# What are your favorite songs by fake bands? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 29, 2008, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329 "2008-04-29T06:58:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/1 "2008-04-29T06:58:01Z")
I’ll start with three: [Pop Goes My Heart!](http://youtube.com/watch?v=S0A7dtdc-nU) by POP! from _Music & Lyrics_. If this song had actually been released in the 80s with exactly that video, it would have gone pop on the charts. Damn it’s impossible to get it out of your heart (and that video- omg- the “let’s go…” head jerk, the stop-action “heart attack”, the snap/change of dress, all of it- just perfect- and the guy playing Colin is somewhere to the north of gorgeous). [Tonight is What it Means to be Young](http://youtube.com/watch?v=KyOKnQNU6Q4) by Fire Inc. from _Streets of Fire_: I _love_ this song. Always reminds me of the vampire Lestat somehow, but the lyric “he’s dancing like a cat on the stairs” is just one of those that grabs me. [Double Back Alley](http://youtube.com/watch?v=gAoJJDuCEgI) by The Rutles (poor AV quality unfortunately). A song the Beatles never wrote, but should have. Yours? ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/2 "2008-04-29T07:06:07Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] [Tonight is What it Means to be Young](http://youtube.com/watch?v=KyOKnQNU6Q4) by Fire Inc. from _Streets of Fire_: I _love_ this song. Always reminds me of the vampire Lestat somehow, but the lyric “he’s dancing like a cat on the stairs” is just one of those that grabs me. [/QUOTE] That’s a good song, but [“Nowhere Fast,”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTXJfOd3qv4) also by Fire Inc. from the same movie, is one of my all-time favorite songs. It’s so melodramatic! Jim Steinman, best known for his work with Meat Loaf and Bonnie Tyler (and the ill-fated \*Dance of the Vampire \* musical) wrote both of them. I’ve never actually seen _Streets of Fire_, though – none of my local Blockbusters have it, and the online service always has it as a “short wait.” Technically, Fire Inc. was the name of the group of studio musicians that recorded both songs, but the band in the movie was called Ellen Aim and the Attackers – Diane Lane played Ellen Aim and lip-synched both songs. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/3 "2008-04-29T07:16:53Z")
[QUOTE=Big Bad Voodoo Lou] I’ve never actually seen _Streets of Fire_, though – none of my local Blockbusters have it, and the online service always has it as a “short wait.” [/QUOTE] Neither have I, actually, and whenever it’s moved to the top of my Netflix queue it’s the “wait” thing again and ends up getting moved down. I might move it back up just to check it. I’ve heard the movie’s not nearly as good as the movie. (There’s a doo-wop -ish number by a group whose leader is played by Robert Townsend [I think his role in that inspired _The Five Heartbeats_, which I’ve also never seen] that I also like.) ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/4 "2008-04-29T07:18:32Z")
Oh, I also really liked [“Guilty as Charged,”](http://youtube.com/watch?v=YKOpgC5cfJY) the “Ring of Fire” homage (and a completely awesome song in its own right) from _Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story_. Obviously John C. Reilly’s Cox character is based on Johnny Cash, but there’s more than a little Elvis Presley and Jim Morrison in this particular song. ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/5 "2008-04-29T07:22:57Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] [Double Back Alley](http://youtube.com/watch?v=gAoJJDuCEgI) by The Rutles (poor AV quality unfortunately). A song the Beatles never wrote, but should have. Yours? [/QUOTE] Almost everythingby the rutles. Really good stuff, even the ones that are especially blatant, are great songs. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/6 "2008-04-29T08:00:03Z")
Spinal Tap’s “Big Bottom”. > [@](#): > > The bigger the cushion, the sweeter the pushin’ > That’s what I said > The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand > Or so I have read Timeless! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/7 "2008-04-29T08:03:37Z")
[This one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5dnVlbKgoM) called: ‘Lick My Love Pump’(spoilered for the three living humans who are not familiar with Spinal Tap - watch the video first) ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/8 "2008-04-29T08:12:18Z")
