# What song sums you up best? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 26, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327 "2003-03-26T17:12:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/1 "2003-03-26T17:12:49Z")
everyone i know seems to have one song that they feel perfectly sums them up. I’m intrigued as to whether anyone else has this too. So if you do - what is it and why? To kick off, mine is “Epiphany” by Staind - the lyrics and “style” pretty much sum up my personality. Any takers out there? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/2 "2003-03-26T17:14:00Z")
“Just My Imagination” – the Temptations. ---
**Author:** ![Erik\_the\_Viking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Erik\_the\_Viking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erik_the_Viking)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/3 "2003-03-26T17:58:54Z")
“You’re So Vain” by Carly Simon. The song is about me. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/4 "2003-03-26T18:05:29Z")
Behind Blue Eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Marconi\_Schmeese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Marconi\_Schmeese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_Schmeese)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/5 "2003-03-26T18:19:52Z")
Pressure by Billy Joel. ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/6 "2003-03-26T18:20:38Z")
Well, I wouldn’t say it is a complete picture of me, but “Hyperactive” by Thomas Dolby is sure a slice of my life. ---
**Author:** ![Wyld\_Stallyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Wyld\_Stallyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wyld_Stallyn)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/7 "2003-03-26T18:43:45Z")
“Here I Go Again” by Whitesnake. I love dirt rock, and this has inspiring lyrics too. And the video really epitomizes that era (long-haired rockers, cars, hot chick). ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/8 "2003-03-26T18:51:27Z")
“My Ding-a-Ling” by Louis Armstrong ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/9 "2003-03-26T18:52:24Z")
“Lifetime Piling Up” by the Talking Heads. Either that or “Whistling in the Dark” by TMBG. ---
**Author:** ![jacquilynne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jacquilynne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacquilynne)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/10 "2003-03-26T21:07:39Z")
Wide Open Spaces by Dixie Chicks. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/11 "2003-03-26T21:12:33Z")
Pretty much any song by Echo and the Bunnymen. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/12 "2003-03-26T21:26:34Z")
**Sleeping With Your Devil Mask** - by Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians… word for word is _exactly_ like my life. I’m pretty sure he’s stealing my thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![akennett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@akennett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akennett)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/13 "2003-03-26T22:08:07Z")
_Low Man’s Lyric_ by Metallica. “So as I write to you Of what is done and to do Maybe you’ll understand And won’t cry for this man 'Cause no man is due.” “I can’t bear to see What I’ve let me be So wicked and worn.” Just somes up the feelings one sometimes gets reflecting on a mostly wasted life. ---
**Author:** ![WillSantini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@WillSantini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillSantini)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/14 "2003-03-26T23:46:16Z")
“Hotel California” - the _Hell Freezes Over_ version ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/15 "2003-03-26T23:52:37Z")
Face of Melinda by Opeth. ---
**Author:** ![ladydisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@ladydisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladydisco)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/16 "2003-03-26T23:54:00Z")
“My Own Worst Enemy” by Lit ---
**Author:** ![green\_dragon\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/13edae/32.png) [@green\_dragon\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_dragon_1)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/17 "2003-03-27T00:35:08Z")
Nice question! Dark Angel by Blue Rodeo sums me up pretty well. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/18 "2003-03-27T00:54:31Z")
[Koeeoaddi There](http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/k/koeeoaddithere.html) 🙂 “if you answer this riddle you’ll never begin” ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/19 "2003-03-27T01:11:02Z")
_Lady Of Spain_ Wait! I meant: _Friends In Low Places_ by Garth Brooks. ---
**Author:** ![Canadagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Canadagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/20 "2003-03-27T01:26:03Z")
Avril Lavigne- “Nobody’s Fool” "If you’re trying to turn me into something else I see it enough and I’m more than that I’m nobody’s fool If you want to bring me down Go ahead and try" [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327.md?page=2)