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Post by mkarns on May 18, 2022 12:30:02 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. Originally it was just called "Good Enough", and Warner Brothers added the film title (which doesn't appear in the song) and the gimmicky "R" to ensure people would associate it with the film. Cyndi disliked the song and didn't include it on any of her albums or compilations until the 21st century, when she also started performing it live again as it had become a fan favourite.
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Post by laura on May 19, 2022 0:25:22 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. Originally it was just called "Good Enough", and Warner Brothers added the film title (which doesn't appear in the song) and the gimmicky "R" to ensure people would associate it with the film. Cyndi disliked the song and didn't include it on any of her albums or compilations until the 21st century, when she also started performing it live again as it had become a fan favourite. Cyndi would later record a parody of that song called "Taffy Butt" for the Bob's Burgers season 2 episode "The Belchies", which was kind of a tribute to The Goonies. It makes way more sense in context.
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Post by johnnywest on Apr 12, 2023 16:06:56 GMT -5
I think that "Love Walks In" by Van Halen should've been titled "Love Comes Walking In."
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Post by chrislc on Apr 12, 2023 16:31:19 GMT -5
Listening to a show from 1973 and Masterpiece by the Temptations was played--never understood why that song had that title? That title must have irritated Mr. Ruffin, especially. And how dare any act title a song "Masterpiece" only a few months after we all had the good fortune of experiencing My Ding A Ling? Seriously, what were they thinkin'?
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Post by djjoe1960 on Apr 13, 2023 6:30:46 GMT -5
Listening to a show from 1973 and Masterpiece by the Temptations was played--never understood why that song had that title? That title must have irritated Mr. Ruffin, especially. And how dare any act title a song "Masterpiece" only a few months after we all had the good fortune of experiencing My Ding A Ling? Seriously, what were they thinkin'? I finally read that songwriter Norman Whitfield felt he had written a 'Masterpiece' (mostly based on the instrumental parts of the song)--and it had nothing to do with the lyrics; which mostly address growing up in the inner city of a major metropolitan city.
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Post by chrislc on Apr 13, 2023 12:21:10 GMT -5
That title must have irritated Mr. Ruffin, especially. And how dare any act title a song "Masterpiece" only a few months after we all had the good fortune of experiencing My Ding A Ling? Seriously, what were they thinkin'? I finally read that songwriter Norman Whitfield felt he had written a 'Masterpiece' (mostly based on the instrumental parts of the song)--and it had nothing to do with the lyrics; which mostly address growing up in the inner city of a major metropolitan city. Norman must have been crestfallen when he saw it falling so short of Papa Was a Rolling Stone. And he must felt like Salieri when he heard Barry Mozart White. Sounds to me like a chemically enhanced delusion. I had a few back in that decade. I’m listening to the long version right now. It’s pretty good but awfully repetitive. It was fairly early in the decade though. And it does sound influential though Papa Was A Rolling Stone probably more so. I remember the first time I heard Do Your Dance by Rose Royce and thinking oh my God this is the greatest thing I ever heard! It was late on a Saturday night and well, you know. . So I guess Norman was pretty good after all.
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Post by vto66 on Apr 13, 2023 12:32:23 GMT -5
Mike and the Mechanics' "Silent Running" should have been titled "Can You Hear Me" or "Can You Hear Me Running" or just "Running". For some odd reason, this song had the subtitle of "On Dangerous Ground" although neither the main title nor the subtitle is anywhere to be heard in the lyrics. Why??? Just...why?
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Post by djjoe1960 on Apr 13, 2023 13:32:42 GMT -5
Mike and the Mechanics' "Silent Running" should have been titled "Can You Hear Me" or "Can You Hear Me Running" or just "Running". For some odd reason, this song had the subtitle of "On Dangerous Ground" although neither the main title nor the subtitle is anywhere to be heard in the lyrics. Why??? Just...why? According to Mike Rutherford the song is a sci-fi theme, with a space/time traveler knowing what's going to happen after a war and trying to get a message back to his family. Rutherford remembered a 1972 sci-fi film, Silent Running, which is about an ecological disaster--but named the song after the film (even though the film did not influence the writing of the song). The subtitle (On Dangerous Ground) is the title of a film released in the U.K. that the songs appears in ; although the film was called Choke Canyon here in the U.S. Hope that clears everything up.