Big bottom, big bottom, Talk about mudflaps, My girl’s got 'em Big bottom drive me outta my mind How could I leave this behind? ~Spinal Tap. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/9 "2008-04-29T08:16:46Z")
Quite a few by The Monkees! ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/10 "2008-04-29T08:37:34Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] Quite a few by The Monkees! [/QUOTE] And the Partridge Family, the Archies, Otis Day and the Knights… Find them here: > **[Category:Fictional musical groups](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Fictional_musical_groups)** > > Fictional musical groups. > This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. > The following 142 pages are in this category, out of 142 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/11 "2008-04-29T08:43:35Z")
“That Thing You Do” by the One-ders, from the film _ **That Thing You Do** _. ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/12 "2008-04-29T10:08:18Z")
_WARNING: Spoiler for the game Portal_ [“Still Alive”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ljFaKRTrI), sung by GLaDOS, the murderous, passive-aggressive AI at the end of the game Portal after you’ve defeated her. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/13 "2008-04-29T10:32:52Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] I’ll start with three: [Pop Goes My Heart!](http://youtube.com/watch?v=S0A7dtdc-nU) by POP! from _Music & Lyrics_. If this song had actually been released in the 80s with exactly that video, it would have gone pop on the charts. Damn it’s impossible to get it out of your heart (and that video- omg- the “let’s go…” head jerk, the stop-action “heart attack”, the snap/change of dress, all of it- just perfect- and the guy playing Colin is somewhere to the north of gorgeous). [/QUOTE] On a similar note, I myself am partial to [“Let’s Go to the Mall”](http://youtube.com/watch?v=9mJAsgIIfNM) by Canadian pop sensation Robin Sparkles. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Them](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Them](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Them)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/14 "2008-04-29T10:51:12Z")
Curses on those of you who beat me to mentioning the Rock Gods that are **Spinal Tap.** Hmph. Didja know, they actually played that stuff themselves? (They had musical hobbies) OR, that they actually went on tour, in answer to popular demand? (A friend told me that Nigel St. Hubbins demonstrated the novel technique of throwing horseshoes at his guitar) ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/15 "2008-04-29T11:02:03Z")
[_Welcome 2 Hell_—by Scäb](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGG8pG0-m2k) (As seen on _[Home Movies](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Movies_(TV_series)#Characters)_) What can I say…I’m a sucker for sentiment and a good melody. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/16 "2008-04-29T11:36:05Z")
[QUOTE=Darryl Lict] Spinal Tap’s “Big Bottom”. [/QUOTE] Lyrically unsurpassable. _Big Bottom_ just edges out [_Sex Farm_](http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Sex-Farm-lyrics-Spinal-Tap/5AA79A4E20ADE7E348256DCE002F4806) in the pantheon of Tap _oeuvres_ with vivid yet subtle sexual imagery. > [@](#): > > Scratching in your henhouse > Sniffing at your feedbag > Slipping out your back door > Leaving my spray Beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/17 "2008-04-29T12:31:19Z")
**[Piggy in the Middle](http://www.neilinnes.org/audio/Neil%20Innes%20Live%20-%20Piggy%20In%20The%20Middle.mp3)** by the Rutles. Not only a great song, but a great parody. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/18 "2008-04-29T12:40:44Z")
[QUOTE=JpnDude] “That Thing You Do” by the One-ders, from the film _ **That Thing You Do** _. [/QUOTE] I’ve bought both that and “Dance With Me Tonight” on iTunes. Does “Midnight Radio” by Hedwig & the Angry Inch count? ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/19 "2008-04-29T12:52:03Z")
[Berserker](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D-9X3ooFvo). Not a fake band, per se, more of a solo artist. And sadly, I can’t find this on Youtube, but “Touch Me, I’m Dick” by Citizen Dick is pretty priceless, especially considering the band is Matt Dillon backed by the members of Pearl Jam. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/20 "2008-04-29T13:24:47Z")
The stuff I’ve heard on Metapocalypse is pretty funny but no one beats the mighty Tap! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329.md?page=2)