Comments on: 10 Horribly Misspelled Album Titles (and why we like ‘em!)

By: Crystal

Crystal — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:27:00 +0000

Are you sure the Butthole Surfers weren’t calling their album piouhgd, as in P.O.’d, an abbreviation for being pissed off?

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:44:00 +0000

Cher’s “Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves” was also a good misspelling. accidental, though, and the name of the single was changed to “Gypsies” but the album remained “Gypsys”

Sheik Yerbouti is HILARIOUS!

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:52:00 +0000

Actually, Megadeth was all about social consciousness – Cold War politics, governmental abuses, nuclear war, youth issues, and all sorts of other topics. Not only that -

“The album’s title song, “Countdown to Extinction” also gave Megadeth the distinction of being the only metal band to ever win the “Doris Day Music Award”, presented to the band by the Humane Society of the United States in 1993 for “spotlighting species destruction and the horrific ’sport’ of canned hunts”.”

(from wikip)

By: Hurricane

Hurricane — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:56:00 +0000

Was Cube was ahead of his time and beat the Rev. Wright to the punch? Or did he visit BHO’s church one day and thought it would make for a great album title?

Shiek Yerbouti is one the great Zappa albums of all. Bobby Brown is a classic song.

By: Jill....NOT Jillian

Jill....NOT Jillian — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:36:00 +0000

haha, great post.
Didn’t know Dave Mustane was so awesome.
I think it’s funny that Ice Cube was mad about AMU’s “racist” views, cause they make every re-enactment very stereotypical and racially oriented.

By: george

george — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:29:00 +0000

Similar to the Zombie’s album, Beck’s Odelay is the result of a misspelling. As I recall the story goes: Beck told the name of the new album to someone, maybe a producer, I forget. The name he wanted was “orale” a spanish word pronounced odelay. When Beck saw how the title looked misspelled he liked it, or at least tolerated it, and left it as Odelay.

By: fruppi

fruppi — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:05:00 +0000

Hmmm…were you being ironic when you misspelled “finance” in the Zappa bit?

And while this is all great, it still doesn’t beat out the best band name origin story ever–Foghat! The band was playing Scrabble and one of the members tried to pass foghat off as an actual word…and the name just kind of stuck :)

By: Kikadee

Kikadee — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:02:00 +0000

Ha, “Sheik Yerbouti” makes me laugh. Any idea why Fergie calls herself (and her album) “The Dutchess” with a T? I think it’s intentionally misspelled, but I don’t know why….