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I dont get that, perhaps because I'm not American. What does Double Nickels on the Dime mean?

Rotten Tanx wrote:I dont get that, perhaps because I'm not American. What does Double Nickels on the Dime mean?

Double Nickels = 55 miles per hour, the speed limit on US interstates at the time of this record
The Dime = Interstate 10

And of course in US currency, two nickels(five cents) also equals a dime(ten cents).

I had heard that "Double Nickels on the Dime" is CB-slang for "55 mph exactly," in other words, it's what someone says to indicate the exact speed of their driving.

The title is a spoof on Sammy Hagar's song "Can't Drive 55," which the Minutemen thought was a ridiculous way to tout one's rebelliousness; thus, the name of that album meaning "exactly the speed limit" is a sarcastic remark that they're conservative goodie-two-shoes's, when in fact the lyrical content of the record is significantly more radical, unsettling, and obscene than ANYTHING Sammy Hagar has ever done in his career... EVER.

...it made me chuckle. hehe.

That one, along with the Mepheskapholies' "GOD BLESS SATAN" takes the cake for my favorite album title.

instant_zen wrote:I had heard that "Double Nickels on the Dime" is CB-slang for "55 mph exactly," in other words, it's what someone says to indicate the exact speed of their driving.

The title is a spoof on Sammy Hagar's song "Can't Drive 55," which the Minutemen thought was a ridiculous way to tout one's rebelliousness; thus, the name of that album meaning "exactly the speed limit" is a sarcastic remark that they're conservative goodie-two-shoes's, when in fact the lyrical content of the record is significantly more radical, unsettling, and obscene than ANYTHING Sammy Hagar has ever done in his career... EVER.

...it made me chuckle. hehe.

Well, now that makes the title a helluva lot better than the apocryphal thing I read in a review or interview or something -- that it was a goof on the notion of actually being able to drive 55 on I-10 in LA. But perhaps, like many good things, it works on many levels.

Still, I like this level better.

fraser wrote:#3 - "trapdoor fucking exit"
#2 - "songs for the deaf" (despite the lesser merits of the album, the title is great)
#1 - "unfuckwithable"

I can't believe someone else on here has that harriet the spy record. I haven't heard that in forever.

some lps i thought were christined brilliantly

the negro problem - s/t
goat thrower s/t

^just fucking brilliant names

sebadoh - bubble and scrape
skullflower - exquisite fucking boredom
the replacements - let it be
descendents - milo goes to college

Rotten Tanx wrote:Millions Now Living Will Never Die. It's just something I always wished I thought of first.

The Jehovah's Witnesses thought of that one first.

_double nickels..._ is an incredible album title, true

_songs about fucking_ is way up there

i've always liked mekons' _the quality of mercy is not strnen_. and the cover, to spell out the whole monkey, typewriter, shakespeare thing....great joke.

Pretty good album, great title:

Pond's The Practice of Joy Before Death

I always liked Dongs of Sevotion even though I don't like Smog

Likewise, I have always been bowled over by GBV record titles and song names, even though I can't say the same for the recordings.

Husker Du: Crafters of two of the greatest (Land Speed Record, Zen Arcade) and one of the ultimate worst (Candy Apple Grey)

_metal circus_ is also great

_warehouse: songs and stories_ is also terrible!!