More than one way/To while away the day

[muckefuck]

Another amusement we took up at Monday's barbecue was sliv_1's Name 20 Song Titles From the Same Band Challenge. In general, the first ten are a breeze; the second ten are a ballbuster. To give you an idea: It took three of us working together five whole minutes to do Oingo Boingo. spookyfruit deserves special mention for taking on a band sliv_1 considers "virtually impossible"--New Order--and coming away victorious.

The lowest level of challenge is provided by bands with short, catchy songs that always mention the title in the lyrics. I think any of us could do They Might Be Giants, it's just a question of how long it would take. Prog rock bands are the devil. spookyfruit says, "In theory, if you've listened to three albums from a band, you should be able to do it." But all the titles on all the Yes albums I used to listen to repeatedly don't add up to 20. (It's like the old Total challenge: "It'll take four prog rock albums to get the number of titles you'll find on one novelty band disk!")

The real difficulty, of course, is who listens to albums all the way through any more? As soon as I gained the ability to shuffle, I went nuts with it. Most new albums, I don't listen to all the way through once, let alone long enough to learn the titles.

The other challenge of the day was: How many songs can you name about masturbation? It's not so rough finding mentions, but hard to single out any that are actually about self-abuse.

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[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

"I Touch Myself", "She Bop", and "Blister In The Sun" come to mind.

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

And, depending on where you stand on robot fetishism, I suppose "Coin-Operated Boy" by the Dresden Dolls might count. :)

[trom.livejournal.com]

"Dancing with Myself" and "Sally"

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

"Dancing with Myself"

Ha! Naive me. I always thought that that song was about, well, dancing with yourself.

[princeofcairo.livejournal.com]

Pretty much anything by Coldplay. Oh, hold on, you didn't say as, you said about.

[sconstant.livejournal.com]

Since people are naming songs with metaphors for masturbation, I'll mention "Darling Nikki" by Prince, which mentions masturbation, but I think only as a metaphor. Tipper Gore disagreed, circa 1980s.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

That's the only one I know that actually uses the word "masturbation". I didn't think of it as a metaphor for something else, but that sure would be hilariously ironic.

[niemandsrose.livejournal.com]

Ha ha, it's not hard at all if you're a Momus fan.

Momus? Adam?

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Which isn't? Naming twenty songs or naming songs about masturbation?

Re: Momus? Adam?

[niemandsrose.livejournal.com]

In Momus's case, twenty songs about masturbation. Off the top of my iPod's head, there's "Professor Shaftenberg", "The Animal That Desires", "The Sensation of Orgasm", "Virtual Valerie", and a his cover of the Buzzcocks' "Orgasm Addict"...

Re: Momus? Adam?

[niemandsrose.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I forgot "Handheld".

[bunj.livejournal.com]

One other mentioned Monday was "Turning Japanese" by the Vapors.

[summerless-year.livejournal.com]

orgasm addict by the ramones (showing my age), and a greenday song I can't think of the name of at the moment but that's on Nimrod (possibly redeeming myself for knowing the Ramones lyrics).

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

You are showing your age, dear: "Orgasm Addict" is by the Buzzcocks, not the Ramones. I'm as clueless as you (moreso, actually) when it comes to the Green Day song.

[summerless-year.livejournal.com]

damn! en realidad. mea culpa and all that.