Songs about ADHD
Elisabeth Riba
possible mix tapes. There are lots of songs about general craziness and
enough songs about depression to stock a library, but I'm looking for
AD?D-specific themes and lyrics.
So far, I've just come up with three:
Men at Work "Be good, Johnny"
Thomas Dolby "Hyperactive"
Blink 182 "What's my name again?"
There've got to be more. PLEASE, follow up and post other relevant songs.
Could make a great mix-tape...
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>
> I've been trying to think of songs that deal with AD?D for fun and a
> possible mix tapes. There are lots of songs about general craziness and
> enough songs about depression to stock a library, but I'm looking for
> AD?D-specific themes and lyrics.
>
> So far, I've just come up with three:
> Men at Work "Be good, Johnny"
> Thomas Dolby "Hyperactive"
> Blink 182 "What's my name again?"
>
> There've got to be more. PLEASE, follow up and post other relevant songs.
> Could make a great mix-tape...
Everything by 10,000 maniacs?
nknisley
>
> I've been trying to think of songs that deal with AD?D for fun and a
> possible mix tapes. There are lots of songs about general craziness and
> enough songs about depression to stock a library, but I'm looking for
> AD?D-specific themes and lyrics.
>
> So far, I've just come up with three:
> Men at Work "Be good, Johnny"
> Thomas Dolby "Hyperactive"
> Blink 182 "What's my name again?"
>
> There've got to be more. PLEASE, follow up and post other relevant songs.
> Could make a great mix-tape...
"A.D.D." by Ten Foot Pole (on Unleashed).
Nancy
Unique, like everyone else
Leah Adezio
Elisabeth Riba <l...@osmond-riba.org> wrote in message
news:9hjf5r$7lf$1...@news.panix.com...
> I've been trying to think of songs that deal with AD?D for fun and a
> possible mix tapes. There are lots of songs about general craziness and
> enough songs about depression to stock a library, but I'm looking for
> AD?D-specific themes and lyrics.
>
> So far, I've just come up with three:
> Men at Work "Be good, Johnny"
> Thomas Dolby "Hyperactive"
> Blink 182 "What's my name again?"
>
> There've got to be more. PLEASE, follow up and post other relevant songs.
Robert Palmer's 'She's Hyperactive'
'Maniac' from the 'Flashdance' soundtrack
'Daydream Believer' by the Monkees
Leah
GOtterBMe
"Subject: Songs about ADHD
From: Elisabeth Riba <A
HREF="mailto:l...@osmond-riba.org">l...@osmond-riba.org</A>
Date: Fri, Jun 29, 2001 9:56 PM
Message-id: <9hjf5r$7lf$1...@news.panix.com>
I've been trying to think of songs that deal with AD?D for fun and a
possible mix tapes. There are lots of songs about general craziness and
enough songs about depression to stock a library, but I'm looking for
AD?D-specific themes and lyrics.
So far, I've just come up with three:
Men at Work "Be good, Johnny"
Thomas Dolby "Hyperactive"
Blink 182 "What's my name again?"
There've got to be more. PLEASE, follow up and post other relevant songs.
Could make a great mix-tape..."
How about
"How do you solve a problem like Maria?" From Sound of Music...
Then there's the one I heard at an ADDA conference:
"Don't blame me...
for misdiagnosing you!
You looked so depressed,
Your house was a mess, so
don't blame me!" ....
kitznegari
starting to feel a little more normal and not so out of control anymore. You
can find the lyrics at: http://www.paparoach.com/infest/lyrics/eleven.html
The pain in Coby's voice just breaks my heart.
Also "Hunter" by Bjork. Definitely. Anyone who's never heard this song
should. It's really weird though, so be prepared ;)
"What's My Age Again?" by Blink 182 Maybe "Jaded" by Aerosmith because there
are so many people with ADD who are so angry about it.
Oh! "Normal Like You" by Everclear...
Um... "Flagpole Sitta" by Harvey Danger?
Um...
