# Let's break the fourth wall, musically! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 16, 2004, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-break-the-fourth-wall-musically/275107 "2004-11-16T19:43:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-break-the-fourth-wall-musically/275107/61 "2004-11-18T17:27:15Z")
“La Resistance (Medley)” from _South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut_. Kyle and Stan in unison, towards the end, “When did this song turn into a f\*\*\*ing marathon?” ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-break-the-fourth-wall-musically/275107/62 "2004-11-18T18:24:53Z")
I’m not sure if this qualifies, but it’s the first thing I thought of when I thought about breaking the 4th wall. On _Live, Baby, Live_\* there’s a live (duh) verision of “Need You Tonight.” Normally, the song goes: Hutchence: How do you feel? Backing Vocals: I’m loney. Hutchence: Whadaya think? Backing Vocals: Can’t think at all. Hutchence: Whatcha gonna do? Backing Vocals: Gonna live my life . . . In this version, in the last refrain, Hutchence sings, “How do you feel?”, and instead of the rest of the band singing the next line, he holds out the mic and the crowd roars, “_I’m lonely!_” He replies, “Not tonight.” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-break-the-fourth-wall-musically/275107/63 "2004-11-18T19:49:33Z")
So hey! Won’t you play Another Sombody-Done-Somebody-Wrong-Song? ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-break-the-fourth-wall-musically/275107/64 "2004-11-18T20:43:49Z")
One that immediately springs to mind is Elton John’s _This Song Has No Title_: > [@](#): > > If we’re all going somewhere, let’s get there soon, > Oh this song’s got no title, just words and a tune. This one probably doesn’t quite fit the criteria, but the title of Pink Floyd’s _Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict_ does describe the “song” quite accurately. I just cheated and did a search in my WinAmp library for songs with the word ‘song’ in them. There are a lot of them! But most of them don’t mention themselves in the lyrics, so they’re not too interesting. Here are the top three artists: Everclear has three, all on _Songs From An American Movie_: [ul] [li]_Song From An American Movie_ (two parts to this one, but that’s getting carried away)[/li][li]_The Honeymoon Song_[/li][li]_Annabella’s Song_ [/li][/ul] Queens Of The Stone Age have four, all on _Songs For The Deaf_: [ul] [li]_A Song For The Dead_[/li][li]_Another Love Song_[/li][li]_A Song For The Deaf_[/li][li]_Mosquito Song_[/li][/ul] Led Zeppelin have five, spread across various albums: [ul] [li]_The Lemon Song_[/li][li]_Immigrant Song_[/li][li]_The Song Remains The Same_[/li][li]_Rain Song_[/li][li]_The Wanton Song_[/li][/ul] Incidentally, these are the only artists in my collection who had albums with _Song(s)_ in the title (Led Zep have a live album called _The Song Remains The Same_). Just thought of another one: Ben Folds (who, by the way, did _Song For The Dumped_ and _Hospital Song_ when he was with the Five) sung this in _Rockin’ The Suburbs_: > [@](#): > > I’m rockin’ the suburbs, > Just like Michael Jackson did, > I’m rockin’ the suburbs, > Except that he was talented And I think that’s enough time wasted with this post. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-break-the-fourth-wall-musically/275107.md?page=3)