Favorite songs that aren't instrumental and don't have their titles in their lyrics.




Posted by sabre

Seen this thread elsewhere and I liked it, so I've stolen it. Raghsplarh.

Ayreon - Isolation
Porcupine Tree - Mellotron Scratch (Just.)
Dream Theater - Panic Attack
Mostly Autumn - Carpe Diem
Orphaned Land - Kiss of Babylon

Deceptively tricky. :0




Posted by Shade

In Mellotron Scratch, there's a lyric that goes, "the scratching of a mellotron..."

:)

Symphony X ~ Awakenings
Rush ~ 2112
Opeth ~ Bleak
Machinae Supremacy ~ Through the Looking Glass
Dream Theater ~ Honor Thy Father

Simple.




Posted by sabre

[quote]In Mellotron Scratch, there's a lyric that goes, "the scratching of a mellotron..."I know. But I couldn't think of many. D:

I don't know how 2112 didn't cross my mind.




Posted by Klarth

Machinae Supremacy ~ "Attack Music"
Arcturus ~ "Of Nails And Sinners"
Ulver ~ "Lost In Moments"
Ulver ~ "The Voice of The Devil, Plate IV"
Agalloch ~ "Tomorrow Will Never Come"
Agalloch ~ "A Desolation Song"




Posted by Shade

Sabre: Psh, cheater.

Shadow Gallery ~ Room V
Frameshift ~ The Gene Machine (I think)
Kamelot ~ The Black Halo (I think)
Mercenary ~ 11 Dreams
Opeth ~ Hours of Wealth




Posted by Klarth

Oh, and:

Soilwork ~ "Distortion Sleep"
In Flames ~ "System"
Fear Factory ~ "Cyberwaste"
Mercenary ~ "Supremacy v2.0"




Posted by Shade

Porcupine Tree ~ Prodigal
Yellowcard ~ Life of a Salesman (shut up)
Metallica ~ Welcome Home
Ayreon ~ Day Twelve: Trauma




Posted by Klarth

Oh that totally reminds me.

Coheed & Cambria ~ "Welcome Home"
Coheed & Cambria ~ "Delirium Trigger"




Posted by Hyper

Eldritch - Lonesome Existence
dredg - Symbol Song

There's a few others, but they've already been mentioned in the thread.




Posted by Bj Blaskowitz

I don't think coheed puts the title in their song lyrics very often?

off the top of my head I can name a buncha radiohead songs that apply here, and that clint eastwood song by the gorillaz




Posted by NeXidala

Weballergy by Sonata Arctica




Posted by WackoHater2

Only one that I can think of, but I know there are a few.

Panic! at the Disco
There's a Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey, You Just Haven't Thought of it Yet.




Posted by WILLETH FOR MONTHS

Against Me! - From Her Lips To ***'s Ears (The Energizer)
The Bouncing Souls - The Pizza Song
Blur - Song 2

I'll think of more later.

Also, bugger, that rep above was meant to be disapproval. :(




Posted by MetalVox~55

Hope Leaves - Opeth




Posted by Shade

Dream Theater ~ About to Crash + Reprise




Posted by G-Sides

el scorcho - weezer
day of the baphomets - the mars volta
tetragrammaton - the mars volta
we better learn to hotwire a uterus - the fall of troy
****storm - strapping young lad
tension head - queens of the stone age
blindfolds aside - protest the hero
absinthe party at the fly warehouse - minus the bear
eight flew over one was destroyed - mew
shed - meshuggah
clerks - love among freaks
asleep on the forest floor - genghis tron
birds - an albatross
botnus - buckethead [w/ some guy]
rolodex propaganda - at the drive-in




Posted by Bj Blaskowitz

fine plus to points- minus the bear (g-sides reminded me)
the bringer-soilwork




Posted by Klarth

ooh, bj reminded me.

Soilwork - "Distortion Sleep"




Posted by Arwon

The firt 2 seconds of "El Scorcho" contain the words 'el scorcho'....

Hmm. This is actually quite tricky.

Les Savy Fav - Reprobate's Resume
the Pogues - Fairytale of New York
Talking Heads - Life During Wartime
Augie March - Heartbeat and Sails
Neutral Milk Hotel - Song Against Sex




Posted by WILLETH FOR MONTHS

Groove Armada - At The River




Posted by brownoystercult

Lloyd Banks - Karma




Posted by ZEN

Is this one of those topics where we all just list songs we like, even without properly researching to see if the song title actually IS in the song's lyrics?

Cool.

I put...

"3 Libras" - A Perfect Circle
"Orestes" - A Perfect Circle
"Bohemian Rhapsody" - Queen
"Christian Woman" - Type O Negative
"Communion and the Oracle" - Symphony X
"Deap Peace" - Devin Townsend
"Fade To Black" - Metallica
"Gethsemane" - Nightwish
"Ghost Love Score" - Nightwish
"Lady In Black" - Uriah Heep
"Leaves" - The Gathering"
"Starmaps of the Ancient Cosmographers" - Bal-Sagoth
"The Drapery Falls" - Opeth
"Yet Another Movie" - Pink Floyd
"When A Dead Man Walks" - Lucuna Coil

From what I remember.

[SIZE="1"]*Waits patiently for someone to point out a probable mistake in my improperly researched song list*[/SIZE]




Posted by Omni

"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
"Trampled Under Foot" by Led Zeppelin
"A Day In The Life" by The Beatles




Posted by WILLETH FOR MONTHS

The Immigrant Song - Led Zep