# Summarize a Musical Group/Artist in One Song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 23, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-a-musical-group-artist-in-one-song/638593 "2012-10-23T03:37:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-a-musical-group-artist-in-one-song/638593/41 "2012-10-23T19:41:58Z")
“Lay Lady Lay” is only helpful if you want to prove to someone that Dylan can’t sing worth beans. Then it is perfect. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-a-musical-group-artist-in-one-song/638593/42 "2012-10-23T19:51:01Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > “Lay Lady Lay” is only helpful if you want to prove to someone that Dylan can’t sing worth beans. Then it is perfect. Well, ya know..have you heard him lately? My fav Dylan song is Isis I heard it for the forst time on a mixed tape my mom recorded in the 70s. Changed by idea of what goodmusic was. My dad also exposed me to his record collection when I was younger, Blue Oyster Cult, Pink Floyd, CCR I had a good musical upbringing. Speaking of BOC, [Don’t Fear the Reaper](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClQcUyhoxTg) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-a-musical-group-artist-in-one-song/638593/43 "2012-10-23T22:34:47Z")
> [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](#): > > I like **pulykamell** ’s suggestion of Bone Machine for the Pixies. That or perhaps Monkey Gone to Heaven? Yeah, I could do Monkey Gone to Heaven, too. I think Bone Machine has a little more of that anarchic energy that the Pixies are known for, but Monkey Gone to Heaven has got most of the Pixies signature on that. Or I could just point someone to the [Chris Morris](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQqzF7NdoXI) parody. 😉 The only thing missing is Kim Deal-style harmonizing vocals. I’m pretty impressed by the Joey Santiago guitar pastiche. I’m a big Pumpkins fan, too, and that would be difficult for me to pick. I guess it depends on what we’re showcasing. Billy could write tight pop songs as well as expansive numbers like “Through the Eyes of Ruby” or “Porcelina of the Vast Oceans.” I’d probably suggest “Mayonaise [sic]” or “Soma” myself. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-a-musical-group-artist-in-one-song/638593/44 "2012-10-23T22:36:14Z")
For the early Beatles I would go with [I Must Be In Love](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=297zDxqzUJo)😃 ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-a-musical-group-artist-in-one-song/638593/45 "2012-10-23T23:20:06Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > The Wiggles: Quack Quack 😕 Surely “Big Red Car” or “Fruit Salad?” ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-a-musical-group-artist-in-one-song/638593/46 "2012-10-23T23:28:13Z")
Nah, it’s gotta be “Rockabye your Bear” for the Wiggles. “Pot kettle black” is a better nomination for Wilco than my suggestion - “Less than you think” ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-a-musical-group-artist-in-one-song/638593/47 "2012-10-23T23:37:38Z")
> [@TheChileanBlob](#): > > 😕 > > Surely “Big Red Car” or “Fruit Salad?” Nope. [Quack Quack.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-Rf71BHRv0) It sums them up. Greg does kind of a whitebread scat thing that makes Pat Boone seem hep. Anthony is, apparently, retarded. Murray laughs like an amped-up tweaker drag queen who thinks he’s Talulah Bankhead. Jeff is on the nod. And the song has the word “cock” in it about 6 million times. If that doesn’t summarize The Wiggles, I don’t know what does. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-a-musical-group-artist-in-one-song/638593/48 "2012-10-24T00:04:53Z")
I take offense that you are insinuating that the word cock means anything other than chicken in a Wiggles Song. :eek: ---
**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:** [October 24, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-a-musical-group-artist-in-one-song/638593/49 "2012-10-24T00:17:02Z")
For Slayer it’s indisbutably _Reign In Blood_. RUN-DMC it’s _King of Rock_ The B-52’s - _Rock Lobster_ Barry White - _Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe_ Big Country - _In A Big Country_ Black Sabbath - _Iron Man_ Blondie - _Heart of Glass_ For me, Buddy Guy is best represented by his scorching version of Junior Kimbrough’s _Baby Please Don’t Leave Me_. Butthole Surfers - _Cherub_ I kind of agree with Dire Straits’ _Romeo & Juliet_, but would also nominate _Skateaway_. Fugazi - _Repeater_ The Gap Band - _Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)_ (but it was hard to choose) Ohio Players - _Fire_ The Prodigy - _Smack My Bitch Up_ Rush - _2112_ ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-a-musical-group-artist-in-one-song/638593/50 "2012-10-24T00:26:52Z")
