# 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:** 8
**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 24, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/141 "2022-02-24T21:59:03Z")
For the song “Staring Contest”, we have: a shuffly folk/jazz thing from Jesse Harris [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/N5o-qNSsk28/maxresdefault.jpg "Staring Contest") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5o-qNSsk28) an electronica-into-trap number with Ryan Marks [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Vn-_id22RZg/maxresdefault.jpg "Staring Contest") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn-_id22RZg) …and then just blowing them out of the water - The Dazzling Killmen, who were apparently a spectactular live band. Wouldn’t doubt it. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iURRgMee7Ro) ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/142 "2022-02-25T07:46:48Z")
Battle of the Stupid Girls Rolling Stones - Stupid Girl [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/siBkCDbI8OM/maxresdefault.jpg "The Rolling Stones - Stupid Girl (Official Lyric Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siBkCDbI8OM) Garbage - Stupid Girl [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2GhPUAVgHZc/maxresdefault.jpg "Garbage - Stupid Girl") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GhPUAVgHZc) I’m gonna go with Garbage on this one. But don’t worry, Stones, you squeak out the win for Happy Rolling Stones - Happy [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/56-JEHWfrfI/maxresdefault.jpg "Happy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56-JEHWfrfI) Pharrell Willliams - Happy [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZbZSe6N_BXs/maxresdefault.jpg "Pharrell Williams - Happy (Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbZSe6N_BXs) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/143 "2022-02-25T10:18:34Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8gzjD_uryPk/hqdefault.jpg "Lou Reed - Hold On - New York Album") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gzjD_uryPk) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0P5jV4lHHR0/hqdefault.jpg "Tom Waits - "Hold On"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P5jV4lHHR0) ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/144 "2022-02-25T12:47:20Z")
Ellen Foley also has Stupid Girl. ---
**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 25, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/145 "2022-02-25T14:29:55Z")
As has Neil Young. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JBReyFSYCWs/maxresdefault.jpg "Stupid Girl (2016 Remaster)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBReyFSYCWs) ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/146 "2022-02-25T15:51:09Z")
Not an exact match, but there’s “On _My_ Radio” by The Selecter as well. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PjKtQO3IPrk/hqdefault.jpg "The Selecter - On My Radio") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjKtQO3IPrk) ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/147 "2022-02-25T15:54:10Z")
There are a lot of “Staring at the Suns.” Here’s Level 42’s: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ajNiO-wZc1g/maxresdefault.jpg "07. Staring At The Sun / Level 42") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajNiO-wZc1g) U2’s: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6HxUKsZR4MA/maxresdefault.jpg "U2 - Staring At The Sun (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HxUKsZR4MA) The Offspring’s: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/R1xM-r4TF6Q/maxresdefault.jpg "Staring At The Sun") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1xM-r4TF6Q) ---
**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 26, 2022, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/148 "2022-02-26T01:11:40Z")
The song: “The Doorway”. The band: a prog-sounding unit called Spock’s Beard. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RGvt-xN0rK0/hqdefault.jpg "Spock's Beard : The Doorway") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGvt-xN0rK0) ok - missing “The” here. Sue me. Funky dancing. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6vUUQvXpowU/maxresdefault.jpg "WANDERWILD • DOORWAY") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vUUQvXpowU) An impassioned ballad with only three hits! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7kYuz_DrhEc/maxresdefault.jpg "The Doorway") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kYuz_DrhEc) My preference. Play loud until your ears hurt. Get angry. Throw shit. 🙂 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8J5U6vLSwrQ/maxresdefault.jpg "The Doorway") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J5U6vLSwrQ) ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/149 "2022-02-26T01:11:40Z")
Romantics & Crystal Gayle. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JmGMzyajA2U/maxresdefault.jpg "The Romantics - Talking in Your Sleep") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmGMzyajA2U) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/25Cy0gNjiNw/maxresdefault.jpg "Talking In Your Sleep") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25Cy0gNjiNw) ---
**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 26, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/150 "2022-02-26T02:30:15Z")
I wish I could emote like this, with gasps at the end every line. Sure, this had to get…well…put on hyperblast. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/cOnT6k8itRE/maxresdefault.jpg "@RachelLorinMusic - Kerosene (Lyrics) [7clouds Release]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOnT6k8itRE) This next number I could listen to for maybe a _smidgeon_ longer. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sd0G1VUtNG4/maxresdefault.jpg "Miranda Lambert - Kerosene") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd0G1VUtNG4) Sort of mantra/meditation, here. Of a harsh sort. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HuO3wwLuF0w/hqdefault.jpg "Big Black - Kerosene") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuO3wwLuF0w) ^ Sure, this. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/151 "2022-02-26T21:02:29Z")
