# Improper music at improper times. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 1, 2005, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improper-music-at-improper-times/310642 "2005-07-01T04:27:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improper-music-at-improper-times/310642/41 "2005-07-04T00:52:05Z")
Our principal called for our high school students to be dismissed to the auditorium for a program one morning. He had the radio on in the background. It was playing “Send in the Clowns.” ---
**Author:** ![Khadro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Khadro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadro)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improper-music-at-improper-times/310642/42 "2005-07-04T03:46:23Z")
Would Bob Geldof performing “The Great Song of Indifference” at Live8 have counted? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improper-music-at-improper-times/310642/43 "2005-07-04T03:55:59Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > At a feminism rally, He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss). Nirvana once played _Rape Me_ at an event like that, maybe for Safe at Home. That Britney Spears song would work too. At a Drug Educators Conference: _Sweet Leaf_. Or any reggae songs ever written, starting with _Pass the Dutchie_. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improper-music-at-improper-times/310642/44 "2005-07-04T04:01:14Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > “Mack the Knife” at a bris. Or, “The First Cut is the Deepest”. ---
**Author:** ![TastesLikeBurning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@TastesLikeBurning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TastesLikeBurning)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improper-music-at-improper-times/310642/45 "2005-07-04T13:19:18Z")
Not sure if this is an Urban Legend, but supposedly played at a wedding for the Bridal Waltz… **U2 - Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For** ---
**Author:** ![thwartme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improper-music-at-improper-times/310642/46 "2005-07-04T17:23:43Z")
I’ve got some friends who used Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb as the first dance at their wedding. Disaffected, drug addled hallucinations make for romantic moments. In fairness, they claim it was the song that was playing when they first met at some party, but it seems like an odd choice all the same. thwartme ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improper-music-at-improper-times/310642/47 "2005-07-04T18:14:15Z")
Another funeral song the pixies “ **Monkey Gone to Heaven** ” (especially a fundamentalist funeral) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improper-music-at-improper-times/310642/48 "2005-07-04T18:23:14Z")
> [@SiXSwordS](#): > > Another funeral song > > the pixies “ **Monkey Gone to Heaven** ” (especially a fundamentalist funeral) now _that’s_ funny. ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improper-music-at-improper-times/310642/49 "2005-07-04T22:45:11Z")
True story: May 4, 1970: The national network interupted the show I was watching to make the first announcements about the shooting of 4 students by the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University. After the newsbreak ended, the network went to a commercial. It was a cigarette commercial for a menthol brand called Kent. Their slogan was “What a good time for a Kent.” A world class WTF moment. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improper-music-at-improper-times/310642/50 "2005-07-05T00:54:19Z")
At an AAA meeting: “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer,” “I Drink Alone” (both by George Thoroughgood), “Red Red Wine” by Neil Diamond, “Secret of the Bottle” by Jackyl (Sample line: “I feel better when I’m drinking”) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improper-music-at-improper-times/310642/51 "2005-07-05T00:55:22Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > At an AAA meeting: > > “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer,” “I Drink Alone” (both by George Thoroughgood), “Red Red Wine” by Neil Diamond, “Secret of the Bottle” by Jackyl (Sample line: “I feel better when I’m drinking”) That **should** “at an AA meeting.” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improper-music-at-improper-times/310642/52 "2005-07-05T01:17:22Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > That **should** “at an AA meeting.” > > :smack: I don’t know. A bunch of songs about drinking (also with songs about driving) could be definitely improper at a AAA meeting. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improper-music-at-improper-times/310642/53 "2005-07-05T01:47:11Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > I don’t know. A bunch of songs about drinking (also with songs about driving) could be definitely improper at a AAA meeting. Would likely get some ladies MADD. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improper-music-at-improper-times/310642/54 "2005-07-05T11:29:30Z")
> [@The Gaspode](#): > > At a wedding, obviously: _I knew the bride when she used to rock’n’roll_ This was actually played at a wedding I went to - and they also played “If Loving You Is Wrong, I Don’t Wanna Be Right”. :eek: I was waiting for “Me & Mrs. Jones” next! ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improper-music-at-improper-times/310642/55 "2005-07-05T12:02:28Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > At an AAA meeting: > > “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer,” “I Drink Alone” (both by George Thoroughgood), “Red Red Wine” by Neil Diamond, “Secret of the Bottle” by Jackyl (Sample line: “I feel better when I’m drinking”) Better for a **AAA** meeting might be: sammy hagar “ **I can’t drive 55** ” Primus “ **Jerry was a race car driver** ” works for **AAA** or **AA** _Jerry was a race car driver 22 years old Had too many cold beers one night And wrapped himself around a telephone pole._ ---
**Author:** ![Fromage\_A\_Trois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fromage\_A\_Trois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fromage_A_Trois)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improper-music-at-improper-times/310642/56 "2005-07-05T12:49:55Z")
At an after-wedding disco I attended, Elvis’s _Suspicious Minds_ was played. Great choice, Mr DJ. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improper-music-at-improper-times/310642/57 "2005-07-05T13:36:18Z")
If I remember correctly-- and I usually don’t-- there was a Simpson’s episode where Marge was on hold with Social Services trying to get the kids back from Foster Flanders. The hold music was: “ **Baby come back** ” ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improper-music-at-improper-times/310642/58 "2005-07-05T14:11:50Z")
In the obscure category: ben folds five “ **Brick** ” at a baby shower ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improper-music-at-improper-times/310642/59 "2005-07-05T22:23:49Z")
“Baby Got Back” at a Weight Watchers meeting. ---
**Author:** ![Amaranta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Amaranta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amaranta)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improper-music-at-improper-times/310642/60 "2005-07-05T23:08:22Z")
> [@SiXSwordS](#): > > If I remember correctly-- and I usually don’t-- there was a Simpson’s episode where Marge was on hold with Social Services trying to get the kids back from Foster Flanders. The hold music was: “ **Baby come back** ” I don’t know if I remember that one, but I did love the Homer-goes-to-the-insane-asylum episode. Marge calls the asylum and gets put on hold, then starts crying to the hold music - Patsy Cline’s “Crazy”. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improper-music-at-improper-times/310642.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improper-music-at-improper-times/310642.md?page=4)