Bad songs for surgery

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Yesterday I was at the hospital getting an endoscopy and biopsies for yet another terrible autoimmune thing that I don’t even remember the name of because my body has decided I have to have all of them and after I got into a bed the nurse told me to think of a song to play during the procedure because the doctor now lets you pick what plays while you go under anesthesia, and I’m 99% sure this is because of my husband turning into a werewolf. See, last year Victor had a procedure at the same place and when I came to see him in the recovery room he was very loopy and distraught because he insisted that he’d turned into a werewolf during the procedure and had ripped off the arms of his doctor. I explained that he was just still high but he was like, “They were playing Werewolves of London when I went under. WHAT DID THEY THINK WAS GOING TO HAPPEN? HOW WILL HE BE A DOCTOR WITH NO ARMS?” and eventually we had to get the doctor to come back to prove he still had his arms and even then Victor wasn’t entirely convinced.

Of course my head immediately went blank of any appropriate songs I’ve ever known and instead Victor and I started listing all of the songs I could request, including:

Norwegian Death Metal

Gin & Juice

Rawhide

That song that plays when Darth Vader is walking anywhere

The Liberty Mutual jingle that is basically just the word “Liberty” repeated over and over

The Oscar Mayer Weiner Song

My Vagina is Eight Miles Wide

The Czechoslovakian National Anthem

My Humps, My Humps, My Lovely Lady Lumps

The Meow Mix Jingle

The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round

Mister, Would You Please Help my Pony?

My Milkshake Brings All The Boys to the Yard

I also considered and then ruled out a number of songs that would be fun but possibly dangerous to play during a procedure, including The Hokey Pokey, The Macarena, Deep in the Heart of Texas and If You’re Happy and You know It Clap Your Hands.

Then the nurse came back because she thought I was crying because I guess most people aren’t laughing hysterically while waiting for stomach biopsies and in the end I couldn’t come up with anything good so I asked for Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon, which has some pretty questionable lyrics but is still a banger.

Spoiler: I survived and didn’t rip off anyone’s arms.

But today when I was walking Dorothy Barker I waved to the mailman and he was like, “Ow. Are you okay?” because it took several tries to get my IV in and I guess I blew out a vein because this is my arm today:

And then I said I was fine and that it was not from heroin, which probably seemed abrupt now that I think about it.

Anyway, please share any song suggestions that I missed because I’m sure there are lots of them.

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  1. I haven’t ever had the opportunity to choose a playlist during surgery but I learned firsthand what NOT to listen to while your child is having surgery – the first Dr. Death podcast. Talk about aggravating my anxiety! I hope you’re improving!

  4. I can’t believe you didn’t think of swamp rock? I…don’t even know who you are anymore.

  5. My mind always goes blank when they ask me that . Once I accidentally agreed to country music, which is pretty good when you’re on drugs.

  6. I think I’d like to hear the Fraggle Rock theme song when I go under….I’ll be dancing my cares away (clap clap!) down in Fraggle Rock 😀

  7. The piña colada song
    500 miles (I’m Gonna Be) by the Proclaimers
    Baby Shark
    The JD Wentworth jungle (877-CASH- NOW)
    It’s Raining Tacos by Parry Grip
    Revolution 9
    The O’Reilly Auto parts jingle
    The Punctuation Song by Miley Cyrus” dad
    Night On Bald Mountain- great piece, just unsettling.
    Tubthumping by Chumbawumba

  9. I asked for Creedence playing Looking Out My Back Door
    Or The Doors The End or Howlin’ Wolf ack Door Man

  10. My arm looks the same – it’s also not heroin! (Colonoscopy, yesterday) What about Pink Pony Club…earworm!

  11. I was going in for one of my many surgeries, and I was pretty chill just chatting with the nurses and whatnot. Just as they’re about to put me under the playlist decided on “Don’t Fear the Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult. I started laughing and said “YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!” The nurse dove for the iPod and hit fast forward or next or something, but yikes!!

    I am still here, and I have a sense of humour, but that could have been dicey if the patient was at all superstitious!

  14. The Hu ‘Women’s Song’ ( they ate Mongolian Heavy Metal band)

  15. The Chili’s jingle that seems like it will never end. “I want my baby back, baby back, baby back…” Actually, there was a scene in Scrubs where that song was used for torment. “When do they say ribs?” “NEVER.”

    The Devil Went Down to Georgia. The Ballad of the Uneasy Rider. Dueling Banjos. You Ain’t Woman Enough to Take My Man. Jump Around. Missionary Man. Mama Told Me Not to Come. Crocodile Rock. You Make Me Feel like a Natural Woman.

