Great Titles In Soul Music

[Simsy]

There's an R&B clip on here called 'I dig your wig'!

I always liked - 'I can't break the news to myself' ..

[Citizen P]

Here's a couple.

one's deffo not real but should be, the other

I'm not quite sure

"You Broke My Heart, So I busted your Jaw"

"Why can't you See I love You

(Coz it's sticking out a mile)"

Tony

[shute]

THE PEANUT DUCK - NOW WHERE DID THAT COME FROM, CRACKING TITLE

Edited September 3, 2007 by shute

[shute]

Thinking about c/w song titles, heres the top 55 :-

not that I'm ant sort of a collecter in this field

55 Country Western Song Titles

All-Time Best Country Song Titles

· Velcro Arms, Teflon Heart

· Mama Get The Hammer (There's A Fly On Papa's Head)

· She Got The Ring And I Got The Finger

· Guess My Eyes Were Bigger Than My Heart

· I May Be Used, But Baby I Ain't Used Up

· If You Can't Bite, Don't Growl

· She's Actin' Single I'm Drinkin' Doubles

· I Keep Forgettin' I Forgot About You

· If My Nose Were Full of Nickels, I'd Blow It All On You

· Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out When I'm Dead And Gone?

· She Walked Across My Heart Like It Was Texas

· If Love Were Oil, I'd Be A Quart Low

· Thanks To The Cathouse, I'm In The Doghouse With You

· They May Put Me In Prison, But They Can't Stop My Face From Breakin' Out

· If I Ain't Got It, You Don't Need It

· You're The Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly

· I Wanted You To Leave Until You Left Me

· Did I Shave my Legs for This?

· I'm The Only Hell Mama Ever Raised

· If You Don't Leave Me, I'll Find Someone Who Will

· Hold On To Your Men Cause She's Single Again

· She Got The Gold Mine And I Got The Shaft

· You're Going To Ruin My Bad Reputation

· You Done Tore Out My Heart And Stomped That Sucker Flat

· I Got Tears In My Ears From Lying On My Bed Crying On My Pillow Over You

· She Feels Like A New Man Tonight

· At the Gas Station of Love, I Got the Self Service Pump

· Get Your Tongue Out Of My Mouth, Because I'm Kissing You Goodbye

· She Made Toothpicks Out Of The Timber Of My Heart

· If Fingerprints Showed Up On Skin, Wonder Whose I'd Find On You

· When You Leave Walk Out Backwards, So I'll Think You're Walking In

· I Fell In A Pile Of You And Got Love All Over Me

· I Gave Her the Ring, and She Gave Me the Finger

· I Changed Her Oil, She Changed My Life

· Walk Out Backwards Slowly So I'll Think You're Walking In

· How Can You Believe Me When I Say I Love You, When You Know I've Been A Liar All My Life?

· My John Deere Was Breaking Your Field, While Your Dear John Was Breaking My Heart

· I've Got Hair Oil On My Ears And My Glasses Are Slipping Down, But Baby I Can See Through You

· You Were Only A Splinter As I Slid Down The Banister Of Life

· I've Been Flushed From The Bathroom Of Your Heart

· I Flushed You From The Toilets Of My Heart

· Get Your Biscuits In The Oven, And Your Buns In The Bed

· Your Negligee Has Turned To Flannel Nightgowns

· I Don't Know Whether To Kill Myself Or Go Bowling

· You're a Hard Dog To Keep Under The Porch

· My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend, And I Sure Do Miss Him

· If Whiskey Were A Woman, I'd Be Married For Sure

· Make Me Late For Work Today

· How Can I Miss You if You Won't Go Away?

· I Would Have Wrote You A Letter, But I Couldn't Spell Yuck!

· All I Want From You (Is Away)

· I'll Marry You Tomorrow, But Let's Honeymoon Tonight

· If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?

· Don't Believe My Heart Can Stand Another You

· How Come Your Dog Don't Bite Nobody But Me?

Edited September 3, 2007 by shute

[Soulfinger]

All these are great imho in spite of the odd titles

Come Back and Get Your Shoes Jody - Bobby Newsome

Atomic Dog - George Clinton

He Broke Your Game Wide Open - Frank Dell

She Caught the Katy - Albert King

Frog Stomp - Floyd Newman

Skinny Legs and All - Joe Tex

[Guest]

So how come, then, that in 30+ years of collecting Country Music (only the ill-informed call it ' C & W' BTW, there hasn't been much 'Western' in 'Country And Western' since the 1950s...) I've never come across 75 % of these 'Titles'?...

...Or do they exist only in your mind, Malc

Country is often pilloried by people who haven't ever listened to the best of it closely enough to have realised that the best of it is as good as (and often better than) anything that Soul has ever given us. The reality is that a song like "I Bought The Shoes (That Walked Out On Me)" is not genre-specific to country, while "Bloodshot Eyes" (note correct titling) was a far bigger R & B hit for Wynonie Harris than it was in what was then called 'Hillbilly' for its writer and original performer, Hank Penny.

Country songs have regularly been adapted for soul music, particularly during soul's golden era of the 1960s. Soul artists would not have recorded songs like "Life Turned Her That Way", "Help Me make It Through The Night" et al if they hadn't been good songs. For every great soul songwriter of the past 40 year, I could probably name you ten who have written in the country field. And none of them has ever written a song about farting....

...End of rant, I'm going to have a lie down.

I only wished I could be so creative ......

I took the titles from a list of titles - 265 to be exact - that came from a web site I found , called " Really Bad Country Song Titles " ....

The " I'd Rather Hear a Fat Girl Fart " song is number 84 on the list .....

Please accept my apologies for calling it C & W ......

Malc Burton

Edited September 4, 2007 by Malc Burton

[Guest Mark Holmes]

How about

Fat Man at the Gogo - Butch Baker

Dust My Broom - Ike & Tina Turner

Mark