Songs With Parentheses

[seffe]

Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics (Have taken over the asylum)

[rotator]

This rare little ditty is my submission:

[b]"(The Angels Keep Turning) The Wheels Of The Universe" -Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

[i_like_lectric_motors]

Sex (I'm A ...) - Berlin

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Results:
Too much damage done. Go away. [78%] 63 votes
Yah! Kimiiii is back! Hip hip hooray! [22%] 18 votes

[waldnorm]

Beethoven (I Love To Listen To)--Eurythmics
Sexcrime (1984)--Eurythmics
(She's) Sexy & 17--Stray Cats
Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)--Kate Bush

[hexicon]

(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes, Elvis Costello
Chicago Boxcar (Boston Back), Fabulous Poodles

[richy]

[:0]
Here's my contribution:
"(I Love the Sound of) Breaking Glass" by Nick Lowe; and here's a band with one in their name:

(We've Got A)...Fuzzbox...(And We're Gonna Use It)[:p]

Their 1st lp "Bostin' Steve Austin" is terrific and these Scottish gals were totally wacko on WNYU radio, where I think I still have the tape somewhere in the apt...[;)]

[glokstadt]

[quote][i]Originally posted by rotator[/i]
<br>This rare little ditty is my submission:

[b]"(The Angels Keep Turning) The Wheels Of The Universe" -Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
[/quote]

Hey, no fair [:(], I was going to post in my OMD post this great B-Side! [:p]


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[glokstadt]

Getting around to some more gems:

Bill Nelson - Glass Fish (For The Final Aquarium)
Bill Nelson's Red Noise - Don't Touch Me (I'm Electric)
Blondie - (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear
Blondie - Bermuda Triangle Blues (Flight 45)
Book Of Love - Modigliani (Lost In Your Eyes)
Book Of Love - Witchcraft (Enchantra Chanting)
Camouflage - Close (We Stroke The Flames)
Culture Club - Time (Clock Of The Heart)
Depeche Mode - Oberkorn (It's A Small Town)
Devo - Jocko Homo [Are We Not Men (We Are Devo)] - Does this count?
The Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Fehlfarben - (Ein Jahr) Es geht voran
Gang Of Four - (Capital) It Fails Us Now!
Greg Kihn Band - The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)
Haircut 100 - Kingsize (You're My Little Steam Whistle)
Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang (B.E.F.)
Joan Armatrading - (I Love It When You) Call Me Names
Lene Lovich - It's You, Only You (Mein Schmerz)
Love And Rockets - Haunted (When The Minutes Drag)
Madness - (Waiting For The) Ghost Train
Oingo Boingo - Wild Sex (In the Working Class)
Pete Shelley - If You Ask Me (I Won't Say No)
Pete Shelly - (Millions of People) No One Like You
Power Station (or T. Rex) - Bang A Gong (Get It On)
Q-Feel - Dancing In Heaven (Orbital Bebop)
Secret Affair - I'm Not Free (But I'm Cheap)
Secret Affair - Lost In The Night (Mack The Knife)
Simple Minds - Carnival (Shelter In A Suitcase)
Simple Minds - Citizen (Dance Of Youth)
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream ('81, '82, '83, '84)
Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)
Sparks - When I Kiss You (I Hear Charlie Parker Playin')
Squeeze - Pulling Muscles (From A Shell)
The Talking Heads - Home (This Must Be The Place)
The Talking Heads - Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
Tell-Tale Hearts - (You're A) Dirty Liar
The Bollock Brothers - (Harley David) Son Of A Bitch
The Boomtown Rats - Sleep (Fingers Lullaby)
The Boomtown Rats - Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero)
The Boomtown Rats - (I Never Loved) Eva Braun
The Boomtown Rats - I Can Make It (If You Can)
The Boomtown Rats - (She's Gonna) Do You In
The Boomtown Rats - (Watch Out For) The Normal People
The Clash - Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice)
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
The Clash - All the Young Punks (New Boots and Contracts)
The Dream Academy - (Johnny) New Light
The English Beat - French Toast (Soleil Trop Chaud)
The Feelies - Everbody's Got Something To Hide (Except Me And My Monkey)
The Feelies - Slipping (Into Something)
The Flirts - Helpless (You Took My Love)
The Flirts - Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)
The Flying Lizards - Money (That's What I Want)
The Flys - Got You (Where I Want You)
The Jam - The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow) [First Version]
The Jam - The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)
The Jam - To Be Someone (Didn't We Have a Nice Time)
The Jam - (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave
The Police - Hungry for You (J'Aurais Toujours Faim de Toil)
The Police - One World (Not Three)
The Sex Pistols - (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone
The Specials - (Dawning Of A) New Era
The Tubes - Love's a Mystery (I Don't Understand)
The Undertones - You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It)
The Untouchables - I Spy (For The FBI)
The Zeros - They Say That (Everything's Alright)
XTC - Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)
XTC - Paper And Iron (Notes And Coins)
XTC - All Of A Sudden (It's Too Late)
XTC - Meccanik Dancing (Oh We Go!)
XTC - Reign Of Blows (Vote No Violence!)


