# I'm just a loony toony touched in the head. . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-a-loony-toony-touched-in-the-head/217284 "2003-12-06T00:57:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [December 6, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-a-loony-toony-touched-in-the-head/217284/1 "2003-12-06T00:57:58Z")
Pass me the ketchup, I think I’ll go to bed. I’m looking for songs in which the singer is just a little. . . disturbed. Some examples: Song 2-- Blur Flagpole Sitta-- Harvey Danger Unwell-- Matchbox 20 (or Twenty-- dunno which) I was thinking of Jeremy and Jumper but it’s not really the singer whose touched in those. Also, who sings They’re Coming To Take Me Away? ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-a-loony-toony-touched-in-the-head/217284/2 "2003-12-06T03:56:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > I’m looking for songs in which the singer is just a little. . . disturbed. Well, there’s “The Curse of Millhaven” from _Murder Ballads_ by Nick Cave. Then again, a whole lot of Nick Cave songs probably fall into this category. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2003, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-a-loony-toony-touched-in-the-head/217284/3 "2003-12-06T05:15:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > Also, who sings They’re Coming To Take Me Away? Napolean XIV. I was just listening to the Bonzo Dog Band’s cover of _Monster Mash_, and that song ends with some of the best maniacal laughter ever commited to record. ---
**Author:** ![Melandry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Melandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melandry)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-a-loony-toony-touched-in-the-head/217284/4 "2003-12-06T05:23:34Z")
Queen- I’m Going Slightly Mad ---
**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-a-loony-toony-touched-in-the-head/217284/5 "2003-12-06T06:03:45Z")
Hm, a lot of bands try to sound like that these days. Anything by **Disturbed** fits the bill, of course. ---
**Author:** ![BrandyFine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrandyFine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrandyFine)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-a-loony-toony-touched-in-the-head/217284/6 "2003-12-06T06:06:46Z")
The immediate response I had was “Crazy” by Patsy Cline, but I don’t think that’s what you want. This could be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-a-loony-toony-touched-in-the-head/217284/7 "2003-12-06T06:10:43Z")
“Transfusion” - Nervous Norvus. ---
**Author:** ![BrandyFine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrandyFine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrandyFine)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-a-loony-toony-touched-in-the-head/217284/8 "2003-12-06T06:13:03Z")
Oh, I know. If you can hear “The Torture Never Stops” by Frank Zappa (or a multitude of his other work) and not know the man was insane, I’ll give you a cookie. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-a-loony-toony-touched-in-the-head/217284/9 "2003-12-06T09:09:01Z")
“Crazy,” by Barenaked Ladies ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-a-loony-toony-touched-in-the-head/217284/10 "2003-12-06T11:03:55Z")
“Flowers in the Rain” by The Move. ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-a-loony-toony-touched-in-the-head/217284/11 "2003-12-06T11:21:00Z")
Well just because it is seasonal. The Pogues, The Christmas song. ---
**Author:** ![merrily](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@merrily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merrily)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-a-loony-toony-touched-in-the-head/217284/12 "2003-12-06T13:24:57Z")
Wasn’t it Sam the Sham and the Pharohs? ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-a-loony-toony-touched-in-the-head/217284/13 "2003-12-06T13:49:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > \*\*Also, who sings They’re Coming To Take Me Away? \*\* Don’t forget the B-side to that one. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-a-loony-toony-touched-in-the-head/217284/14 "2003-12-06T14:04:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by calm kiwi \* > \*\*Well just because it is seasonal. The Pogues, The Christmas song. \*\* “A fairytale of New York”? I don’t think he’s unhinged in it… just drunk. Par for the course. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-a-loony-toony-touched-in-the-head/217284/15 "2003-12-06T18:06:36Z")
“Psycho Killer” by The Talking Heads. “. . . don’t touch me, I’m a real live wire.” ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-a-loony-toony-touched-in-the-head/217284/16 "2003-12-07T02:23:30Z")
**Night Prowler** by AC/DC… hrh ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-a-loony-toony-touched-in-the-head/217284/17 "2003-12-07T02:34:40Z")
“Every Breath You Take” by The Police–a love song from a stalker. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-a-loony-toony-touched-in-the-head/217284/18 "2003-12-08T00:40:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fern Forest \* > \*\*Don’t forget the B-side to that one. \*\* Ah, yes- _!Aah-Ah, Yawa Em Ot Ekat Em Er’yeht_, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![Hoops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoops/32/6408_2.png) [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-a-loony-toony-touched-in-the-head/217284/19 "2003-12-08T04:51:11Z")
They Might Be Giants specialize in the insanity lyric. Certainly [Absolutely Bill’s Mood](http://www.lyricsdepot.com/they-might-be-giants/absolutely-bills-mood.html) and many other less explicitly insanity-oriented tunes like [The Statue Got Me High](http://www.lyricsdepot.com/they-might-be-giants/the-statue-got-me-high.html) and [Nothing’s Gonna Change My Clothes](http://www.lyricsdepot.com/they-might-be-giants/nothings-gonna-change-my-clothes.html). It’s a rich surreal tapestry they’ve got going there.