# 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:** 4
### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2014, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/61 "2014-03-26T03:54:21Z")
Papa Was A Rolling Stone - Temptations
Rotate Ludwig
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2014, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/62 "2014-03-26T03:54:32Z")
Papa Was A Rolling Stone - Temptations
Diurnal Reverie Adherent
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/63 "2014-03-26T04:04:29Z")
Allow me:
Roll Over, Bethoven - Chuck Berry (ELO)
Day Dream Believer - The Monkees (Anne Murray)
Polaroids and Recollections
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### Author:  [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/64 "2014-03-26T04:10:32Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> Polaroids and Recollections
Photographs and Memories–Jim Croce
Next: The Furnace is Running
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### Author:  [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/65 "2014-03-26T04:17:06Z")
The Heat is On – Glenn Frey
Combustion Elevated
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/66 "2014-03-26T15:36:19Z")
Fire on High - ELO
Dextrose, Sucrose
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### Author:  [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/67 "2014-03-26T15:42:39Z")
Sugar Sugar – The Archies
Infarction Hostel
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/68 "2014-03-26T16:02:41Z")
Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
Aurous Digit
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/69 "2014-03-26T16:05:47Z")
Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey
The Ghost of Marconi’s Invention
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### Author:  [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/70 "2014-03-26T16:18:55Z")
Spirit of Radio - Rush
Will Not Be Deceived an Additional Time
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### Author:  [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/71 "2014-03-26T16:36:59Z")
Won’t Get Fooled Again-The Who
Within the optic organs of the person I refer to
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### Author:  [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/72 "2014-03-26T18:01:33Z")
In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
Instructions on the acquisition of a significant amount of lucre
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### Author:  [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/73 "2014-03-26T18:36:30Z")
Gimme Money - Nicki Minaj [was this it? could be other answers; but I’m taking my opportunity 🙂 – Leo]
Sucker on a slope
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### Author:  [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/74 "2014-03-26T22:42:54Z")
::I checked after I posted. A cheat: [30 best songs about money::](http://www.businesspundit.com/30-best-songs-about-money/)
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### Author:  [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/75 "2014-03-26T23:05:47Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#):
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> Gimme Money - Nicki Minaj [was this it? could be other answers; but I’m taking my opportunity 🙂 – Leo]
> Sucker on a slope
No, Gimme Money is not correct. It is one of the songs in that link, though.
Also, The Fool On The Hill by The Beatles
And a new one: Quartz, cobalt convincing
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### Author:  [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2014, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/76 "2014-03-27T00:16:49Z")
Crystal Blue Persuasion - Tommy James and the Shondells
Next: Shout of defiance
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/77 "2014-03-27T00:52:47Z")
Rebel Yell - Billy Idol (?), if so:
86’s Ag Ball-peen
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### Author:  [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/78 "2014-03-27T00:56:12Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> Rebel Yell - Billy Idol (?), if so:
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> 86’s Ag Ball-peen
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer by The Beatles
Genuine svelte one of dubious trustworthiness
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/79 "2014-03-27T02:12:45Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#):
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> Genuine svelte one of dubious trustworthiness
The Real Slim Shady - Eminem
The Tamias Tune
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/80 "2014-03-27T02:35:02Z")
The Chipmunk Song – David Seville & the Chipmunks (had to google that one)
SCUBA Tank
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