# Game - Song Letter Change **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 10, 2001, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-song-letter-change/61410 "2001-04-10T00:42:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![kmc8ij1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@kmc8ij1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kmc8ij1)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-song-letter-change/61410/61 "2001-06-18T21:15:05Z")
I used to work with a cattle rancher named Floyd who’d sing 'Dark Side of the Moo! ---
**Author:** ![Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-song-letter-change/61410/62 "2001-06-18T21:41:43Z")
An early 60s plea for racial tolerance: **My Boyfriend’s Black** Dion’s lament about ambulance chasing lawyers: **Runaround’n’Sue** James Brown foresees the horror of genetically engineered mutant super-viruses: **Papa’s Got a Brand New Bug** The Shangri-Las make a plea for campaign finance reform: **Leader of the PAC** Mungo Jerry’s song about ancient times: **In the Sumer Time** Linda Rondstadt wants to marry the hero of Apollo 13: **When will I be Lovel(l)?** Paul Simon doesn’t like a semi-famous new Bush administration appointee: **Mean Di’ulio** Cheap Trick does advertisements for an insurance company: **I Want You to Want Met** Nick Lowe sings about the problems of being a monarch: **(Ya gotta be) Cruel to be King** Steve Miller’s ditty about art theft: **Take the Monet and Run** That’s the 60s and 70s. I may be back with more later… ---
**Author:** ![Fibonacci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Fibonacci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibonacci)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-song-letter-change/61410/63 "2001-06-18T22:56:56Z")
(True story:) When I was stationed in Taiwan in 1971 I bought a pirated copy of George Harrison’s album with the song “My Sweet Lard” listed on the label. A title like that brings to mind REM’s “Everybody Hurls.” ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-song-letter-change/61410/64 "2001-06-18T23:29:06Z")
**Lab Lady, Lay** : Bob Dylan tries to train his dog **Souie Souie** : The three-chord song about a pig-calling contest **The Farmer in the Doll** : Mrs Farmer is away for the weekend, and the Mister needs some action! **Benny and the Pets** : Elton John’s classic song about dog-sitting **Tine Warp** : The dishwasher ruined a fork again! It’s astounding… **Everybody’s Woking for the Weekend** : The memberos of Loverboy enter a Chinese cook-off **Pot for Teacher** : Van Halen get high with some professors **Ban Touch** : The Bloodhound Gang rallies against PDA **M’ alibi** : Courtney Love tells us why she couldn’t possibly have committed a crime **Herds** : David Bowie says, “We could be cattle/Just for one day” [sub]More to come later![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-song-letter-change/61410/65 "2001-06-18T23:37:45Z")
Bob Dylan’s surrealistic song about a bovine in a region with no plant or animal life: **Desolation Cow** ---
**Author:** ![LoverBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@LoverBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoverBoy)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2001, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-song-letter-change/61410/66 "2001-06-19T00:02:34Z")
Apologies if any of these were already posted. **Hire** - Jimi Hendrix’s plea for a job. **Brown Bugar** - A nose-picking good time by the Rolling Stones. **Pump** - Synth abounds in this pornographic tune by Van Halen. **Nothing Compares 2 P** - Sinead O’Connor’s relief at finding a gas station. **Tainted Dove** - Soft Cell rescues an ill bird after the Exxon Valdez disaster. **Sadam’s Song** - Blink 182 explores chemical warfare in Iraq. **Get Off On My Cloud** - A masturbatory request by Mick Jagger. **1799** - Prince explores Machiavellian theory. **Too Much Reformation** - Duran Duran’s call for the return of Catholicism as it was. (a bit of a cheat, sorry) P.S. I resent my member being used for Chinese cooking. - Rob ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2001, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-song-letter-change/61410/67 "2001-06-19T00:10:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LoverBoy \* > **Get Off On My Cloud** - A masturbatory request by Mick Jagger. Shouldn’t that be Dick Jagger? And the Rolling Bones? > [@](#): > > P.S. I resent my member being used for Chinese cooking. Mu Shu Dick 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marvel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marvel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvel)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2001, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-song-letter-change/61410/68 "2001-06-19T01:26:32Z")
