# Your Songonyms **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [February 17, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710 "2022-02-17T23:25:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/121 "2022-02-20T03:06:39Z")
> [@psiekier](#): > > Tsukbokura also gets a two-fer with [Great White](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg06B46VVys) for “[Rock Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqRgfYUxMdI)” The first “Rock Me” by Muddy Waters: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0YPtpjR9xBQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Muddy Waters - Rock Me [1956]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YPtpjR9xBQ) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/122 "2022-02-20T20:53:41Z")
Here’s a nice share for these bunkmates - Prism and Bathory! [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UkPhGRQzboE/hqdefault.jpg "Prism - Armageddon") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkPhGRQzboE) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQW7dHASkr4) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/123 "2022-02-21T01:23:40Z")
Also Raffi: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/IrkR7eytWbI/maxresdefault.jpg "Skin and Bones") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrkR7eytWbI) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/124 "2022-02-21T01:40:56Z")
Speaking of bonesy stuff, The Band did “Rags and Bones” - a fine number, (hearing it for the first time), just like pretty well everything they ever did, IMO. I think it’s Rick singing, and a nice little guitar solo. A weird little synth flourish at the end felt misplaced, but other than that… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7cHma7Q3Pww/maxresdefault.jpg "Rags And Bones (Remastered 2001)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cHma7Q3Pww) But they’re up against one of the most legendary sonic trios in the History of Sound: Victoria, BC’s Nomeansno. No dice. FTW. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ppR6LcGnkUY/hqdefault.jpg "Nomeansno - Rags And Bones") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppR6LcGnkUY) ETA: got a "video unavailable " message for the Raffi. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/125 "2022-02-21T02:04:28Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6yaeATCPwbQ/hqdefault.jpg "The Pixies - Allison") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yaeATCPwbQ) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XTtopI620ZU/maxresdefault.jpg "Alison") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTtopI620ZU) Not a real stand-out for the Pixies, and then - there’s the classic, so’s… ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/126 "2022-02-21T05:10:35Z")
This’ll be my only multi-posting “run”… A really tight unit from Louisville called Bastro (put out three fantastic lps, then called it - perfect), kicks off “Can of Whoopass” with a nice, totalitarian tromping along before kicking into that Bastro-y kick-assness, which has been surprisingly challenged by a catchy, whip-smart little number of the same name from Dudes of Hazmat, making this, probably, a Tie For the Ages. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/KJghDod0yvU/hqdefault.jpg "Bastro - Can Of Whoopass") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJghDod0yvU) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MXn5sCbCRWw/maxresdefault.jpg ""Can of Whoop-ass" (just the song) from Dudes of Hazmat") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXn5sCbCRWw) ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/127 "2022-02-21T05:43:21Z")
All those Tightropes pale in comparison to Janelle Monáe’s: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pwnefUaKCbc/hqdefault.jpg "Janelle Monáe - Tightrope [feat. Big Boi] (Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwnefUaKCbc) (But they’re all pretty good, to be honest. I’d probably rank them Monáe, Leon, SRV, ELO, LP.) ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/128 "2022-02-21T17:40:59Z")
_ **Rock Steady** _ Bad Company for the win! (first concert, headliners of a triple bill) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IC9WO9M-wLo/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-AoAC8AGKAgwIABABGGUgZShlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAp2Hq6xn8JWAzhYGRmc72wix6Ccw "Bad Company - Rock Steady") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC9WO9M-wLo) Aretha (she also wrote it) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/EiB8_PpWedk/hqdefault.jpg "ARETHA FRANKLIN - Rock Steady") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiB8_PpWedk) Bob Marley and the Wailers [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/807BVV9hMS0/hqdefault.jpg "Bob Marley- Rock Steady (official video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=807BVV9hMS0) The Whispers [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NSIv_SCRaj8/hqdefault.jpg "THE WHISPERS - Rock Steady [HQ]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSIv_SCRaj8) ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/129 "2022-02-22T04:42:04Z")
One that never seems to go away is _Stay_. There was the Maurice Williams original that was first covered by _The Four Seasons_, and later by _The Hollies_, _Jackson Browne_ and others I guess. But there have been totally different _Stays_, that I know of, by: _Lisa Loeb_ _Shakespear’s Sister_ _Post Malone_ _Rihanna_ Another one must be due soon. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/130 "2022-02-22T04:43:35Z")
Also by [David Bowie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DanDvAfCcs). ---
