# Paraphrased Lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 3, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraphrased-lyrics/498611 "2009-06-03T18:58:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![yevgeny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/839c29/32.png) [@yevgeny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yevgeny)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraphrased-lyrics/498611/81 "2009-06-04T23:22:57Z")
> [@thwartme](#): > > TMcG3: I have no visual sense of any of you males, collectively, achieving either a literal or figurative match of the sort currently being considered by me Murray Head - One Night in Bangkok ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraphrased-lyrics/498611/82 "2009-06-05T01:58:14Z")
> [@thwartme](#): > > TJ4: Not deceased is the male young person in a cubicle. “Boy in the Box” – Corey Hart > [@](#): > > NIS1: The penultimate day of the week, the first person narrator experiences a state of amourous emotion. This one was gotten already. And they beat me to it. But to repeat: “Friday, I’m in Love” – The Cure > [@](#): > > F6: In retrospect, nearly a hundred was a very bad idea. All I can think of is “99 Red Balloons/99 Luftbalons” due to the fact that they cause WWIII, but I don’t think that actual lyric shows up. (Nena is the group.) > [@](#): > > W2: You have what I require, and yet you maintain that you and the gentleman I observed you with have no romantic entanglement. Also already solved: “Just a Friend”–Biz Markie > [@](#): > > RN3: In the event that a human male is thought to be the perpetrator of a crime based on his thoughts, execute me by passing current through a seating device in recognition for transgressions I will commit at some later date “Batdance” – Prince ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraphrased-lyrics/498611/83 "2009-06-05T02:31:39Z")
> [@thwartme](#): > > RN2: Hie thee from this place, hie thee from this place, for there is no person who wishes to lose “Beat It” (beat it, beat it, no one wants to be defeated)–Michael Jackson P8\_2: What if this singer were a famous lover in denim pants of a nontraditional color? What if this singer were a ripoff of Garfield the cat? It is not a commonly-held misbelief. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraphrased-lyrics/498611/84 "2009-06-05T03:46:08Z")
> [@RedRosesForMe](#): > > I know, that was my point. I was hoping whoever got it didn’t mention Metallica, but Thin Lizzy? Thin Lizzy were a great band. Sadly, Phil Lynott died before they made it big in the US, so people here only know them as “that band that did T_he Boys Are Back In Town_”, and maybe for _Whisky In The Jar_. Give _Dedication_ or _Jailbreak_ a listen if you like hard rock. > [@thwartme](#): > > TJ4: Not deceased is the male young person in a cubicle. Alice In Chains - _Man In the Box_ [QUOTE=Hoopy Frood] “Batdance” – Prince [/QUOTE] Sorta. _Batdance_ is a mishmash of lyrics from other songs on the Batman soundtrack… the line (“If a man is considered guilty for what goes on in his mind, give me the electric chair for all my future crimes”) is really from _Electric Chair_, which is on the same album. _Beat It_ is correct for RN2. ETA: I see somebody else got TJ4 already and I was wrong anyway. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2009, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraphrased-lyrics/498611/85 "2009-06-05T05:05:14Z")
JQ11: I will repair your damage and liberate you. I’m the messiah on MDMA. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraphrased-lyrics/498611/86 "2009-06-05T05:21:15Z")
> [@thwartme](#): > > W3: Would that I were a regent for one rotation of the earth, I would surely abdicate. Thompson Twins - King for a Day \*If I was king for just one day I would give it all away I would give it all away to be with you \* ---
**Author:** ![RedRosesForMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RedRosesForMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedRosesForMe)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraphrased-lyrics/498611/87 "2009-06-05T05:36:02Z")
Good recap, **thwartme,** but you forgot one (unless someone got it and I missed): R3: During the hours that preceded this morning first person narrator’s mind conjured images involving a rendezvous with a notable terrorist and writer of Celtic descent. Which, if I can give a hint, is very closely related to this other paraphrase of mine: R6: I command you to exit your dwelling places, men bedecked in two-tone uniforms, and to engage me in masculine physical combat. If somebody gets them, and gets the connection, I’ll, I dunno, think you’re really cool. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraphrased-lyrics/498611/88 "2009-06-05T11:40:19Z")
> [@yevgeny](#): > > Oingo Boingo - Little Girls Bingo. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraphrased-lyrics/498611/89 "2009-06-05T12:49:33Z")
