# Songs inspired by pop culture **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 23, 2000, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-inspired-by-pop-culture/46975 "2000-12-23T06:25:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [December 27, 2000, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-inspired-by-pop-culture/46975/21 "2000-12-27T00:43:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stephe96 \* > “The Curly Shuffle” by who the hell knows? Jump 'n the Saddle Band ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-inspired-by-pop-culture/46975/22 "2000-12-27T14:02:35Z")
Iron Maiden have done a number of songs based on books and movies including Hearts of Darkness, based on the Movie Apoclypse Now, which is based on the book Heart of Darkness. ALL of the lyrics though come from the movie. Falling Down, based on the movie Falling down Lord of the Flys, need I say more? The Clansman, based on the movie Braveheart. Number of the Beast is from a dream after seeing the Omen. The Prisoner is based on the TV show of the same name as is the Fugitive. I don’t think that Golden EArring’s Twilight Zone has anything to do with the show except for the name. Rush has a song called Twilight Zone that does though. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-inspired-by-pop-culture/46975/23 "2000-12-27T14:55:52Z")
I’m putting myself in for most obscure song… Brian May and Friends, _Star Fleet Project_. It’s Brian May of Queen, Eddie Van Halen and three guys Brian May had over one day. They recorded (and released) three tracks: the first is an extended instrumental, the second is a blues number, and the third is a long take of a song about a Japanese childrens show called _Star Fleet_ that Brians children had been watching. Now that’s fun! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-inspired-by-pop-culture/46975/24 "2000-12-27T15:15:04Z")
Well, the Dickies did a rockin’ cover of ‘The Banana Splits’ theme song. And ‘Bowling with Bedrock Barney’ about Barney Rubble. And ‘Stuck in condo with Marlon Brando’. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-inspired-by-pop-culture/46975/25 "2000-12-27T19:35:37Z")
I’m surprised no one’s mentioned _American Pie_ yet. (The song, not the movie.) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-inspired-by-pop-culture/46975/26 "2000-12-27T20:03:57Z")
“How far back can we go? All I came up with is “Bicycle Built For Two”” —Thanks, dear, you got here before me (actually, it was called “Daisy Belle,” 1895). There’s also “Sheba, Please Be Mine,” from the comic strip “Harold Teen,” and “Barney Google,” from the same strip. Movie songs of the 1910s and '20s: “Take Your Girlie to the Movies,” “Since Sarah Saw Theda Bara,” “Since Mother Goes to Movie Shows,” “We Can’t Sleep in the Movies Anymore,” “Poor Pauline.” ---
**Author:** ![Uniball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Uniball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniball)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-inspired-by-pop-culture/46975/27 "2000-12-27T22:49:39Z")
I Wanna Be A Flintstone, by Screaming Blue Messiah ---
**Author:** ![pythonzzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-inspired-by-pop-culture/46975/28 "2000-12-27T23:09:37Z")
“Kodachrome” by Paul Simon ---
**Author:** ![Uniball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Uniball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniball)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-inspired-by-pop-culture/46975/29 "2000-12-28T00:00:19Z")
Blood on the Rooftops, by Genesis: “Hypnotized by Batman, Tarzan still surprised”. The Carpet Crawlers, by Genesis: “Mild-mannered Supermen are held in Kryptonite”. ---
**Author:** ![pythonzzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-inspired-by-pop-culture/46975/30 "2000-12-28T00:06:15Z")
“Kryptonite” by Three Doors Down ---
**Author:** ![Uniball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Uniball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniball)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-inspired-by-pop-culture/46975/31 "2000-12-28T00:27:53Z")
[http://members.aol.com/Krissy80/supersongs.html](http://members.aol.com/Krissy80/supersongs.html) ---
**Author:** ![Chum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ab097/32.png) [@Chum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chum)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-inspired-by-pop-culture/46975/32 "2000-12-28T06:33:38Z")
Fuck you, Gordo! The Bloodhound Gang is the best band I’ve ever laid ears on! ---
**Author:** ![jesuslynch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jesuslynch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesuslynch)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-inspired-by-pop-culture/46975/33 "2000-12-28T18:53:58Z")
**Pencil Thin Mustache** - Jimmy Buffett I wish I had a pencil-thin mustache, the “Boston Blackie” kind, or a two-toned Ricky Ricardo jacket, and an autographed piture of Andy Divine. Oh, I remember bein’ buck toothed and skinny Writin’ fan letters to Sky’s niece Penny. Oh, I wish I had a pencil-thin mustache, then I could solve some mysteries too. Oh it’s Bandstand, Disneyland, growin up fast, Drinkin’ on a fake I.D. And Rama of the jungle was everyone’s Bawana, But only jazz musicians were smokin marajuana. Yeah, I wish I had a pencil-thin mustache, then I could solve some mysteries too. And that’s just the first verse. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-inspired-by-pop-culture/46975.md?page=1)