Music

The Weekly Music Thread Is Called WHAT!?

Let’s discuss any and all music here. Got a new artist who’s rocking your boat that you want to talk about? Post a video! Found out about that unearthed Coltrane album that has the jazz freak in you losing your mind? Lay it out for us! Have a theory about what your favorite band might do for their next album? Let’s hear it! Anything and everything music-related goes here.

This week’s discussion prompt: Songs where the titles “don’t match” the song

To give one famous example, “Baba O’Riley” by The Who is often referred to by casual music fans as “Teenage Wasteland”. In all fairness though, it’s not hard to understand why some folks would make this mistake, as the words “Baba O’Riley” appear nowhere in the song but the words “teenage wasteland” are repeated numerous times.

Whether it was intentional or accidental, kudos to the YouTuber who uploaded this song under the wrong name 14 years ago and to date has now accumulated over 2.1 million views – either by people who thought “Teenage Wasteland” was the name of the song, or by people who clicked on it figuring it would be “Baba O’Riley”.

As always, any and all music-related posts are welcome. Have fun, and rock out with yr guac out!