# Respond to the previous poster by quoting a song lyric.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 20, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990 "2007-04-20T20:19:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/101 "2007-04-21T23:00:25Z")

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[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane]  
Video killed the radio star… The Buggles  
[/QUOTE]

I want a Mexican radio!

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**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/102 "2007-04-21T23:08:51Z")

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Tequila!

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**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/103 "2007-04-21T23:12:45Z")

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[QUOTE=sturmhauke]  
Tequila!  
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But don’t ask her on a straight tequila night  
she’ll start thinking about him  
and be ready to fight (Brooks & Dunn)

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**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/104 "2007-04-21T23:44:42Z")

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[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane]  
But don’t ask her on a straight tequila night  
she’ll start thinking about him  
and be ready to fight (Brooks & Dunn)  
[/QUOTE]

Jose Quervo, you are a friend of mine…

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/105 "2007-04-21T23:50:02Z")

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[QUOTE=SnakesCatLady]  
Jose Quervo, you are a friend of mine…  
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After ten rounds with Jose Quervo  
I lost count and started countin’ again.

and **Zabali\_Clawbane** that’s John Anderson, not B&D.

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**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/106 "2007-04-21T23:52:06Z")

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[QUOTE=garygnu]  
and **Zabali\_Clawbane** that’s John Anderson, not B&D.  
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B&D did a cover of it too, and it was rather ubiquitous for a time there. 😉 Or, maybe not…

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**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/107 "2007-04-21T23:55:39Z")

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[QUOTE=garygnu]  
After ten rounds with Jose Quervo  
I lost count and started countin’ again.  
[/QUOTE]

When Amigo,  
Played his blue guitar (Kitty Wells)

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**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/108 "2007-04-22T00:04:20Z")

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[QUOTE=John Carter of Mars]  
When Amigo,  
Played his blue guitar (Kitty Wells)  
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Blue blue moanin’  
It’s on it’s way to you  
Blue blue moanin’  
It’s really comin’ through  
You’re always right  
Til the payment’s due  
It’s due, now you’re blue

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**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/109 "2007-04-22T00:07:34Z")

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[QUOTE=SnakesCatLady]  
Blue blue moanin’  
It’s on it’s way to you  
Blue blue moanin’  
It’s really comin’ through  
You’re always right  
Til the payment’s due  
It’s due, now you’re blue  
[/QUOTE]

I’m cryin’. (roy Orbison)

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/110 "2007-04-22T00:44:50Z")

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[QUOTE=MadTheSwine]  
I’m cryin’. (roy Orbison)  
[/QUOTE]

At Heartbreak Hotel.

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**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/111 "2007-04-22T00:48:20Z")

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[QUOTE=Hypno-Toad]  
At Heartbreak Hotel.  
[/QUOTE]

Welcome to the Hotel California (The Eagles)

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**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/112 "2007-04-22T00:48:45Z")

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You can checkout any time you like,  
but you can never leave.

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**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/113 "2007-04-22T00:52:53Z")

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[QUOTE=Rhubarb]  
You can checkout any time you like,  
but you can never leave.  
[/QUOTE]

Papa was a rolling stone,  
where ever he laid his hat was his home.  
And when he died, all he left us was alone…

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**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/114 "2007-04-22T01:03:00Z")

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[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane]  
Papa was a rolling stone,  
where ever he laid his hat was his home.  
And when he died, all he left us was alone…  
[/QUOTE]

My father was a gamblin man,down in New Orleans (Animals)

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**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/115 "2007-04-22T01:22:03Z")

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There’s a place in the world for a gambler. (Dan Fogelberg)

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**Author:** ![Pixisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Pixisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixisis)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/116 "2007-04-22T01:34:06Z")

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You’ve got to know when to hold them  
Know when to fold them  
Know when to walk away  
Know when to run …

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**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/117 "2007-04-22T01:35:31Z")

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Go now! (Moody Blues)

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**Author:** ![Pixisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Pixisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixisis)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/118 "2007-04-22T01:42:22Z")

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Goodbye to all my friends  
It’s time to go again  
Think of all the poetry and the picking down the line

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**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/119 "2007-04-22T01:44:52Z")

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[QUOTE=Rhubarb]  
There’s a place in the world for a gambler. (Dan Fogelberg)  
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On a train bound for nowhere. (Kenny Rogers)

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/120 "2007-04-22T01:47:58Z")

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Well then, so long. Don’t cry, or feel too down. -Tool

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