| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title 18:25 - Sep 4 with 4475 views | QPR_Hibs |
Following on from a handful of people calling the Tina Turner runout music "Simply The Best" - that's not what it's called - I wondered if anybody else gets a bit peeved when songs are called by the incorrect title.
Other examples - 4 Non Blondes - What's Going On? (not the title.)
The Proclaimers - I Would Walk 500 Miles (also not the title.)
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| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 19:08 - Sep 4 with 3874 views | kensalriser |
But what is it called?
The Proclaimers one is easy if you hear the lyrics and can add. |  |
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| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 20:01 - Sep 4 with 3779 views | izlingtonhoop |
Come up and see me, make me smile |  | | |
| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 20:41 - Sep 4 with 3709 views | Juzzie |
The Pina Colada Song
It’s actually called “Escape” |  | | |
| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 21:30 - Sep 4 with 3585 views | PlanetHonneywood |
Msg to OP: if this is what most snarls your boxers, then be grateful. |  |
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| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 07:09 - Sep 5 with 3272 views | SK_hoops |
Up until now, I never knew that Tina Turner song wasn't called simply the best. |  | | |
| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 07:21 - Sep 5 with 3248 views | Fearless |
You’ll be furious when you find out The Best was a Bonnie Tyler song 😊 |  | | |
| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 10:11 - Sep 5 with 3106 views | londonscottish |
Tequila.
Wrong.
It's Kamara. |  |
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| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 10:19 - Sep 5 with 3069 views | MrSheen |
Top Cat.
It’s Boss Cat, or I’ll see you in court. |  | | |
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| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 10:24 - Sep 5 with 3057 views | PeterHucker |
| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 20:41 - Sep 4 by Juzzie |
The Pina Colada Song
It’s actually called “Escape” |
It's got the other bit in brackets.
Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
That song's massive where I live.
My nearest town (Northwich) has a Pina Colada festival every August in honour of Rupert Holmes who grew up there. |  | | |
| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 10:27 - Sep 5 with 3050 views | PeterHucker |
My mate Darren gets very irritated by people who put a "The" at the start of a bandname where there shouldn't be one.
e.g. The Buzzcocks, The Pixies, The Sex Pistols, The Talking Heads
Slightly related quiz question, which very famous band had a "The" at the start of their career but then dropped it from their name? | | | |
| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 10:38 - Sep 5 with 2998 views | R_from_afar |
It really doesn't irk me at all, but the correct title for the first UK number one single of the 1980s is "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2".  |  |
| "Things had started becoming increasingly desperate at Loftus Road but QPR have been handed a massive lifeline and the place has absolutely erupted. it's carnage. It's bedlam. It's 1-1." |
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| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 11:02 - Sep 5 with 2970 views | BushRanger82 |
Same here.
Really gets on my tits, when someone calls that great rock ballad, I'd like to teach the world to sing, the Coca-Cola song.
Really grinds my gears, and has me reaching for the phone to call the Samaritans. |  | | |
| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 11:02 - Sep 5 with 2968 views | TwoHalves |
| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 10:27 - Sep 5 by PeterHucker |
My mate Darren gets very irritated by people who put a "The" at the start of a bandname where there shouldn't be one.
e.g. The Buzzcocks, The Pixies, The Sex Pistols, The Talking Heads
Slightly related quiz question, which very famous band had a "The" at the start of their career but then dropped it from their name? |
The The The? | | | |
| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 11:39 - Sep 5 with 2919 views | Ghost_on_the_Westway |
Quite. In fact, the correct tile of the 4 Non Blonds song to which you refer is “”One Of The Biggest Piles Of Dogsht Ever Recorded”.
My mates band played it at a gig a couple of months ago and I had to have serious words with him after. He said next time he will dedicate it to me. |  |
| I need a SAGA. What’s the SAGA? It’s ….. Queen’s Park Rangers. |
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| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 12:37 - Sep 5 with 2816 views | Loftgirl |
| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 10:27 - Sep 5 by PeterHucker |
My mate Darren gets very irritated by people who put a "The" at the start of a bandname where there shouldn't be one.
e.g. The Buzzcocks, The Pixies, The Sex Pistols, The Talking Heads
Slightly related quiz question, which very famous band had a "The" at the start of their career but then dropped it from their name? |
Pink Floyd. |  | | |
| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 15:16 - Sep 5 with 2713 views | R_from_afar |
| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 12:37 - Sep 5 by Loftgirl |
Pink Floyd. |
Well now, the band had various names and were called The Tea Set before they rebranded as The Pink Floyd Sound in late 1965... | |
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| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 16:04 - Sep 5 with 2674 views | Hooping_Mad |
The The The? | |
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| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 16:45 - Sep 5 with 2645 views | CamberleyR |
It's 'Three Little Birds' not 'Don't Worry About A Thing'  |  |
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| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 18:39 - Sep 5 with 2544 views | izlingtonhoop |
You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything (Even Take the Dog for a Walk, Mend a Fuse, Fold Away the Ironing Board, or Any Other Domestic Shortcomings)
Teenage wasteland, possibly | | | |
| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 11:46 - Sep 6 with 2279 views | enfieldargh |
| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 10:27 - Sep 5 by PeterHucker |
My mate Darren gets very irritated by people who put a "The" at the start of a bandname where there shouldn't be one.
