# Really, really STUPID song lyrics. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 8, 2009, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-stupid-song-lyrics/480350 "2009-01-08T06:53:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-stupid-song-lyrics/480350/41 "2009-01-09T16:58:37Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > If your lyrical skills require you to rhyme “ghost” and “toast”, you lose automatically. Where I’m from, ghost rhymes with toast. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-stupid-song-lyrics/480350/42 "2009-01-09T17:37:29Z")
> [@johnspartan](#): > > I always thought “For those about to rock, we salute you” is dumb — or at least really bizarre, in its specificity. > > Not those who HAVE rocked. Not those who ARE currently rocking. We don’t salute those who will be rocking in the near future. No sir, only those just on the cusp of beginning a session of rocking. But it’s based on the quote: _For Those About To Die, We Salute You_, about Roman gladiators. The gladiators’ final words to the emperor were “_Ave Caesar morituri te salutant_” - or, “Hail Caesar, we who are about to die, salute you.”’ (copied from the wiki on it), so it’s a direct allusion to the quote. It’s the one of the few times where my Latin class knowledge made me feel cool. Plus its was the first song on that album, so it opens up that album with the song that tells you to basically prepare for the rocking awesomeness that is about to come next. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-stupid-song-lyrics/480350/43 "2009-01-09T17:38:05Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Where I’m from, ghost rhymes with toast. True, but actually _using_ Noun A to rhyme with unrelated Noun B, without any sort of foreshadowing to link the two, is incredibly lazy. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-stupid-song-lyrics/480350/44 "2009-01-09T18:05:06Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > True, but actually _using_ Noun A to rhyme with unrelated Noun B, without any sort of foreshadowing to link the two, is incredibly lazy. Ah. I thought it was a regional thing. Like rhyming creek with hick or Mary and Harry. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-stupid-song-lyrics/480350/45 "2009-01-09T18:07:46Z")
> [@johnspartan](#): > > I always thought “For those about to rock, we salute you” is dumb — or at least really bizarre, in its specificity. > > Not those who HAVE rocked. Not those who ARE currently rocking. We don’t salute those who will be rocking in the near future. No sir, only those just on the cusp of beginning a session of rocking. I wanna rock and roll all night, and part of every day. From one to three; I’m busy the rest of the day. /Role Models ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-stupid-song-lyrics/480350/46 "2009-01-09T18:11:31Z")
> [@Ro0sh](#): > > But it’s based on the quote: _For Those About To Die, We Salute You_, about Roman gladiators. The gladiators’ final words to the emperor were “_Ave Caesar morituri te salutant_” - or, “Hail Caesar, we who are about to die, salute you.”’ (copied from the wiki on it), so it’s a direct allusion to the quote. > > It’s the one of the few times where my Latin class knowledge made me feel cool. Plus its was the first song on that album, so it opens up that album with the song that tells you to basically prepare for the rocking awesomeness that is about to come next. Yeah? See here I went and learned sum’n today. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-stupid-song-lyrics/480350/47 "2009-01-09T18:24:16Z")
I have no idea if this lyric is stupid, since I can’t make heads or tails of it. Neither could anyone else I know. I’ll give you some context. It’s from Thespis, by Gilbert and Sullivan. The gods on Mount Olympus have grown old and tired, and want a vacation from godding. Luckily, along comes a troupe of actors, led by a guy named Thespis. Thespis strikes a deal with the gods in which the actors will take over the godly duties for one year. He finishes up making the deal, then is approached by Mercury. Mercury: Here come your people Thespis: People better now Huh? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-stupid-song-lyrics/480350/48 "2009-01-09T18:26:05Z")
Why, oh why is this stuck in my head now? WTF and Great Caeser’s Ghost I want jelly, not butter on my toast! ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-stupid-song-lyrics/480350/49 "2009-01-09T18:30:07Z")
