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19 May 2006

Let's play a game. Inspired by Coudal's current book-band game, let's combine the name of a band and the title of a movie.
post by: me3dia at: 13:58 | 116 comments
Two to get you started:

The Postal Service Always Rings Twice
The Guns of Navarone 'n' Roses
posted by me3dia 19 May | 13:59
The Arcade Firestarter
The Beastie Boys From Brazil

posted by Capn 19 May | 14:04
Midnight Cowboy Junkies
(Is someone scrolling through the list of bands in his iPod alphabetically?)
posted by Capn 19 May | 14:06
The Davinci Code 415
Matthew Good Will Hunting
posted by arse_hat 19 May | 14:08
KISS of the Spider Woman
Radiohead Days
posted by me3dia 19 May | 14:09
Elvis Costello And The Rules Of The Attractions
posted by Capn 19 May | 14:09
inspired by me3dia:
Annie Hall & Oates
posted by Capn 19 May | 14:10
The Arcade Fire Down Below
Dirty Pretty Things To Do in Denver When You're Dead
Neutral Milk Hotel New Hampshire
Richard Hell is for Heroes
Primal Scream 2
The Clash (of the Titans)
Betty Blues Explosion
Nick The Cave
Where Eagles of Death Metal Dare
posted by misteraitch 19 May | 14:13
Band of Horse Whisperers
Neutral Milk Hotel New Hampshire
Bee Gee(s) Your Hair Smells Terriffic (okay, not a movie, but it should have been)
posted by mudpuppie 19 May | 14:14
*jinxes misteraitch*
posted by mudpuppie 19 May | 14:15
Wang Chung hing sam lam
Steve Miller's Crossing
posted by arse_hat 19 May | 14:15
Greenday of the Dead
Dawn of the Grateful Dead
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Stereo Total Recall

Double mash-up:
I am a Fugee from a Chain Gang of Four
posted by me3dia 19 May | 14:15
This game was a glot more fun before iTunes, Amazon, and Google.
posted by stilicho 19 May | 14:16
The Ben Folds Five Easy Pieces
Spinal Taps
The Owl and the Pussycat Dolls
Escape from New York Dolls
posted by mudpuppie 19 May | 14:18
Valley of the New York Dolls
posted by arse_hat 19 May | 14:20
The Unbearable Lightness of Bee-Gee-ing
posted by stilicho 19 May | 14:20
Jezebel and Sebastian
posted by iconomy 19 May | 14:22
Whitesnake on a Plane
A Big Star is Born
White Lion in Winter
Army of The Darkness
posted by me3dia 19 May | 14:22
(I wish I had come up with Whitesnake on a Plane when I was posting this. Perfect title.)
posted by me3dia 19 May | 14:24
Massive Attack of the Clones
Velvet Underground Hog Day
Three Dog Night of the Iguana
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane's Addiction?
posted by misteraitch 19 May | 14:24
*marks thread as favorite*
posted by matildaben 19 May | 14:24
Tango and (Johnny) Cash?
posted by richat 19 May | 14:25
You spelled Yo La Tango and Cash wrong richat
posted by Capn 19 May | 14:31
O Lucky Manowar!
The Residents Evil
posted by PinkStainlessTail 19 May | 14:32
Herbie Hancock the Love Bug
An Okkervil River Runs Through It
The Last Temptations of Christ
Long Day's Journey into Night
Kanye West Side Story
posted by me3dia 19 May | 14:33
The Danielson Addam's Family
The Big Star Chill
The Beastie Boys in the Band
The Big Star Wars
posted by Lipstick Thespian 19 May | 14:34
The Passion of the Christ on a Crutch
The House on Cypress Hill
The Replacements' Killers
Gladys Knight's Tale
Dead dead prez Presidents
Ran-DMC
The Fat Boys on the Side
Public Enemy
posted by box 19 May | 14:35
Oh man, I'm laughing so hard! Keep going!
posted by Specklet 19 May | 14:36
Billie Holliday Inn
Bronco Billy Bragg
Green Day(s) of Thunder
The Police Academy
Tom Wait(s) Until Dark
posted by richat 19 May | 14:37
Maria Muldaur on the Orient Express
The Madness of King George Thorogood III
A View to The Kills
Johnny Thundersball

posted by PinkStainlessTail 19 May | 14:38
The Ben Folds Five Easy Pieces
Spinal Taps
The Owl and the Pussycat Dolls
Escape from New York Dolls

