# Guess the Song **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 7, 2000, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536 "2000-12-07T20:45:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/41 "2000-12-12T00:57:41Z")
Having stumped the panel once, I’ll try for twice: [ul]You are my sunshine, I pull the drapes shut tight. It’s curtains for you, goodbye. The cat’s in the bag, the bag’s in the river, The river makes me cry. Your hands, my heart, what’s so hard about that? Nothin 'cept I can’t be your wife. I loved that boy till death do us part, Till the evening I took his life. [/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/42 "2000-12-12T02:24:21Z")
Not that anyone cares, but the answer to my earlier ones are: 1. Beatles – I am the Walrus (got by astorian) “Expert, texpert, choking smokers Don’t you think the Joker laughs at you? See how they run like pigs from a gun See how they snide I’m crying” 1. Eagles – The Last Resort (nailed by mojo jojo) “The rich men came and raped the land Nobody caught 'em Put up a bunch of ugly boxes And Jesus-people bought 'em They called it Paradise” 1. Billy Joel – Goodnight Saigon (deduced by astorian) “Remember Charlie? Remember Baker? They left their childhood, on every acre And who was wrong? And who was right? It didn’t matter in the thick of the fight” 1. Black Grape – Heroes (guessed by mattk) “Jesus was a black man, no… Jesus was Batman no no no no… that was Bruce Wayne Who’s got the biggest Who’s got the biggest Who’s got the biggest brain?” 1. Camper Van Beethoven – Take the Skinheads Bowling Would have thought you punk fans might have got this one. 1. Steel Eye Spam – The Weaver and the Factory Maid This one is fairly obscure. 1. Polka Dot Door, theme song This is a childrens show that ran in Ontario, possibly all of Canada. Not exactly general knowledge. 1. Meaning of Life, theme song (ascertained by astorian) 2. Tom Waits – “What’s he building in there?” This is off his new CD _Mule Variations_. Its OK. It certainly isn’t as good as Swordfishtrombones or Raindogs. 1. Spitting Image – “I’ve never met a nice South African” (blindly stabbed by mattk) I saw this Spitting Image years ago and have no reason why this song stuck in my head. Well guessed! ---
**Author:** ![Marvel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marvel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvel)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/43 "2000-12-12T04:01:13Z")
Most of these lyrics came from songs released in the 80s. I’ll post the answers tomorrow night. Patty 1. You want my reply… What was the question? I was looking at (song title) 2. I wish I was in Tijuana Eating barbecued iguana. 3. I might like you better If we slept together. 4. Dry up all your tears my love, And put on your new face. You can never win or lose if You don’t run the race. 5. We ain’t going to the party We ain’t going to the game We ain’t going to the disco Ain’t gonna cruise down Main We’re (song title) 6. They put their money in a trunk And bought a lot of worthless junk. And now they’re back where they began. Digging through the trash for cans. 7. I feel so extraordinary. Something’s got a hold of me. 8. You don’t have to be beautiful To turn me on 9. Sometimes you picture me. I’m walking to far ahead. You’re calling to me I can’t hear what you said. 10. Just a dollar to get in And twenty-five cents a beer. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/44 "2000-12-12T04:06:01Z")
1. “Kiss”, Prince 2. “Time After Time”, Cyndi Lauper ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/45 "2000-12-12T04:56:34Z")
Wow only one guess at mine…(a correct guess though BTW). I thought #'s 1 and 2 were almost too easy but no one even attempted them. I’m still %99.999 sure that no one will get #4 but here’s a hint: the band is on skunk records. ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/46 "2000-12-12T05:45:56Z")
1. I wish I was in Tijuana Eating barbecued iguana. _Mexican Radio_\*\* Wall of Voodoo\*\* _Never Say Never_ **Romeo Void** (song was easy, had to cheat on the band name) ``` 4. Dry up all your tears my love, And put on your new face. You can never win or lose if You don't run the race. ``` _Love My Way_ **The Psychadelic Furs** ``` 7. I feel so extraordinary. Something's got a hold of me. ``` _True Faith_\*\* New Order\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/47 "2000-12-12T05:46:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Marvel \* > > 1. I wish I was in Tijuana > Eating barbecued iguana. “Mexican Radio” by Wall of Voodoo. ---
