# "Tin roof, destroyed" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 18, 2004, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tin-roof-destroyed/280446 "2004-12-18T00:04:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tin-roof-destroyed/280446/1 "2004-12-18T00:04:25Z")
[BBC story](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4103603.stm) The inspiration for the B-52’s big hit, “Love Shack” was destroyed by arsonists. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tin-roof-destroyed/280446/2 "2004-12-18T05:41:20Z")
If only it had been the inspiration for the X song “Burning House of Love” … ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tin-roof-destroyed/280446/3 "2004-12-18T06:16:54Z")
Two words. Bloodhound Gang. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tin-roof-destroyed/280446/4 "2004-12-18T06:26:29Z")
Two more. Talking Heads ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tin-roof-destroyed/280446/5 "2004-12-18T06:33:03Z")
Three more words. I crack me up. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tin-roof-destroyed/280446/6 "2004-12-18T12:05:23Z")
As long as Normaltown and the Atlanta Highway are still safe, I’m okay with the news. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tin-roof-destroyed/280446/7 "2004-12-18T15:37:20Z")
But…but…where will we go now to get to ge-ther-er-er? Useless trivia: The big tall black “woman” in the video is a pre-fame Ru Paul. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tin-roof-destroyed/280446/8 "2004-12-18T15:43:43Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > But…but…where will we go now to get to ge-ther-er-er? > > Useless trivia: The big tall black “woman” in the video is a pre-fame Ru Paul. Maybe everybody can pool their “jukebox money” and rebuild it? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2004, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tin-roof-destroyed/280446/9 "2004-12-19T05:47:25Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Maybe everybody can pool their “jukebox money” and rebuild it? Well, if we sell that gas-guzzling big-as-a-whale-Chrysler and buy a hybrid, we can put the gas savings towards it. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2004, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tin-roof-destroyed/280446/10 "2004-12-19T06:06:22Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Well, if we sell that gas-guzzling big-as-a-whale-Chrysler and buy a hybrid, we can put the gas savings towards it. But, gas guzzlers are good. They help lessen the time untill the worlds oil supply runs out, so I can conquer the planet after it has been crippled. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2004, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tin-roof-destroyed/280446/11 "2004-12-19T06:07:39Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > Two words. > > Bloodhound Gang. But the roof ISN’T on fire … apparently that’s pretty much all that’s left! ---
**Author:** ![hathaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@hathaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hathaway)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2004, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tin-roof-destroyed/280446/12 "2004-12-19T06:18:34Z")
Ah, no no no. It isn’t “tin roof, destroyed”. It’s “tin roof, busted!” har har har (Original lyric being “tiiiiin rooof! rusted!”) Again, har har har. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2004, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tin-roof-destroyed/280446/13 "2004-12-19T15:06:14Z")
Oh! More useless trivia! The “tiiiiin roof! Rusted!” line was a mistake. The band was sort of free-styling it toward the end of the recording session and she didn’t realize they’d hit the end of the song so let out the big “tiiiiin roof!” Then she realized the music had ended and sheepishly threw out the “rusted” and everyone loved it so that it stayed in. ---
**Author:** ![hathaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@hathaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hathaway)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tin-roof-destroyed/280446/14 "2004-12-23T07:11:25Z")
Hey, I didn’t know that. That’s cool. I like the B-52s. Fun music and the band members seem like nice people to boot!