# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/41 "2012-01-11T23:05:33Z")
The Fugs - [Nothing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HmJX11_AQE). ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/42 "2012-01-11T23:58:18Z")
Garrison Keillor [Am I Boring?](http://music.aol.com/song/garrison-keillor/am-i-boring/10599139) And maybe [Waffle Stomp](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj-Yq-0B6W8) by Joe Walsh. ---
**Author:** ![berff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@berff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/berff)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2012, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/43 "2012-01-12T03:46:39Z")
If I were making a boredom compilation, song #1 would have to be Good 'Ol Boredom by Built To Spill. ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/44 "2012-01-13T06:05:53Z")
Klaatu - Routine day “The life I live would even make a dead man yawn” Fischer Z - The worker “The hated journey on the train, always been the same - Looking out windows… Second class and second best, what a waste of time…” ---
**Author:** ![waits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df788c/32.png) [@waits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waits)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/45 "2012-01-14T03:29:46Z")
“Boredom” by the Lovin’ Spoonful. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/46 "2012-01-14T04:03:20Z")
“Nobody Gets Off In This Town” by Garth Brooks. The whole town is boring. The high school colors are brown. ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/47 "2012-01-14T05:07:09Z")
I can’t believe nobody nobody mentioned “Captain Jack” by Billy Joel. ---
**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 14, 2012, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/48 "2012-01-14T07:35:48Z")
> [@JoelUpchurch](#): > > I can’t believe nobody nobody mentioned “Captain Jack” by Billy Joel. I think it’s because most people think it’s about drug addiction first. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/49 "2012-01-14T11:30:00Z")
Waiting for a train [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/skVv0__xKdY/hqdefault.jpg "Waiting for a Train - Flash and the Pan") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skVv0__xKdY) ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/50 "2012-01-14T12:31:26Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > I think it’s because most people think it’s about drug addiction first. Why do you think the people in the song are taking the drugs? This isn’t a song about lower class despair. This is a song about privileged middle class kids who turn to drugs because they are bored. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999/51 "2012-01-14T13:20:31Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > “I’m So Tired” by the Beatles. I’m so tired I’m feeling so upset. Although I’m so tired I’ll have another cigarette And curse Sir Walter Raleigh He was such a stupid get. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-boredom/608999.md?page=2)