**Author:** ![Saturn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Saturn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saturn)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/48 "2000-12-12T06:44:19Z")
OK, I got one for ya. One liner, tho… “I can lose myself in Chinese art and American girls…” Fairly easy. And another… “Is it worth it A new winter coat and shoes for the wife And a bicycle on the boy’s birthday It’s just a rumor that was spread around town…” Easy ones. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/49 "2000-12-12T07:07:09Z")
“Is it worth it A new winter coat and shoes for the wife And a bicycle on the boy’s birthday It’s just a rumor that was spread around town…” _Shipbuilding_\*\* Elvis Costello\*\* try this: “ice-cream, 'scuse me I seen you looking good the other evening” ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/50 "2000-12-12T07:17:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by afireinside \* > \*\*5. “Gimme gimme this, gimme gimme that” > \*\* I think this is the only one on the list that wasn’t answered- The Germs, Lexicon Devil Here’s one I haven’t thought about in years, till it came up in conversation last night (don’t ask). “What is there to do she said He said come on baby I’ll show you a good time So they went down to one of those cheap motels And they got all gooshy and wet.” Now move 6000 miles to the right… “We ain’t got nothing but they don’t even care They don’t even know y’know They just want money, we can take it or leave it What we need is…” ---
**Author:** ![BobSchroeck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@BobSchroeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobSchroeck)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/51 "2000-12-12T13:50:26Z")
I might as well throw in a few… 1. I’m so scared in case I fall off my chair And I’m wondering how I’ll get down the stairs 2. These are the days of miracles and wonders, And don’t cry, baby, don’t cry. 3. Some came to sing Some came to pray Some came to keep The Dark away. 4. Bonedigger Bonedigger Dogs in the moonlight Far away my well-lit door Mr. Beerbelly Beerbelly Get these mutts away from me You know I don’t find this stuff amusing anymore 5. But whatever road you choose, I’m right behind you win or lose 6. If it’s something I want, then it’s something I need; I wasn’t built for comfort, I was built for speed. 7. This shattered dream you cannot justify. We’re gonna scream until we’re satisified. 8. Well, you’re an untamed youth That’s the truth With your cloak full of eagles 9. I don’t really know her, I only know her name But she crawls under your skin, you’re never quite the same 10. Her weapons were her crystal eyes Making every man a man Black as the dark night she was Got what no-one else had 11. Well morning comes and you’re still with her And the bus and the tourists are gone 12. Love of two is one Here but now they’re gone Came the last night of sadness And it was clear she couldn’t go on 13. I wanna publish 'zines, And rage against machines, I wanna pierce my tongue, It doesn’t hurt it feels fine 14. Up where the mountains meet the heavens above Out where the lightning splits the sea I would swear that there’s someone somewhere Watching me 15. Sweet 16 ain’t that peachy keen, No, it ain’t so neat to admit defeat Some of those should be gimmes, but the rest ought to be a little harder… – Bob ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/52 "2000-12-12T14:04:53Z")
I’m afraid that all the songs I knew have already been identified, but here’s a snippet from a song I know you all know: > [@](#): > > And where is that band who so vauntingly swore > That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion > A home and a country should leave us no more? > Their blood has wiped out their foul footstep’s pollution. Go wild.😉 jr8 ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/53 "2000-12-12T14:11:11Z")
My contributions (punk stuff) 1. Don’t you know you’ll never come clean. You know it’s true… 2. There are doubts, regarding your abilities. to lead them, the men. to lead them… 3. Don’t know how to read but i’ve got a lot of toys. Daddy’s a lazy middle class intellectual, mommy’s on valium so ineffectual… 4. …I can’t cross her from my memory. She meant everything to me, she meant every word she said. and the fin de resistance; 5. No safety comes in your numbers nothing so ordained… These are all from pretty old songs. ---
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/54 "2000-12-12T14:42:47Z")
More punk, but newer… 😃 1. mom and dad don’t look so hot these days, they’re getting over the hill 2. Friday night we’ll, be drinking Maneschevitz (sp?), goin’ out to - terrorize Goyem 3. We went to the philly pizza company and ordered some hot tea, the waitress said well, no - we only have it iced, so we jumped up on the table and shouted anarchy, and someone played a beach boys song on the jukebox. it was california dreamin’ and someone started screamin’ on such a winter’s daaay! If you want harder punk songs just ask broccoli! ---
**Author:** ![RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RocknRoll_Killing_Machine)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/55 "2000-12-12T14:46:22Z")
#3 is “21st Century Digital Boy” by Bad Religion. Mine previous effort was largely ignored, but it was fairly obscure anyways. It was “Rejected” by Rancid. Anyway’s here’s another half-punk one: > [@](#): > > Song number one is not a fuck you song / I’ll save that thought until later on / You want to know if there’s something wrong? It’s nothing. / Everybody’s talking about their hometown scenes and hurting people’s feelings in their magazines / you want to know what it all means? it’s nothing. Hell, for a super-fun lyric to identify, try my signature. ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/56 "2000-12-12T15:24:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Havok \* > \*\*#3 is “21st Century Digital Boy” by Bad Religion. > > Anyway’s here’s another half-punk one: > > > [@](#): > > > > Song number one is not a fuck you song / I’ll save that thought until later on / You want to know if there’s something wrong? It’s nothing. / Everybody’s talking about their hometown scenes and hurting people’s feelings in their magazines / you want to know what it all means? it’s nothing. > > \*\* Yes on 21 st century digital boy. And yours is Song number one by fugazi. Brocolli!'s songs that i can guess are 1. Were the Brews - NOFX 2. Punk rock girl - Dead milkmen Come one Broc… no stabs at mine? ---
**Author:** ![longjohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@longjohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longjohn)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/57 "2000-12-12T15:31:07Z")
OK, BobShroeck, you’re going to make me embarrass myself here. #14 is “holding out for a hero” # 6 is “bad for good” by Jim Steinman to make me feel a little better: # 4 is “Call me Al” by Paul Simon Too many unanswered hanging around to post another one. No, can’t resist: “inhale, exhale, just got a ounce in the mail” ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/58 "2000-12-12T15:48:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by longjohn \* > \*\*OK, BobShroeck, you’re going to make me embarrass myself here. > > #14 is “holding out for a hero” > > # 6 is “bad for good” by Jim Steinman > > to make me feel a little better: > > # 4 is “Call me Al” by Paul Simon \*\* #1 is “Stuck in the Middle With You” by Stealers Wheel #2 is “Boy in the Bubble”, also by Paul Simon #12 is “Don’t Fear the Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult (man, **that** takes me back…) #7 sounds like a KMFDM lyric, but I can’t place it (Juke Joint Jezebel, maybe?), and #11 is annoyingly familiar but eluding me thus far… jr8 ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/59 "2000-12-12T15:51:13Z")
Bob- 8. T. Rex- Bang a Gong 1. I don’t Like Mondays- Sir Bob Geldolf and the Boomtown Rats 2. is Stuck in the Middle with You but i don’t know who that’s by. Re: more punk rock: Ahem…I left some new punk rock that got stuck on the end of the last page where nobody will ever see it. Of course I don’t know any of the other new ones…wait let me think… ---
**Author:** ![longjohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@longjohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longjohn)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/60 "2000-12-12T15:55:27Z")
Damn damn damn. Cannot believe i didn’t spot “stuck in the middle”. The needle in my head will now stick on that tune for days. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536.md?page=4)