# Rock Lyrics Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 2, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-lyrics-game/386472 "2007-01-02T22:26:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-lyrics-game/386472/41 "2007-01-05T15:44:50Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] _cheerleaders Cracker Jack patootie Norfolk, Virginia_ [/QUOTE] Not sure, but I’m going to take a stab with: Meatloaf. Cracker Jack is from _Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad_, and patootie _might_ be from _Hot Patootie_ from Rocky Horror Picture Show. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-lyrics-game/386472/42 "2007-01-05T17:15:01Z")
[QUOTE=Labdad] **LD1** New Orleans Memphis Little Rock Jackson [/QUOTE] I wouldn’t be surprised if that one had multiple possible answers. I’ll say: Rolling Stones. The first three cities are all mentioned in “Rip This Joint,” and Jackson is in “Country Honk.” ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-lyrics-game/386472/43 "2007-01-05T17:30:05Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] I wouldn’t be surprised if that one had multiple possible answers. I’ll say: Rolling Stones. The first three cities are all mentioned in “Rip This Joint,” and Jackson is in “Country Honk.” [/QUOTE] Correct, **Biffy**! And those were the exact songs I had in mind. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-lyrics-game/386472/44 "2007-01-05T17:57:11Z")
[QUOTE=Eonwe] Meatloaf. Cracker Jack is from _Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad_, and patootie _might_ be from _Hot Patootie_ from Rocky Horror Picture Show. [/QUOTE] Yep! Norfolk, VA, is from a Chuck Berry tune he covered, and cheerleaders is from the classic “I’ll Kill You If You Don’t Come Back” (hi, **Siege**!): Somebody bless all the cheerleaders down on the tracks They’re glistening like diamonds with sweat on the backs 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-lyrics-game/386472/45 "2007-01-05T17:58:13Z")
or “their backs” Make that 🆒 a :o ---
**Author:** ![threeorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-lyrics-game/386472/46 "2007-01-06T13:06:23Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] Steely Dan. Oleander is the giveaway, that’s from “My Old School.” Kerosene is from “Kid Charlemagne.” Zombie is from “Haitian Divorce,” although I first thought of “All You Zombies.” Can’t think offhand of where Blueprint is from. [/QUOTE] Zombie isn’t from “Haitian Divorce”, its from “Turn That Heartbeat Over Again” ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-lyrics-game/386472/47 "2007-01-06T14:39:45Z")
[QUOTE=threeorange] Zombie isn’t from “Haitian Divorce” [/QUOTE] “She takes the taxi to the good hotel Bon marché as far as she can tell She drinks the **zombie** from the coco shell” ---
**Author:** ![threeorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-lyrics-game/386472/48 "2007-01-07T23:12:35Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] “She takes the taxi to the good hotel Bon marché as far as she can tell She drinks the **zombie** from the coco shell” [/QUOTE] I guess it’s from both; I stand corrected. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-lyrics-game/386472/49 "2007-01-08T06:32:26Z")
1. Brouhaha 2. Neurosurgeons 3. Poisoned 4. Unzipped ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-lyrics-game/386472/50 "2007-01-08T13:36:59Z")
[QUOTE=astorian] 1. Brouhaha 2. Neurosurgeons 3. Poisoned 4. Unzipped [/QUOTE] One of my all-time favorites. [spoiler]King Crimson. 1. “Elephant Talk” 2. “21st Centruy Schizoid Man” 3. “Cat Food” 4. “Ladies of the Road”[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-lyrics-game/386472/51 "2007-01-08T13:42:42Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] _blue dolphin refinery broadsword Swingomatic Rodin_ [/QUOTE] These are from a folky guy. Including one of my favorites: The baby’s in the Swingomatic singing rock and roll My sweetie’s in the kitchen whipping up my favorite casserole ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-lyrics-game/386472/52 "2007-01-09T00:52:47Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] **BtES #1** _logistics systemically maisonettes crosslegged_ **BtES #2** _keyloids sterilized broadcasting hot-wire_ [/QUOTE] Hints: #1 is a solo artist, former member of a famous rock band, no hits under his own name, but has done high-profile collaborations with major hitmaking artists. #2 is a very famous singer-songwriter who has had hits as a solo artist as well as writing songs that were hits for other artists. “Broadcasting” is form a major hit single," “hot-wire” from a not-so-big hit single. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-lyrics-game/386472.md?page=2)