# Help build the soundtrack to the SDMB... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2003, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-build-the-soundtrack-to-the-sdmb/198211 "2003-08-28T15:43:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzygoodmakefeelnice)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-build-the-soundtrack-to-the-sdmb/198211/1 "2003-08-28T15:43:42Z")
If there was to be a soundtrack to the Straight Dope, what songs would be on it? The aim of the game is to suggest songs which have some sort of SDMB connection in the title or lyrics. The song that gave me this idea was ‘Magic Pie’ by Oasis, as I can’t hear ‘pie’ and not think SDMB, but I’m sure you lot can think of some better ones. And I’ll be impressed by the person who finds a song with a reference to 1920’s style “Death Rays”. (Seeing as this is music related maybe it should be in Cafe Society… sorry if i’ve put it in the wring place.) ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-build-the-soundtrack-to-the-sdmb/198211/2 "2003-08-28T16:01:49Z")
Mostly I would think we need songs that have a lot of yelling in them. Not that any spring immediately to mind. Maybe **Revolution #9** by _The Beatles_? ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-build-the-soundtrack-to-the-sdmb/198211/3 "2003-08-28T16:19:52Z")
[Tom Petty] The waaaaaiting is the harrrrrreeeesssstt part. [/Tom Petty] ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-build-the-soundtrack-to-the-sdmb/198211/4 "2003-08-28T21:39:43Z")
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**Author:** ![nitroglycerine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nitroglycerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nitroglycerine)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-build-the-soundtrack-to-the-sdmb/198211/5 "2003-08-28T21:47:51Z")
Well, siince the mission of this board is fighting ignorance, how about “What You Don’t Know (Sure Can Hurt You)” by Twisted Sister? Jon ---
**Author:** ![Mastema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Mastema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mastema)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-build-the-soundtrack-to-the-sdmb/198211/6 "2003-08-28T23:03:36Z")
“I wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then” By some country artist that I can’t be bothered to look up. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-build-the-soundtrack-to-the-sdmb/198211/7 "2003-08-28T23:09:33Z")
I think that there are a lot of moments on the SDMB that just need the Looney Tunes theme song playing in the background. Every time Coldfire posts, for example. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-build-the-soundtrack-to-the-sdmb/198211/8 "2003-08-29T00:19:48Z")
Considering the perennial end of the world threads (e.g., [Rapture coming this WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY!!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=207082&highlight=rapture)), I suggest R.E.M.'s _It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)_. ---
**Author:** ![Husker\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Husker\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Husker_Dude)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-build-the-soundtrack-to-the-sdmb/198211/9 "2003-08-29T00:27:19Z")
_I Am A Scientist_ by **Guided By Voices** , would’ve been a nice opener. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-build-the-soundtrack-to-the-sdmb/198211/10 "2003-08-29T00:35:20Z")
**Ride of the Valkyries** plays in the background each rare time Cecil posts. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-build-the-soundtrack-to-the-sdmb/198211/11 "2003-08-29T00:44:51Z")
Sam Cooke’s _What a Wonderful World_ ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-build-the-soundtrack-to-the-sdmb/198211/12 "2003-08-29T00:45:36Z")
_Everybody Wants To Rule The World_ - Tears for Fears (for all those would-be Dark Overlords) _No One Is To Blame_ - Howard Jones (for all the “it’s not _my_ fault” threads) _Somebody’s Watching Me_ - Rockwell (for the tinfoil hat crowd) _This Is How It Feels (To Be Lonely)_ - Carter USM (for all the lonely hearts threads) _This Party Sucks_ - Slickee Boys (for the trolls) _Now That We Found Love_ - Heavy D. (for those who must post about their newly found gf/bf) _The Hamster Dance_ (obviously) ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-build-the-soundtrack-to-the-sdmb/198211/13 "2003-08-29T01:17:07Z")
**You Must Learn** by KRS-One… for it’s “fighting ignorance” stance ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-build-the-soundtrack-to-the-sdmb/198211/14 "2003-08-29T03:28:34Z")
**Any song by Steely Dan** because of the obscure jokes hidden within lyrics that can be taken a hundred different ways while having a coherant meaning to the author. ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-build-the-soundtrack-to-the-sdmb/198211/15 "2003-08-29T03:32:04Z")
Alec Eiffel by The Pixies. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-build-the-soundtrack-to-the-sdmb/198211/16 "2003-08-29T03:33:46Z")
Beethoven or Bach for all of those Cafe Society types. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-build-the-soundtrack-to-the-sdmb/198211/17 "2003-08-29T03:51:08Z")
Gordon Lightfoot’s [The Circle is Small](http://users.cis.net/sammy/circle.htm), whose lyrics include the relevant _The city where we live, might be quite large But the circle is small, why not tell us all, and then all of us will know?_ The linked site includes a MIDi rendering of the tune. ---
**Author:** ![Nvme77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Nvme77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nvme77)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-build-the-soundtrack-to-the-sdmb/198211/18 "2003-08-29T05:31:51Z")
Anything you can do I can do better… I think it’s from “Annie Get Your Gun”. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-build-the-soundtrack-to-the-sdmb/198211/19 "2003-08-29T05:48:43Z")
**Spoofe** – **Coldfire** and _Looney Tunes_? You made my ears stop up! Huh? What is the name of the song that has the line in it: “I love you in a place where there’s no space or time…”? I know that songs with lyrics were asked for, but I think that the theme from _Peter Gun_ should play whenever **NoClueBoy** hits “View New Posts.” And the theme from _Jaws_ for **december** and New Thread. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-build-the-soundtrack-to-the-sdmb/198211/20 "2003-08-29T06:03:21Z")
Someone suggested songs with a lot of yelling in them… Subwoofer’s “Screaming Dementia” is certainly one. Or Subwoofer’s “Fuzzy Logic” for the people who like to pick apart everyone else’s posts in GD or the Pit, and denounce the logic in those posts as spurious and without any real foundation. (look up songs [here](http://www.subwoofer.32k.org)) F\_X [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-build-the-soundtrack-to-the-sdmb/198211.md?page=2)