# Please help identify the song in this flash video (Strong Bad email) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 4, 2003, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-the-song-in-this-flash-video-strong-bad-email/166578 "2003-04-04T23:39:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bob55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Bob55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob55)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-the-song-in-this-flash-video-strong-bad-email/166578/1 "2003-04-04T23:39:53Z")
I posted this in MPSIMS but it flew off the main page pretty quickly, and this is probably a more appropriate forum. Can anyone identify the song sung in [this](http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail68.html) Strong Bad flash video (about 1 minute into the video)? I swear it sounds familiar, but I just can’t place it. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-the-song-in-this-flash-video-strong-bad-email/166578/2 "2003-04-05T00:09:09Z")
That is Strong Bad with one of his many, many hits, _The Cheat Is Not Dead_. ---
**Author:** ![Bob55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Bob55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob55)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-the-song-in-this-flash-video-strong-bad-email/166578/3 "2003-04-05T01:12:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mobo85 \* > \*\*That is Strong Bad with one of his many, many hits, _The Cheat Is Not Dead_. \*\* Do you know if it is a spin-off of a real song, or an original? The beat sounds so familiar, but maybe I’ve just watched that flash video one too many times. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-the-song-in-this-flash-video-strong-bad-email/166578/4 "2003-04-05T02:03:00Z")
The lyrics and such are original. I do not know if the beat is based on any actual song. ---
**Author:** ![RawkStah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@RawkStah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RawkStah)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-the-song-in-this-flash-video-strong-bad-email/166578/5 "2003-04-05T02:39:57Z")
I swear that most of the synth sounds used by the Homestar boys comes from an old-school Casio keyboard. Sounds like the [SK-1](http://www.tonymason.com/casio/sk1.cfm). We had one. Much fun was had by little boys burping into the keyboard and then playing “Chopsticks”… WITH BURPS! ---
**Author:** ![Phnord\_Prephect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Phnord\_Prephect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phnord_Prephect)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-the-song-in-this-flash-video-strong-bad-email/166578/6 "2003-04-05T09:28:50Z")
The original tune was ‘It’s a sign of the Times’ or something like that, don’t ask me who sang it. 60’s maybe, early 70’s?? Not a very good sign, after all. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-the-song-in-this-flash-video-strong-bad-email/166578/7 "2003-04-05T19:44:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RawkStah \* > \*\*I swear that most of the synth sounds used by the Homestar boys comes from an old-school Casio keyboard. Sounds like the [SK-1](http://www.tonymason.com/casio/sk1.cfm). We had one. Much fun was had by little boys burping into the keyboard and then playing “Chopsticks”… WITH BURPS! \*\* It’s hilarious how often I hear samples from the SK-1 in stuff! Usually just the “percussion” loops (note the quotations). Back in the day, that thing was damn fun to play with! And I don’t know a kid in the world who had that thing that didn’t do what you just said. ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-the-song-in-this-flash-video-strong-bad-email/166578/8 "2003-04-06T00:13:18Z")
Petula Clark - [Sign of the Times](http://www.maxlyrics.com/songView/363). The link goes to the lyrics. I didn’t find a copy of the song online.