# Another Song Lyrics Quiz Thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-song-lyrics-quiz-thread/383343>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 8, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-song-lyrics-quiz-thread/383343 "2006-12-08T15:19:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-song-lyrics-quiz-thread/383343/1 "2006-12-08T15:19:49Z")

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Name the song and artist, and add a lyrics question of your own…

1. “The video game says `Play me’”

2. “Waiting by the shoreline in Somalia for your reply.”

3. “But making mistakes is a part of life’s imperfections.”

4. “You’ve got guile to step to me; I’m a rapophile.”

5. “It’s every generation throws a hero up the pop charts.”

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-song-lyrics-quiz-thread/383343/2 "2006-12-08T15:41:30Z")

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[QUOTE=RickJay]

1. “You’ve got guile to step to me; I’m a rapophile.”

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“Intergalactic” - The Beastie Boys

1. “I’ll be hangin’ at the checkout, checkin’ out your girlfriend, trying’ to figure out how she’s gonna fit all of that butt into that underwear.”

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**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-song-lyrics-quiz-thread/383343/3 "2006-12-08T16:07:37Z")

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[QUOTE=RickJay]

1. “It’s every generation throws a hero up the pop charts.”  
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I believe these are days of lasers in the jungle! (Boy in the Bubble - Paul Simon)

1. My sister got lucky, married a yuppie…

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**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-song-lyrics-quiz-thread/383343/4 "2006-12-08T16:15:27Z")

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1. “Waiting by the shoreline in Somalia for your reply.”

- “White Hot” by Red Rider.

1. “We ain’t got time to get this thing together.”

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**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-song-lyrics-quiz-thread/383343/5 "2006-12-08T16:17:16Z")

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[QUOTE=Eonwe]  
7. My sister got lucky, married a yuppie…  
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Yer so Bad, by Tom Petty

1. I threw the carseat in the dumpster and I headed out into the night

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**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-song-lyrics-quiz-thread/383343/6 "2006-12-08T16:30:35Z")

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[QUOTE=Enginerd]  
Yer so Bad, by Tom Petty

1. I threw the carseat in the dumpster and I headed out into the night  
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That would be “The Week of Living Dangerously” by Steve Earle.

In the spirit of the season:

1. “The airport’s shut down, he’s having cocktails with Santa.”

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**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-song-lyrics-quiz-thread/383343/7 "2006-12-08T17:19:28Z")

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[QUOTE=RickJay]

1. “But making mistakes is a part of life’s imperfections.”

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_Something About You_ - **Level 42**  
10. “In my old, red saloon I’m a knight in shining armour.”

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**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-song-lyrics-quiz-thread/383343/8 "2006-12-09T03:16:11Z")

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[QUOTE=RickJay]

1. “The video game says `Play me’”

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AHA! I’ve been thinking of this all day at work, and I think I finally got it:  
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Who Made Who\* - **AC/DC**

1. _You’re so cool but you know that, I hope your letters never stop_
