Fun Music Information -> Yeah Yeah Yeahs

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Band Name Origins:

Contrary to overspeculative hipsters, Karen O says that it's just a common New Yorker phrase, as in "whatever/ok". Submitted by: Wookie

Stupid Band Names:

Does anyone seriously think this name is not stupid!? Don't even get me started in explaining!! Submitted by: hekifier

New Band Names:

New Name	Why It's Better	Submitter Name
Nay Nay Nays	'Nay' is the opposite of 'yeah'.	Rock Maninoff

New Song Names:

Original Song Name	New Song Name	Submitter Name
"Fly Control"	"Y Control"	Beef Wang, BobyBird's Trusty Boxer Dog! :0P

Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:

Song & Band Name	Song & Band Name
"Man," Yeah Yeah Yeahs	"Woman," John Lennon

Change a Letter:

"Herds Will Roll" originally "Heads Will Roll"

Rose Cathcart

Song Parody Lyrics:

Original Song Name	Parody Song Name	Parody Author
"Burning"	"Lyle"	Duc4AmIRight
"Maps"	"Scraps"	the_conqueror_of_parodies
"Maps"	"Laps"	Porfle Popnecker
"Gold Lion"	"Cold Iron"	the_conqueror_of_parodies
"Gold Lion"	"Gold Coast"	Fack Sabbath
"Gold Lion"	"Godfather"	Matthias

Songs for Commercials, That Haven't Been Done Yet:

Song Name	Product	Submittor
Y Control	Anarchists	meggo
Pin	Voodoo Dolls	Beef Wang, BobyBird's Trusty Boxer Dog!
Maps	A-Z Road Map	Boby MFn Bird

Bad Choices for On Hold Music:

Song Name	Company/Organization	Submittor
Date With The Night	Vampire Singles Agency	BobyBird 7:18

Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:

First Band/Song Name	Second Band/Song Name	New Song Name	Submittor
Just Lose It Eminem	Y Control Yeah Yeah Yeahs	Just Lose Y Control	Beef Wang, bobyBird's Trusty Boxer Dog!
Dirty Diana Michael Jackson	Black Tongue Yeah Yeah Yeahs	Dirty Diana's Black Tongue Man, that chick needs mouthwash. Or toilet paper. Or to see a doctor...	BobyBird 7:18
Yeah! New York Yeah Yeah Yeahs	Love On The Rocks With No Ice The Darkness	Yeah! Love On The Rocks With No Ice in New York Wouldn't Central Park be a better venue for this? :^?	BobyBird 7:18
Date With The Night Yeah Yeah Yeahs	American Psycho D-12	Date With The American Psycho	BobyBird

If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:

Clap Your Hands, Say Yeah Yeah Yeah

Clap Your Hands, Say Yeah combined with Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Oh, yeah!

Submitted By: ihavenothingbettertodowithmylife

The The The Yeah Yeah Yeah's

The The combined with The Yeah Yeah Yeah's

Submitted By: phamilto

The Yeah Yeah Yaz

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs combined with Yaz

pronounced the same way as the first band name

Submitted By: nally

Misheard Lyrics:

"Heads Will Roll" Misheard Lyrics: Hetero Original Lyrics: Heads will roll	"Maps" Misheard Lyrics: They don't know me like I love you Original Lyrics: They don't like you when I love you
"Way Out" Misheard Lyrics: The ship is running Original Lyrics: The s**t is running	"Maps" Misheard Lyrics: They don't love me like I love you Original Lyrics: They don't love you like I love you
There are additional misheard lyrics available.

Misheard Lyrics Stories:

"Heads Will Roll"

Misheard Lyrics:

Hetero

Original Lyrics:

Heads will roll

Story about this misheard lyric by: Elliott

I was playing the original song on YouTube as it was re-recorded by Scarlett Johansson for the soundtrack of the movie "Sing 2," and I noticed comments saying it sounded like "hetero"

There are additional misheard stories available.

Repetitive Song Lyrics:

"Tick, Tick" The Repetitive Lyrics: Tick, Tick, Tick, Tick, Tick, Tick (x100) Why They're Repetitive: That's pretty much the whole song, but I love it anyways. Pretty much like the rest of the cd, lines are repeated, but the way she sings it, it's so awsome. Submitted by: BlackTatsu	"Maps" The Repetitive Lyrics: Wait, they dont love you like I love you Why They're Repetitive: This is pretty much the lyrics to half of the song. We get the freakin' point already Submitted by: bridget
There are additional repetitive lyrics available.