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[Rubbeet921]

glokstadt, can I please borrow 1/4 of what you posted and put my name on it? I just really really need to participate in this game too. I love parentheses, ya know![:D]

[KYYX4ever]

Alien Sex Fiend - E.S.T. (Trip to the Moon)
Howard Devoto - Some Will Pay (For What Others Pay to Avoid)
A Flock of Seagulls - Lost Control (Totally)
Police - One World (not Three)
Duran Duran - (Reach Up For the) Sunrise
Duran Duran - Come Up and See me (Make Me Smile)
Duran Duran - Vertigo (Do the Demolition)
David Bowie - Cat People (Putting Out the Fire)
David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
Devo - Gut Feeling (Slap Your Mammy)
Vital Sines - Trading In (Guilt)

....also, those 4AD artists, particularly Dead Can Dance, frequently used parentheses. Too many to list here. ("De Profundis (Out of the Depths of Sorrow")

[Ollie Stench]

[quote][i]Originally posted by hubcity[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by Ollie Stench[/i]
<br>I actually wrote a song specifically so I could have not only parenthases but brackets as well:

Ain't Got Time (For Your Bullsh*t [Baby])

No one really got the humor in that aside from myself.
[/quote]

So what you're saying is you want to take the value of the Baby element of the t array, multiply it by "For Your Bullsh", and then run the Ain't Got Time function with that product as its parameter.

Do I win?

[/quote]

EXACTLY! Math is so funny.

[knightoboingo]

[quote][i]Originally posted by hutter[/i]
<br>(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena - Sandra

Did you know that song went straight up to #1 on the Peruvian top charts? LOL. That song was just huge in Peru back in 1985 or 86...

Here's another song for the discussion:

(We Don't Need) This Facist Groove Thang- Heaven 17

[Rubbeet921]

Ok, here's the chosen 10 from my collection:

The Undertones - (She's A) Runaround
The Vibrators - Judy says (Knock you in the Head)
The Vandals - Anarchy Burger (Hold the Government)
The Saints - (I'm) Misunderstood
The Rezillos - (My Baby does) Good Sculptures
The Dickies - Rondo in a Major (Midget's Revenge)
Stiff Little Fingers - Baby Blue (What Have They Been Telling You)
Richard Hell & the Voidoids - Who Says? (It's Good to be Alive)
Husker Du - She's A Woman (And Now He is A Man)
Gang of Four - Capital (It Fails Us Now)

[BigBri]

Scritti Politti - [i]Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)[/i]

Scritti Politti - [i]Oh Patti (Don't Feel Sorry for Loverboy)[/i]

The Specials - [i]Enjoy Yourself (It's Later than You Think)[/i]

[darwinsky]

Is that:

(I Just Died) In Your Arms Tonight

or

I Just Died (In Your Arms Tonight) ?

Whichever, although many will disagree that Cutting Crew was new wave.



dar