# 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:** 5
**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, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/81 "2000-12-12T22:43:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by betenoir \* > \*\*Bob- then you add insult to injury by spelling my name wrong. \*\* Argh. Force of habit, what can I say? I was well-trained in high school French class. > [@](#): > > **All is forgiven. But I expect to see those points in the mail!** I’ll express’em to you, how’s that? \ > [@](#): > > **Actually I’m just pissed because nobodies tried my earlier ones- they’re right there at the bottom of page one!** Let me tell you a secret… I posted those 15 of mine because everything I could identify someone beat me to, and what was left I didn’t know… And I wanted to get in on the action _somehow_.\ – Bob ---
**Author:** ![Totoro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Totoro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totoro)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2000, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/82 "2000-12-13T01:19:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Totoro \* > \*\* > Oh her flowing skirt is blowing in a transcedental wind, > and she wonders without knowing, where did we begin? \*\* I was really hoping someone would get this one, but if anyone wants a hint, it’s off the “Dumb And Dumber” Soundtrack (No, I didn’t buy it, I pirated, like every one else.) Here’s another kinda hardcore song. This town don’t feel mine, fast to get away, far. I dressed you in her clothes, so drive me, far away. ---
**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 13, 2000, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/83 "2000-12-13T02:11:22Z")
Here’s some other fairly easy song lyrics: > [@](#): > > Stolen from an african land / Chased out with a knife / With a face like Bob Marley / and a mouth like a motor bike / Oh well the bars are always open / and the time is always right / And if God’s good word goes unspoken / well the music goes all night. > [@](#): > > “Sargeant, you got a lot a damn gall to > ask me if I’ve rehabilitated myself, I mean, I mean, I mean that just, I’m > sittin’ here on the bench, I mean I’m sittin here on the Group W bench > ‘cause you want to know if I’m moral enough join the army, burn women, > kids, houses and villages after bein’ a litterbug.” ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2000, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/84 "2000-12-13T02:24:48Z")
**Stolen from an african land / Chased out with a knife / With a face like Bob Marley / and a mouth like a motor bike / Oh well the bars are always open / and the time is always right / And if God’s good word goes unspoken / well the music goes all night.** Why that, of course, is “Don’t Push” by **Sublime**. (It’s kinda hard to miss that song, it was on every single album they ever put out except their self-titled one.) ---
**Author:** ![Totoro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Totoro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totoro)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2000, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/85 "2000-12-13T02:36:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Havok \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > “Sargeant, you got a lot a damn gall to > > ask me if I’ve rehabilitated myself, I mean, I mean, I mean that just, I’m > > sittin’ here on the bench, I mean I’m sittin here on the Group W bench > > ‘cause you want to know if I’m moral enough join the army, burn women, > > kids, houses and villages after bein’ a litterbug.” > > \*\* This Is Alices Restaurant. Arlo Guthrie. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2000, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/86 "2000-12-13T03:03:59Z")
Oh my god, I cant believe i didnt get that one, the Sergeant part threw me off and made me think “military” instead of “cop”. I should have known though right at litterbug… ::D’oh:: ---
**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 13, 2000, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/87 "2000-12-13T09:24:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cisco \* > \*\*Oh my god, I cant believe i didnt get that one, the Sergeant part threw me off and made me think “military” instead of “cop”. I should have known though right at litterbug… > > :: D’oh :: \*\* I think the sergeant in question **is** military, but never mind… But on that note: “We’re down on our knees/'Cause no-one wants a fella with a social disease” 😉 jr8 ---
**Author:** ![Saturn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Saturn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saturn)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2000, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/88 "2000-12-13T16:03:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GRJ \* > **2. "Because my love for you could break my world in two, > If you should fall into my arms and tremble like a > flower."** Just to be a pain in the bum, it’s “break my heart in two”…sorry, Bowie fan here you know. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2000, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/89 "2000-12-13T16:22:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jr8 \* > \*\* > > “We’re down on our knees/'Cause no-one wants a fella with a social disease” > > 😉 > > jr8 \*\* “Officer Kruskey (sp?)” from West Side Story. Interesting the lines you picked out. Should I do another one? Nobody’s answered my others, and I’m despondent. Ok, also punk rock. And appropo of the past month: “Honest to goodness the bars wern’t open this morning they must have been voting for the president or something… It was better before, before they voted for what’s-his-name…” ---
**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 13, 2000, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/90 "2000-12-13T19:23:23Z")
Here’s some more lyrics #1 > [@](#): > > I wanna smash it up, for the people. And for our right to be, to be treated equal. I wanna smash it up, for all my friends. I hope you stick around until the very end. #2 > [@](#): > > A tank of gas is a treasure to me / I know now that nothing is free / I talk to you every now and then / I never felt so alone again #3 > [@](#): > > Please let me take them / I don’t want to be an idiot / ritalin will make me smart / at least that’s what my teacher said / all the other kids take them / I think I am the only one / I need something to slow me down / I talk too much cuz I am dumb #4 > [@](#): > > For I am no one. I am nothing. Mold me, make me into something you find worth in, deem special. #5 > [@](#): > > So don’t let the world bring you down / Not everyone here is that fucked up and cold /Remember why you came and while you’re alive / Experience the warmth before you grow old #6 > [@](#): > > They call it a scene / I call it disaster / down here the kids grow up faster / scared they’re scared to the bone / like a pack of wolves they don’t run alone / one on one they won’t look you in the eye / but when the pack’s together there’s a battle cry / I saw it, fifteen on one / when the crowd dispersed the kid was done #7 > [@](#): > > Yeah, I sweat a lot / Pants fall down every time I bend over / And my feet itch / Yeah - I married a scarecrow / I hate you / Talkin’ to myself / Everybody’s starin’ at me / I’m only bleedin’ / Someone taps me on the shoulder every 5 minutes / Nobody speaks English anymore / Would anyone tell me if I was gettin’ stupider? most of these are punk, #1 is questionable, and #5 and #7 aren’t. