# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/21 "2003-03-27T02:18:49Z")
“Life’s Been Good to Me So Far” - Joe Walsh. No Maserati, no mansion, but I have to say things have been pretty nice. Can’t complain, but sometimes I still do. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/22 "2003-03-27T02:27:12Z")
_I don’t know if I’ll find the one I belong to Or if that’s who I long to find. Most people seek one love to last for a lifetime, But that’s not what I have in mind. The sun and stars don’t only shine on one man They shine on whomever’s their pleasure–their light is their own. And like them I don’t need anyone, I belong to myself, I’ll be fine on my own._ –Friedrich Hollaender, 1932 ---
**Author:** ![Omorka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Omorka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omorka)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/23 "2003-03-27T02:43:43Z")
There isn’t any one song that really does a full job of it, but Thomas Dolby’s “Windpower” comes pretty close. ---
**Author:** ![Tanaqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Tanaqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanaqui)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/24 "2003-03-27T02:49:44Z")
Knowledge - Op Ivy _we get told to decide just like as if I’m not gonna change my mind all I know is that I don’t know, all I know is that I don’t know nothing_ ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/25 "2003-03-27T02:57:05Z")
“Take me back down where cool water flows, y’all Let me remember the things I done Walkin’ along the river road at night Stoppin’ at the log where the catfish bite Barefoot girls, dancin’ in the moonlight” “Green River” by Creedance Clearwater Revival does it for me. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/26 "2003-03-27T03:01:35Z")
“Crusin’ With The Deuce” by Quarterflash. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/27 "2003-03-27T03:29:12Z")
“Some Weird Sin”- Iggy Pop ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@The\_Man\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_Who)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/28 "2003-03-27T03:43:32Z")
_I Lost On Jeopardy_ ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/29 "2003-03-27T04:07:23Z")
Chantal Kreviazuk - Time ---
**Author:** ![kefka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@kefka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kefka)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/30 "2003-03-27T04:08:01Z")
_johnny wonder_ by virginia coalition “i’d rather die in love than to live forever” ---
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/31 "2003-03-27T04:23:16Z")
Mine would be a song called \* Diva\* I’m not sure who its by though…it’s on a club 69 cd but the lyrics tell aboiut someone who refuses to do dishes, and many other things and how she should be treated like the princess she is…I’m not being conceited, my friends told me this song was for me…LOL:D ---
**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, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/32 "2003-03-27T04:29:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > \*\*_Lady Of Spain_ > > Wait! I meant: > _Friends In Low Places_ by Garth Brooks. \*\* I forgot the why! I wear boots a lot. Not all the time, but when you might wear sneakers with your jeans to go to a show, I’m in boots. If I dress up for a wedding or a nice party or a night on the town, I’m in boots. My friends… We like a good time. A good time for us can just be us all together, not really doing anything. I’m a Country Boy. Though I have a wide range of tastes, from Classical to Early Punk, I lean to CM. And I dance to CM. I used to be in a Spanish band, and I sang CM in Spanish. Sure, Momma taught me to sing classically, and I can (she sang opera and folk), but I got a cry in my voice when I’m enjoying myself. (FTR, I did rap when I DeeJayed, and people were always surprised to see that I was white. I can also mimic many early rock performances. So, I _can_ leave out the twang, but I like it) Garth is an Okie. So am I. Now. (Born Texan, will die Texan, live in OKC) Is that enough of an explination? Funny story about mixing for a friend’s wedding, involving that song… if’n anyone wants to know. otherwise, my fingers hurt. Where are those voice typing programs, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/33 "2003-03-27T09:25:45Z")
_Hylas’ Song_, by Berlioz. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/34 "2003-03-27T10:47:35Z")
**In My Life** – The Beatles “There are places I’ll remember…” ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/35 "2003-03-27T14:28:35Z")
Can’t pare it down to just one - on blue days it’s “Dust in the Wind” on other blue days it’s “In My Life” and/or “My Old Kentucky Home” ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/36 "2003-03-27T14:50:49Z")
**Comfortably Numb** - Pink Floyd ---
**Author:** ![MSU\_1978](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@MSU\_1978](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MSU_1978)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/37 "2003-03-27T15:06:01Z")
Macho Man ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@Don\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/38 "2003-03-27T15:10:32Z")
“Round the Bend” by the Beta Band sums up my life perfectly. And yours too. ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/39 "2003-03-27T19:19:25Z")
Harold and Cindy Hospital by Severed Heads. Hey, it ain’t easy being me. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/40 "2003-03-27T19:34:43Z")
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