I think mudpuppie's are wicked!
posted by richat 19 May | 14:39
Who's Afraid of Wolf Parade?
The Taking of Pelham 1,2,3,4's
The Magdalene Sisters of Mercy

Damn!
posted by box 19 May | 14:39
Bob and Ted and Carol and Alice in Chains
posted by PinkStainlessTail 19 May | 14:41
Alice Cooper's Restaurant
Arcade Fire Walk With Me
ZZ Top Gun
posted by box 19 May | 14:41
Or:
Bob and Ted and Carol and Alice Donut
Talk Talk to Her
posted by PinkStainlessTail 19 May | 14:42
Fast Times at Ridgemont High on Fire
The Blues Brothers Johnson
Shaft in Afrika Bambaataa
Children of the Korn
Send in the Insane Clown Posse
posted by box 19 May | 14:45
Down and Out in Beverly Sills
posted by PinkStainlessTail 19 May | 14:45
Beverly Hills Cop Shoot Cop
posted by box 19 May | 14:46
All About My Mothers of Invention
posted by PinkStainlessTail 19 May | 14:47
The Silence of the Lambchop
Apocalipps Inc.
The African Queens of the Stone Age
All the President's Men Without Hats
posted by misteraitch 19 May | 14:48
Dexy's Midnight Express
posted by box 19 May | 14:48
Romancing the Rolling Stones
posted by Capn 19 May | 14:49
Mason & Dixie Chicks
RATTner's Star
The (Fudge)Tunnel

*realizes we're not doing book titles + band names*

Curses!
posted by safetyfork 19 May | 14:51
Maid in Manhattan Transfer
Snow White and The Dwarves
White Stripes
Cinderella
posted by me3dia 19 May | 14:51
The Good, The Bad Plus, and The Ugly
posted by PinkStainlessTail 19 May | 14:52
Kicking and (The) Screaming Blue Messiahs
posted by safetyfork 19 May | 14:53
Jesus Christ Princess Superstar
posted by PinkStainlessTail 19 May | 14:53
Earth, Wind, and Man on Fire
Bruce Springsteen Almighty
posted by Hugh Janus 19 May | 14:53
The Falcon and Jeezy the Snowman
Dead Poets Information Society
Gleaming the Ice Cube
Howard Jones the Duck
posted by box 19 May | 14:53
Apocalyptica Now
Of Mice and Men and Montreal
posted by Lipstick Thespian 19 May | 14:55
In the Bad Company of Men
Bridge over the Little River Band
Black Flag Down
posted by box 19 May | 14:58
The Guns of Wine 'n' Roses
The Secret Machines of My Success
Reservoir Snoop Doggs
Pulp Fiction
posted by me3dia 19 May | 14:58
The Go! Tell the Spartans Team
The Get Up Sky Kids
posted by stilicho 19 May | 14:58
Bright Eyes, Big City
posted by box 19 May | 14:59
My Full Metal Morning Jacket
Nine Inch Nails Months
posted by stilicho 19 May | 15:01
The GWAR of the Roses
Rachel Barton Fink
Paul Revere and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Fear and Loathing in Lost Vegas (or Dirty Vegas)
Grateful Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Robin Hood: Prince of Thievery Corporation
DJ Shadow and the Darkness
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Koala
posted by me3dia 19 May | 15:03
White Men Can't Jump Stripes
Manos, the Clap Your Hands of Fate
posted by stilicho 19 May | 15:05
The Seven Seconds Samurai
Jesus Jones's Diary
The Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?
Dial Eminem for Murder
posted by me3dia 19 May | 15:06
Chitty Chitty Big Bang Boom
Leonard Cohen Part 6
Nada Surf Nazis Must Die
AC/DC.H.U.D
posted by Hugh Janus 19 May | 15:07
On Golden Earring Pond
The Wild Cranberries
Shonen Knife in the Water