  16. Bad songs: It’s a Small World (which actually is bad to play ANYTIME!); Hot Hot Hot (Buster Poindexter)–which might risk hot flashes.
    Good songs: Anything by Enya. “Happy” by Pharrell. “Come Sail Away” by Styx (not the Cartman version.) “Beverly Hills Cop Theme”.

  18. I had a laparoscopy after Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested. My doc told me to think of something pleasant before I went under. I told him I had just read the People story about Dahmer while I was in the waiting room. The last thing I remember was my surgeon yelling “Noooo!”

  19. What, no Cotton-Eyed Joe? How about the Hot Pocket jingle? No? I chose John Denver songs 35 years ago during broken ankle surgery (while I was 6 months pregnant – funny story…). Hope all turns out well for you, Jenny!

  20. It would be hilarious if you put literally any Brazilian funk because it’s basically a lot of whoredom in a very nice rhythm (I speak from experience), but I feel that for some reason this wouldn’t be allowed in Brazil.

  21. Lol, I got diagnosed with breast cancer 15 years ago and had to undergo a breast MRI which is torture like no other. The very young male tech brings this medieval torture device which is like a ramp, with 2 holes for your boobs to dangle thru. If this was not invented by a man who hates women, then nothing in the world makes sense. Anyway, I am trying to balance my not tiny self on a tiny stool while I climb on to the MRI table. If you have never been on an MRI table allow me to explain. It is about 4 inches wide and leads into a claustrophobic tunnel that you try very hard not to look at. Then when you are finally lying on this ramp, on your stomach, with your boobs dangling through the holes the radiology tech wraps a giant Velcro belt around you and asks what music. I couldn’t think of anything so I said “classical”. I spent the next hour or so listening to love songs like “you are so beautiful to me” while your stupid boobs that are trying to kill you hang there… And if you stop or need anything they have to start all over. So you just lie there, listening to the love songs. Torture. I think I would have preferred the MRI sounds.

  23. I love you Jenny. I didn’t get to pick last time I had endoscopy. I might pick 99 bottles and see how far I got before I was knocked out. But then the staff might think I’m an alcoholic, which I’m not, so maybe not.

  27. My last colonoscopy “Hotel California” was playing as they wheeled me in and I couldn’t stop laughing.

  28. OMG I have to tell you that Werewolves of London is an absolute favorite of mine (I’m a sucker for an janky piano riff) and I’ve demanded it be played at my funeral.

  29. First- triple love you Jenny. You bring me so much joy that I completely receive without giving you feedback or anything for like the last 100 years. You are simply an amazing human. (Oh wait I have purchased multiple copies of your books to share – phew feel slightly less assholey)
    I Feel compelled to comment on songs ‘appropriate’ for treatments for many reasons.. having a rough month, felt I have no voice in too many situations recently and I feel (finally) I might just have something interesting to contribute to your wonderfulness!
    When I was enduring ridiculous painful torture cancer treatments including scary radiation … my other BCBs (breast cancer bitches) would often choose uplifting affirmations or calming whale sounds…. Etc. etc.
    The techs in the booth were surprised and great sports to allow me to blast Marilyn Manson (the beautiful people – ‘can’t smell their own shit on their knees’). Enter Sandman by Metallica and any and all AC/DC. They saw me and understood that anger and outrage was all I had left and needed it to keep moving forward.

  30. I mean–Taylor Swift’s Florida would be awesome.

    I need to forget, so take me to Florida
    I’ve got some regrets, I’ll bury them in Florida
    Tell me I’m despicable, say it’s unforgivable
    At least the dolls are beautiful, fuck me up, Florida
    I need to forget, so take me to Florida
    I’ve got some regrets, I’ll bury them in Florida
    Tell me I’m despicable, say it’s unforgivable
    What a crash, what a rush, fuck me up, Florida
    It’s one hell of a drug

  31. How about “The First Cut is the Deepest”? “Cuts Like a Knife”? “Shake Dem Bones”?
    My leg looks like that – I had my right knee replaced Monday, and my calf looks as if someone decided to play a drum solo on it with a Louisville Slugger while I was under. I don’t know about my arm, because for some reason they decided to put the IV in directly in the center of a large tattoo, so any bruising is hiding under the ink. On the plus side, the surgeon said he would avoid cutting through the tattoos on my leg. I can’t see it yet, but I trust him.

