Line #73 FunWithAcronyms/Music


1	* The rapper Pitbull's debut album, M.I.A.M.I., stands for "'''M'''oney '''I'''s '''A''' '''M'''ajor '''I'''ssue".
2	* The song S.W.L.A.B.R. by the rock band '''Cream''' stands for '''S'''he '''W'''as '''L'''ike '''A''' '''B'''earded '''R'''ainbow. And their song N.S.U. stands for '''N'''on-'''S'''pecific '''U'''rethritis.
3	* The electronic band '''Music/{{LMFAO}}'''. It sneaks in one profanity in it, but it's a big one. LMFAO stands for '''L'''augh '''M'''y '''F'''ucking '''A'''ss '''O'''ff. [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/lmfao-trademark-application-310996 The trademark]] had to [[GoshDangItToHeck censor it to "Freaking".]]
4	* Music/{{NSYNC}}: Justi'''N''', Chri'''S''', Joe'''Y''', Jaso'''N''', J'''C'''. After original member Jason left, the group joked that they nicknamed Lance "Lanceton" so the acronym would still work. (The acronym still works, but the "N" is in the middle of his name instead of the end.)
5	** Their merchandise distribution company, ZEEKS, takes its name from the last letter of their ''last'' names (Chase'''Z''', Timberlak'''E''', Faton'''E''', Kirkpatric'''K''', Bas'''S''').
6	* The '''[[Music/JAMProject J]]'''[[Music/JAMProject apan]] '''[[Music/JAMProject A]]'''[[Music/JAMProject nimationsong]] '''[[Music/JAMProject M]]'''[[Music/JAMProject akers]] '''[[Music/JAMProject Project]]''', a group of various anime theme song singers.
7	* J-Pop band SMAP stands for '''S'''port and '''M'''usic '''A'''ssembly '''P'''eople. This isn't even an attempt to be funny.
8	* An unintentional example. The rock band Music/JimmyEatWorld. Pay close attention to each letter in front of each of the words: '''J'''immy '''E'''at '''W'''orld. Just tell us what word those three letters spell. The band themselves {{Lampshaded}} this [[https://twitter.com/jimmyeatworld/status/1022978628647186432 on Twitter]]:
9	-->Advice for new bands: When coming up with a band name, make sure it’s acronym displayed really large on your artwork or t shirts won’t be complicating matters. You’re welcome.
10	* Music/TheBeatles song '''L'''ucy in the '''S'''ky with '''D'''iamonds, whose acronym, [[WordOfGod according to John Lennon]], is just a coincidence, referencing a drawing from John's son Julian about his classmate Lucy O'Donnell.
11	** The punk/metal band '''L'''ife, '''S'''ex and '''D'''eath used the same acronym.
12	** As did the goth-pop outfit '''L'''ove '''S'''pirals '''D'''ownwards.
13	** It also popped up in the Aloytah Haynes Jeremiah song "'''L'''ake '''S'''hore '''D'''rive", which is especially glaring because [[UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} the Drive]] isn't generally called that.
14	** The Music/FlamingLips' songs are published by '''L'''ovely '''S'''orts of '''D'''eath (which later also became the name of the vanity label that they use to release their collaborations and more experimental works).
15	** A Brazilian singer had the song "'''L'''indo '''S'''onho '''D'''elirante" (Beautiful Delusional Dream).
16	** The Blues Magoos (one of the first bands to call their music "psychedelic") had songs called "'''L'''ove '''S'''eems '''D'''oomed" and "'''A'''lbert '''C'''ommon '''I'''s '''D'''ead".
17	** LSD is also a {{supergroup}} consisting of Labrinth, {{Music/Sia}} and Diplo. They ran with the other meaning of the acronym by making the cover of their debut album a trippy DesignStudentsOrgasm illustration of the group members.
