# Song lyric trivia **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 8, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166 "2005-08-08T19:49:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/101 "2005-08-11T20:58:36Z")
I must have not seen this the first time around. > [@dougie\_monty](#): > > 1. “If Sunday you’re free…” “…why don’t you come with me, and we’ll poison the pigeons in the park.” ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/102 "2005-08-12T07:51:53Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > I think the part before that is “Après tous les bons jours” (After all the good days). > > And the song in question is actually “Ma Belle Amie.” (“Ma Cherie Amour” is, of course, a Stevie Wonder song.) _Merci_. 🙂 Actrually, the Tee Set song has a misspelled word in the title: “Ami”; in French, of course, to agree with the adjective _ma_ (“my”) and _belle_ (“beautiful”) the word for “friend” would be spelled “Amie” rather than just “Ami.” (As in “Bon Ami,” which hasn’t scratched yet.) 🙂 Nitpick: Stevie Wonder’s song’s title would properly be “Ma Chérie Amour” (“My dear loved one”), with the accent. ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/103 "2005-08-12T08:27:07Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > 1. What plant will soon be blooming in Annandale? Oleanders. mm ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/104 "2005-08-12T12:23:49Z")
> [@mamboman](#): > > Oleanders. > > mm Sorry, you rang in too late. **Hentor the Barbarian** beat you to the buzzer. But, if you can answer this one correctly, > [@Turek](#): > > 1. Where and with whom would I like to tour? you can get some nice parting prizes. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/105 "2005-08-12T14:04:36Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > _Merci_. 🙂 > Actrually, the Tee Set song has a misspelled word in the title: “Ami”; in French, of course, to agree with the adjective _ma_ (“my”) and _belle_ (“beautiful”) the word for “friend” would be spelled “Amie” rather than just “Ami.” It is “Amie” on my copy of the record. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2005, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/106 "2005-08-12T14:36:40Z")
1. Dire Straits: What’s the “way you do it”? 2. Rilo Kiley: If it’s “not a hit”, what is it? 3. Weezer: If I look “just like Buddy Holly”, who are you? 4. R.E.M: What should you be thinking about while you ‘Stand’? 5. Eagles: Where am I “standing on a corner”? 6. Rush: What shatters the illusion of integrity (two things)? 7. Billy Joel: Where did Billy’s old friend buy a ticket to? and finally 8. They Might Be Giants: Where is ‘blue canary’? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/107 "2005-08-12T15:02:16Z")
> [@bluecanary](#): > > 1. Dire Straits: What’s the “way you do it”? > 2. Rilo Kiley: If it’s “not a hit”, what is it? > 3. Weezer: If I look “just like Buddy Holly”, who are you? > 4. R.E.M: What should you be thinking about while you ‘Stand’? > 5. Eagles: Where am I “standing on a corner”? > 6. Rush: What shatters the illusion of integrity (two things)? > 7. Billy Joel: Where did Billy’s old friend buy a ticket to? > > and finally > 8. They Might Be Giants: Where is ‘blue canary’? 1. You play the guitar on the MTV. 2. Mary Tyler Moore. 3. Direction. (Wonder why I haven’t before? Oh, well.) 4. The west coast. 5. In the outlet by the light switch. ---
**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/108 "2005-08-12T15:41:23Z")
> [@bluecanary](#): > > 1. Dire Straits: What’s the “way you do it”? > 2. Rilo Kiley: If it’s “not a hit”, what is it? > 3. Weezer: If I look “just like Buddy Holly”, who are you? > 4. R.E.M: What should you be thinking about while you ‘Stand’? > 5. Eagles: Where am I “standing on a corner”? > 6. Rush: What shatters the illusion of integrity (two things)? > 7. Billy Joel: Where did Billy’s old friend buy a ticket to? > > and finally > 8. They Might Be Giants: Where is ‘blue canary’? Two that Robot Arm didn’t get. 5. Winslow, AZ (such a fine sight to see. It’s a girl my lord in a flatbed Ford…dammit, now it’s stuck in my head!) 6. Glittering prizes and endless compromises. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/109 "2005-08-12T16:10:17Z")
All correct so far – just the Rilo Kiley one left to get. ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/110 "2005-08-12T16:16:32Z")
_Speaking of “the glass onion”… Veruca Salt makes a veiled reference to the glass onion in one of their songs. Which song was it in and which band member do they claim to be something from another of their songs?_ OP by elfkin477 The song is "Volcano Girls and the clue for us all is that the Seether is Louise. What does the band AC-DC believe should be held every night? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2005, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/111 "2005-08-12T16:19:37Z")
> [@Gail](#): > > What does the band AC-DC believe should be held every night? Ahem…my big balls. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/112 "2005-08-12T16:21:28Z")
> [@Gail](#): > > What does the band AC-DC believe should be held every night? I believe that they believe that big balls should be held every night. And only ONE of mine got answered? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/113 "2005-08-12T16:27:50Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Superdude: > > 1. What day does Ben Folds’ girlfriend have the abortion, and what time does he get up to go get her? Six a.m., day after Christmas. (“The world is sleeping; I am not.”) Sting said a comfortable existence was reduced to what? ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/114 "2005-08-12T17:06:35Z")
> [@bluecanary](#): > > All correct so far – just the Rilo Kiley one left to get. If it ain’t a hit, it’s a holiday sha-bop sha-bop. JBW3: Where do the bruises on my legs come from? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/115 "2005-08-12T23:52:31Z")
**JohnBckWLD** : It is indeed a holiday. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/116 "2005-08-13T06:54:06Z")
> [@bluecanary](#): > > **JohnBckWLD** : It is indeed a holiday. And what did Jerry Wallace say is a holiday? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![EvilGhandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@EvilGhandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilGhandi)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/117 "2005-08-14T08:23:21Z")
Who grieved the death of a dog for twenty years? It’s late september, where should Rod be? my two cents ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/118 "2005-08-14T11:34:57Z")
> [@EvilGhandi](#): > > It’s late september, where should Rod be? Back at school. ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/119 "2005-08-14T12:34:43Z")
**Who grieved the death of a dog for twenty years?** OP by evilghandi Mr. Bojangles According to Simon and Garfunkel, what are orangutans skeptical of? ---
**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:** [August 14, 2005, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166/120 "2005-08-14T14:59:12Z")
> [@Gail](#): > > \*\* > According to Simon and Garfunkel, what are orangutans skeptical of? Changes in their cages. What mystical substances does Frank Zappa’s Mystery Man carry in a shaving kit? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-trivia/316166.md?page=7)