# Songs to take oversized mallets to **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [February 19, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-take-oversized-mallets-to/848183 "2020-02-19T17:30:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [February 19, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-take-oversized-mallets-to/848183/1 "2020-02-19T17:30:17Z")
[Air Supply](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY31ZH6hAFI), meet [oversized mallet.](https://www.google.com/search?q=oversized+mallet&rlz=1C1CHBD_enCA835CA835&sxsrf=ALeKk03f7hgdACa6g8zjbQWfD18IIp3gNg:1582132083114&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjF0LSmjd7nAhWEGDQIHZV1B4cQ_AUoAXoECAoQAw&biw=978&bih=718) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-take-oversized-mallets-to/848183/2 "2020-02-19T18:13:50Z")
Mony Mony (won’t link to audio, I like you people!) [Mony Mony - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mony_Mony) Meet Sledge Hammer [sledge hammer - Bing images](https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=sledge+hammer&FORM=HDRSC2) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-take-oversized-mallets-to/848183/3 "2020-02-19T18:15:16Z")
Mony Mony (won’t link to audio, I like you people!) [Mony Mony - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mony_Mony) Meet Sledge Hammer [sledge hammer - Bing images](https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=sledge+hammer&FORM=HDRSC2) ---
**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:** [February 19, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-take-oversized-mallets-to/848183/4 "2020-02-19T18:59:20Z")
Oh doctor - the Chieftains’ “500 Miles”, which could probably benefit more from a [vibratory plate flattener](https://www.google.com/search?q=Vibratory+plate+compactor%5C&rlz=1C1CHBD_enCA835CA835&sxsrf=ACYBGNSCK6wZFXvsyXJZcLe1wAZLGxDyZg:1582138605132&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj19KzMpd7nAhXOuZ4KHUVKD94Q_AUoAXoECA0QAw&biw=978&bih=718) to address the issue. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-take-oversized-mallets-to/848183/5 "2020-02-19T19:56:48Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Oh doctor - the Chieftains’ “500 Miles”, which could probably benefit more from a [vibratory plate flattener](https://www.google.com/search?q=Vibratory+plate+compactor%5C&rlz=1C1CHBD_enCA835CA835&sxsrf=ACYBGNSCK6wZFXvsyXJZcLe1wAZLGxDyZg:1582138605132&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj19KzMpd7nAhXOuZ4KHUVKD94Q_AUoAXoECA0QAw&biw=978&bih=718) to address the issue. [Proclaimers](https://www.google.com/search?q=500+miles&oq=500+miles&aqs=chrome..69i57j6j0l6.5781j1j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8)? (Heh heh) j ---
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-take-oversized-mallets-to/848183/6 "2020-02-19T20:00:55Z")
[Peter Gabriel?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJWJE0x7T4Q) ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-take-oversized-mallets-to/848183/7 "2020-02-19T20:05:44Z")
Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft\* Nothing short of a [comminuting mill](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vaw-gv94i5Y) will do. j - - Two problems. First, whoever posted that video can’t spell. Second, just typing the title will have that fecking song rattling round my head for days. No link - I’m with GP on that one. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-take-oversized-mallets-to/848183/8 "2020-02-19T20:25:58Z")
The theme to [Enterprise](https://youtu.be/TBcXXfzrqco). Gawd, it’s so treacly and vomit-inducing. Even worse, I’m bingeing the series and it has become my ear worm. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-take-oversized-mallets-to/848183/9 "2020-02-19T20:56:50Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > Nothing short of a [comminuting mill](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vaw-gv94i5Y) will do. Gah! Cure worse than the disease. Why does a video of a mill even need music\*? - not music ---
**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:** [February 19, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-take-oversized-mallets-to/848183/10 "2020-02-19T22:33:54Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > [Proclaimers](https://www.google.com/search?q=500+miles&oq=500+miles&aqs=chrome..69i57j6j0l6.5781j1j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8)? > > (Heh heh) > > j ACK :smack: thank-you The most mailed-in Stones song: “She’s My Little Rock n’Roll”. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-take-oversized-mallets-to/848183/11 "2020-02-20T00:17:02Z")
Morris Albert’s Feelings: Feelings, who-o-oah, feelings, crash! Feelings I never… explosion Again in my… Whomp!!! ---
**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:** [February 20, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-take-oversized-mallets-to/848183/12 "2020-02-20T00:37:33Z")
Didn’t we use to have an oversized mallet smiley a long time ago? ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-take-oversized-mallets-to/848183/13 "2020-02-20T00:43:15Z")
Total Eclipse of the [del]Brain[/del] Heart ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-take-oversized-mallets-to/848183/14 "2020-02-20T01:05:57Z")
Sweet Caroline Good times never seemed so good WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-take-oversized-mallets-to/848183/15 "2020-02-20T01:14:35Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Total Eclipse of the [del]Brain[/del] Heart But ya gotta admit, the satire version of the music video is pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-take-oversized-mallets-to/848183/16 "2020-02-20T04:44:07Z")
“Kokomo” by the Beach Boys “Hold On” by Wilson Phillips ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-take-oversized-mallets-to/848183/17 "2020-02-20T15:37:31Z")
I Keep Working My Way Back to You gets my top prize for “Songs That Make You Want to Put Pencils in Your Ears.” There is absolutely, utterly nothing redeeming about it. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-take-oversized-mallets-to/848183/18 "2020-02-20T16:02:52Z")
“Big Yellow Taxi.” Any and all versions. Aside from how much I hate the phrase “tree museum,” it’s a song that always feels like it’s about to end but just keeps going. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-take-oversized-mallets-to/848183/19 "2020-02-20T16:08:12Z")
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**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-take-oversized-mallets-to/848183/20 "2020-02-20T16:24:03Z")
_I Believe I Can Fly_, meet [El Kabong](https://www.deviantart.com/gata-flecha/art/El-Kabong-624724966). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-take-oversized-mallets-to/848183.md?page=2)