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* Teenage Fanclub's "Neil Jung", combining the names of Music/NeilYoung and Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Carl Jung (pronounced "Yoong").
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* ''Four Sail'' by Music/{{Love}}. When you combine the album title with the band's name you get "love four sail", or "love for sale".

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* ''Four Sail'' by Music/{{Love}}.Music/{{Love|Band}}. When you combine the album title with the band's name you get "love four sail", or "love for sale".
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** "Pterodactyl Ptemper Ptantrum" (''Series/LandOfTheLost'')

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** "Pterodactyl Ptemper Ptantrum" (''Series/LandOfTheLost'')(''Film/LandOfTheLost'')

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* The score for ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', written by Ludwig Goransson, has a track titled "Panda-monium".



* The soundtrack for WesternAnimation/TurningRed, written by Ludwig Gorranson, has a track titled "Panda-Monium"
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* The soundtrack for [[WesternAnimation/TurningRed]], written by Ludwig Gorranson, has a track titled "Panda-Monium"

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* The soundtrack for [[WesternAnimation/TurningRed]], WesternAnimation/TurningRed, written by Ludwig Gorranson, has a track titled "Panda-Monium"
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* The soundtrack for [[WesternAnimation/TurningRed]], written by Ludwig Gorranson, has a track titled "Panda-Monium"
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** ''Oro, Incenso & Birra'' ("Gold, Frankincense & Beer") is a pun on ''Oro, Incenso and Mirra'' (''Mirra'' meaning "Myrrh").

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** ''Oro, Incenso & Birra'' ("Gold, Frankincense & Beer") is a pun on ''Oro, Incenso and e Mirra'' (''Mirra'' meaning "Myrrh").

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* Angry Snowmans are a band who perform Christmas/Holiday-themed [[SongParody song parodies]] of PunkRock or HardcorePunk songs: Their name is [[InheritedIlliteracyTitle improperly pluralized]] because it makes the pun on hardcore punk band Angry Samoans more obvious.
** Somewhat similar is The [[Literature/AChristmasCarol Scrooges]], a Music/TheStooges cover band who perform in Santa suits and usually only get together around the holidays.

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* Angry Snowmans are a band who perform Christmas/Holiday-themed [[SongParody song parodies]] of PunkRock or HardcorePunk songs: Their name is [[InheritedIlliteracyTitle improperly pluralized]] because it makes the pun on hardcore punk band Angry Samoans more obvious. \n** Somewhat similar is The [[Literature/AChristmasCarol Scrooges]], a Music/TheStooges cover band who perform in Santa suits and usually only get together around the holidays.



* Music/NeilYoung's ''Le Noise'' is an album [[RecordProducer produced]] by Daniel Lanois, where the distorted guitar tone on most of the songs could be described as "noisy". The pun only works in print, since Lanois' surname is pronounced "lan-WAH".

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* Music/NeilYoung's Music/NeilYoung:
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''Le Noise'' is an album [[RecordProducer produced]] by Daniel Lanois, where the distorted guitar tone on most of the songs could be described as "noisy". The pun only works in print, since Lanois' surname is pronounced "lan-WAH".


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* Music/{{Zucchero}}: Two of his albums are titled in this fashion:
** ''Oro, Incenso & Birra'' ("Gold, Frankincense & Beer") is a pun on ''Oro, Incenso and Mirra'' (''Mirra'' meaning "Myrrh").
** ''Spirito [=DiVino=]'', thanks to the CamelCase, can be read as either ''Spirito Divino'' ("Holy Spirit") or ''Spirito di Vino'' ("Spirit of Wine").

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* Music/DavidBowie's album and song ''Music/AladdinSane''.

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* Music/DavidBowie's Music/DavidBowie
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album ''Music/AladdinSane'' and song ''Music/AladdinSane''.its TitleTrack play on the phrase "a lad insane."



** ''Aybe Sea'' from ''Music/BurntWeenySandwich''.

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** ''Aybe Sea'' "Aybe Sea" from ''Music/BurntWeenySandwich''.



** "Manx Needs Women" from ''Zappa In New York'' is a pun on the film "Film/MarsNeedsWomen".
** "Läther" - Yes, the umlaut is important.

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** "Manx Needs Women" from ''Zappa In New York'' is a pun on the film "Film/MarsNeedsWomen".
''Film/MarsNeedsWomen''.
** "Läther" - Yes, ''Music/{{Lather}}'' -- yes, the umlaut is important.important -- is a twofold pun, being spelled identically to "lather" but pronounced identically to "leather." The two different covers for the album play into the different ends of this wordplay, with the initial 1996 release depicting a cow (which leather is typically derived from) and the 2012 remaster depicting Zappa covered in lather.



* ''Give Me The Cure'' was a CoverAlbum featuring bands from Washington, D.C. covering Music/{{The Cure|Band}}, the proceeds of which went to benefit AIDS research. Aside from the general idea of covering songs by The Cure to help cure a disease, "Give Me The Cure" was also the title of a song by {{Music/Fugazi}}, one of the most famous bands to come out of D.C.'s independent music scene.



