# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/21 "2008-04-29T13:37:15Z")
_Old Joe’s Place_, by [The Folksmen](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Mighty_Wind) narrowly edges out _Never Did No Wanderin’_. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/22 "2008-04-29T13:41:26Z")
[QUOTE=The Them] (A friend told me that Nigel St. Hubbins demonstrated the novel technique of throwing horseshoes at his guitar) [/QUOTE] Nigel Tufnel that is. David St. Hubbins is the lead singer. ETA- I love Deathklok. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/23 "2008-04-29T13:48:03Z")
U Stink But I Luv U, by Billy & the Boingers. Shangri-La by The Rutles would be my favorite, though. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/24 "2008-04-29T13:48:14Z")
Another one for Big Bottom. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/25 "2008-04-29T13:55:44Z")
I’m probably gonna be pilloried for liking this movie, but, from Josie and the Pussycats: Pretend to Be Nice and You Don’t See Me by the eponymous band, and Backdoor Lover by DuJour. (PtBN and YDSM are both good songs, BL is a very funny bit of parody.) From Suicide Club, Write Once by Dessert, and Suicide Kiss, by Genesis. The Tap’s got a good set to choose from, I’ll go off This Is Spinal Tap entirely and nominate two from Break Like the Wind - Majesty of Rock and Sun Never Sweats. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/26 "2008-04-29T14:33:35Z")
“On the Dark Side” by Eddie & The Cruisers (John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band) “I’m a Believer” by the Monkees “Love Comes and Goes” by Stillwater. I love the intro of this song in the movie “Almost Famous” and wish we could have heard the fake band sing it in its entirety. Nancy Wilson’s version is on the Director’s Cut DVD but not as intriguing as the live version. ---
**Author:** ![rpinrd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@rpinrd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rpinrd)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/27 "2008-04-29T14:37:29Z")
Is Tenacious D too much of a real band to make this list? I have always LOVED “Kyle Quit the Band” ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/28 "2008-04-29T14:39:34Z")
“Ice Froggy Frog” and “#$^^ the Security Guards” by NWH from the Fear of a Black Hat movie. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/29 "2008-04-29T14:45:45Z")
I was always partial to “Clearasil Messiah” by [Deathtöngue](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Deathtongue.jpg). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/30 "2008-04-29T15:06:02Z")
[QUOTE=Chez Guevara] _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. Beautiful. [/QUOTE] More than “Bitch School”? > [@](#): > > You got problems. > You whine and you beg. > When I’m busy, > You wanna dance with my leg. > I’m gonna chain you. > Make you sleep out of doors. > You’re so fetching when you’re down on all fours. > And when you hear your master, > You will come a little faster, thanks to > Bitch School. And be jealous, I saw the Tap live for their Break Like the Wind tour. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/31 "2008-04-29T15:10:38Z")
[QUOTE=Shodan] _Old Joe’s Place_, by [The Folksmen](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Mighty_Wind) narrowly edges out _Never Did No Wanderin’_. [/QUOTE] I think I’d flip-flop those - but as far as _A Mighty Wind_ goes, I got an even bigger laugh from the the title song. ---
**Author:** ![Intravenus\_De\_Milo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Intravenus\_De\_Milo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intravenus_De_Milo)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/32 "2008-04-29T15:18:46Z")
> [@JpnDude](#): > > “That Thing You Do” by the One-ders, from the film That Thing You Do. As in, “I _Wonder_ whatever happened to the Oh-_nee_-ders?” From the Spinal Tap oeuvre, my personal favorite is “Stonehenge”. 'Tis a magic place, where the moon doth rise with a dragon’s face! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/33 "2008-04-29T15:19:04Z")
[QUOTE=rpinrd] Is Tenacious D too much of a real band to make this list? I have always LOVED “Kyle Quit the Band” [/QUOTE] Nah. I fell in love with them when they were on HBO, and consider them a fake band. Spinal Tap toured, right? Immature as I am, I’ve always loved “Sex Supreme.” “Kyle Took a Bullet for Me” is awesome as well. Joe ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/34 "2008-04-29T15:21:57Z")
“The Flame Still Burns” - Strange Fruit (from the movie “Still Crazy”) “We All Die Young” - Steel Dragon (from the movie “Rockstar”) “Fever Dog” - Stillwater (“Almost Famous”) ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/35 "2008-04-29T15:24:22Z")
I cannot get enough of [Scotty Doesn’t Know](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vyj1C8ogtE) from the movie Eurotrip. I like the song, and even more, remembering Matt Damon’s performance just cracks me up every time. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/36 "2008-04-29T15:30:00Z")
Another vote for various songs by **The Rutles** , though what with there being a touring cover band called Rutlemania, calling them a “fake band” is kind of borderline now. I genuinely like (and not just for parodic value) the songs _Blue Suede Schubert_ and _Get Up and Go_. And from their follow-up album of songs not in the original movie, _Eine Kleine Middleklasse Musik_ sounds like a song John Lennon would have been proud of, _Questionnaire_ is almost more Pythonesque than Beatleseque, and _Back In '64_ is actually kind of touching and recalls George Harrison’s _When We Was Fab_ as much as the Beatles’ song _When I’m 64_. > [@](#): > > When some old film in black and white > Comes on and there you are up on the screen > Or is it someone just like someone you’ve been > Looking not a day over nineteen? > > Back in '64, before you were born, > People had no time for pouring scorn > On dreams of love and peace > No one was obese > Only tight trousers were worn ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/37 "2008-04-29T15:41:46Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] **[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. [/QUOTE] I prefer “Cheese and Onions” from “Yellow Submarine Sandwich”. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/38 "2008-04-29T16:18:32Z")
[Freaky!! Outie!!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0sGrmX37Kk) from _Home Movies_ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/39 "2008-04-29T16:19:43Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] “Ice Froggy Frog” and “#$^^ the Security Guards” by NWH from the Fear of a Black Hat movie. [/QUOTE] I prefered [“A gangsta’s life aint fun”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1WFA0liN1o&feature=related) (very nsfw), or “my peanuts”. I wish we could have heard “don’t shoot until you see the whites” though. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329/40 "2008-04-29T16:26:55Z")
Most of the soundtrack from [Starstruck](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084728/soundtrack), especially “Body and Soul,” “Temper, Temper,” “I Want to Live in a House,” and “Monkey in Me.” The band was called “The Swingers,” and couldn’t they have come up with something just a _tad_ more imaginative? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-by-fake-bands/447329.md?page=3)