18	** The second verse of Music/AesopRock's "[[https://genius.com/Aesop-rock-the-greatest-pac-man-victory-in-history-lyrics The Greatest Pac-Man Victory in History]]" ''[[ExaggeratedTrope takes this to a whole new level]]'', being an unbroken sequence of words that start with L, S, and D. An excerpt:
19	--->Late Show, Dave Letterman, shitty diner lip-slide dutch!\
20	Low self-discipline leaders see dead lung self-destruct!
21	* Music/{{Korn}} had "A.D.I.D.A.S." ('''A'''ll '''D'''ay '''I''' '''D'''ream '''A'''bout '''S'''ex).
22	** Before they became Korn, the band (with a different singer) played under the name '''LAPD''', which they claimed stood for "'''L'''aughing '''A'''s '''P'''eople '''D'''ie" or "'''L'''ove '''A'''nd '''P'''eace, '''D'''ude".
23	** While we're at it, although Adidas itself isn't an acronym, but a portmanteau (of its founder, Adolf "'''Adi'''" '''Das'''sler), a book about the brand is called '''''A'''ll '''D'''ay '''I''' '''D'''ream '''A'''bout '''S'''ports''.
24	* Detractors of hip hop music insist that "rap" stands for '''R'''etards '''A'''ttempting '''P'''oetry. Fans may counter with '''R'''hythmic '''A'''merican '''P'''oetry.
25	* The Wu Tang Clan song "C. R. E. A. M" - "'''C'''"ash "'''R'''"ules "'''E'''"verything "'''A'''"round "'''M'''"e - CREAM, get the money - dollar dollar bill y'all."
26	** The Clan seems to enjoy coming up with backronyms as well, such as "'''W'''itty '''U'''npredictable '''T'''alent '''A'''nd '''N'''atural '''G'''ame."
27	* ''Music/BigAudioDynamite'', who came up with the acronym BAD first, then tried to come up with a name that fit their music.
28	* The name of R&B girl group TLC refers to its members '''T'''-Boz, '''L'''eft Eye, and '''C'''hili, playing on the old phrase "Tender Loving Care".
29	* Naughty By Nature rose to prominence with the song "O.P.P.", officially standing for '''O'''ther '''P'''eople's '''P'''ussy ([[DistaffCounterpart or Penis]]), but the last P was cleverly and intentionally {{Bowdlerize}}d in the song itself to mean '''P'''roperty.
30	* Ja Rule's name is supposed to stand for "'''J'''effrey '''A'''tkins '''R'''epresents '''U'''nconditional '''L'''ove's '''E'''xistence, though in one magazine interview he said that it simply stands for '''J'''effrey '''A'''tkins '''Rule'''.
31	* In a tongue-in-cheek [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOrG1r3S6ZA video promoting a recent tour]] Music/TomWaits claims the route this tour takes was specifically chosen because the names of the towns he is performing at spell the word "PEHDSCKJMBA". "PEHDSCKJMBA" is then revealed to be an an acronym for '''P'''eople '''E'''nvy '''H'''appiness. '''D'''ogs, '''T'''hough, '''S'''ense '''C'''ourage, '''K'''nowing '''J'''ubilation '''M'''eans '''B'''etter '''A'''ssets.
32	* The British dance band EMF, of "Unbelievable" fame, claimed that their name stood for '''E'''psom '''M'''ad '''F'''unkers. However, their song "Head on the Ball" included the words "'''E'''lectro'''m'''otive '''Force'''" and "'''E'''cstasy '''M'''other '''F'''uckers."
33	* Music/FallOutBoy's album "'''F'''rom '''U'''nder the '''C'''ork '''T'''ree".
34	* Korean rock band Music/FTIsland has '''F'''ive '''T'''reasure Island, and sometimes shortened to FTI.
35	* Korean rock band Music/CNBlue has '''C'''ode '''N'''ame '''B'''urning '''L'''ovely '''U'''ntouchable '''E'''motional, and sometimes shortened to CNB.
36	* Korean boy band Music/{{BAP}} has '''B'''est '''A'''bsolute '''P'''erfect.
