# The Song Synonym Thread
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [March 9, 2014, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263 "2014-03-09T13:05:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 13
### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2014, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/241 "2014-04-08T07:45:01Z")
> [@Tread](#):
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> American Woman Guess Who
I was actually thinking of “American Girl” by Tom Petty, but that one also works.
> [@Tread](#):
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> Tomorrow is so well illuminated that donning sunglasses is mandatory
The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades - Timbuk 3 (trivia note: this song’s often mistaken for being optomistic about the future, when in fact it’s anticipating nuclear war. Ah, the 80’s…)
Existing Beyond the Witching Hour
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### Author:  [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2014, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/242 "2014-04-08T11:46:33Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#):
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> Existing Beyond the Witching Hour
After Midnight - Eric Clapton or Blink 182
SOS!
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### Author:  [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2014, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/243 "2014-04-08T12:56:57Z")
Help! - The Beatles (or SOS by ABBA)
I’ll pass.
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/244 "2014-04-08T13:21:48Z")
The recreational area of US General of the second world war.
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2014, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/245 "2014-04-08T14:04:41Z")
MacArthur Park - Richard Harris/Donna Summer
The most gleeful lass in the entire 50 states.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2014, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/246 "2014-04-08T14:09:01Z")
The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A. - Donna Fargo
Sapphire wetland
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/247 "2014-04-08T14:12:48Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#):
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> > [@buddha\_david](#):
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> > Existing Beyond the Witching Hour
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> After Midnight - Eric Clapton or Blink 182
Sorry, incorrect.
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### Author:  [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/248 "2014-04-08T15:26:28Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#):
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> Sorry, incorrect.
Living After Midnight - Judas Priest
Still in play: Sapphire wetland
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/249 "2014-04-08T15:28:31Z")
**I.N.R.S.** is correct!
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### Author:  [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/250 "2014-04-08T15:29:49Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#):
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> Still in play: Sapphire wetland
Which is: Blue Bayou by Linda Ronstadt
Something regarding both Canis Lupus as well as Homo Sapiens.
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/251 "2014-04-08T18:26:21Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#):
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> Something regarding both Canis Lupus as well as Homo Sapiens.
Of Wolf and Man - Metallica
Armistice is profitable, but no one can find a purchaser.
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### Author:  [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/252 "2014-04-08T18:33:36Z")
:: I’m just gonna sit here and wait for '80s and '90s to go by… ☹ ::
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### Author:  [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/253 "2014-04-08T19:00:09Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#):
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> Armistice is profitable, but no one can find a purchaser.
Peace Sells… - Megadeth
(That’s the title, not Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying?. I know because I once confidently answered the longer title one night at trivia, only to get it wrong because they would only take Peace Sells…)
Anyway:
A drag on a cigarette (is correct nomenclature for) an air-serpent capable of sorcery.
(This may be Leo Bloom friendly…)
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### Author:  [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/254 "2014-04-08T19:00:55Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#):
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> Of Wolf and Man - Metallica
> Armistice is profitable, but no one can find a purchaser.
Peace Sells ( but Who’s Buying) Megadeath
edited 'cause Iwas too slow… got Ninjaed
Puff The Magic Dragon=== Peter Paul and Mary
Huckleberry’s Friend
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### Author:  [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/255 "2014-04-08T19:14:07Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#):
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> …
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> (This may be Leo Bloom friendly…)
:: Damn. Was opining in ATMB. There’s a moral here… ::
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/256 "2014-04-08T19:16:44Z")
> [@Tread](#):
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> Huckleberry’s Friend
Tom Sawyer - Rush
Do Re Do Mi Do Re
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### Author:  [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/257 "2014-04-08T20:35:17Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#):
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> Do Re Do Mi Do Re
ABACAB - Genesis
Aloha Aloha
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/258 "2014-04-08T23:09:28Z")
> [@Eutychus](#):
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> Aloha Aloha
Hello, Goodbye - The Beatles
…nice one! 😃
Behind the penultimate person in the queue
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/259 "2014-04-09T00:02:37Z")
(or it coulda been Hello, I Love You - the Doors)
The Last In Line - Dio
Engine Off The Rails
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### Author:  [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/260 "2014-04-09T19:31:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> …
> Engine Off The Rails
Brakeman’s Blues - Rogers, cov. Cash
Start the Sisterhood
:: has pun… not allowed?, ok, then ::
Alphabetical Symbol
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