# Whats the name of this damn song..... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 16, 2001, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-damn-song/87654 "2001-10-16T04:22:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-damn-song/87654/1 "2001-10-16T04:22:23Z")
Verse like: “I like a girl with a short skirt … and a long coat” Its kinda popular right now but I never get to hear who does it. ---
**Author:** ![frock75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@frock75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frock75)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-damn-song/87654/2 "2001-10-16T04:25:34Z")
“Short skirt, long jacket” - Cake ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-damn-song/87654/3 "2001-10-16T04:47:11Z")
Thanks … shoulda guessed it, I guess. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-damn-song/87654/4 "2001-10-16T13:20:42Z")
Now that that’s settled, what’s this song…I believe it’s from the 80’s and the chorus goes a bit like this: “I’ll give you candy, give you diamonds, give you pills, I’ll give you anything you want, Hundred dollar bills” I’d sing the music for you, but, you know. It being typed and all. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2001, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-damn-song/87654/5 "2001-10-16T13:33:45Z")
It [appears](http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/lyricness/lyrics/marryme.htm) to be “Anything, Anything” by Drama-Rama ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-damn-song/87654/6 "2001-10-16T16:28:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KneadToKnow \* > \*\*It [appears](http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/lyricness/lyrics/marryme.htm) to be “Anything, Anything” by Drama-Rama \*\* Absoluetly! Great band! It appears on Cinema Verite and a greatest hits album. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-damn-song/87654/7 "2001-10-16T16:45:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KneadToKnow \* > \*\*It [appears](http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/lyricness/lyrics/marryme.htm) to be “Anything, Anything” by Drama-Rama \*\* They also had a (very small) hit with “Last Cigarette”. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-damn-song/87654/8 "2001-10-16T17:46:57Z")
There was a fairly straightforward cover of “Anything, anything” over the closing credits of “Road Trip”, performed by Buckcherry. ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-damn-song/87654/9 "2001-10-16T22:59:25Z")
I might as well… In the movie “She’s All That,” there’s song about smoke…“she creeps up like smoke, with a little come on, come on…” Apparently the movie had no soundtrack, because I can’t find it anywhere. But I really would like a copy of the song. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-damn-song/87654/10 "2001-10-16T23:53:25Z")
**N4S** , [seems](http://www.poplyrics.net/waiguo/soundtrack/shesallthat/008.htm) to be Afghan Whigs, “66”, from their album 1965. ---
**Author:** ![frock75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@frock75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frock75)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-damn-song/87654/11 "2001-10-16T23:58:27Z")
Damn, beat me to it. Yep, it’s Afghan Whigs “66” ---
**Author:** ![Diesel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Diesel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diesel)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-damn-song/87654/12 "2001-10-17T05:32:38Z")
Ok, I have one. It’s a fairly new hard rock song that I’ve been hearing once in a while on the radio, and the only part of it I can remember is the last bit of the chorus that goes “Wasting my time. Wasting my time.” Any ideas? ---
**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:** [October 17, 2001, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-damn-song/87654/13 "2001-10-17T12:51:03Z")
Check [here](http://www.blink182.com/lyrics/wasting.html) to see if it’s Blink-182’s “Wasting Time.” ---
**Author:** ![Rillian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rillian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rillian)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-damn-song/87654/14 "2001-10-17T14:32:31Z")
So what was the song playing last week on ER as Abby packed up her stuff at the beginning? It sounded like a Cake song as well. ---
**Author:** ![StephenG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@StephenG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StephenG)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-damn-song/87654/15 "2001-10-17T17:14:44Z")
**Rillian** , do you recall any of the lyrics? ---
**Author:** ![Ich\_Bin\_s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Ich\_Bin\_s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ich_Bin_s)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-damn-song/87654/16 "2001-10-17T17:37:31Z")
Somewhat on topic, but I have a question as well. A few years ago I heard a remake of Public Enemy’s “Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos” (got a letter from the government the other day…). It was done by a woman, and I could swear it was Fiona Apple. So I guess my question is, who did this damn song? ---
**Author:** ![Diesel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Diesel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diesel)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-damn-song/87654/17 "2001-10-17T20:39:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KneadToKnow \* > \*\*Check [here](http://www.blink182.com/lyrics/wasting.html) to see if it’s Blink-182’s “Wasting Time.” \*\* No, it’s not a punk song. It almost sounds like something Nicleback would put out, but it’s not. Anyone else have any idea?