:::think think:::
I'm all out of them. It is 1:18 in the morning though, so I think that was
pretty good :)
Any chance you could post the master list when you get them all? This might
actually be a really cool idea... I could get my friend with a burner to make
me a copy :)
- k i t z -
"You can't fire me 'cause I quit." - K. Cobain
Julian9EHP
Do what, John?
Come again, do what?
Do what, John?
Do what John?
Do what, do what, do what?
Do 'where, John --
Do 'where, John --
With what, with whom, and when?
'Triffic, really 'triffic!
What's that --
Come again?
"Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album."
E. P.
Joe Parsons
>I've been trying to think of songs that deal with AD?D for fun and a
>possible mix tapes. There are lots of songs about general craziness and
>enough songs about depression to stock a library, but I'm looking for
>AD?D-specific themes and lyrics.
>
>So far, I've just come up with three:
> Men at Work "Be good, Johnny"
> Thomas Dolby "Hyperactive"
> Blink 182 "What's my name again?"
>
>There've got to be more. PLEASE, follow up and post other relevant songs.
>Could make a great mix-tape...
"Leave It Like It Is," by David Wilcox
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makes the songwriter look like a possible Candidate for having it!
The song called "One Week" by the group Barenaked ladies. Its the first song
on their album called "Stunt" and it sounds like something Robin Williams
could have improvised in a stand-up routine,and the lyrics are sung really
fast!
Norma
wrote:
>I've been trying to think of songs that deal with AD?D for fun and a
>possible mix tapes. There are lots of songs about general craziness and
>enough songs about depression to stock a library, but I'm looking for
>AD?D-specific themes and lyrics.
>
>So far, I've just come up with three:
> Men at Work "Be good, Johnny"
> Thomas Dolby "Hyperactive"
> Blink 182 "What's my name again?"
>
>There've got to be more. PLEASE, follow up and post other relevant songs.
>Could make a great mix-tape...
Watching the wheels by John Lennon. Some of the song applies.
Norma
-- Follow the white rabbit... But don't get lost!
Virginiaz
Okay, well, I've listening to it all weekend, and it sounded good, in any case.
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Norma
wrote:
>On 30 Jun 2001 02:56:59 GMT, Elisabeth Riba <l...@osmond-riba.org>
>wrote:
>
>>I've been trying to think of songs that deal with AD?D for fun and a
>>possible mix tapes. There are lots of songs about general craziness and
>>enough songs about depression to stock a library, but I'm looking for
>>AD?D-specific themes and lyrics.
>>
>>So far, I've just come up with three:
>> Men at Work "Be good, Johnny"
>> Thomas Dolby "Hyperactive"
>> Blink 182 "What's my name again?"
>>
>>There've got to be more. PLEASE, follow up and post other relevant songs.
>>Could make a great mix-tape...
I just thought of a couple more. Disconnected by Queensryche doesn't
completely apply, but in some ways it does, and I AM I by the same
band. :)
Minor7b5
are awesome. Good call.
Elisabeth, I have one song to suggest. It's very obscure but I'm pretty
sure that it is specifically about ADHD. It is:
CD: Grateful: The songs of John Bucchino
Track: 13
Title: Not a cloud in the sky
John is well known in the New York city cabaret scene, but I haven't
seen him mentioned anywhere else, yet.
If I've ever heard a song written specifically about ADHD, it is this one.
Good luck with your project!
Dan
Norma
wrote:
>Norma you are too cool -- the two Queensryche songs you mentioned
>are awesome. Good call.
Ahhhh thanks for the compliment :)
kh
"I'm high but I'm grounded
I'm sane but I'm overwhelmed
I'm lost but I'm hopeful baby"
"I care but I'm restless
I'm here but I'm really gone"
"I'm sad but I'm laughing
I'm brave but I'm chicken shit
I'm sick but I'm pretty baby
What it all comes down to
Is that no one's really got it figured out just yet"
Seems to fit, huh?
