Theme 475 - The Long & the Short of it. One song with a very long title (the longer and more ridiculous the better) and one with a very short title - Tim - NOMINATIONS - closes MIDNIGHT Wednesday Oct 1st

[Val]

This theme looks very clear - Tim is after song titles, one very long, and a second that is short. Tim says of the latter: it doesn't need to be a single word, just brief and to the point.

The next FIVE themes are:

Theme 476 - "California Dreaming". Bands or artists from the Golden State -Collette
Theme 477 - Give me a give. Songs with give in the title - Grimmy
Theme 478 - Thank You And Goodnight - The last song on an album that rounds off the album perfectly. No hidden songs please - TheFoe
Theme 479 - "Songs of Solomon" - In reverence to the saintly benighted. Each nomination must start with the letters ST, AC and EY, in order. The first nominators first song must start with S and second song with a T, the second nominators songs start with an A and then a C, and the third nominator starts E and Y. And then repeat with couplets of songs starting ST, AC and EY. Any artist, any genre. - Sera
Theme 480 - Wildcard Round 21

New ideas can be added at:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

and we could do with some new ones!!

[Val]

Before anyone else nominates the king of long titles......

The Black Hawk War, Or, How To Demolish An Entire Civilization And Still Feel Good About Yourself In The Morning, Or, We Apologize For The Inconvenience But You're Gonna Have To Leave Now, Or, 'I Have Fought The Big Knives And Will Continue To Fight Them Until They Are Off Our Lands! - Sufjan Stevens
Go Now - The Moody Blues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRnY5...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2L3U...

[Tim]

after Val, move over your majesty, there's a new Queen in town!

The Black Hawk War, Or, How To Demolish An Entire Civilization And Still Feel Good About Yourself In The Morning, Or, We Apologize For The Inconvenience But You're Gonna Have To Leave Now, Or, 'I Have Fought The Big Knives And Will Continue To Fight Them Until They Are Off Our Lands! - Sufjan Stevens
Go Now - The Moody Blues
Regretting What I Said to You When You Called Me at 11.00 on a Friday Morning to Tell Me that at 1:00 Friday Afternoon You’re Gonna Leave Your Office, Go Downstairs, Hail a Cab to Go Out to the Airport to Catch a Plane to Go Skiing in the Alps for Two Weeks, Not that I Wanted to Go With You, I Wasn’t Able to Leave Town, I’m Not a Very Good Skier, I Couldn’t Expect You to Pay My Way, But After Going Out With You for Three Years I Don’t’ Like Surprises!! Subtitled: A Musical Apology - Christine Lavin
Oh Shit - Buzzcocks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ScMT...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpGKy...

[Sera69]

After Tim

The Black Hawk War, Or, How To Demolish An Entire Civilization And Still Feel Good About Yourself In The Morning, Or, We Apologize For The Inconvenience But You're Gonna Have To Leave Now, Or, 'I Have Fought The Big Knives And Will Continue To Fight Them Until They Are Off Our Lands! - Sufjan Stevens
Go Now - The Moody Blues
Regretting What I Said to You When You Called Me at 11.00 on a Friday Morning to Tell Me that at 1:00 Friday Afternoon You’re Gonna Leave Your Office, Go Downstairs, Hail a Cab to Go Out to the Airport to Catch a Plane to Go Skiing in the Alps for Two Weeks, Not that I Wanted to Go With You, I Wasn’t Able to Leave Town, I’m Not a Very Good Skier, I Couldn’t Expect You to Pay My Way, But After Going Out With You for Three Years I Don’t’ Like Surprises!! Subtitled: A Musical Apology - Christine Lavin
Oh Shit - Buzzcocks
This One Time I Went to a Coffee House Because Some Guy I Knew Was Playing and I Just Sat There for an Hour and Didn't Talk to Anyone and Then I Came Home and Wrote This Song - Car Seat Headrest
6'1" - Liz Phair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKFC1...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lROHq...

