There are The Thrills and their album, “So much for the city” which is the first line of “Big Sur.”
My list would include:
Time by ELO(mentioned in several songs but no actual song title)
Punch The Clock by **Elvis Costello ** from The Greatest Thing
End Of The Century by the Ramones from (Do You Remember)Rock N’ Roll Radio.
One Chord To Another by Sloan from G Turns to D
I probably have others…
Chris W
Yup. The single “Waiting for the Sun” appears on their 5th album, “Morrison Hotel”.
Go figure. Must’ve been the drugs.
*On the Threshold of a Dream * by the Moody Blues is a line from the Graeme Edge recited poem on the album, The Dream. Another example from the Celtic-flavored band Solas is The Edge of Darkness, which is a line from Darkness Darkness.
radiohead’s hail to the thief - from 2+2=5
tom petty’s hard promises - from insider
the clash’s sandinista - from washington bullets
the pixies’ doolittle - from mr. grieves
beck’s odelay - from lord only knows
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Sloan’s Navy Blues is also named after a line in a song–it’s a throwaway lyric in “Sinking Ships.”
Frank Zappa: Hot Rats is named from a line in Willie the Pimp
**Blue Oyster Cult’s ** most popular album, Agents of Fortune, was named after a line in the song “ETI (Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence).”
“Diesel and Dust” is a line from ‘Warakurna’ by Midnight Oil.
Would Tommy by the Who work? There’s no song just called “Tommy”, and “Tommy” is mentioned but two titles have “Tommy” in them.
…probably not.
On the other side of the coin, there’s Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying? by Megadeth, which is a line from the song “Peace Sells”.
…probably not that either.
Here we go:
Piece of Mind by Iron Maiden, from “Still Life”
(I think it’s spelled “peace” in the song, but close enough)
Conspiracy by King Diamond (multiple songs…I think)
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Bossanova by the Pixies, from the song Hangwire
Dave Matthews Band also did this with Before These Crowded Streets, which comes from the song Dreaming Tree
Jethro Tull’s “Stormwatch” comes from the song “Dun Ringill”.
Radiohead also took the name of their first album (Pablo Honey) from a Jerky Boys sample included on one of the tracks. Go figure.
Interpol, Turn On The Bright Lights, from the song “NYC”
Catherine Wheel, Ferment, from the song “I Want To Touch You”
Breeders, Title TK, from the song “Little Fury”
Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation, from the song “Trilogy: Hyperstation”
Wow. I thought I was the only Wonder Stuff fan left.
Actually, the lines are:
Now my name is M.C.A. - I’ve got a license to kill
I think you know what time it is - it’s time to get ill
That first line is also used in “Time To Get Ill”.
Interpol, Turn On The Bright Lights, from the song “NYC”
Catherine Wheel, Ferment, from the song “I Want To Touch You”
Breeders, Title TK, from the song “Little Fury”
Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation, from the song “Trilogy: Hyperstation”
Wow. I thought I was the only Wonder Stuff fan left.
Actually, the lines are:
Now my name is M.C.A. - I’ve got a license to kill
I think you know what time it is - it’s time to get ill
That first line is also used in “Time To Get Ill”.
Urk. Browser burp. Sorry about the double-post.
Counting Crows - This Desert Life, a line from the song High Life
Led Zeppelin have an album called Houses of the Holy and then on the album Physical Graffiti a song called Houses of the Holy - not criteria but interesting
The Corrs’ “In Blue” is from a line in “Give Me A Reason.”
Podstar’s “Lovely 32” is from - oh, heck, I’m spacing on the song title, but it’s not called “Lovely 32.”
Some more Rush:
“Permanent Waves” is actually the title of the third “movement” of the song Natural Science.
There was a Seattle band called “Chalk” whose album title “One Wide View” came from the first line of the chorus of a song called Lawrence the Cartographer (A Fairy Tale).