# Identify This Song

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song/640022>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 6, 2012, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song/640022 "2012-11-06T00:11:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song/640022/1 "2012-11-06T00:11:01Z")

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I heard a snippet of a song on an MSNBC show this morning with the lyrics “I was never really good with names” or “I was never good with names” or something similar. It’s a medium tempo, pop-rock kind of song. That’s all I’ve got. Thanks for any help.

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**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song/640022/2 "2012-11-06T01:49:09Z")

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[The Lemonheads - It’s A Shame About Ray](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFYFj5q8_Qk)

If that’s not it, tell us more about the singer: male or female, etc.

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song/640022/3 "2012-11-06T01:58:39Z")

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> [@Alley\_Dweller](#):
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> [The Lemonheads - It’s A Shame About Ray](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFYFj5q8_Qk)
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> If that’s not it, tell us more about the singer: male or female, etc.

_Some things need to go away._

There are worse songs to have stuck in my head.

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**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song/640022/4 "2012-11-06T02:02:27Z")

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Or try:

[The Mollies - Fancies Are Fiends!](http://www.myspace.com/themolliesmusic/music/songs/fancies-are-fiends-79606063)

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**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song/640022/5 "2012-11-06T02:07:25Z")

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Are we still dragging out the Rio by Duran Duran cliche?

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**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song/640022/6 "2012-11-06T02:21:45Z")

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> [@Alley\_Dweller](#):
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> [The Lemonheads - It’s A Shame About Ray](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFYFj5q8_Qk)
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> If that’s not it, tell us more about the singer: male or female, etc.

That’s it. Thanks. I knew I would know the band. This is exactly the kind of music I would have been listening to in the early 90s, I just never got into the Lemonheads for some reason.

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**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song/640022/7 "2012-11-06T02:25:51Z")

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> [@Casey1505](#):
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> Are we still dragging out the Rio by Duran Duran cliche?

I don’t understand.

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**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song/640022/8 "2012-11-06T02:37:07Z")

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> [@Fiddle\_Peghead](#):
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> I don’t understand.

You **[asked](http://209.104.5.198/sdmb/showthread.php?t=296939&highlight=Duran)**… :eek: