Waggly Tail Extra
Not much time for posting today, but I’ll pass on this bit of silliness from McSweeney’s Lists:
Little-Known Song Titles That Answer Questions Posed in Better-Known Songs
“The Answer to Your First Query Is That Love, Like All Emotions, Is Inherently Irrational, and Thus Seems Particularly Well-Suited to Be Felt by Fools. I Decline to Answer Your Second Query, on the Grounds That It Is Homophobic”
Pure gold. (Well, except for the ones I haven’t figured out yet, namely 12, 14, 16 and quite possibly 15. Suggestions welcome in the comments.)
And for the record, the author’s name is Jacob. Just sayin’.
4 Ripples from “Waggly Tail Extra”
zalm says:
March 20, 2005 at 6:03 pm
I got an email request for the answers I was able to figure out, so here goes. Again, I’d love help with the blanks…
1. “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”
2. “Who Wrote the Book of Love?”
3. “Who Put the Bop in the Bop-Shoo-Bop-Shoo-Bop?”
4. “What’s Love Got to Do with It?”
5. “War! What Is It Good For?”
6. “Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance)?”
7. “Who Are You?”
8. “Why Do Fools Fall in Love?”
9. “Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?”
10. “How Much Is That Doggy in the Window?”
11. “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?”
12. ???
13. “How does it feel / to be without a home / like a complete unknown?” from Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone”
14. ???
15. “Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?”
16. ???
bestman says:
March 20, 2005 at 11:03 pm
#12 seems to me to be “Are We Not Men?” by Devo. I thought 15 was going to be “Did You Ever Know That You’re My Hero?”, but then I realized that’s not the title...then again, #13 obviously isn’t either. My uncle and I looked up the lyrics to “Why Do Fools Fall In Love” because I was confused, and he was right that the second query is “(Why Do Birds Sing So Gay?)”. I’m pretty sure I have the last one, and a post on another site suggests someone else thinks the same thing, but it’s too fun to give away, methinks.
shaug says:
March 20, 2005 at 11:04 pm
Note that it’s not necessary for the questions to be the titles of the songs. Only the responses are required to be song titles. I also thought 15 was “Did You Ever Know That You’re My Hero?”, and I’m sticking by it. I’ll have to employ some mindsploding to figure out that last one…
zalm says:
March 22, 2005 at 2:03 pm
i like my 15 better, so there. as for 16, i’m gonna go with:
16. “Should I Stay or Should I Go?”
i haven’t looked for posts on other sites yet, although i regularly get pinged by people looking for the answers on google.
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