37	* In the mid-'90s, contemporary Christian artist Carman made an album called '''R'''ighteous '''I'''nvasion '''O'''f '''T'''ruth, or '''R.I.O.T.'''
38	* Former Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown's single [[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alan.stuart/music/lyrics/fear.html F.E.A.R]] takes this trope to an extreme.
39	* The hardcore punk band MDC would change the meaning of the acronym for each release (e.g. '''M'''illions of '''D'''ead '''C'''ops, '''M'''y '''D'''ead '''C'''hild, '''M''' [=ILFs=] '''D'''ate '''C'''ougars, '''M'''ore '''D'''ead '''C'''ops)
40	* Japanese Hardcore Punk group GISM stands for... actually, that seemed to change every five mminutes. One album cover credits it as "Guerilla Incidiery Sabotage Mutineers", but that's far from the only one.
41	* And then there's Music/VanHalen's 1991 album '''F'''or '''U'''nlawful '''C'''arnal '''K'''nowledge...
42	* To some fans, Music/{{Slayer}} jokingly stood for "'''S'''atan '''L'''aughs '''A'''s '''Y'''ou '''E'''ternally '''R'''ot". The band actually had this printed on the liner notes of ''Divine Intervention'', and before that, in the inner cutout of the original vinyl release of their debut album, ''Show No Mercy''.
43	* The "Beastie" in Music/BeastieBoys has been broken down in a tongue-and-cheek manner as "'''B'''oys '''E'''ntering '''A'''narchistic '''S'''tates '''T'''owards '''I'''nner '''E'''xcellence".
44	* Music/{{Aerosmith}}'s song "F.I.N.E. ('''F'''ucked-up, '''I'''nsecure, '''N'''eurotic and '''E'''motional)".
45	* Music/BobSeger's song "U.M.C. ('''U'''pper '''M'''iddle '''C'''lass)".
46	* Kevin Bloody Wilson's song '''D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F'''. ('''D'''o '''I''' '''L'''ook '''L'''ike '''I''' '''G'''ive '''A''' '''F'''uck?)
47	* '''U.S.D.A.''' or '''U'''nited '''S'''treets '''D'''opeboyz of '''A'''merica.
48	* '''J'''ust '''U'''ndeniably '''S'''ome of '''T'''he '''I'''llest '''C'''omposers '''E'''ver. or '''J.U.S.T.I.C.E.''' League
49	* Music/RenaldoAndTheLoaf did "Meanings of W.E.I.R.D", with verses ranging from ''Whisper english intone religious dutch'' and ''White elephants injure repugnant dogs''
50	** The song was originally written as part of a contest to determine what the name of W.E.I.R.D., Music/TheResidents' fan club, would actually stand for: The winning entry was '''W'''e '''E'''ndorse '''I'''mmediate '''R'''esidents '''D'''eification.
51	* ''Series/GossipGirl''[='s=] soundtrack album '''O'''riginal '''M'''usic '''F'''rom '''G'''ossip Girl.
52	* Music/LupeFiasco 's album Lasers is a backronym for '''L'''ove '''A'''lways '''S'''hines, '''E'''verytime '''R'''emember 2 '''S'''mile.
53	* The song 'S.H.E.' from Music/{{IAMX}}'s album ''The Alternative'' stands for "'''S'''ecret '''H'''armonic '''E'''motion".
54	* French metal band named [[http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/TANK_%285%29 T.A.N.K (Think of A New Kind)]].
55	* Italian noise artist Fukte took advantage of this: A recent release was entitled "'''RAM'''", which could either mean "'''R'''aped '''A'''nd '''M'''urdered" (after the only track on the album) or "'''R'''andom '''A'''ccess '''M'''emory." (It had a paint-covered RAM chip glued to the back)
56	* Music/MyChemicalRomance's last album had the fictional MegaCorp company '''B'''etter '''L'''iving '''Ind'''ustries, or Bl/ind (they're evil and oppressive, if you hadn't guessed).
57	* When Music/NineInchNails and Music/JanesAddiction co-headlined a tour together, they of course called it NINJA.
