# Grandson of the Song Game Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 17, 2002, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373 "2002-07-17T07:16:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/361 "2002-07-22T02:15:22Z")
Team 1: _I don’t want to set the world on **fire** I just want to start A flame in your heart_ I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire - old big band song covered by a lot of people ---
**Author:** ![Ripple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@Ripple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ripple)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/362 "2002-07-22T02:17:57Z")
**Team 2 -** When The Music’s Over, The Doors _Well the music is your special friend Dance on **fire** as it intends_ ---
**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/363 "2002-07-22T04:22:24Z")
_That last song by **Rip** pretty much says it all_ **team 1** 😃 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 **team 2** 😃 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 That’s more like it! So, **2** s turn to pick. How about animals? \*\* team 2\*\* _It’s the eye of the **tiger** the thrill of the fight…_ –Survivor. ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/364 "2002-07-22T04:51:38Z")
Team 1: _Here comes a man now everybody hide He says he’s not guilty but you decide He do the **shark** walk_ Shriekback - Shark Walk ---
**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/365 "2002-07-22T05:08:32Z")
**team 2** _I tell you I’ve fought tougher men but I really can’t remember when He kicked like a **mule** and he bit like a **crocodile** _ Boy Named sue–Johnny Cash ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/366 "2002-07-22T05:17:42Z")
Team 1: _I’ve been through the desert on a **horse** with no name It felt good to get out of the rain_ Horse with No Name - America ---
**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/367 "2002-07-22T05:34:43Z")
**team 2** _Saw a man standin’ over a dead **dog** by the hiway in a ditch He’s looking down kinda puzzled poking that **dog** with a stick_ Reason to Believe–Bruce Springsteen ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/368 "2002-07-22T06:28:06Z")
Team 1: _The **reptiles** and I The reptiles and I That was our wisdom The reptiles and I_ The Reptiles and I - Shriekback ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/369 "2002-07-22T06:38:01Z")
Team 2: **Bat** man, Batman, Batman, Batman, BATMAN, Batman, Batman. -The Marketts ---
**Author:** ![Nortia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nortia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nortia)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/370 "2002-07-22T08:18:13Z")
Team 1 Oh Marie - Sheryl Crow _There was one man she truly loved He took everything but her **bear** -skin rug_ ---
**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/371 "2002-07-22T09:21:22Z")
**team 2** _…ocassionally glancing up through the rain wondering which of the buggars to blame and watching for **pigs** on the wing_ Pigs on the wing–Pink Floyd ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/372 "2002-07-22T11:17:34Z")
**Team One** _In the jungle, the mighty jungle the **lion** sleeps tonight_ The Lion Sleeps Tonight, The Tokens ---
**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/373 "2002-07-22T11:19:45Z")
**team 2** _The losing of those 5 jolly men It grieved the captain sore But the losing of that fine **whale** fish Now it grieved him 10 times more_ Greeland Whale Fisheries-Pogues ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/374 "2002-07-22T11:42:25Z")
**Team 1** \*I went to the Animal Fair The **birds** and the **beasts** were there The big **baboon** by the light of the moon Was combing his auburn hair You should have seen the **monk** He sat on the **elephant** ’s trunk The **elephant** sneezed and fell on his knees But what became of the **monk** The **monk** , the **monk** , the **monk**?\* The Animal Fair, children’s song ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/375 "2002-07-22T11:46:30Z")
**Team 2** \*The union of the **snake** Is on the climb Union of the Snake\* - Duran Duran ( **Ripple** has the Doors and the Dead, I’ve got Duran and Elton!) ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/376 "2002-07-22T12:07:17Z")
**Team 1** _Mouth is alive with juices like wine And I’m hungry like the **wolf** _ Hungry Like the Wolf, Duran Duran ---
**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/377 "2002-07-22T12:27:52Z")
**team 2** _We’ll drink the **rat** ’s piss, kick the shite And I’m not going home tonight_ Transmetropolitian–Pogues ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/378 "2002-07-22T12:36:25Z")
**Team 1** _Now she lives down by the ocean, she’s taking care to look for **sharks** _ Fins, Jimmy Buffett ---
**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/379 "2002-07-22T12:41:03Z")
**team 2** _I am a man who looks after the **pigs** Usually I get along…OK_ Dirty Jobs–The Who ---
**Author:** ![Nortia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nortia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nortia)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/380 "2002-07-22T12:55:11Z")
Team 1 I Am The Walrus - The Beatles _I am the eggman, they are the eggmen I am the **walrus** _ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373.md?page=20)