Lessons I've learned from pop music

If you are “insane”, it will quite probably be in your “brain”. If you have a “honey”, the subject of “money” is about to crop up.

Not to mention “funny”.

Also, the Blues ain’t nuthin but a good man feelin bad.

If you shoot a man in Reno, Nevada (just to watch him die) for some strange reason they’ll lock you up in a prison in California!

And if a train passes by it will be headed for Texas.

Zeldar alluded to the teen into “teen angel” metamophisis. As idyllic as this transformation may be, it does have its downside:

Just sweet sixteen, and now you’re gone
They’ve taken you away.
I’ll never kiss your lips again
They buried you today

:frowning:

Wow.

New York, London, Paris, Munich…, everybody’s talkin bout

POP MUZIK

Oh yes…if there is a party, people must be drinking Bacardi.

If there is a source of joy, it will often be extended to every girl and boy.

Despite the many risky behaviors one can engage in, it seems rock stars are most concerned with warning people about the dangers of playing with fire and the potential for getting burned.

Great googly moogly!!

All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be.

I just wanted to thank you for the memory of that one. That’s one of my kareoke favorites.

You can’t hurry love. No, you just have to wait. Love don’t come easy; it’s a game of give-and-take.

When you fight the law, law wins.

When you’re in love with a beautiful woman, you gotta watch your friends.

If you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao, you ain’t gonna make it with anyone anyhow.

Don’t you ever ask them why; if they told you you would cry.

Global warming was caused by a creature in the sky who opened up a hole.

Deciding not to go to the disco with your friends makes you a Punk Rocker and you suddenly have it all.

If you end up in hell and Satan offers to let you sit in a chair, don’t because it’ll be an electric chair.

The story of Abraham and Isaac actually took place in the US, on highway 61.

That has been one of my favorite songs since the first time I heard it when I was about six years old. Dad seemed a little perturbed that I found that line so hilarious, but he’s adjusted since.

If you drive your Chevy to the levee, you will not find it wet.

Apparently, fuzzy trees itch.

Maybe this stuff was before my time, or I’m out of the loop, but I’m going to have to ask what you mean by these. I’m completely baffled.

If aliens come to earth, hide your cars, guitars, and bars. It’s just safer that way.

Dang it!
:eek:
I just went out

to

the parking lot

and I saw a light

And it came right down

landed on the ground

Man, Dopers! I’m LOVIN these old song references!

Video killed the radio star. (Until MTV killed video.)

It’s OK to leave your friends if you want to dance.

Billie Jean was actually a 12 year old boy and the pregnancy was a front.

Don’t fly an assload of balloons near any military defense position.

If you smoke enough pot people will come to your castle and steal your garden.

And the most important lesson I’ve learned in my life:

Christina Amphlett thinks about me when she touches herself. :cool:

I’m not able to touch this.

Billy Joel is not an arsonist.

Dialing the number for emergency services in the US is some form of humor.

You can always spot an Australian in a foreign land by the type of sandwich he offers you.

You’ve got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues.

If you love me, you’re thinking of me.

Nashville cats play clean as country water.

Sometimes, all I need is the air that I breathe and to love you.

If a girl tempts you with her charms Tell her no no no no no-no-no-no No no no no no-no-no-no No no no no no.

The songs:
Pixies- Monkey Gone to Heaven
The Ramones- Sheena is a Punk Rocker
Daniel Johnston- Never Relaxed
Bob Dylan- Highway 61