58	* In 1970, there were rumours that Music/JimiHendrix would be member of a new supergroup called '''H'''endrix, Music/EmersonLakeAndPalmer.
59	* In an little-known CD album from 1991 called "Sandi Patti and the Friendship Company: Open for Business", the characters are discussing a name for their new club (they eventually decide on "Friendship Company"). Infield says "I make a motion we call our club ?'''K'''ind '''C'''reatures '''C'''aring for '''C'''ompanionless '''K'''ids?! Zig invokes this trope when she says "I vote for the name ?'''O'''rganization of '''I'''nternational '''N'''ice '''K'''ids '''E'''rasing '''R'''easons for '''S'''adness?! It has a certain, oh, sound for sophistication!" A few seconds later, meaningful acronyms are forgotten when she suggests "The '''I'''nternational '''A'''ssociation of '''N'''ice '''K'''ids and '''C'''reatures in the '''O'''fficinal '''P'''rofessional '''B'''usiness of '''F'''riendship... Incorporated," At which point she realizes that it's too long.
60	* The short-lived supergroup XYZ, who never officially released anything: It stood for E'''x''' '''Y'''es and '''Z'''eppelin, as the lineup consisted of Jimmy Page from Music/LedZeppelin and Chris Squire and Alan White from Music/{{Yes}}. They had wanted Robert Plant to join too, by the way.
61	* Kansas City indie rapper Music/{{TechN9ne}} has a knack for naming his songs and albums this way. One of his albums is titled ''K.O.D.'' It stands for '''K'''ing '''O'''f '''D'''arkness.
62	* Post-hardcore band '''D'''estroy '''R'''ebuild '''U'''ntil '''G'''od '''S'''hows.
63	* Music/PinkFloyd's live box set ''P.U.L.S.E.'' just has the periods in the title to look cool, and doesn't actually stand for anything. However, one fan-made FAQ jokes that, [[BrokenBase depending on how you feel about the David Gilmour-fronted incarnation of the band]], it could either be "'''P'''inkfloyd '''U'''ltimate '''L'''ight & '''S'''ound '''E'''xperience" or "'''P'''retty '''U'''ninspired '''L'''ight '''S'''how, '''E'''ssentially"
64	** Also their song '''S'''hine On '''Y'''ou Crazy '''D'''iamond, in reference to former band member Syd Barrett.
65	* The {{Horrorcore}} HipHop group []Music/{{Esham}} Natas]]. The name is '''N'''ation '''A'''head of '''T'''ime '''A'''nd '''S'''pace. It's also "[[TheDevil Satan]]" backwards.
66	* Feminist rapper Monie Love had "Born to B.R.E.E.D. ('''B'''uild '''R'''elationships where '''E'''ducation and '''E'''nlightenment '''D'''ominate)".
67	* Music/VanillaIce's '''W'''isdom, '''T'''enacity and '''F'''ocus.
68	* Music/{{KMFDM}}'s name was often thought to stand for "'''K'''ill '''M'''other '''F'''ucking Music/DepecheMode," but it's actually "'''K'''ein '''M'''ehrheit '''f'''ur '''d'''ie '''M'''itleid" or "'''K'''ein '''M'''itleid '''f'''ur '''d'''ie '''M'''ehrheit," which is loosely translated from the German as "No pity for the majority."
69	* Australian anonymous alternative band {{Music/TISM}} stands for "'''T'''his '''I'''s '''S'''erious '''M'''um" due to their often ridiculous lyrical themes and politically incorrect humour
70	* 801, the occasional band created by Music/BrianEno and [[Music/RoxyMusic Phil Manzanera]], is sometimes assumed to be based on an acronym of '''E'''ight '''N'''ought '''O'''ne. Eno has denied this, saying, "Ingenious, but...", and Manzanera has performed with 801 without Eno.
71	* Music/SoundHorizon's ''Elysion'' album features five songs with English titles that don't seem to be connected at all to El's story told in the other five. So why are they there? The final El song, "El's Paradise [Side: A]", offers a solution:
72	-->The fourth horizon, the true face of paradise.
