# If life is a rock and the radio rolls me... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 30, 2002, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975 "2002-03-30T22:52:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/161 "2002-04-06T01:23:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ChiefScott \* > \*\*Why should I turn it up louder? > > Just because the DJ told me? \*\* Ha! Once upon a time I asked my mom to define “bubblegum pop.” She played this song as an example 😃 So, how much damage did my parents inflict on me, given I know between 1/2 and 2/3rds of the aforementioned songs? Also, “happy together” by the Turtles isn’t a corny song, take it back! Anyone my age(I’ll be 25 on the 10th) who claims to be too young to remember songs with corny lyrics is in denial…mmm…mmm…mmm…mmm… The crash test dummies(every single), Presidents of the United States(their whole 1st cd), The Flaming Lips(she don’t use jelly), Nerf Hearder(van halen), Suicide Machines (sometimes I don’t mind) and Geggy Tah(whoever you are) have some of the silliest songs I’ve ever heard and they’re all fairly recent acts. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/162 "2002-04-06T02:01:07Z")
And then there are those that seem to result from the writer having run out of words and/or ideas: (_Oh Yeah_ by Roxy Music:) _There’s a song playing, on the radio With **a rhythm of rhyming guitars** _ The notorious _I am, I said_ by Neil Diamond Paul McCartney’s - Somebody knockin’ at the door Somebody ringin’ the bell Somebody knockin’ at the door Somebody ringin’ the bell Do me a favor, Open the door, let them in\* ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/163 "2002-04-06T02:06:29Z")
…always preview AGAIN if you corrected something in preview…:mad: ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/164 "2002-04-06T05:26:00Z")
DANG! You leave the board for a few paltry weeks and whole epic threads grow up without your needed participation. Though late to the game I bring off-and-on 35+ years DJ experience and having just read through all the posts in one truly stomach-lurching session, I believe I can offer up a few true stinkers. To be fair, I’ll only do one at a time, starting with… Elusive Butterfly as sung by Bob Lind (who?) You might wake up some mornin’ To the sound of something moving past your window in the wind And if you’re quick enough to rise You’ll catch a fleeting glimpse of someone’s fading shadow Out on the new horizon You may see the floating motion of a distant pair of wings And if the sleep has left your ears You might hear footsteps running through an open meadow Don’t be concerned, it will not harm you It’s only me pursuing somethin’ I’m not sure of Across my dreams with nets of wonder I chase the bright elusive butterfly of love. ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/165 "2002-04-06T05:34:39Z")
fresh meat! ::evil smilie here:: ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/166 "2002-04-06T05:42:23Z")
its the last song i’ll ever write for yoouu its the last time that i’ll tell you just how much i really caare ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/167 "2002-04-06T05:43:03Z")
::Keith Jackson voice:: YES-INDEEDY-DO! Someone early on mentioned the excrable “Honey,” but Mr. Goldsboro didn’t stop there, oh no… WATCHING SCOTTY GROW There he sits with a pen and a yellow pad, What a handsome lad, that’s my boy, BRLFQ spells mom and dad, But that ain’t too bad, that’s my boy. You can have your TV and you nightclubs, And you can have your drive in picture show, I’ll stay here with my little man near, we’ll listen to the radio, Biding my time and Watching Scotty grow. Making a castle out of building blocks, And a cardboard box, That’s my boy, Mickey Mouse says it’s thirteen o’clock, Well that’s quite a shock! That’s my boy. In four short years I’ve gone from rags to riches, And what I did before that I don’t know, So let it rain on my windowpane, I got my own rainbow, And we’re sitting here shining watching Scotty grow. Riding on daddy’s shoudlers off to bed, Old sleepy head, that’s my boy, Got to have a drink of water and a story read, A teddy bear named Fred, that’s my boy. What’s that you say momma come on and keep you feet warm, Well save me a place I’ll be there in a minute or so, I’ll think I’ll stay right here and say a little prayer before I go, Me and God watching Scotty grow. Me and God watching Scotty grow, Rates VERY high on the treacle-meter. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/168 "2002-04-06T05:44:02Z")
how could i forget?!? i took my baby to the pizza parlor to get a bite to eat, now now now i put a nickel in the jukebox for her you know she ate her pizza dancin’ to the beat ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/169 "2002-04-06T05:51:30Z")
