# 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:** 17
### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/321 "2014-04-16T02:28:04Z")
> [@Octarine](#):
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> Maggie May - The Beatles
>
> Due To
Maggie **May** is Rod Stewart
Maggie **Mae** is The Beatles
Commence brick-bat hurling :eek:
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### Author:  [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/322 "2014-04-16T02:52:51Z")
> [@Octarine](#):
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> Deity’s Cartoon.
God’s Comic - Elvis Costello
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### Author:  [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/323 "2014-04-16T03:01:35Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> Maggie **May** is Rod Stewart
> Maggie **Mae** is The Beatles
>
> Commence brick-bat hurling :eek:
:smack: Knew I should have checked the spellings. So I’m assuming it was the Stewart song?
I don’t think there’s a current song going (unless “Commence brick-bat hurling” is a song :D) so I’ll put in “Construct Me Upwards, Yellow Flower.”
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### Author:  [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/324 "2014-04-16T03:07:14Z")
Build Me Up, Buttercup – The Foundations
The entirety of 24 hours, without interruption
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### Author:  [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2014, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/325 "2014-04-16T03:08:55Z")
All Day and All of the Night - The Kinks
Chances
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### Author:  [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/326 "2014-04-16T04:12:58Z")
[too slow!]
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### Author:  [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2014, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/327 "2014-04-16T08:21:14Z")
> [@Ponch8](#):
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> All Day and All of the Night - The Kinks
> Chances
Odds – Mute Math
or
Odds Are – Barenaked Ladies
Feline Abrasions Pyrexia
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2014, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/328 "2014-04-16T10:11:06Z")
Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent
Emirs of the 1920’s-style dance
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2014, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/329 "2014-04-16T12:32:49Z")
Sultans of Swing
Fin - Les Portes
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### Author:  [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2014, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/330 "2014-04-16T12:42:48Z")
> [@Tread](#):
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> Odds – Mute Math
> or
> Odds Are – Barenaked Ladies
I was actually thinking of “Opportunities” by the Pet Shop Boys, but “Odds” is just as good.
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### Author:  [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2014, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/331 "2014-04-16T13:22:27Z")
> [@Leaffan](#):
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> Fin - Les Portes
The End – The Doors
Whale upon the mischievous child
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/332 "2014-04-16T14:02:01Z")
Beat on the Brat - Ramones
1/5th of Wild Bill Hickok’s final hand.
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### Author:  [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/333 "2014-04-16T14:39:27Z")
Ace of Spades, Motorhead
Without Interruptions to the Land of the Cariocas
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/334 "2014-04-16T18:59:35Z")
Non-Stop to Brazil - Astrud Gilberto
Music to Dispatch Mosquitoes
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### Author:  [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/335 "2014-04-16T19:10:05Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> Non-Stop to Brazil - Astrud Gilberto
> Music to Dispatch Mosquitoes
Please, oh please let this be right:
Theme from SWAT by Rhythm Heritage?
🙂
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/336 "2014-04-16T19:13:09Z")
DING DING DING DING
Johnny Olson, what has It’s Not Rocket Surgery! won?
A cookie 😃
(I pass)
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### Author:  [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/337 "2014-04-16T19:26:17Z")
So no new clue? I will proffer:
We have it within us to come to a satisfactory accord
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### Author:  [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/338 "2014-04-16T19:26:21Z")
We Can Work It Out – The Beatles
My literary efforts are continual
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### Author:  [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/339 "2014-04-16T19:43:06Z")
Every Day I Write the Book, Elvis Costello
Eagerly I Anticipate the End of My Labors
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/340 "2014-04-17T00:36:22Z")
Friday On My Mind - The Easybeats
Draw Nigh and Take This Item
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