Saturday, December 5, 2009

Musical Alliteration......?

What are you're favorite song titles that use this literary device?



Musical Alliteration......?theatre



This is tough!



Skinny Puppy - Hardset Head



Musical Alliteration......?opera music opera theater



The Police - De do do do De da da da, although that may be considered onomotopeia
Billy Idol - White Wedding



The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary



Motley Crue - Hooligans Holiday
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner by Iron Maiden



Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap by AC/DC
tough one: the only i can came up with skinny puppy...don't don't remember the name of that song
back in black , ac/dc



walk this way, aerosmith



heaven and hell, black sabbath



wild world, cat stevens



sultans of swing, dire straits



blitzkrieg bop, the ramones
Red Rain - Peter Gabriel



Sure Shot - The Beastie Boys



Soft Seduction - David Byrne



Hot Hot Hot - The Cure (or is this more like repetition?)



Wild Weekend - The Zeroes



Piccadilly Palare - Morrissey



Lucky Lisp - Morrissey



Billy Budd - Morrissey



Glamorous Glue -Morrissey



*added



*Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere - David Bowie



*Brackish Boy - Frank Black



*Lynch the Landlord - Dead Kennedys (not sure if this one counts)



damn! there's a lot, good question Dani!
High Hopes - Pink Floyd



The Last Laugh of the Laughter - Travis



She's So Strange - Travis



Slide Show - Travis (All same album too!)



Meat is Murder - The Smiths



Second Life Syndrome - Riverside



September Sun - Type O Negative



Stockholm Syndrome - Muse



Stop Swimming - Porcupine Tree



Street Spirit - Radiohead
Sexy Sadie- Beatles



Tip Toe Through the Tulips- Tiny Tim
Wild World - Cat Stevens



Son of a Son of a Sailor - Jimmy Buffett



I'm sure there's more, but this is all i can come up with....except for the Violent Femmes lyric in Add It Up: "Mo my mama mama mo my mum....(have you kept your eye, your eye on your son/I know you've had problems, you're not the only one......) Sorry if I just got the song stuck in your head... :)
Don't Drink and Dance by The Devil Wears Prada
Wow, great question Dani!



Self-Obsessed and Sexxee by Sonic Youth



Sky City by Seam



Friend of a Friend by The Foo Fighters



These all include the band's name in there which I suppose doesn't really count.



The best one I can come up with is Cool Off Kid Kilowatt by Guided by Voices.
pretty in punk



Landmines and Landslides



has to be either of those as i can only think of 2 !!
random songs i thought of....dont necessarily like them though



summer shudder-----afi



becoming the bull---atreyu



prayer position----afi



sick, sick, sick----queens of the stone age



midnight to midnight----chevelle



dance with the devil----breaking benjaimin
Bad Boyfriend by Garbage



Happy Home by Garbage
This was a tough one!



I don't know if it's intentional or not, but "Mercy Mercy Me" by Marvin Gaye.
Bullet With Butterfly Wings - Smashing Pumpkins



Soul Singer in a Session Band - Bright Eyes



Son of Sam - Elliott Smith



That's about all I can think of right now.
dance dance -fob



pop princess-click5



south side-moby and gwen stefani



purple people eater



molly malone-the dubliners



kiss kiss-chris brown



rudolph the red nosed reigndeer



swing swing-all american rejects



copa cabana-barry manilo



dum diddy-black eyed peas



hard hitting soft spoken-bobby lashy's theme song



bad boy-cascada



walking in a winter wounderland



pretty in punk-fob



monster mash



stockholm sydrome-muse



whenever wherever-shakira



chasing cars-snow patrol



da doo ron ron-shaun cassidy



only one-yellowcard



now or never-zebrahead
I honestly can't think of any off the top of my head, but I found it amusing to picture a bunch of 15 year olds trying to remember what their 3rd period English teacher was trying to teach them about literary techniques.



NP: "Breakin' Down" - Skid Row



***Grrrrrr. Damnit Sylvia!
Sowing Seeds - the Jesus and Mary Chain



Pretty Persuasion - R.E.M.



Black Bullet - Kidneythieves



Super Sadist - Jack off Jill



In the Flat Field - Bauhaus



Friend or Foe - Adam Ant



The Devil Does Drugs - My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult

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