Scrabbled Comp #4: Orange You Glad I Didn't Say Banana Phone?
Solid, everybody, 21 tracks solid. I left for Salem immediately after work Friday afternoon, so this one was compiled a little last minute. You’ll notice there are quite a few tracks missing in the folder. Please feel free to help where you can. You can drop it in your folder, my folder, or the comp’s folder, just let me know. Thanks in advance.
Scrabbled Comp #4: Orange You Glad I Didn’t Say Banana Phone?
So the top track, in my opinion, is the Vince Guaraldi Trio song “Great Pumpkin Waltz”. Gosia managed to match the theme and the season. A nod to Jeff for the classic POTUSA jam “Peaches” and Evan’s clever submission. Note I took it upon myself to put all three parts of “King Of Carrot Flowers”; I don’t think anyone has a problem with that (thanks Heidi). I’m curious about the Muscles track, Julia, it has an interesting title. Hutch’s spelling issues have confused me.
Album art is in the compilation folder.
- George Symonette “Don’t Touch Me Tomato” (Paris)
- Aqua “An Apple A Day” (Sammy)
- Beck “Peaches And Cream” (Christina)
- The Vandals “I Have A Date” (Evan)
- Descendents “Sour Grapes” (Kevin)
- Final Fantasy “Peach, Plum, Pair” (Hutch)
- Pavement “Carrot Rope” (Ryan)
- Muscles “Chocolate, Raspberry, Lemon And Lime” (Julia)
- Bright Eyes “Bowl Of Oranges” (Travis)
- Peaches “Fuck The Pain Away” (Casie)
- Guns ‘n’ Roses “Bad Apples” (Matthew)
- Scream Hello “35 Plums” (Maggie)
- Strung Out “Rotten Apple” (Jay)
- Neutral Milk Hotel “King Of Carrot Flowers Pt. One” (Heidi)
- Neutral Milk Hotel “King Of Carrot Flowers Pt. Two & Three” (Heidi)
- Vince Guaraldi Trio “Great Pumpkin Waltz” (Gosia)
- The Meteors “Don’t Touch The Bang-Bang Fruit” (Mandy)
- Garbage “Cherry Lips” (Sara)
- The Presidents Of The United States Of America “Peaches” (Jeff)
- Death Cab For Cutie “Grapevine Fires” (Suzanne)
- Herbie Hancock “Watermelon Man” (Paris)
And without further ado, the theme for Scrabbled Comp #5:
Song titles with the full (at least first and last) name of a famous and real person from past or present.
My song selection is “Buddy Holly” off of Weezer’s Blue Album.
Comments
I think Jesus Christ counts, especially since Jesus Christ Pose is an awesome song. That’s my vote.
Christ counts as a last name. what a weird question though – i have never pondered that my whole life.
Christ is NOT a last name; it is a title. It’s from the Greek christos (phoenetic spelling), which mean savior. Jesus’ last name would have been Ben Joseph (or whatever the ancient hebrew equivalent of Joseph would have been).
Also, Jesus’ name would have been Joshua (Yo-show-ah), as that is the biblical hebrew form. So the reality of the situation is that Jesus Christ’s real name would have been Joshua Ben Joseph.
Find that song.
Jeff said:Christ is NOT a last name; it is a title. It’s from the Greek christos (phoenetic spelling), which mean savior. Jesus’ last name would have been Ben Joseph (or whatever the ancient hebrew equivalent of Joseph would have been).
Also, Jesus’ name would have been Joshua (Yo-show-ah), as that is the biblical hebrew form. So the reality of the situation is that Jesus Christ’s real name would have been Joshua Ben Joseph.
Find that song.
oh, okay. glad someone else bothered to find the answer – thanks, geoff!
My Picks:
Tony Randall by Bikini Kill***
Reinventing Axl Rose by Against Me!
Paul Revere by The Beastie Boys
Meeting Paris Hilton by CSS
If you combine “William, it was really nothing” and “Shakespeare’s Sister” would that count? Both by The Smiths, so it should.
okay, kev just corrected me to say that “King Henry the Fifth” is absolutely not a full name and i must agree that i’m stupid in that case.
i’m now torn between The Clash- Janie Jones, Johnny Cash- The Ballad of Ira Hayes, & The Kinks- David Watts.
i’ll choose soon. both kev & my songs are uploaded into my folder.
I have discovered that I do not know how to upload songs, when I drag them over it just plays them in quicktime, despite all my efforts for that program to never open.
Jeff said:Christ is NOT a last name; it is a title. It’s from the Greek christos (phoenetic spelling), which mean savior. Jesus’ last name would have been Ben Joseph (or whatever the ancient hebrew equivalent of Joseph would have been).
Also, Jesus’ name would have been Joshua (Yo-show-ah), as that is the biblical hebrew form. So the reality of the situation is that Jesus Christ’s real name would have been Joshua Ben Joseph.
Find that song.
I like so many things about you.
Casie, great list, but you gotta pick one.
Evan, what FTP program are you using/
Program? Can’t I just drag them in?
Evan said:Program? Can’t I just drag them in?
That’s a great idea, but no.
If you use Firefox, just go get FireFTP. If not, talk to somebody else.
ok so there’s the three Jens Lekman songs with Rocky Dennis in the titles
and then Daniel Johnston’s “Ain’t No Woman Gonna Make a George Jones Outta Me”
Bonus points on “John Cougar Mellencamp is the White Devil” by Drowningman (THREE names!)
