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By ObviousTroll (Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 11:40:26 AM EST) (all tags)

So, I found myself humming "Pictures of Matchstick Men" (Camper Van Beethoven version) while I was running around buying flowers and such yesterday...

What's your favorite song about obsessing over someone else?

The anniversary dinner went well... She had the stuffed lobster tail. I had a filet mignon that was, in fact, as big as some porterhouse steaks I've seen, with sautéed spinach and a baked potato. We put on our rings and we packed away two bottles of wine while the seniors at the next table cooed over the music box and chocolates.

Afterwards? Well, we got home and fell asleep on the couch.

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-	Pictures of Matchstick Men - Camper Van Beethoven / Status Quo	7%
-	One Way or Another - Blondie	21%
-	Turning Japanese - The Vapors	7%
-	Creep - Radiohead	7%
-	Touch Myself - DiVinyls	14%
-	Every Breath You Take - The Police	21%
-	Can't Stand Losing You - Police	7%
-	Don't Stand So Close to Me - Police	14%
-	I Drove All Night - Cyndi Lauper	7%
-	Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush	35%
-	The Old Apartment - Barenaked Ladies	14%
-	Infatuation - Rod Stewart	7%
-	Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran	21%
-	Father Figure - George Michael	7%
-	Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley	35%

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WIPO: Obsession: Animotion by georgeha (2.00 / 0) #1 Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 11:46:41 AM EST

I still have the 45 somewhere (for our younger readers, a 45 is an anolog method of storing music by encoding soundwaves onto a spirally cut piece of vinyl, that revolves at 45 rpm).

If you're still listening to animotion... by ObviousTroll (2.00 / 0) #3 Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 11:50:40 AM EST

and wearing that skinny tie, then yeah, that's an obsession.

I had completely forgotten about that song until you mentioned it.

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My turntable was last hooked up 10 yaers ago by georgeha (4.00 / 1) #5 Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 11:54:13 AM EST

for the younger readers, a turntable is a method of decoding analog sound waves encoded on a spirally cut piece of vinyl, using a tiny diamond/ruby tipped needle and electronics.

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: Kind of like that recent science project by ObviousTroll (2.00 / 0) #6 Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 11:55:04 AM EST

where they played back sound waves that had been recorded in soot-on-paper in the 1850s, isn't it?

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I have that skinny tie. by wiredog (4.00 / 1) #11 Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 12:38:56 PM EST

Skinny black leather tie. About once a year someone has an 80's dance, and that tie gets pulled out.

Sadly, the cherry from a cigarette dropped on the linen tie that was cut flat on the bottom. Remember those?

Earth First!
_{(We can strip mine the rest later.)}
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all that by sasquatchan (4.00 / 1) #2 Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 11:49:25 AM EST

and no dick wetting ? Man...

Dude. We've been married 20 years now. by ObviousTroll (3.50 / 4) #4 Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 11:51:39 AM EST

Putting away $75 worth of wine happens a lot less frequently than sex, believe me.

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Has anybody seen my clue? I know I had it when I came in here.
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: Yeah by ucblockhead (3.50 / 2) #7 Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 12:01:29 PM EST

Honestly, if I had to choose between a fancy dinner out with good wine and no kids, and sex, I'm pretty sure I'd pick dinner.
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Creep is Radiohead? Or is there another one? by johnny (4.00 / 1) #8 Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 12:12:53 PM EST

Buy my books, dammit!

: No, you're right. by ObviousTroll (2.00 / 0) #9 Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 12:14:41 PM EST

Pity there's no longer any evidence to explain why you'd ask that question.
bwahahahaahahaahhah

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Argh by hulver (4.00 / 1) #10 Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 12:21:13 PM EST

Rick-rolled.
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: I would've by ObviousTroll (4.00 / 1) #12 Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 12:46:57 PM EST

but I couldn't figure out how to embed a youtube link in the poll.

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Has anybody seen my clue? I know I had it when I came in here.
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WIPO: by kwsNI (4.00 / 1) #13 Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 01:37:11 PM EST

Alone - Heart.

And there's something creepy about the number of Sting songs on the list.

He wrote lots of songs that are by wiredog (4.00 / 1) #14 Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 01:41:38 PM EST

stalkeriffic.

