# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/41 "2003-03-27T20:06:44Z")
“You Don’t Know How it Feels (to be me)” by Tom Petty ---
**Author:** ![Siemsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Siemsi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siemsi)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/42 "2003-03-27T20:16:06Z")
“Green Eyed Lady”…I think that’s the correct title of the song by ???. That’s meeeeeeeee! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/43 "2003-03-27T20:41:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Siemsi \* > \*\*“Green Eyed Lady”…I think that’s the correct title of the song by ???. > > That’s meeeeeeeee! \*\* Sugarloaf, off the top of my head. I can’t really think of a song for me. I wish I could say “I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide”, but I’m not nearly that cool. * * * Fagjunk Theology: Not just for sodomite propagandists anymore. ---
**Author:** ![dragongirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/44 "2003-03-27T22:42:51Z")
**I am a Rock** - Simon and Garfunkel(sp?) ---
**Author:** ![CBCD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@CBCD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBCD)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/45 "2003-03-27T23:51:00Z")
**In the Hall of the Mountain King** , from Edvard Grieg’s **Peer Gynt Suites** ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/46 "2003-03-28T01:16:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Don Coyote \* > \*\*“Round the Bend” by the Beta Band sums up my life perfectly. And yours too. \*\* naw, not me, I can steel myself to go out shopping oh, at least once a year 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AvidReader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47774/32.png) [@AvidReader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AvidReader)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/47 "2003-03-28T01:54:52Z")
**And I Love You so** by Perry Como But life began again The day you took my hand, And yes I know How lonely life can be The Shadows follow me… **How Can You Mend A Broken Heart** by the Bee Gees ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/48 "2003-03-28T03:03:47Z")
Actually, like other people, I won’t limit myself to one song, so I’ll add one **I wanna go back** Eddie Money I wanna go back, and do it all over but I can’t go back, I know I wanna go back, cause I’m feeling so much older but I can’t go back, I know… ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/49 "2003-03-28T05:11:28Z")
_I’m so cool… too bad I’m a looser…_ - **Bare Naked Ladies** ---
**Author:** ![Shadez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Shadez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadez)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/50 "2003-03-28T05:30:25Z")
Blue – Eiffel 65 ---
**Author:** ![Simbelmyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Simbelmyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simbelmyne)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/51 "2003-03-28T05:33:46Z")
by Carly Simon ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/52 "2003-03-28T14:17:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > \*\* > Wait! I meant: > _Friends In Low Places_ by Garth Brooks. \*\* Good call - i have stupidly wide music tastes too and i love a good bit of country when i’m in the right mood. Actually sang this song in a pub once - a mate of mine was doing an acoustic set in an irish pub near me and i’d come along to watch. We’d both just been dumped by our respective girlfriends of the time and during his break he asked if i fancied giving “friends in low places” a go since he knew (on a good day) i can sing it and it pretty much summed up both our moods at the time. It certainly made an interesting scene - garth being sung london style. Went down a storm too - we ended up doing it again as a finale - with a largely irish audience joining in on the chorus. 🙂 of course we sang the “live” version with the additional verse: “I guess I was wrong I just don’t belong But then, I’ve been there before And everything is alright I’ll just say goodnight And I’ll show myself to the door I didn’t mean to cause a big scene Just wait 'til I finish this glass Then sweet little lady I’ll head back to the bar And you can kiss my ass.” ---
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/53 "2003-03-28T14:34:08Z")
Well she’s a **Brick House**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Mr\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/54 "2003-03-28T15:35:16Z")
\*\*Good Mother-Jann Arden \*\* Parts of it make me feel like I’m looking into a mirror: \*Cardboard masks of all the people I’ve been thrown out with all the rusted, tangled dented God Damned miseries You could say I’m hard to hold \* ---
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/55 "2003-03-28T20:30:49Z")
You know, I popped in here with a joke answer before, but I’ve actually remembered a song that unfortunately _does_ sum up part of my personality, but not in a flattering light. **The Battle of Who Could Care Less** is me to a tee, right down to my college ID where I’m all dressed up like the Cure. Pretty funny. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/56 "2003-03-29T01:30:32Z")
Sounds of Silence, Simon and Garfunkle Not that I heard it, but it seems a catchy title for me. ---
**Author:** ![Carcosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@Carcosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carcosa)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/57 "2003-03-29T20:55:17Z")
Momma Told Me Not To Come - Three Dog Night ---
**Author:** ![wdcsmwscaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbce88/32.png) [@wdcsmwscaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wdcsmwscaa)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/58 "2003-03-29T21:20:11Z")
One more recently, though I’m reluctant to buy into new rock: Trapt- Headstrong “Back off, i’ll take you on/headstrong i’ll take on anyone” In a good mood: Wheatus- Teenage Dirtbag Bad mood: Silverchair- Suicidal Dream One song to sum me up? HA HA HA ho ho…Not gonna happen. Nope. ---
**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 29, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/59 "2003-03-29T21:46:50Z")
**garius** , sounds like a fun evening. I would’ve loved to hear it. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327/60 "2003-03-30T00:41:44Z")
we may not be able to do it “texas style” but its still good fun 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-sums-you-up-best/164327.md?page=4)