Male student: I feel that this case may have been influenced by the fact that…well, people just hate Michael Bolton.
Seton Hall Law School
South Orange, New Jersey
Overheard by: he’s got a point
Archive for the ‘Music’ Category
Whatever, Mister Finding Nemo
Artsy queer: You masturbated to the soundtrack of The Nightmare Before Christmas?!
Houghton, Michigan
Overheard by: Midget Goldfish
All Those Murdered Tomatoes…
College guy: I like salsa, but it makes me sad.
Duluth, Minnesota
Overheard by: Nic
Since Barenaked Ladies Was Already Taken
Twenty-something dude: When I grow up, and learn how to play an instrument, I’m calling my band he-gina and she-nis.
McKenna’s
Baltimore, Maryland
Which, Ironically, Would Be a Good Title for a Country Song
Black girl to white friends: Black people want to be country, but we don’t want to listen to the music.
Harvard Yard
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Overheard by: meems
On the Intellectual Version Of Double Dare
Professor: They were playing the Rocky theme song while I was trying to think great thoughts.
McDaniel College, Maryland
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini? Really?
Chick #1, about techno music blasting from shop: What does this song make you think of?
Chick #2: Being stabbed repeatedly in the eye with a rusty nail.
Chick #1: [Silence.]Chick #2: What about you?
Chick #1: Discos…
Sawnston Street and Flinders Street
Australia
Dude, Just Make an Audio-Visual Geek Your Friend
Music history professor, putting a CD in the player: And now we pray to the god of CDs. It’s not good to be a teacher with CDs. They are very stupid things. [Pause.] …It’s not good to be a teacher, perhaps that’s what it is.
Peabody Conservatory
Baltimore, Maryland
I’m Just a City Boy, Prof
Prof, to guy whose ringtone is “Don’t Stop Believing”: Aren’t you a little young to like that song?
Princeton University
New Jersey
We’ll Be Departing Just As Soon As These Pills Wear Off
Pilot over loudspeaker (riffing on harmonica): This is your captain speaking, (harmonica riff) Welcome aboard, (harmonica riff) Please fasten your seat belts. (harmonica riff) Or we won’t be able to leave beautiful Atlanta, Georgia.
(does long, jazzy harmonica riff. Passengers applaud)
Pilot (in Elvis voice): Thank you very much.
American Airlines Flight
Atlanta, Georgia
