# Favorite Meaningless Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 21, 2005, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-meaningless-songs/295607 "2005-03-21T18:37:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-meaningless-songs/295607/1 "2005-03-21T18:37:40Z")
Inspired in part by [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=307491) thread and in part by a **kick ass rock block™** on the radio today…: I wonder if anyone else has a favorite song with near non sense lyrics? My Faves: “For those about to rock…” AC/DC (Hail, hail to the good times, 'cuz rock has got the right of way!) “I am the Walrus” Some British Band I think (Elementary Penguin, Singing hari krishna, Man you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allen Poe.) I’m sure classic rock doesn’t have the corner on the non sense market, but those were the songs on the radio. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-meaningless-songs/295607/2 "2005-03-21T18:55:00Z")
Mairzy Doats Loving You Has Made Me Bananas: _Your red scarf matches your eyes You close your cover before striking Daddy had the ship-fitter blues Loving you has made me bananas._ ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-meaningless-songs/295607/3 "2005-03-21T18:54:53Z")
I am unreasonably fond of Leon Redbone’s “Diddy Wah Diddy.” ---
**Author:** ![Corii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Corii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corii)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-meaningless-songs/295607/4 "2005-03-21T19:32:49Z")
The Muppets, “Mahna Mahna”… do doo, do do doo! ---
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-meaningless-songs/295607/5 "2005-03-21T20:24:40Z")
> [@SiXSwordS](#): > > “I am the Walrus” Some British Band I think that would be the Beatles. My fave is Neil Young, _A Man Needs a Maid_, a kick-ass song all around hilight (please also note the nonsensical rhythm/rhyme) : A while ago, I don’t know when I was watching a movie with a friend I fell in love with the actress, she was playing a part that I could understand [orchestra swells] ---
**Author:** ![St\_Ides](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@St\_Ides](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St_Ides)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-meaningless-songs/295607/6 "2005-03-21T22:36:43Z")
I’m going with Beck’s _Loser_ Get crazy with the Cheez Whiz! Drive-by body pierce! Sprecken sie deutsch baby? Bring it on down! ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-meaningless-songs/295607/7 "2005-03-21T22:56:26Z")
> [@cowgirl](#): > > that would be the Beatles. Did they do any other songs I might have heard? Maybe on the radio or elsewhere? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-meaningless-songs/295607/8 "2005-03-21T23:09:31Z")
Amnesia, by Chumbawamba. “Do you suffer from long term memory loss?” “I don’t remember…” repeat _ad infinitum_…but it’s one of the few modern songs to (un?)abashedly use the classic bassdrum beat. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-meaningless-songs/295607/9 "2005-03-21T23:47:21Z")
The Smiths: “Some girls are bigger than others” _Some girls are bigger than others, Some girls are bigger than others, Some girls’ mothers are bigger than other girls’ mothers_ 😕 ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-meaningless-songs/295607/10 "2005-03-21T23:48:08Z")
I’ve always enjoyed **El Scorcho** by Weezer: Goddamn you half-Japanese girls do it to me every time oh, the redhead said you shred the cello And I’m jello, baby But you won’t talk, won’t look, won’t think of me I’m the epitome of Public Enemy Why you wanna go and do me like that? Come down on the street and dance with me [REMAINDER OF LYRICS DELETED] ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-meaningless-songs/295607/11 "2005-03-22T13:26:10Z")
Simon & Garfunkel’s “The 59th St Bridge Song (Feeling Groovy)” ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-meaningless-songs/295607/12 "2005-03-22T17:44:37Z")
> [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](#): > > I’ve always enjoyed **El Scorcho** by Weezer: My favorite Weezer song, off my favorite Weezer album! I always assumed it does have a meaning, that he was just a shy guy singing to a quirky girl he liked a lot. But just so you know in case the mods do anything, it is frowned on around here to post entire song lyrics, due to copyright violations. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-meaningless-songs/295607/13 "2005-03-22T19:21:50Z")
A Tones on Tail song that I’ve always loved, “Slender Fungus” Chorus: slender fungus was a disc of shiny concrete slender fungus was a disc, a shiny ball of meat slender fungus sucks the toes that linger round your feet slender fungus eats in bed before he goes to sleep ---
**Author:** ![TonyF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@TonyF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonyF)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-meaningless-songs/295607/14 "2005-03-22T20:00:08Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > My favorite Weezer song, off my favorite Weezer album! I always assumed it does have a meaning, that he was just a shy guy singing to a quirky girl he liked a lot. I know a guy who knew a guy that _knew_ that japanese girl! I love that song. Mine is from the anime Dragon Half. Using a Beethoven piece as background music, I believe it’s called “My Omelette” and has lyrics (roughly translated) such as: Not the egg! It’s mine. Have the squid - it’s ugly. Poetic? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![down\_by\_law](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@down\_by\_law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/down_by_law)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-meaningless-songs/295607/15 "2005-03-22T21:18:23Z")
stephen malkmus is the king of writing songs that sound pretty profound until you start to analyze the words. well, up until pavement’s third proper album. after that it just became outright goofy. like this excerpt from “trigger cut” lies and betrayals fruit covered nails electricity and lust wont break the door i’ve got a heavy coat it’s filled with rocks and sand and if i lose it i’ll be coming back today (i’ve got a message for you) i’ll be coming back today (i keep it in my hand) you know i’m coming back one day (i’ve got a sister or two) and i’ll be coming back today ex magician he still knows the tricks tricks are everything to me until it’s free i’ve got a trigger cut and i can’t pull it back but if i learn how i’ll be coming back today ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-meaningless-songs/295607/16 "2005-03-23T02:09:04Z")
Jimmy Page and I say that “Stairway to Heaven” is the ultimate example of this. ~S&S (btw, I was so dissapointed when I heard that from the man himself. He just made the words up!) ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-meaningless-songs/295607/17 "2005-03-23T02:18:41Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > My favorite Weezer song, off my favorite Weezer album! I always assumed it does have a meaning, that he was just a shy guy singing to a quirky girl he liked a lot. > > But just so you know in case the mods do anything, it is frowned on around here to post entire song lyrics, due to copyright violations. I’m telling you **Lou** , we might just be long lost brothers… Thanks for the warning about posting lyrics. My humble apologies to Weezer. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-meaningless-songs/295607/18 "2005-03-23T06:15:24Z")
\*\*CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP \*MIDDLE OF THE ROAD \* \*\* Where’s your mama gone? (Where’s your mama gone?) Little baby Don (Little Baby Don) Where’s your mama gone? (Where’s your mama gone?) Far, far away [REMAINDER OF LYRICS DELETED] ---
**Author:** ![colour\_wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@colour\_wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colour_wolf)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-meaningless-songs/295607/19 "2005-03-23T07:49:53Z")
**Billy Bragg and Wilco: Hoodoo Voodoo** _Hoodoo voodoo, seven twenty one two Haystacka hostacka, a b c High poker, low poker, ninety nine a zero Sidewalk, streetcar, dance a goofy dance_ [REMAINDER OF LYRICS DELETED] ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-meaningless-songs/295607/20 "2005-03-23T12:47:41Z")
> [@colour wolf](#): > > **Billy Bragg and Wilco: Hoodoo Voodoo** > > \*Hoodoo voodoo, seven twenty one two > Haystacka hostacka, a b c > High poker, low poker, ninety nine a zero > Sidewalk, streetcar, dance a goofy dance > \* You know, that sounds like a skipping song, or a hopscotch song. Those never make any sense. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-meaningless-songs/295607.md?page=2)