Some of these would be interesting as photoshop mash-ups, but as names, not so much:
Pulp Fiction (hat tip)
Annie Hall
The Seventh Seal
posted by stilicho 19 May | 15:11
D-12 Angry Men
One Night at LL Cool J's
A Bug's Life of Agony
posted by box 19 May | 15:12
Chicken Run-DMC
posted by misteraitch 19 May | 15:15
Reds Hot Chili Peppers
Stars '80
The Last Picture
It's the Smashing Great Pumpkins, Charlie Brown! (cheat)
posted by stilicho 19 May | 15:15
Hannah and her Scissor Sisters
Rambo: First Blood, Sweat and Tears
posted by stilicho 19 May | 15:18
Goldfrappfinger
The Handsome Family Man
posted by me3dia 19 May | 15:18
Bob Dylan and Ted Nugent and Carole King and Alice Cooper in Chains
posted by stilicho 19 May | 15:19
E.T.M.D.
posted by Hugh Janus 19 May | 15:20
Dimebag D.A.R.Y.L.
posted by box 19 May | 15:31
Soylent Green Day
Phantom Planet of the Apes
Save Ferris Buehler's Day Off (sort of a cheat)
Bruce Almighty Mighty Bosstones
Sly & The Family Stone
One Crazy Donna Summer
posted by me3dia 19 May | 15:40
I've got to stop, but one more:
The Spy Who Came In from the Coldplay
posted by me3dia 19 May | 15:42
The Blob Mould
Stray Cats People
My Fat Greek Wedding Present
The People Vs. James McMurtry Flynt (hmm)
The Flinstone Temple Pilots
posted by danostuporstar 19 May | 15:49
Dr. Dre No {a plumber?)
From Russia with Courtney Love
The Rolling Thunderball Revue
You Only Live Twice
On Her Majesty Crush's Secret Service
Live and Let Dogs Die in Hot Cars
Keith Moonraker
A View to the Kills
The Living Daylights End
My Life With the License to Thrill Kill Cult
Octopussy Cat Dolls
Casino Mint Royale
posted by stilicho 19 May | 15:51
Steve Lawrence of Arabia
posted by stilicho 19 May | 15:53
Sexcalibur Pistols
The Best Little Whorehouse in Tex and the Horseheads
posted by danostuporstar 19 May | 15:57
Band of Allman Brothers
Big Momma's Crowded House
A Phish Called Wanda
Monty Python's Life of Brian Jonestown Massacre
posted by tommasz 19 May | 16:08
What's Eating Moby Grape?
Children of a Lesser Godspeed You Black Emperor!
posted by Atom Eyes 19 May | 16:15
The Modest Mouse Detective
I Am a Fugitive from The Jesus and Mary Chain Gang
...And You Will Know us By the Trail of Dead Poets Societies

posted by Atom Eyes 19 May | 16:29
Atom Eyes, excellent Godspeed and Trail of the Dead!
posted by safetyfork 19 May | 16:31
Tom Heaven Can Wait(s)
The Bell Ray(s)
posted by Pips 19 May | 16:33
Pedro the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Long Day's Journey Into Night Ranger
posted by Atom Eyes 19 May | 16:49
Death From Above the 1979 Law
Remember the Titanics
Mission to Mars Volta
The Cabaret of Dr. Caligari-Voltaire
posted by stilicho 19 May | 16:56
Close Encounters of the Third Eye Blind
Mazzy Star Wars
posted by stilicho 19 May | 16:58
The Wild Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
Glen Campbell and Glenda
Barenaked Lady and the Tramp
Aero Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Bachman Turner Maximum Overdrive
Greatest Show on Earth, Wind and Fire
Bad English Patient
The Bay City Roller Boogie
Freaks of Montreal
Steve Earle and the Dukes of Hazard
Places in the Heart
Life Among the Fine Young Cannibals
Being Elton John Malkovich
Things to Do in John Denver When You're Dead

