Me too. But now that I think about it “Shakespeare’s Sister” and “Paint a Vulgar Picture” fit the bill as well.
I’ve another Pink Floyd Song:
“Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving With a Pict.”
I don’t know if the title is ever said, but I doubt anyone would ever be listening hard enough to the screaming scot in the background to notice.
But the word “devil” does not appear in the lyrics.
More Pink Floyd: Astronomy Domine
Traffic’s We’re a Fade, You Missed This was actually an additional verse of “Paper Sun,” but was given a title of its own on the original version of “Dear Mr. Fantasy”
10cc – The Hospital Song
James Gang – someone mentioned Funk 49, but there’s also Funk 48
Kak – **HCO 97658 ** (I believe that was the working catalog number for the record they were recording.)
Fish42- land of 1000 Dances was of course biggest by Cannibal & Headhunters. Frankie Garcia,“cannibal,” said he had his na na na na na… intro because he forgot the lyrics. I personally know Eugene Pitt, lead & writer of “My True Story.” He was surprised when I told him only part of the title was in the song. Aside-Jive Five wrote & sang the Nickolodeon TV theme. Brenton Wood, real name Al Smith, took his name from Brentwood, a section of LA.
Well, if I ever go back on the radio, I have enough songs to last a few weeks.
I saw Suzanne Vega listed, but I didn’t see “Tom’s Diner” (I think that’s the name of the song), so I’ll pitch it into the ring.
There’re also some Ani DiFranco songs that fit the criterion, but I can’t recall the titles.
They Might Be Giants have a bunch of songs that sorta have the title in the lyrics, but not quite:
The Famous Polka - contains “the famous person”
Theme From Flood - only contains “Flood”
We Want a Rock - lyrics are “everybody wants a rock”
AKA Driver - the lyrics are “Nyquil Driver” but the word Nyquil wasn’t allowed to be put on the back of the CD
Destination Moon - lyrics are “by rocket to the moon”
Sleepwalkers - lyrics are “walking in their sleep”
Why Does the Sun Shine? - the lyrics answer the question, but don’t ask it
there are only two TMBG songs that I know of where the song title is neither a lyric, or relates closely to a lyric:
Absolutely Bill’s Mood - title has nothing to do with the song
Masshole - although the only lyrics are “aww shit”
other ones I can think of off the top of my head with help from my cd rack:
Weird Al: none of the polkas, Bob, A Complicated Song, Couch Potato, Trash Day (ALL from the newest album), and the unpublished Fast Food and Free Delivery.
Guns N Roses - Estranged
Pearl Jam - Corduroy, Bushleaguer, Many Fast Cars
Underworld - Juanita, Kiteless, To Dream of Love (probably more, I can’t remember)
Cumbawamba - Tubthumping, Amnesia
Ben Folds Five - Song For the Dumped
Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
okay, I’m hurting my head thinking of more that haven’t been mentioned yet…
Superman by Five For Fighting
Quasimodo by Lifehouse
LA Song by Beth Hart (don’t know how legitimate this is, as she does mention LA)
Portishead - Glory Box
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Scarecrow
Sarah McLachlan - Elsewhere
Toad The Wet Sprocket - Scenes From A Vinyl Recliner
Tool - Stinkfist
Cardigans - Do You Believe?
Sneakerpimps - Walking Zero
Alice In Chains - A Little Bitter
Soundgarden - Slaves & Bulldozers
Garbage - Vow
Ministry - Cannibal Song
Jane’s Addiction - Then She Did
Everclear - The Twistinside
“Hear the rime of the ancient mariner
See his eye as he stops one of three…”
“Now in darkness world stops turning,
ashes where the bodies burning.
No more War Pigs have the power…”
(Not sure if you were participating in some other list…)