73	-->Ark
74	-->Baroque
75	-->Yield
76	-->Sacrifice
77	-->Stardust
78	-->If one falls straight down, without being tempted by the four paradises [[MultipleReferencePun ("El"s)]] in between, '''[[spoiler:[[ThisIsntHeaven ABYSS]]]]''' is right there.
79	* The Spinto Band [[ExecutiveMeddling were being pressured into]] adding lyrics to a brief wordless bridge in the song "Late", an idea they weren't too fond of. While the proper album version has the song as the band originally wrote it, some leaked promo copies do have these added lyrics. See if you notice anything unusual about them:
80	-->'''T'''rapped '''H'''ere '''I'''n '''S'''ome '''S'''elect '''U'''niverse, '''C'''an't '''K'''eep '''S'''till...
81	* Music/{{KISS}}, despite being in all caps, it's just the word - even if it coincides with the concept of '''K'''eep '''I'''t '''S'''imple, '''S'''tupid. Given the [[TheSeventies time period]] in which they got their start, MoralGuardians were quick to adopt them the title '''K'''nights '''I'''n '''S'''atan's '''S'''ervice or '''Ki'''nder '''[[ThoseWackyNazis SS]]''' (when both Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons are ''Jewish'', and even made [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:KISS_alternate_logo.svg a modified variant]] of their logo so the double S would be closer to "ZZ" than [[StateSec Schutzstaffel]]; the latter was used in countries where the lightning-bolt KISS logo would be considered illegal such as in Germany and Simmons' native Israel).
82	* [[Music/{{WASP}} W.A.S.P.]] is either '''W'''e '''A'''re '''S'''atan's '''P'''eople or '''W'''e '''A'''re '''S'''exual '''P'''erverts depending on your preference.
83	** When Blackie Lawless was asked in an interview what it really stood for, he deadpanned, "'''W'''e '''A'''in't '''S'''ure, '''P'''al."
84	* The name of hip-hop duo N.A.S.A. stands for "'''N'''orth '''A'''merica '''S'''outh '''A'''merica" - One member, Squeak E. Clean, hails from the United States, while the other, DJ Zegon, hails from Brazil.
85	* Music/{{Drake}}'s catchphrase YOLO ('''Y'''ou '''O'''nly '''L'''ive '''O'''nce)
86	** "YOLO" by Music/TheLonelyIsland featuring Adam Levine and Kendrick Lamar uses it to stand for the same thing, but [[ComicallyMissingThePoint deliberately misses the point of the slogan]], using the SpoofAesop that you should take absolutely no risks in life because "you only live once". So at the end of the song, it also stands for "You Oughta Look Out".
87	** And then there's the [[{{UsefulNotes/Hinduism}} Hindu]]-[[{{Reincarnation}} inspired]] send-up of it by {{Music/MIA}}, '''YALA''' ('''Y'''ou '''A'''lways '''L'''ive '''A'''gain). MIA's own StageName fits - it's a pun on her nickname, "Maya" (short for Mathangi), while also meaning "Missing In Acton" (no, not "action", the London neighbourhood, albeit with inspiration from a cousin who went missing in action during the Sri Lankan civil war).
88	* The Unrest compilation ''B.P.M. [1991-1994]'' - In music, "B.P.M." usually stands for "Beats per minute", but here it also stands for the band members' first names - '''B'''ridget, '''P'''hil, and '''M'''ark.
89	* On the Music/PDQBach FakeRadioShowAlbum ''WTWP'', the initials of the eponymous radio station are said to stand for '''W'''all-'''T'''o-'''W'''all '''P'''achelbel.
90	* Music/LLCoolJ's ''G.O.A.T.'' - the full title as printed on the album cover is ''G.O.A.T. Featuring James T. Smith: The Greatest of All Time''.
91	** He has released a single inspired by his acting in ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', titled "NCIS: No Crew Is Superior".