[Grimmy]

After Sera69

The Black Hawk War, Or, How To Demolish An Entire Civilization And Still Feel Good About Yourself In The Morning, Or, We Apologize For The Inconvenience But You're Gonna Have To Leave Now, Or, 'I Have Fought The Big Knives And Will Continue To Fight Them Until They Are Off Our Lands! - Sufjan Stevens
Go Now - The Moody Blues
Regretting What I Said to You When You Called Me at 11.00 on a Friday Morning to Tell Me that at 1:00 Friday Afternoon You’re Gonna Leave Your Office, Go Downstairs, Hail a Cab to Go Out to the Airport to Catch a Plane to Go Skiing in the Alps for Two Weeks, Not that I Wanted to Go With You, I Wasn’t Able to Leave Town, I’m Not a Very Good Skier, I Couldn’t Expect You to Pay My Way, But After Going Out With You for Three Years I Don’t’ Like Surprises!! Subtitled: A Musical Apology - Christine Lavin
Oh Shit - Buzzcocks
This One Time I Went to a Coffee House Because Some Guy I Knew Was Playing and I Just Sat There for an Hour and Didn't Talk to Anyone and Then I Came Home and Wrote This Song - Car Seat Headrest
6'1" - Liz Phair
Please Don't Tell My Father That I Used His 1996 Honda Accord to Destroy the Town of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania in 2002 - Pet Symmetry
64 - The Liverpool Scene

https://youtu.be/f-ulZHmjehc?si=oT0ys...
https://youtu.be/bhnESWkmBk4?si=2soHE...

[Helen The Melon]

After Grimmy

Well, my long title is rather pathetically short compared to the monstrosities above :-( Sorry, I wasn't feeling very inspired.

The Black Hawk War, Or, How To Demolish An Entire Civilization And Still Feel Good About Yourself In The Morning, Or, We Apologize For The Inconvenience But You're Gonna Have To Leave Now, Or, 'I Have Fought The Big Knives And Will Continue To Fight Them Until They Are Off Our Lands! - Sufjan Stevens
Go Now - The Moody Blues
Regretting What I Said to You When You Called Me at 11.00 on a Friday Morning to Tell Me that at 1:00 Friday Afternoon You’re Gonna Leave Your Office, Go Downstairs, Hail a Cab to Go Out to the Airport to Catch a Plane to Go Skiing in the Alps for Two Weeks, Not that I Wanted to Go With You, I Wasn’t Able to Leave Town, I’m Not a Very Good Skier, I Couldn’t Expect You to Pay My Way, But After Going Out With You for Three Years I Don’t’ Like Surprises!! Subtitled: A Musical Apology - Christine Lavin
Oh Shit - Buzzcocks
This One Time I Went to a Coffee House Because Some Guy I Knew Was Playing and I Just Sat There for an Hour and Didn't Talk to Anyone and Then I Came Home and Wrote This Song - Car Seat Headrest
6'1" - Liz Phair
Please Don't Tell My Father That I Used His 1996 Honda Accord to Destroy the Town of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania in 2002 - Pet Symmetry
64 - The Liverpool Scene
Slim Pickens Does The Right Thing And Rides The Bomb To Hell - The Offspring
Faun - Grass House

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8hKBIci...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9I7Bdzv...

[theDuke]

Right then, i don't know any song titles that quite as long as some of the above; however, here's a US instrumental band that I've nominated before, albeit a very long time ago, and are known for using very long titles for their songs. And, a song I've been meaning to nominate for a while now. It's a sweet 'n' short number, both in duration and it's title.

After Helen:

