# Fromage! Help me create a cheesy, cheesy iPod mix **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 4, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923 "2009-07-04T20:39:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/61 "2009-07-08T14:32:36Z")
Jimmy Carter Says Yes! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h874BPSnbWc](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h874BPSnbWc) ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/62 "2009-07-08T15:15:01Z")
The early '70s is rife with interminably ‘cute’ songs. Here’s two from 1973. 1973 Playground In My Mind - Clint Holmes “My name is Michael, I’ve got a nickel…” 1973 Daisy A Day - Jud Strunk and let’s not forget Stay Awhile by The Bells (1971) “How he makes me quiver…” ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/63 "2009-07-08T16:31:29Z")
Does the “Banana Boat Song” count as cheese? DAAAAAY-O! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/64 "2009-07-08T16:37:28Z")
> [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](#): > > The early '70s is rife with interminably ‘cute’ songs. Here’s two from 1973. > > 1973 Playground In My Mind - Clint Holmes “My name is Michael, I’ve got a nickel…” > 1973 Daisy A Day - Jud Strunk > > and let’s not forget Stay Awhile by The Bells (1971) “How he makes me quiver…” Oh, man, you just reminded me of a few that I’d rather forget: Brand New Key - Melanie (“I’ve got a brand new pair of rollerskates, you’ve got a brand new key…”) Jeans On (no idea who sang it, but the chorus is “I pull my blue jeans on / I pull my old blue jeans on”) Pilot of the Airwaves - Charlie Dore ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/65 "2009-07-08T16:49:02Z")
Toto - Africa Meat Loaf - I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That) Heart - These Dreams Bryan Adams - Anything I Do (I Do it For You) Avril Lavign - Keep Holding On ---
**Author:** ![ajdebosco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@ajdebosco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ajdebosco)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/66 "2009-07-08T17:02:28Z")
“You look Wonderful Tonight” ~ Eric Clapton and perhaps one of the most often covered cheeseball tunes of the 70’s to present “Something” ~ The Beatles (same m.o.) " Four Strong Winds" ~ Ian Tyson. I remember my older sister playing this song incessantly, and evidently Neil Young annoyed his fair share of folks by replaying it on a diner jukebox as many as ten times in a row. I must say his cover from his televised tour is one of the best, with a dozen acoustic guitars all strumming in unison alongside him. “HUngry Like the Wolf” ~ Duran Duran. Your mix will not be complete without the inclusion of the “Parmigiano-Reggiano” AKA the king of cheeses ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/67 "2009-07-08T17:25:38Z")
Aerosmith - “Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” Survivor - “Eye of the Tiger” or “High on You” or “The Search Is Over” or pretty much any of their songs. Spice Girls - “Wannabe” (or any of their songs) Journey - “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)” Toto - “Rosanna” and “Won’t Hold You Back” and “Hold the Line” ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/68 "2009-07-08T17:36:18Z")
Oh, man! I’ve had to take 4 lactase pills to get this far! Lee Greenwood probably put his kids through college on that song that says, “Where at least I know I’m free.” Yeah, at least there’s that. While we’re on patriotism, the line from Men At Work’s _Land Down Under_ is “Where women glow (perspire) and men chunder (vomit.)” _Rocky Top_ is so cheesy that the Mountain Stage radio show won’t let anybody sing it. Kenny Rogers is in the nobility of fromage, with _Coward Of The County._ "Promise me, son, that you’ll bite your woman’s buns, Wear a two-day stubble when you can. Folks won’t think you’re queer, if you have another beer, Damn right you got to drink to be a man. Then there’s cheesy and charming, like _Winchester Cathedral._ I don’t remember who did the through-Rudy-Vallee’s-megaphone version. That was charming. When Frank Sinatra sang it, he went beyond cheesy into weird. The Beatles did some in that vein, such as _Your Mother Should Know_ and _Honey Pie._ Let’s not forget Cream’s _A Mother’s Lament._ “A muvver was washing her baby one night, The youngest of ten, and a delicate mite, The muvver turned 'round for the soap off the rack, She was only a moment, but when she turned back, 'Er baby was gone, and in anguish she cried, “Oh, where has my baby gone?” The angels replied…” ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/69 "2009-07-08T17:43:37Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > Oh, man! I’ve had to take 4 lactase pills to get this far! > > Lee Greenwood probably put his kids through college on that song that says, “Where at least I know I’m free.” Yeah, at least there’s that. Lee Greenwood: God Bless the U.S.A. ---
