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Stupid Band Names:
- Most people who hear this name but haven't seen it in print will think there is an ampersand or the word "and" instead of a plus sign. The plus sign in this name stands for "and." Submitted by: Candy Welty
Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics:
Song Name | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Silent Running" | Can you hear me? Can you hear me running? Can you hear me running? Can you hear me calling you? - Brian Kelly |
New Band Names:
New Name | Why It's Better | Submitter Name |
| Mike & The Mechanics | So that it'll be read as Mike AND the Mechanics | Cassandra |
New Song Names:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "The Living Beers" | "The Living Years" | Toni Minot |
| "The Living Steers" | "The Living Years" | Toni Minot |
| "The Living Deers" | "The Living Years" | Toni Minot |
| "The Living Jeers" | "The Living Years" | Toni Minot |
| "The Living Piers" | "The Living Years" | Toni Minot |
There are additional new song names available. | ||
Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "Silent Running," | Everyone makes a noise when running. | Opie M. |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | |
| "So Whatcha Want?," Beastie Boys | "All I Need Is A Miracle," Mike + The Mechanics | |
| "What You Need," INXS | "All I Need Is A Miracle," Mike + The Mechanics | |
| "The Living Years," Mike + The Mechanics | "All Those Years Ago," George Harrison | |
| "All I Need Is A Miracle," Mike + The Mechanics | "Miracle Of Love," Eileen Rodgers | |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"The Living Ears" originally "The Living Years"
Hayley Spalding
Change a Letter:
"The Liking Years" originally "The Living Years"
Cheryl Jordan
"The Living Gears" originally "The Living Years"
Cheryl Jordan
"The Living Lears" originally "The Living Years"
Descendants of King Lear?
Cheryl Jordan
"The Living Pears" originally "The Living Years"
Melanie Bianca Green
"The Living Rears" originally "The Living Years"
Melanie Bianca Green
There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.
Song Parody Lyrics:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "The Living Years" | "These Virus Fears" | Mike Range |
| "All I Need is a Miracle" | "Trump Needed a Miracle" | Robert D. Arndt Jr. |
| "Over My Shoulder" | "Turd On My Shoulder" | Jakko Wakko |
| "Silent Running" | "Acne Treating" | Parker Gabriel |
Songs for Commercials, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Another Cup Of Coffee | Ster Century Senior Screen | pickle* |
| All I Need Is A Miracle | Lottery | Josh |
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| The Living Years | Funeral Home | Liz |
| The Living Years | Suicide Hotline | tja2729 |
| Now That You've Gone | Roine Stolt of the Flower Kings' answering machine | pickle* |
| Perfect Child | Brad Pitt's Answering Machine | pickle* |
| Silent Running | Hearing Aid Manufacturer | Martha Irvin |
Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Cool Gwen Stefani | Silent Running Mike + The Mechanics | Silent Cool Runnings Gwen makes out with the Jamaican bobsled team. | Stu L. Pigeon |
| The Sound Of Silence Simon And Garfunkel | Silent Running Mike + The Mechanics | The Sound Of Silent Running | Martha Irvin |
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:
Mike & The Diesel Mechanics
Mike & The Mechanics combined with Diesel
Submitted By: Candy Welty
Mike & The Car Mechanics
Mike & The Mechanics combined with The Cars
Submitted By: Candy Welty
Mike & The Manics
Mike & The Mechanics combined with Manic Street Preachers
If you tolerate this, then a Genesis reunion will be next.
