# good upbeat male song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 14, 2005, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-upbeat-male-song/316944 "2005-08-14T08:04:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![remisser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@remisser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/remisser)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-upbeat-male-song/316944/21 "2005-08-15T11:13:20Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > _Major Tom (Coming Home)_ by Peter Schilling > _Lawyers, Guns and Money_ by Warren Zevon > _The Devil in Me_ by John Wesley Harding > _Ana Ng_ by They Might Be Giants Lawyers, Guns and Money is a good song… I’ll definitely put it as one of my alternates at the least. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-upbeat-male-song/316944/22 "2005-08-15T11:39:19Z")
If not [_The Man Song_](http://www.pwwhite.com/mansong.swf), then How about paul Simon’s _You CanCall Me Al_ or _The 59th Street Bridge Song_ (otherwise known as “Feelin’ Groovy”) Or Maybe \* I Can’t Get Started (with You)\* ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-upbeat-male-song/316944/23 "2005-08-15T11:49:28Z")
I’d say “Science Fiction Double Feature” or any number of other RHPS by Richard O’Brien ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-upbeat-male-song/316944/24 "2005-08-15T13:22:37Z")
if you have watched the show, which I imagine you have, then you know that it is more important to sing a song _well_ at auditions then it is to sing a the perfect song. Pick the song you know the best, feel most comfortable with, and don’t worry about what genre or category it is in… FWIW, I think wearing “The Official Straight Dope” T-shirt would be an excellent idea… ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-upbeat-male-song/316944/25 "2005-08-15T14:12:50Z")
“What a Wonderful World” for optimism _and_ those critical vocal gymnastics. “The Letter” by the Boxtops would work if you have a grittier voice. And “Chin up, Cheer” up by Ryan Adams is as sunny as can be. Or, if you’re up to it, why not kill 'em with “Break on Through” by the Doors? ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-upbeat-male-song/316944/26 "2005-08-15T15:48:30Z")
“Closer” NIN. While staring at Paula Abdul. Especially during the chorus. At least you’d make it on the worst auditions show. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-upbeat-male-song/316944/27 "2005-08-15T16:56:22Z")
> [@remisser](#): > > Lawyers, Guns and Money is a good song… I’ll definitely put it as one of my alternates at the least. After I posted that, I started to have second thoughts. I mean, it is a good song, but it’s just two verses and a bridge, and then it trails away for the whole second half of the song. There isn’t really much there to show off your talent in a competition. Plenty of other good Zevon to choose from. ---
**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-upbeat-male-song/316944/28 "2005-08-15T17:12:07Z")
Rio by Duran Duran Just kidding… New Song by Howard Jones ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-upbeat-male-song/316944/29 "2005-08-15T19:25:30Z")
remisser: > [@](#): > > A second vote for that song? guess I’ll have to actually listen to the song now. Don’t take them too seriously. Rio by Duran Duran has become something of an in-joke on the SDMB. How about “Pressure” by Billy Joel? ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-upbeat-male-song/316944/30 "2005-08-15T21:04:17Z")
[Stout-Hearted Men](http://www.lyricscrawler.com/song/106930.html) ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-upbeat-male-song/316944/31 "2005-08-16T15:17:04Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > remisser: > > Don’t take them too seriously. Rio by Duran Duran has become something of an in-joke on the SDMB. > > How about “Pressure” by Billy Joel? Hey, I was being serious. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-upbeat-male-song/316944/32 "2005-08-16T16:13:33Z")
_Another Saturday Night_ or _Mack the Knife_ (it got hits for Bobby Darrin, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong and others and it’s very upbeat) ---
**Author:** ![remisser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@remisser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/remisser)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-upbeat-male-song/316944/33 "2005-08-21T06:00:45Z")
Three Dog Night’s version of “Old Fashioned Love Song” (not many people seem to know it was originally an Paul Williams tune) is one song I’m mulling over as well. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-upbeat-male-song/316944/34 "2005-08-21T06:39:15Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > _Mack the Knife_ (it got hits for Bobby Darrin, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong and others and it’s very upbeat) The Robbie Williams version makes my pants happy 😃 I’ll second that one. I’d like to see someone sing “Michael” by Franz Ferdinand. That’s a pretty upbeat song, IMHO. Robbie Williams also did a pretty cool song called “Old Before I Die” (I don’t know if it’s a cover, but I like him doing it). It’s really nice and upbeat as well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-upbeat-male-song/316944.md?page=1)