What are your strangest song titles?

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All by Mike Keneally:

“I, Drum-Running, Am Clapboard Bound”
“I Guess I’ll Peanut”
“Deep-Fried Skinks Are Go!”
“Egg Zooming”
“Frang Tang, the Valentine Bear”
“Cat Bran Sammich” (Parts One and Two)
“My Immense Superiority Over the Silverfish”
“We’re Rockin’ All Night with the Tangy Flavor of Cheddar”
“Johnny One-Note/The Exciting New Toothpaste from Mars”
“And That’s Why It’s Called Spunk”
“Nanny-Ass Crow”
“Big Screen Boboli”
“This Tastes Like a Hotel”
“That Claim-Jumping Swine, O’Bannon”
“I’m Glad There’s Lemon Freshened Thorax in You”

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Any Cannibal Corpse song(well, not all of them, but a lot of them).

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Wow, and I thought “Rene And Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War” was odd.

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An outtake from Adrian Belew’s Desire Caught by the Tail:

Joan Miro’s Procession Through The Insides Of A Purple Antelope Across A Sea Of Tuna Fish

The record was inspired by abstract artists, and the song titles were all, I think, named for works of art.

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Also, Joe Satriani’s “The Mystical Potatohead Groove Thing.”

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Oh, where to start?

Miki’s Lush Beehive*
My Clown’s On Fire
Emmylou Rides Clarence West And East*
Love In A Refrigerator Box
Shit Sandwich
Jesus Chrysler Drives A Dodge
Put Your Teeth (Up On The Windowsill)
Let Me Play With Your Poodle
My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains
The Drowning Man Knows His God*
To Be Naked And French Is Always Hard*

*I could stock a decent list of weird titles using only Mermen albums.

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From the Incredible Bongo Band: Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley, Your Tie Is Caught In Your Zipper

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Some by Verwüstung:
As the Hillsides Collapse, I Witness the Death of the Earth, from the EP When the Light Broke the Stars, Humanity Rejected Us.
Beyond the Watercolor Sunset, We Feel New Life, a single track EP.
Those Evenings We Spent Alone Staring Out The Window, from the album I First Saw You On That Snowy Night And Couldn’t Shake An Overwhelming Feeling Of Sadness.

A Prayer For Carpenters and Insects by Benighted In Sodom.

Rundtgåing av den transcendentale egenhetens støtte (which translates as “Tour around the transcandental pillar of singularity”, so it’s not just weird by virtue of being Norwegian) by Burzum.

Most of Darkthrone’s titles, but As Flittermice, as Satan’s Spies is a particular favourite.

Awakens He, Bereft of Kinsmen (The Wayfarer Pt II) by Winterfylleth.

Storming Through Red Clouds And Holocaustwinds by Immortal.

And, frankly, about 70% of other black metal songs.

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Oh man, some of the titles on this list are seriously about five times more epic than most of the songs. I wish I had something to contribute.

Actually, from the local punk scene (and I have to sometimes guess at the names of the performers, 'cause half the bands are the same 8 people):
I Want You to Haunt Me - Travesty International
Judger of Persyns - Buy Nothing Life
Love Song for a Rat and Cat - Mowgli
The Slug Song - Sockfoot

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“A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld” by The Orb

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Other than “Careful with that ax” from Pink Floyd, I don’t think I’ve heard of any of these.

Of songs that received popular acclaim and/or strong Top 40 airplay, Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand by Primitive Radio Gods has to be a strong contender.

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Well, if that’s your criterion, I think Pearl Jam’s Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town has to count - made no 17 on Billboard when it wasn’t even a single.

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One of my favourite bands, I’m surprised they haven’t been mentioned more as definitely make up a good chuck of the strangest titles on my iPod:

Psychiatric Explorations of the Fetus With Needles
Guy Who Got a Headache and Accidentally Saves the World
Talkin 'Bout the Smiling Deathporn Immortality Blues (Everyone Wants To Live Forever)
Pilot Can at The Queer of God

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A few come to mind.

We Eas Just Boys Living in a Dead Geran Shepherd - Hella
Honest Joe’s Indian Gets the Goat on the Way to the Cowboy’s Conga - Renaldo and the Loaf (Well, the whole album, songs for swinging larvae, is pretty weird, both titles and music.)
My Nigerian Friend - The Residents
Pictures From a Little Girl - The Residents
Blood on the Bunny - The Residents
Theme From an American TV Show - The Residents
Melon Collie Lassie - The Residents
Bingo-Master’s Break Out! - The Fall
Impression Of J. Temperance - The Fall
How I Wrote Elastic Man - The Fall
Pre-teen Ice Cream Angst - Origami Replika Schmerzpønkdada
I’m a Hula Barbie, Hear Me Roar - Modified Toy Orchestra
Steve’s Going To Teach Himself Who’s Boss - Add N To (X)
Gut Feeling Slap Your Mammy - Devo
One Hundred & Fifty-One Owl Caricatures - Jon Wayne

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The Glorious Liberation of the People’s Technocratic Republic of Vinnland by the Combined Forces of the United Territories of Europa - Type O Negative (the song is only a minute and a half long… it takes longer to say the title!)

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In the same vein, the 30-second AFI track Hearts Frozen Solid Thawed Once More By the Spring of Rage, Despair, and Hopelessness.

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“She Has Funny Cars” - Jefferson Airplane

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Party at a Rich Dude’s House - Ke$ha

You have to admit, it’s very descriptive of what the song is about. It also has a kickass Beavis and Butt-head-style air guitar at 1:02, and it mentions the time she threw up in Paris Hilton’s closet (although it doesn’t actually mention Paris Hilton).

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The Manic Street Preachers released a song called “ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayit’sworldwouldfallapart”. Off the astonishing album The Holy Bible which I advise anyone who likes poetic lyrics to check out - though it’s rather dark. The writer killed himself shortly afterwards.

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Game Theory - “All Clockwork and No Bodily Fluid Makes Hal a Dull Metal Humbert / In Heaven Every Elephant Baby Wants to Be So Full of Sting / Paul Simon in the Park with Canticle / But You Can’t Pick Your Friends / Vacuum Genesis / DEFMACROS / HOWSOMETH / INGDOTIME / SALENGTHS / OMETHINGL / ETBFOLLOW / AAFTERNOO / NGETPRESE / NTMOMENTI / FTHINGSWO / NTALWAYSB / ETHISWAYT / BCACAUSEA / BWASTEAFT / ERNOONWHE / NEQBMERET / URNFROMSH / OWLITTLEG / REENPLACE / 27” from the spectacular album, Lolita Nation.