# 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:** 5
### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/81 "2014-03-27T02:36:14Z")
Aqualung - Jethro Tull
Donate Tranquility A Possibility
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/82 "2014-03-27T02:51:28Z")
Give Peace a Chance - John Lennon
Exactly The Thing I Require
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/83 "2014-03-27T03:01:41Z")
Just What I Needed - The Cars
Howdy, Sayonara
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### Author:  [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2014, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/84 "2014-03-27T10:44:19Z")
Hello, Goodby - The Beatles
Woofs, Meeows
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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, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/85 "2014-03-27T15:46:59Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#):
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> Hello, Goodby - The Beatles
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> Woofs, Meeows
Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys? (An album, not a song, so maybe not)
In any case:
Can I use this mode of public transportation, and exit where the St. Stephen’s Greenmarket is held?
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### Author:  [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/86 "2014-03-27T17:57:48Z")
Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street?
Next: Each person realizes.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/87 "2014-03-27T18:21:34Z")
Everybody Knows - Leonard Cohen
Debonair Outlaw
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/88 "2014-03-27T18:24:27Z")
Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson
Stone Crustacean
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### Author:  [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/89 "2014-03-27T18:35:07Z")
Rock Lobster – The B-52s (Guessed at title, looked it up. I feel guilty, but not that guilty.)
Heedless landing in Raleigh scattering pole vault
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### Author:  [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/90 "2014-04-01T02:23:42Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#):
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> Heedless landing in Raleigh scattering pole vault
Could we get a hint? This seems to have stumped everyone.
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### Author:  [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2014, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/91 "2014-04-01T03:06:12Z")
> [@Ponch8](#):
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> Could we get a hint? This seems to have stumped everyone.
Well I have now thrown a wrench into two Game threads simultaneously…
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
It was lousy. I apologise. The game is more fun with plausible, if weird, catchy short song titles.
I zoned out into a crossword puzzle hint.
I’ll just sit in this corner for a while.
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### Author:  [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2014, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/92 "2014-04-01T13:19:59Z")
Next one:
Second-hand store
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2014, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/93 "2014-04-01T13:49:24Z")
“Thrift Shop” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, is all I can come up with, thanks to Google.
It is not always possible to obtain what you desire.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/94 "2014-04-01T14:02:07Z")
You Can’t Always Get What You Want - U2
Large Mustard Cab
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2014, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/95 "2014-04-01T14:09:35Z")
(Right song, wrong band. Unless U2 also had a hit with “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.”)
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni
Perhaps I am someone who was born between July 23 and August 23.
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/96 "2014-04-01T14:50:50Z")
May Be I’m A Leo - Deep Purple
Mom And Offspring Together
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/97 "2014-04-01T14:53:44Z")
Mother and Child Reunion - Paul Simon
The Location of Nameless Avenues
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/98 "2014-04-01T15:03:51Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#):
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> Mother and Child Reunion - Paul Simon
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> The Location of Nameless Avenues
Where the Streets Have No Name - U2
My Sappy Deity
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/99 "2014-04-01T15:08:57Z")
My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
Yank Myself Below
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### Author:  [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/100 "2014-04-01T17:14:46Z")
I Touch Myself – Devinyls/Blondie
The Celestial Flag
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