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Band Name Origins:
- One need look no further than the classic rockumentary, "The Last Waltz", where Richard Manuel shared the birth of the group's name. They actually pondered "The Crackers" as a choice! But they had been Bob Dylan's backup band and just went with "The Band." Submitted by: DN
- They could think of nothing better to call themselves. Submitted by: Aaerni
Stupid Band Names:
- Yes, we are completely aware that you are a band, now please come up with a less generic sounding thing to call yourselves! Submitted by: GlamRockNinjaLord
- There are TONS of other bands, than this one. Submitted by: Mr. Critic
- Come on, this is the most cocky, self-indulged name of all. I mean, it's like they're saying, "we're so great, we're not just A band, we're THE Band." Submitted by: Sondra
- Just think about it. We know they are a band but they should come up with a more creative name. Submitted by: Daniel L
Better Off Solo?:
Name | New Career | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Robbie Robertson" | "After the breakup of The Band, Robertson worked as a film composer for Martin Scorsese before releasing his debut solo album in 1987. He had many popular solo hits in Canada, but oddly enough his big international hit 'Somewhere Down the Crazy River' was not a Top 40 hit in Canada" | - whistledog |
Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics:
Song Name | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "The Weight" | Should be called 'The Load' since that's used rather than 'The Weight'. - Paul Warren |
New Song Names:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "The Night They Drove To Disneyland" | "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" | D. Melody Dole, MD |
| "Stooge Fright" | "Stage Fright" | Regina Haniger |
| "The Wait" | "The Weight" | D. Melody Dole, MD |
| "Up On Triple Creek" | "Up On Cripple Creek" | Lydia Idyl |
| "The Night They Rode Old Cali Down" | "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" | oldsongs |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | |
| "Where Are You Now?," Jimmy Harnen w/ Synch | "Up On Cripple Creek," The Band | |
| "Dixie Highway," Alan Jackson | "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," The Band | |
| "Wish You Were Here," Pink Floyd | "Across the Great Divide," The Band | |
| "Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl?," The Barbarians | "It Makes No Difference," The Band | |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"Chest Ever" originally "Chest Fever"
Like do you ever seen people's chest, ever?
Peter
"Chet Fever" originally "Chest Fever"
That disease where Chet was Patient Zero?
Peter
"Stage Right" originally "Stage Fright"
Where a certain Hanna-Barbera character exits!
Serafina
"Stage Fight" originally "Stage Fright"
Wendy Torrance
"Stag Fright" originally "Stage Fright"
Wendy Torrance
There are additional song titles with a letter removed available.
Add a Letter to a Song Title:
"Stager Fright" originally "Stage Fright"
Candy Welty
"Stage Freight" originally "Stage Fright"
Candy Welty
"Staged Fright" originally "Stage Fright"
Candy Welty
"Wit Makes No Difference" originally "It Makes No Difference"
Sutch
"Cup On Cripple Creek" originally "Up On Cripple Creek"
Millie Henry
There are additional song titles with a letter added available.
Change a Letter:
"Stale Fright" originally "Stage Fright"
Candy Welty
"Stage Bright" originally "Stage Fright"
Candy Welty
"Stage Flight" originally "Stage Fright"
Candy Welty
"State Fright" originally "Stage Fright"
Candy Welty
"Stake Fright" originally "Stage Fright"
Candy Welty
There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.
Song Parody Lyrics:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "The Weight" | "The F-Bomb" | Callmelennie |
| "Up on Cripple Creek" | "Drunkard’s Tipplin’ Streak" | John A. Barry |
| "Life is a Carnival" | "Life as a Globalist" | Arch Vile |
| "Hey Kids" | "Hunt Me" | Pauly Gerard |
| "I Shall Be Released" | "I Am in Concrete" | the_conqueror_of_parodies |
| "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" | "The Guy’s Reborn, Snoring This Round" | John A. Barry |
| "The Weight" | "Debate?!" | John A. Barry |
| "The Weight" | "The Waist" | Leough |
| "Up On Cripple Creek" | "Yup, My Driblle Leaks" | Timmy1000 |
| "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" | "The Night they Drove a Black Man Down" | CryHavoc |
There are additional song parodies available. | ||
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| It Makes No Difference | Suicide Prevention Hotline | dee32 |
| The Shape I'm In | Any gym, health club, or sports center | Chowder |
| The Weight | National Association of Chiropractors | Charlie Decker |
Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| My Name Is Eminem | Ophelia The Band | My Name Is Ophelia | Cassandra |
| The Shape I'm In The Band | Physical Olivia Newton-John | The Physical Shape I'm In | Chowder |
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:
The The The Band
The The combined with The Band
People who always hesitate and always forget the names of bands will finally be exactly right!
Submitted By: David R
Contra, The Band
Contraband combined with The Band
Submitted By: Joe
The Music-Making Band
The Music Makers combined with The Band
Well, isn't that what most bands do?
