "Ramblin' Boy" or "The Man From Tennessee".
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Post by johnnywest on Jan 23, 2021 11:47:36 GMT -5
“Blinding Lights” is never said in the lyrics. The Weeknd should’ve called it “Blinded By The Lights.”
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Post by johnnywest on Feb 11, 2022 18:33:03 GMT -5
I think the current song by Lil Nas X should be titled “That’s What I Really Want.”
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Post by djjoe1960 on Mar 30, 2022 14:30:33 GMT -5
Listening to a show from 1973 and Masterpiece by the Temptations was played--never understood why that song had that title?
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Post by doofus67 on Mar 30, 2022 16:10:16 GMT -5
Listening to a show from 1973 and Masterpiece by the Temptations was played--never understood why that song had that title? If it is in fact a masterpiece, why have I never heard it?
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Mar 30, 2022 17:51:13 GMT -5
That song kicked off a masterpiece called the Top 80 of 1973, constructed by Ken Martin. 🙂
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Post by LC on Mar 30, 2022 18:56:49 GMT -5
"D'yer Maker" sounds like "Jamaica" as has been mentioned, because it's also a line in a British joke that goes something like this:
Man #1: My wife just went to the Caribbean. Man #2: D'yer make 'er? Man #1: No, she went on her own.
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Post by djjoe1960 on Mar 31, 2022 16:46:15 GMT -5
That song kicked off a masterpiece called the Top 80 of 1973, constructed by Ken Martin. 🙂 Good answer! By the way, I did look it up and reportedly songwriter Norman Whitfield considered what he wrote to be a Masterpiece (hence, the title--although the lyrics have nothing to do with the title). Maybe he got the idea from Led Zeppelin (Black Dog, Immigrant Song, Kashmir).
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Post by mkarns on May 13, 2022 23:06:40 GMT -5
That song kicked off a masterpiece called the Top 80 of 1973, constructed by Ken Martin. 🙂 Good answer! By the way, I did look it up and reportedly songwriter Norman Whitfield considered what he wrote to be a Masterpiece (hence, the title--although the lyrics have nothing to do with the title). Lyrically, "In the Ghetto" would have probably been the most appropriate sounding title, but that was taken a few years earlier by Elvis Presley--and Mac Davis, who wrote Elvis' hit. Regarding current hits, Lil Nas X's "That's What I Want" was mentioned; it was preceded by "Industry Baby" (with Jack Harlow) which, if you think titles should clearly allude to hooks, would have been better called "On the Road", "(I Told You) Long Ago", or "I Got What they Waitin' For".
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Post by Michael1973 on May 18, 2022 12:03:08 GMT -5
"The Goonies R Good Enough"
A stupid title that was no doubt the result of the movie's producers wanting to shoehorn that word into the song title.
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