Obscure music trivia question

Monday, May 08, 2006

Back in my pizza delivery days, I was a fan of Rosie Beaton's "Clever Request" on Triple J. They asked you to name a song that fulfilled their criteria, such as a song containing a dog bark or a reference to jaywalking, something like that. Call this effort a tribute to that. I stumbled into this bit of trivia while I was doing some downloading and listening in the past week and just had to share it with someone.

I've seen some interesting "top 5" or "top 10" lists; it seems to be a habit picked up by some reputable bloggers out there. I liked the Wireless Cranium discussion of Not Quite The Title Track, a list of "songs that mention the name of the album (or an approximation thereof) in the song, but go by another song name". I could add to that for ages, but my proposition is a little less common.

Three of the albums I've been listening to this week all happened to fit the criteria of this puzzle:

  • Motion City Soundtrack - I Am The Movie
  • Gomez - Bring It On
  • Beck - Midnite Vultures
  • If you want to try and think about it first, I'll write the answer in white below and you can highlight the text to view it. So, for zero dollars, what do these three albums have in common?
    Answer: They're albums that don't contain the album's own title track.

    Hint: If you want to try searching on the Internet for longer than 10 seconds, don't just type the album titles into google or you'll find out where I got it from!

    2 comments to this post

    Brad said...

    Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy also qualifies... but I had to cheat and see the answer, since I haven't listened to any of the three you mentioned.

    (Reputable? Bah! Join the top five craze Pat, it's tres fun.)

    Monday, May 08, 2006 10:12:00 PM  
    Pat said...

    Foo Fighters' The Colour And The Shape is one a lot of people might have heard.

    Tuesday, May 09, 2006 10:31:00 AM  

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