# Antisongs - a game. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 26, 2001, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antisongs-a-game/70225 "2001-06-26T18:19:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antisongs-a-game/70225/21 "2001-06-27T13:11:23Z")
“Say, Say, Say” by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson and “Don’t Speak” by No Doubt “Fast As You” by Dwight Yoakum and “Slow Ride” by Foghat “I Drink Alone” by George Thoroughgood and “With A Little Help From My Friends” by Joe Cocker ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antisongs-a-game/70225/22 "2001-06-27T13:25:17Z")
Lonely Girls - Lucinda WIlliams vs. Party Girl - Elvis Costello 1 in 10 - UB40 vs. 9 times out of 10 - Teddy Pendergrass ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antisongs-a-game/70225/23 "2001-06-27T16:06:20Z")
“Everybody’s Talking” - **Harry Nilsson** “Shut Up And Kiss Me” - **Mary Chapin Carpenter** ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antisongs-a-game/70225/24 "2001-06-27T17:04:28Z")
“No Rain” - Blind Melon vs. “I’m only happy when it rains” - Garbage “Forever Young” - Rod Stewart vs. “Elderly Woman behind the counter in a small town” - Pearl Jam “It’s been awhile” - Staind vs. “Right Here, Right Now” - Jesus Jones “This Charming Man” - The Smiths vs. “Run, Shithead, Run” - Mudhoney “Keep Your Hands to Yourself” - Georgia Satellites vs. “I Want Your Sex” - George Micheal “Love Will Tear Us Apart” - Joy Division vs. “Love Will Keep Us Together” - ? ( I can’t remember the chick’s name) ---
**Author:** ![big\_yellow\_kingswood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@big\_yellow\_kingswood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/big_yellow_kingswood)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antisongs-a-game/70225/25 "2001-06-27T18:28:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Skerri \* > \*\* > “This Charming Man” - The Smiths > vs. > “Run, Shithead, Run” - Mudhoney > > \*\* HA! Funniest thing I’ve read tonight. I’ll try think of a contribution… ---
**Author:** ![Fish42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@Fish42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish42)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antisongs-a-game/70225/26 "2001-06-27T20:57:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Skerri \* > \*\* > “Love Will Tear Us Apart” - Joy Division > vs. > “Love Will Keep Us Together” - ? ( I can’t remember the chick’s name) > > \*\* The Captain and Tenille. Others: “I’m Coming Out”–Diana Ross vs. “In the Closet”–Michael Jackson “Love for Sale”–Cole Porter vs. “Can’t Buy Me Love”–The Beatles “Up All Night”–The Boomtown Rats vs. “I Go To Sleep”–The Pretenders “Up on the Roof”–The Drifters vs. 'In the Basement"–Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto “North to Alaska”–Johnny Horton vs. “South of the Border”–Frank Sinatra “Got My Mind Set on You”–George Harrison vs. “Got to Get You Off Of My Mind”–Solomon Burke “Let It Rain”–Eric Clapton vs. “Let the Sunshine In”–The 5th Dimension “Chains”–The Cookies vs. “Unchained Melody”–The Righteous Brothers “We’ve Only Just Begun”–The Carpenters vs. “It’s Over”–Roy Orbison ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antisongs-a-game/70225/27 "2001-06-27T21:11:59Z")
“What I Like About You” by The Romantics and “Everything About You” by Ugly Kid Joe “U Can’t Touch This” by MC Hammer and “I Touch Myself” by The Devinyls “Hot Blooded” by Foreigner and “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antisongs-a-game/70225/28 "2001-06-27T21:57:23Z")
“Drinkin’ and Drivin’ (Is So Much Fun)” - Pietasters “I Walk the Line” - Johnny Cash “Analog Kid” - Rush “Digital Man” - Rush ---
**Author:** ![deepbluesea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba9def/32.png) [@deepbluesea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deepbluesea)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antisongs-a-game/70225/29 "2001-06-27T23:09:07Z")
“Say You’re Sorry” by Ministry v. “I’m Not Sorry” by the Golden Palaminos “Happy Birthday” by whoever it is that wrote it v. “Unhappy Birthday” by The Smiths ---
**Author:** ![deepbluesea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba9def/32.png) [@deepbluesea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deepbluesea)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antisongs-a-game/70225/30 "2001-06-27T23:49:44Z")
“Mother” by Pink Floyd v. “Daddy-O” by ? “I Still Believe” by The Call v. “Don’t Believe Anymore” by Icehouse “It’s the End of the World As We Know It” by REM v. “We’ve Only Just Begun” by (I think) the Carpenters ---
**Author:** ![dasceder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3d9bf3/32.png) [@dasceder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasceder)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antisongs-a-game/70225/31 "2001-06-28T00:08:41Z")
“I Love the Way you Love Me” Faith Hill ``` v. ``` “I Hate Myself For Loving You” J.J. & the Blackhearts [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antisongs-a-game/70225.md?page=1)