# Songs that sound exactly like their name **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 27, 2019, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187 "2019-06-27T22:51:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [June 29, 2019, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187/21 "2019-06-29T00:10:42Z")
[Powerhouse](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLnl16YiBtQ), factory music in a jillion Looney Tunes. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187/22 "2019-06-29T00:15:31Z")
If we’re going for literal song titles, then “[This Is Not A Love Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az_GCJnXAI0)” by PIL. For the onomatopoetic angle, I’ve got [Da Doo Ron Ron](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-qqi7-Q19k) by the Crystals. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2019, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187/23 "2019-06-29T05:28:15Z")
[Bawitdaba](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OrNS2zbTZg) ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187/24 "2019-06-29T14:11:58Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > [Popcorn,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL2TYoBYsnY) Gershon Kingsley Believe it or not, there’s a [British cover of that](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv21qY_AcS4) (how often do you get a cover of an instrumental? And a trashy pop one at that.) To my shame, I had never heard of the trashy original, only the trashy copy. Fits the bill nicely, though. j ---
**Author:** ![Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4af34b/32.png) [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187/25 "2019-06-29T16:35:07Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > Not sure if we’re after onomatopoeia or not. If not [Motorhead](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AUVGrUTE-Q) by Motörhead sounds pretty much like you would expect from the name. > > j > > Irrelevant and distracting bollocks: (a) the band has an umlaut, but not the song, apparently; and (b) it has no effect on pronunciation, because it’s a Metal Umlaut; and (c) there’s a wiki page on [Metal Umlaut](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_umlaut) (!) Speakers of languages which use an umlaut to designate a pronunciation change may understand the intended effect, but perceive the result differently. When Mötley Crüe visited Germany, singer Vince Neil said the band couldn’t figure out why “the crowds were chanting, Mutley Cruh! Mutley Cruh!” From the Wiki ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187/26 "2019-06-29T16:41:04Z")
[(This Song’s Just) Six Words Long](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWi5jdgTUJs) ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187/27 "2019-06-29T16:47:50Z")
Todd Rudgren’s [Onomatopoeia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rGbPtzEB9c) ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187/28 "2019-06-29T23:30:49Z")
Brian Eno’s album _Another Green World_ is replete with études matching sound with song titles: “[Sky Saw](https://youtu.be/bNwhtnaoVZU)” (Robert Fripp’s treated guitar) “[St. Elmo’s Fire](https://youtu.be/AZKch8dZ61w)” (Fripp’s guitar solo starting at 1:20) “[In Dark Trees](https://youtu.be/OH4oeGU_o1U)” “[The Big Ship](https://youtu.be/lCCJc_V8_MQ)” “[Another Green World](https://youtu.be/X1GH9WN92s0)” “[Sombre Reptiles](https://youtu.be/2n3_bLgx4l8)” “[Little Fishes](https://youtu.be/Rzkbu0pA71o)” “[Becalmed](https://youtu.be/-QKEpoDYqdo)” “[Spirits Drifting](https://youtu.be/QqjF3xTpuaw)” Each one of these sonic gems paints a vivid picture with sound that brings its title to life. Eno got a start on this idea with “Here Come the Warm Jets,” titled after the fuzzy, airy sound of the treated guitar in that piece. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187/29 "2019-06-29T23:52:52Z")
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