There’s also this one by the New York Rock Ensemble: Anaconda [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8wFpzlcQst4/hqdefault.jpg "The New York Rock Ensemble-Roll Over(1971)-07-Anaconda") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wFpzlcQst4) Here’s another woman’s name pair: Marie, written by Irving Berlin, performed here by Leon Redbone. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OMXvOmtqmyE/hqdefault.jpg "Leon Redbone- Marie") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMXvOmtqmyE) Marie, written and performed by Randy Newman. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Gg0_7kTJ6co/hqdefault.jpg "Marie (2002 Remaster)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg0_7kTJ6co) ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/152 "2022-02-26T22:06:17Z")
Hold Me Tight (Beatles) and Hold Me Tight (Johnny Nash) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/H42Ou13za30/maxresdefault.jpg "Hold Me Tight (Remastered 2009)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H42Ou13za30) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/x79a2qB5L-Q/maxresdefault.jpg "Johnny Nash - Hold Me Tight (HD)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x79a2qB5L-Q) ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/153 "2022-02-26T22:13:18Z")
I just checked, and I have nine different songs named “Butterfly” on my iPod. Plus one named “Butterflies” and one named “Butterfly Effect”. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/154 "2022-02-27T00:03:55Z")
Tom Waits - “Ice Cream Man” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YCoRoqGz5so/maxresdefault.jpg "Tom Waits - "Ice Cream Man"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCoRoqGz5so) Van Halen - “Ice Cream Man” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sL9ZwmkooBA/maxresdefault.jpg "Ice Cream Man (2015 Remaster)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL9ZwmkooBA) ---
**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 27, 2022, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/155 "2022-02-27T08:34:15Z")
For the song “Burning Man”, Dierks Bentley can wander through all the deserts, etc. he wants - will still get taken to the woodshed, every time, by the mighty Mastodon. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2hp7Lotbmgs/maxresdefault.jpg "Dierks Bentley - Burning Man ft. Brothers Osborne (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hp7Lotbmgs) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/y91igMDOpL8/hqdefault.jpg "Mastodon - Burning Man (Live)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y91igMDOpL8) ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/156 "2022-02-27T11:02:54Z")
Last night I stumbled across Ship Of Fools by **[Erasure](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekc_aR5LyAk)**. Nor sure how I didn’t know that one, I thought. Not at all bad. And then there’s John Cale, and **[The Doors](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75dZn_Te_y8)**, of course. But it turns out there’s also **[Bob Seger](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJTURFcBuB8)**, **[World Party](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHh0V7UjVXI)** and **[Robert Plant](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h-TmhXavdw)**. I dutifully listened to them all, and actually none of them was worse than OK - all pretty good, in fact. But there’s only one best. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PJi2mLRcZs4/maxresdefault.jpg "Ship Of Fools") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJi2mLRcZs4) j ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/157 "2022-02-27T15:28:21Z")
“Twist and Shout” by the Beatles (cover of the Isley Brothers), and by Deacon Blue [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/b-VAxGJdJeQ/maxresdefault.jpg "The Beatles - Twist & Shout - Performed Live On The Ed Sullivan Show 2/23/64") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-VAxGJdJeQ) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-leqYmtC4iE/maxresdefault.jpg "Deacon Blue - Twist And Shout (Live At Stirling Castle 2013)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-leqYmtC4iE) ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/158 "2022-02-27T15:31:12Z")
“Heaven” by Talking Heads, and by Pere Ubu [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sZpZuIWu1tw/maxresdefault.jpg "Talking Heads - Heaven - 1984 - (HQ - 1080p)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZpZuIWu1tw) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/M1vjTzjbX9k/maxresdefault.jpg "Pere Ubu - Heaven") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1vjTzjbX9k) I know Bryan Adams did one as well but, meh… ---
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The title I immediately thought of: Toxic. There’s [the _good_ one by Crazy Town](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_jbEjJuYpg), and that utterly generic bit of Brittney Spears fluff that actually gets played everywhere for some bizarre reason. ---
**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 28, 2022, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/160 "2022-02-28T07:48:36Z")
Dang there’s never enough mention of one of the most underrated bands - Pere Ubu. Their '75 - '82 stuff, just, sends me…(_Modern Dance_ is one of the greatest first albums,) Anyhoo, an arkload of songs called “Bhudda” (coulda sworn the song was covered in the thread but search showed up nothing), so I cut it off at four: G Easy and Sister Carnage…other than interestingly staggered hihat beat - basic trash talkin’. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2vR694gHEYE/maxresdefault.jpg "G-Eazy & Dj Carnage - Buddha (Feat. Smokepurpp) (Step Brothers EP) [Lyrics]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vR694gHEYE) Jack Johnson…getting a little jingo-y and religious-y at parts… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vY1tyOfna9s/hqdefault.jpg "Jack Johnson - Buddha") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY1tyOfna9s) Macy Gray…apparently an r and b / soul singer with a voice that I’m still trying to process, tbh… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/60Jw0WNtcbs/maxresdefault.jpg "Macy Gray - Buddha (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60Jw0WNtcbs) In my saving-the-best-for-last tradition…of all the wonderful bands emerging from Texas over the years, it’s possible my fave is Ed Hall, a trio from Austin (no one in the band is named that, btw). Had the pleasure to see them twice, and their guitarist/vocalist, Gary Chester, is one of the funnest, most spontaneous performers to get up on a stage, with riffs coming out of his yin yang, and just has this sunny way of working over even jaded crowds. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk5daQJiC50) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710.md?page=9)