# 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:** 20
### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/381 "2014-04-18T23:02:44Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#):
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> Through time eternal, the 505s will stay on.
“Forever in Blue Jeans” - Neil Diamond
(which, for a long time, I thought was “Reverend Blue Jeans”)
Still in play:
Kettle of July
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### Author:  [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/382 "2014-04-19T21:09:30Z")
I guess Kettle of July is proving a stumper. It’s Summer’s Cauldron, XTC.
New clue:
Surfing Accident
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### Author:  [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/383 "2014-04-19T21:30:27Z")
Wipeout - The Surfaris
Simian
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### Author:  [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/384 "2014-04-19T21:35:56Z")
> [@Ponch8](#):
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> Wipeout - The Surfaris
> Simian
That’s pretty open, I’ll try:
Apeman - The Kinks
On the off chance it’s correct, the new one is
Person deemed least heroic throughout a localized territorial division.
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### Author:  [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/385 "2014-04-19T21:51:55Z")
I was thinking of “Monkey” by George Michael, but “Apeman” is acceptable.
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/386 "2014-04-19T22:33:12Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#):
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> Person deemed least heroic throughout a localized territorial division.
Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers _(“…son, you don’t need to fight to be a man…”)_
Attach a canary-colored strip of cloth to that tall woody plant of the _Quercus_ genus.
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/387 "2014-04-19T23:31:38Z")
Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree - Tony Orlando and Dawn
John Wayne’s character never gets a day off.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/388 "2014-04-19T23:38:58Z")
A Cowboy’s Work Is Never Done - Sonny & Cher
Vile Circulatory Fluid
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/389 "2014-04-19T23:41:27Z")
Bad Blood - Elton John & Neil Sedaka
Cosmos Strangeness
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### Author:  [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/390 "2014-04-19T23:48:46Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> Bad Blood - Elton John & Neil Sedaka
>
> Cosmos Strangeness
Space Oddity - David Bowie
Similar to Hawkeye Pierce, or Turk, or C. Everett Koop.
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/391 "2014-04-20T01:34:19Z")
Like a Surgeon - Weird Al.
Prevent our nearest star from giving me head.
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### Author:  [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/392 "2014-04-20T01:42:37Z")
> [@Leaffan](#):
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> Like a Surgeon - Weird Al.
> Prevent our nearest star from giving me head.
Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me - Elton john (HAHAHA!)
Secure the matriarch to the ground!
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/393 "2014-04-20T01:49:00Z")
Tie Your Mother Down - Queen
The Volunteer State’s Avian Strut
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/394 "2014-04-20T01:49:06Z")
“Tennessee Bird Walk” - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
(had to Google this one since **burpo** ninja’d me…hope that’s not cheating…)
In play:
Thou Shouldst Comprehend
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/395 "2014-04-20T02:00:56Z")
You Oughta Know - Alanis Morissette
Malfunction
(I had to Google Tennessee for “Volunteer
State.” I won’t tell if you won’t.)
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/396 "2014-04-20T02:28:52Z")
Breakdown - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
At the age of sixteen years, eleven months, and twenty-seven days
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### Author:  [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/397 "2014-04-20T02:36:27Z")
Almost 17 !
The real reason I bought the issue of Playboy.
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/398 "2014-04-20T02:39:27Z")
> [@Locrian](#):
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> Almost 17 !
>
> The real reason I bought the issue of Playboy.
Sorry, incorrect. But I like how you think. 😉
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/399 "2014-04-20T02:44:02Z")
At the age of sixteen years, eleven months, and twenty-seven days
Edge of 17 - Stevie Nicks
The real reason I bought the issue of Playboy.
(My Angel Is A) Centerfold - J. Geils Band
Mater informed me I should not attend
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### Author:  [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/400 "2014-04-20T02:46:14Z")
Edge of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks
A fighting force assembled from the peoples of many countries.
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