# 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
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/361 "2014-04-17T22:30:56Z")
I Want You To Want Me - Cheap Trick
Allow us to depart!
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### Author:  [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/362 "2014-04-17T23:16:35Z")
Let’s Go, the Cars
Budget Eye Protection
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### Author:  [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/363 "2014-04-17T23:42:40Z")
Cheap Sunglasses, ZZ Top
Use a German sausage for drumming practice.
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2014, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/364 "2014-04-18T04:50:00Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#):
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> Highway Star - Deep Purple
> How about a moratorium on Beatles songs? We’ve covered a lot of them already…
>
> New one:
> The desire of myself is to obtain your desire.
How about a moratorium on obscure songs that no one has heard of before?
99 Problems by Jay-Z
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2014, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/365 "2014-04-18T04:55:47Z")
> [@Leaffan](#):
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> How about a moratorium on obscure songs that no one has heard of before?
>
> 99 Problems by Jay-Z
Bulls on Parade - Rage Against the Machine
WTF?
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### Author:  [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2014, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/366 "2014-04-18T04:59:20Z")
My statement was, apparently, too controversial.
Never mind.
Still in play:
Use a German sausage for drumming practice.
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### Author:  [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2014, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/367 "2014-04-18T05:05:33Z")
Oh, if you’re saying “99 Problems” and “Bulls On Parade” are “obscure songs no one has heard of before”… um… just no.
“99 Problems” was [certified platinum.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Problems)
“Bulls On Parade” is probably the second or third best-known RATM song.
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### Author:  [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/368 "2014-04-18T14:20:16Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#):
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> Oh, if you’re saying “99 Problems” and “Bulls On Parade” are “obscure songs no one has heard of before”… um… just no.
>
> “99 Problems” was [certified platinum.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Problems)
>
> “Bulls On Parade” is probably the second or third best-known RATM song.
Well, let’s stipulate that there is a broad age range and a broad range of musical interests on the SDMB.
Just as I could cite hundreds of rock or country songs of the 50s and 60s that would be “obscure” to you but second nature to me, there are those of us who know who Rage Against the Machine are (Reznor is from a town about 25 miles away from me) but who don’t really know their catalog at all.
If you’re homing in on the phrase “no one,” I can see your point. But across age lines, there are boatloads of songs that “everyone” of a certain generation knows but that will be “obscure” to others.
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### Author:  [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/369 "2014-04-18T16:27:36Z")
You wanna set temporary game-fences? Like, “next [x number] 1990’s.”? That might be ok.
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### Author:  [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/370 "2014-04-18T18:22:36Z")
> [@DChord568](#):
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> Well, let’s stipulate that there is a broad age range and a broad range of musical interests on the SDMB.
>
> Just as I could cite hundreds of rock or country songs of the 50s and 60s that would be “obscure” to you but second nature to me, there are those of us who know who Rage Against the Machine are (Reznor is from a town about 25 miles away from me) but who don’t really know their catalog at all.
>
> If you’re homing in on the phrase “no one,” I can see your point. But across age lines, there are boatloads of songs that “everyone” of a certain generation knows but that will be “obscure” to others.
When I don’t know one, I just let others solve it. I do rescind my suggestion that we stop using Beatles songs; I must have been cranky. Obviously plenty of you love solving them.
Also, to be pedantic: Trent Reznor is with Nine Inch Nails, not Rage Against The Machine. But that actually helps prove your point.
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### Author:  [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/371 "2014-04-18T19:24:33Z")
So anybody got a line on “Use a German sausage for drumming practice”?
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### Author:  [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/372 "2014-04-18T19:48:00Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#):
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> So anybody got a line on “Use a German sausage for drumming practice”?
I’d better reword this - it sounds like the sausage is the brumstick, which won’t work.
So:
Wale upon that obnoxious child
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/373 "2014-04-18T20:22:14Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#):
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> So:
> Wale upon that obnoxious child
Been done already (see [#331](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17294080&postcount=331))
Are we bailing on German sausage? (no, that’s not a new clue…)
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### Author:  [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/374 "2014-04-18T20:57:11Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#):
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> Been done already (see [#331](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17294080&postcount=331))
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> Are we bailing on German sausage? (no, that’s not a new clue…)
German sausage was “Beat on the Brat”, too. 🙂
New, hopefully original one:
Make like a bunny in those Middle Earth peaks.
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### Author:  [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/375 "2014-04-18T21:52:27Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#):
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> When I don’t know one, I just let others solve it. I do rescind my suggestion that we stop using Beatles songs; I must have been cranky. Obviously plenty of you love solving them.
>
> Also, to be pedantic: Trent Reznor is with Nine Inch Nails, not Rage Against The Machine. But that actually helps prove your point.
Wow! I screwed that up bigtime, didn’t I? How embarrasking! If I had thought for more than a minute, even I would have realized my error. :o
Just to give the local angle again, in many of the clubs I’ve played in over the years (the usual Moose/Eagles/Elks/American Legion circuit a country/rockabilly bar band might frequent) there’ll be a large room heater hanging from the ceiling in a corner.
They all say “Reznor” — Trent’s family’s business.
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### Author:  [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/376 "2014-04-18T21:55:34Z")
Misty Mountain Hop –Led Zeppelin
Applying a greater amount of force than is necessary.
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/377 "2014-04-18T22:18:59Z")
> [@DChord568](#):
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> They all say “Reznor” — Trent’s family’s business.
“I’m just a singer in a rock 'n roll band” - The Moody Blues 😃
(As for the current clue, got nothin’…)
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### Author:  [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/378 "2014-04-18T22:30:14Z")
> [@DChord568](#):
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> Applying a greater amount of force than is necessary.
Pushin’ too Hard, the Seeds [?]
If so:
Kettle of July
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### Author:  [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/379 "2014-04-18T22:34:05Z")
> [@DChord568](#):
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> Misty Mountain Hop –Led Zeppelin
> Applying a greater amount of force than is necessary.
Overkill by Motorhead?
Through time eternal, the 505s will stay on.
Edit: Too late, and with a less suitable answer! Plus I don’t know the new clue!
I guess they’re both in play.
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### Author:  [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/380 "2014-04-18T22:51:00Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#):
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> Pushin’ too Hard, the Seeds [?]
Correct.
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