# 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: ![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 4, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/161 "2014-04-04T15:40:36Z")

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Royal Scam! - Steely Dan

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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 4, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/162 "2014-04-04T16:02:29Z")

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42°2′26″n 74°7′44″w

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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 4, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/163 "2014-04-04T16:37:21Z")

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> [@Leaffan](#):
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> 42°2′26″n 74°7′44″w

Woodstock - CSNY (or Joni Mitchell)

(Yeah, I looked the coordinates up.)

Out-of-focus queues

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### Author: ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/164 "2014-04-04T17:06:37Z")

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> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#):
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> Out-of-focus queues

Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke

I have a query as to whether my true nature is profoundly and malevolently immoral

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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 4, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/165 "2014-04-04T17:17:23Z")

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> [@pravnik](#):
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> Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke
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> I have a query as to whether my true nature is profoundly and malevolently immoral

Am I Evil? - Metallica or Diamond Head  
A wide road consisting of inoperative products of REM sleep

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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 4, 2014, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/166 "2014-04-04T17:21:40Z")

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Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day

Adam’s Mate of Annihilation

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### Author: ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/167 "2014-04-04T17:28:05Z")

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> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#):
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> This one was never solved:
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> Prince Charles’ Ponzi scheme.
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> (Hint: It’s classic rock, and I know there are several fans of these guys on the board)

Is there a song called “Wales’ Pyramid”?

Here’s another one “Yet Further Juxtaposed to a State of Well-being.”

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### Author: ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/168 "2014-04-04T17:31:38Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day
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> Adam’s Mate of Annihilation

Eve of Destruction.

> [@RivkahChaya](#):
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> Is there a song called “Wales’ Pyramid”?
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> Here’s another one “Yet Further Juxtaposed to a State of Well-being.”

I have no idea why that didn’t show up until an hour after I posted it. Anyway:  
“Yet Further Juxtaposed to a State of Well-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 4, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/169 "2014-04-04T17:40:10Z")

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> [@RivkahChaya](#):
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> Eve of Destruction.
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> I have no idea why that didn’t show up until an hour after I posted it. Anyway:  
> “Yet Further Juxtaposed to a State of Well-being.”

Closer To Fine - Indigo Girls  
Universally each person covers up at least one item. The exceptions? Yours truly, as well as the primate whom I possess

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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 4, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/170 "2014-04-04T17:41:35Z")

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> [@RivkahChaya](#):
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> Is there a song called “Wales’ Pyramid”?

No, it was “Royal Scam” by Steely Dan, answered earlier.

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### Author: ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/171 "2014-04-04T18:14:18Z")

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> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#):
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> Closer To Fine - Indigo Girls  
> Universally each person covers up at least one item. The exceptions? Yours truly, as well as the primate whom I possess

“Everybody’s got something to hide except me and my monkey.”

Back with a new one ASAP

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### Author: ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/172 "2014-04-04T18:22:41Z")

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“The fabric encasing the arms emits a frequency of ~575–525 THz.”

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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 4, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/173 "2014-04-04T18:29:48Z")

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Greensleeves?

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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 4, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/174 "2014-04-04T18:40:44Z")

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The vibrations that propagate as a mechanical wave of pressure and displacement, through some medium, that do not result in movement of the tympanic membrane.

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### Author: ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/175 "2014-04-04T18:47:52Z")

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> [@Leaffan](#):
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> The vibrations that propagate as a mechanical wave of pressure and displacement, through some medium, that do not result in movement of the tympanic membrane.

Sounds of Silence.

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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 4, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/176 "2014-04-04T18:50:42Z")

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> [@RivkahChaya](#):
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> Sounds of Silence.

🙂

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### Author: ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/177 "2014-04-04T18:55:26Z")

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“Foremost and highest crust of this third planet, counting from the sun outward.”

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### Author: ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/178 "2014-04-04T20:05:05Z")

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“On Top of the World” - Carpenters

The educational facility is not in session.

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### Author: ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/179 "2014-04-04T20:19:49Z")

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\*\*School’s Out \*\* Alice Cooper

Azure tune regarding incarceration in Northern California

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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 4, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/180 "2014-04-04T20:39:34Z")

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Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash

Rouse me from my slumber on the feast day of St. Jerome

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