# Nothing Ever Comes to No Good Up On Choctaw Ridge (Mysteries in pop music) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 14, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-ever-comes-to-no-good-up-on-choctaw-ridge-mysteries-in-pop-music/430012 "2007-12-14T17:31:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-ever-comes-to-no-good-up-on-choctaw-ridge-mysteries-in-pop-music/430012/1 "2007-12-14T17:31:18Z")
We never learn what Billy Joe McAllister was throwing off the Tallahatchee bridge. We never find out what the hell happened to the boy that “Angie Baby” makes disappear. Are there any other enduring mysteries in pop music? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-ever-comes-to-no-good-up-on-choctaw-ridge-mysteries-in-pop-music/430012/2 "2007-12-14T17:36:06Z")
Who wrote the book of love? ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-ever-comes-to-no-good-up-on-choctaw-ridge-mysteries-in-pop-music/430012/3 "2007-12-14T17:36:56Z")
Did we ever find out who wrote the Book of Love? I wonder[sup]5[/sup]. _ETA: ARRRGGH, beaten to the punchline._ :mad: ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-ever-comes-to-no-good-up-on-choctaw-ridge-mysteries-in-pop-music/430012/4 "2007-12-14T17:56:31Z")
Who put the bop in the bop she bop she bop? Who put the dip in the dip te dip te dip? ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-ever-comes-to-no-good-up-on-choctaw-ridge-mysteries-in-pop-music/430012/5 "2007-12-14T17:57:38Z")
Do we know who made the **Lights Go Out in Georgia**? ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-ever-comes-to-no-good-up-on-choctaw-ridge-mysteries-in-pop-music/430012/6 "2007-12-14T18:01:06Z")
The particulars of Bob Dylan’s prison escape in “Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream”: _Me – I busted out Don’t even ask me how …_ ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-ever-comes-to-no-good-up-on-choctaw-ridge-mysteries-in-pop-music/430012/7 "2007-12-14T18:02:18Z")
Who are you? Who-who, who-who? I really wanna know. And what’s love got to do with it? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-ever-comes-to-no-good-up-on-choctaw-ridge-mysteries-in-pop-music/430012/8 "2007-12-14T18:03:55Z")
Why must I be a teenager in love? ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-ever-comes-to-no-good-up-on-choctaw-ridge-mysteries-in-pop-music/430012/9 "2007-12-14T18:07:38Z")
Who’s that guy who is so vain? So vain, in fact, that he thought that song was about him? ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-ever-comes-to-no-good-up-on-choctaw-ridge-mysteries-in-pop-music/430012/10 "2007-12-14T18:22:16Z")
We just had a thread on musical questions, and I don’t think that’s what **Bricker** is asking for, anyway. I came in her to mention the mystery that **Ravenman** beat me to. I, for instance, never did figure out what “it” was in Faith No More’s “Epic.” ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-ever-comes-to-no-good-up-on-choctaw-ridge-mysteries-in-pop-music/430012/11 "2007-12-14T18:24:33Z")
There was blood and a single gunshot, but just who shot who? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-ever-comes-to-no-good-up-on-choctaw-ridge-mysteries-in-pop-music/430012/12 "2007-12-14T18:27:05Z")
[QUOTE=Finagle] Who wrote the book of love? [/QUOTE] I don’t know, but I’d dance to anything by them. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-ever-comes-to-no-good-up-on-choctaw-ridge-mysteries-in-pop-music/430012/13 "2007-12-14T18:29:15Z")
[QUOTE=ArizonaTeach] We just had a thread on musical questions, and I don’t think that’s what **Bricker** is asking for, anyway. I came in her to mention the mystery that **Ravenman** beat me to. [/QUOTE] Okay, then. I nominate “any Bob Dylan song.” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-ever-comes-to-no-good-up-on-choctaw-ridge-mysteries-in-pop-music/430012/14 "2007-12-14T18:30:09Z")
If someone shot a man in Nevada just to watch him die, why would he be in prison in California? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-ever-comes-to-no-good-up-on-choctaw-ridge-mysteries-in-pop-music/430012/15 "2007-12-14T18:30:47Z")
Is Lola female or male? A case can be made for either. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-ever-comes-to-no-good-up-on-choctaw-ridge-mysteries-in-pop-music/430012/16 "2007-12-14T18:34:37Z")
[QUOTE=ArizonaTeach] I, for instance, never did figure out what “it” was in Faith No More’s “Epic.” [/QUOTE] Masturbation. Now go listen to the song again. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-ever-comes-to-no-good-up-on-choctaw-ridge-mysteries-in-pop-music/430012/17 "2007-12-14T18:39:04Z")
What’t the one thing Meatloaf won’t do for love? (I’ve actually heard the explanation but never would have figured it out myself) ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-ever-comes-to-no-good-up-on-choctaw-ridge-mysteries-in-pop-music/430012/18 "2007-12-14T18:43:05Z")
Tell me why you cry, and why you lie-ie-ied to me. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-ever-comes-to-no-good-up-on-choctaw-ridge-mysteries-in-pop-music/430012/19 "2007-12-14T18:44:15Z")
[QUOTE=Rube E. Tewesday] There was blood and a single gunshot, but just who shot who? [/QUOTE] Didn’t Rico shoot Tony? At least that’s what I thought the final verse implied. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-ever-comes-to-no-good-up-on-choctaw-ridge-mysteries-in-pop-music/430012/20 "2007-12-14T18:48:50Z")
[QUOTE=WOOKINPANUB] What’t the one thing Meatloaf won’t do for love? (I’ve actually heard the explanation but never would have figured it out myself) [/QUOTE] Can you elaborate? I don’t think I’ve ever heard an explanation for that song… Anyway, what about **Louie Louie**? Did anyone ever figure out what the hell that song was about? Certainly people drove themselves crazy trying. **A Day In the Life** - What was the news that day, oh boy? What was that all about? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-ever-comes-to-no-good-up-on-choctaw-ridge-mysteries-in-pop-music/430012.md?page=2)