Then of course there’s the world-class THE NIGHT CHICAGO DIED Daddy was a cop On the East Side of Chicago Back in the USA Back in the bad old days In the heat of a summer night In the land of the dollar bill When the town of Chicago died And they talk about it still When a man named Al Capone Tried to make that town his own And he called his gang to war Against the forces of the law I heard my momma cry I heard her pray the night Chicago died Brother, what a night it really was Brother, what a fight it really was Glory be I heard my momma cry I heard her pray the night Chicago died Brother, what a night the people saw Brother, what a fight the people saw Yes, indeed And the sound of the battle rang Through the streets of the old East Side 'Til the last of the hoodlum gang Had surrendered up or died There was shouting in the street And the sound of running feet And I asked someone who said 'Bout a hundred cops are dead I heard my momma cry I heard her pray the night Chicago died Brother, what a night it really was Brother, what a fight it really was Glory be I heard my momma cry I heard her pray the night Chicago died Brother, what a night the people saw Brother, what a fight the people saw Yes, indeed Then there was no sound at all But the clock up on the wall Then the door burst open wide And my daddy stepped inside And he kissed my momma’s face Then brushed her tears away I heard my momma cry I heard her pray the night Chicago died Brother, what a night it really was Brother, what a fight it really was Glory be I heard my momma cry I heard her pray the night Chicago died Brother, what a night the people saw Brother, what a fight the people saw Yes, indeed The night Chicago died The night Chicago died Brother, what a night it really was Brother, what a fight it really was Glory be The night Chicago died The night Chicago died And, FWIW, I have to agree with earlier posters that WOLD is class, not crass, as it the WKRP theme song, which I believe actually had a little action on the charts… ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/170 "2002-04-06T06:03:09Z")
Children! - both “Last Song” AND “The Night Chicago Died” have been _ **DONE!!!** _ I post a list, chide everyone to NOT duplicate… what thanks do I get… when they’re little, they step on your toes, when… anyway, back to the topic at hand: We’ve visited “Wildfire”; now, Wildflower (by _Skylark_) She’s faced the hardest times you could imagine and many times her eyes fought back the tears and when her youthful world was about to fall in each time her slender shoulders bore the weight of all her fears and a sorrow no one hears still rings in midnight silence, in her ears Let her cry, for she’s a lady let her dream, for she’s a child let the rain fall down upon her She’s a free and gentle flower, growing wild and if by chance I should hold her let me hold her for a time but if allowed just one possession I would pick her from the garden, to be mine Be careful how you touch her, for she’ll awaken and sleep’s the only freedom that she knows and when you walk into her eyes, you won’t believe the way she’s always paying for a debt she never owes and a silent wind still blows that only she can hear and so she goes Let her cry, for she’s a lady let her dream, for she’s a child let the rain fall down upon her She’s a free and gentle flower, growing wild ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/171 "2002-04-06T06:28:10Z")
RATS and RATS again. I thought I could hold all of them in my (ever-deteriorating) mind and was too lazy to copy down the handy list posted so nicely a page or so back. OK, then, I’m fairly certain this one qualifies DOES YOUR CHEWING GUM LOSE ITS FLAVOR ON THE BEDPOST OVERNIGHT? Oh me oh my oh you Whatever shall I do? Hallelujah, the question is peculiar I’d give a lot of dough If only I could know The answer to my question Is it yes or us it no? Does your chewing gum lose it’s flavor On the bedpost overnight? If your mother says don’t chew it, Do you swallow it in spite? Can you catch it with your tonsils, Can you heave it left and right? Does your chewing gum lose it’s flavor On the bedpost overnight? Here comes a blushing bride The groom is by her side Up in the altar, Just as steady as Gibraltar The groom has got the ring and It’s such a pretty thing But as he slips it on her finger The choir begins to sing: Does your chewing gum lose it’s flavor On the bedpost overnight? If your mother says don’t chew it, Do you swallow it in spite? Can you catch in on your tonsils Can you heave it left and right? Does your chewing gum lose it’s flavor On the bedpost overnight? Now the nation sings as one To send their wanted son Up to the White House, Yes the nations’s only White House To voice their discontent Unto the Pres-I-dent The bonny burning question What has swept this continent? (If tin whistles are made of tin, What do they make fog horns out of?) On the bedpost overnight (Hello there, I love you And the one who holds you tight) Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday night! On the bedpost overnight (A dollar is a dollar and a dime is a dime He’d sing another chorus but he Hasn’t got the time) On the bedpost overnight, yeah! ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/172 "2002-04-06T06:30:15Z")
