# 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:** 5
**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 21, 2006, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/81 "2006-07-21T04:16:37Z")
[QUOTE=Tengu] OK, midling difficulty, I think: _I lack utlity, but that will change soon. Tomorrow’s on its way._ [/QUOTE] “Clint Eastwood,” by Gorillaz. **brianjedi** and **Oakminster** both have it right. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/82 "2006-07-21T04:17:11Z")
D’oh! Beaten to 1 and 5. > [@](#): > > 1. At the time of which our paths crossed for the first time, you currently held down a job as an employee of an establishment specializing in mixed drinks. Don’t You Want Me; Human League. “You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar when I met you…” ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/83 "2006-07-21T04:17:21Z")
_The singer encounters a female vocalist who performs the style of music favored by BB King, and requested recent developments of a cheerful nature…_ ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/84 "2006-07-21T04:17:54Z")
“I’m incapable of admitting the truth to myself My body is showing signs of stress and anxiety having a hard time being leisurely” ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/85 "2006-07-21T04:18:47Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] _The singer encounters a female vocalist who performs the style of music favored by BB King, and requested recent developments of a cheerful nature…_ [/QUOTE] American Pie; Don Maclean. “I met a girl who sang the blues/And I asked her for some happy news…” ---
**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 21, 2006, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/86 "2006-07-21T04:20:37Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] _The singer encounters a female vocalist who performs the style of music favored by BB King, and requested recent developments of a cheerful nature…_ [/QUOTE] “American Pie” by Don McLean (“I met a girl who sang the blues, and asked her for some happy news”) [QUOTE=Enginerd] _“I’m incapable of admitting the truth to myself My body is showing signs of stress and anxiety having a hard time being leisurely”_ [/QUOTE] “Psycho Killer” by Talking Heads (“Can’t seem to face up to the facts, I’m tense and nervous and I can’t relax”) (And “Don’t You Want Me” is indeed correct.) ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/87 "2006-07-21T04:25:08Z")
Dayum…I gotta quit throwing those hanging curves, and bring some chin music… Hmmmmm…how about… _Potential employers ignored my assertions of superior intellect, A ranking individual revealed that such were already present in sufficient quantity for their purposes._ ---
**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 21, 2006, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/88 "2006-07-21T04:49:02Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] Simply speak, and my associates will appear promptly, Their talons unsheathed, lowering the temperature of the evening. Are you especially scared by my presence behind you? An electrical storm is no less fierce than me! I’ll inscribe your monument with my message of gratitude for this meal. We creatures enjoy the very finest of pastimes. [/QUOTE] No nibbles on this one? Hint: it was a hit single by one of the biggest bands of the '70s. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/89 "2006-07-21T04:51:53Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] _Potential employers ignored my assertions of superior intellect, A ranking individual revealed that such were already present in sufficient quantity for their purposes._ [/QUOTE] Workin’ at the Car Wash Blues; Jim Croce. “They wouldn’t listen to the fact that I was genius; the man said they’d got all that they can use…” ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/90 "2006-07-21T04:53:39Z")
Are mine really that hard? They’re all post-1990, if that helps. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/91 "2006-07-21T04:59:24Z")
I feel like I should know them , but I can’t get very far. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/92 "2006-07-21T05:03:42Z")
[QUOTE=brianjedi] Are mine really that hard? They’re all post-1990, if that helps. [/QUOTE] That would be why I don’t have a clue. Post 1990 music is why Karana rewarded his most loyal Druid with CDs of older stuff. Such as: _My attire is borrowed, and the highway is infinite_… ---
**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 21, 2006, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/93 "2006-07-21T05:11:12Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] _My attire is borrowed, and the highway is infinite_… [/QUOTE] …and I will not permit them to apprehend the 12:00 horseman. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/94 "2006-07-21T05:19:36Z")
Pretty spiffy, **Biffy** _My deepest aspirations are not as bereft of content as my moral guidance might be considered…_ ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/95 "2006-07-21T05:21:31Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] …and I will not permit them to apprehend the 12:00 horseman. [/QUOTE] Though I might observe that the last word you used is particularly ironic in the context I apply to this song… ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/96 "2006-07-21T05:35:20Z")
All the ones I knew got answered. Okay, I’ll put one up. _Creases become evident on my visage and extremities Creases drop from vertical and horizontal positions. I’m centrally located, absent of decision I’m adolecent, I’m mature_ The last line is a giveaway. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/97 "2006-07-21T05:40:42Z")
[QUOTE=zoogirl] All the ones I knew got answered. Okay, I’ll put one up. _Creases become evident on my visage and extremities Creases drop from vertical and horizontal positions. I’m centrally located, absent of decision I’m adolecent, I’m mature_ The last line is a giveaway. [/QUOTE] _I’m Eighteen_ by Alice Cooper ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/98 "2006-07-21T05:42:08Z")
Yup! ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/99 "2006-07-21T05:45:47Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] Pretty spiffy, **Biffy** _My deepest aspirations are not as bereft of content as my moral guidance might be considered…_ [/QUOTE] Behind Blue Eyes - the Who ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/100 "2006-07-21T05:45:52Z")
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