As a follow-up to yesterday's post about the power of boredom, here are some song titles in similar vein. As we've got Barbra Streisand socking it to Ryan O'Neal above, in the 1979 movie The Main Event, I thought we'd let Babs kick off proceedings today...
Barbra Streisand - Love Is A Bore
That one was written by the songwriting team of Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen who also wrote a bunch of classic Frank Sinatra hits including High Hopes, Come Fly With Me and the majestic All The Way. Nothing boring about those guys.
Still, at least Babs only finds love boring. These guys are bored with pretty much everything...
The Real People - Life Is A Bore
Liverpool's The Real People were great mates with Oasis, but didn't share their success. No wonder they found life such a bore. Not to mention...
Morrissey - We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful
Still, there's no need to be rude, is there, Murray?
Murray Head & The Blue Monks - You Bore Me
Charming. Clearly a night in Bangkok is needed to get him excited. I'm sure he'll get his kicks above the waistline there.
OK, enough with the gentle warm-up... let's get onto some proper song titles!
I always admire a title that spills over onto the next line. The Front Bottoms are from New Jersey. Iffypedia explains their name, in case you can't work it out for yourself. They also quote singer Brian Sella: "This is our name. If you don't like it then you don't like it."
Next we have Jason Lytle, with a song he presumably wrote about The Supreme Leader of North Korea...
Grandaddy - Kim, You Bore Me To Death
No wonder he's so lonely.
Why are these musicians all so bored, you may well ask. Perhaps it's something to do with how they spent their spare time...
Jan & Dean - The Anaheim, Azusa And Cucamonga Sewing Circle, Book Review And Timing Association
(Bit of a step down from Surf City, that one. There's still two girls for every guy, but they're all over 85.)
Perhaps all these bored pop stars spend far too much time chronicling their life stories for a handful of sympathetic followers...
Momus - A Complete History of Sexual Jealousy (Parts 17-24)
Or maybe they've been a long time at sea, like Neil Finn...
Split Enz - Six Months In A Leaky Boat
Blimey. What a bunch of bores. Still, as the aforementioned Manchester miserablist turned dubiously-opinionated bore once had it...
Thank you for linking to the genius that is So Ronery.
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