Submitted By: neptunevsmars
Mike + The Mechanics' Fixx
Mike + The Mechanics combined with The Fixx
Submitted By: Joe Momma
Misheard Lyrics:
"Word of Mouth"
Misheard Lyrics: There's a Roomba on the corner
Original Lyrics: There's a rumour on the corner
| "A Beggar on a Beach of Gold"
Misheard Lyrics: Fear the enemy
Original Lyrics: Filled with envy
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"Now That You've Gone"
Misheard Lyrics: Darkness no one understands
Original Lyrics: Darkness slowly descends
| "The Living Years"
Misheard Lyrics: Say it high
Original Lyrics: Say it loud
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| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Stories:
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"Silent Running"
Misheard Lyrics: Take those Trojans and yourself
And hide them in the cellar (later) Use it only in urgency or Use it only at the Virgin Sea Better you should play with dogs Original Lyrics: Take the children and yourself
And hide out in the cellar (later) Use it only in emergency Better you should pray to God |
Story about this misheard lyric by: Cody Finke I thought it could have been about condoms and dogs. |
| There are additional misheard stories available. | |
Song Parody Fragments:
"All I Need is a Miracle"
Better Lyrics:
Trump- he needed a miracle, got 292
Trump- he needed a miracle, flipped states Red from Blue
Trump- he needed a miracle, there's so much to do...
Trump- he needed a miracle, flipped states Red from Blue
Trump- he needed a miracle, there's so much to do...
Original Lyrics:
All I need is a miracle, all I need is you
All I need is a miracle, all I need is you
All I need is a miracle, all I need is you
All I need is a miracle, all I need is you
All I need is a miracle, all I need is you
Submitted by: Robert D. Arndt Jr.
"The Living Years"
Better Lyrics:
John Farnham has been shot
For singing for too long
John Mayer's a drug dealer
To the infamous Kate Moss
For singing for too long
John Mayer's a drug dealer
To the infamous Kate Moss
Original Lyrics:
So we open up a quarrel
Between the present and the past
We only sacrifice the future
It’s the bitterness that lasts
Between the present and the past
We only sacrifice the future
It’s the bitterness that lasts
Submitted by: Anna
"Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)"
Better Lyrics:
Steady you should crazy (ci)gar
The father in hysterics
or
The father and the starrots
The father in hysterics
or
The father and the starrots
Original Lyrics:
Better you should pray to God
The father and the spirit
The father and the spirit
Submitted by: Mike Hack
Insincere Song Lyrics:
"All I Need Is A Miracle"
The Insincere Lyrics: Though I treated you like a child
I'm gonna love you for the rest of my life All I need is a miracle, all I need is you Why They're Insincere: First you admit treating her like a little girl, then you say if she comes back to you you will love her from then on. Why didn't you truly love her and accept her as an adult the first time around? You tell her you need her now. You think she's going to buy that? You think she'll come back for more abuse and crap?
Submitted by: Get 86'ed
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How to Pronounce a Band Name:
"Mike and the Ma-KAN-iks
Even though the name contains a plus sign, they say "and". Many people who hear the name before first seeing it in print are bound to assume there's an ampersand or the word "and" and not a plus sign.
Submitted by: Dyan Cannonball
Song Title Anagrams:
"Lillie Made Canaries" originally "All I Need Is A Miracle"
As paper crafts
Submitted by: Anna Graham
"Ariane Claimed I Sell" originally "All I Need Is A Miracle"
sell what?
Submitted by: Anna Graham
"Allies Led In America" originally "All I Need Is A Miracle"
Submitted by: Anna Graham
"All I Need Is A Car Mile" originally "All I Need Is A Miracle"
Solution: drive your car for 1 mile!
Submitted by: Anna Graham
"All I Need Is Clear Aim" originally "All I Need Is A Miracle"
Submitted by: Anna Graham
There are additional Song Title Anagrams available.
Upbeat Songs With Depressing Lyrics:
"The Living Years"
The Lyrics: I wasn't there that morning when my father passed away
I didn't get to tell him all the things I had to say I think I caught his spirit, later that same year I'm sure I heard his echo in my baby's newborn tears Why: This version of the song was initially promoted to give the impression about the disagreements between Mike Rutherford and his father, who had recently died. In an interview with Rutherford, he said:
"The lyrics were written by BA [Robertson] and the song is about something he went through. He lost his Dad and it's about the lack of communication between him and his father before he died. There's also the irony of him having a baby just after losing his father." Source: Wikipedia.org Submitted by: Isac
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Products Bands Should Endorse Based on Their Name:
AutoZone
Submitted by: Future Backer
