# What is your theme song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 16, 2006, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/348564 "2006-03-16T04:07:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/348564/61 "2006-03-21T05:31:05Z")
I’ve always thought that the song that sums me up best is “Mr. Tanner,” by Harry Chapin. Especially the lyric, “he sang from his heart, and he sang from his soul; he did not know how well he sang, it just made him whole.” MY song. Mine. Lately I’ve also been deeply identifying with “I’m Not That Girl,” from the musical _Wicked_. That’s probably what would cue up for me at the moment. (And it’s hella fun to sing!) > [@Anastasaeon](#): > > **Roland Orzabal** : Sure, most people might think of “Shout”, or “Mad World”, or “Pale Shelter”… me, I think of “Bloodletting Go”, because it is my favourite Tears For Fears song, so whenever I see him posting, I think, “Oh yeah, I should queue that song up.” And so it is. Funny, I always think of “Head Over Heels” because that’s _my_ favorite TFF song. 🙂 > [@](#): > > **Scott Plaid** : Whither art thou, **Scott**? The one poster who always makes me smile by reminding me of Nik Kershaw’s “The Riddle”. One of the few posters who not only knows what the hell I’m talking about, but seems to _like_ the song as much as I do, too! How rare. Holy crap! I love that song (in fact I recently used it in my Folklore class)! I love Nik Kershaw! I didn’t know that anyone else here knew Nik! 😃 > [@](#): > > **Quicksilver** : “For Love”, by Lush. For him I always hear Billy Joel – “My Life.” 🙂 For you, **Anastasaeon** : “Dreams” by Van Halen. **Telperien** : “Elenore” by The Turtles. **Sunspace** : “Brand New Day” by Sting. **Johnny L.A.** : “Red Barchetta” by Rush. Hmm, it’s funny how I can quickly think of songs for some Dopers but not for others … even other Dopers who I read a lot and always enjoy. Go figure. 🙂 Maybe more will come to me tomorrow! ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/348564/62 "2006-03-21T14:39:20Z")
Anything by Davie Allen and the Arrows. Fuzz guitar **rules**! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/348564/63 "2006-03-21T15:24:52Z")
\*\*Yakety Sax \*\* by Boots Randolph those who know me, know why. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/348564/64 "2006-03-21T15:46:21Z")
_Psycho Killer._ ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/348564/65 "2006-03-21T15:47:58Z")
“Flagpole Sittah” just for the line about “hear the voices in my head, I swear to God they sound like they’re snoring…” “The Vicious Blues” from “Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle.” My internal picture of myself is a composite of Dorothy Parker, Anita Loos, and Zelda Fitzgerald. ---
**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/348564/66 "2006-03-21T16:17:43Z")
Mine are in cycles depending on who I am around: Mysterious Ways, U2 Muffin Man, Frank Zappa A Day By The Lake, Dissillusion Dr. MacPhail’s Reel, Capercaillie You Never Give Me Your Money - Beatles Rio - James Taylor Run - George Strait ( King George ) ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/348564/67 "2006-03-21T18:22:08Z")
When feeling blue, I enjoy the soothing depressingness of The Verve’s _Bittersweet Symphony_. When especially happy I sing aloud _Brandy_ by Looking Glass. Unfortunately, nearly every day I find myself humming or singing _The Gambler_ by Kenny Rogers, so it’s gotta be that or nothing. PS - **Translucent Daydream** , it’s TRULY ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/348564/68 "2006-03-21T18:56:19Z")
“No More Mr. Nice Guy” by Alice Cooper when i’m feeling particularly antisocial (i.e., all the time…), “Bad to the Bone” by George Thorogood also sneaks in there… right now, i’ve got the Imperial March playing in my head as i go threaten some computers to force them to behave… ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/348564/69 "2006-03-21T19:25:48Z")
Used to be _“No Rain”_ by Blind Melon. I’m not quite so down, anymore, though. These days, when I walk into a room, people hear _“Don’t Stop Believin’”_ by Journey. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/348564/70 "2006-03-21T20:49:32Z")
Mine used to be “Fuck and Run” by Liz Phair (I was such an angsty girl), but since I sort of outgrew that part of my life, I haven’t really settled on another song. This week it’s Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers _Buffalo_ > [@](#): > > Let me listen, > I will learn to speak the old language. > Yes I yearn to bathe in blue skies > and fall apart from the world of machines, > regain my feet and my pounding heart. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/348564/71 "2006-03-21T23:16:01Z")
The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn- The Pogues. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/348564/72 "2006-03-21T23:41:03Z")
Great thread! _The Journey Of The Sorcerer_ by The Eagles would have to be my Theme Tune, with John Williams’ _Raider’s March_ as a very close second. Other possibilities include _Yakkity Sax_ (who doesn’t love sexy parties? 😃 ) and _The James Bond Theme_, depending what I’m doing at the time… 🆒 I confess I don’t really know any of the other posters here well enough to have mentally assigned them theme music, so I guess you all get whatever’s on my MP3 player when I’m reading your posts… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Logan\_5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/fbc32d/32.png) [@Logan\_5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Logan_5)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/348564/73 "2006-03-21T23:46:29Z")
Hmm depends on my mood, but these three are all I need. Ave Satani (Theme from The Omen) - Jerry Goldsmith Rumble - Link Wray Into The Void - Black Sabbath ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/348564/74 "2006-03-21T23:48:02Z")
[All By Myself](http://www.archive.org/details/Aileen_Stanley-All_By_Myself) by Aileen Stanley ---
**Author:** ![bubastis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/348564/75 "2006-03-22T00:10:10Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Mortal Kombat. Dude!! LOFL!!! I always joked that the first song I’d like to dance to as a married man is Utah Saints theme from Mortal Kombat. As for my own soundtrack, whenever tasked with something at work, such as getting a delivery out on time, with the clock ticking, I always mentally break into The Propellerheads SPYBREAK. I’m surprised no-one else has mentioned this. ---
**Author:** ![Thirty-Nine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@Thirty-Nine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thirty-Nine)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/348564/76 "2006-03-22T01:08:08Z")
The Celts - Enya It’s the first song I remember hearing, and it’s always been my theme/song I want played at my funeral. If I had to choose a new one, it’d be one of the following: Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus - Frank Zappa (since Peaches En Regalia has already been taken ☹ ) Any Colour You Like - Pink Floyd Aristillius - Camel 10’000 Words in a Cardboard Box - The Aquarian Age Borogoves (Part One) - National Health ---
**Author:** ![ThreadPirateRoberts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@ThreadPirateRoberts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThreadPirateRoberts)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/348564/77 "2006-03-22T03:21:19Z")
mine would either be: Hotel California- The Eagles -or- Trigger Happy Jack- Poe ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/348564/78 "2006-03-22T03:23:01Z")
Middle of the Road - The Pretenders or Brass In Pocket - The Pretenders ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/348564/79 "2006-03-22T03:33:56Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > What was your theme song before 2004? You know what? I answered this seriously above, but that wasn’t fair of me. I should have come up with something better. And so, my revised answer is this: _Super Orgy Porno Party_ by **the Planet Smashers**. There. I think that is a _much_ better answer than the one I originally gave. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/348564.md?page=3)