Joe Parsons
Singalong" at the Castro Theater, in San Francisco. It wasn't exactly how I'd
planned to spend a perfectly nice Sunday, but I had a *very* good time.
It was along the lines of Rocky Horror Picture Show, although a bit tamer.
Okay, a LOT tamer.
For anyone who's not familiar with our little town, The Castro District is a
large gay enclave, and there were lots of folks in costumes--several guys in
nun's habits, one guy in a suit carrying a sign saying, "I'm Uncle Max:
Gaylord's 'Special Austrian Friend.'"
The music, of course, is wonderful, and the print was a very good one, with
lyrics appearing, karaoke-style, at the bottom of the screen. Here's the one
that struck me:
Maria
She climbs a tree and scrapes her knee
Her dress has got a tear
She waltzes on her way to mass
And whistles on the stair
And underneath her wimple she has curlers in her hair
I even heard her singing in the abbey
She's always late for chapel but her penitence is real
She's always late for everything except for every meal
I hate to have to say it but I very firmly feel
Maria's not an asset to the abbey
I like to say a word in her behalf
Maria makes me laugh
chorus
How do you solve a problem like Maria
How do you catch a cloud and pin it down
How do you find a word that means Maria
A flibbertijibbet, a will o the wisp, a clown
Many of things you know you'd like to tell her
Many of things she ought to understand
But how do you make her stay
And listen to all you say
How do you keep a wave upon the sand
Oh how do you solve a problem like Maria
How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand
When I'm with her I'm confused, out of focus and bemused
And I never know exactly where I am
Unpredictable as wheather
She's as flighty as a feather
She's a darling, she's a demon, she's a lamb
She'd outpester any pest
Drive a hornet from its nest
She can throw a whirling dervish out of whirl
She is gentle, she is wild
She's a riddle, she's a child
She's a headache, she's an angel
She's a girl
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Cheryl
> possible mix tapes. There are lots of songs about general craziness and
> enough songs about depression to stock a library, but I'm looking for
> AD?D-specific themes and lyrics.
>
> So far, I've just come up with three:
> Men at Work "Be good, Johnny"
> Thomas Dolby "Hyperactive"
> Blink 182 "What's my name again?"
>
> There've got to be more. PLEASE, follow up and post other relevant songs.
> Could make a great mix-tape...
I've got one that doesn't sing ABOUT AD?D, but it sure was written in
the thinking process of someone who HAS it. It's an *OLD* song called
"Ain't We Crazy" and basically goes:
It was midnight on the ocean, not a streetcar was in sight
so I walked into a drugstore to get myself a light
The man behind the counter was a woman old and grey
who used to peddle shoe strings on the road to Mandalay.
"Good Evening Sir" the woman said and her eyes were bright with tears
then she put her head beneith her feet and stood that way for years.
Her children, six, were orphans, except one tiny tot
who lived in the house above the street above a vacant lot.
Sounds to me like the person who wrote this one was doing some major
free-association...like my brain works all the time...or are we
forgetting the "communication" subject around here?
Huggies to all. No job yet, but I'm still looking. Because of the
weather, it's ONE interview a day as early as possible...then go home
and sweat the rest of the day. Otherwise I look and smell like I just
got there from a turkish sauna...pretty nasty if you ask me.
TTFN
Chéryl
Elisabeth Riba
> Well, I don't know if this one qualifies as a song about ADD or if it just
> makes the songwriter look like a possible Candidate for having it!
> The song called "One Week" by the group Barenaked ladies.
Thanks to everyone for their help.
There are a lot of songs I haven't heard at all, so I've got some
hunting to do.
One more that this thread did bring to mind, however, is "Seven Days"
by Sting. Quoting the chorus:
Monday, I could wait till Tuesday
If I make up my mind
Wednesday would be fine, Thursday's on my mind
Friday'd give me time, Saturday could wait
But Sunday'd be too late
FWIW, I had already created one mix tape about insanity, starting with
general crazy songs, then going on to specific ailments, then
returning to a more general conclusion. It's got a surprisingly good
flow, and is only lacking "Be Good Johnny" by Men at Work (which I
only have on vinyl, damnit).
