# What song describes you best? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 12, 2001, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-describes-you-best/61743 "2001-04-12T19:38:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-describes-you-best/61743/21 "2001-04-13T14:37:58Z")
Overall, I’d have to say “I Go to Extremes” by Billy Joel. Or “Speedway” from Counting Crows (I’m a huge Crows fan). As far as individual lines or snippets from songs, I have a few: “We all want something beautiful…man, I wish I was beautiful” Counting Crows, “Mr. Jones” “Believe in me…man, I don’t believe in anything…and I don’t wanna be someone to believe…you should not believe in me” Counting Crows, “Mr. Jones” (VH1 Storytellers version) “And every time I’ve held the rose/It seems I’ve only felt the thorns” Billy Joel, “And So It Goes” “Some people say I’m obnoxious and lazy/I’m uneducated, my opinion means nothing” John Mellencamp, “Crumblin’ Down” “Things are getting worse, but I feel a lot better” Counting Crows, “Amy Hit the Atmosphere” ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-describes-you-best/61743/22 "2001-04-13T14:42:27Z")
_Sixteen Tons_ by Tennessee Ernie Ford “… another day older and deeper in debt…” Oh, how that song speaks to me… ---
**Author:** ![lexi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lexi/32/6806_2.png) [@lexi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lexi)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-describes-you-best/61743/23 "2001-04-13T14:58:24Z")
My personal anthem is The The - This is the Day. Lyrics Below: > [@](#): > > Well… you didn’t wake up this morning, > 'cause you didn’t go to bed. > You were watching the whites of your eyes turn red! > > The calendar on your wall – IS TICKING – the days off. > > You’ve been reading some old letters. > You smile and think how much you’ve changed. > All the money in the world couldn’t buy back those days. > > You pull back the curtains, and the sun burns into your eyes. > You watch a plane flying across a clear blue sky. > THIS IS THE DAY – Your life will surely change. > THIS IS THE DAY – When things fall into place. > > You could’ve done anything, if you’d wanted. > And all your friends and family think that you’re lucky. > But the side of you they’ll never see > Is when you’re left alone with the memories > That hold your life together like – GLUE > > You pull back the curtains, and the sun burns into your eyes. > You watch a plane flying across a clear blue sky. > THIS IS THE DAY – Your life will surely change. > THIS IS THE DAY – When things fall into place. > > THIS IS THE DAY – Your life will surely change. I’ve probably done this, or gone through this day once every 6 months for the past 15 years. ---
**Author:** ![SoMoMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@SoMoMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoMoMom)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-describes-you-best/61743/24 "2001-04-13T15:10:27Z")
Real World by Matchbox 20. When this song became popular, my father had just died, I was trying to sell our house by myself because hubby was in another state, we were moving very far away from my newly widowed mother, I had a tiny baby who had medical problems and problems nursing. It seemed like everytime we got a little relaxed the realtor would call to say someone wanted to see the house. Then we ended up with like the buyers from hell who saw the house I can’t even remember how many times and offered us outrageous contracts which were so bad all we could say was “no” pretty much. Then we ended up with not the movers from hell, but I didn’t like them and they broke some stuff. Anyway, since then my motto is, “I wish the real world would just stop hassling me.” ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Dead\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecb155/32.png) [@Living\_Dead\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Dead_Girl)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-describes-you-best/61743/25 "2001-04-14T11:17:50Z")
Oh - I can’t believe I forgot this one: Boss Of Me - They Might Be Giants. My own personal _anthem_. ---
**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-describes-you-best/61743/26 "2001-04-14T11:55:10Z")
Well it’s not my favourite (tho’ I do like it) but I guess \*\* That’s What Friends Are For \*\* sums me up pretty well. Or \*\* The Dance. \*\* And occasionally \*\* Hammer To Fall. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-describes-you-best/61743/27 "2001-04-14T13:15:36Z")
Almost forgot…when I’m feeling frisky The song Flower by Liz Phair does run through my head… Every time I see your face I think of things unpure,unchaste I want to fuck you like a dog I’ll take you home and make you like it Everything you’ve ever wanted Everything you’ve ever thought of Is everything I’ll do to you I’ll fuck you and your minions too Your face reminds me of a flower Kind of like you’re underwater Your hair’s too long and in your eyes Your lips are perfect suck me size You act like you’re 14 years old Everything you say is so obnoxious,funny,true and mean I want to be your blowjob queen ETC… ---
**Author:** ![theotherangel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@theotherangel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theotherangel)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-describes-you-best/61743/28 "2001-04-14T13:27:34Z")
Creed…With Arms Wide Open (normally)🙂 Lenny Kravitz…When Will I see you Again (at the moment)☹ ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-describes-you-best/61743/29 "2001-04-14T13:30:27Z")