“Bartender Song” by Rehab. Selections include: > [@](#): > > Bartender I’ve really done it this time, > I’ve broke my parole to have a good time. > [@](#): > > I’m sittin’ at a bar on the inside, > Waitin’ for my ride on the outside. > She broke my heart, in a trailer park, > So I jacked the keys to her fucking car, > And crashed that piece of shit, > And then stepped away. The whole song is the singer “talking” to a bartender about getting home drunk (while on parole,) getting beaten up by his girlfriend, stealing her car, and crashing it. And then subsequently getting drunk one last time before he heads back to the slammer. What I’m most upset about is the line “sittin’ in a bar on the inside waitin’ for my ride on the outside” lyric. Mainly because it doesn’t jibe with prison lingo…I know he means he’s physically inside a building waiting for a cop car that is outside, but in prison lingo, they always use “inside” to mean in jail, and “outside” to mean not in jail, so the line would have worked better had they just changed it to “Sittin’ in a bar on the outside, waitin’ for a ride to the inside.” ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-stupid-song-lyrics/480350/50 "2009-01-09T18:38:51Z")
Whenever I see one of these threads, I am morally obligated to submit “My Humps” by Black Eyed Peas: _What you gon’ do with all that junk? All that junk inside your trunk? I’ma get, get, get, get, you drunk, Get you love drunk off my hump. My hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, My hump, my hump, my hump, my lovely little lumps. (Check it out)_ And, for even more fun, you must watch [the greatest parody video of all time](http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=W91sqAs-_-g). ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-stupid-song-lyrics/480350/51 "2009-01-09T18:48:33Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Ah. I thought it was a regional thing. Like rhyming creek with hick or Mary and Harry. Mary doesn’t rhyme with Harry? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-stupid-song-lyrics/480350/52 "2009-01-09T19:08:35Z")
> [@winterhawk11](#): > > Mary doesn’t rhyme with Harry? Not if you come from God’s Country! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-stupid-song-lyrics/480350/53 "2009-01-09T20:10:20Z")
> [@winterhawk11](#): > > Mary doesn’t rhyme with Harry? Mary rhymes with pairy Harry rhymes with parry Now if say they sound the same there’s no help for you 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-stupid-song-lyrics/480350/54 "2009-01-09T20:17:50Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Mary rhymes with pairy > Harry rhymes with parry > > Now if say they sound the same there’s no help for you 😛 But…but…they _do_! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Vox\_Imperatoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-stupid-song-lyrics/480350/55 "2009-01-09T20:25:49Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Mary rhymes with pairy > Harry rhymes with parry > > Now if say they sound the same there’s no help for you 😛 How do you say these so that they sound different? Valete, Vox Imperatoris ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-stupid-song-lyrics/480350/56 "2009-01-09T22:44:42Z")
Mary = Meh-ree (elongate the ‘eh’ sound more than in ‘meh’) Harry = Ha!-ree How can you pronounce Mary and Harry so they rhyme?! ---
**Author:** ![Vox\_Imperatoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-stupid-song-lyrics/480350/57 "2009-01-09T22:45:40Z")
> [@bluecanary](#): > > Mary = Meh-ree > Harry = Ha!-ree > > How can you pronounce Mary and Harry so they rhyme?! Mary = Meh-ree Harry = Heh-ree; pronounced the same as “hairy”. Valete, Vox Imperatoris ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-stupid-song-lyrics/480350/58 "2009-01-09T22:47:41Z")
I’ve never heard Harry pronounced like that! ---
**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:** [January 9, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-stupid-song-lyrics/480350/59 "2009-01-09T22:55:55Z")
You’ve never heard of Harry Krishna? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-stupid-song-lyrics/480350/60 "2009-01-09T22:56:43Z")
> [@bluecanary](#): > > I’ve never heard Harry pronounced like that! That’s strange because you’ve got a prince by that name and for the year that I lived in the UK, I never heard his name pronounced the way I think you’re saying it does… 😕 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-stupid-song-lyrics/480350.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-stupid-song-lyrics/480350.md?page=4)