# Darn You, Mr. Blue Sky!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 8, 2004, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-you-mr-blue-sky/254064 "2004-07-08T03:01:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-you-mr-blue-sky/254064/1 "2004-07-08T03:01:59Z")
Every day I see your name in these forums, and I get a bad case of ELO on the brain. Now that song is in my head all the time, and it won’t go away! In fact, I have to go get out the CD and play it right now. Out, damned spot! At least now I’m spared having “The Candy Man” in my head all the time, thanks to the absence of **Satisfying Andy Licious**. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-you-mr-blue-sky/254064/2 "2004-07-08T03:36:23Z")
I like to ride **fishbicycle** , I like to ride my bike… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-you-mr-blue-sky/254064/3 "2004-07-08T11:27:22Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > Out, damned spot! “…and today is the day we’ve waited for. Whoa-oh-oh…” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jaydubyasee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dbc845/32.png) [@jaydubyasee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaydubyasee)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-you-mr-blue-sky/254064/4 "2004-07-08T13:30:23Z")
How freaky is this!!! I’ve just started surfing the forums and get to this one just as I start listening to “Mr. Blue Sky” on my CD. “Build Me Up Buttercup” is on next. Does somebody want to start a thread about that soon ? ---
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-you-mr-blue-sky/254064/5 "2004-07-08T14:56:56Z")
Is there any chance my handle will cure you of ELO-itis? (of course too much 867-5309 may be a bad thing… nawwwwww) ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-you-mr-blue-sky/254064/6 "2004-07-08T17:24:21Z")
> [@TommyTutone](#): > > Is there any chance my handle will cure you of ELO-itis? Thanks, it helped a bit. I still had _that song_ in my head until I read your post. Then about an hour ago, Terry Gross on NPR used the intro to “That Lady” by The Isley Brothers as bumper music…now that one’s stuck in my head! I don’t mind, because that’s a bitchin’ song that doesn’t get played too often. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-you-mr-blue-sky/254064/7 "2004-07-08T21:32:42Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > Every day I see your name in these forums, and I get a bad case of ELO on the brain. Now that song is in my head all the time, and it won’t go away! Same here! I started hanging out around this board a few days ago, and one of the first posts I saw was by Mr. Blue Sky. That song has been stuck in my head ever since… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-you-mr-blue-sky/254064/8 "2004-07-08T21:41:54Z")
ELO? 😕 Electric Loogie Orchestra? Eel Lovin’ Outlaw? Egg Licking Odyssey? Enter Liquor Orally? Am I in any way close? ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-you-mr-blue-sky/254064/9 "2004-07-08T21:52:32Z")
> [@harmless](#): > > ELO? 😕 Am I in any way close? Electric Light Orchestra. You know, Jeff Lynne and those guys. The Seventies. Well, maybe you don’t know. Now you do! ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-you-mr-blue-sky/254064/10 "2004-07-08T22:08:45Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > Electric Light Orchestra. You know, Jeff Lynne and those guys. The Seventies. Well, maybe you don’t know. Now you do! Merci! 🙂 I have heard of them, just didn’t recognize off top. Now if you’d be so kind as to hum a few lyrics, I might recognize the song. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-you-mr-blue-sky/254064/11 "2004-07-08T23:13:52Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > I like to ride **fishbicycle** , I like to ride my bike… Well, **A ha** , I tried. **Guess Who** doesn’t like **Queen**! They are **The Band** , let me tell ya. Their sound is so **Sweet**. I think they’re **Kool** , **and the Gang** thinks so, too. This thread sure does fill in the **Gap** , \*\*Band \*\*wise. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-you-mr-blue-sky/254064/12 "2004-07-09T00:06:36Z")
Sorry, **NoClueBoy** , please don’t think I was ignoring you! I’ve been trying to come up with a response that’s at least as clever as yours… to no avail. I _do_ like Queen, and I have that record. **harmless** , do any of these lyrics ring a bell for you? Mr. Blue Sky, please tell us why you had to hide away for so long… Hey there, Mr. Blue, we’re so pleased to be with you Look around, see what you do Everybody smiles at you… Oh no, it’s back. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-you-mr-blue-sky/254064/13 "2004-07-09T00:31:53Z")
Mister Blue Sky Please tell us why You had to go away for so long (so long) Where did we go wrong? ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-you-mr-blue-sky/254064/14 "2004-07-09T02:58:15Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > **harmless** , do any of these lyrics ring a bell for you? No. Am I blessed or deprived? > [@fishbicycle](#): > > Oh no, it’s back. :smack: Oh. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-you-mr-blue-sky/254064/15 "2004-07-09T03:04:17Z")
> [@harmless](#): > > No. Am I blessed or deprived? Well, if you like '70s music, I’d say you are deprived. If you hate '70s music, I’d say you are blessed. If you like whips and chains and harnesses, I’d say you were depraved. 😉 Got a Yahoo account? I’ll send you an example of it. The song, I mean! ---
**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-you-mr-blue-sky/254064/16 "2004-07-09T21:39:14Z")
> [@TommyTutone](#): > > Is there any chance my handle will cure you of ELO-itis? > > (of course too much 867-5309 may be a bad thing… nawwwwww) GAH! stop it already with that stinking song. I have enough emotional problems as it is. Sincerely, Jenny ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-you-mr-blue-sky/254064/17 "2004-07-09T21:49:28Z")
> [@TommyTutone](#): > > (of course too much 867-5309 may be a bad thing… nawwwwww) I got it. I got, I got it! ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-you-mr-blue-sky/254064/18 "2004-07-09T22:25:40Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > Every day I see your name in these forums, and I get a bad case of ELO on the brain. Now that song is in my head all the time And curse You sir, for your sig puts U2 in My head “Every woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle” ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-you-mr-blue-sky/254064/19 "2004-07-09T22:40:55Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > And curse You sir, for your sig puts U2 in My head > “Every woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle” That’s the phrase from which I got my name! But I didn’t know it was in a song. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-you-mr-blue-sky/254064/20 "2004-07-09T22:59:04Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > That’s the phrase from which I got my name! But I didn’t know it was in a song. Yup… From _Achtung Baby_, [Tryin’ to Throw Your Arms Around the World](http://lyrics.interference.com/u2/lyrics/albums/achtung-baby/tryin-to-throw-your-arms.html) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-you-mr-blue-sky/254064.md?page=2)