# 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: ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/101 "2014-04-01T17:29:06Z")

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> [@Leo\_Bloom](#):
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> I Touch Myself – Devinyls/Blondie
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> The Celestial Flag

Star-spangled Banner -Jimi Hendrix

Saccharine offspring belonging to me

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### Author: ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/102 "2014-04-01T17:33:46Z")

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Sweet Baby Mine - Bobby Womack

Lachrymose fluids of a Pierrot

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### Author: ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/103 "2014-04-01T17:33:55Z")

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Sweet Child of Mine - Guns and Roses  
The abbreviated first name of one Ms. Ball exists in the expanse of air over any given point on earth, with a metastable allotrope of carbon.

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### Author: ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/104 "2014-04-01T17:36:28Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Lachrymose fluids of a Pierrot

The Tears of a Clown by Smokey Robinson

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### Author: ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/105 "2014-04-01T17:39:32Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Sweet Baby Mine - Bobby Womack
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> Lachrymose fluids of a Pierrot

Tears of a Clown - Smoky Robison

> [@Leaffan](#):
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> Sweet Child of Mine - Guns and Roses  
> The abbreviated first name of one Ms. Ball exists in the expanse of air over any given point on earth, with a metastable allotrope of carbon.

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - The Beatles

The evening preceding the Sabbath is optimal for pugilism

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### Author: ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/106 "2014-04-01T18:03:38Z")

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> [@RobDog](#):
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> The evening preceding the Sabbath is optimal for pugilism

Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting - Elton John

Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty

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### Author: ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/107 "2014-04-01T18:07:10Z")

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Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting -Elton John

I am in the process of dislocating my belief system as it pertains to my thoughts about a greater being.

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### Author: ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/108 "2014-04-01T18:08:12Z")

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Oops.

King Tut.

My previous post stands.

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### Author: ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/109 "2014-04-01T18:22:30Z")

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> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#):
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> I am in the process of dislocating my belief system as it pertains to my thoughts about a greater being.

Losing My Religion - REM  
Moving swiftly on foot with satan

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### Author: ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/110 "2014-04-01T18:26:04Z")

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> [@Leaffan](#):
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> Losing My Religion - REM  
> Moving swiftly on foot with satan

Running with the Devil – Van Halen

SR-71

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### Author: ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/111 "2014-04-01T18:43:16Z")

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Blackbird - The Beatles  
Unbounded recreational activities

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### Author: ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/112 "2014-04-01T19:18:41Z")

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??? Play?

??? Sport?

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### Author: ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/113 "2014-04-01T19:27:25Z")

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> [@Leo\_Bloom](#):
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> I Touch Myself – Devinyls/Blondie

Mine was supposed to be “Pull Me Under” by Dream Theater, but this one also works. 🙂

> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#):
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> Unbounded recreational activities

Umm…Endless Love?

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#### Post date: [April 1, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/114 "2014-04-01T19:43:35Z")

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> [@buddha\_david](#):
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> Umm…Endless Love?

Nope! “Unbounded recreational activities” is still open…

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### Author: ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/115 "2014-04-02T00:44:04Z")

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“Fun fun fun” by the Beach Boys?

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### Author: ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/116 "2014-04-02T01:11:08Z")

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No.  
I’ll reword it. …

Borderless leisure time activities, often for kids.

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### Author: ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/117 "2014-04-02T01:15:13Z")

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> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#):
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> No.  
> I’ll reword it. …
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> Borderless leisure time activities, often for kids.

Hint by decade perhaps? I still got nothin’.

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### Author: ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/118 "2014-04-02T01:16:57Z")

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Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel

Somebody go in for the burpo!

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### Author: ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/119 "2014-04-02T01:18:45Z")

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A Million Vacations - Max Webster? Nah, that’s an obscure Canadian band.

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### Author: ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/120 "2014-04-02T01:26:28Z")

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> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel
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> Somebody go in for the burpo!

(I apologize for not having that in parens. Not a song title.)

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