The Song Fight Bulletin Board

There are only 26 letters; there are only 12 notes; and there are only 9 kinds of lyrics.

They fit into the following categories:

1. We broke up.
2. We’re breaking up.
3. We’re about to break up.
4. We’re not going to break up.
5. I wish I could break up with you.
6. We didn’t break up.
7. I wish I had someone to break up with.
8. People are so (adjective).
9. Things are so (adjective).

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10. Breakup sex.

11. I wish you weren't dead.
12. I'm kind of glad you're dead.

13. Do the [dance move]
14. Drugs are fun
15. Drugs are ruining my life
16. I wish I were dead
17. I'm glad to be alive
18. God rules
19. God sucks
20. There is no God

Oooh, the original author of the article definitely left out one that belongs there:

"Please don't break up with me."

21. Let's go surfing.

22. We are never (ever, ever) getting back together.

23. Masturbation is a healthy and natural part of life

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24. Tomorrow will be better.

25. Fucking magnets, how do they work?

@caravan: haha. I love it. You're in good company with the oldish his "I Touch Myself". I like the 80's synthy vibe. Sounds kinda like a moog at times. Ever listen to The Rentals?

About 80% of my songs are either "my job sucks" or "I just quit my job."

The other 20% are either "science is cool" or "I am quoting a fiction trope."

Caravan Ray wrote:23. Masturbation is a healthy and natural part of life

At first I was like, "C'mon, are there that many songs about masturbation?"

Then my girlfriend and I started listing all the masturbation songs we could think of.

Prince - "Darling Nikki" (and probably at least a few other Prince songs...)
Violent Femmes - "Blister in the Sun"
Green Day - "Longview"
Cyndi Lauper - "She Bop"
The Vapors - "Turning Japanese"
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - "Relax"
DiVinyls - "I Touch Myself"
Semisonic - "Get a Grip"
Billy Joel - "Sometimes a Fantasy"
Some people say "Tiny Dancer," but I don't buy it.
Roy Zimmerman - "Firing the Surgeon General"
Future of the Left - "Why Aren't I Going to Hell?"
Wax - "Pictures of You"
Billy Idol - "Dancing with Myself"

That's just off the tops of our heads, and we're both not totally sober, so y'know. I guess point proven.

Generic wrote:

Caravan Ray wrote:23. Masturbation is a healthy and natural part of life

At first I was like, "C'mon, are there that many songs about masturbation?"

Then my girlfriend and I started listing all the masturbation songs we could think of.

Prince - "Darling Nikki" (and probably at least a few other Prince songs...)
Violent Femmes - "Blister in the Sun"
Green Day - "Longview"
Cyndi Lauper - "She Bop"
The Vapors - "Turning Japanese"
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - "Relax"
DiVinyls - "I Touch Myself"
Semisonic - "Get a Grip"
Billy Joel - "Sometimes a Fantasy"
Some people say "Tiny Dancer," but I don't buy it.
Roy Zimmerman - "Firing the Surgeon General"
Future of the Left - "Why Aren't I Going to Hell?"
Wax - "Pictures of You"
Billy Idol - "Dancing with Myself"

That's just off the tops of our heads, and we're both not totally sober, so y'know. I guess point proven.

Pictures of Lily - The Who
Pictures of Natalie Portman - Caravan Ray
(one of those was actually partially inspired by the other)

fluffy wrote:About 80% of my songs are either "my job sucks" or "I just quit my job."

The other 20% are either "science is cool" or "I am quoting a fiction trope."

So I decided to go through my Song Fight oeuvre and figure out what my songs are actually about, proportionally (ignoring the stupid outright-trolling shit):

I LOVE YOU: unattainable love (from a dream I had)
Repair My Heart: instrumental
Shipwreck: unattainable love
Stronger Than: how much you suck
120 MPH: a breakup
Listen Close: gender shit
Been To China: travel
A Thousand Swords: how much possessions suck
Birds Of Our Own: a breakup (the same one as 120MPH)
Alright Alright: depression
Acid Mouth: instrumental
Husky Youth: a dream I had
Fool in the Middle: how much I suck, depression
I Think It's Killing Me: insomnia, depression
So Aggravating: how much cellphones and computers suck
Sunny Again: depression
Violet Wants It Her Way: unattainable love; strained allegory for a work of children's literature
House in My Head: depression
Put Cindy Back on the Bus: sociopathy
Brown Boxes: depression, lack-of-job angst, how much I suck
Moscow, Idaho: improvisational comedy
Paper Cuts and Spilling Guts: unattainable love (rejection of someone else's unrequited love), gender shit
Five Minutes: excited to start a new job
Run Faster: hating that job
Gin or Ginseng: really hating that job
God Hates Penguins: improvisational comedy
Attack of the Show: improvisational ... something
Safety In Numbers: anxiety, ants, rejection of love as a necessary concept beyond maintaining close friendships
Rhymes With Lucia: depression
Bad Cat: cats, politics
All Tan: gender shit
Robot Baby: how much cellphones suck
tw3rp: how much Internet trolls suck
Baby, Be Quiet: how much my sister sucks
Night Terrors: science (neurochemistry, dreams)
And Counting: science (number theory)
Everybody Calm Down: unattainable love (for Godzilla); politics
Sorry to Inform You: how much Facebook and the future of human resources suck; science fiction (dystopian)
They Meet: borderline-improvisational borderline-comedy
Sometimes It's Hard to Keep Yourself Moving: hating my job
Double Take: science (climate change); how much climate change deniers suck (thus politics)
Hello My Old Heart: science fiction (comedic)
Hardly a Moment: how much I suck (at songwriting)
You Believed It Yourself: sociopathy; unattainable love
After Hours: how much bladder control sucks
Looking At The Sea: afraid of losing a fragile love
Isle Dauphine: unattainable love
Ruthless Lately: sociopathy
Better Than Before: science fiction (dystopian)
Strictly Speaking: hating my job
No Brakes: quitting my job and starting another one
Come Out: science fiction (dystopian)
Strangers: brain science (senile dementia)
Bitter Monday: love between/of monsters (werewolves)
Made From Corn: science fiction (dystopian); science; food
You're Never Around: cats
Adding Up To Nothing: hating my job
Werner's song: cats
Fiona's song: cats

So here's some clear categories where I've probably miscounted a bunch of them but whatevs.

Love (or lack thereof): 11
How much [noun] sucks: 12
Gender shit: 3
Depression/anxiety: 8
Dreams (or the lack thereof): 3
Sociopathy: 3
Cats: 4
Politics: 2
Job-related stuff: 8
Science: 5
Monsters (horror, aliens, robots, The System, etc.): 8+

Mostly I'm surprised at how many love-related songs I've actually written.

EDIT: I forgot about Gin or Ginseng.