RATS and RATS again. I thought I could hold all of them in my (ever-deteriorating) mind and was too lazy to copy down the handy list posted so nicely a page or so back. OK, then, I’m fairly certain this one qualifies DOES YOUR CHEWING GUM LOSE ITS FLAVOR ON THE BEDPOST OVERNIGHT? Oh me oh my oh you Whatever shall I do? Hallelujah, the question is peculiar I’d give a lot of dough If only I could know The answer to my question Is it yes or us it no? Does your chewing gum lose its flavor On the bedpost overnight? If your mother says don’t chew it, Do you swallow it in spite? Can you catch it with your tonsils, Can you heave it left and right? Does your chewing gum lose its flavor On the bedpost overnight? Here comes a blushing bride The groom is by her side Up in the altar, Just as steady as Gibraltar The groom has got the ring and It’s such a pretty thing But as he slips it on her finger The choir begins to sing: Does your chewing gum lose its flavor On the bedpost overnight? If your mother says don’t chew it, Do you swallow it in spite? Can you catch in on your tonsils Can you heave it left and right? Does your chewing gum lose it’s flavor On the bedpost overnight? Now the nation sings as one To send their wanted son Up to the White House, Yes the nations’s only White House To voice their discontent Unto the Pres-I-dent The bonny burning question What has swept this continent? (If tin whistles are made of tin, What do they make fog horns out of?) On the bedpost overnight (Hello there, I love you And the one who holds you tight) Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday night! On the bedpost overnight (A dollar is a dollar and a dime is a dime He’d sing another chorus but he Hasn’t got the time) On the bedpost overnight, yeah! ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/173 "2002-04-06T06:32:45Z")
RATS and RATS again. I thought I could hold all of them in my (ever-deteriorating) mind and was too lazy to copy down the handy list posted so nicely a page or so back. OK, then, I’m fairly certain this one qualifies DOES YOUR CHEWING GUM LOSE ITS FLAVOR ON THE BEDPOST OVERNIGHT? Oh me oh my oh you Whatever shall I do? Hallelujah, the question is peculiar I’d give a lot of dough If only I could know The answer to my question Is it yes or us it no? Does your chewing gum lose its flavor On the bedpost overnight? If your mother says don’t chew it, Do you swallow it in spite? Can you catch it with your tonsils, Can you heave it left and right? Does your chewing gum lose its flavor On the bedpost overnight? Here comes a blushing bride The groom is by her side Up in the altar, Just as steady as Gibraltar The groom has got the ring and It’s such a pretty thing But as he slips it on her finger The choir begins to sing: Does your chewing gum lose its flavor On the bedpost overnight? If your mother says don’t chew it, Do you swallow it in spite? Can you catch in on your tonsils Can you heave it left and right? Does your chewing gum lose its flavor On the bedpost overnight? Now the nation sings as one To send their wanted son Up to the White House, Yes the nations’s only White House To voice their discontent Unto the Pres-I-dent The bonny burning question What has swept this continent? (If tin whistles are made of tin, What do they make fog horns out of?) On the bedpost overnight (Hello there, I love you And the one who holds you tight) Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday night! On the bedpost overnight (A dollar is a dollar and a dime is a dime He’d sing another chorus but he Hasn’t got the time) On the bedpost overnight, yeah! ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/174 "2002-04-06T06:38:19Z")
_ **sigh** _\* Forgive the stupid riplepost. My post got hung up so I tried to repost, and when the cursor kept cycling… If any mod is lurking, please be kind and clean up the above your humble Hometownboy ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/175 "2002-04-06T06:43:32Z")
Behold Lord! The most holy _Triple-Post_!!! 😃 In honor of the fact that “yada-yada Chewing Gum yada” goes back, IIRC to 1923, a song created ala 1930: _ **Winchester Cathedral** _ Winchester Cathedral You’re bringing me down You stood and you watched as My baby left town You could have done something But you didn’t try You didn’t do nothing You let her walk by Now everyone knows Just how much I needed that gal She wouldn’t have gone far away If only you’d started ringing your bell Winchester Cathedral You’re bringing me down You stood and you watched as My baby left town p.s. - in case you overlooked the earlier notice: I am _ **ALWAYS** _ the last one standing!!! ::Odin smilie here:: ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/176 "2002-04-06T06:48:45Z")
