There's a "Favorite Book Titles" thread, so why not songs?

My all-time favorite is "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 Going to Have to Leave Now, or, 'I Have Fought the Big Knives and Will Continue to Fight Them Until They Are off Our Lands!'"
Whew. What a mouthful.

Good idea.

"Tho You Are Gone I Still Often Walk With You" - Silver Mount Zion And Tra-La-La Band, quite a nice sentiment really.

Also I think 'Atmosphere' by Joy Division, while not a good title for just any song, is the perfect title for that particular song.

hmmm...a decent answer will take time and deep thinking, but for now, how about 'Some Girls are Bigger than Others' or pretty much any title by the Moz?

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hmmm...a decent answer will take time and deep thinking, but for now, how about 'Some Girls are Bigger than Others' or pretty much any title by the Moz?

Mozza has some great song titles, I'm particularly partial to Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now and Last Night I Drempt That Somebody Loved Me.

I also like "My Dog Was Lost But Now He's Found", by the Fiery Furnaces.

By the way, album or band names are welcome too.

Here some I like:

Manic Street Preachers- Freedom Speech Won't Feed My Children
The Dears- Except The Worse 'Cos She's A Tourist
The Rakes- The World Was a Mess But His Hair Was Perfect
Gang of Four- At home he's A Tourist
Ganh of Four- We Live As We Dream, Alone
Ultravox- Hiroshima Mon Amour

Surf instrumentals have some great song titles. I especially like the Mermen's "Emmylou Rides Clarence West And Then South", "To Be Naked and French Is Always Hard" and "The Whales Are Coming And Boy Are They Pissed".

When talking about great song titles, I'm obligated to mention Bob Pollard. While he has too many great ones to mention, I will post this link which is the tracklisting for his first Guided by Voices Suitcase box set. Here (and on the second) they came up with band names for each of the 100 songs on the box (there are a few band names doubled up).

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We Live As We Dream, Alone

that's from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. I always liked that line.

"knives out" by radiohead
"rock you" by the roots
"a nervous tic of motion of the head to the left" by andrew bird
"yawning at the apocalypse" by andrew bird

Sufjan Stevens, "They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From The Dead!! Ahhhhh!"

That is a totally insane
cool title for a song.

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hmmm...a decent answer will take time and deep thinking, but for now, how about 'Some Girls are Bigger than Others' or pretty much any title by the Moz?

Nice. Personally I like "Unhappy Birthday" from Strangeways Here We Come, both as a title and song. I think if a person was going to try and describe Morrissey's writing style in a demeaning way, they would point to this as a prime example of ridiculous moping.

As for other great titles, despite how much I dislike their music, Curl Up and Die has a song called "Dr. Doom, A Man Of Science, Doesn't Believe In Jesus, So Why The Fuck Do You?" Brilliant. Too bad they're a shitty metalcore band.

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Sufjan Stevens, "They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From The Dead!! Ahhhhh!"

That is a totally insane
cool title for a song.

Great song too. I was considering either that one or "Black Hawk War" (top of page).

Do the Evolution-Pearl Jam
Another one Bites the Dust-Queen
Stella was a Diver and she was Always Down-Interpol
Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)-Arcade Fire
Neighborhood #2 (Laika)-Arcade Fire
Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)-Arcade Fire
Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)-Arcade Fire
Rebellion-lies-Arcade Fire

TISM -
"I'm Interested In Apathy"
"!UOY Sevol Natas"
"Describe The Worst Head Job I’ve Had? - Fantastic!"
"I Might Be A Cunt, But I'm Not A Fucking Cunt"
"Would The Last Person To Leave Please Turn Out The Enlightenment?"
"Defecate On My Face"
"Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me"
"Somebody Start A Fight Or Something"
"If You’re Ugly, Forget It"
"Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The House Of Representatives"
"Jesus Pots The White Ball"
"Lose Your Delusion I"
"(I Think I’ve Got) Mick Jagger Worked Out"
"Mistah Eliot - He Wanker"
"Kill Americans"
"Martin Scorsese Is Really Quite A Jovial Fellow"

Some great ones from the Liars:

"Grown Men Don't Fall in the River, Just Like That"
"The Garden Was Crowded And Outside"
"Nothing Is Ever Lost Or Can Be Lost My Science Friend"

Almost any song by Of Montreal is great, too.

Ooh, I've actually thought about this before.

"I Have Been Floated" by the OTC. S'good song. And it involves Jeff Mangum in some way so it's a precious gift to humanity.

"I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone" Sleater-Kinney
"You're No Rock N' Roll Fun" Sleater-Kinney
"Milkshake N' Honey" Sleater-Kinney
"The Whore's Hustler and the Hustler's Whore" PJ Harvey
"This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I'm On This Song" SOAD

"Crawling King Snake" John Lee Hooker

"Extreme Noise Terror are Afraid of Us" - Anal Cunt