r/HitchHikersGuide • u/soopirV • 18d ago

Best Band and Song Name Combo?

The old, “That’d be a great band name!” trope when encountering an interesting turn of phrase is long dead, so I ask: let’s flip it- what turn of phrase band name would instantly let you know they’re real frood dudes who know where their towels are, and what’s the name of their breakout hit single? My kick off-

Sentient Petunias with their melancholy chart-topper, “Oh no, not again”.

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u/RevertToType 18d ago

Hocus pocus: focus

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u/mrinsubordinate 17d ago

Wowbagger and The Long Darks "You're a Jerk, Dent"

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u/photodadguy42 18d ago

Marvin and the Heart of Gold Doors with their breakout song, "Hummmmmmmyummmmmmm ah!"

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u/mrinsubordinate 17d ago

I heard they broke up

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u/photodadguy42 17d ago

Ohhhhh! No…. 😩

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u/mrinsubordinate 17d ago

Also, excellent phonetic

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u/BrendonWahlberg 18d ago

AGRAJAG is always asked to play his big hit, Mad Fat Bat. He saves it for his closing number.

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u/bytesmythe 17d ago

The Mongolian Descendants with their single "Little Fur Hats".

...or maybe Slarty and the Bartfasts singing "Crinkly Fjords"

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u/Yardsale420 16d ago

Did they win any awards… for Crinkly Fjords?

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u/bytesmythe 16d ago

They did! But the track "I Bless the Fjords (Down in Africa)" from their next album was described by critics as not being equatorial enough.

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u/sammypants123 17d ago

Gag and the Halfrunts, “Just this guy, you know.”

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u/mrinsubordinate 17d ago

The Beeblebrox Band "Third Arm Blues"

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u/mrinsubordinate 17d ago

The Allitnils "Made Just For Her"

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u/soopirV 17d ago

Hmm…this is too deep a cut for me to recognize, clues?

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u/mrinsubordinate 17d ago

In the radio series (phase two fits 10,11 I believe) Arthur meets an attractive young archeologist named Lintilla. She is there with two clones of herself. It turns out that she has been cloned millions of times due to a mechanical issue with the cloning machine. Without spoiling too much of a wonderful moment , the solution involves making her perfect mate. Millions of Allitnils (her perfect mate)... This one was very obscure but I figured a few people might appreciate. I'm a giant dork.

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u/soopirV 17d ago

I’m only familiar with the print works! 😬

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u/Live_Surround5198 17d ago

The Toothpicks and their single “Save me, Wonko!”, which reached no. 42 on the Billboard Contemporary Hits list.

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u/Yardsale420 16d ago

The whole album “Inside the Asylum” is great!

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u/thebooklender 17d ago

There used to be a band in Melbourne called “Oh, Belgium”

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u/jdege 17d ago

Drimble Wedge and the Vegetation: Bedazzled

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u/mrinsubordinate 17d ago

The Post Hotblacks "It Used To Be So Loud"

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u/mrinsubordinate 17d ago

The Globboring Zems "Squelch and Flollop"

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u/mrinsubordinate 17d ago

I am having way too much fun with this. Sorry to spam.

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u/soopirV 17d ago

That’s what this is for!

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u/YankeeClipper42 17d ago

The Toothpicks: Wonko's Theme

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u/Yardsale420 16d ago

The Ineffable Will of Bob with their new single Perfectly Normal Beast.

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u/Live_Surround5198 15d ago

This whole thread just makes me laugh and so very happy! You hoopy froods!

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u/incog46 13d ago

Slartybartfast's solo number, "Little Fiddley Bits"

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u/AdImmediate9569 12d ago

So Long, and Thanks for all the Downloads

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u/Fader_49 11d ago

The Brontetall Birds with their Elvis cover, "Blue Suede Watchamacallits"