92	** And his song "Fuhgidabowdit" concludes a series of ProfessionalWrestling {{Shout Out}}s with "[[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]] stands for When and Where we Fuckin'"
93	* Music/DaftPunk have a [=DVD=] consisting of music videos from the album ''Homework'', which has the title ''D.A.F.T.: A Story About Dogs, Androids, Firemen and Tomatoes''. The title refers to prominent elements of the five featured videos: "Da Funk" and its sequel video "Fresh" have an anthropomorphic dog as a main character, "Around The World" features dancing robots, "Burnin'" features firemen rushing to the scene of a fire at a skyscraper dance party, and "Revolution 909" includes a montage of tomatoes being farmed, packaged, shipped, purchased, and turned into tomato sauce.
94	* Fat Joe named two albums as '' '''J'''ealous '''O'''ne's '''E'''nvy'' and '''''J'''ealous '''O'''nes '''S'''till '''E'''nvy'' (the cover even painted the first letters differently).
95	* Music/TheBlackEyedPeas' ''The E.N.D. (The '''E'''nergy '''N'''ever '''D'''ies)''.
96	* Music/SystemOfADown has a song called "'''P.L.U.C.K.'''" It means '''P'''olitically '''L'''ying '''U'''nholy '''C'''owardly '''K'''illers.
97	* The lyrics for Music/NinjaSexParty's "FYI I Wanna F Your A" are composed mainly of acronyms for unrelated things being changed to stand for sexual stuff. For example:
98	-->''Let's play a sexy '''RPG'''\
99	While we watch '''ABC'''\
100	And eat a bowl of '''MSG'''!\
101	Meaning that I'll '''R'''eally '''P'''ound your '''G'''roin\
102	While you '''A'''chieve '''B'''utt '''C'''limax\
103	And '''M'''ake '''S'''ex '''G'''ravy!
104	* Music/TheDeadMilkmen's "V.F.W.", where the chorus is "We're all '''V'''eterans of a '''F'''ucked up '''W'''orld". The wordplay involved is that VFW is also the name of an organization of American war veterans, standing for "'''V'''eterans of '''F'''oreign '''W'''ars".
105	* [[{{Music/Cream}} Jack]] '''B'''ruce, [[Music/SlyAndTheFamilyStone Bill]] '''L'''ordan, and [[Music/ProcolHarum Robin]] '''T'''rower worked together on an album called ''B.L.T.''. The cover art even depicts a '''B'''acon, '''L'''ettuce, and '''T'''omato sandwich.
106	* Music/{{Sepultura}}, on ''Music/{{Roots}}'' (1996) "Cut-Throat" ends with the words "Enslavement, Patethic, Ignorant, Corporations", which spell out their former record label EPIC.
107	* Music/NickCave's "Loverman" (later covered by Music/{{Metallica}}) does this twice with the title:
108	-->L is for LOVE baby, O is for ONLY you that I do, V is for loving VIRTUALLY everything that you are, E is for loving almost EVERYTHING that you do, R is for RAPE me, M is for MURDER me, A is for ANSWERING all of my prayers, N is for [[ShoehornedFirstLetter KNOWING]] your loverman's going to be the answer to all of yours
109	-->I'll say it again: L is for LOVE, baby, O is for O yes I do, V is for VIRTUE, so I ain't gonna hurt you, E is for EVEN if you want me to, R is for RENDER unto me, baby, M is for that which is MINE, A is for ANY old how, darling, N is for ANY old time
110	* FFS is a {{Supergroup}} consisting of the members of Music/FranzFerdinand and {{Music/Sparks}}. It of course stands for '''F'''ranz '''F'''erdinand and '''S'''parks, but they're probably also playing off a piece of internet slang, '''F'''or '''F'''uck's '''S'''ake.
111	* Music/TheCab were originally stylized as The CAB, as they got their name from the two founding members, Cash Colligan and Alex [=DeLeon=], and it literally stood for The '''C'''ash and '''A'''lex '''B'''and.