Submitted By: Candy Welty
The Bonnie Guitar Band
The Band combined with Bonnie Guitar
Submitted By: Gretchen Wieners
Misheard Lyrics:
"The Weight"
Misheard Lyrics: Take my robe off, Annie
Original Lyrics: Take a load off, Fanny
| "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
Misheard Lyrics: The night they drove to Disneyland
or The night they drove to Disney World Original Lyrics: The night they drove old Dixie down
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"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
Misheard Lyrics: Till so much cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
Original Lyrics: Till Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
| "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
Misheard Lyrics: I took the train to Richmond that fell
Original Lyrics: By May the 10th, Richmond had fell
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| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Stories:
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"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
Misheard Lyrics: I took the train to Richmond that fell
Original Lyrics: By May the 10th, Richmond had fell
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Franacine Geraci Baez's misreading of this and a few other lines in this song has long grated on my ear. |
| There are additional misheard stories available. | |
Nonsensical Song Lyrics:
"Up On Cripple Creek"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: When I get off of this mountain, you know where I want to go?
Straight down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico To Lake Charles, Louisiana, little Bessie, girl that I once knew She told me just to come on by if there's anything that she could do Why They're Nonsensical: The city of Lake Charles, Louisiana, is not on the Gulf of Mexico. It is about 30 miles inland. It is also not on the Mississippi River.
Submitted by: Candy Welty
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Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:
"Up On Cripple Creek"
The Lyrics: Now me and my mate were back at the shack,
we had Spike Jones on the box She said, 'I can't take the way he sings, but I love to hear him talk' Who They Mention: Spike Jones
Submitted by: Bill
| "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
The Lyrics: Virgil, quick, come see
There goes Robert E Lee Who They Mention: Robert E Lee
Submitted by: oldsongs
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Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"Long Distance Operator"
Opening Lines: Long distance operator, place this call, it's not for fun
Comments: Submitted by: Joe Pearson
| "Ain't No More Cane"
Opening Lines: Ain't no more cane on the Brazos
Comments: Submitted by: Joe Pearson
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| There are additional spelling lyrics available. | |
Song Title Space Change:
"Upon Cripple Creek" originally "Up On Cripple Creek"
Submitted by: Lydia Idyl
Band Name Anagrams:
And Beth Submitted by: Albert
End Bath Submitted by: Sam Bucus the elder
Bet Hand Submitted by: Annemarie
Beth And Submitted by: Candy Welty
Beth and who else?
Song Title Anagrams:
"Hopi Ale" originally "Ophelia"
Do the Hopi brew any ale?
Submitted by: Jill Conrad
"Fight Stager" originally "Stage Fright"
Submitted by: Pam Tabor
"Ail, Hope" originally "Ophelia"
Why would anyone tell hope to ail?
Submitted by: Dorothy Jansen
"Hilo Pea" originally "Ophelia"
A pea from Hilo, Hawaii?
Submitted by: Dorothy Jansen
"Hilo Ape" originally "Ophelia"
As in Hilo, Hawaii. (No apes are native there.)
Submitted by: Dorothy Jansen
There are additional Song Title Anagrams available.
Real Places Mentioned in Songs:
"Up On Cripple Creek"
The Lyrics: When I get off of this mountain, you know where I want to go?
Straight down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico To Lake Charles, Louisiana, little Bessie, girl that I once knew She told me just to come on by if there's anything that she could do Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me Why: Cripple Creek, Colorado; Mississippi River; Gulf of Mexico; Lake Charles, Louisiana
Submitted by: Yvette Bristle
| "Up on Cripple Creek"
The Lyrics: When I get off of this mountain, you know where I want to go? Straight down the Mississippi river, to the Gulf of Mexico. To Lake Charles, Louisiana, little Bessie, girl that I once knew.
Why: Lake Charles sits along Interstate 10 and is approximately halfway between Houston and Baton Rouge. It is home to casinos and many industrial plants. Incidentally, other lyrics in the song mention betting on horses; Delta Downs racetrack is in the town of Vinton, just about 25 miles west of Lake Charles along I-10. (The racetrack didn't exist when the song was written.) The actual Cripple Creek is in Colorado; the song completely misplaces it. (Lyrics copied from Wikipedia's entry on Lake Charles.)
Submitted by: Martha Hankins
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Song Title Acrostics:
AD: "Acadian Driftwood"
Submitted by: Sutch
US: "Unfaithful Servant"
Submitted by: Candy Welty
Song Title Spoonerisms:
"Cup On Ripple Creek" originally "Up On Cripple Creek"
Submitted by: Eva Cave
"Cup On Ripple Creek" originally "Up On Cripple Creek"
Submitted by: Eva Cave
"Fest Chever" originally "Chest Fever"
Submitted by: Peter
Upbeat Songs With Depressing Lyrics:
"The Weight"
The Lyrics: Take a load off, Fanny.
Take a load for free. Take a load off, Fanny. And...you put the load right on me. Why: This guy is basically getting taken advantage of left and right. Sure, this may be a story that actually happened, but this guy gets overburdened by everyone!
Submitted by: Paul Warren
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Names as a Word Bank:
Dan had a band that had a bad debt. Submitted by: Candy Welty
Dean heated the tan bed, Ben. Submitted by: Candy Welty
Beth handed Dan a dented bead. Submitted by: Candy Welty
Dan and Ben heat Beth And Deb. Submitted by: Candy Welty
Bad Ben bathed beneath Beth. Submitted by: Candy Welty
There are additional Names as a Word Bank available.
Lyrics Spoonerisms:
"The Weight"
The Lyrics: Take a load off, Annie
And you put the load right on me Why: Lake a toad off, Annie
And moo put the road light on ye Submitted by: Raphael
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