# What's Your Theme Song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 17, 2008, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/453242 "2008-06-17T19:06:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/453242/1 "2008-06-17T19:06:38Z")
What’s the song that best represents your “meaning of life”? I discovered mine last year - Time Out of Mind by Steely Dan. I found the metaphor of chasing the dragon to match up perfectly with my deeply held belief that you should get every drop of life out of your time on Earth. That, and the super funky beats are prefect for my unique dancing style… 🆒 How 'bout you? ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/453242/2 "2008-06-17T19:08:51Z")
Secret Agent Man ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/453242/3 "2008-06-17T19:20:15Z")
[Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lewXAPvcmes) Theme song, entrance music, whatever. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/453242/4 "2008-06-17T19:22:36Z")
When I was young, it was [Won’t get fooled again](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3mi-bKtDGA). 😃 Now it’s [Lucky man](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P7J1_hZ7iM)🆒 ---
**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:** [June 17, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/453242/5 "2008-06-17T19:24:28Z")
_101 Bottles of Beer (on the wall)_ ---
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Roger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/453242/6 "2008-06-17T19:39:07Z")
[QUOTE=Sateryn76] What’s the song that best represents your “meaning of life”? I discovered mine last year - Time Out of Mind by Steely Dan. I found the metaphor of chasing the dragon to match up perfectly with my deeply held belief that you should get every drop of life out of your time on Earth. That, and the super funky beats are prefect for my unique dancing style… 🆒 How 'bout you? [/QUOTE] I have several. My wife would tell you its “Staying Alive” but only because I used to sing it when we first dated as a way of showing off…“well, you can tell by the way I use my walk. i’m a woman’s man, no time to talk”…she also thinks “Princes of the Universe” refers to me because I was a big highlander fan and we go to every ren faire we can afford too. she just likes seeing me with a sword I guess…🙂 My oldest friend would tell you its Peter Gabriel’s Solsbury Hill because of a past we both have in common. But if I had to just pick one, I’d say its tubthumping. Not that its a fantastic sonmg, but the lyrics “I get knocked down, but i get up again, you ain’t never gonna keep me down” seem to be a recurring theme for me. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/453242/7 "2008-06-17T21:21:00Z")
[Cold Beverages](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUH4zPdpbug) ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/453242/8 "2008-06-18T01:35:39Z")
I think of it not as a theme song, but more of an anthem: “Vienna” by Billy Joel. ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/453242/9 "2008-06-18T02:11:50Z")
“I Fought the Law” - the Clash version. ---
**Author:** ![Charogne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@Charogne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charogne)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/453242/10 "2008-06-18T02:12:06Z")
“The Lonely Bull”, by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/453242/11 "2008-06-18T02:25:17Z")
“Fell On Black Days” by Soundgarden Just heard it in the truck tonight, for the first time in ages. Cranked it up! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/453242/12 "2008-06-18T02:38:50Z")
Pure and Easy ---
**Author:** ![davidw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@davidw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidw)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/453242/13 "2008-06-18T02:47:43Z")
[We Live in Brooklyn](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5wK7HE3fJM&feature=related) and [Everybody Loves the Sunshine](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQtmkoakjOc) by Roy Ayers ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/453242/14 "2008-06-18T02:48:59Z")
Over the years, it’s alway been one Warren Zevon song or another. _Lawyers, Guns, & Money_ (trite, I know) was a fun time. _Jeannie Needs a Shooter_ was not. These days, it _The Mutineer_. I’ve never listened to the final album … ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/453242/15 "2008-06-18T03:00:14Z")
[Double Barrel](http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/hardertheycome/doublebarrel.htm) by Dave and Ansel Collins. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/453242/16 "2008-06-18T04:17:58Z")
Talking Heads, [Lifetime Piling Up](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfDC-t-zmag). ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/453242/17 "2008-06-18T05:35:17Z")
I guess I’d have to go with [You Have Cum In Your Hair And Your Dick Is Hanging Out](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raH12PCydrU). Or else [Eye of the Tiger](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrOawFUdFfU). ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/453242/18 "2008-06-18T06:52:38Z")
[Fido, Your Leash is Too Long](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74VzWe_uomc) ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/453242/19 "2008-06-18T07:37:59Z")
Uriah Heep’s **Lady in Black** , of course. ---
**Author:** ![Frustrated\_Wonderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a4c791/32.png) [@Frustrated\_Wonderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frustrated_Wonderer)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/453242/20 "2008-06-18T08:09:59Z")
I’d guess i’d have to go for Pink Floyd’s classic “Comfortably Numb”. And NO, I don’t pick this song because I’ve been on drugs or the such, but more because of the positive perspective this song can give you. Sad lyrics that can show what can happen if you become too self-absorbed and waste chances in life. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/453242.md?page=2)