# What is the best song that begins with the letter M? See rules in OP **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music, mmm-song-poll\ **Created:** [November 12, 2023, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-m-see-rules-in-op/993012 "2023-11-12T11:05:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-m-see-rules-in-op/993012/101 "2023-11-14T21:29:09Z")
Y’all are besmirching a Prince classic! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-m-see-rules-in-op/993012/102 "2023-11-14T21:30:56Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Don’t blame the singer (the great Susanna Hoffs), Prince wrote it. Fair enuf. However, she choose it. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-m-see-rules-in-op/993012/103 "2023-11-14T21:32:59Z")
But I bet Prince was more vain and spent more time dressing than she ever did. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-m-see-rules-in-op/993012/104 "2023-11-14T21:39:53Z")
Generally speaking, there were quite a few songs I would have downvoted if Discourse had that option. Funny old world, innit? ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-m-see-rules-in-op/993012/105 "2023-11-14T23:52:02Z")
Just for fun, the Prince & Apollonnia unreleased demo of _Manic Monday_: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6WXfHSLjQnA/hqdefault.jpg "Prince & Apollonia - Manic Monday (Unreleased Demo)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WXfHSLjQnA) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-m-see-rules-in-op/993012/106 "2023-11-15T00:12:07Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Fair enuf. However, she choose it. If I understand correctly, it was Prince’s idea that she/they record it. (But yeah, it’s not my favorite Bangles song, though it is “cute” enough.) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-m-see-rules-in-op/993012/107 "2023-11-15T00:15:08Z")
It made a butt load of money for everyone involved. What’s disturbing about that video is that they used a picture of Price wearing the same mascara as Hoffs when she does her signature eye glance. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-m-see-rules-in-op/993012/108 "2023-11-15T00:54:53Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > they used a picture of Price wearing the same mascara Vincent? ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-m-see-rules-in-op/993012/109 "2023-11-15T01:31:20Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > And another “can’t believe I didn’t think of it” song: _My Old School_ by Steely Dan My brother went to the College of William and Mary. While there, a classmate, who was transferring to another school, had a teeshirt made stating “William and Mary Won’t Do”. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-m-see-rules-in-op/993012/110 "2023-11-15T01:39:45Z")
> [@whitetho](#): > > My brother went to the College of William and Mary. While there, a classmate, who was transferring to another school, had a teeshirt made stating “William and Mary Won’t Do”. When I hear William and Mary, I always recall a scene from “All in the Family”: Archie Bunker is applying for a promotion. He is waiting in the reception area with another applicant. Archie, making small talk: “Did you go to college?” Other guy: “Yeah, William and Mary” Archie: “Ahh, two of them, eh?” ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-m-see-rules-in-op/993012/111 "2023-11-15T04:17:05Z")
Wow, that demo sounds almost exactly like the release by The Bangles. I’m not a fan of any of it. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-m-see-rules-in-op/993012/112 "2023-11-15T11:28:29Z")
**Final Poll**. What is the best **M** song? Select up to 3. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-m-see-rules-in-op/993012/112))_ ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-m-see-rules-in-op/993012/113 "2023-11-15T12:01:36Z")
The funniest part is that “My Generation” is in the top ten. That’s a little on the nose for a poll whose most recent song is almost forty years old. We have a demographic. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-m-see-rules-in-op/993012/114 "2023-11-15T12:29:24Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > The funniest part is that “My Generation” is in the top ten. None of us died before we got old. mmm ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-m-see-rules-in-op/993012/115 "2023-11-15T12:57:50Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > None of us died before we got old. The Hillary Duff cover changes the lyric to “Hope I DON’T die before I get old” ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-m-see-rules-in-op/993012/116 "2023-11-15T13:25:27Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > We have a demographic. Yeah, I fully expect the final results of these threads to be a list of the same old tired shit we claim to be bored of on the classic rock stations. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-m-see-rules-in-op/993012/117 "2023-11-15T13:42:05Z")
Eh, you can be bored with a song and still recognize it as an outstanding tune. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-m-see-rules-in-op/993012/118 "2023-11-15T13:51:25Z")
I know. I’m trying to lean more into my personal favorites now instead of handing out Lifetime Achievement Awards. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-m-see-rules-in-op/993012/119 "2023-11-15T14:02:26Z")
Really? Talk about missing the point… ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-m-see-rules-in-op/993012/120 "2023-11-15T14:08:56Z")
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