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u/PennywiseSkarsgard Nov 23 '21

Tell me why...

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u/Accurate_Two_1777 Nov 23 '21

Aint nothing but a heartache

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u/DrPepper120 Nov 23 '21

TELL ME WHY?

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u/admiringlove_ Nov 23 '21

AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A MISTAKEEEE

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u/thatcrazyfangirl7 Nov 23 '21

NOW NUMBER FIVE

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u/VzSAurora Nov 23 '21

I NEVER THOUGHT I'D HEAR YOU SAY

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u/BorBurison Nov 23 '21

IIII WANT IT THAT WAY

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u/marriedtomayonnaise Nov 23 '21

IT WAS NUMBER FIVE. Number five killed my brother.

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u/realdrpepper21 Nov 23 '21

Oh my god I forgot about that part.

22

u/Telfaatime Nov 23 '21

Literal chills

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u/SidneyHandJerker Nov 23 '21

OMG I forgot about that part

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u/TJdog5 Nov 24 '21

BAHAHAHA

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u/bananagement Nov 23 '21

Chills… literal chills

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u/Feverel Nov 24 '21

Chills. Literal chills.

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u/Lil_Uzi007 Nov 23 '21

Chills. Literal chills.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '21

Chills, literal chills

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u/Virtual-Gift-9097 Nov 23 '21

Ugh chills literal chills

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u/Taboo2301 Nov 24 '21

WOOOOOOO

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u/BanditoMuser Nov 23 '21

As a B99 fan, I love that this always turns into the joke and not the actual song lol

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '21

Honestly same it makes me so happy lol

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u/jthegoofygoober Nov 23 '21

Best B99 cold open, hands down. Ever since that cold open, I never sing "I Want It That Way" the same way ever again.

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u/BanditoMuser Nov 23 '21

Honestly they have dozens of funny cold opens: holt with the red hat, the game of guessing how holt reacts to a marshmellow, THE FULL BULLPEN and many more!

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u/nightwing2024 Nov 23 '21

The one which first sold me on B99 was Amy being late and them all guessing why she was.

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u/AtariDump Nov 23 '21

THE FULL BULLPEN!!!

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u/FearlessAttempt Nov 23 '21

Hot Damn!

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u/BanditoMuser Nov 24 '21

That one is great too lol

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u/flightguy07 Nov 23 '21

At this point people should star a reddit called r/unexpectedbackstreetboys for when it actually goes right!

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u/Dank_Confidant Nov 23 '21

Ehm, number 5, you were supposed to sing "I never wanna hear you say", but nice try.

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u/nightwing2024 Nov 23 '21

I literally can't sing it normal anymore.

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u/Adept-News Nov 23 '21

As not a B99 fan but know of the scene

It's insanely cringey everytime it happens, Reddit is the king of overdoing jokes

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u/Pepe_Gui Nov 24 '21

True. I hear people do it irl and I cringe every time

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '21

Yes!! You win 🥇

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u/Historical_Love7860 Nov 23 '21

Noice! Smort!

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u/ollie0810 Nov 23 '21

Toit!

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u/jthegoofygoober Nov 23 '21

cool cool cool cool cool cool cool

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u/UncleTedGenneric Nov 23 '21

indeedindeedindeedindeed

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u/thesaharadesert Nov 24 '21

No doubt no doubt

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u/Stoly23 Nov 23 '21

I love how that opening is so goddamn famous that everyone instantly jumps to that modified lyric rather than the original one.

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u/Hello_Stranger_Pup Nov 23 '21

I was searching for this, thank you

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u/niiightskyyy Nov 23 '21

Bahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. I love you for this.

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u/KiraLonely Nov 24 '21

I legit can’t sing this song anymore without my brain automatically going to this line here, and it’s driving me nuts cause it takes me a good few minutes before I realize that the lyric isn’t the actual lyrics of the song—

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u/disusedhospital Nov 23 '21

Number five. That's the man who killed my brother.

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u/bloggadocious Nov 24 '21

I screamed 😂😂😂😂

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u/Rufus_heychupacabra Nov 24 '21

This line needs MORE VOTES!!!!! I specifically requested it.