e.g. The Buzzcocks, The Pixies, The Sex Pistols, The Talking Heads
Slightly related quiz question, which very famous band had a "The" at the start of their career but then dropped it from their name? |
Similar to when you get a dodgy scam call and when you ask the possibly Indian person where in London do they live answer is
I am living in the Goodmayes (insert another place name) prefixed by The
Never had one say they are calling from The Isle of White |  |
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| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 09:36 - Sep 7 with 1987 views | 81A |
| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 10:27 - Sep 5 by PeterHucker |
My mate Darren gets very irritated by people who put a "The" at the start of a bandname where there shouldn't be one.
e.g. The Buzzcocks, The Pixies, The Sex Pistols, The Talking Heads
Slightly related quiz question, which very famous band had a "The" at the start of their career but then dropped it from their name? |
Eagles ? | | | |
| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 13:17 - Sep 7 with 1846 views | izlingtonhoop |
| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 10:27 - Sep 5 by PeterHucker |
My mate Darren gets very irritated by people who put a "The" at the start of a bandname where there shouldn't be one.
e.g. The Buzzcocks, The Pixies, The Sex Pistols, The Talking Heads
Slightly related quiz question, which very famous band had a "The" at the start of their career but then dropped it from their name? |
Hmmm
The album is titled
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
Here's the AI overview (I know, I know 🤣)
People also ask
Is it the Sex Pistols or just Sex Pistols?
AI Overview
Both "Sex Pistols" and "The Sex Pistols" are widely accepted, but "Sex Pistols" is the official name used by the band and on their releases, while adding "the" is a normal grammatical choice in everyday speech.
Wikipedia
+1
Usage Differences
Sex Pistols: This is the official name. You will see it on their official website, album covers like Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, and official merchandise.
Wikipedia
+2
The Sex Pistols: People naturally add the definite article when speaking or writing in sentences (e.g., "I love listening to the Sex Pistols"). Major journalistic and biographical sources, such as Encyclopædia Britannica and Wikipedia, also use "The" in running text for grammatical flow.
In short, use Sex Pistols for the formal proper noun, and the Sex Pistols when using it in a standard sentence.
Me again now
Their website is called Sex Pistols
The Sweet is definitely wrong!
[Post edited 7 Sep 13:27]
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| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 14:54 - Sep 7 with 1743 views | RBlock |
| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 10:27 - Sep 5 by PeterHucker |
My mate Darren gets very irritated by people who put a "The" at the start of a bandname where there shouldn't be one.
e.g. The Buzzcocks, The Pixies, The Sex Pistols, The Talking Heads
Slightly related quiz question, which very famous band had a "The" at the start of their career but then dropped it from their name? |
I dunno. If I start tell people down the pub I'm really into Pixies, I'll probably get a few odd looks... |  | | |
| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 16:18 - Sep 7 with 1684 views | kensalriser |
| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 13:17 - Sep 7 by izlingtonhoop |
Hmmm
The album is titled
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
Here's the AI overview (I know, I know 🤣)
People also ask
Is it the Sex Pistols or just Sex Pistols?
AI Overview
Both "Sex Pistols" and "The Sex Pistols" are widely accepted, but "Sex Pistols" is the official name used by the band and on their releases, while adding "the" is a normal grammatical choice in everyday speech.
Wikipedia
+1
Usage Differences
Sex Pistols: This is the official name. You will see it on their official website, album covers like Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, and official merchandise.
Wikipedia
+2
The Sex Pistols: People naturally add the definite article when speaking or writing in sentences (e.g., "I love listening to the Sex Pistols"). Major journalistic and biographical sources, such as Encyclopædia Britannica and Wikipedia, also use "The" in running text for grammatical flow.
In short, use Sex Pistols for the formal proper noun, and the Sex Pistols when using it in a standard sentence.
Me again now
Their website is called Sex Pistols
The Sweet is definitely wrong!
[Post edited 7 Sep 13:27]
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Not really a discussion - the artist on the album label (that one, the only proper studio album they made) is Sex Pistols. | |
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| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 17:26 - Sep 7 with 1634 views | izlingtonhoop |
| Very minor irritations - Calling songs by the wrong title on 16:18 - Sep 7 by kensalriser |
Not really a discussion - the artist on the album label (that one, the only proper studio album they made) is Sex Pistols. |
I'd say the majority of people would say: we're going to see the sex pistols, tho.
As I am in Dublin, in December. | | | |
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