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Not often Guns n’Roses can square off against Cole Porter… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/c8H8a5Bab6o/maxresdefault.jpg "Anything Goes") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8H8a5Bab6o) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3aeQ3DmKU7A/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgVyhUMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBAIO1zDbtmGWzWqiSAhA8J6QakvA "Anything goes by cole porter") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aeQ3DmKU7A) Axl’s voice I’ve always likened to either a lynx or a bobcat that could sing but not before having 3 packs a day for ten years, first, and with Cole - first time ever I’ve sat down to really take in what I anticipated to be rakish, clever rhyming, and got my wish, and kinda hoped I could print them out here, and would suggest you find them in google and read them along to the tune. Not bad - kicks Axl’s, Slash’s, and Duff’s asses clear across the liquor store parking lot. Oh…wait… Never realised Monty Python broached Cole Porter, here - I only remembered the Micheal Palin version, which gets set up @ 1:40 or so. (scrollable along bottom) > **[Anything Goes (In) Court-Martial ~ Monty Python's Flying Circus - video...](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ni9j3)** > > Anything Goes (In) Court-Martial ~ Monty Python's Flying Circus I think Palin snatched victory from the jaws of Porter, here, especially when backed up by the following chorus… (when it ends, click on “next clip” in lower right) ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/132 "2022-02-22T18:53:55Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > I Want You - Bob Dylan > I Want You (She’s So Heavy) - The Beatles > I Want You - Elvis Costello And The Attractions > > All three are outstanding songs. The latter two are sometimes hard to listen to, you have to be in the mood, because they are intense testaments of obsession. The first is maybe the musically poppiest song Dylan ever recorded, though the lyrics are definitely not. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rWXHoCSCEBg/hqdefault.jpg "Tom Waits - I want you") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWXHoCSCEBg) ---
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“Angel of Death” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zPTyic_WPxI/hqdefault.jpg "Hank Williams Angel of death") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPTyic_WPxI) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/t238hUxlGHo/hqdefault.jpg "Thin Lizzy - Angel of Death") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t238hUxlGHo) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ol87N0nxfVs/maxresdefault.jpg "Slayer - Angel Of Death (Live At The Augusta Civic Center, Maine/2004)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol87N0nxfVs) Yeah, dudes on the bottom. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/134 "2022-02-22T21:32:50Z")
“Those Were the Days” (Carroll O’Connor & Jean Stapleton) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1s7MVwNFXjw/hqdefault.jpg ""All In the Family" opening song, "Those Were The Days." [Audio only]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s7MVwNFXjw) “Those Were the Days” (Mary Hopkin) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/y3KEhWTnWvE/maxresdefault.jpg "Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days - 1968") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3KEhWTnWvE) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/135 "2022-02-22T22:06:55Z")
Also Cream: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6NSB-wKYL4w/hqdefault.jpg "Those Were The Days- Cream- 1968") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NSB-wKYL4w) ---
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Trying to avoid one-word titles (and common/trite “I\_\_\_\_ You”-type ones), hoping “Anaconda” is an obscure enough one to qualify. The Melvins [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/X5QlQ35RNsA/maxresdefault.jpg "Anaconda - Melvins (European Tour 2009) Perfect Quality") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5QlQ35RNsA) Nicki Minaj (does she always sing like that?) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LDZX4ooRsWs/maxresdefault.jpg "Nicki Minaj - Anaconda") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDZX4ooRsWs) _My anaconda don’t want none unless you got buns, hun_ Right, got it, and, sure - I’m not one to complain about rampant, out-of-control twerking 🤪, but yeah, King Buzzo’s way cooler than you. ---
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Today’s cage match throws together Donna Summer, Grand Funk Railroad, and eventual belt-holder MDC (Millions of Dead Cops, More Dead Cops, Mulit-Death Corporation, Metal Devil Cokes, Millions of Damn Christians - take your pick) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/KiPlO4BIBtw/maxresdefault.jpg "Born to Die (Remastered)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiPlO4BIBtw) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NMYZHbKk860/maxresdefault.jpg "Born To Die (2002 Digital Remaster/24 Bit Mastering)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMYZHbKk860) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bz5Tq4Lgo6U/maxresdefault.jpg "MDC (Millions of Dead Cops) - "Born to Die" Official Election Video 2020 / A BlankTV World Premiere!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz5Tq4Lgo6U) ---
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[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RC-oP84mRME/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-AoAC8AGKAgwIABABGHIgRihHMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAuO9l0_c00TdF_jsRz2NQRBgmw4Q "Seals and Crofts Diamond Girl") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC-oP84mRME) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dpLthO07LBY/maxresdefault.jpg "Ryan Leslie - Diamond Girl") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpLthO07LBY) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0Z3RYOeJhTM/maxresdefault.jpg "Diamond Girl") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z3RYOeJhTM) ---
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> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Today’s cage match throws together Donna Summer, Grand Funk Railroad, and eventual belt-holder MDC A new challenger enters the ring! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Bag1gUxuU0g/maxresdefault.jpg "Lana Del Rey - Born To Die") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bag1gUxuU0g) ---
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Innocently flicking thru some David Bowie on the 'Tube, I found out that that there are several songs called Quicksand. Britney Spears (not as bad as I expected); Morray (not my thing, but not too bad - better than Ms Spears). But you know who’s best. Here’s the demo version, to add a little more interest. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0G4QFZ-enGo/hqdefault.jpg "David Bowie - Quicksand (Demo) [1990 Remastered Version]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G4QFZ-enGo) Man, I’m not sure he ever did a better version. j [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710.md?page=8)