112	* Music/GaMetal was previously named '''[[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem N]]'''[[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem intendo]] '''[[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem E]]'''[[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem xperienced]] '''[[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem S]]'''[[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem hred]] before the name change, which changed it into a PunnyName instead.
113	* {{Music/Slipknot}} has ''AOV'' which stands for ''approaching original violence'' and nothing else...
114	* D.A.R.K. were a {{supergroup}} consisting of '''D'''olores [[Music/TheCranberries O'Riordan]], '''A'''ndy '''R'''[[Music/TheSmiths ourke]], and Olé '''K'''oretsky.
115	* From the album art of Music/JethroTull's ''Thick As A Brick'', the literary competition where the title poem was read was hosted by the Society for Literary Advancement and Gestation or S.L.A.G., for short.
116	* Music/FloridaGeorgiaLine's "H.O.L.Y.", which stands for "'''H'''igh '''O'''n '''L'''oving '''Y'''ou".
117	* Music/{{Alabama}} had a hit in late 1993-early 1994 with "T.L.C. A.S.A.P." (Tender Loving Care, As Soon as Possible).
118	* Played with by Dan Seals on his 1990 hit "Love on Arrival", where a correspondence with his lover has common abbreviations such as "TLC" and "PDQ", but ends with "LOA". He questions what the last of these means, and she tells him that it means "Love on Arrival".
119	* Spanish band La '''M'''aravillosa '''O'''rquesta '''D'''el '''A'''lcohol ("The Wonderful Alcohol Orchestra") sometimes resorts to its acronym La M.O.D.A. "Moda" is Spanish for "fashion", and according to the band members themselves, it's particularly convenient in two situations: a) when festivals can't fit the full band name into their posters, and b) when explaining their mothers what they do.
120	* Averted with the Music/BlackSabbath song "N.I.B.", which stands for nothing - the title comes from a joke about Bill Ward's beard looking like a fountain pen '''nib'''. Hasn't stopped fans from giving it backronyms such as "'''N'''ame '''I'''n '''B'''lood" or "'''N'''ativity '''I'''n '''B'''lack", the latter of which was even used on two Sabbath tribute albums.
121	* As a prank, anarchist punk group Crass wrote and recorded a SickeninglySweet parody of easy-listening love songs called "Our Wedding", then convinced the publishers of a magazine aimed at teenage girls called ''Loving'' to give away flexi-discs of the song with issues. To hide their identity, they claimed to be an organization called '''C'''reative '''R'''ecording '''A'''nd '''S'''ound '''S'''ervices.
122	* {{Music/Incubus}}' album ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.'' just uses the periods for aesthetic reasons, but they came up with some jokey answers to give in interviews when inevitably asked what it stands for... Such as "Sailing Catamarans Is Every Nautical Captain's Ecstasy" and " Southern California's Incubus Enters Nevada Carrying Equipment".
123	* Music/PenguinCafeOrchestra's "Cage Dead" is built from two four-note sequences: C-A-G-E and D-E-A-D. It's also a ShoutOut to Music/JohnCage.
124	* Music/KathyMattea's "BFD":
125	-->It ain't no BFD, he's got his Creator/{{CMT}} \
126	No S-E-X but that's OK \
127	At least he ain't no SOB like that Ph.D \
128	That took his E-X and ran off to L.A.
129	* Japanese trance artist xac's name is an acronym for his three favorite trance artists: '''X'''-dream, '''A'''bove and Beyond, and '''C'''hicane.
130	* Music/PeterGabriel's ''Rated PG'', playing off the artist's initials and the MPAA rating system (where it stands for "Parental Guidance"). Fittingly, it's a compilation of his songs that were written for or featured in movies.
131	* Tierra Whack's "Cable Guy" generally involves a lot of wordplay about watching television, but since a lot of television networks have three letter acronyms, there's some of this involved:
132	-->Yeah, it goes like
133	-->ABC (all boys cry)
134	-->MTV (men touch vaginas)
135	-->BET (bitches eat tacos)
136	-->You wanna be seen with me
137	* The radio station in [[Music/GeorgeClinton Parliament]]'s [[Music/MothershipConnection "P. Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)"]] is called [=WEFUNK=].
