# New Song Thread Game...ehh?.....ehhh?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 12, 2002, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644 "2002-07-12T15:53:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 10

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**Author:** ![Nortia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nortia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nortia)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/181 "2002-07-15T09:51:40Z")

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Although I’m not at work it is something to do while I think about the things I _really_ should be doing. I did avoid staying up all night with it though 😉

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**Author:** ![Nortia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nortia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nortia)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/182 "2002-07-15T09:54:30Z")

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And just to keep it going a little longer…

Team 1

Fire - U2

\*Falling falling  
The moon is running \*\*red \*\*  
Falling falling  
It’s pulling me instead  
With a fire  
Fire \*

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**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/183 "2002-07-15T10:10:52Z")

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I see your U2 and raise you this!

Team 2:

_Everything is going wrong it’s not right anymore  
We can’t seem to get along the way we did before  
Sun is hanging in the sky, sinking low and so am I  
Just for the love of someone and a big **red** sun  
How I gonna lose these big **red** sun blues  
Big **red** sun big **red** sun big **red** sun blues_

_Big Red Sun Blues_ - Lucinda Williams

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/184 "2002-07-15T10:25:00Z")

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**Team One**

Fancy, Reba McEntire

_It was red velvet trim and it fit me good  
Standin’ back from the lookin’ glass  
There stood a woman where a half grown kid had stood_

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**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/185 "2002-07-15T10:29:15Z")

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Wow! Was that the first all-nighter we pulled without screwing up the game??? YAY! 🙂

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**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/186 "2002-07-15T12:29:34Z")

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Well, I guess I spoke too soon ☹

The current score is:

**Team 1** :):):):):):):):):):)🙂  
**Team 2** :):):):):):):):):):)🙂

Okay, new word…

This time something a lil’ different; the word has to be a woman’s name. Any woman’s name…

**Team 1**

8675309 (Jenny) - Tommy Tutone

_ **Jenny** , I’ve got your number  
I need to make you mine  
Jenny, don’t change your number  
8675309 (8675309)  
8675309 (8675309)_

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**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/187 "2002-07-15T13:44:30Z")

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Well, I was gonna switch teams to keep the last one going. But I guess I’ll do it now to get this one headin down the road

**Team 2**

Ahem  
\<very, very **LOUD!!** and _ **~off key~** _\>

_“Her name is **LOLA!**  
She was a showgirl”_

“Copacabana”–Barry Manilow (or as his fiends call him, **The Big BM**

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**Author:** ![Kestral](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kestral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kestral)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/188 "2002-07-15T13:50:38Z")

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Oh man, finding names is hard in the stuff I listen to. But, here’s one.

**Team 2**

_Can’t stop eating  
Can’t stop eating  
Can’t stop eating  
604 **Katrina** _

–Anthrax, “604”

Which is very nearly the entire song anyway. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Kestral](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kestral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kestral)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/189 "2002-07-15T13:52:19Z")

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Whoops, I guess I’m Team 1 now. Sorry, my mistake.

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**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/190 "2002-07-15T13:53:07Z")

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**Team 2**

_Slit skirts  
 **Jennie** never wears no slit skirts  
I don’t ever wear no ripped shirts  
Can’t pretend goin older never hurts_

Slit Skirts—Pete Townshend

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**Author:** ![Kestral](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kestral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kestral)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/191 "2002-07-15T13:59:45Z")

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God, having to resort to Kiss so early in the day…

**Team 1**

_ **Beth** , I know you’re lonely  
I hope you’ll be alright  
‘Cos me and the boys will be playin’ all night_

–Kiss, “Beth”

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**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/192 "2002-07-15T14:01:18Z")

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New Team 1 Member:

Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond

Sweet **Caroline**  
Good times never seemed so good  
I’ve been inclined  
To believe they never would

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**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/193 "2002-07-15T14:01:30Z")

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**Team 2**

\*If you knew  
**Peggy Sue**  
Then you’d know why I feel blue  
About **Peggy**  
My **Peggy Sue-oo-oo** \*

Peggy Sue—Buddy Holly & the Cricketts

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**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/194 "2002-07-15T14:04:18Z")

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Whoops, simulpost, so here’s another.

Team 1

Airline Amy - Weird Al

No one else can take my higher than Airline **Amy**  
Tell me I’m you’re favorite Frequent Flyer, Airline **Amy**

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**Author:** ![Kestral](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kestral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kestral)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/195 "2002-07-15T14:04:58Z")

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**Team 1**

_One chance  
One kiss  
One taste of you my **Magdalena** _

–A Perfect Circle, “Magdalena”

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**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/196 "2002-07-15T14:05:47Z")

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**Team 2**

\*Dammit!  
**Janet**  
I Love you! \*

Dammit, Janet—Brad, Rocky Horror Picture Show

_Yeah, it’s a show tune, which uniformly stink. That’s probably why it so easily poops into my head_

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**Author:** ![Kestral](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kestral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kestral)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/197 "2002-07-15T14:10:18Z")

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That’s it, we’ll get 'em by volume. 🙂

**Team 1**

_Everybody run, the Homecoming Queen’s got a gun!  
Stop it, **Debbie** , you’re making a mess  
Powder burns all over your dress!_

-Julie Brown, “The Homecoming Queen’s Got a Gun”

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**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/198 "2002-07-15T14:12:40Z")

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**Team 2**

_ **Valaire**  
Come and see  
 **Valaire**  
Come and see \*  
 **Valaire**  
Come and see  
I’m the same boy I usta be_

Valarie—Steve Winwood

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**Author:** ![Kestral](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kestral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kestral)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/199 "2002-07-15T14:15:55Z")

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I knew if I thought about it I could find some good ones.

**Team 1**

_ **Charlotte** isn’t it time you stopped this mad life  
Don’t you ever think about the bad times  
Why do you have to live this way?_

–Iron Maiden, “22 Acacia Avenue”

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**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/200 "2002-07-15T14:18:43Z")

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**Team 2**

\*She walked up to me and she asked me to dance  
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said  
**Lola L-O-L-A  
Lola Lo lo lo lo Lo – la** \*

Kinks—Lola

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