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Song Stories

“Beautiful Monster”

Ne-Yo | 2010

This tune, which Ne-Yo chose as the debut single from Libra Scale is part of a continuing story that is woven through the entire concept album. "The song itself is a small piece of a much larger puzzle," he noted. Ne-Yo co-wrote the song, which he said "actually represents the mind-state of the man in the story whenever he comes into contact with his love interest-slash-nemesis." The song became a Number One dance hit in the U.S., as well as topping the singles chart in the U.K.

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“V.T.T.L.O.T.F.D.G.F.”

Fishbone | 1985

Quite a few musicians have utilized initials for song titles -- Michael Jackson's "P.Y.T.," Abba's "S.O.S.," Donald Fagen's "I.G.Y.," etc. But the more curiously initialed tune has to be "V.T.T.L.O.T.F.D.G.F.," short for "Voyage to the Land of the Freeze-Dried Godzilla Farts." Fishbone's original guitarist, Kendall Jones, explained to Rolling Stone, "When Norwood [Fisher] wrote it, he introduced it to the band saying, 'Man, I've been hearing about all these Nazi right-wing groups on the news saying the Holocaust was staged. So what if America said it never dropped two atom bombs on Japan, that it was actually Godzilla popping a couple off?' Only Norwood would come up with something that out." The same year "V.T.T.L.O.T.F.D.G.F." was released, the film Godzilla 1985 appeared in North America.

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