"I'll see you on the dark side of the moon."
—Pink Floyd, "Brain Damage", The Dark Side of the Moon
Lindsay: God, how could I be so awful to actually suggest that you play an entire song correctly all the way through! God knows Zeppelin only play half of "Stairway To Heaven" and The Who never even practices "Teenage Wasteland."
Ken: "Baba O'Riley".
Lindsay: What?
Ken: The name of the song is "Baba O'Riley"... It's on Who's Next?
Ken: "Baba O'Riley".
Lindsay: What?
Ken: The name of the song is "Baba O'Riley"... It's on Who's Next?
—Freaks and Geeks, "I'm with the Band"
I wish I had had the fucking sense to change the name of the song. “I’m Not Sick But I’m Not Well” is what everybody calls it. And if I had done that instead of thinking it was somehow less artistic, less honest, or whatever, to change the name of the song after we had already played it in front of the 87 people we were playing to in those days, we’d be having this conversation on my yacht.
—Sean Nelson on "Flagpole Sitta"
''“Song 2”...That should have been called “The Wooo-hoo Song.” People are like, “Fucking “wooo-hoo!", oh hell yeah, I know that one.” The “wooo-hoo’s” they love. The names have always been distracting to what the actual hooks are. Like, “Clint Eastwood” should be “I Ain’t Happy.” That’s probably why “Feel Good Inc.” is my biggest hit ever because it actually has the name in the song. That’s where I’ve been going wrong. I’ve got to amend that.