The Black Hawk War, Or, How To Demolish An Entire Civilization And Still Feel Good About Yourself In The Morning, Or, We Apologize For The Inconvenience But You're Gonna Have To Leave Now, Or, 'I Have Fought The Big Knives And Will Continue To Fight Them Until They Are Off Our Lands! - Sufjan Stevens
Go Now - The Moody Blues
Regretting What I Said to You When You Called Me at 11.00 on a Friday Morning to Tell Me that at 1:00 Friday Afternoon You’re Gonna Leave Your Office, Go Downstairs, Hail a Cab to Go Out to the Airport to Catch a Plane to Go Skiing in the Alps for Two Weeks, Not that I Wanted to Go With You, I Wasn’t Able to Leave Town, I’m Not a Very Good Skier, I Couldn’t Expect You to Pay My Way, But After Going Out With You for Three Years I Don’t’ Like Surprises!! Subtitled: A Musical Apology - Christine Lavin
Oh Shit - Buzzcocks
This One Time I Went to a Coffee House Because Some Guy I Knew Was Playing and I Just Sat There for an Hour and Didn't Talk to Anyone and Then I Came Home and Wrote This Song - Car Seat Headrest
6'1" - Liz Phair
Please Don't Tell My Father That I Used His 1996 Honda Accord to Destroy the Town of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania in 2002 - Pet Symmetry
64 - The Liverpool Scene
Slim Pickens Does The Right Thing And Rides The Bomb To Hell - The Offspring
Faun - Grass House
Like the Howling Glory of the Darkest Winds, This Voice Was Thunderous and the Words Holy, Tangling Their Way Around Our Hearts and Clutching Our Innocent Awe · Red Sparowes
The Leader - The Clash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZBdu...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxgWt...

Speaking of a potential long song title; on one forum, i spotted someone who was thinking of writing a song with the title and band name as:

'Once I went to the National Guitar Summer Workshop in Toronto and late at night I had to use the men’s room and when I thought I was done there was no toilet paper so it being late I thought I could just thought I’d hold my pants and go to the women’s washroom to find toilet paper and then I found some but instead of finishing the job there I was stupid and tried to get back to the men’s room with the toilet paper while holding my pants when an attractive young women walked in and seen me kinda half way crouched down holding my pants and a roll of toilet paper and THAT was the most embarrassing moment of my life.' - Huh?

That was posted in February 2003....and as far as I am able to determine, i don't think it's been made yet. An Interesting title....but a tad hard to remember, I dare say!

[Sera69]

theDuke wrote: "Right then, i don't know any song titles that quite as long as some of the above; however, here's a US instrumental band that I've nominated before, albeit a very long time ago, and are known for u..."

And that, kids, is how i met your mother.

[Derek]

After The Duke

The Black Hawk War, Or, How To Demolish An Entire Civilization And Still Feel Good About Yourself In The Morning, Or, We Apologize For The Inconvenience But You're Gonna Have To Leave Now, Or, 'I Have Fought The Big Knives And Will Continue To Fight Them Until They Are Off Our Lands! - Sufjan Stevens
Go Now - The Moody Blues
Regretting What I Said to You When You Called Me at 11.00 on a Friday Morning to Tell Me that at 1:00 Friday Afternoon You’re Gonna Leave Your Office, Go Downstairs, Hail a Cab to Go Out to the Airport to Catch a Plane to Go Skiing in the Alps for Two Weeks, Not that I Wanted to Go With You, I Wasn’t Able to Leave Town, I’m Not a Very Good Skier, I Couldn’t Expect You to Pay My Way, But After Going Out With You for Three Years I Don’t’ Like Surprises!! Subtitled: A Musical Apology - Christine Lavin
Oh Shit - Buzzcocks
This One Time I Went to a Coffee House Because Some Guy I Knew Was Playing and I Just Sat There for an Hour and Didn't Talk to Anyone and Then I Came Home and Wrote This Song - Car Seat Headrest
6'1" - Liz Phair
Please Don't Tell My Father That I Used His 1996 Honda Accord to Destroy the Town of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania in 2002 - Pet Symmetry
64 - The Liverpool Scene
Slim Pickens Does The Right Thing And Rides The Bomb To Hell - The Offspring
Faun - Grass House
Like the Howling Glory of the Darkest Winds, This Voice Was Thunderous and the Words Holy, Tangling Their Way Around Our Hearts and Clutching Our Innocent Awe · Red Sparowes
The Leader - The Clash
There is a Door, It Opens, Then It is Closed (In Memory of Amy Miller) - The Mermen
"38" - Banchee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihawL...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF9cB...

[theDuke]

Sera69 wrote: "theDuke wrote: "Right then, i don't know any song titles that quite as long as some of the above; however, here's a US instrumental band that I've nominated before, albeit a very long time ago, and..."

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