# 30 Day Song Challenge, number 15: A song that describes you **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 11, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-15-a-song-that-describes-you/757138 "2016-06-11T19:26:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-15-a-song-that-describes-you/757138/21 "2016-06-13T02:21:08Z")
koeeoaddi, I assume you’re acquainted with the Incredible String Band? ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-15-a-song-that-describes-you/757138/22 "2016-06-14T21:30:01Z")
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nb\_KJyMHgw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nb_KJyMHgw) “Short Skirt, Long Jacket” - Cake ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-15-a-song-that-describes-you/757138/23 "2016-06-14T21:38:56Z")
> [@4d3fect](#): > > koeeoaddi, I assume you’re acquainted with the Incredible String Band? [This](https://youtu.be/KCcmgUpkabM) was just too easy. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-15-a-song-that-describes-you/757138/24 "2016-06-14T21:53:18Z")
[Time After Time.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWvPOJOYqGA) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-15-a-song-that-describes-you/757138/25 "2016-06-15T14:16:47Z")
> [@Lucky\_13](#): > > [Nowhere Girl](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjW2P05Mi14) by B Movie. Described my life in the 80s, and it does now too. This has also been my theme song since it came out. Another equally sad comment on my life is Shawn Colvin’s [Sunny Came Home](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfKKBDFCiIA). I haven’t snapped like Sunny did. Yet. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-15-a-song-that-describes-you/757138/26 "2016-06-15T17:11:25Z")
[Kate Bush: The Man with the Child in His Eyes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAj8suae3WY) ---
**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-15-a-song-that-describes-you/757138/27 "2016-06-16T02:07:12Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > [This](https://youtu.be/KCcmgUpkabM) was just too easy. 🆒 Well, you never know til you ask.:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-15-a-song-that-describes-you/757138/28 "2016-06-16T03:14:59Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > I have always identified with **Hide Your Love Away** by The Beatles / John Lennon. I love that song. I also love ‘‘Yes It Is,’’ they both have a similar feel to them, very bare acoustical numbers. Mine’s [Human Nature](http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/madonna/humannature.html) by Madonna (link to lyrics.) [Super fun music video here.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTSrV_0vG-4) Every line is relevant to my life, but I’m particularly fond of, ''_I’m not your bitch, don’t hang your shit on me_." [QUOTE=Eddie the Horrible] Probably Joe Cocker’s “You are So Beautiful”, but replacing all the "you"s with "I"s. …“I’m everything I hoped for…” [/QUOTE] Hahahahahaha. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-15-a-song-that-describes-you/757138/29 "2016-06-16T11:35:32Z")
[Where is My Mind?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ut52Szpd-w) by The Pixies ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-15-a-song-that-describes-you/757138/30 "2016-06-16T13:11:48Z")
> [@stillownedbysetters](#): > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nb\_KJyMHgw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nb_KJyMHgw) > > “Short Skirt, Long Jacket” - Cake It feels like a “so how _you_ doin’?” would be appropriate here 😉 Love that song. I remember showing my kids how the instrumental theme song from the TV Show _Chuck_ was actually a real song. They loved the groove, but the lyrics are so fun. Cake does good work. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-15-a-song-that-describes-you/757138/31 "2016-06-16T14:06:38Z")
I’ve long thought “The Theme From Shaft” was written about me. Although Hayes may have taken some poetic license to protect my privacy. Can you dig it? ---
**Author:** ![JcWoman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jcwoman/32/2889_2.png) [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-15-a-song-that-describes-you/757138/32 "2016-06-16T18:07:02Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > Probably Joe Cocker’s “You are So Beautiful”, but replacing all the "you"s with "I"s. > > …“I’m everything I hoped for…” Similarly mine is Queensryche’s [Jet City Woman](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiarqGXka3NAhXMXR4KHdcoAakQtwIILTAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DrBl7wXnXYKE&usg=AFQjCNFqObd_aPftuccYNpfZThhOp7eUMA) (note the username). “… can’t get me out of my mind…” I adore that song, and have for a couple of decades now, so I claim it as mine. I’m a woman, and occasionally fly for business and holidays, so it seems to fit. But it does make me feel a touch narcissistic, so I joke about it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-15-a-song-that-describes-you/757138.md?page=1)