Self-Demonstrating Song: Difference between revisions

* "Dance Stop" by [[Daniel Amos]] is about society doing its best to ignore a nuclear apocalypse, dancing right until the bombs detonate. The music is fast and upbeat, and DA would encourage fans at concerts to dance along.

* "Superpowers" by [[Five Iron Frenzy]]:

Five minutes left to write this one... la, la la, la la, la la la. }}

* "Headphones" by [[Jars of Clay]]. The lyrics are about [[Headphones Equal Isolation|isolating yourself from other people's problems]] by listening to pop music. The music is exactly the sort of pleasant pop sound that the narrator would listen to.

* [[Lou Reed]]'s "Walk on the Wild Side"

* [[Bowling for Soup]]'s "A Really Cool Dance Song," which is a techo dance song in which the singer explains that in order to make money, they're doing a techno dance song.

* "Song Inside My Head" by [[The Arrogant Worms]]. The song is about an [[Ear Worm]] and it IS an [[Ear Worm]]. Chances are, like the song's protagonist, you'll have it stuck in your head whether you like it or not.

* [[Weird Al|Weird Al's]] "(This song's just) six words long."

* "School's Out" by [[Alice Cooper]]:

We can't even think of a word that rhymes! }}

* [[Bad Religion]]: "Cease". Final lines:

Everything must <Abrupt cutoff. CD ends.> }}

* "Move" by John Reuben:

Man, I'm just kidding, or am I? }}

* Blues Traveler, "Hook":

[[Title Drop|the hook]] brings you back, I ain't tellin' you no li-ie!<br />

The hook brings you back, on that you can rely-ay-ay-ayayay! }}

* DaVinci's Notebook, "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=734wnHnnNR4 Title Of The Song]".

* The first verse of [[Leonard Cohen]]'s "Hallelujah" is about its own chord sequence.

The minor fall, the major lift }}

* [[Mitch Benn]] is fond of this; for example, "Boy Band", "West End Musical" and "The Apathy Song".