# Antisong Game II

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antisong-game-ii/149242>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 17, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antisong-game-ii/149242 "2003-01-17T16:18:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![Mr.Bas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Mr.Bas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Bas)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antisong-game-ii/149242/21 "2003-01-17T23:53:37Z")

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Smashing Pumpkins did a song called Today. Incidentally, Bad Religion recorded both Yesterday and Tomorrow (both originals, BTW).

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antisong-game-ii/149242/22 "2003-01-18T03:00:37Z")

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_Killing Time_ :: _No Time to Kill_ (both by Clint Black)

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**Author:** ![TwungTister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TwungTister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwungTister)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antisong-game-ii/149242/23 "2003-01-18T19:12:12Z")

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_The Logical Song_ (Cars?) - - _Psychobabble_ (Alan Parsons Project)

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**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antisong-game-ii/149242/24 "2003-01-18T20:13:20Z")

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I’m alright (Kenny Loggins) : Sick as a Dog (Aerosmith)

Hotter than Hell (Kiss) : Cold as Ice (Foreigner)

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**Author:** ![cart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@cart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cart)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antisong-game-ii/149242/25 "2003-01-19T13:24:05Z")

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Ha Ha You’re Dead (Green Day) - I Live (Jason Falkner)

The Jangling Man (Martin Newell) - Tinklin Man (Fleshies)

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**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antisong-game-ii/149242/26 "2003-01-19T15:26:22Z")

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The La’s - There She Goes/ Sidewinder - Here She Comes Again

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antisong-game-ii/149242/27 "2003-01-19T16:40:32Z")

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Logical song is Supertramp.

I can name a slew of them just using Elvis Costello tunes for the first ones:

Welcome to the Working Week - Everybody’s Working for the Weekend (Survivor?)  
No Dancing - Dancing Queen (Abba)  
13 Steps Lead Down - Stairway to Heaven (Zeppelin)  
Red Shoes - Green Shirt (Costello)  
No Action - Doing it All for my Baby (Huey Lewis + News)  
Tart - Sweetness (Jimmy Eat World)  
Dissolve - Come Together (Beatles)  
Less Than Zero - 99 Red Balloons

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antisong-game-ii/149242/28 "2003-01-19T20:49:40Z")

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Laid (James) - Get Up, Stand Up (Bob Marley)

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**Author:** ![raygirvan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@raygirvan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raygirvan)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antisong-game-ii/149242/29 "2003-01-20T05:28:51Z")

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Loser (Three Doors Down) - Everyone’s a Winner (Hot Chocolate)

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**Author:** ![LoN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@LoN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoN)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antisong-game-ii/149242/30 "2003-01-20T20:05:06Z")

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Be My Yoko Ono (Barenaked Ladies) – I Won’t Be Your Yoko Ono (Dar Williams)

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**Author:** ![LoN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@LoN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoN)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antisong-game-ii/149242/31 "2003-01-20T20:06:26Z")

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The Origin of Love (Hedwig soundtrack) – The Man Who Murdered Love (XTC)

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