# Name That Tune! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 8, 2009, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune/516765 "2009-11-08T04:13:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune/516765/1 "2009-11-08T04:13:47Z")
I’m sure we’ve done this before. Here’s how it works: post a few lines from a song. Identify the songs, and where possible, the artist. Bonus points for naming multiple artists if the song was covered. No peeking (at Google)! Here are a few to get us started, all from heavy-ish rock genres: R1: _Every day sends future to past Every breath leaves brings me closer to my last_ R2: _Shut me down Knock me to the floor Shoot me up Fuck me like a whore_ R3: _Pick a crime from the menu Pick a sentence and a venue And pay up the down payment called bail The system’s for sale_ R4: _Feelings are intense Words are trivial_ R5: _I’m a perfectionist And perfect is a skinned knee_ R6: \*In the headlights Of a stretch car You’re a star \* R7: _So follow me into the desert As desperate as you are_ ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune/516765/2 "2009-11-08T04:32:55Z")
I can sing a song for decades with no conscious memory of its lyrics. They just fit with the tune. Count me out. ---
**Author:** ![Deanna\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Deanna\_D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deanna_D)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune/516765/3 "2009-11-08T12:55:59Z")
I think I know the first and the last…but I’m stumped on the rest! R1: Pull Me Under-Dream Theater R7: Burden in My Hand-Soundgarden And not peeking is hard! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune/516765/4 "2009-11-08T16:19:32Z")
Both correct. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune/516765/5 "2009-11-09T05:00:01Z")
_bump_ ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune/516765/6 "2009-11-09T12:17:20Z")
Mad1- _I had the shit til it all got smoked_ Mad2-_You’re a sewer rat decaying in a cesspool of pride_ Mad3-_You take my body I give you heat You say you’re hungry I give you meat I suck your mind You blow my head_ Mad4-_Three feet tall, so very small I’m no trouble I bring thunder and lightning Sun and the rain For all the people in the land_ Mad5-_And the Anzio bridgehead Was held for the price Of a few hundred ordinary lives._ ---
**Author:** ![yevgeny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/839c29/32.png) [@yevgeny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yevgeny)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune/516765/7 "2009-11-09T19:04:00Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > R3: _Pick a crime from the menu > Pick a sentence and a venue > And pay up the down payment called bail > The system’s for sale_ > > R4: _Feelings are intense > Words are trivial_ R3: Megadeth - Kick the Chair R4: Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence > [@MadTheSwine](#): > > Mad3-_You take my body > I give you heat > You say you’re hungry > I give you meat > I suck your mind > You blow my head_ > > Mad5-_And the Anzio bridgehead > Was held for the price > Of a few hundred ordinary lives._ Mad3: Queen - Get Down Make Love Mad5: Pink Floyd - When the Tigers Broke Free ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune/516765/8 "2009-11-09T19:15:44Z")
Both correct, **yevgeny**. ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune/516765/9 "2009-11-09T21:27:56Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > Mad1- _I had the shit til it all got smoked_ Warren Zevon - \*I Was in the House When the House Burned Down \* HKF1 - _Please allow me to adjust my pants So I can dance the good time dance That puts all the onlookers and innocent bystanders into a trance_ HKF2 - _Soon I discovered that this rock thing was true Jerry Lee Lewis was the devil_ HKF3 - \*Almost every day I see the same face On broken picture tube It fits the attitude \* HKF4 - _Missy aggravation Some sacred questions You stroke my locks_ ---
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune/516765/10 "2009-11-10T00:55:10Z")
> [@](#): > > R6: In the headlights > Of a stretch car > You’re a star U2- Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune/516765/11 "2009-11-10T01:32:04Z")
Correct. ---
**Author:** ![Lottie\_D\_Urberville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a5b964/32.png) [@Lottie\_D\_Urberville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lottie_D_Urberville)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune/516765/12 "2009-11-10T01:45:13Z")
Mad4- Well, it’s “Mad the Swine” of course! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune/516765/13 "2009-11-10T14:47:19Z")
> [@Lottie\_D\_Urberville](#): > > Mad4- Well, it’s “Mad the Swine” of course! 🙂 Hehe..Yep 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune/516765/14 "2009-11-25T20:23:35Z")
_bump_ ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune/516765/15 "2009-11-25T20:33:24Z")
Thought this would be more popular…Nothing to add new right now but Mad2 is unanswered. Mad2-You’re a sewer rat decaying in a cesspool of pride ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune/516765/16 "2009-11-25T21:37:55Z")
Eve 6 - _Beautiful Oblivion_? ---
**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:** [November 25, 2009, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune/516765/17 "2009-11-25T23:39:39Z")
> [@HongKongFooey](#): > > HKF4 - _Missy aggravation > Some sacred questions > You stroke my locks_ The Pixies- Gouge Away I love that song. TK1: _At night I drink myself to sleep and pretend I don’t care that you’re not here with me Cause it’s so much easier to handle all my problems if I’m too far out to sea_ TK2: _I’m screaming I met you this way You’re nice to me like ice_ TK3: _They took you up to midnight mass and left you in a lurch, so you dropped a button in the place and spewed up in the church_ ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune/516765/18 "2009-11-25T23:59:17Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > Thought this would be more popular…Nothing to add new right now but Mad2 is unanswered. > > Mad2-You’re a sewer rat decaying in a cesspool of pride You’re just an old barrow boy Have you found a new toy to replace me? Can you face me? Well now you can kiss my ass goodbye. That would be Queen, ‘‘Death On Two Legs’’ olives1 (pop) _But when you shake your ass They notice fast And some mistakes were built to last_ olives2 (uh… alternative?) _Doesn’t matter if you’re skinny Doesn’t matter if you’re fat You can dress up like a sultan In your onion head hat_ olives3 (alternative rock) _When they play tunes, when they play tunes, when they play riffs of the hard rock beat Gimme some love, gimme some love sugar from the drop with the old school meet_ olives4 (classic rock) _The whole wide world An endless universe Yet we keep looking through The eyeglass in reverse Don’t feed the people But we feed the machines Can’t really feel What international means_ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune/516765/19 "2009-11-26T00:44:08Z")
HKF2: Jesus Built My Hotrod-- Ministry JQ1: They said you’ll make a lot of money, worry about it later. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune/516765/20 "2009-12-09T05:21:55Z")
R8: _Strange how laughter looks like crying with no sound Raindrops taste like tears without the pain_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune/516765.md?page=2)