**Author:** ![malibu400](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/848f3c/32.png) [@malibu400](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malibu400)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/70 "2009-07-08T18:38:23Z")
Fishin’ in the dark - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart Bicycle Race - Queen ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/71 "2009-07-08T18:49:56Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Brand New Key - Melanie (“I’ve got a brand new pair of rollerskates, you’ve got a brand new key…”) This is the second time I’ve seen this song mentioned on the SDMB today – it’s also in the CREEPY thread. Something about that song makes a thread hit the front page. Anyway, I don’t think this one is mentioned: The Warrior by Scandal “Shooting at the walls of heartache, bang bang.” – so cheesy. Whenever I hear that song, I imagine her singing with a Rocky Balboa accent – I am duh warriuh. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/72 "2009-07-08T19:34:55Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > Journey - “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)” But really, it’s the video with the “air keyboard” that really puts this over the top into grated cheddar territory. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/73 "2009-07-08T20:12:12Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > But really, it’s the video with the “air keyboard” that really puts this over the top into grated cheddar territory. Yeah. Have you seen the “literal video” version? It’s pretty amusing. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/74 "2009-07-08T20:38:43Z")
Since you asked for “fromage,” you need some French cheese. How about… “Dominique (a nique a nique, il s’en allait tres simplement…)” by the Singing Nun? Or, if you’re in the mood for queso, there: “Eres Tu” by Mocedades Cheesey? You bet- but I bet people start singing along, whether they want to or not! ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Awesome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Captain\_Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Awesome)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/75 "2009-07-08T21:02:01Z")
Wendy Carlos - I Want to Marry a Lighthouse Keeper ELO - Mr. Blue Sky Queen - Don’t Stop Me Now Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine - Conga Good Charlotte - Girls & Boys Hall & Oates - Private Eyes Hanson - MMMBop Kenny Loggins - I’m allright Manfred Mann’s Earth Band - Blinded by the Light The Monkees - Last Train to Clarksville Motörhead - Ace of Spades Run DMC - Walk This Way Rush - Tom Sawyer Tiffany - I Think We’re Alone Now Tony Basil - Hey Mickey Van Halen - Jump Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science Obviously I’m not admitting to any of these. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/76 "2009-07-08T23:14:00Z")
The Jacksons with Mick Jagger - “State of Shock” ---
**Author:** ![Rack-a-Bones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rack-a-Bones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rack-a-Bones)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/77 "2009-07-09T01:11:24Z")
Most of my picks are already in this thread but I didn’t see Big Country’s “In a Big Country.” The entire Footloose soundtrack and I’m not sure where you draw the line from Cheesy to perforating your own eardrums but what about that “Oh Ricky you’re so fine” song? ---
**Author:** ![Rack-a-Bones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rack-a-Bones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rack-a-Bones)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/78 "2009-07-09T01:20:15Z")
I don’t see a lot of country mentioned here. Someone mentioned Achy Breaky Heart but how about Shelly West - Jose Cuervo Tracy Byrd - Watermelon Crawl That song that goes “on my front porch in my swing justa swingin” \* Pretty much anything by John Denver Lyle Lovett - That’s no lady that’s my wife \*ETA: Found it. [John Anderson](http://new.music.yahoo.com/john-anderson/tracks/swingin--436978) ---
**Author:** ![Rack-a-Bones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rack-a-Bones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rack-a-Bones)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/79 "2009-07-09T01:29:32Z")
Back to the hair bands Ratt - Round and round Cinderella - Gypsy Road OK. gotta go dust off my cassettes now. **Eats\_Crayons** - please post your final cheesy concoction ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/80 "2009-07-09T03:05:39Z")
How about adding some spirituality to the mix… “The Lord’s Prayer” by Sister Janet Mead [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923.md?page=5)