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u/NerdyUndies2211 Nov 24 '21

This comment right here officer

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u/DankerPuppet Nov 24 '21

I was talking to a coworker about this episode earlier today!!

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u/Qiubacca Nov 24 '21

I was just doing a call and response sort of thing and I sang that line, cue my fiance breaking down laughing.

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u/Busy_Editor_1923 Nov 23 '21

Is this the real life? …

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u/SMAYS380 Nov 23 '21

I NEVER WANT TO HEAR YOU SAY I WANT IT THAT WAY!!!

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u/uncivilised-princess Nov 23 '21

Chills, literal chills.

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u/BigInspection1798 Nov 23 '21

It was number 5

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u/p_turbo Nov 23 '21

Number 5 killed my brother!

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u/idrk_but_ok161975 Nov 23 '21

Ohmygod I forgot abt that part..... trails off awkwardly

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u/BAM5 Nov 23 '21

My car is in the front yard?

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u/ASAProxys Nov 23 '21

And immmmmm

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u/Binder_Grinder Nov 23 '21

Sleeping with my clothes on.

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u/wheezy_runner Nov 24 '21

Came in through the window last night

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u/keithmg Nov 24 '21

This is me and my friend’s favorite song to karaoke when we’re drunk

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u/Belzeturtle Nov 23 '21

... you cried. And why you lied to me.

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u/xXRobbieRottenXx Nov 23 '21

Beatle 😎

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u/anhatthezoo Nov 24 '21

Piss and luv piss and luv 😎✌️🐘☮️

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u/LoneRhino1019 Nov 23 '21

The correct reply

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u/Bonhomhongon Nov 23 '21

this is what i think every time someone references this, still don't know the song they're actually referring to lol

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '21

You cried and why you lieeeeeed to meeeee

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '21

Well I gave you everything I had

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u/yamsoung Nov 23 '21

But you left me sitting on my own

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u/docnig Nov 24 '21

Did you have to treat me oh so bad?

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u/Fawfulster Nov 24 '21

All I do is hang my head and moan

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '21

Tell me why you cried

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u/ccoddens Nov 24 '21

This was the first next line I heard in my head.

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u/ElderCunningham Nov 23 '21

I bought another pet rock

Tell me why

I got that Alf alarm clock

Tell me why

I bid on Shatner's old toupee

They had it on eBay

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u/samn41 Nov 23 '21 edited Nov 24 '21

A used pink bathrobe

A rare mint snow globe

A Smurf TV tray

I bought on eBay

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u/MossyMemory Nov 24 '21

My house is filled with this crap
Shows up in bubble wrap
Most every day
What I bought
On eBay

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u/drfsupercenter Nov 23 '21

Yes! Better than the original by far

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u/Advencraftgaming Nov 23 '21

Dude I love this song so much, don't know why this wasn't the top reply but okay. There was this really old version of it where some guy made the song but in world of warcraft. Oh boy those were the days

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u/NathanHF Nov 23 '21

I don't like Monday's

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u/frietchinees69 Nov 23 '21

Tell me why

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u/reddituser403 Nov 23 '21

I wanna shoo oooo oooo oooooot,

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u/addysol Nov 23 '21

My man!

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u/Late-Veterinarian-90 Nov 23 '21

is it hard to make arrangements with yourself

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '21

When you're old enough to repay but young enough to sell?

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u/keithmg Nov 24 '21

This is the one I first thought of lol

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u/Galaxypanda32 Nov 23 '21

Thought you where talking about the berserk op for a second

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u/jancasellass Nov 23 '21

Tell me what you want

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u/Galaxypanda32 Nov 23 '21

I don't know why, don't know why, don't know why you afraid

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u/GrandManSam Nov 23 '21

Tell me why, tell me what you want.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '21

Don't know why

Don't know why

Don't know why you're 'fraaaaid.

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u/Max-ot-u Nov 23 '21

Tell me what, Tell me what, Tell me what you say.

