# Songs about boredom? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 10, 2012, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999 "2012-01-10T01:50:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/1 "2012-01-10T01:50:40Z")
Not a popular theme. The only one I can think of is “It’s a Bore!” from _Gigi._ ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/2 "2012-01-10T02:08:16Z")
“[Boring](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXbk3OL-t-s)” by The Pierces “[Longview](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy5XR-oxCus&ob=av2n)” by Green Day ---
**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 10, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/3 "2012-01-10T02:14:57Z")
[Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgMI0BObEXI) ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/4 "2012-01-10T02:24:18Z")
[So Bored](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF9Tu35-pBo) - Wavves [Plume](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYXYVxJj7Zw) - Smashing Pumpkins [Bored to Death Theme Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7BS5MIxWG8) - Coconut Records [No Rain](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qVPNONdF58&ob=av2e) - Blind Melon may qualify, or you could say it’s all about drugs. Eh, often they go hand-in-hand. [Bored](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WdYo3WlETY) - The Deftones [Kim, You Bore Me to Death](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y-h2tDzPWM) - Grandaddy I’m tempted to write “The Pixies” as a whole. [Song 4 You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z-7YnSuqAY) - Ben Lee. This one’s not so explicit, but the chorus is “blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah” ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/5 "2012-01-10T02:29:03Z")
Iggy Pop: [I’m Bored](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXpL8XICJrc) X-Ray Spex: [I’m A Cliche](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVsRlYsII6o) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/6 "2012-01-10T02:31:15Z")
“Bleach Boys” by The Dead Milkmen.“I’m so bored I’m drinking’ bleach” ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/7 "2012-01-10T02:32:43Z")
The Clash: [I’m So Bored With The USA](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8jca8ZATfA) The Adverts: [Bored Teenagers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFkSGbd3okA) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/8 "2012-01-10T02:45:10Z")
Not sure if this counts. **Bruno Mars** [The Lazy Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLexgOxsZu0&ob=av2e) ---
**Author:** ![Cara\_mel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/22d042/32.png) [@Cara\_mel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cara_mel)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/9 "2012-01-10T02:47:18Z")
I’d venture to say you won’t like this, but I’m on holidays, and I’m bored: (nsfw, I spose) when I’m bored Fluttershy version: when I’m adorable ---
**Author:** ![brocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@brocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brocks)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/10 "2012-01-10T02:49:23Z")
“Alone Again, Naturally” by Gilbert O’Sullivan. Maybe it’s more about depression, but I’m not sure where the line is between the two. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/11 "2012-01-10T02:54:40Z")
“I’m So Tired” by the Beatles. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/12 "2012-01-10T03:06:23Z")
“Counting Flowers on the Wall”, Statler Brothers ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/13 "2012-01-10T03:09:56Z")
What did Madeline Kahn sing in Blazing Saddles? I’m tired, tired of playing the game… ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/14 "2012-01-10T03:14:23Z")
Sparks " Nothing To Do" ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/15 "2012-01-10T03:16:06Z")
[Could We Be So Bored](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZhiLJHBjXw) by Weird Paul [Bored With Beauty](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L090p3z1igA) by Facepuller [It’s Easy To Get Bored](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIpaY2h8p_Y) by Helmet [Boredwitcha](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSiqQX7GwTg) by Powerman 5000 [I’m So Bored With The U.S.A.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFTEQC7Aq2k) by The Clash [Boredom](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEyySkENUZw) by Buzzcocks [Dirt](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxYXV2RrwIs) by The Stooges [I’m Bored](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXpL8XICJrc) by Iggy Pop [Bored](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOp6MdatyRc) by Destroy All Monsters [Glass](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKc0fox1wEY) by Gang Of Four I might have some more I remember later. If I get bored, I’ll think about it some. 😛 ETA: Ddamn, it took me a few minutes to make that Gang Of Four vid, and a few people beat me to a couple of these tunes! ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/16 "2012-01-10T03:59:46Z")
Nearly forgot The Boredoms themselves, notably “Boredom with God on Noise (Borestafari!)”, “Bore Now Bore”, “Hey Bore Hey” and “Greatborefull Dead”: [here’s a sample of Osaka’s finest…](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUA8hVX-P7M) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/17 "2012-01-10T04:17:14Z")
Boredoms rule! Might as well mention Bored Elephant by Melt Banana (sorry, I can’t find a video and I’m too tired to make one tonight). And it reminds me that I forgot to list [Attention Please](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm9IYwzEBvY) by Boris. ---
**Author:** ![natterj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dbc845/32.png) [@natterj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/natterj)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/18 "2012-01-10T04:34:06Z")
[Pete Townshend - Exquisitely Bored](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhx1YcpBN_k) ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/19 "2012-01-10T04:49:13Z")
[“Tired of Waiting for You”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMcA-HGVo6o) by The Kinks. [“Battle of Who Could Care Less”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y1wm7CFRCQ&ob=av2e) by Ben Folds Five. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/20 "2012-01-10T07:02:28Z")
The Kinks had a few boredom songs: [Predictable](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-vuqTWGGlA) ([lyrics](http://www.kindakinks.net/discography/showsong.php?song=312)) Repetition ([lyrics](http://www.kindakinks.net/discography/showsong.php?song=321)) [Cliches of the World](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7Hx3lUdIlI) ([live version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysksi4DXfhw); [lyrics](http://www.kindakinks.net/discography/showsong.php?song=53)) [Nine to Five](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7EljGjc-GU) ([lyrics](http://www.kindakinks.net/discography/showsong.php?song=275)) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999.md?page=2)