# Lessons I've learned from pop music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 18, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lessons-ive-learned-from-pop-music/365033 "2006-07-18T16:20:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lessons-ive-learned-from-pop-music/365033/141 "2006-07-19T19:23:53Z")
I came in here to tell you all that this thread is making me gleeful, But first I gotta bang bang the boogie to the boogie Say up jump the boogie to the bang bang boogie… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lessons-ive-learned-from-pop-music/365033/142 "2006-07-19T19:41:27Z")
In the event of a nuclear war or other apocalyptic event, a wooden ship provides a good getaway. If you have a junkie in your band, no matter how much you love the man, it’ll cause the band to break up. If old men would only look at themselves, they’d see they’re a lot like those young punks they so often complain about. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lessons-ive-learned-from-pop-music/365033/143 "2006-07-19T22:04:56Z")
Vancouver doesn’t need the kind of law and order that tends to keep a good man underground. Sounds like my kind of town. We’re the fishes and all we do is the move about. Stay away from Rockville. The people don’t talk to anyone they don’t know and you’ll end up working in a factory. The price of medicine is sick, sick. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lessons-ive-learned-from-pop-music/365033/144 "2006-07-19T22:36:53Z")
[QUOTE=Talon Karrde] We’re the fishes and all we do is the move about. [/QUOTE] An ideal way to waste the time in a day so dark, so warm, is dominoes. The tiger ate the elephant. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lessons-ive-learned-from-pop-music/365033/145 "2006-07-19T22:57:26Z")
In case you’re stumped for a rhyme in your songwriting efforts, try one of these which apprently will rhyme with anything: Yeah, yeah, yeah Wo-o-ooh Baby Lord Child Mmmm-mmm-mmm Owwww No-No-No C’mon c’mon c’mon La-la-la-la-la And if you have trouble pronouncing some of the words, just mumble or scream. After all, if anybody really wants to know what you’re saying they’ll read the goddamn liner notes or look up the lyrics online. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lessons-ive-learned-from-pop-music/365033/146 "2006-07-19T23:15:57Z")
The shadow from the starlight is softer than a lullaby. Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids. Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose. What’s the use in tryin’? All you get is pain. ---
**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lessons-ive-learned-from-pop-music/365033/147 "2006-07-20T00:09:03Z")
Not too bad, actually. When asked “How does it feel…to be thick as a brick?” ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lessons-ive-learned-from-pop-music/365033/148 "2006-07-20T00:29:42Z")
If you’re making love in the afternoon, get up to wash your face, and when you come back someone has taken your place, this could shake your confidence. Especially if it happens daily. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lessons-ive-learned-from-pop-music/365033/149 "2006-07-20T00:43:30Z")
[QUOTE=Chanteuse] And it bites. It bleeds. It’ll bring you to your knees. [/QUOTE] According to Phil and Don (and later Gram and Emmylou) It will cause you a thermal injury like an operative kitchen appliance. It’s only a falsehood intended to give you an indigo hue. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lessons-ive-learned-from-pop-music/365033/150 "2006-07-20T01:12:57Z")
Don’t bother fighting the law - it always wins. Maybe Bono isn’t finding what he’s looking for because he’s looking where there are no street names. Just some of his mysterious ways, I guess, like his running to stand still and his pride. Silly Bono. (Love is also blindness.) ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lessons-ive-learned-from-pop-music/365033/151 "2006-07-20T01:20:22Z")
When playing in Texas, one must always include a fiddle player in the band. ---
**Author:** ![Cherry2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cherry2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry2000)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lessons-ive-learned-from-pop-music/365033/152 "2006-07-20T01:24:17Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] Wearing sunglasses at night is a-okay. [/QUOTE] And let’s not forget all the other fine fashion tips we have learned: You can wear your wig hat and shades to match, high-heel shoes and an alligator hat. Wear your pearls and diamond rings… bracelets on your fingers, now, and everything. But if you wear a blue dress, you might be mistaken for a demonic entity. Oh yeah…and diamonds on the soles of your shoes may be a bit much. People may say you’re crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Cherry2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cherry2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry2000)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lessons-ive-learned-from-pop-music/365033/153 "2006-07-20T01:26:54Z")
[QUOTE=shizaru] Everyday is actually just like Sunday. Oh, and I can dance if I want to, I can leave my friends behind… [/QUOTE] Guess it all depends on how you were brought up. You might not want to, if your mama don’t dance and your daddy don’t rock 'n roll. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lessons-ive-learned-from-pop-music/365033/154 "2006-07-20T01:50:35Z")
[QUOTE=Cherry2000] Guess it all depends on how you were brought up. You might not want to, if your mama don’t dance and your daddy don’t rock 'n roll. [/QUOTE] But Momma’s got a squeezebox that she wears on her chest… we never get no rest, cause there playin’ all night. Daddy Never sleeps at night. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lessons-ive-learned-from-pop-music/365033/155 "2006-07-20T02:03:14Z")
[QUOTE=Cherry2000] Guess it all depends on how you were brought up. You might not want to, if your mama don’t dance and your daddy don’t rock 'n roll. [/QUOTE] Aw, they’re all right. They just seem a little weird. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lessons-ive-learned-from-pop-music/365033/156 "2006-07-20T02:07:45Z")
when expecting to meet a stranger for pina coladas, you will ultimately meet your spouse many people are coming to America, and you can expect them today if I am feeling incomplete, cold, dark, or a touch of athiesm, I need only look into your eyes all songs of love and special things were written by one man it is possible to make love out of nothing at all if a car is parked out back and the door is open, do not assume the ride is free ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lessons-ive-learned-from-pop-music/365033/157 "2006-07-20T03:12:21Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] An ideal way to waste the time in a day so dark, so warm, is dominoes. The tiger ate the elephant. [/QUOTE] I know what you are. You’re a gigolo aunt. [QUOTE=featherlou] Maybe Bono isn’t finding what he’s looking for because he’s looking where there are no street names. Just some of his mysterious ways, I guess, like his running to stand still and his pride. Silly Bono. (Love is also blindness.) [/QUOTE] It’s also a temple and a higher law. Women never really faint, villains always blink their eyes, children are the only ones who blush and life is just to die. ---
**Author:** ![Cherry2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cherry2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry2000)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lessons-ive-learned-from-pop-music/365033/158 "2006-07-20T03:34:46Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] Wearing sunglasses at night is a-okay. [/QUOTE] I almost forgot…should these be rhinestone shades, or cheap sunglasses? ---
**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:** [July 20, 2006, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lessons-ive-learned-from-pop-music/365033/159 "2006-07-20T03:54:59Z")
[QUOTE=11811] According to Phil and Don (and later Gram and Emmylou) It will cause you a thermal injury like an operative kitchen appliance. It’s only a falsehood intended to give you an indigo hue. [/QUOTE] It will also rip you and your significant other asunder. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lessons-ive-learned-from-pop-music/365033/160 "2006-07-20T04:23:05Z")
Each part of your body has an auditory sense, and I can express my lack of interest in you to all of them. But I can’t tell your heart, your…ah, never mind 🙂 The devil is a man of culture and taste, and deserves our sympathy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lessons-ive-learned-from-pop-music/365033.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lessons-ive-learned-from-pop-music/365033.md?page=9)