# 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:** 2
**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 20, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/21 "2006-07-20T16:57:09Z")
[QUOTE=want2know] “He encountered a prostitute in a city below sea level, Flaunting her womanly wares on the avenue” [/QUOTE] Labelle, “Lady Marmalade” [QUOTE=want2know] “You cannot consistently acquire what you desire, However, given a temporal frame, you may locate what you require.” [/QUOTE] Stones, “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/22 "2006-07-20T17:10:45Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] Labelle, “Lady Marmalade” Stones, “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” [/QUOTE] Yes and yes. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/23 "2006-07-20T17:16:55Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > “Perambulating in a town known for music, > Levitating 3 meters above the pavement.” This is _Walking in Memphis_, by Marc Cohn. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/24 "2006-07-20T17:21:13Z")
[QUOTE=Enginerd] _I allowed you to dwell in my opulent abode, which you derided by comparing it to the run-down homes of the poor. We were fecund, producing many heirs. Presently, though, you would prefer to spend your time elsewhere than with our offspring._ [/QUOTE] It a B. B. Song, but I’m ashamed to admit I only know it from the “B.B. King Medley” off “Best of Duane Allman.” The words are “Let you live in my penthouse/you called it a shack/gave you seven children/now you want to give 'em back” Off to google now… ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/25 "2006-07-20T17:21:15Z")
“You sniveling, overpriveleged white bread punk. You might think you’ve got some kind of connection with poorer people, but you don’t know how good you’ve got it. Some time in a third world country would give you a little perspective on your cushy life.” ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/26 "2006-07-20T17:30:14Z")
[QUOTE=Labdad] It a B. B. Song, but I’m ashamed to admit I only know it from the “B.B. King Medley” off “Best of Duane Allman.” The words are “Let you live in my penthouse/you called it a shack/gave you seven children/now you want to give 'em back” Off to google now… [/QUOTE] It’s called _How Blue Can You Get_. Great tune. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/27 "2006-07-20T17:33:20Z")
It was “How Blue Can You Get” by B. B. King. And the album was Duane Allman, An Anthology. > [@](#): > > “You sniveling, overpriveleged white bread punk. You might think you’ve got some kind of connection with poorer people, but you don’t know how good you’ve got it. Some time in a third world country would give you a little perspective on your cushy life.” Hey! You talkin’ to me?? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/28 "2006-07-20T17:48:30Z")
Sorry… I get a little worked up when people don’t know BB King songs. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/29 "2006-07-20T18:52:09Z")
[QUOTE=Enginerd] That’s _Hang On to Your Ego_, by Frank Black. [/QUOTE] Right song, wrong artist. It’s actually by the Beach Boys. The lyrics and title were changed when the song was released on the album to “I Know There’s An Answer”. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/30 "2006-07-20T18:56:39Z")
Going old school for this one… _Financially embarassed, in the town called Red Stick, and preparing to travel by rail, my spirits as diminished as the colors of my denim trousers…_ ---
**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 20, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/31 "2006-07-20T18:58:27Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] _Financially embarassed, in the town called Red Stick, and preparing to travel by rail, my spirits as diminished as the colors of my denim trousers…_ [/QUOTE] “Red Stick” was the giveaway. Janis Joplin, “Me & Bobby McGee” ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/32 "2006-07-20T19:01:40Z")
[QUOTE=Talon Karrde] Right song, wrong artist. It’s actually by the Beach Boys. The lyrics and title were changed when the song was released on the album to “I Know There’s An Answer”. [/QUOTE] Cool - I had no idea that was a Beach Boys song. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/33 "2006-07-20T19:14:46Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] “Red Stick” was the giveaway. Janis Joplin, “Me & Bobby McGee” [/QUOTE] Well pfui. Took two minutes for that one. Well done. Try another… _Pay attention, youngsters, to a saga handed down from the ages, regarding an elevated empire, and those dwelling in less lofty terrain…_ ---
**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 20, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/34 "2006-07-20T19:19:15Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] Well pfui. Took two minutes for that one. Well done. Try another… _Pay attention, youngsters, to a saga handed down from the ages, regarding an elevated empire, and those dwelling in less lofty terrain…_ [/QUOTE] One Tin Soldier, by Coven ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/35 "2006-07-20T19:27:18Z")
OK, I suck at this game. ☹ ---
**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 20, 2006, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/36 "2006-07-20T19:32:22Z")
No, no, we’re having fun! Here’s one for you: She descends from canary-colored heights On a heavily shadowed and even topography she is borne By a foal she refers to as Untamed Flame With a tornado in close proximity ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/37 "2006-07-20T19:43:54Z")
Some leftovers from the last time I did this in my LJ: 1. Everything which has inspired terror in me has gained sentience. 2. I have made observations as to the positioning of the moon in the firmament during the unlit nocturnal period 3. Sorrowful endurance of pain, I was aware of his existence in the past, 4. Hello, sir, to what destination are you proceeding toward? Is your trip one of haste? All of them are opening lines. ---
**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 20, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/38 "2006-07-20T19:44:29Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] OK, I suck at this game. ☹ [/QUOTE] No you don’t. It wouldn’t be any fun if they were all stumpers. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/39 "2006-07-20T19:52:19Z")
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle] No, no, we’re having fun! Here’s one for you: She descends from canary-colored heights On a heavily shadowed and even topography she is borne By a foal she refers to as Untamed Flame With a tornado in close proximity [/QUOTE] I know that one. Makes me think of my first love, years ago. _Wildfire_ ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/40 "2006-07-20T20:27:39Z")
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