Here's the track listing for those who are interested:
1. Napoleon XIV - They're coming to take me away
2. Madness - One step beyond
3. Aerosmith - Crazy
4. The Cars - You might think
5. Green Day - Basket case
6. Lindsay Buckingham - Go insane
7. Queen - I'm going slightly mad
8. Queen - I go crazy
9. Pat Benetar - Anxiety (Get nervous)
10. Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive
11. Blink 182 - What's my age again?
12. Animotion - Obsession
13. Men at work - Who can it be now?
14. Rockwell - Somebody is watching me
15. Uncle Bonsai - Premenstrual syndrome
16. Kajagoogoo - Too shy
17. Oingo boingo - Out of control
18. Barenaked ladies - Crazy
19. 10,000 maniacs - Trouble me
Enjoy! (and thanks again)
Minor7b5
Just for kicks, here are the lyrics for "Not a cloud in the sky" by John
Bucchino:
I know, I'll alphabetize CDs
Scrub the grout in the bathroom tile
Anything to take control, make order out of chaos
For a tiny little while
I'll smile a satisfied smile
Lord of all I survey
Not a spec of dust
Not a painting off plumb
Not a cloud in the sky today
Tight rein on that tongue, boy
White-knuckle grip on the slip of a thought
Everything is perfectly fine, finally perfect
Blinding white sheets with hospital corners
Immovable taunt
And peace of mind that I've bought
In my usual way
Not a speck of doubt
Not a smile off plumb
Not a cloud in the sky today
There's a dam that I saw in a movie once
And the dam had a tiny little crack
And the crack became a bigger crack
Tiill the dam couldn't hold the water back
When the flodding stopped
Not a soul in the fairytale village below had been spared
Well I've got plenty of spackle
No damn crack'll
Catch me unprepared
No sir, I'm not scared
Just iron that wrinkled tie
Smooth out that furrowed brow
Something's awry outside, but there's no need to pry
Into that right now
I simply won't allow any fear or dismay
Believe it doesn't hurt
Believe it helps to pray
Believe I just don't care
Believe it's actually a blessing to be this self-aware
Believe hope's not a lie and things that need to be
Have been addressed
Believe there is no true goodbye
And since this shirt is so impeccable pressed
You're not really about to die
OK look, if I don't deny
I'll cry and cry and cry and cry
Till all the walls are washed away
No I could not tolerate such disarray
So, not a crack in this dam, not a tear in this eye
Not a single, fucking cloud in the sky today
Sincerely,
Dan
[snip]
>
> Thanks to everyone for their help.
> There are a lot of songs I haven't heard at all, so I've got some
> hunting to do.
> One more that this thread did bring to mind, however, is "Seven Days"
> by Sting. Quoting the chorus:
> Monday, I could wait till Tuesday
> If I make up my mind
> Wednesday would be fine, Thursday's on my mind
> Friday'd give me time, Saturday could wait
> But Sunday'd be too late
>
[snip]
moth
quintessence of ADHD itself!
TIME
by
PINK FLOYD
(Roger Waters wrote the lyrics)
Norma <som...@nowhereelse.com> wrote in message news:<h5usjtsp3cpep7024...@4ax.com>...
Norma
>Silly fools -- nobody has mentioned the song that is the musical
>quintessence of ADHD itself!
>
>TIME
>
>by
>
>PINK FLOYD
>
>(Roger Waters wrote the lyrics)
>
Must be because I don't listen to Pink Floyd much. They put me too
much in a daze and cause me to fall asleep (*duck*).
Yes I know lots of people including most everyone in my family (hubby
included) loves Pink Floyd. Except for a couple of songs, I don't
really get into their music. I think it's because the singer's voice
just doesn't have any sort of interesting pattern to it. (IMO). I like
their instrumentals a bit better though.
Born To Hula
Interesting tracklisting.
Did the writers "officially said" that those songs were about ADD?
nyq'