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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