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* ''Give Me The the Cure'' was a CoverAlbum featuring bands from Washington, D.C. covering Music/{{The Music/{{the Cure|Band}}, the proceeds of which went to benefit AIDS research. Aside from the general idea of covering songs by The the Cure to help cure a disease, "Give Me The Cure" was also the title of a song by {{Music/Fugazi}}, Music/{{Fugazi}}, one of the most famous bands to come out of D.C.'s independent music scene. \n\n\n
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* The Music/{{Megadeth}} album and song ''Rust in Peace''.

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* The Music/{{Megadeth}} album and song ''Rust ''Music/RustInPeace'', a pun on "Rest in Peace''.Peace".

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* Music/PaulMcCartney's ''Working Classical'', punning on the ClassicalMusic contained on the album and Paul's "working class" upbringing.



* Texan band The Texas Instruments named themselves after a technology company called Texas Instruments, also based in Texas. The pun is that applying that name to a band makes one think of ''musical'' instruments, not graphing calculators.

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* Texan band The Texas Instruments named themselves after a technology company called Texas Instruments, also based in Texas. The pun is that applying that name to a band makes one think of ''musical'' instruments, not not, say, graphing calculators.
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* Christopher Young blazed a trail for Michael Giacchino in the IncrediblyLamePun stakes. Observe:

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* Christopher Young blazed a trail for Michael Giacchino in the IncrediblyLamePun {{Pun}} stakes. Observe:
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* The Australian band X (not to be confused with [[NamesTheSame the other]] Music/XUSBand or Music/XJapan) released an album called ''Aspirations''... As in "Exasperations".

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* The Australian band X (not to be confused with [[NamesTheSame the other]] other Music/XUSBand or Music/XJapan) released an album called ''Aspirations''... As in "Exasperations".
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* Venus Infers named themselves as a pun on ''Venus in Furs'', either in reference to [[Literature/VenusInFurs the novel]] or the Music/VelvetUnderground song based on said novel.
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* The Music/{{Rush}} album ''Music/MovingPictures'' has lots of {{Visual Pun}}s on its cover to be considered one twice over, since on the surface one would think it refers to movies, but the cover shows people carrying paintings out of a museum, as well as people crying or appearing otherwise emotionally affected--that is, '''moving''' the '''pictures''' out of the building, and also '''moved''' by the '''pictures'''.

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* The Music/{{Rush}} album ''Music/MovingPictures'' Music/{{Rush|Band}}'s ''Music/MovingPicturesAlbum'' has lots of {{Visual Pun}}s on its cover to be considered one twice over, since on the surface one would think it refers to movies, but the cover shows people carrying paintings out of a museum, as well as people crying or appearing otherwise emotionally affected--that is, '''moving''' the '''pictures''' out of the building, and also '''moved''' by the '''pictures'''.
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** Also ''Music/RubberSoul'', a pun on rubber soles in shoes and the phrase "plastic soul", which Music/PaulMcCartney found out was how some black entertainers called the white blues-rock of Music/TheRollingStones.

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** Also ''Music/RubberSoul'', a pun on rubber soles in shoes and the phrase "plastic soul", which Music/PaulMcCartney found out was how some black entertainers called the white blues-rock of Music/TheRollingStones.Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}.



* Music/BelleAndSebastian member Stevie Jackson gave a solo album the [[SelfTitledAlbum near-eponymous title]] ''(I Can't Get No) Stevie Jackson'', playing on Music/TheRollingStones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction".

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* Music/BelleAndSebastian member Stevie Jackson gave a solo album the [[SelfTitledAlbum near-eponymous title]] ''(I Can't Get No) Stevie Jackson'', playing on Music/TheRollingStones' Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction".
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* God Lives Underwater has "Medicated to the One I Love", a pun on the late 50s soul ballad "Dedicated to the One I Love".
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** "I Gotta Beam Me" (''[[Film/StarTrek2009 Star Trek]]'': Deluxe Edition)

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** "I Gotta Beam Me" (''[[Film/StarTrek2009 Star Trek]]'': (''Film/{{Star Trek|2009}}'': Deluxe Edition)



** "A Little Horse (s'il vous) Play" (''Film/MonteCarlo'')

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** "A Little Horse (s'il vous) Play" (''Film/MonteCarlo'')(''Film/MonteCarlo2011'')
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* Videodrone's "Ty Jonathan Down": Spoken aloud it sounds like an imperative sentence ("tie Jonathan down"), but it's also a reference to the two singers featured on the recording: [[Music/{{Korn}} Jonathan Davis]] makes a guest appearance alongside the group's normal lead vocalist, Ty Elam.

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* Videodrone's "Ty Jonathan Down": Spoken aloud it sounds like an imperative sentence ("tie Jonathan down"), but it's also a reference to the two singers featured on the recording: [[Music/{{Korn}} Jonathan Davis]] makes a guest appearance alongside the group's normal lead vocalist, Ty Elam. The music video adds a VisualPun by including scenes where Jonathan and Ty are both depicted with their hands tied behind their back.

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