# In Other words: Song Titles

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**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [September 22, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-other-words-song-titles/840656 "2019-09-22T19:02:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-other-words-song-titles/840656/21 "2019-09-26T18:58:19Z")

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Sorcery, is it? (Could It Be Magic?)  
Loaves and fishes, oh my! (It’s A Miracle)  
Walking in Seattle (I Made It Through the Rain)

Next: Bruce Springsteen

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-other-words-song-titles/840656/22 "2019-09-26T19:36:48Z")

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I’m Cutting My Cable (57 Channels And Nothing’s On)  
Conflagration (Fire)  
Callowhill, Dickinson, Federal, Locust, Reed & Shackamaxon (Streets of Philadelphia)

Next: Beatles’ Abbey Road album (Today’s the 50th Anniversary of its release.)

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-other-words-song-titles/840656/23 "2019-09-26T20:42:47Z")

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Non-specific Item (Something)  
The Burning Sky Orb Approaches (Here Comes the Sun)  
Finale (The End)

Next, The Monkees

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-other-words-song-titles/840656/24 "2019-09-27T14:43:51Z")

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There’s a Big Puddle Outside Your Door (Take A Giant Step)  
Our Kid (A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You)  
The Pinata’s Question (What Am I Doing Hangin’ 'Round?)

Next: Velvet Underground

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**Author:** ![mjmlabs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mjmlabs/32/69_2.png) [@mjmlabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmlabs)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-other-words-song-titles/840656/25 "2019-10-03T07:03:39Z")

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Diacetylmorphine Hydrochloride (Heroin)  
The Antemeridian of the Christian Sabbath (Sunday Morning)  
Every Celebratory and Hedonic Social Gathering Taking Place on the Day After Today (All Tomorrow’s Parties)

Next: Violent Femmes

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**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-other-words-song-titles/840656/26 "2019-10-13T01:24:03Z")

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Hot Bubble Ready to Burst - Blister in the Sun  
Melodies across the States - American Music  
We Both Know Papa Has Left - Gone Daddy Gone

Next: Carole King

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-other-words-song-titles/840656/27 "2019-10-13T02:43:47Z")

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The Time Has Expired (It’s Too Late)  
Not Anywhere Close to Being Near Here (So Far Away)  
I Think There Might Be an Earthquake (I Feel the Earth Move)

Next, The Righteous Brothers

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**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-other-words-song-titles/840656/28 "2019-10-13T07:37:59Z")

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Pleasing Sequence of Notes No Longer Held Captive (Unchained Melody)

You Are Now Bereft of a Previously Observed Sensation of Affection and Caring (You’ve Lost that Loving Feeling)

Innermost Spirit and Artistic Muse (Soul and Inspiration)

Next: George Jones

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-other-words-song-titles/840656/29 "2019-10-13T15:04:53Z")

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An Emotional Checkpoint Has Passed (He Stopped Loving Her Today)  
Albino Electricity (White Lightning)  
A Cabarnet Of A Remarkably Short Vintage (Yesterday’s Wine)  
Next: Prince

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**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-other-words-song-titles/840656/30 "2019-10-17T02:38:55Z")

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Ninety-nine score, one dozen, and seven (1999)  
Fruit-colored Chapeau (Raspberry Beret)  
Small Scarlett Chevrolet Sports Car (Little Red Corvette)

Next: Rush

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**Author:** ![mjmlabs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mjmlabs/32/69_2.png) [@mjmlabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmlabs)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-other-words-song-titles/840656/31 "2019-10-17T02:46:42Z")

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Conscious Self-determination (Freewill)  
Rod Serling’s Greatest TV Series (The Twilight Zone)  
More Proximal in Relation to the Cardiac Muscle (Closer to the Heart)

Next: Frank Zappa / Mothers of Invention

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-other-words-song-titles/840656/32 "2019-10-17T03:18:56Z")

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Young Female From a Particular Area in California (Valley Girl)  
Let’s Endeavor to Turn the Hue of the H2O to the Darkest Color There Is (Let’s Make the Water Turn Black)  
Remove Your Garments When You Participate in Rhythmic Motions to the Music (Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance)

Next, Paul Simon

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**Author:** ![mjmlabs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mjmlabs/32/69_2.png) [@mjmlabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmlabs)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-other-words-song-titles/840656/33 "2019-10-17T03:52:17Z")

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A Great Surrealist Painter from Belgium, Accompanied by both His Distaff Matrimonial Partner and the Family’s Canine Pet, During the Post-Bellum Period (René and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War)  
Driver, the Pre-Lenten Festival of New Orleans, at Once! (Take Me to the Mardi Gras)  
A Simple Song Pertaining to the United States (An American Tune)

Next: Nine Inch Nails

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-other-words-song-titles/840656/34 "2019-10-17T03:57:15Z")

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In Greater Proximity (Closer)  
Skull Bearing Resemblance to a Crater (Head Like a Hole)  
The Flawless Pharmaceutical (The Perfect Drug)

Next: The Moody Blues

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**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-other-words-song-titles/840656/35 "2019-10-17T13:26:39Z")

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Afternoon, the Day Before Wednesday (Tuesday Afternoon)  
I am simply the Lead Vocalist In a Musical Group (I’m Just A Singer In a Rock and Roll Band)  
Your Most Fevered Imaginings (Your Wildest Dreams)

Next: The Rolling Stones

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-other-words-song-titles/840656/36 "2019-10-17T13:31:10Z")

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Inanimate Ebonization (Paint It Black)  
I Am Unable To Obtain A Commensurate Satiation Of My Earthly Desires, Which Distresses Me Mightily (I Can’t Get No Satisfaction)  
Remove Yourself From My Lofty Plane (Get Off Of My Cloud)  
Next: Johnny Cash

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-other-words-song-titles/840656/37 "2019-10-17T14:13:20Z")

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A Toroid Undergoing Rapid Oxidation Via Combustion (Ring of Fire)  
A Male Minor Who Has Been Affixed With an Unfortunately Feminine Appelation (A Boy Named Sue)  
Ambulation Along a Straight Object Which Has Negligible Width and Depth (Walk the Line)

Next: Bachman-Turner Overdrive

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**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-other-words-song-titles/840656/38 "2019-10-17T14:31:19Z")

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Fulfilling My Obligations (Taking Care of Business)  
Allow It To Continue On Current Course (Let It Ride)  
To Date You’ve Witnessed Nothing of Significance (You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet)

Next: The Who

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**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-other-words-song-titles/840656/39 "2019-10-17T18:56:42Z")

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Useless Real Property for Pre-adults - Teenage Wasteland  
Mystical Oversized Auto Transport - Magic Bus  
My Meaning Is Unable to Be Communicated - Can’t Explain

Next: The Kinks

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**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-other-words-song-titles/840656/40 "2019-10-17T19:17:19Z")

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Increasingly Weary of Your Failure to Agree to Commence a Relationship - Tired of Waiting for You  
Popular Post-War British TV Series That Ran for Decades and Is Not Coronation Street - Come Dancing  
Is It Determined Who Will Have the Misfortune to Be in a Relationship with You - Who’ll Be the Next in Line

Next: Peter Gabriel

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