The Medical Profession -- In Song Quiz

Answer: lovin' you

"Bad Case of Loving You" by Robert Palmer

"Doctor, doctor give me the news
I've got a bad case of lovin' you
No pill's gonna cure my ill
I've got a bad case of lovin' you"

Robert Palmer recorded this song which was written by Moon Martin. "Bad Case of Loving You" was one of the tracks on Palmer's 1979 album entitled "Secrets." The song reached number 14 on the 1979 top 40 charts.

Answer: with a spoon

"The Nurse" by The White Stripes

"The nurse should not be the one who puts salt in your wounds
But it's always with trust that the poison is fed with a spoon
When you're helpless with no one to turn to alone in your room
You would swear that the one who would care for you never would leave
She promised and said, "you will always be safe here with me"
But promises open the door to be broken to me"

The White Stripes are an alternative rock band from Detroit. The members of the band are Jack and Meg White. This song appears on their 2005 album entitled "Get Behind Me Satan."

Answer: contagious

"Mary's Surgeon" by Amanda Palmer

"But you will look
Staring at your face reflected in the fetid water
What shadows will it cast today
Familiar smells of fresh decay
You wish that you could flush yourself away"

"Complicitly leave your mark"

"And Mary's surgeon
Called me urging
Lord God, save us
It's contagious
It's contagious
It's contagious"

Amanda Palmer is the pianist, lead singer and composer for The Dresden Dolls.

Answer: a McDonald's

"Chiropractic" by Faxed Head

"My chiropractor is not a doctor
My chiropractor used to manage a McDonald's
Then he took a course so he could serve us best
My right leg he says, is longer than my left"

The song "Chiropractic," appears on the 2001 album of the same name. Trey Spruance produced the album.

Answer: ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang walla walla, bing bang

"Witch Doctor" by David Seville

"I told the witch doctor I was in love with you
I told the witch doctor you didn't love me too
And then the witch doctor, he told me what to do
He said that

Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang
Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang
Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang
Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang"

He was born Rostom Sipan Bagdasarian, but is better known as David Seville. Ever heard of Alvin and the Chipmunks? Meet David Seville, creator of Alvin, Simon and Theodore.

Answer: our own

"Mr. Ambulance Driver" by The Flaming Lips

"Waiting for the ambulance to come
Hoping that it doesn't come too late
Hearing the sirens in the distance
Hold on help is on the way
Mr. Ambulance Driver
I'm right here beside her
Tho I'll live some how I've found
Mr. Ambulance Driver
I'm not a real survivor
Wishing that I was the one that wasn't gonna be here anymore
The one that isn't here anymore
The one that isn't here anymore
Oh we can't trade places
Our lives are strangely our own"

The Flaming Lips have three Grammys to their credit: 2003 and 2007 - Best Rock Instrumental Performance along with a 2007 win for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.

Answer: to be inhumane

"Little Shop of Horrors" song entitled Dentist!

"When I was young and just a bad little kid
My momma noticed funny things I did
Like shootin' puppies with a BB-Gun
I'd poison guppies, and when I was done
I'd find a pussy-cat and bash in it's head.
That's when my momma said
(What did she say?)
She said my boy I think someday
You'll find a way
To make your natural tendencies pay"

"You'll be a dentist
You have a talent for causing things pain
Son, be a dentist
People will pay you to be inhumane"

"The Little Shop of Horrors" came out as a black comedy film in 1960 and again in 1986, this time as a musical. Based on the off-Broadway musical, these works have been performed worldwide.

Answer: golden eyeball

"Frontier Psychiatrist" by Avalanches

"Avalanches above, business continues below
Did I ever tell you the story about
Cowboys! M-M-midgets, the Indians and, Fron, Frontier Psychiatrist
I, I felt strangely hypnotised
I was in another world, a world of 20, 20,000 girls
And milk! Rectangles, to an optometrist, the man with the golden eyeball
And tighten your buttocks, pour juice on your chin
I promise my girlfriend I'd...violin"

"Frontier Psychiatrist" is a track listing on the 2000 album entitled "Since I Left You." The album was produced by Darren Seltmann and Robbie Chater.

Answer: the id goes marching on

"Psychotherapy" by Melanie Safka

"Oh mine eyes have seen the glory of the theories of Freud
He has taught me all the evils that my ego must avoid
Repression of the impulses resulting paranoid
As the id goes marching on"

"Glory glory psychotherapy, glory glory sexuality
Glory glory now we can be free as the id goes marching on"

Melanie is a performer that goes way back! She is well-known for her performances of "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)," "What Have They Done To My Song, Ma?" and "Beautiful People." Melanie was an integral part of the late 60s and early 70s.

Answer: morgue

"I'm A Pathologist" by Haemorrhage

"I am a worker of death
I'm a pathologist"

"I'll meet you when you are dead
My morgue awaits for you
I sniff some cocaine
I'm going to cut you in two
the bistoury in my hand
I'm ready to dissect
Alcohol inside my veins
The feast starts again"

Hailing from Madrid, Spain, Haemorrhage is what they call a 'goregrind' band. Goregrind is a form of music inspired by death metal and grindcore. Other bands of this type are Dead Infection and Regurgitate. I'm sure you get the picture.