# Help me Id this song.. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 5, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-song/199660 "2003-09-05T04:08:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nvme77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Nvme77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nvme77)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-song/199660/1 "2003-09-05T04:08:48Z")
I’ve raved about the SDMB to everyone who has every had any conversation with me and now I need some help. My friend has given me the task of finding out the artist/group that had a song in the eighties with these lyrics in it: “Christian boy you can’t ride your scooter in the graveyard anymore” That’s all the lyrics we have. :smack: Please have mercy on us and see if you can find the name/and or band that had that song. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-song/199660/2 "2003-09-05T04:38:18Z")
A big nuthin’. Can you be more specific… male singer? New wave? Straight up rock? R&B-ish? Any distinctive musical instruments or stylings? ---
**Author:** ![Nvme77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Nvme77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nvme77)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-song/199660/3 "2003-09-05T04:40:46Z")
new wave and I think its a guy- I never heard the song but they played it on an old alternative music show on the college station when we were in high school- about 13 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-song/199660/4 "2003-09-05T04:45:21Z")
Could it be one of [these?](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll) ---
**Author:** ![Nvme77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Nvme77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nvme77)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-song/199660/5 "2003-09-05T04:55:00Z")
Ok here are some more lyrics: “You’re a christian boy and you cant say no to all the girls…” the chorus contains “no more scooter ride in the cemetary” And its definintly a guy singing. It has a fairly fast tempoed beat. ---
**Author:** ![adrenaline\_jen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@adrenaline\_jen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adrenaline_jen)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-song/199660/6 "2017-10-12T18:01:30Z")
Came across this ancient post in doing a poor Google search this morning. Upon using a better arrangement of keywords, I have the answer… only what, 14 years later? Ha. Anyhow, this 80s favorite on SF Bay Area radio station The Quake is Robert Seidler’s “Christian Boy” featuring the hard-to-forget chorus haunt, “No more scooter rides in the cemetery.” Here it is on YouTube: [Christian Boy - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKXw--xBU9g) ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-song/199660/7 "2017-10-12T18:13:22Z")
Wow, great first post! Welcome to the Straight Dope Message board. I have a feeling that the original poster is not around to appreciate your Google-fu. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-song/199660/8 "2017-10-12T19:01:16Z")
That song is weird. We need to put \*\*adrenaline\_jen \*\*on the case of _Who Shot Tupac_. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-song/199660/9 "2017-10-12T19:16:58Z")
Good job, **adrenaline\_jen**! Welcome to the Straight Dope!