…who just LOVE to use the credit card when you shop, there’s “Running Up That Bill.” Patty ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2001, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-song-letter-change/61410/69 "2001-06-19T02:06:32Z")
How about Homer’s favorite song? Nacho Man ---
**Author:** ![HannibalV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@HannibalV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HannibalV)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2001, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-song-letter-change/61410/70 "2001-06-19T04:49:18Z")
Well, there’s Bono’s paean to his father, **The Unforgettable Sire**. Or the Chicago Cubs’ fan’s lament, as popularized recently by the Soggy Bottom Boys, **Fan Of Constant Sorrow**. (1) sub I know, Cubs fans, it’s a good year so far.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2001, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-song-letter-change/61410/71 "2001-06-19T05:02:02Z")
[hijack] **HannibalV** …is that short for Hannibal Vector? Are you a math genius? Sorry if this sounds stupid. It was the first thing I thought of when I saw your name. I’m going to feel dumb when you tell me that Hannibal is your birth name… [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![HannibalV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@HannibalV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HannibalV)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2001, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-song-letter-change/61410/72 "2001-06-19T07:47:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FireUnderpantsBoobs \* > \*\*[hijack] > **HannibalV** …is that short for Hannibal Vector? Are you a math genius? Sorry if this sounds stupid. It was the first thing I thought of when I saw your name. I’m going to feel dumb when you tell me that Hannibal is your birth name… > [/hijack] \*\* Not quite. the “Hannibal” is taken from everyone’s favorite anthropophage, Dr. Hannibal Lecter. The “V” is from something no noe here has figured out yet, so I ain’t telling, except to say it’s not for vector. And as for being a math genius, I topped out at Calculus III. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2001, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-song-letter-change/61410/73 "2001-06-19T12:48:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kaz \* > \*\*David Bowie’s tale of a gossip, **The Man Who Told the World** \*\* 😃😃 Bruce Springsteen references that erudite monthly in **Atlantic Cite** 10,000 Maniacs expresses their preference for old-fashioned writing implements in **Like the Feather** The Who encourages a fair Irishman to protect his skin in **Paba, O’Riley** Big Daddy Kane sings about how hard it is to sit through a musical in **Pippin Ain’t Easy** ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2001, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-song-letter-change/61410/74 "2001-06-19T14:28:08Z")
The Beatles ode to bestiality pimping - **Love Me Dog** Simon and Garfunkel’s cautionary tale about taking an alternate route through the woods to avoid the town weirdo - **Bridge Over Troubled Walter** ---
**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:** [June 19, 2001, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-song-letter-change/61410/75 "2001-06-19T15:45:45Z")
Madonna’s ode to Jackson “Mike a Virgin” ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2001, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-song-letter-change/61410/76 "2001-06-19T16:11:29Z")
**The Rainbow Confection** : Kermit the Frog sings about his favorite Willy Wonka candy **Free Ballin’** : Tom Petty goes commando **Boys Don’t Fry** : The Cure’s cautionary tale about the link between sunburn and skin cancer **Tips Like Sugar** : Echo & The Bunnymen’s lovesong to a waitress **And Shep Was** : Talking Heads tribute to the little-known Stooge ---
**Author:** ![TrunkleBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/58f4c7/32.png) [@TrunkleBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TrunkleBob)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2001, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-song-letter-change/61410/77 "2001-06-19T23:16:54Z")
There’s the Village People’s ode to copyright protection, **DMCA**. Or maybe Michael Penn’s song about the English major, **No Math**. Of course, there’s always ABBA’s song about alternate-OS’s, **Take a Chance on Be**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-song-letter-change/61410.md?page=3)