# Guess the song from the line game. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 19, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-line-game/132971 "2002-10-19T15:03:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-line-game/132971/1 "2002-10-19T15:03:53Z")
I’ll quote a lyric out of context, the person who guesses does same. Rinse and Repeat. “_We have to shout above the din of our Rice Krispies_” ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-line-game/132971/2 "2002-10-19T15:32:33Z")
The Police, “Synchronicity 2.” Next: _Click bang, What a hang._ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-line-game/132971/3 "2002-10-19T15:32:50Z")
“Synchronicity Part 2” by the Police. \*\* “I even like the chicken, if the sauce is not too blue.” ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-line-game/132971/4 "2002-10-19T17:06:08Z")
_Tv Dinners_, by ZZ Top. “he dug up her grave, and made a cage with her bones” ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-line-game/132971/5 "2002-10-19T17:30:12Z")
Pipeliner’s is Hendrix’s _Wait Until Tomorrow_. Sam Stone’s is Zevon’s _Excitable Boy_. “You go home and you cry and you want to die.” ---
**Author:** ![Jabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-line-game/132971/6 "2002-10-19T17:40:45Z")
The Smiths, “How Soon Is Now” Squash his head, put him in the pot. ---
**Author:** ![NYR407](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@NYR407](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NYR407)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-line-game/132971/7 "2002-10-20T03:43:01Z")
Jabba’s is Radiohead: “Knives Out” Damn and I was gonna use a Radiohead song! Not that I couldn’t but I’m not going to now. “Like a snake between two stones it itches in your bones.” ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-line-game/132971/8 "2002-10-21T15:30:56Z")
Faith No More? Sorrow? "The mosquitos are big but the women are bigger And them pantyhose make em look like winners " ---
**Author:** ![NYR407](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@NYR407](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NYR407)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-line-game/132971/9 "2002-10-21T16:36:24Z")
Yes, Faith No More Title is “Last Cup of Sorrow” to nit pick. No guess on yours. ---
**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-line-game/132971/10 "2002-10-21T18:29:39Z")
Soul City “On the steps I smoke a cigarette alone. Mexican kids are shootin’ fireworks below.” ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-line-game/132971/11 "2002-10-21T19:00:02Z")
Soul City by Southern Culture on the Skids is correct! As for yours, I knew the band, but had to do a search of their discography to remember the song title, so I’ll disqualify myself for now. If no one gets it, I’ll come back. ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-line-game/132971/12 "2002-10-21T19:13:21Z")
4th of July by Dave Alvin (and X) This stuff is so weird that the cockroaches moved next door. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Bee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Larry\_Bee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Bee)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-line-game/132971/13 "2002-10-21T20:29:22Z")
‘Chicken Cordon Blues’ by Steve Goodman “Wouldn’t know the difference between a real blonde and a fake” ---
**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-line-game/132971/14 "2002-10-21T21:18:31Z")
That’s Dylan. Can’t recall which song. She’s filing her nails while they’re draggin’ the lake ---
**Author:** ![chiefhardcrab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@chiefhardcrab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiefhardcrab)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-line-game/132971/15 "2002-10-22T00:21:38Z")
Watching the Detectives - Elvis Costello Dicks and the nipples and the toenails, too. ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-line-game/132971/16 "2002-10-22T12:13:16Z")
Scrapple by Robbie Fulks (and only a partial list of ingredients) “This has to be the best one yet, a singing telegram from you in Tibet” ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-line-game/132971/17 "2002-10-22T14:30:12Z")
Follow You All Over the World : Marti Jones She was a level headed dancer on the road to alcohol ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-line-game/132971/18 "2002-10-22T14:46:13Z")
“Blow Up Your TV” by John Prine I swear that I’d give up the drink if I could find a better way to get drunk. ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-line-game/132971/19 "2002-10-22T19:21:36Z")
“Hung Again” by Cop Shoot Cop Noone can see me 'cause I’m always alone