# Please help me identify this indie song (Ms. Satan?)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 18, 2005, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-indie-song-ms-satan/322205 "2005-09-18T07:58:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2005, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-indie-song-ms-satan/322205/1 "2005-09-18T07:58:19Z")

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Somehow I downloaded a song a long time ago . It’s called: “Built To Spill, Modest Mouse, Rentals.” That is what is was called. No title, just a cryptic trio of band names.

Clearly this song has no connection to any of those bands, and I have no idea what the title is supposed to mean. I want to know the name of this song, and who sings it. Google searches reveal ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. I absolutely love this song - it sounds like some incredibly awesome version of Weezer. It’s so mysterious…I can’t find out anything about it. It’s like the phantom song.

I think it might be called “Ms. Satan” just because of the way that phrase keeps getting repeated. I’ve done exhaustive searches of all of the phrases in the lyrics and nothing comes up except one other person (only ONE!) on a Ben Folds message board who is also trying to figure out what the song is called.

I posted the lyrics, in their entirety, here - I don’t think it’s a violation of any kind of intellectual property laws because this song is clearly so obscure. Correct me if I’m wrong.

\*my baby’s got a playstation on her  
she don’t mnd if i take a look  
yeah, eah, alright  
(guitar solo)  
ms. satan  
she’s always waitin for me  
at the bus stop  
telling me everything is…  
yeah, alright [LYRICS DELETED] \*  
Man, I really want someone to tell me who does this song. I desperately want to know more about this enigma, and listen to more of this band’s music.

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**Author:** ![bradministrator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a698b9/32.png) [@bradministrator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bradministrator)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-indie-song-ms-satan/322205/2 "2005-09-18T13:18:05Z")

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Oh Ranger! - “Mrs Satan”

[http://cdbaby.com/cd/ohranger](http://cdbaby.com/cd/ohranger)

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2005, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-indie-song-ms-satan/322205/3 "2005-09-18T23:33:15Z")

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> I posted the lyrics, in their entirety, here - I don’t think it’s a violation of any kind of intellectual property laws because this song is clearly so obscure. Correct me if I’m wrong.

Well, of course you’re wrong. Do you think that only the rich and famous are protected by copyright? The point of copyright is to protect the rights of the artist/author/creator, regardless of his/her fame or fortune.

Sheeeeesh.

Plus, if you are in doubt, you could email a Moderator first.