138	* '''A'''gainst '''A'''ll '''A'''uthority named themselves as a play on an organization's initialism, the '''A'''merican '''A'''utomobile '''A'''ssociation. Lest you think it's a coincidence, they sometimes used a logo parodying that of the AAA as mashed up with the anarchy "A", and called an album ''24 Hour Roadside Resistance'' (the other AAA offers "24 hour roadside ''assistance''")
139	* Surf-punk band FIDLAR's name stands for "'''F'''uck '''I'''t '''D'''ude, '''L'''ife's '''A''' '''R'''isk". Similarly, Canadian punk band PUP's name stands for '''P'''athetic '''U'''se of '''P'''otential.
140	* Mims was born Shawn Maurice Mims, and titled his debut album as a backronym: '''M'''usic '''I'''s '''M'''y '''S'''avior.
141	* The ''Music/EvelynEvelyn'' track "Tragic Events - Part II" at one point has the conjoined twin sisters cross paths with two ironically-named groups: The '''F'''oundation for '''A'''lways '''S'''eparating Siamese '''T'''wins '''E'''verywhere '''N'''ow (who want to separate Evelyn and Evelyn due to believing ConjoinedTwins to be a sacreligious abomination) and the '''S'''ociety for the '''P'''reservation of '''L'''inked '''I'''dentical '''T'''wins (who oppose F.A.S.T.E.N. because they believe conjoined twins to be necessary to prepare for Judgment Day).
142	* Music/{{ABBA}}'s name is an acronym of the band members' initials: '''A'''nni-Frid, '''B'''enny, '''B'''jorn, and '''A'''gnietha.
143	* Ian Van Dahl's first album is titled ''ACE'' after '''A'''nnemie, '''C'''hristophe, and '''E'''rik.
144	* Music/YeahYeahYeahs' "Maps" is a famously sad example: the song is about lead singer Karen O's relationship with her then-boyfriend Angus Andrew of the band Liars, which ended shortly after the song was released--with the title being an acronym for "'''M'''y '''A'''ngus, '''p'''lease '''s'''tay".
145	* Beulah's album ''Yoko'' has semi-title track, "'''Y'''ou're '''O'''nly '''K'''ing '''O'''nce". The initialism has also been interpreted as an oblique reference to Music/YokoOno and the [[YokoOhNo public perception that she'd caused the breakup of]] Music/TheBeatles - in interviews Beulah had said it was a strong possibility this would be their last album together as a band, which it was.
146	* ''Hempton Manor'', the final album by UK Main/ElectronicDanceMusic act The Shamen released on the One Little Indian label, has the first letters of its 10 tracks form an acrostic for "''Fuck Birket''", referring to label founder Derek Birket, who wanted the group to move back into more commercial territory after ''Axis Mutatis''.
147	* Fundamentalist Christians latched onto the Disco craze of the seventies by coming up with the backronym '''D'''ancing '''I'''n '''S'''atan's '''C'''ompany in their effort to associate the worldly, hedonistic music genre with the snares of the devil. Then again, by that time people have been [[DiscoSucks burned out]] by the oversaturation of the genre anyway.
148	* "'''F'''reaky '''U'''ndulations ~'''N'''oble '''K'''nights '''o'''f '''T'''une~" by Indonesian musicians Jehezukiel and KURORAK is a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funkot funkot]], an Indonesian genre of electronic dance music.
149	* In 1965 songwriter and producer Bert Berns started a new label with Creator/AtlanticRecords executives Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun and Jerry Wexler as investors and minority partners, called '''Bang''' Records. In this case, Bang stood for '''B'''ert, '''A'''hmet, '''N'''esuhi and '''G'''erald. They also partnered in a publishing firm called '''WEB IV''' Music, with WEB standing for '''W'''exler, '''E'''rtegun and '''B'''erns (and IV because there were four of them).

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