I recently became amused by the notion of a musical act having a self-titled song -- or at least the act's name being part of the song title.The examples I initially thought of, They Might Be Giants' "They Might Be Giants" and Soulja Boy Tell 'Em's "Crank That (Soulja Boy)," are pretty goofy. But as I went through my music collection, I was surprised at how many I found and how varying they are in style. Some are more on the "serious" side; some seem to be a sort of theme song for the artist; others don't seem to have anything to do with the artist himself/herself.
I put together a mix of some of my favorites and a list of the others I found. Some aren't exact, like the Raveonettes' "Let's Rave On," and some are indirect, like Flake Music's "The Shins" (explanation below). The ultimate -- and I was really hoping to find one of these -- is Buena Vista Social Club's "Buena Vista Social Club," which is on the album Buena Vista Social Club. Oh, the symmetry!
Note how many of these self-titlers are Scandinavian artists. (Although I do have a lot of music from that region, it's still a relatively small percentage of my collection.)
Mix: Self-Entitled
1. Monks - Monk Time
2. The Hives - The Hives--Introduce the Metric System in Time [Scandinavian]
3. Delta 5 - Delta 5
4. The Raveonettes - Let's Rave On [Scandinavian]
5. Annie - Anniemal [Scandinavian]
6. El Coco - Cocomotion
7. Röyksopp - Röyksopp's Night Out [Scandinavian]
8. Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
9. Jens Lekman - Jens Lekman's Farewell Song to Rocky Dennis [Scandinavian]
10. Belle and Sebastian - Belle and Sebastian
11. Plastic Mastery - Shaggs' Own Thing [Shaggs cover -- I don't have the original, unfortunately]
12. All Night Radio - All Night Radio
Also:
Air France - Sweetness of Air France [Scandinavian]
Mr. Magic - Rappin' With Mr. Magic
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em - Crank That (Soulja Boy)
They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants
Love as Laughter - Sam Jayne = Dead [Sam Jayne is the frontman of Love as Laughter]
Flake Music - The Shins [Flake Music was the precursor to the Shins]
Patrick Wolf - Wolf Song
Howlin' Wolf - Howlin' for My Darling
Please share others that you guys can think of.
