# 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:** 23
### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/441 "2014-04-22T22:47:45Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#):
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> #000000
Zero - Smashing Pumpkins (?)
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### Author:  [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/442 "2014-04-22T22:50:23Z")
> [@Enginerd](#):
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> “Defying Gravity” from Wicked would be my guess.
Bing! That was what I was shooting for.
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### Author:  [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/443 "2014-04-22T23:16:56Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#):
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> Zero - Smashing Pumpkins (?)
Not what I was looking for. Think hex.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/444 "2014-04-23T02:37:31Z")
#000000
Black Is Black - Los Bravos
2^4 associates of won
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### Author:  [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/445 "2014-04-23T03:25:18Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> #000000
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> Black Is Black - Los Bravos
Actually, I was thinking of:
Black - Pearl Jam
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### Author:  [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/446 "2014-04-23T03:25:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> #000000
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> Black Is Black - Los Bravos
> 2^4 associates of won
I wonder if he was going for “Black” by Pearl Jam.
Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
Edit: Guess I was right about Pearl Jam!
New one:
Would that the hands on the clock would go counterclockwise by my doing.
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### Author:  [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/447 "2014-04-23T03:39:48Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#):
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> Would that the hands on the clock would go counterclockwise by my doing.
If I Could Turn Back Time - Cher
Queen Elizabeth II
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/448 "2014-04-23T03:43:00Z")
Her Majesty - The Beatles
Ensnared within an azure color
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### Author:  [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2014, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/449 "2014-04-23T03:55:25Z")
Tangled Up in Blue – Bob Dylan
Bemusing Expanse
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### Author:  [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2014, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/450 "2014-06-01T06:15:25Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#):
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> Bemusing Expanse
Land of Confusion-- Genesis
24 pleasant hours within Hades
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### Author:  [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/451 "2014-06-03T15:41:28Z")
A Good Day in Hell - Eagles
Fiery Residue Topping Precipitated Steam
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/452 "2014-06-04T19:13:57Z")
Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple.
Heaving Boulders (Fiery Residue, Fiery Residue)
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### Author:  [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2014, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/453 "2014-06-11T08:09:03Z")
Throwing Stones – Grateful Dead
Legal Tender
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2014, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/454 "2014-06-11T12:18:50Z")
Money - Pink Floyd (? If so):
Elbert Buzz-on
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### Author:  [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/455 "2014-06-26T23:43:49Z")
Is it John Denver’s “Colorado Rocky Mountain High”? If I’m right, then:
“The Pugilist”
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### Author:  [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/456 "2014-06-27T00:08:58Z")
> [@Octarine](#):
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> Is it John Denver’s “Colorado Rocky Mountain High”? If I’m right, then:
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> “The Pugilist”
The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel
That there sheep is in repose in the center of Times Square.
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/457 "2014-06-27T00:12:05Z")
> [@Octarine](#):
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> Is it John Denver’s “Colorado Rocky Mountain High”? If I’m right, then:
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> “The Pugilist”
It IS Rocky Mountain High!
Johnny Olson, what does Octarine win?
A cookie, Bob!
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2014, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/458 "2014-06-27T00:17:51Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#):
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> That there sheep is in repose in the center of Times Square.
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis
Perambulating Upon Solar Rays
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### Author:  [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/459 "2014-06-27T01:20:56Z")
Walking on the Sun - Smash Mouth
Purses and finery
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### Author:  [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2014, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/460 "2014-06-28T05:32:17Z")
> [@CheshireKat](#):
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> Purses and finery
Handbags and Gladrags - Mike d’Abo
Avalanche
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