# If I produced The Singing Bee and I was EVIL **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 8, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865 "2007-08-08T14:59:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/1 "2007-08-08T14:59:43Z")
but I repeat myself What songs would be completly evil to bring out for the final, win loads of money but only if you know all the words exactly. I’m thinking Bob Dylan, I mean, you can’t understand him anyway. Maybe Life is a Rock (but the radio rolled me) Blinded by the Light We didn’t Start the Fire The Hook by Blues Traveler but make the contestent do the bridge. What else? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/2 "2007-08-08T15:06:28Z")
Louie Louie! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/3 "2007-08-08T15:20:21Z")
I thought they were going in that direction with Alicia Bridges’ I Love The Night Life and the line they had to sing was ‘on the disco round’. All the contestants tried to make sense of the lyric with ‘under a disco sky’ or ‘on the disco floor’. A few difficult choruses Steely Dan’s Reeling In The Years. Fleetwood Mac’s Go You’re Own Way. Elton John’s Yellow Brick Road. Celia Cruz’ Quimbara\* \*I’d give points just for knowing the song and then the grand prize for being able to sing it. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/4 "2007-08-08T15:30:43Z")
Nirvana, “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/5 "2007-08-08T15:39:15Z")
R.E.M. - It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/6 "2007-08-08T15:46:23Z")
La Bamba. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/7 "2007-08-08T15:58:59Z")
Johnny Cash’s “I’ve Been Everywhere.” The closing credits song from “WKRP in Cincinnati,” which wouldn’t be fair, but would probably be a lot of fun to watch contestants try. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/8 "2007-08-08T16:01:16Z")
Fuck, **twickster** beat me to Louie Louie! If TV theme songs are available, I’d try the first two lines of last stanza of “The Addams Family.” ---
**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:** [August 8, 2007, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/9 "2007-08-08T16:04:13Z")
_That’s great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes and aeroplanes, and Lenny Bruce is not afraid._ Take it! ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/10 "2007-08-08T16:05:55Z")
[QUOTE=Ferret Herder] Nirvana, “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” [/QUOTE] They did that one - it was hilarious ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/11 "2007-08-08T16:06:51Z")
The Jean Genie by Bowie. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/12 "2007-08-08T16:09:50Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] _That’s great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes and aeroplanes, and Lenny Bruce is not afraid._ Take it! [/QUOTE] (From memory) Eye of a hurricane Listen to yourself churn World serves its own needs Dummy serve your own needs **Poysyn** : :eek: I might have watched that just to see people crash and burn. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/13 "2007-08-08T16:14:41Z")
[QUOTE=thelurkinghorror] R.E.M. - It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) [/QUOTE] A better R.E.M.–_What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?_ :eek: If the show was on HBO or Showtime, I’d love to see them try _Closer_ by **NIN** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/14 "2007-08-08T17:26:07Z")
I’d pick “Immigrant Song” and tell them they had to hit the high notes for it to count. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/15 "2007-08-08T20:02:46Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] I’d pick “Immigrant Song” and tell them they had to hit the high notes for it to count. [/QUOTE] Nah. If [kitties](http://www.vikingkittens.com/) can sing it anybody can. I’d pick “Blinded By the Light”. Has anyone ever figured out what that second line is? Something about “wrapped up like a douche, another loner in the night”? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/16 "2007-08-08T20:10:45Z")
You could always use the theme to Giligan’s Island, but, use it from the first season when the Professor and Mary Ann are not named. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/17 "2007-08-08T20:17:14Z")
[QUOTE=Marlitharn] Nah. If [kitties](http://www.vikingkittens.com/) can sing it anybody can. I’d pick “Blinded By the Light”. Has anyone ever figured out what that second line is? Something about “wrapped up like a douche, another loner in the night”? [/QUOTE] Revved up like a Deuce\*, another runner in the night. \*granted, very poorly pronounced. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/18 "2007-08-08T20:43:21Z")
I think “La Bamba” with non-Spanish speaking contestants would be good. ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/19 "2007-08-08T21:18:36Z")
[QUOTE=Poysyn] I think “La Bamba” with non-Spanish speaking contestants would be good. [/QUOTE] Yo no soy marinera! Yo no soy marinera! Soy capitan, soy capitan, soy capitan. Hey, I also know all the lyrics to “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” and many of the songs mentioned so far. As I’ve said many a time, I really, really need to be on this show. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/20 "2007-08-08T21:31:33Z")
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