Nevermind - thought I had Here Comes The Sun to myself ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraphrased-lyrics/498611/90 "2009-06-05T12:54:17Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > P8\_2: What if this singer were a famous lover in denim pants of a nontraditional color? What if this singer were a ripoff of Garfield the cat? It is not a commonly-held misbelief. I can hum the tune, after which I must punch myself in the head because I hate it, but all I know is that it’s by Sean Penn’s brother and the line is something like: “What if I was Romeo in black jeans. What if I was Heathcliff, it’s no lie.” ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraphrased-lyrics/498611/91 "2009-06-05T13:04:19Z")
On more very easy one from me (I think it should be easy anyway): JB3: I am aware that those under a suggestive spell always tell the truth. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraphrased-lyrics/498611/92 "2009-06-05T13:10:31Z")
_TJ2: Females, vehicles, and the battle for global domination between the second and fourth battles for global domination._ Chicks, cars and the third world war - James Colin A1 The man loudly exclaimed, “I am completely in your ownership, granny” A2 We are not sufficiently advanced in age to terminate our physical existance A3 Make a continual percussive noise on the structure built into the doorway. (I am unable to audially detect that you are doing so.) A4 Rouse me from my slumber prior to your exiting this place A5 I am abrubtly placed into a supine position. Subsequently, I resume standing. You will be unable to prevent this from happenning. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraphrased-lyrics/498611/93 "2009-06-05T13:30:07Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > A4 Rouse me from my slumber prior to your exiting this place Wham - _Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go_ ---
**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:** [June 5, 2009, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraphrased-lyrics/498611/94 "2009-06-05T13:35:38Z")
RN7: _Female canines adore me because they are aware I am able to spin verse in which the ends of each line utilize similar sounds_ RN8: _Allow the luminescence from our nearest star to strike my visage_ RN9: _Tiny floating particles of recently combusted matter over the dihydrogen oxide_ ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraphrased-lyrics/498611/95 "2009-06-05T13:36:53Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > A3 Make a continual percussive noise on the structure built into the doorway. (I am unable to audially detect that you are doing so.) A3: Love Shack by the B-52s. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraphrased-lyrics/498611/96 "2009-06-05T13:59:14Z")
**A5 I am abrubtly placed into a supine position. Subsequently, I resume standing. You will be unable to prevent this from happenning.** Tubthumping - Chumbawumba (I get knocked down, but I get up again, you’re never gonna keep me down.) **RN9: _Tiny floating particles of recently combusted matter over the dihydrogen oxide_** Smoke On the Water - Deep Purple (Do I even need to say what the lyrics is?) ---
**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:** [June 5, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraphrased-lyrics/498611/97 "2009-06-05T14:01:36Z")
You did. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraphrased-lyrics/498611/98 "2009-06-05T14:24:35Z")
I was going to wait until my last two were answered before posting more, but it looks like they’re harder than I thought. \>\_\> Gu5 - One of our protagonists was male, the other female - I’m sure you can see where this is going. Gu6 \* - I get aroused when the man I’m speaking of imitates Jesus Christ using a part of a lighting fixture. Gu7 \*\* - Thank you, AI-san. Gu8 \*\*\* - Young females have a single, simple desire, and that is to amuse themselves. Gu9 - I view the group of you, and make note of the dormant affection. Meanwhile, I play a stringed instrument in such a way as to make it sound mournful. - Probably really, really hard, since neither the original artist, or the artist that I know of who covered it, are really top-10 artists. \*\* Should be really easy…but perhaps I’ve gotten too clever for my own good. \*\*\* If this one’s not easy, I give up on trying to judge the difficulty of these. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2009, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraphrased-lyrics/498611/99 "2009-06-05T14:31:46Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Gu8 \*\*\* - Young females have a single, simple desire, and that is to amuse themselves. Cindy Lauper - _Girls Just Wanna Have Fun_ ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraphrased-lyrics/498611/100 "2009-06-05T14:34:56Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Gu9 - I view the group of you, and make note of the dormant affection. Meanwhile, I play a stringed instrument in such a way as to make it sound mournful. _While My Guitar Gently Weeps_ - The Beatles. "I look at you all, see the love that lies sleeping … " [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraphrased-lyrics/498611.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paraphrased-lyrics/498611.md?page=6)