# Terrific cover of Harvey Danger's "Flagpole Sitta" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 18, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrific-cover-of-harvey-dangers-flagpole-sitta/489958 "2009-03-18T23:24:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrific-cover-of-harvey-dangers-flagpole-sitta/489958/1 "2009-03-18T23:24:28Z")
“Flagpole Sitta” was an alternative song from 1998. If you don’t know it by name, you may know it from the lyrics “I’m not sick but I’m not well, and I’m so hot 'cause I’m in hell” and “been around the world and found that only stupid people are breeding.” Yesterday, I found this awesome cover version that is made to sound like it’s from the 1960’s. I can’t quite put my finger on exactly what style of 60’s music it is, but I enjoy it anyway. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/R7cCrgGBQIE/maxresdefault.jpg "Flagpole Sitta 1965") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7cCrgGBQIE) ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrific-cover-of-harvey-dangers-flagpole-sitta/489958/2 "2009-03-19T02:51:31Z")
Wait a minute. People on You Tube are actually debating whether this “1965” version is the original version of the song while the Harvey Danger version is the cover version? People cannot be that stupid, can they? ---
**Author:** ![mshar253](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@mshar253](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mshar253)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrific-cover-of-harvey-dangers-flagpole-sitta/489958/3 "2009-03-19T02:55:41Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > Wait a minute. People on You Tube are actually debating whether this “1965” version is the original version of the song while the Harvey Danger version is the cover version? People cannot be that stupid, can they? Never underestimate the stupidity of commenters on youtube. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrific-cover-of-harvey-dangers-flagpole-sitta/489958/4 "2009-03-19T03:01:01Z")
Obviously these people think Rage Against the Machine has been around for quite some time. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrific-cover-of-harvey-dangers-flagpole-sitta/489958/5 "2009-03-19T03:05:33Z")
Obviously they got their name from the 1965 song. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrific-cover-of-harvey-dangers-flagpole-sitta/489958/6 "2009-03-19T12:40:09Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > People cannot be that stupid, can they? The answer to this is almost always “yes they can.” ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrific-cover-of-harvey-dangers-flagpole-sitta/489958/7 "2009-03-19T12:45:10Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > “Flagpole Sitta” was an alternative song from 1998. If you don’t know it by name, you may know it from the lyrics “I’m not sick but I’m not well, and I’m so hot 'cause I’m in hell” and “been around the world and found that only stupid people are breeding.” > > Yesterday, I found this awesome cover version that is made to sound like it’s from the 1960’s. I can’t quite put my finger on exactly what style of 60’s music it is, but I enjoy it anyway. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7cCrgGBQIE&feature=channel\_page](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7cCrgGBQIE&feature=channel_page) Interesting little confection. I suppose I would characterize the arrangement as Sunshine Pop, kinda like the work of [Curt Boettcher](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Boettcher)(Wiki link)… I much prefer the original. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrific-cover-of-harvey-dangers-flagpole-sitta/489958/8 "2009-03-19T13:16:56Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > I much prefer the original. So you mean the 1965 version? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrific-cover-of-harvey-dangers-flagpole-sitta/489958/9 "2009-03-19T13:54:52Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > Wait a minute. People on You Tube are actually debating whether this “1965” version is the original version of the song while the Harvey Danger version is the cover version? People cannot be that stupid, can they? [“The internet has always had loud dumb people, but…”](http://xkcd.com/202/)