Earth First!
_{(We can strip mine the rest later.)}
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Creepy about Sting? Or creepy about me? by ObviousTroll (4.00 / 1) #15 Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 01:49:08 PM EST

That restraining order expired years ago.

But, the worst part is I can think of a couple more Sting/Police songs off the top of my head that would fit right into that list.

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Has anybody seen my clue? I know I had it when I came in here.
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Sting by kwsNI (2.00 / 0) #24 Fri Apr 18, 2008 at 10:34:33 AM EST

Guy's a bit weird IMO.

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: Well, that goes without saying, doesn't it? by ObviousTroll (4.00 / 1) #25 Fri Apr 18, 2008 at 03:07:02 PM EST

He was a teacher who became a rock star. The only other person in that category is Gene Simmons...

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What's that new one by the sick puppies? by lm (4.00 / 1) #16 Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 01:51:28 PM EST

I call it the co-dependency song.

Here it is. All the same.

There is no more degenerate kind of state than that in which the richest are supposed to be the best.
Cicero, The Republic

I Will Follow Him by Little Peggy March by Billy Goat (4.00 / 1) #17 Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 02:27:36 PM EST

It's a loose translation of Petula Clark's 1962 French language hit "Chariot." But "Chariot" doesn't have the same Stockholm Syndrome/obsessive creepiness.

: aaak! by johnny (4.00 / 1) #18 Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 02:59:38 PM EST

You've just reminded me, when I was living in Paris for the summer of 1972 there was this great stalkerific song on the radio:

Comme les homages
En Gallilee
Suivaient [avec] les yeux l'etoile du berger
Je te suiverais
Ou tu iras, j'irais
Fidele comme une ombre
J'usque au [something or other. . ]
It was so creepy stalkerific that I remember it 35 years later, even though it was as negligible as any other French pop tune. Which is pretty damn negligible.
So thanks a lot! For nuthin!
Buy my books, dammit!
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Disturbed - The Game. by nightflameblue (4.00 / 1) #19 Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 04:48:22 PM EST

A bit of obsession, a bit of creepiness, a whole hell of a lot of anger.

And yet another reminder that David has had a few women lie to him over the years, and it sort of upsets him, just a touch.

I want you . . . by slozo (4.00 / 1) #20 Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 04:48:48 PM EST

. . . by the Beatles. Classic.

The Cure - Why can't I be you by fleece (4.00 / 1) #21 Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 06:58:22 PM EST

jethro tull -- aqualung by garlic (4.00 / 2) #22 Fri Apr 18, 2008 at 12:33:16 AM EST

Sitting on a park bench
eyeing little girls with bad intent.
Snot running down his nose
greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes.
Drying in the cold sun
Watching as the frilly panties run.

: Aqualung my friend by Rogerborg (2.00 / 0) #23 Fri Apr 18, 2008 at 04:03:29 AM EST

Dont start away uneasy
Uh... I mean... Goddamn hippy crap.

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Metus amatores matrum compescit, non clementia.
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I got two by LinDze (4.00 / 1) #26 Sat Apr 19, 2008 at 01:06:41 AM EST

Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies
Milk - Anthrax

I guess metal guys in the 80s just really wanted something to drink.

-Lin Dze
Arbeit Macht Frei

hows about by vorheesleatherface (2.00 / 0) #27 Sat Apr 19, 2008 at 01:01:08 PM EST

"Titties and Beer" by Frank Zappa.

"Stabbing someone in the head with a pitchfork is rarely beneficial to the relationship." - MereKat

Oh, I got another one. by nightflameblue (2.00 / 0) #28 Mon Apr 21, 2008 at 08:09:58 AM EST

Bon Jovi - "If I was your Mother." Creepy-odd obsession.

You know, it occurs to me that rock isn't dead... by ObviousTroll (2.00 / 0) #29 Mon Apr 21, 2008 at 08:35:32 AM EST

it's been busted violating that restraining order so many times that it's been in the county lock up since 1988.

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: That, and. . . by nightflameblue (2.00 / 0) #30 Mon Apr 21, 2008 at 09:31:05 AM EST

that pesky eighteen years old rule. "Seventeen" - Winger.

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