My psychiatrrist and I are coming up on our one year anniversary… not of dating, of course, but of therapy. Anyways, I thought it’d be funny to make him a mix CD of psychiartic/ doctor related songs. So far my song list is looking like this:
Crazy-- Patsy Cline
Insane in the Membrane – Cypress Hill
Doctor, Doctor-- Thompson Twins
Doing the Unstuck-- The Cure
etc, etc…
If anyone can think of and post some more songs I would appreciate it.
By the way, I’m a sometime lurker and first time poster. Hi to you all.
Is she weird - Pixies
Mad mad Judy - Buzzcocks
Mad world - Tears for Fears
The Lunatics have taken over the asylum - Fun Boy Three
Straightjacket - The Adicts
Insane - Alice Donut
Psychotherapy - The Ramones
Bad brain - The Ramones
Can’t find my mind - The Cramps
Where is my mind? - Pixies
There ain’t no sanity clause - The Damned
Madness - Killing Joke
It’s called “Twisted,” and they BOTH covered it: the original, a brilliant song and THE definitive version, is by Lambert Hendricks & Ross. Annie Ross wrote the lyrics, quite possibly the funniest ever:
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My analyst told me that I was right out of my head
He said I need treatment but I’m not that easily led
Now I heard little children were supposed to sleep tight
That’s why I drank a fifth of vodka one night
My parents got frantic didn’t know what to do
But I saw some crazy scenes before I came to
Now do you think I was crazy?
I may have been only three, but I was swinging!
“Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues” and “Destroyer” by the Kinks
“Go Insane” by Lindsey Buckingham
“Madness Is All In The Mind” by Madness
“I Me We Us Them” by Chris Mars
“Let’s Go Crazy” by Prince
Thanks, lissener – the first version of the post was, “what’s that song, Bette Midler covered it, and Joni Mitchel did too, I think, or am I imagining that part …” – did a quick google and then sawed off the limb I had crawled out on.