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Band Name Origins:

  • The name is taken from the Screamin' Jay Hawkins song "Yellow Coat", which contains the line "50 million bulldogs, 20 mountain goats, all gathered 'round at sundown to see my yellow coat." Submitted by: Robert D. Arndt Jr.

Add a Letter to a Song Title:

"Now Children" originally "No Children"
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"Not Children" originally "No Children"
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"Nod Children" originally "No Children"
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Change a Letter:

"So Children" originally "No Children"
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"Go Children" originally "No Children"
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"To Children" originally "No Children"
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Song Parody Lyrics:

Original Song Name
Parody Song Name
Parody Author
"This Year""This Beer"the_conqueror_of_parodies
"No Children""No TV Show"T.N. Bartovski

Bad Choices for On Hold Music:

Song Name
Company/Organization
Submittor
No ChildrenMissing Children HotlineAbby

If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:

Neutral Mountain Goats' Milk Hotel
Neutral Milk Hotel combined with Mountain Goats
Submitted By: Gretchen Wieners
The Mountain Billy Goats' Talent
The Mountain Goats combined with Billy Talent
Good to know they have talent
Submitted By: Gretchen Wieners
The Mountain Billy Goats' Idol
The Mountain Goats combined with Billy Idol
Submitted By: Gretchen Wieners
The Mountain Billy Goats' Fury
The Mountain Goats combined with Billy Fury
Submitted By: Gretchen Wieners

There are additional Mountain Goats Combined Groups that haven't been done yet available.

Misheard Lyrics:

"Lakeside View Apartments Suite"
Misheard Lyrics:
You can't fudge us, you've got the fudge
Original Lyrics:
You can't judge us, you're not the judge
"You Or Your Memory"
Misheard Lyrics:
You or your membrane
Original Lyrics:
And you
Or your memory
"Broom People"
Misheard Lyrics:
I am a battling prawn.
Original Lyrics:
I am a babbling brook.
"Alpha Sun Hat"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'd like to give in to your oval-red voice.
or
I'd like to give in to your ovary voice.
Original Lyrics:
I'd like to give in to your oboe reed voice.
There are additional misheard lyrics available.

Song Title Anagrams:

"Loch Dinner" originally "No Children"
Submitted by: Melanie

Upbeat Songs With Depressing Lyrics:

"No Children"
The Lyrics:
I hope that our few remaining friends Give up on trying to save us I hope we come up with a failsafe plot To piss off the dumb few that forgave us I hope the fences we mended Fall down beneath their own weight And I hope we hang on past the last exit I hope it's already too late And I hope the junkyard a few blocks from here Someday burns down And I hope the rising black smoke carries me far away And I never come back to this town Again in my life I hope I lie And tell everyone you were a good wife And I hope you die I hope we both die I hope I cut myself shaving tomorrow I hope it bleeds all day long Our friends say it's darkest before the sun rises We're pretty sure they're all wrong I hope it stays dark forever I hope the worst isn't over And I hope you blink before I do Yeah I hope I never get sober And I hope when you think of me years down the line You can't find one good thing to say And I'd hope that if I found the strength to walk out You'd stay the hell out of my way I am drowning There is no sign of land You are coming down with me Hand in unlovable hand And I hope you die I hope we both die
Why:
If you didn't pay close attention, you'd swear that this was a happy, jaunty, upbeat folk tune. It's pretty up tempo, in a major key, and the guitar part is very feel-good. The chorus is catchy, and you find yourself tapping your toe to it.... but it has, hands down, the *most* depressing lyrics I've ever heard. (& I'm sort of obsessed with finding songs with depressing lyrics. So trust me.) -- You have to hear this one. Go take a listen!
Submitted by: Liz
 

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