# Songs about singing songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 9, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721 "2019-05-09T13:53:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/41 "2019-05-10T03:06:42Z")
And…[http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/maxwell\_smart\_\_confused.gif](http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/maxwell_smart__confused.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/42 "2019-05-10T06:14:21Z")
[Eternal Circle](http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/eternal-circle/) by Dylan. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/43 "2019-05-10T06:59:56Z")
[quote=“saucywench, post:14, topic:833721”] Another Sing a Song… [/QUOTE] [quote=“saucywench, post:16, topic:833721”] [/QUOTE] > [@saucywench](#): > > Whole cartoon... > > [https://vimeo.com/260424794](https://vimeo.com/260424794) [quote=“saucywench, post:29, topic:833721”] And the songbirds are singing, like they know the score. [/QUOTE] > [@saucywench](#): > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N\_J-hmyAS6c](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_J-hmyAS6c) [quote=“saucywench, post:38, topic:833721”] [/QUOTE] > [@jaycat](#): > > [And…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23qwtgvUCLI) > [@saucywench](#): > > And…[http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/maxwell\_smart\_\_confused.gif](http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/maxwell_smart__confused.gif) Would it have killed you to actually mention what these links go to instead of just providing a click-bait link? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/44 "2019-05-10T09:42:04Z")
A [Tribute](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lK4cX5xGiQ) to singing the best song in the world by Tenacious D. Too bad they forgot it. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/45 "2019-05-10T10:20:50Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Would it have killed you to actually mention what these links go to instead of just providing a click-bait link? ☹ You realize they labeled most of those links with artist and song title? Go read their posts again; read **every** line. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/46 "2019-05-10T10:27:49Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > You realize they labeled most of those links with artist and song title? Go read their posts again; read **every** line. Wrong. I quoted those posts in their entirety: a YouTube link with no context. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/47 "2019-05-10T10:45:08Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > In the other thread people were writing them. So who is singing about singing them? How about if, after talk of how it’s An Old-Fashioned Love Song they wrote for you and me, there’s then a discussion of whether it’s also An Old-Fashioned Love Song coming down in three-part harmony? ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/48 "2019-05-10T12:15:05Z")
^ | Look up there! > [@Leaffan](#): > > Wrong. I quoted those posts in their entirety: a YouTube link with no context. Read every line including the title of the post. It’s in **bold** , right before the first line of the main post. For instance, if you look at the title of my post you will see: > [@](#): > > **Check the title!** Unfortunately, the board software chooses not to include the post title when you quote the post. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/49 "2019-05-10T12:41:03Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > ^ > | > Look up there! > > Read every line including the title of the post. It’s in **bold** , right before the first line of the main post. For instance, if you look at the title of my post you will see: > > Unfortunately, the board software chooses not to include the post title when you quote the post. Well, that explains it. I’m using the mobile version and there certainly are no thread titles posted for me. (Apart from the main title, of course.) ETA: If I switch themes, I see the title. In the theme I’m using the titles do not appear. I had no idea. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/50 "2019-05-10T13:00:26Z")
I can’t believe I didn’t think of this one before, though no one else did, either. [Singin’ in the Rain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1ZYhVpdXbQ) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/51 "2019-05-10T13:00:48Z")
The plot thickens. Using the Sutantine theme the titles do NOT appear in any posts, but only in portrait mode. If I switch to landscape mode I see the titles. I’m sure you all thought I was crazy. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/52 "2019-05-10T13:18:15Z")
_[Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZFTUtbn1RU)_ from Ren & Stimpy. “This is a song about a whale. No! This is a song about being happy!” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/53 "2019-05-10T16:29:54Z")
“If I Had A Hammer” eventually involves singing about how the singer _would_ sing a song, if only — hey, how about that! I _do_ have a song to sing, about love between my brothers and my sisters, all over this land! ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/54 "2019-05-10T17:15:53Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Man4Xw8Xypo/maxresdefault.jpg "Blackbird (Remastered 2009)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Man4Xw8Xypo) ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/55 "2019-05-10T18:42:48Z")
Townes van Zandt - [For the Sake of the Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhdkgjxKepY) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/56 "2019-05-10T19:02:34Z")
Jackson Browne’s _Stay_. _Now the promoter don’t mind And the union don’t mind If we take a little time And we leave it all behind and sing One more song_ ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/57 "2019-05-11T15:52:59Z")
_Alice’s Restaurant_ by Arlo Guthrie. “If you want to end war and stuff you got to sing loud. I’ve been singing this song now for twenty five minutes. I could sing it for another twenty five minutes. I’m not proud… or tired.” Let’s get recursive. How about a [_Song Beneath the Song_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRn9ARsGNwE) by Maria Taylor? “… it’s not a love song.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/58 "2019-05-11T16:21:14Z")
I don’t really want to stop the show, but I thought you might like to know that the singer’s going to sing a song and he wants you all to sing along… ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/59 "2019-05-11T17:59:43Z")
[Good Morning Starshine](https://youtu.be/3E-ZkyNWzrM?t=156) seems to discuss singing. The Beatles’ “And Your Bird Can Sing”? :o ::‘wrong’ buzzer:: The sadly overlooked yet awesome-chested Englebert Humperdink and [“After the Lovin”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4EptyBtDS4) “And the singer’s gonna sing the song, and he wants you all to sing along.” - Paul Mr. Croce: Every time I tried to tell you The words just came out wrong So I’ll have to say I love you in a song" Dude who now looks like a Civil War widow (band might begin with an “A”): Sing with me, sing for the year Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear Sing with me, just for today Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away [Eddie Bear](https://youtu.be/kH5NfrLfBLw?t=51) [whatever shit this creep is singing](https://youtu.be/4bDL3IGIwIk?t=35) [The unhappy son…](https://youtu.be/g3YiPC91QUk?t=52) all he [wants…](https://youtu.be/g3YiPC91QUk?t=94) is just to…to,[sing!](https://youtu.be/g3YiPC91QUk?t=215) (heh, but then a bit later on, Herbert gets his revenge with his [tell.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Y7_1dILlQ)) ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/60 "2019-05-11T19:28:10Z")
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