Stop trying to make "What's the dillio?" happen: Songs that hitch their wagon to slang of the moment

was my way or the highway popular pre-RESERVOIR DOGS?

"my way or the highway" was the title of a Y&T song from the mid-eighties and was around long before that.

I am pretty sure that "Bitchin' Camaro" was done ironically with the same intent as this thread!

here y'all go:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzYPtNf2cG8

http://freespace.virgin.net/robert_ian.smith/Albums/Cow_image002.jpg

hahahahahahahahahahaha omg hahahahahahahahahaha

NICE.

Must be tons of surf songs (and things from other subcultures that produce lots of bands) that do this. Pearl Jam cover some Nuggets-y song called "Gremmie Out Of Control," revolving around the term "gremmie," which I guess signifies an inept, wannabe surfer...

I am pretty sure that "Bitchin' Camaro" was done ironically with the same intent as this thread! - still counts

Seems like this is even worse when your band name is slang-derived, esp. when it is lame slang that never really caught on to begin with. Next thing you know, you're trying to release your very serious Buddhist-themed sixth album, titled The Earth, The Sun, The Rain, but your band is still named fucking Color Me Badd:

http://blog.cleveland.com/andone/2008/10/color%20me%20badd.jpg

Eddy Arnold - "Hep Cat Baby"
Edd Byrnes - "Kookie's Mad Pad"

"Trap Queen"

Jay-Z & Kanye West - "H.A.M."

"can't trust thots"

"What's the dillio?", which is my last name with one vowel changed, was a bit of a problem for me when I was substitute teaching in the early '90s.

did nobody upthread mention "Pretty Fly (for a white guy")

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/ThingsThatMakeYouGoHmmmC%2BC.jpg/220px-ThingsThatMakeYouGoHmmmC%2BC.jpg

"think i need a ginger ale / that was such an epic fail" (katy perry)

The Chainsmokers, "#SELFIE"

hmmm some of this slang has transcended 'the moment' tbh

this is a very embarrassing thread to look back on

Xpost sure, but nobody knows that at the moment of hitching the wagon!

i heard a middle aged white guy say "what's the dillio" recently and suddenly felt very nostalgic for the period when Busta Rhymes was hugely famous

"Trap Queen"

― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, April 4, 2015 5:41 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"trap queen" is a phrase particular to that song and is treated more as a premise than a catchphrase, and "trap" has been peppered across platinum albums and hit songs consistently over the past decade with no signs of going away anytime soon, so poor example

"What's the dillio?", which is my last name with one vowel changed, was a bit of a problem for me when I was substitute teaching in the early '90s.

― clemenza, Friday, April 10, 2015 7:59 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Clemenza Whetsthedillio

Funny...Last name: Dellio. (My anonymity on here's worth about two cents.)

These guys were the worst for this in early 1998

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ce/Catatonia_Road_Road_Single.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/63/Catatonia-Mulder--Scully-109700.jpg

New Tove Lo album to thread

P.O.D. - Boom (2001) - specifically "Here comes the boom"

this is THE “here comes the boom”


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzlFEZir684

hard to dispute that, tbh. maybe if P.O.D. had recruited Sean Paul or Mr. Vegas, it'd be a fair fight, but DMX's commitment to the title is tough to overcome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX_vyyZ2efo

wow. in case of YouTube decay, that's MC Hammer's 2006 release, "Hyphy, Dumb, Buck, Krump," which is a pretty incredible title for this thread. the backing track is also very blatantly trying to get on the crunk bandwagon. great find.

he was always trying to jump on some bandwagon, but that seemed to be the closest he got to getting on one during its zeitgeist!

sorry for not labeling, thanks for jumping on that :)

dancery

https://i.discogs.com/UnEA0LDbyQKAeKkhhKnOzb7Borc14GHyMB73f3sOVsk/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:447/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTk4Njg3/MzQtMTQ4NzY2Mjc0/OC02MjE1LmpwZWc.jpeg

All Ears: Ten Original Songs All About C.B. 2-Way Radio

New rosalia album is borrowing and popularizing “saoko” as a word at least in meme culture, as well as “motomami” which afaik is made up.