# Album titles with double meanings **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 9, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-titles-with-double-meanings/843207 "2019-11-09T16:54:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-titles-with-double-meanings/843207/21 "2019-11-09T23:56:47Z")
A couple of Michael Jackson albums. Thriller - Exciting or Scary Bad - Good or Bad ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-titles-with-double-meanings/843207/22 "2019-11-10T00:00:22Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Nope. Doesn’t work for me at all. And WHO isn’t familiar with the album cover? It’s perfectly clear to me, as well as to [others.](http://thedifferentstagesmusicproject.blogspot.com/2011/09/my-theory-on-cover-of-whos-next.html) > [@](#): > > Of course, the album title Who’s Next carries multiple meanings and reveals the band’s humor, to include what I see as: > > 1. It’s announcing that it’s the band’s next album. Duh. > > 2. Who’s next to urinate on this ugly thing? > > 3. Who’s next to stand up, make yourself heard, be counted, and fight these injustices? (per my rambling theory) [Another:](https://www.quora.com/What-is-depicted-on-the-cover-of-the-Whos-Next-album) > [@](#): > > The cover of Who’s Next is certainly memorable, and you can be forgiven for not knowing exactly what’s going on. But the joke is pretty simple - four guys just urinated on a giant concrete monolith, walking away as though to say “ok, so who’s next?” > [@Leaffan](#): > > ETA: Its their next album. I can’t believe they intended any other meaning. Given the band’s creativity, I can’t imagine they didn’t have the second meaning in mind. The first meaning is too obvious to be the only one. Just because you don’t get it, doesn’t mean _they_ didn’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-titles-with-double-meanings/843207/23 "2019-11-10T00:09:03Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > It’s perfectly clear to me, as well as to [others.](http://thedifferentstagesmusicproject.blogspot.com/2011/09/my-theory-on-cover-of-whos-next.html) > > [Another:](https://www.quora.com/What-is-depicted-on-the-cover-of-the-Whos-Next-album) > > Given the band’s creativity, I can’t imagine they didn’t have the second meaning in mind. The first meaning is too obvious to be the only one. Just because you don’t get it, doesn’t mean _they_ didn’t get it. Gotcha. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-titles-with-double-meanings/843207/24 "2019-11-10T00:10:35Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Beatles - Rubber Soul > [@Leaffan](#): > > Don’t get it. “Rubber soul” is a pun on rubber-soled shoes, and also refers to the fact that the Beatles weren’t playing authentic soul music, but [“plastic soul.”](http://www.beatlesebooks.com/rubber-soul) > [@](#): > > Barry Miles, co-author of Paul McCartney’s book “Many Years From Now,” claims it “was a reference to rubber-soled shoes as well as soul music.” > > Paul himself, however, fully explains how the title came about. “I think the title ‘Rubber Soul’ came from a comment an old blues guy had said of Jagger. I’ve heard some out-takes of us doing ‘I’m Down’ (from June 14th, 1965) and at the front of it I’m chatting on about Mick. I’m saying how I’d just read about an old bloke in the States who said, ‘Mick Jagger, man. Well you know they’re good – but it’s plastic soul.’ So ‘plastic soul’ was the germ of the ‘Rubber Soul’ idea.” In fact, at the end of the first take of “I’m Down” the tape captures Paul exclaim, “Plastic soul, man, plastic soul!” ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-titles-with-double-meanings/843207/25 "2019-11-10T00:14:14Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Metallica Load > > [https://images.app.goo.gl/5BXurix1kbBgXq7U8](https://images.app.goo.gl/5BXurix1kbBgXq7U8) > [@Leaffan](#): > > Don’t get it. Metallica plays _heavy_ metal. Get it now? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-titles-with-double-meanings/843207/26 "2019-11-10T00:16:16Z")
The Grateful Dead: _Live/Dead_, playing on the meanings of alive vs dead, and the fact that it was a live album by the Dead. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-titles-with-double-meanings/843207/27 "2019-11-10T00:16:19Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > “Rubber soul” is a pun on rubber-soled shoes, and also refers to the fact that the Beatles weren’t playing authentic soul music, but [“plastic soul.”](http://www.beatlesebooks.com/rubber-soul) Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-titles-with-double-meanings/843207/28 "2019-11-10T00:18:31Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Metallica plays _heavy_ metal. Get it now? Not really. But that’s OK. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-titles-with-double-meanings/843207/29 "2019-11-10T00:23:21Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > “Rubber soul” is a pun on rubber-soled shoes, and also refers to the fact that the Beatles weren’t playing authentic soul music, but [“plastic soul.”](http://www.beatlesebooks.com/rubber-soul) Thanks, **Colibri**. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-titles-with-double-meanings/843207/30 "2019-11-10T00:23:35Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > [Fillet Show] > Don’t get it. Geez. Some people need a map, a blueprint, and a compass. Try pronouncing “Fillet Show” out loud. Do you think it might sound like “fellatio”? If you need an explanation for fellatio, I suggest you google it. ---
**Author:** ![HowSoonIsThen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@HowSoonIsThen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HowSoonIsThen)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-titles-with-double-meanings/843207/31 "2019-11-10T00:30:58Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Geez. Some people need a map, a blueprint, and a compass. Try pronouncing “Fillet Show” out loud. Do you think it might sound like “fellatio”? > > If you need an explanation for fellatio, I suggest you google it. I may have got it if they spelt it “filet” instead of “fillet”, but maybe I’m alone in pronouncing those two differently (filet = fil-lay, fillet = fill-it). ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-titles-with-double-meanings/843207/32 "2019-11-10T00:38:08Z")
No one has yet mentioned Blink-182’s _Take Off Your Pants and Jacket_ ? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-titles-with-double-meanings/843207/33 "2019-11-10T00:39:18Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Geez. Some people need a map, a blueprint, and a compass. Try pronouncing “Fillet Show” out loud. Do you think it might sound like “fellatio”? > > If you need an explanation for fellatio, I suggest you google it. Or I might have a different dialect and say fillet with a hard “T” at the end. Oh, I know “fill-eh” and say that too, but without context I read that as “fill-ett,” which is common in British and Canadian English. ETA: Or what HowSoonIsThen said. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-titles-with-double-meanings/843207/34 "2019-11-10T00:39:48Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Metallica Load > > [https://images.app.goo.gl/5BXurix1kbBgXq7U8](https://images.app.goo.gl/5BXurix1kbBgXq7U8) > [@Leaffan](#): > > Don’t get it. > Don’t get it. > Don’t get it. > Don’t get it. > > Van Halen - OU812 Match album cover with Robert Mapplethorpe photo of cum on album cover. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-titles-with-double-meanings/843207/35 "2019-11-10T01:06:36Z")
> [@HowSoonIsThen](#): > > I may have got it if they spelt it “filet” instead of “fillet”, but maybe I’m alone in pronouncing those two differently (filet = fil-lay, fillet = fill-it). Exactly. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-titles-with-double-meanings/843207/36 "2019-11-10T02:08:37Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > No one has yet mentioned Blink-182’s _Take Off Your Pants and Jacket_ ? Gotta remember most Dopers don’t listen to anything that recent. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-titles-with-double-meanings/843207/37 "2019-11-10T02:21:50Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > David Bowie’s Low was a visual pun, with the “Low” on a photograph of Bowie in profile. Nick Lowe returned the favor with an EP entitled “Bowi.” ---
**Author:** ![ski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ski)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-titles-with-double-meanings/843207/38 "2019-11-10T02:25:03Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Metallica plays _heavy_ metal. Get it now? Um, it’s a little more than that. The album cover picture is a mixture of semen and blood. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-titles-with-double-meanings/843207/39 "2019-11-10T02:34:12Z")
Bachmann-Turner Overdrive’s _Not Fragile_. The cover art is a crate of durable gears and sprockets that won’t break easily, and it’s also kind of a statement that the musical content doesn’t sound like a Yes album. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-titles-with-double-meanings/843207/40 "2019-11-10T02:37:58Z")
> [@ski](#): > > Um, it’s a little more than that. The album cover picture is a mixture of semen and blood. I forgot about the blood. It creeps me out looking at that cover. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-titles-with-double-meanings/843207.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-titles-with-double-meanings/843207.md?page=3)