# Guess the song from the reworded lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 20, 2006, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296 "2006-07-20T06:22:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Othersider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cab0a1/32.png) [@Othersider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Othersider)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/201 "2006-07-23T01:35:10Z")
I tried a number of the ones that had no correct answers yet, but so far I’ve got nothing. In the meantime, I have a few more to add to the pile, but I imagine the teeming millions will make short work of these: _Stop talking this instant! Why would you accuse me of erring? I am a person, and I require the comfort of affection, not unlike the rest of the world. To me, unimportant are the things those people might believe; likewise, the places to which they might venture. I have no quarrel with the son of man. Arm yourselves! Come with your acquaintances and amigos! It is a delight to fall short, and to make believe._ ---
**Author:** ![El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e9c0ed/32.png) [@El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Perro_Fumando)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/202 "2006-07-23T01:40:21Z")
[QUOTE=Lisa-go-Blind] These of mine haven’t been guessed yet. Hint: They’re all singles from this decade. 1. You claim that all music contains the same aural qualities, yet you purchase it anyway. You cannot explain it away, pal. We should break new ground. 2. You may not answer to the title of a popular song by Duran Duran, but this does not bother me as I have no fondness for the material often found on beaches or in playgrounds. 3. Young man, I have not discovered a method by which I can expel your kind from my cerebral cortex. I contemplate only the affectionate feelings and activities directed by your person towards myself. And three new ones, in order of easiest to most difficult: 4. Ever you should alter your decision from its current state, I shall be at the head of the queue. 5. I lack the ability to verbalize my emotions. However, these affectionate feelings of mine are available at any given hour. 6. This unspecified thing lacks the capacity to change my position and also does not assist in my getting started in the least. (nonsense syllables) This aforementioned thing cannot bring me from point A to point B, as it is not really my bag. (nonsense syllables) This unspecified thing lacks the capacity to change my position, as it is not really my bag. (nonsense syllables) [/QUOTE] 1. is the song by Kylie Minogue (Boy, I just can’t get you out of my head. Your lovin’ is all I’m thinkin’ 'bout.) ---
**Author:** ![Carlyjay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Carlyjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carlyjay)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/203 "2006-07-23T02:23:19Z")
Has this one been done yet? “Allrighty, herein lies the state of affairs. My mother and father have departed for seven days of pleasurable leave. They have neglected to pack the security pass to their recently acquired luxury automobile. In your opinion, would my intentions upset them? After considering, I think obviously no.” ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/204 "2006-07-23T03:00:18Z")
[QUOTE=El Perro Fumando] 3. is the song by Kylie Minogue (Boy, I just can’t get you out of my head. Your lovin’ is all I’m thinkin’ 'bout.) [/QUOTE] Correct! My numbers 1, 2, 5 and 6 are still available. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/205 "2006-07-23T03:28:46Z")
[QUOTE=Othersider] \*Stop talking this instant! Why would you accuse me of erring? I am a person, and I require the comfort of affection, not unlike the rest of the world. [/quote] “How Soon Is Now” - The Smiths ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/206 "2006-07-23T03:46:05Z")
[QUOTE=Othersider] I tried a number of the ones that had no correct answers yet, Arm yourselves! Come with your acquaintances and amigos! It is a delight to fall short, and to make believe.\* [/QUOTE] _Come As You Are_ - Nirvana > [@carlyjay](#): > > “Allrighty, herein lies the state of affairs. My mother and father have departed for seven days of pleasurable leave. They have neglected to pack the security pass to their recently acquired luxury automobile. In your opinion, would my intentions upset them? After considering, I think obviously no.” _Parents Just Don’t Understand_ - DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/207 "2006-07-23T03:56:52Z")
“I am a young man endowed with a particular serenity. I linger, just hanging around and killing time. The minutes and hours of my life pass as waste into a sewer.” “A judicious gentleman was regaling me with stories of his life - stories of both his travels and the happenings that he’d observed.” ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/208 "2006-07-23T04:48:26Z")
[QUOTE=Othersider] To me, unimportant are the things those people might believe; likewise, the places to which they might venture. I have no quarrel with the son of man. [/QUOTE] Byrds/Doobie Bros., “Jesus Is Just All Right” ---
**Author:** ![Othersider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cab0a1/32.png) [@Othersider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Othersider)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/209 "2006-07-23T10:15:06Z")
[QUOTE=waterj2] “How Soon Is Now” - The Smiths [/QUOTE] Correct! [QUOTE=Enginerd] _Come As You Are_ - Nirvana [/QUOTE] Not quite. [QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] Byrds/Doobie Bros., “Jesus Is Just All Right” [/QUOTE] Correct! ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/210 "2006-07-23T15:12:55Z")
[QUOTE=Othersider] _Stop talking this instant! Why would you accuse me of erring? I am a person, and I require the comfort of affection, not unlike the rest of the world._ [/QUOTE] “You shut your mouth/How can you say/I go about things the wrong way ?/I am Human and I need to be loved/Just like everybody else does” How Soon Is Now? (Theme from Charmed) – Love Spit Love SP1. _Previously_ SP2. _Identify yourself_ SP3. _Individual identified with the first of the typical English designations who has achieved level 4_ ---
