# Album name answers to stupid questions.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-name-answers-to-stupid-questions/264544>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 15, 2004, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-name-answers-to-stupid-questions/264544 "2004-09-15T13:01:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-name-answers-to-stupid-questions/264544/41 "2004-09-18T10:34:23Z")

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> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#):
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> What can Bob Dylan see from his balcony?

Hot **Blonde on Blonde** action.

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> What is Joan Armatrading doing? Is she going somewhere?

Dunno - **Steppin’ Out** for a minute?

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> How was Chuck D. so easily able to conquer Monaco?

It would have taken a **Nation of Millions to Hold Them Back**.

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> How come Mark Hamill hates Rage Against The Machine?

They are an **Evil Empire!**

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**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-name-answers-to-stupid-questions/264544/42 "2004-09-18T10:36:49Z")

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3/4. Although that would be a nice view, it isn’t what Dylan sees. 😃

What is that strange language Ry Cooder and Ali Farka Toure are speaking?

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**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-name-answers-to-stupid-questions/264544/43 "2004-09-18T21:43:11Z")

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> [@Bippy the Beardless](#):
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> \*\* I’ve Seen it All\*\* please **Post** a **Teligram** and get me an **Aeroplane** before the **Human Behaviour** here makes me **Violently Happy**.
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> OK I like Bjork.
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> P.S. **LilyoftheValley** your screen name always reminds me of Kate Bush’s ‘Song of Solomon’.

Hmmm…likes Bjork, likes Kate Bush…  
So **Bippy** , how _you_ doin’? 😉  
Hmm…if I made those two artists a list instead, I could have added “Opal” and used 2 SDMB cliches!

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**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-name-answers-to-stupid-questions/264544/44 "2004-09-18T22:09:27Z")

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> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#):
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> What is that strange language Ry Cooder and Ali Farka Toure are speaking?

I may be asking if you were **Talking Timbuktu** , but then again I’d be asking if you were rollin’ with the changes.

Tripler  
Yep. Lucky for you that I’ve got a “pre-sig”.

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**Author:** ![NoPretentiousCodename](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/82dd89/32.png) [@NoPretentiousCodename](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoPretentiousCodename)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-name-answers-to-stupid-questions/264544/45 "2004-09-18T22:59:03Z")

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Not clear as to what the most recent question is… so here’s another.

With their recent success, how have the members of The Libertines moved in relation to the income tax system?

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**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-name-answers-to-stupid-questions/264544/46 "2004-09-19T17:39:19Z")

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> [@NoPretentiousCodename](#):
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> With their recent success, how have the members of The Libertines moved in relation to the income tax system?

**Up the Bracket**

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**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-name-answers-to-stupid-questions/264544/47 "2004-09-19T17:57:52Z")

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> [@Trunk](#):
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> **Hot Rocks** might help cauterize it, but I’d probably just **Let It Bleed**

I understand that if it leaves a scar, they can **Tattoo You** and cover it up. 🙂

An easy one: What did Roger say as he exited the outhouse?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-name-answers-to-stupid-questions/264544/48 "2004-09-19T21:47:53Z")

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As he EXITED the outhoue? Nothing. But once he entered, he said he was on the “Dark Side of the Moon.”

John Fogerty really liked that new cologne, “The Beach,” and was wondering where he could get about 10 crates of it. I suggested he skip the middleman and go straight to…

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**Author:** ![stockton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@stockton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stockton)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-name-answers-to-stupid-questions/264544/49 "2004-09-20T01:11:19Z")

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> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#):
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> A **Permanent Vacation**.
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> Hey, Jeff Lynne, where do all of your ideas come from?

…just to clear up this loose end - Out of the Blue?

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**Author:** ![NoPretentiousCodename](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/82dd89/32.png) [@NoPretentiousCodename](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoPretentiousCodename)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-name-answers-to-stupid-questions/264544/50 "2004-09-20T05:36:15Z")

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> [@astorian](#):
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> As he EXITED the outhoue? Nothing. But once he entered, he said he was on the “Dark Side of the Moon.”
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> John Fogerty really liked that new cologne, “The Beach,” and was wondering where he could get about 10 crates of it. I suggested he skip the middleman and go straight to…

Heh… **Cosmo’s Factory**

Mike Skinner’s great-great granddad was a famous, if extravagant buccaneer. He once raided a trade ship carrying exotic fabrics. Not having much use for the ill-gotten cargo, he had clothes for his men made in brilliant red and purple silk, and flew a taffeta jolly roger. The more diplomatic members of his crew called the new trappings…?

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**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-name-answers-to-stupid-questions/264544/51 "2004-09-21T02:42:59Z")

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> [@astorian](#):
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> As he EXITED the outhoue? Nothing. But once he entered, he said he was on the “Dark Side of the Moon.”

Nope! As Roger exited the outhouse, he shouted **Who’s Next**?

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