# 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:  [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/421 "2014-04-20T23:00:29Z")
> [@Leaffan](#):
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> The diminutive assistant of the _person_ who gave birth to me.
Mother’s Little Helper - The Rolling Stones
The Canadian flag I use to wash my car
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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, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/422 "2014-04-20T23:44:01Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#):
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> The Canadian flag I use to wash my car
Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin
I bid thee farewell, dance music sibling.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/423 "2014-04-20T23:47:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> We Gotta Get Outta This Place - The Animals
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> (nitpick on earlier entry: it’s Don McLean)
> Thou Possesseth Not One Redeeming Quality
[quote=“Leaffan, post:414, topic:683263”]
Bitch? - Rolling Stones. Probably not, but it works.
Nah, _You’re No Good_ - Linda Ronstadt
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### Author:  [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2014, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/424 "2014-04-21T00:16:13Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#):
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> I bid thee farewell, dance music sibling.
Goodbye Sister Disco - The Who
You continue to make me horny
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### Author:  [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/425 "2014-04-21T00:19:55Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#):
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> Goodbye Sister Disco - The Who
On further review, that song is merely called “Sister Disco.” I retract my answer.
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### Author:  [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/426 "2014-04-21T00:31:51Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#):
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> On further review, that song is merely called “Sister Disco.” I retract my answer.
My error; you are correct.
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/427 "2014-04-21T01:46:00Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#):
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> Goodbye Sister Disco - The Who
> You continue to make me horny
Still You Turn Me On - Emerson Lake and Palmer
Spirit Cookery
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### Author:  [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/428 "2014-04-22T17:55:00Z")
Soul Kitchen – The Doors
Your excessive kindness was unnecessary
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### Author:  [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/429 "2014-04-22T18:28:01Z")
> [@DChord568](#):
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> Your excessive kindness was unnecessary
You Didn’t Have to Be So Nice - The Lovin’ Spoonful
Opposing the natural force by which all physical bodies attract each other.
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/430 "2014-04-22T18:39:21Z")
Jump - Van Halen (?)
If so:
Thermoplastic polymer cooking spray.
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### Author:  [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/431 "2014-04-22T19:11:45Z")
> [@Leaffan](#):
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> Jump - Van Halen (?)
Nope. It’s more specifically synonymous.
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### Author:  [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/432 "2014-04-22T19:32:53Z")
> [@Eutychus](#):
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> You Didn’t Have to Be So Nice - The Lovin’ Spoonful
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> Opposing the natural force by which all physical bodies attract each other.
This is a reach, but: “I Defy You Gravity,” Andy Partridge?
Edit: on the off chance that’s right:
Were I To Find Myself on the Wrong Side of Providence
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### Author:  [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/433 "2014-04-22T19:36:13Z")
“Defying Gravity” from Wicked (or another song of the same name by Jimmie Dale Gilmore) would be my guess.
And I think **Leaffan’s** is Polythene Pam by the Beatles.
Still left: Were I To Find Myself on the Wrong Side of Providence
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### Author:  [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/434 "2014-04-22T20:01:11Z")
> [@Enginerd](#):
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> Still left: Were I To Find Myself on the Wrong Side of Providence
If I Should Fall From Grace With God - The Pogues
(Hope this one doesn’t offend…)
The female of the species is the awful racial epithet of the planet
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### Author:  [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/435 "2014-04-22T20:07:38Z")
Woman is the Nigger of the World, John Lennon
Excessive Velocity Between the Stars
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### Author:  [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2014, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/436 "2014-04-22T20:27:05Z")
Interstellar Overdrive – Pink Floyd
Regardless of the circumstances
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### Author:  [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/437 "2014-04-22T20:35:26Z")
No Matter What, Badfinger
Expired Peonies
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### Author:  [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/438 "2014-04-22T20:38:18Z")
Dead Flowers - Rolling Stones
Don’t trouble yourself, mother, I’m merely exsanguinating
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### Author:  [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/439 "2014-04-22T20:46:25Z")
It’s All Right, Ma, I’m Only Bleeding – Bob Dylan
Let’s show Lon Chaney Jr. some appreciation
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### Author:  [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/440 "2014-04-22T21:53:17Z")
Clap for the Wolfman - The Guess Who
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