# 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:** 21
### Author:  [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/401 "2014-04-20T02:47:44Z")
Too slow.
Mama told me not to come - 3 Dog Night
My last one is still in play.
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/402 "2014-04-20T02:58:15Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#):
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> A fighting force assembled from the peoples of many countries.
Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
(Allow the) Corpses (to strike the ground)
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### Author:  [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/403 "2014-04-20T03:44:53Z")
I’m stuck on this one. Anyone?
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/404 "2014-04-20T04:13:55Z")
> [@Locrian](#):
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> I’m stuck on this one. Anyone?
Hint: The official title is merely “Corpses”, but it’s more commonly known by a longer title (hence the parentheses.)
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### Author:  [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/405 "2014-04-20T04:25:11Z")
Let the bodies hit the floor?
If so: Not up, not over.
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/406 "2014-04-20T04:53:02Z")
> [@Locrian](#):
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> Let the bodies hit the floor?
[Correct!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodies_%28Drowning_Pool_song%29)
> [@Locrian](#):
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> If so: Not up, not over.
“Down and Out” - Genesis (though I’m guessing you had a different artist in mind)
Fairly stylish for a caucasian
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### Author:  [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/407 "2014-04-20T05:48:24Z")
Close. Down Under - Men at Work
Pretty Fly For a White guy??
If so: The evening whence those people burdened Louisiana music.
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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, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/408 "2014-04-20T06:36:05Z")
> [@Locrian](#):
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> If so: The evening whence those people burdened Louisiana music.
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band
Can you kindly repeat the number that is the my birth year subtracted from the current year?
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### Author:  [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/409 "2014-04-20T19:49:22Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#):
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> Also, to be pedantic: Trent Reznor is with Nine Inch Nails, not Rage Against The Machine. But that actually helps prove your point.
> [@DChord568](#):
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> 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
Though Reznor and RATM did collaborate once or twice.
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#):
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> Can you kindly repeat the number that is the my birth year subtracted from the current year?
What’s my age again? – Blink-182
Pleasant evening Ho Chi Minh City
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/410 "2014-04-20T19:59:36Z")
Goodnight Saigon - Billy Joel
The United States of 3.14159
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### Author:  [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/411 "2014-04-20T20:05:42Z")
American Pie – Don McClean
My name is Hank the Quaver, it is.
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### Author:  [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/412 "2014-04-20T20:50:22Z")
I’m Henery the Eighth, I Am - Herman’s Hermits
All of us need to leave our current location
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/413 "2014-04-20T21:06:04Z")
We Gotta Get Outta This Place - The Animals
(nitpick on earlier entry: it’s Don McLean)
Thou Possesseth Not One Redeeming Quality
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/414 "2014-04-20T22:12:43Z")
Bitch? - Rolling Stones. Probably not, but it works.
Conduct of filth, performed at discounted mire-like prices.
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### Author:  [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/415 "2014-04-20T22:21:53Z")
I Hate Everything About You - Three Days Grace???
(Was initially thinking about the early '90 song by Ugly Kid Joe, but it turns out that’s called “Everything About You”.)
(also assuming there isn’t a song called “You Suck”.)
Thanksgiving food right out of the fridge
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### Author:  [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/416 "2014-04-20T22:24:56Z")
> [@Leaffan](#):
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> Conduct of filth, performed at discounted mire-like prices.
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/417 "2014-04-20T22:31:37Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#):
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> Thanksgiving food right out of the fridge
Cold Turkey - John Lennon
32,000 lbs.
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/418 "2014-04-20T22:34:42Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#):
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> Thanksgiving food right out of the fridge
Cold Turkey - John Lennon
The diminutive assistant of the who gave birth to me.
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### Author:  [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/419 "2014-04-20T22:39:00Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> Cold Turkey - John Lennon
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> 32,000 lbs.
16 Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
Still in Play:
> [@Leaffan](#):
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> The diminutive assistant of the who gave birth to me.
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/420 "2014-04-20T22:48:30Z")
The diminutive assistant of the _person_ who gave birth to me.
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