The Gaslight Anthem has “Miles Davis & the Cool”
John Vanderslice “Bill Gates Must Die”
Local H “Eddie Vedder”
The Mountain Goats “Dinu Lipatti’s Bones”
Pizzicato Five “Brigitte Bardot T.N.T.”
The Postal Service “Clark Gable”
The Replacements “Alex Chilton”
Self “Meg Ryan”
Super Deluxe “Farrah Fawcett”
Uncle Tupelo “D. Boon”
Weird Al “My Baby’s in Love with Eddie Vedder”
Yo La Tengo “Let’s Save Tony Orlando’s House” and “Tom Courtenay”
TOM COURTENAY IS THE WINNER runner up is Farrah Fawcett for its catchiness
Ok, it’s there now.
- is complete! Enjoy!
Hutch,
1. I did pick one, the Bikini Kill song (note the stars)
2. Everyone else gets to make a long list!!!
I was being sincere! It is a great list. But I didn’t know that the stars meant “my pick.”
Tracklist so far. Keep ’em coming.
- Weezer “Buddy Holly” (Paris)
- Charles Bronson “Phil Anselmo’s Pain Burns In The Heart Of My Little Brother” (Kevin)
- Piebald “Grace Kelly With Wings” (Jay)
- Interpol “Leif Erikson” (Ryan)
- Rainer Maria “The Contents Of Abe Lincoln’s Pockets” (Sammy)
- Radiohead “Harry Patch (In Memory Of)” (Hutch)
- Beastie Boys “Paul Revere” (Fagun)
- Band Of Horses “Detlef Schrempf” (Travis)
- Sufjan Stevens “John Wayne Gacy, Jr.” (Julia)
- Nirvana “Francis Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle” (Jeff)
- Manic Street Preachers “Kevin Carter” (Christina)
- Drive-by Truckers "The Night G.G. Allen Came To Town (Big Bill)
- Cake “Frank Sinatra” (Evan)
- Mogwai “I’m Jim Morrison, I’m Dead” (The Manc)
- Bikini Kill “Tony Randall” (Casie)
- Yo La Tengo “Tom Courtenay” (Maggie)
Mandy, I know you’re working on one. You have time!
I guess Jeff’s explanation killed my first pick, eh? Shit. I’m not crazy about my actual pick. I may have to ask for a replacement with Alex Chilton, but lemme see if I can think of something better.
Ok, I’m going with Al Roker is a Fucking Sellout by X One Way X
You didn’t really want Jesus involved anyway, did you?
okay, i’ll go with The Kinks – David Watts. it should be up.
John said:GOOD CHOICE TOTALLY FORGOT.Ok, I’m going with Al Roker is a Fucking Sellout by X One Way X
Paris said:You didn’t really want Jesus involved anyway, did you?
If it involves listening to early Soundgarden, I’m down with Jesus!
The old guy says early Soundgarden=Screaming Life and Ultramega OK. Maybe Louder Than Love.
I have no idea what those things are, and without an FTP upload, I’ll just assume that you’re making up bands to appear hip and old.
Those aren’t bands, those are Soundgarden albums from before Badmotorfinger
Kevin said:The old guy says early Soundgarden=Screaming Life and Ultramega OK. Maybe Louder Than Love.
I want someone to start a band whose name is that whole thing.
maggie said:Those aren’t bands, those are Soundgarden albums from before Badmotorfinger
Shows how much I know. My soundgarden knowledge starts with the latter.
The Postal Service – “Clark Gable”
Just keeping the list updated. Sam, there is a discrepancy with your song. “Abe” is not in the title.
Again, anyone who has not yet submitted has until 11:59 pm Saturday.
- Weezer “Buddy Holly” (Paris)
- Charles Bronson “Phil Anselmo’s Pain Burns In The Heart Of My Little Brother” (Kevin)
- Piebald “Grace Kelly With Wings” (Jay)
- Interpol “Leif Erikson” (Ryan)
- Beastie Boys “Paul Revere” (Fagun)
- Band Of Horses “Detlef Schrempf” (Travis)
- Sufjan Stevens “John Wayne Gacy, Jr.” (Julia)
- Nirvana “Francis Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle” (Jeff)
- Manic Street Preachers “Kevin Carter” (Christina)
- Drive-by Truckers "The Night G.G. Allen Came To Town (Big Bill)
- Cake “Frank Sinatra” (Evan)
- Mogwai “I’m Jim Morrison, I’m Dead” (The Manc)
- Bikini Kill “Tony Randall” (Casie)
- Yo La Tengo “Tom Courtenay” (Maggie)
- X One Way X “Al Roker Is A Fucking Sell Out” (Hutch)
- The Kinks “David Watts” (Mandy)
- The Postal Service “Clark Gable” (Matthew)
I need help with the follow tracks:
- “Paul Revere”
- “Tony Randall”
- “Tom Courtenay”
Thanks in advance!
John said:Paris said:You didn’t really want Jesus involved anyway, did you?
If it involves listening to early Soundgarden, I’m down with Jesus!
In that case, how about “Ty Cobb”?
Well, nevermind, I guess that’s later Soundgarden.