**Author:** ![Carlyjay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Carlyjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carlyjay)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/211 "2006-07-23T18:00:56Z")
_Parents Just Don’t Understand_ - DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince [/QUOTE] Correct! ---
**Author:** ![Ragiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6de8d8/32.png) [@Ragiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ragiel)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/212 "2006-07-23T19:07:29Z")
[QUOTE=Sir Prize] “You shut your mouth/How can you say/I go about things the wrong way ?/I am Human and I need to be loved/Just like everybody else does” How Soon Is Now? (Theme from Charmed) – Love Spit Love SP1. _Previously_ SP2. _Identify yourself_ SP3. _Individual identified with the first of the typical English designations who has achieved level 4_ [/QUOTE] Everybody’s distracted, I guess. SP1 _Yesterday_, Beatles. SP2 _Who are You?_, the Who. SP3… gotta go look those up. Later 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/213 "2006-07-23T19:10:36Z")
[QUOTE=Othersider] [in response to my guessing _Come As You Are_ - Eng.] Not quite. [/QUOTE] Of course not - it’s _Smells Like Teen Spirit_. I don’t know how I confused them. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/214 "2006-07-24T12:29:39Z")
**Originally posted by Dung Beetle** Although theoretically possible that I might have been, you were The one who took on a little more than you could handle According to you, everything was fine, but you were decieved That female is evil, no question; perchance the ichor is foul. * * * ## Hmm. Still unsolved. How about if I give the chorus? It may help if you know that the words in parentheses are sung by the background singer in a very high-pitched voice. Foul (foul!) ichor (ichor!) The female was created to prevaricate Implies commitments she doesn’t follow through on By blinking one eye Foul (foul!) ichor (ichor!) Kinsman, you’ve been tricked You’ll certainly think differently About what you put your faith in from now on. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/215 "2006-07-24T18:01:58Z")
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle] **Originally posted by Dung Beetle** Although theoretically possible that I might have been, you were The one who took on a little more than you could handle According to you, everything was fine, but you were decieved That female is evil, no question; perchance the ichor is foul. * * * ## Hmm. Still unsolved. How about if I give the chorus? It may help if you know that the words in parentheses are sung by the background singer in a very high-pitched voice. Foul (foul!) ichor (ichor!) The female was created to prevaricate Implies commitments she doesn’t follow through on By blinking one eye Foul (foul!) ichor (ichor!) Kinsman, you’ve been tricked You’ll certainly think differently About what you put your faith in from now on. [/QUOTE] Bad Blood – Neil Sedaka (I think he should sing the song to your lyrics) ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/216 "2006-07-24T18:17:35Z")
[QUOTE=Ragiel] Everybody’s distracted, I guess. SP1 _Yesterday_, Beatles. SP2 _Who are You?_, the Who. SP3… gotta go look those up. Later 🙂 [/QUOTE] Yep. SP3. _Individual identified with the first of the typical English designations who has achieved level 4_ ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/217 "2006-07-24T18:24:20Z")
[QUOTE=Sir Prize] Bad Blood – Neil Sedaka (I think he should sing the song to your lyrics) [/QUOTE] Yes, and thank you! At last, I can rest. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Othersider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cab0a1/32.png) [@Othersider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Othersider)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/218 "2006-07-25T04:14:40Z")
[QUOTE=Enginerd] Of course not - it’s _Smells Like Teen Spirit_. I don’t know how I confused them. [/QUOTE] I imagine you were actually _thinking_ of SLTS, but you instead typed CAYA. Perhaps because you’d listened to it recently or something? 😉 :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/219 "2006-07-25T14:48:52Z")
I figured that someone would get this already. Here’s more but it makes it too easy. SP3. _Individual identified with the first of the typical English designations who has achieved level 4 this is a communication from terrestrial management_ ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/220 "2006-07-25T19:54:33Z")
[QUOTE=Sir Prize] I figured that someone would get this already. Here’s more but it makes it too easy. SP3. _Individual identified with the first of the typical English designations who has achieved level 4 this is a communication from terrestrial management_ [/QUOTE] David Bowie - “Space Oddity” (“Ground Control to Major Tom”) The game seems to have wound down, so I’ll go ahead and post the answers to the ones I posted that haven’t been claimed yet: _1) You claim that all music contains the same aural qualities, yet you purchase it anyway. You cannot explain it away, pal. We should break new ground._ The Streets - “Let’s Push Things Forward” (“You say that everything sounds the same, but then you go buy them. There’s no excuses my friend. Let’s push things forward.”) _2) You may not answer to the title of a popular song by Duran Duran, but this does not bother me as I have no fondness for the material often found on beaches or in playgrounds._ Arctic Monkeys - “I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor” (“Your name isn’t Rio, but I don’t care for sand.”) _3) I lack the ability to verbalize my emotions. However, these affectionate feelings of mine are available at any given hour._ George Harrison - “What Is Life?” (“What I feel, I can’t say, but my love is there for you any time of day.”) _4) This unspecified thing lacks the capacity to change my position and also does not assist in my getting started in the least. (nonsense syllables) This aforementioned thing cannot bring me from point A to point B, as it is not really my bag. (nonsense syllables) This unspecified thing lacks the capacity to change my position, as it is not really my bag. (nonsense syllables)_ Kaiser Chiefs - “Na Na Na Na Naa” [“It does not move me, it does not get me going at all. (Na na na na naa.) It does not shift me, it’s not the kind of thing that I like. (Na na na na naa.) It does not move me, it’s not the kind of thing that I like. (Na na na na naa.)”] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296.md?page=10)