- must be a song title (or band name, or album name); may include surrounding lyrics
- must be a way to die -in your home- (So "in the jungle / the mighty jungle / the lion sleeps tonight" does't count)
- must be a primary, not secondary, cause of death (so no "slipped while putting on Blue Suede Shoes"-- rule can be broken if justification is funny enough).
- Zombie
- (if diabetic) Pour some sugar on me
- Take my breath away
- Maneater
- (bitten by) Karma chameleon
- You dropped a bomb on me
- I'm too sexy (for my pulse)
- Be still my beating heart
- Winona's Big Brown Beaver
- She's a maniac!
- Smoke gets in your eyes
- Jump
- Love bites
- Tainted love ("if only there was a song called 'tainted meat'")
- Hunka hunka burnin' love
- Sabotage
- Barracuda
- Magic Man
- That old black magic
- Love will tear us apart (again)
- I've got my love to keep me warm (ineffective!)
- Worldwide suicide
- The macarena
- The... Larch
- Rock lobster
- The boxer (picture "Pulp Fiction")
- Peace train
- Lightning striking again
- Criminal (Fiona Apple)
- Killing me softly with his song
- Crash (Dave Matthews)
- Walking on broken glass
- Fast car
- That girl is poison
- Cats in the cradle (they kill babies)
- Everybody was Kung Fu fighting
- Pachebel's Canon
- Rock me (as in Biblical stoning; let he who has no sin cast the first power chord)
- Rock me, Amadeus
- Go, Go Godzilla
- Great Balls of Fire
- Millions of peaches
- Ice, Ice, baby.
- The tide is high
- Chariots of fire
- Heat Wave
- Rapture
- He gives me fever
- Cat scratch fever
- Saturday Nigh Fever
- Heart of glass
- Achey breaky heart
- Lump (think: oncology)
- Groove is in the heart (how tragic... they say it's hereditary)
- Walking on sunshine
- Walking on a thin line
- Hangin' 'round
- He ain't heavy, he's my brother "Oh, wait-- he IS heavy!"(AAAAIIIiiiieeeeeee tumble tumble tumble CRUNCH)
- Sledgehammer
- Brass Monkey
- Monkey Wrench
- She bop
- Burning down the house
- Beds are burning
- Disco inferno
- Burnin' for you
- She's on fire, my baby's on fire
- Doctor, Doctor, can't you see I'm burning, burning?
- Why don't we do it in the road
- All she wants to do is dance (and doesn't eat)
- One burbon, one scotch, one beer (repeat)
- Highway to Hell
- Highway to the Danger Zone
- Cocaine
- One toke over the line, sweet jesus
- (Died while) Fighting for my Right to Party
- Tripping on a hole in paper heart
- Learning to fly
- Dancing on the Ceiling
- Baby hit me one more time
- Hit me with your best shot
- Little red corvette (picture baby + matchbox car)
- Celebrate good times, come on
- Hurts so good
- She's so heavy
- Do that to me one more time
- Blister in the sun
- Everybody hurts
- Losing my religion
- Shiny happy people
- Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin' into the future
Band Names: Ways to Die in Your Home
- Fine Young Cannibals
- Sting (saved by: The Cure)
- The Beatles
- The Rolling Stones
- (comic book style) Wham!
- The Scorpions
- The Cranberries
- AC/DC
- Bjork
Album Titles: Ways to Die in Your Home
- Jagged little pill
- Automatic for the people
1 comment:
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Joshua said...
Song names:
* Maxwell's Silver Hammer
* The Sky is Burning [Burning Sky?]--doesn't matter where you are, this one'll kill you :)
* Hounds of Winter
* Wolf at the Door
* Werewolves of London
* Lawyers, Guns, and Money
* Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner (if invited him over for tea)
...it's starting to look like [Random Warren Zevon Tune] works pretty well.
and, of course, band names:
* Poison (but of course!)
* Massive Attack
* Led Zeppelin (if it lands on your house)
* Def Leppard
May 30, 2007 1:02 PM
Joshua said...
I can't believe I forgot "Psycho Killer". Especially since we already have "Burning Down the House".
Also "Saturday Night Special" (song name) and ".38 Special" (band name).
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