I agree with Prodigy Smack My Bitch Up [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BpfydZdTE0) or Firestarter [The Prodigy - Firestarter (Official Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmin5WkOuPw) because they both sound so much alike! However, VooDoo People [spoiler][THE PRODIGY - voodoo people (original) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fz85FE0KtQ%5B/spoiler%5Dis) their best song, IMHO ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-a-musical-group-artist-in-one-song/638593/51 "2012-10-24T00:28:59Z")
**B-52’s** are better served by “Channel Z” than “Rock Lobster.” ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-a-musical-group-artist-in-one-song/638593/52 "2012-10-24T00:30:46Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > If I was wanting to let someone know that Warren was more than “Werewolves of London”, I’d probably pick “Accidentally Like a Martyr”, one of his few pre-“The Wind” songs that really moved me. This and Mohammed’s Radio were the first two that came to mind for me. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-a-musical-group-artist-in-one-song/638593/53 "2012-10-24T00:33:08Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Yeah, I could do Monkey Gone to Heaven, too. I think Bone Machine has a little more of that anarchic energy that the Pixies are known for, but Monkey Gone to Heaven has got most of the Pixies signature on that. Or I could just point someone to the [Chris Morris](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQqzF7NdoXI) parody. 😉 The only thing missing is Kim Deal-style harmonizing vocals. I’m pretty impressed by the Joey Santiago guitar pastiche. > . You can get a good dose of Deal, voice and bass, if you go with “Where Is My Mind.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-a-musical-group-artist-in-one-song/638593/54 "2012-10-24T00:33:26Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > The Beach Boys: _Good Vibrations_ I’d pick _Wouldn’t It be Nice_ Bob Seger: _Old Time Rock and Roll_ Tom Petty: _Refugee_ ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-a-musical-group-artist-in-one-song/638593/55 "2012-10-24T00:36:50Z")
Oh but Breathe is also really good [The Prodigy - Breathe HD AC3 448Kbps - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GplvyFDncA&feature=relmfu) I can’t decide on just one song for Prodigy! ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-a-musical-group-artist-in-one-song/638593/56 "2012-10-24T00:37:03Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Butthole Surfers - _Cherub_ So tempted by “22 Going On 23”… ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-a-musical-group-artist-in-one-song/638593/57 "2012-10-24T01:11:11Z")
> [@K364](#): > > For the early Beatles I would go with [I Must Be In Love](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=297zDxqzUJo)😃 Really? I would have gone with _[I Just Want to Touch You](http://youtu.be/3ldLwavOp6E?t=12s)_ ---
**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:** [October 24, 2012, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-a-musical-group-artist-in-one-song/638593/58 "2012-10-24T01:18:58Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > **B-52’s** are better served by “Channel Z” than “Rock Lobster.” The important thing, and I think we can all agree here, is that it isn’t _Love Shack_. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-a-musical-group-artist-in-one-song/638593/59 "2012-10-24T01:53:06Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > The Who: “Won’t Get Fooled Again” > [@silenus](#): > > **Who** - “Who Are You?” I would have to go with _Who Are You_ because of the lyrics. WGFA is certainly their mega-anthem, but for me the confessional nature of Pete’s tale in _Who Are You_ packs a greater emotional punch. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-a-musical-group-artist-in-one-song/638593/60 "2012-10-24T08:57:43Z")
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