# 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:** 9
**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 19, 2002, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/161 "2002-07-19T00:49:58Z")
**Team 2** _He drank his first strong liquor then to calm his shaking hand And tried to tell himself at last he had become a **man** _ Don’t take Your Guns to Town—Johnny Cash ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/162 "2002-07-19T00:56:42Z")
**Team One** What’s Your Momma’s Name, Child - Tanya Tucker _Thirty some odd years ago, a young **man** came to Memphis. Asking 'bout a rose that used to blossom in his world. People never too the time to mind the young **man** ’s questions, Until one day they heard him ask a little green-eyed girl_ ---
**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 19, 2002, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/163 "2002-07-19T01:00:34Z")
**Team 2** _Well a young \*\* man_\*… ain’t got nothin in the world these days I say a young \*\* man\*\*… ain’t got nothin in the world these days I say in the old days… A young \*\* man\*\* was a strong **man** … All the people- they stepped BAAAACK! When a young \*\* man\*\* walked by\* Young Man Blues—the Who ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/164 "2002-07-19T01:13:18Z")
**Team One** What’ll You Do About Me, Randy Travis _All you wanted was a one-night stand The fire of the wine and the touch of a **man** But I fell in love and ruined all of your plans What’Il you do about me?_ ---
**Author:** ![KillerFig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/51bf81/32.png) [@KillerFig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KillerFig)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/165 "2002-07-19T02:59:51Z")
**Team 2** _Impudent mortal wormcast Do you truly aspire to prevail against me? Long before **man** hurled himself squamously from the primordial ooze, I waged war with gods and thwarted eternity!_ “The Splendour of a Thousand Swords Gleaming Beneath the Blazon of the Hyperborean Empire Part III: Cry Havoc for Glory and the Annihilation of the Titans of Chaos” – Bal-Sagoth -KillerFig PS There really needs to be a “Longest Song Title” game. I’m pretty confident this would at least make the top three. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/166 "2002-07-19T03:17:22Z")
**Team One** A Man Ain’t Made of Stone, Randy Travis _A man ain’t made of stone A man ain’t made of steel The way I feel right now I thought I’d never feel Sometimes all it takes Is facing the night alone And that’s when you know A man ain’t made of stone_ ---
**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 19, 2002, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/167 "2002-07-19T03:22:47Z")
**Team 2** Ah, I’d love to wear a rainbow every day and tell the world that everything’s OK, But I’ll try to carry off a little darkness on my back 'till things are brighter, I’m the **man** in black **Man** in Black—Johnny Cash ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/168 "2002-07-19T03:39:38Z")
**Team One** Forest For The Trees, Huey Lewis and the News [i[When you’re a young **man** , down and out You really need someone to help you out It looks like life or death is your only choice It’s really hard to see The forest for the trees The forest for the trees\* ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/169 "2002-07-19T03:43:21Z")
Team 2 But until I can find me A girl who’ll stay And won’t play Games behind me I’ll be what I am A solitary MAN Neil Diamond, Solitary Man ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/170 "2002-07-19T03:49:54Z")
(defecting to) **Team One** : \*Cause I’m a \*\*man \*\* Spelled \*\*M \*\* Spelled \*\*A \*\* Spelled \*\*N \*\* Yes I’m a \*\*man \*\* I’m a \*\*man \*\* Oooh \* “I’m a Man” - Led Zepplin ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/171 "2002-07-19T03:52:32Z")
Team two Particle Man, Particle Man Doin’ the things a particle can What’s he like, it’s not important Particle Man Is he a dot or is he a speck? When he’s underwater does he get wet? Or does the water get him instead? Nobody knows. Particle Man. Particle Man/ They Might be Giants ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/172 "2002-07-19T04:04:17Z")
(still on) **Team One** : _Now when I was a little boy, At the age of five, I had somethin’ in my pocket, Kept a lot of folks alive. Now I’m a **man** , I spell **M-A-N** … **man**._ “I’m A Man” - The Yardbirds ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/173 "2002-07-19T04:04:17Z")
**Team One** Simple As That, Huey Lewis and the News _You pay your bills the best that you can But the rising cost sure hurts a family **man** While the rich **man** gets fat it’s as simple as that_ Welcome, **Shibb**!! ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/174 "2002-07-19T04:05:26Z")
Team two Day after day Alone on a hill A man with a foolish grin Is keeping perfectly still Nowhere Man - The Beatles ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/175 "2002-07-19T04:06:01Z")
Now, there’s a simulpost for you. We should get to make a wish or something, na? ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/176 "2002-07-19T04:11:02Z")
I wish for a peanut butter sandwich. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/177 "2002-07-19T04:14:51Z")
I’ve lost track - what’s the time limit? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/178 "2002-07-19T04:25:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kat \* > \*\*I wish for a peanut butter sandwich. 😉 \*\* In some alternate universe you’ve already had a peanut butter sandwich. With a big, cold glass of whatever you’d like. Do we need to post again or do they still owe us one since we gave a 2fer? ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/179 "2002-07-19T04:26:38Z")
Two hours. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/180 "2002-07-19T04:27:30Z")
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