Thursday, September 21, 2006

Artist/Song Same Name

Dad likes to make musical lists, like songs that mention Bob Dylan or songs remade by someone and the remake does better than the original (this happened a lot in the 50s, when white groups covered songs by black artists). I suggested that Dad do a list of songs whose artist is the same as the title. The only I knew was Big Country's "Big Country". Dad and Jessie came up with more. Here's our list:

  • Big Country's "Big Country"
  • They Might Be Giants' "They Might Be Giants", on Flood
  • Yellow Balloon's "Yellow Balloon"


A close contender: The Chairmen of the Board sang "Chairman of the Board".

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Dood. You forgot NKOTB! 30-second sample here. Priceless. Lyrics here.