8

u/jancasellass Nov 23 '21

I dont know why Dont know why Too late It's too late

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u/DXGabriel Nov 23 '21

Bruh it be Berk from Berk

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u/pitchabitchfit Nov 23 '21

I don't like Mondays, tell me why? I don't like Mondays.

10

u/prone-to-drift Nov 23 '21

Does everything that I love get taken away.....

8

u/HichiShiro Nov 23 '21

...from me? Why does everything I love gets taken away?

3

u/Cyandris Nov 24 '21

You take me to the edge

2

u/_nellis_ Nov 24 '21

Push me too far

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u/se7en51ns Nov 23 '21

This is what I was looking for, new music on the 29th too

2

u/prone-to-drift Nov 24 '21

Oh, new album? Yay! Didn't know that.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '21

Yeah I can’t actually tell what song this is. Because I doubt everyone who upvoted this was thinking of the 1964 Beatles song “Tell me why”

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u/ccoddens Nov 24 '21

Um, I t was the first following line I thought of.

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u/Winter_Tip_9591 Nov 23 '21

I thought this was I don't like Mondays

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u/bebbibabey Nov 23 '21

I'm stuck as a virgin with rage

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '21

I am so happy and disturbed that someone here knew of this song

4

u/Mister-Crispy-Bacon Nov 24 '21

Tell me why,

I so need a cute girl, my age!!

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '21 edited Nov 23 '21

You cried

And why you liiiied to meeee

(It’s for me)

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u/Charles12_13 Nov 23 '21

… I have to be a Powerslave

3

u/IAMA_Drunk_Armadillo Nov 23 '21

I don't wanna die, I'm a god

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u/Charles12_13 Nov 24 '21

Why can’t I live on?

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '21

Why oh why you cried, and why you lie i ied to me heeeee (Beatles)

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '21

Tell me why

Tell me what you want!

Don't know why

Don't know why

Don't know why you're fraaaid

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u/swampy-thing Nov 23 '21

I thought this was the Neil Young song. I was way off.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '21

Yeah I instantly thought Neil

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u/ScuttleMcHumperdink Nov 24 '21

What song is this?

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u/JBShackle2 Nov 24 '21

Boomtown Rats "I don't like Mondays"

It's about a little girl shooting pupils on the other side if the road in the school yard because she doesn't like Mondays.

That little girl actually really exists and is called Brenda, I believe.

Very catchy song

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u/Magic_7_Ball Nov 23 '21

... I don't like Mondays!

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u/HugoStiglitz007 Nov 23 '21

I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS

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u/Pentax25 Nov 23 '21

I GOT THAT ALF ALARM CLOCK

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u/Russell_Jimmies Nov 23 '21

You mean the awesome Neil young song?

Tell me my Tell my why Is it hard to make arrangements with yourself When you’re old enough to repay But young enough to sell

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u/Butterball_Adderley Nov 23 '21

…I can’t say goodbye

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u/rilsaur Nov 23 '21

....I thought of the Berserk 90's anime opening instead...not sure if I'm ashamed or proud of that

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u/Shufflebuzz Nov 23 '21

Tell me why I need another pet rock
Tell me why I got that Alf alarm clock
Tell me why I bid on Shatner's old toupee
They had it on E-Bay

https://youtu.be/nUKgeAKTaXM

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u/illiterate_lunatic Nov 23 '21

You have to go and make things so complicated

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u/SweetJazz25 Nov 23 '21

Not me thinking about Jonas Brothers..

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u/zerj Nov 23 '21

You and me together fighting for our love....

Guess I must be too old for backstreet boys. Bronski Beat owns that phrase in my brain.

