C90: Songs About Operations

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Songs about operations and medical procedures only, please, rather than songs about death. I may actually make this compilation for when I have my lumpendecotomy.

1. Lady Godiva's Operation - Velvet Underground

2. Medazzaland - Duran Duran

― Super-Masonic Black Hole (kate), Friday, 13 August 2004 07:13 (twenty-one years ago)

3. Doctor Robert - The Beatles

(I'm not sure this counts, because I'm not sure if "Vitamin B" injections actually count as a medical procedure, but I'm allowing it because I love it.)

― Super-Masonic Black Hole (kate), Friday, 13 August 2004 07:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Soft Boys, "Sandra's Having Her Brain out"

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 13 August 2004 07:38 (twenty-one years ago)

5 Ramones - Teenage Lobotomy

― koogs (koogs), Friday, 13 August 2004 07:39 (twenty-one years ago)

6 The Adverts - Gary Gilmore's Eyes

― koogs (koogs), Friday, 13 August 2004 07:41 (twenty-one years ago)

I feel sure that there has to be a Robyn Hitchcock song about an operation, but I can't recall what it might be.

― Super-Masonic Black Hole (kate), Friday, 13 August 2004 07:53 (twenty-one years ago)

7. Slayer - Angel of Death
8. to end of tape - as much of the first 3 Carcass albums as'll fit.

― M Carty (mj_c), Friday, 13 August 2004 07:56 (twenty-one years ago)

try typing medical terms into cddb.com search boxes. there's got to be a UVS song that's relevant - it sounds right up KR's alley 8)

Bivouac had a song about Trepanning

― koogs (koogs), Friday, 13 August 2004 07:57 (twenty-one years ago)

The Operation - Thinking Fellers Union Local 282

― DJ Mencap0))), Friday, 13 August 2004 07:57 (twenty-one years ago)

I tried typing in "operation" but it brought up too many songs with the military use of the term.

Eels have a lot of songs about operations and cancer and that sort of thing, but that's a bit too depressing to go on what is supposed to be an inspirational compilation.

I wonder why so many songs about operations happen to be about lobotomies... ;-)

― Super-Masonic Black Hole (kate), Friday, 13 August 2004 08:01 (twenty-one years ago)

"operation/oper-operation/you're the doctor/it's so much fun to play"

i think that's how it went.

― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 13 August 2004 08:05 (twenty-one years ago)

9. Mary's operation - 23 skidoo

― gaz (gaz), Friday, 13 August 2004 08:48 (twenty-one years ago)

10. Kinks - "Percy" (soundtrack album to film about a penis transplant)

11. Adam & the Ants - Plastic Surgery

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 13 August 2004 09:03 (twenty-one years ago)

that jawbreaker song from 24 hr revenge therapy. title escapes me...
every second song on "pish in yr sleazebag" by stretchheads. phil seems to scream operation throughout the entire lp.

― simon 803 (simon 803), Friday, 13 August 2004 10:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Lots of Dr. Octagon stuff too

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 13 August 2004 10:04 (twenty-one years ago)

There have got to be more.

― Super-Masonic Black Hole (kate), Friday, 13 August 2004 10:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Animals That Swim - Pink Carnations
The Smiths - Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 13 August 2004 10:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Eminem - Without Me (a passing reference, admittedly)

― M Carty (mj_c), Friday, 13 August 2004 10:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Loudon Wainwright III - Hospital Lady

........ now is there an operation in it? Well anyway, great song

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 13 August 2004 10:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Tommy Gets his Tonsils Out - Replacements
Take me Down to the Hospital - Replacements
Power and Glory - Lou Reed

― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 13 August 2004 10:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Open Your Heart - (Madonna / Human League)?

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 13 August 2004 10:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Throbbing Gristle - Slug Bait (ugh, horrible horrible)

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 13 August 2004 10:38 (twenty-one years ago)

"Kill" - Alberto Y Los Trios Paranoias
(I'm thinking specifically of the lines:
"Gonna steal a motor car and smash it all to pieces
Gonna cut me liver out and pin it on your braces")

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 13 August 2004 10:39 (twenty-one years ago)

every second song on "pish in yr sleazebag" by stretchheads. phil seems to scream operation throughout the entire lp.

Oh I was thinking that. I think he just likes how the word sounds. It could even be "ABERRATION"

― DJ Mencap0))), Friday, 13 August 2004 10:39 (twenty-one years ago)

The Upsetters - Medical Operation (an instrumental admittedly)

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 13 August 2004 10:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Rachel Stamp - Homemade Sex Change
Dillinger Escape Plan - Sex Change (instrumental)

I realise this looks like an obsession but these were all I could think of (that and the songs about abortion thread).

I'm not helping am I?

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 13 August 2004 10:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Amon Duul II - A Short Stop At the Transylvanian Brain Surgery (tho it doesn't appear to have anything to do with operations)

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 13 August 2004 10:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Pavement, "Sue Me Jack" (for the line "someone's underneath the knife tonight").

― Derek Krissoff (Derek), Friday, 13 August 2004 11:53 (twenty-one years ago)

matmos made an entire album out of operating room samples, but thats not really answering the question.

― kephm, Friday, 13 August 2004 12:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh no no, the Matmos one's a great answer!

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 13 August 2004 12:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Cat Stevens' "Moonshadow" talks about losing his arms, legs, eyes, etc.

Also: Gomez, "Emergency Surgery"?

― Joseph McCombs, Friday, 13 August 2004 12:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Nervous Norvus - Transfusion

... not strictly an operation

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 13 August 2004 12:44 (twenty-one years ago)

twisted sister, "under the blade"

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Friday, 13 August 2004 12:57 (twenty-one years ago)

"crash course in brain surgery" - budgie

― cameron, Friday, 13 August 2004 14:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Brain Salad Surgery

― dave q, Friday, 13 August 2004 14:33 (twenty-one years ago)

'Sexual Healing'-Marvin Gaye
'I can't wait for you to operate'

― Joe Kay (feethurt), Friday, 13 August 2004 14:47 (twenty-one years ago)

The Replacements - "Tommy Gets his Tonsils Out"

― Maciej Kasperowicz (Maciej), Friday, 13 August 2004 16:19 (twenty-one years ago)

....and apparently I'm blind.

― Maciej Kasperowicz (Maciej), Friday, 13 August 2004 16:19 (twenty-one years ago)

"Operation" by the Circle Jerks

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 13 August 2004 16:20 (twenty-one years ago)

thinking fellers - operation ["i was having an operation; i didn't really know what for..."]

― mig (mig), Friday, 13 August 2004 20:57 (twenty-one years ago)

doh - sorry for the redundant post above

unnatural axe - they saved hitler's brain
there was some elton john song mentioning cat dissection

― mig (mig), Friday, 13 August 2004 21:04 (twenty-one years ago)

three months pass...

Mike Watt - "Burstedman" and "Tied a Reed Round My Waist"

― Ian Moraine (Eastern Mantra), Sunday, 28 November 2004 03:08 (twenty-one years ago)

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