Sometimes the Pirate and I just get carried away. At the height of our crazed Meat Loaf era, we decided that songs were better if they contained parentheses. It originally stemmed, to the best of my memory, from our love of the song Hot Summer Night. Except the actual proper title of that song is, You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night).
I think our original love for Hot Summer Night came from the terrible dialogue at the beginning of the song, but we eventually decided that the song just kicked so much ass because of the parentheses. Which led us to whip out the notebook and start a list. A list of songs with parentheses. I think we were needing to accumulate proof of how much parentheses rule. I honestly can't recall, because we started this list in June. It is now November. Even though we set a goal of forty five songs, it took us five months. The first twenty we got in one night. Then followed four months of messages back and forth, "I thought of another song with parentheses."
Of course, we never had the foresight to actually leave the song title on the message, so as a result, three hours later when the call was returned, caller number one had NO idea what the song was. Which is why it took us five months. But now we are done, and have for you a list of forty five songs with parentheses, in no particular order. Well, no particular order of preference, but they sure are alphabetized by parenthetical content. Maybe you'll spot one of your favorites in the list. Please enjoy how much parentheses rule.
1. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
2. There's A Kind Of Hush (All Over The World)
3. White Queen (As It Began)
4. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
5. There's a Moon In The Sky (Called The Moon)
6. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
7. Death On Two Legs (Dedicated To...)
8. Heartbreaker (Do Doo Doo Doo)
9. Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap)
10. (Don't Fear) The Reaper
11. Nice Guys (Don't Get Paid)
12. Mutha (Don't Wanna Go To School Today)
13. Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me)
14. Animal (F*ck Like A Beast)
15. Bang A Gong (Get It On)
16. You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)
17.Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time)
18. (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone
19. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
20. When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below)
21. Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)
22. Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)
23. (Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night
24. Don't It (Make Your Troubles Seem Small)
25. Efilnikufesin (N.F.L.)
26. The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)
27. Murder (Or A Heart Attack)
28. Machines (Or Back To Humans)
29. Cover My Eyes (Pain And Heaven)
30. Rock It (Prime Jive)
31. Fourth Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
32. Love Lies Bleeding (She Was A Wicked, Wily Waitress)
33. I Want You (She's So Heavy)
34. (Si, Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star
35. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
36. She Makes Me (Stormtrooper In Stilettoes)
37. Egypt (The Chains Are On)
38. Chemical Youth (We Are Rebellion)
39. For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)
40. Clones (We're All)
41. I (Who Have Nothing)
42. (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman
43. Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
44. Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)
45. When You're Ugly Like Us (You Just Naturally Got To Be Cool)