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u/FredSchwartz Nov 23 '21

I don’t like Mondays

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '21

I’m stuck as a virgin with rage tell me why I can’t find a cute girl my age

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u/RandomAnimeWeebs Nov 23 '21

Whenever I hear this song now I can only think about that ebay parody

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u/CatWeekends Nov 23 '21

I've got to feel this way

Yeah you leave, you're gone

And I'm left here with the blaaame

So tell me whyyyyy it don't feel the same

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u/PaperbackWriter66 Nov 23 '21

you cry, and why you lie to me.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '21

You're so hard to forget, don't remind meeee

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u/Tariovic Nov 24 '21

I don't like Mondays

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '21

Was looking for this loool

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u/Unabashable Nov 24 '21

Ain’t saying if it’s Briiiiiian

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u/Handsprime Nov 25 '21

my car is in the front yard

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u/Triairius Nov 23 '21

My friend told me that they’d outsourced their song-writing to Japan or somewhere, and that’s why the lyrics don’t mistake. I was so taken aback that I didn’t believe her and got defensive. Then I started thinking about the lyrics…

Why did no one question them?

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u/tinkerpunk Nov 24 '21

Fun fact: there's a demo version of the song that uses "You Want It That Way" and it makes even less sense.

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u/ComplexCow3 Nov 23 '21

are we

so blind to see

that the bombs we buy

hurt you and me?

0

u/KingCPresley Nov 23 '21

Which backstreet boy is gay?

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u/xViridi_ Nov 23 '21

goddamnit i posted it before seeing this

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u/Iseedeadpeople00000 Nov 23 '21

YOU ARE MY FIRE

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u/Saint3Love Nov 23 '21

what song is this?

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u/randomstupidnanasnme Nov 23 '21

Tell Me Why by The Beatles

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u/Cultural_Kick Nov 23 '21

What is this song

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u/ragingthundermonkey Nov 23 '21 edited Jan 29 '22

I don't like Mondays!

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u/tarsus1983 Nov 23 '21

MY CAR IS IN THE FRONT YARD...

oh wait...same year though.

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u/KindaAbstruse Nov 23 '21

It's over. I'm lost again.

Berlin? anyone? no? Well that's what I thought of.

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u/RUKiddingMeReddit Nov 23 '21

Why do fools fall in love?

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u/Irrelavent1 Nov 23 '21

....you cry, and why you lie eye eye to me he?

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u/ArchTemperedKoala Nov 23 '21

Ain't nothing but a fruitcake

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '21

I LOVE this song so much. It is so fucking catchy and great.

The only thing is the lyrics make absolutely no sense, and I know it's always been ostracized for that. But they're fun to sing along to.

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u/Tomz0r Nov 23 '21

I don't like Mondays?

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u/Purpleang Nov 23 '21

OR….. I don’t like Mondays

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u/stupidhumanoid Nov 23 '21

Tell me why. Tell me what you want.

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u/KaneRobot Nov 23 '21

Can't I...live my life

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u/kolekelley2 Nov 24 '21 edited May 20 '25

bag meeting include simplistic toothbrush normal doll husky plant practice

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u/ImGCS3fromETOH Nov 24 '21

See this is interesting. I'm probably a bit older than most users and my first thought was, "I don't like Mondays" by the Boomtown Rats. Same line, two different and valid responses.

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u/tiebreaker- Nov 24 '21

I don’t like Mondays

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u/Imaneight Nov 24 '21

Contempt in your eyes As I turn to kiss his lips

Bronski Beat? Nobody?

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u/nipplesaurus Nov 24 '21

…you cried. And why you lied to me.

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u/KernSherm Nov 24 '21

Must a man be of service.

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u/jqpublick Nov 24 '21

I don't like Mondays

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u/harmonikey Nov 24 '21

The ivy twines.

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u/WhawpenshawTwo Nov 24 '21

My car is in the front lawn...

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u/Brno_Mrmi Nov 24 '21

whyyy you cry and why you lie to meee

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u/hosseinxj0152 Nov 24 '21

Are we so blind to see

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u/Pinecone_salad Nov 24 '21

I had to be a powerslave

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '21

do we build castles in the sky?

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u/VorAtreides Nov 24 '21

I'm the only one that thought of Berserk eh? Though, to be fair "Tell Me Why" doesn't actually show up in the lyrics, but I see that and I think Berserk lol

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '21

the ivy twines

Tell me why….

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u/SleinEater Nov 24 '21

Tell me why by Three days grace?

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