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Post by trekkielo on Apr 13, 2023 16:00:59 GMT -5
Mike and the Mechanics' "Silent Running" should have been titled "Can You Hear Me" or "Can You Hear Me Running" or just "Running". For some odd reason, this song had the subtitle of "On Dangerous Ground" although neither the main title nor the subtitle is anywhere to be heard in the lyrics. Why??? Just...why? According to Mike Rutherford the song is a sci-fi theme, with a space/time traveler knowing what's going to happen after a war and trying to get a message back to his family. Rutherford remembered a 1972 sci-fi film, Silent Running, which is about an ecological disaster--but named the song after the film (even though the film did not influence the writing of the song). The subtitle (On Dangerous Ground) is the title of a film released in the U.K. that the songs appears in ; although the film was called Choke Canyon here in the U.S. Hope that clears everything up. "Now on AT40 we're upto the hit song called Silent Running by the new band Mike & the Mechanics featuring Mike Rutherford of Genesis, he says the song was inspired by a 1972 science fiction movie called, Silent Running, film critics and science fiction fans consider it a classic, the story takes place, in the year 2008, pollution on Earth has become so bad, that plant life can no longer survive, so the authorities put the last remaining forests, the last plants and trees on Earth onto massive platforms, and tow them with rocket ships into outer space, they put 'em in orbit around the planet Saturn, the astronaut in charge of the detail is played by, Bruce Dern, he's assisted by three little robots programmed to tend the trees and plants, and he names the robots after Donald Duck's nephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie, everything's going fine, til he gets orders to blow up the forests, because the spaceships are needed back on Earth, instead Bruce Dern blows up his own central ship, himself included, and sends the last forests into deep space, under the care of the robots, well this space age ecology movie, Silent Running, made a powerful impression on a lot of people, including Englishman Mike Rutherford, and when Mike was looking for a title for a particular song he says, I called it Silent Running, because I remembered that film so well, and our song, had a spacey feel to it, here it is at #12 in our countdown, Mike & the Mechanics with, Silent Running..." - Casey Kasem's American Top 40 from February 15th, 1986
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Post by chrislc on Apr 13, 2023 16:25:38 GMT -5
According to Mike Rutherford the song is a sci-fi theme, with a space/time traveler knowing what's going to happen after a war and trying to get a message back to his family. Rutherford remembered a 1972 sci-fi film, Silent Running, which is about an ecological disaster--but named the song after the film (even though the film did not influence the writing of the song). The subtitle (On Dangerous Ground) is the title of a film released in the U.K. that the songs appears in ; although the film was called Choke Canyon here in the U.S. Hope that clears everything up. "Now on AT40 we're upto the hit song called Silent Running by the new band Mike & the Mechanics featuring Mike Rutherford of Genesis, he says the song was inspired by a 1972 science fiction movie called, Silent Running, film critics and science fiction fans consider it a classic, the story takes place, in the year 2008, pollution on Earth has become so bad, that plant life can no longer survive, so the authorities put the last remaining forests, the last plants and trees on Earth onto massive platforms, and tow them with rocket ships into outer space, they put 'em in orbit around the planet Saturn, the astronaut in charge of the detail is played by, Bruce Dern, he's assisted by three little robots programmed to tend the trees and plants, and he names the robots after Donald Duck's nephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie, everything's going fine, til he gets orders to blow up the forests, because the spaceships are needed back on Earth, instead Bruce Dern blows up his own central ship, himself included, and sends the last forests into deep space, under the care of the robots, well this space age ecology movie, Silent Running, made a powerful impression on a lot of people, including Englishman Mike Rutherford, and when Mike was looking for a title for a particular song he says, I called it Silent Running, because I remembered that film so well, and our song, had a spacey feel to it, here it is at #12 in our countdown, Mike & the Mechanics with, Silent Running..." - Casey Kasem's American Top 40 from February 15th, 1986 Wow Casey earned his salary with that one. I wonder if it was done in one take.
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Post by johnnywest on Jul 30, 2023 9:31:07 GMT -5
“The Way She Loves Me” by Richard Marx should’ve been titled “The Way She Love Me.”
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Post by johnnywest on Aug 24, 2023 10:37:20 GMT -5
"Say You Love Me" by Fleetwood Mac should've been "Say That You Love Me."
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Post by johnnywest on Sept 17, 2023 14:10:07 GMT -5
"Tarzan Boy" should've been "Tarzan's Boy."
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Post by Michael1973 on Sept 23, 2023 8:32:33 GMT -5
Counting Blue Cars
This song's title is as random as "Foolish Beat," but even more so since the title is paraphrased from the actual lyrics.
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Post by woolebull on Sept 24, 2023 20:16:55 GMT -5
Listening to the 9/26/92 CT show reminds me of the one song whose title messes with me: "I Will Be Here For You" by Michael W. Smith. How it isn't titled "Somewhere In The Night"? I mean, he didn't title his only top 10 hit "Looking For A Reason". But if he did it would be the exact same energy as IWBHFY.
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