I considered “Chewing Gum”, but thought it beneath the standards of this thread 😛 _Take That!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/177 "2002-04-06T06:51:13Z")
Nicely played, that. (And what have the New Vaudeville Band done lately?) How about SKYYYYYYYYY PILOT He blesses the boys as they stand in life The smell of gun grease and their bayonets they shine He’s here to help them all that he can To make them feel wanted he’s a good holy man. Sky pilot, sky pilot, how high can you fly You’ll never never never reach the sky. He smiles at the young soldiers Tells them it’s all right He knows of their fears in the forthcoming fight Soon there’ll be blood and many will die Mother and fathers back home they will cry. Sky pilot, sky pilot, how high can you fly You’ll never never never reach the sky. He humbles a prayer and it ends with a smile The order is given they move down the line But hell stay behind and he’ll meditate But it won’t stop to bleeding or is the hate. As the young men move out into the battle zone He feels good with god you’re never alone He feels so tired and he lays on his bed Hopes the men will find courage In the words that he’s said. Sky pilot, sky pilot, how high can you fly You’ll never never never reach the sky. You’re soldiers of god you must understand The fate of your country is in your young hands May god give you strength do your job really well If it all was worth in only time it will tell. In the morning they returned with tears in their eyes The stench of death drifts up to the skies A young soldier so it looks at the sky bright Remember the words thou shalt not kill. A bit relentlessly anti-war, but then so much those days was ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/178 "2002-04-06T07:11:36Z")
OK, turning in now. To be continued. ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/179 "2002-04-06T07:24:29Z")
Sky Pilot? Well, everybody got’s to start Somewhere… also re. 'Nam: (since we don’t need more copycats, will not mention source): Three-Five-zero-Zero Ripped open by metal explosion. Caught in barbed wire, fireball, bullet shock. Bayonet, electricity. Shrapnelled throbbing meat. Electronic data processing. Black uniforms, bare feet, carbine. Mail order rifles, shoot the muscles. Two hundred and fifty-six Viet Cong captured. Two hundred and fifty-six Viet Cong captured. [Section from “Prisoners…” to “home” is sung three times. First time: whispered. Second time: sung. Third time: SUNG!!!] Prisoners in Niggertown, it’s a dirty little war, Three-five-zero-zero. Take weapons up and begin to kill. Watch the long, long armies drifting home. Ripped open by metal explosion. Caught in barbed wire, fireball, bullet shock. Bayonet, electricity. Shrapnelled throbbing meat. Electronic data… _Tommorow…_ ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/180 "2002-04-06T18:29:31Z")
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide No escape from reality Open your eyes Look up to the skies and see I’m just a poor boy, I need no sympathy Because I’m easy come, easy go A little high, little low Anyway the wind blows, doesn’t really matter to me, to me Mama, just killed a man Put a gun against his head Pulled my trigger, now he’s dead Mama, life had just begun But now I’ve gone and thrown it all away Mama, ooo Didn’t mean to make you cry If I’m not back again this time tomorrow Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters Too late, my time has come Sends shivers down my spine Body’s aching all the time Goodbye everybody - I’ve got to go Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth Mama, ooo - (anyway the wind blows) I don’t want to die I sometimes wish I’d never been born at all I see a little silhouetto of a man Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the fandango Thunderbolt and lightning - very very frightening me Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo Figaro - magnifico But I’m just a poor boy and nobody loves me He’s just a poor boy from a poor family Spare him his life from this monstrosity Easy come easy go - will you let me go Bismillah! No - we will not let you go - let him go Bismillah! We will not let you go - let him go Bismillah! We will not let you go - let me go Will not let you go - let me go (never) Never let you go - let me go Never let me go - ooo No, no, no, no, no, no, no - Oh mama mia, mama mia, mama mia let me go Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me for me for me So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye So you think you can love me and leave me to die Oh baby - can’t do this to me baby Just gotta get out - just gotta get right outta here Ooh yeah, ooh yeah Nothing really matters Anyone can see Nothing really matters - nothing really matters to me Anyway the wind blows… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975.md?page=10)