posted by mudpuppie 19 May | 16:58
In the Realm of the Senseless Things
The Whitesnake Balloon
I am Curious, Yellowcard
The Third Method Man
posted by stilicho 19 May | 17:13
Cat Power On a Hot Tin Roof
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fiery Furnaces
Tilly and the Wallstreet
Megadeth of a Salesman
posted by Atom Eyes 19 May | 17:18
Do the Right Said Fred Thing
Wu-Tang Clan of the Cave Bear
Death Cab for Cutie Driver
System of a Watership Down
Gorillaz in the Mist
Heavy Metallica
posted by stilicho 19 May | 17:19
The Ox-Bow String Cheese Incident
A Phish Called Wanda
Life of Brian Eno
Christopher Cross of Iron
Toto Recall
posted by stilicho 19 May | 17:26
12 Angry Men Without Hats
KRS-One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
American History XTC
Saving Private Ryan Adams
Some Like it Hot Hot Heat
On the Waterfrontline Assembly
My Life with the Thrill Kill Bill Kult
Mulholland Drivin' and Cryin'
posted by eamondaly 19 May | 17:29
ABBAs of Steel
The Click Five Fingers of Death
posted by stilicho 19 May | 17:34
Mad props to stilicho, I couldn't figure out how to work ABBA in, and I tried really hard.
posted by mudpuppie 19 May | 18:05
Three Men and ABBAby.
posted by eamondaly 19 May | 18:30
I considered ABBAlene Town, with Randolph Scott! as Benny Andersson!

Madonna Juan deMarco
or Madonna Hot Tin Roof
Action Michael Jackson
The Bob Seger Shock to the System
Bruce Springsteen and the Wall Street Band
No Way Out Hud
The Body Count Guard
The Pet Shop Boys Don't Cry
The Cure as Folk (!)
posted by stilicho 19 May | 18:37
Ice Station Zebra-T
Ol' Dirty Yeller Bastard
The Prince and the Pulper
Magnetic Fields of Dreams
The Postman Service
Dances with Wolf Parade
JFKLF
Waterworld Party
Modest Mouse Hunt
posted by stilicho 19 May | 18:46
Songs: Ohia of the South
Billy Joel's Excellent Adventure
Battlefield Earth Crisis
Four Jungle Brothers
The Aristocat Stevens
Red Red Meat the Feebles
Yellow Magic Orchestra Submarine
Crazy Chinatown
The Towering Inferno of Power
Meet Joe Black Sabbath

posted by box 19 May | 19:12
The Aimee Mann Who Knew Too Much
Michael Penny Serenade
Two Girls and Nellie McKay (mc-EYE)
Devil with a Blue Dresden Dolls
The Blue Up? Velvet
Tanita Tikaram with a View
Kirsty MacColl Mountain
Die John Wesley Harding
Damien Rice: The Omen II
Uncle Jeff Buckley
Neil Young Frankenstein
The Young Marble Iron Giants
James and the Giant Peaches (surely a porn title?)
Broken Buena Vista Social Scene
Liz Vanity Phair (slice!)
I Heart Huckabees
Eternal Sunshine of the Mindless Self Indulgence
The Fiona Apple Dumpling Gang
Jon Brion's Song (ooh!)
The LCD Soundsystem of Music
The Don Juan MacLean (the Terry Gilliam version, of course)
Foreigner Correspondent

