# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/21 "2007-08-08T23:33:43Z")
On one of the karaoke shows they recently used the theme from the Flintstones: Let’s ride with the family down the street * * * (it’s famously a line that no one gets correct) Through the courtesy of Fred’s two feet I was waiting for: Didn’t need no welfare state Everybody pulled his weight * * * Those were the days Gee, our old LaSalle ran great ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/22 "2007-08-08T23:36:28Z")
The really fast part from “One Week” by the Barenaked Ladies. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/23 "2007-08-09T00:00:49Z")
[QUOTE=SpoilerVirgin] On one of the karaoke shows they recently used the theme from the Flintstones [/QUOTE] 'Twas the Singing Bee. That was EVIL. Not only does nobody ever hear that line right, it’s a really strange phrasing, so it’s pretty much impossible to piece it together. All in all, I prefer the format of Don’t Forget the Lyrics - the Singing Bee’s first round is horribly designed, and one of the second round games drives me batty when trying to play along - but the Singing Bee has the more entertaining talent (both in the form of Fatone and the band, and the contestants) on the whole, so it evens out. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/24 "2007-08-09T00:13:11Z")
I prefer Don’t Forget the Lyrics but I can’t remember the title of the show. Shout! Would be fun to see if they could exactly say how many times to ‘a little bit softer now’ before they begin the ‘a little bit louder now’ part. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/25 "2007-08-09T00:22:15Z")
_Suite: Judy Blue Eyes_ - **Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young**. No one knows that pseudo-Spanish they’re singing at the end alternatively _Sun King_ - **The Beatles**. Is that supposed to be Italian or Latin at the end or something? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/26 "2007-08-09T01:27:36Z")
Nena - _Neunundneunzig Luftballons_ ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Socks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a8b319/32.png) [@Captain\_Socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Socks)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/27 "2007-08-12T22:27:49Z")
Possibly something obscure from a band with an extensive catalogue, such as the Rolling Stones or Led Zeppelin or Van Halen. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/28 "2007-08-13T00:08:25Z")
Of course, obscure songs are too easy. I could ask for thinks like “Kings and Queens” by Renaissance, “Electric Sailor” by Kak, or “Moon in June” by Soft Machine (which is the hardest of them all because the lyrics don’t rhyme and there were completely different lyrics each time is was sung). But that would just get boring. How about Tom Lehrer’s “The Elements”? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/29 "2007-08-13T00:22:41Z")
**Bohemian Rhapsody** by Queen. IIRC, even they wouldn’t perform it live in concert, it was too complicated. ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/30 "2007-08-13T01:56:42Z")
that song that Simon and Garfunkel sang with “Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme”. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/31 "2007-08-13T02:18:17Z")
[QUOTE=want2know] If the show was on HBO or Showtime, I’d love to see them try _Closer_ by **NIN** 😃 [/QUOTE] I could probably do it. Lemme see, off the top of my head: You let me violate you You let me desecrate you You let me penetrate you You let me complicate you Help me, I’ve broke apart my insides Help me, I’ve got no soul to tell Help me, the only thing that works for me Help me, I’ve got to get away from myself I wanna fuck you like an animal I wanna feel you from the inside I wanna fuck you like an animal My whole existence is flawed You get me closer to God Good enough for a show like that? I haven’t seen any of them. Hey, how about “Caress Me Down” by Sublime or the entirety of “L’Via L’Viaquez” by The Mars Volta. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/32 "2007-08-13T05:01:08Z")
[QUOTE=Only Mostly Dead] Revved up like a Deuce\*, another runner in the night. \*granted, very poorly pronounced. [/QUOTE] Much easier to understand if you listen to the original by Springsteen > [@adhemar](#): > > that song that Simon and Garfunkel sang with “Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme”. I prefer the version from when Peter Griffen was in the band…“Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Lawrey’s Seasoning Salt” ---
**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 13, 2007, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/33 "2007-08-13T10:40:35Z")
[QUOTE=Joey P] Much easier to understand if you listen to the original by Springsteen [/QUOTE] In which case, it’s “cut loose like a deuce.” It really is a confusing line. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/34 "2007-08-13T11:08:48Z")
**Solar Prestige** - Elton John and Bernie Taupin (First verse) _Oh ma cameo molesting Kee pa a poorer for tea Solar prestige a gammon Lantern or turbert paw kwee_ ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/35 "2007-08-13T12:07:36Z")
[QUOTE=Only Mostly Dead] In which case, it’s “cut loose like a deuce.” It really is a confusing line. [/QUOTE] Yea, I suppose it is now that you mention it. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![gS49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@gS49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gS49)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/36 "2007-08-13T13:21:32Z")
_Carmina Burana_ what? _Sukiyaki,_ then ---
**Author:** ![aerodave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@aerodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aerodave)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/37 "2007-08-13T14:05:37Z")
Pearl Jam’s “Yellow Ledbetter”, of course. 😃 ---
**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 13, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/38 "2007-08-13T14:32:48Z")
I think that the premise of this thread is going a little far afield with all these obscure songs (oh sure, I picked a Salsa song but it is a very well known Salsa song) since the show uses very well known songs. Another one I’d pick would be the Stevie Nick’s Edge of Seventeen. Because who among us hasn’t heard the chorus as “Just like a wild wind” or “Wild winter” or, even closer “wild winged dove”. How about starting a biiiig controversy? Is it Itsy, Bitsy Spider or Teeny, Weeny Spider? It’s Itsy, Bitsy. Allayalls who say anything different are WRONG! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/39 "2007-08-13T15:10:08Z")
Of it is Itsy Bitsy. How about the Star-Spangled Banner? Have the contestant sing the second verse. Muuu wa wa ha ha ha ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865/40 "2007-08-13T15:13:58Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] I think that the premise of this thread is going a little far afield with all these obscure songs (oh sure, I picked a Salsa song but it is a very well known Salsa song) since the show uses very well known songs. [/QUOTE] I would hope that the songs on Elton’s _Caribou_ album are not considered “obscure”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-produced-the-singing-bee-and-i-was-evil/414865.md?page=3)