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2000, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/91 "2000-12-13T19:44:32Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by picmr \* > **7. I feel so extraordinary. > Something’s got a hold of me. > True Faith** New Order_\*\*\* Also one of the ones on my list, which was… 1. The Verve, “The Drugs Don’t Work” – guessed by **GRJ** 2. Blur, “Chemical World” 3. Pulp, “Disco 2000” – guessed by **GRJ** 4. New Order, “True Faith” 5. Pet Shop Boys, “So Hard” ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2000, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/92 "2000-12-13T20:14:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BobSchroeck \* > \*\*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 > \*\* God my thread got long! I don’t know if anyone has answered-but Stealer’s Wheel: Stuck in the Middle With You. ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2000, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/93 "2000-12-13T20:24:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Havok \* > \*\*Here’s some more lyrics > > #6 > > > [@](#): > > > > They call it a scene / I call it disaster / down here the kids grow up faster / scared they’re scared to the bone / like a pack of wolves they don’t run alone / one on one they won’t look you in the eye / but when the pack’s together there’s a battle cry / I saw it, fifteen on one / when the crowd dispersed the kid was done > > \*\* NO MORE **BAD TOWN!!!** - op ivy ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2000, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/94 "2000-12-13T20:48:09Z")
**So don’t let the world bring you down / Not everyone here is that fucked up and cold /Remember why you came and while you’re alive / Experience the warmth before you grow old** Incubus - Warmth Bah, I guess no one is going to answer any of mine. Look back on page one if youre interested though, i think some of them are punk but i can’t even remember which ones I posted now :rolleyes: ---
**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 13, 2000, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/95 "2000-12-13T20:57:32Z")
I’ve looked at them, I just don’t know them. ---
**Author:** ![afireinside](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@afireinside](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/afireinside)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2000, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/96 "2000-12-13T21:29:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by broccoli! \* > \*\*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! > > \*\* #3 is “Punk rock girl” by the Dead MIlkmen. (One of the best songs ever.) ---
**Author:** ![afireinside](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@afireinside](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/afireinside)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2000, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/97 "2000-12-13T21:34:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Havok \* > \*\*Here’s some more lyrics > #1 > > > [@](#): > > > > I wanna smash it up, for the people. And for our right to be, to be treated equal. I wanna smash it up, for all my friends. I hope you stick around until the very end. > > #2 > > > [@](#): > > > > A tank of gas is a treasure to me / I know now that nothing is free / I talk to you every now and then / I never felt so alone again > > #3 > > > [@](#): > > > > Please let me take them / I don’t want to be an idiot / ritalin will make me smart / at least that’s what my teacher said / all the other kids take them / I think I am the only one / I need something to slow me down / I talk too much cuz I am dumb > > #4 > > > [@](#): > > > > For I am no one. I am nothing. Mold me, make me into something you find worth in, deem special. > > #5 > > > [@](#): > > > > So don’t let the world bring you down / Not everyone here is that fucked up and cold /Remember why you came and while you’re alive / Experience the warmth before you grow old > > #6 > > > [@](#): > > > > They call it a scene / I call it disaster / down here the kids grow up faster / scared they’re scared to the bone / like a pack of wolves they don’t run alone / one on one they won’t look you in the eye / but when the pack’s together there’s a battle cry / I saw it, fifteen on one / when the crowd dispersed the kid was done > > #7 > > > [@](#): > > > > Yeah, I sweat a lot / Pants fall down every time I bend over / And my feet itch / Yeah - I married a scarecrow / I hate you / Talkin’ to myself / Everybody’s starin’ at me / I’m only bleedin’ / Someone taps me on the shoulder every 5 minutes / Nobody speaks English anymore / Would anyone tell me if I was gettin’ stupider? > > most of these are punk, #1 is questionable, and #5 and #7 aren’t. > \*\* #1 is the International Noise Conspiracy’s “smash it up.” You guys have great musical taste. Try these: 1. “I’ve got a bone to pick with capitalism…and a few to break.” 2.“Every time I make my mother cry and angel dies and falls from heaven.” 1. “War is sexy, war is fun…” 2. “I remember the day the sun went out.” ---
**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 13, 2000, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/98 "2000-12-13T22:05:21Z")
ahaha, I was going to post a Refused song lyric, but I was thinking about doing protest Song '68, with “To sing, you must first open your mouth. you must have a pair of lungs and a little knowledge of music. It is not necessary to have an accordian or guitar. The essential thing is that I want to sing. Then this is a song, I’m singing.” The one you choose though was “I’ve got a bone to pick with capitalism…and a few to break.” which is Worms of the Senses. “I remember the day the sun went out” is Slice Paper Wrists by Poison The Well. ---
**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 13, 2000, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/99 "2000-12-13T23:38:06Z")
What’s my prize for twice stumping the panel? Should I go for three? ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536/100 "2000-12-14T03:26:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by afireinside \* > \*\*3. “War is sexy, war is fun…” > > \*\* Dead Kennedys. Ranbozo the Clown Oh com’on. You’re posting the Germs and the DK’s and you can’t get my first one (back where I answered yours)? Quintessential 80’s west coast punk. Come to think of it so is my last one. That said I haven’t gotton your other ones- damn, some of them sound familar. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song/44536.md?page=6)