stop me!
posted by stilicho 19 May | 19:16
Five Eazy-E Pieces
The Mosquito Coasters
Frankie Goes to Hollywood Shuffle
Matthew Sweet's Bad-Ass Song
Raekwon the Chef, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
posted by box 19 May | 19:22
Quiet Riot of the Lambs
Danzig in the Rain
Jesus and Mary Chainsaw Massacre
Dead JFKs
The Beastie Boys Within
One Flock Over the Seagulls Nest
Ghostbusta Rhymes
Fargozi
Monkees Business
Green on Red Dawn
Scooby Doohole Surfers
Aliens Sex Fiend
Friday the 13th Floor Elevators
Erasurehead
Deep Purple Throat
Gang of Four Weddings and a Funeral
The Big Black Stallion
Flight Current 93
What About Bob Marley?
Goonies and the Blowfish
Airplane! Supply
Mission of Burmese Impossiblities
posted by danostuporstar 19 May | 19:26
Big Daddy Mondo Cane
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimi Hendrix
The Last Poets Picture Show
Ace Frehley, Pet Detective
Reefer Madness
posted by box 19 May | 19:29
Five-Eight Weeks
Bauhaus Party 3
Willie Nelson and the Chocolate Factory
Pink Floyd Flamingos
posted by danostuporstar 19 May | 19:40
I Saw What You Did to Joe Strummer
The Yellowmanchurian Candidate
Dexy's Midnight Bladerunners
Alice's Donut Restaurant
posted by danostuporstar 19 May | 19:52
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Casanova
The 13+God's Must be Crazy
Aphex Twins (lol!)
The Godspeed You Black Emperor's New Clothes
Big Grandaddy
Massive Attack of the Clones
Pinback to the Future
Behind Public Enemy Lines

OMF I can play this game forever!
posted by freudianslipper 19 May | 20:01
Beach Boys in the Hood
posted by freudianslipper 19 May | 20:03
13+Godfather
posted by freudianslipper 19 May | 20:04
The Promise Ring
What About Bob Dylan (OMFLOL!)
posted by freudianslipper 19 May | 20:06
The Last Temptation of Santana
The XTC-Files
posted by danostuporstar 19 May | 20:07
Cex, Lies and Videotape
posted by freudianslipper 19 May | 20:09
Grand Master Flash Gordon
posted by freudianslipper 19 May | 20:11
Adam Antz
Vanilla Ice Age
Joan Fucking Jet Boy
Free Painted Willie
A Human League of Their Own
Euryanisquaatsimics
posted by danostuporstar 19 May | 20:23
The Lost Backstreet Boys
Godfathersmack
The Concrete Blonde Charm of the Bourgeoisie
I Never Promised You a Savage Garden
Desperately Seeking Choking Susan (Detroit punkers)
Twisted Sister Act
Slade in America
A Perfect Circle of Friends
The Kid Rock
Glengarry Glenn Miller
A Beautiful Mind South
F.E.I.S.T.
posted by stilicho 19 May | 21:57
Nick Cave and the Bad Lieutenant
Candleboxing Helena
Sid and Nancy Sinatra
The Incredible Adventures of Two Girls in Courtney Love
Two Girls and Guy Lombardo
Eight Talking Heads in a Duffle Bag
The James Brown Bunny
posted by box 19 May | 22:03
The Diary of Anne Frank Zappa
Herman Dune
A Trio Grows in Brooklyn
Prussian Blue Collar Comedy Tour
The Rose T.a.T.u.
Come Back, Little Sheba Feat
4 Little Spice Girls
Ben Kweller-Hur
posted by stilicho 19 May | 22:08
Coen Brothers Edition:

The Pink Ladykillers
Intolerable Cruelty Bone Burnett
The Method Man Who Wasn't There
REO Speedwagon, Where Art Thou?
The Big Bad Voodoo Lebowski
OK Fargo
The Hudsucker Foxy Brown
Barton Fink Spots
Miller's Kris Krossing
Raising Ari's Mona Lisa Smile
Blood Simple Minds
posted by eamondaly 20 May | 17:33
Xana Duran Duran.

Sweet hominy, I just can't stop thinking about this.
posted by eamondaly 21 May | 12:13
Oh, and "Chris Isaak, Robot".
posted by eamondaly 21 May | 12:21
Aliens Ant Farm
Public Enemy Mine
Hellcab for Cutie
ETMD
Doo Rag the Right Thing
Fantomas of the Opera
Keeping the Faith No More
9½ Week Nails
posted by me3dia 21 May | 12:27
The Deadly Snakes on a Plane
posted by me3dia 21 May | 12:47
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