Carry On by Styx. That song was written for me. Since I collect Andrew Lloyd Webber cast CDS, I was overjoyed when Dennis DeYoung played Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar! I also don’t understand how the Eagles’ Desperato was written without them knowing me. ---
**Author:** ![waxteeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@waxteeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waxteeth)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-describes-you-best/61743/30 "2001-04-14T13:47:25Z")
Three way tie Symphony no. 25 - Mozart Stay Hungry - Twisted Sister Round Out The Tank - Mystical ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-describes-you-best/61743/31 "2001-04-14T14:16:46Z")
The theme from _Shaft_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-describes-you-best/61743/32 "2001-04-14T16:54:17Z")
“Evaporated” by Ben Folds Five “Nightswimming” by REM But the song that some of my close friends have said is all about me is “Killer Queen” by Queen. ---
**Author:** ![Retief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Retief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Retief)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-describes-you-best/61743/33 "2001-04-14T19:07:26Z")
When Tina Turner sings (direct to me personally) \*\* You’re the best \*\* I CALL YOU WHEN I NEED YOU AND MY HEART’S ON FIRE YOU COME TO ME, COME TO ME WILD AND WIRE YOU COME TO ME, GIVE ME EVERYTHING I NEED YOU BRING A LIFETIME OF PROMISES AND A WORLD OF DREAMS YOU SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS AND IT CAN’T BE WRONG TAKE MY HEART AND MAKE IT STRONG CAUSE YOU’RE SIMPLY THE BEST BETTER THAN ALL THE REST BETTER THAN ANYONE ANYONE I EVER MEET I’M STUCK ON YOUR HEART I HANG ON EVERY WORD YOU SAY TEAR US APART BABY I WOULD RATHER BE DEAD DEEP IN YOUR HEART I SEE THE STAR OF EVERY NIGHT AND EVERY DAY AND IN YOUR EYES I GET LOST I GET WASHED AWAY JUST AS LONG AS I’M HERE IN YOUR ARMS I COULD BE IN NO BETTER PLACE CAUSE YOU’RE SIMPLY THE BEST Now I ask you what male does’nt think down deep in his soul "Yeah, that’s me, right on! Of course it doesn’t hurt that my sweet wifey looks quite a bit like Tina, was even nicknamed Tina Turner by her students when she wore her hair the same way. Then there’s \*\*American Woman \*\*- The Who version Its been what 30 years or so, still can’t get those lyrics out of my head: American woman, stay away from me American women, mama let me be Don’t come hangin’ around my door I don’t wanna see your face no more I don’t need your war machine I don’t need your ghetto scenes Coloured lights can hypnotize Sparkle someone else’s eyes Now woman, I said stay away American woman, listen what i say. did I mention I’m Canadian ? ---
**Author:** ![VenusGirlTrap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/58956e/32.png) [@VenusGirlTrap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusGirlTrap)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-describes-you-best/61743/34 "2001-04-14T19:17:23Z")
The song “Why do good girls like bad boys” by DMX. Our (my exboyfriend and myself) song was “You’re still the one” by Shania Twain so I still cry when I hear it. Also…I think it’s called “Growing up” by Blink 182, that reminds me of him so it’s special to me. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-describes-you-best/61743/35 "2001-04-14T19:25:23Z")
“Watching the Wheels” by John Lennon ---
**Author:** ![Suo\_Na](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Suo\_Na](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suo_Na)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-describes-you-best/61743/36 "2001-04-14T19:54:29Z")
I’m a mix of Deadeye Dick’s **New Age Girl** and Veruca Salt’s **Seether**. ---
**Author:** ![HalberMensch242](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@HalberMensch242](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HalberMensch242)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-describes-you-best/61743/37 "2001-04-14T19:57:54Z")
The The-Shrunken Man Depeche Mode- Policy of Truth Snog-Hooray ---
**Author:** ![HalberMensch242](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@HalberMensch242](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HalberMensch242)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-describes-you-best/61743/38 "2001-04-14T19:59:40Z")
**The The** -Shrunken Man **Depeche Mode** - Policy of Truth **Snog** -Hooray **Mesh** -Self-Healing Lie ---
**Author:** ![High\_Plains\_Drifter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@High\_Plains\_Drifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/High_Plains_Drifter)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-describes-you-best/61743/39 "2001-04-14T21:14:07Z")
Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd or A Country Boy Can Survive, by Hank Williams Jr. ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-describes-you-best/61743/40 "2001-04-14T21:32:24Z")
The song that describes me best has to be “Land of 1000 Dances” by Wilson Pickett. Allow me to quote: > [@](#): > > I said-a na, na na na na > Na na na na, na na na, na na na > Na na na na [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-describes-you-best/61743.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-describes-you-best/61743.md?page=3)