  33. “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”?
    Anything by Jimmy Buffett
    Dead Man’s Party-Oingo Boingo

  35. Avoid “Take Another Little Piece of My Heart.” Or especially “Another Bites the Dust”

  36. Another one bites the dust by Queen, my Daughter vetoed it for my funeral so I’d like to see someone use it.

  37. I didn’t get to choose any music, but I too am a hard stick. After several tries, they ended up putting an IV in my armpit. Even the “ringer” couldn’t get an IV and then started thumping on my arms to try to get a vein to admit they existed. I said something off-handed about “it was all going well until the beatings started.” The nurse jerked her head up and said “you can’t say anything about this on the evaluation form.” So of course…. They should have given me music.

  38. Wow! Something to look forward to. I have stuff coming up. I hope your tests all work out okay. 💚💚💚

  39. Please don’t make me Google My Vagina is Eight Miles Wide. I love the print of your dress!!

  40. Chumbawumba – The day the (don’t know if I should put the full word but starts with na) died.

    Or anything by Chumbawumba really. Tubthumping would be great.

  41. I hope your tests al come back negative and you are ok.
    But you forgot, The Bitch Song, Wrapping Paper, Ironic….I might think of more later.
    Get well soon!

  42. Either the Jonathan Coulton version of Baby Got Back, or the Alanis Morrissette version of My Humps.

    If it was a removal kind of surgery, I think I’d go for Jonathan Coulton’s “Want You Gone”

  43. Oooo. I love a list.

    Mandolin Rain
    Waterfalls
    The Shoop Shoop song
    I Feel Pretty
    Walking on Sunshine
    Du Hast Mich
    Tush
    Cover Girl
    I Want You Back

  44. The last surgery I had, they were playing Guns & Roses’ “Knocking on Heaven’s Door” when I was wheeled into the OR.

    Time before that it was “Lunatic Fringe” by Red Rider.

  45. When I had surgery to remove multiple papillomas in my breasts, the nurse let me that the doctor loves to listen loud 80’s music during surgery. When they wheeled me in the O.R. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun was blasting and it couldn’t have been more perfect.

  46. I mean, the obvious is Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” but a good weird choice is Ravel’s “Pavane for a Dead Princess.” Not sure how you feel about French Impressionist music.

  49. I have told people that my IV bruises were not from heroin. I just think they need to know.

  50. ooo this is such a rich post! I had to Google My Vagina is Eight Miles Wide first. THANK YOU JEBUS! She is a treasure! Immediately shared with my 37 yo daughter. Maybe she’ll think I’m cool now. Or just continue to be embarrassed and annoyed. Can’t wait to check out the rest of your list and all the other suggestions!! <3

  51. Head on the door by The Cure! That would be awesome! One of my favorite pain management doctors used to let me listen to my headphones while going through a procedure. There was once when he made me stop listening to what I was listening to because he needed me to sit still. Yea that’s pretty important when they’re sticking needles in your spinal column! Lol

  52. I have seen that vein blowout when I donate blood. One arm has been punctured so many times that there is a mass of scar tissue which can make venipunctures difficult so there is often a 2nd or even 3rd try. But then they switched to the other arm.
    I’m due for at least one but maybe as many as 3 procedures that will include sedation. Hadn’t thought of a song but I’ve got a few weeks to think about it. Four String Winds comes to mind right now just because I like the music.

  54. “The Good That Won’t Come Out” by Rilo Kiley.

    I do this thing where I think I’m real sick
    But I won’t go to the doctor to find out about it
    ‘Cause they make you stay real still in a real small space
    As they chart up your insides and put them on display
    They’d see all of it, all of me, all of it

    -Doug in Sugar Pine

  55. OF COURSE the Dr has both arms! His dr friends sewed them back ON, after Victor ripped them off! You ARE in a Medical facility. They are prepped for that.
    If not Drs, they probably watched a YouTube video for reattaching arms. After being ripped off by Texas Werewolves. …so many views.

  56. I guess I have too much anxiety to even notice that kind of thing. I don’t remember music at all during my recent surgery.

  57. Hmmm…

    Rammstein – Du Hast
    Napoleon XIV – They Are Coming To Take Me Away (Ha Ha!)
    Elton John – Tiny Dancer
    Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture
    Johnny Paycheck – Take This Job And Shove It
    Barney – I Love You, You Love Me

  60. Is it Eosinophilic esophagitis??? That’s yet another autoimmune disorder I have along with RA. Wheeee!! 😫

  61. Can’t help you, but it did start pouring rain here today and when I went to close the extended sunroof in my husband SUV it decided to break so I had to drive 15 miles to the dealership in the rain with it open. Halfway there, Milli Vanilli’s Blame it on the Rain came on the radio, so….. yeah.

    Looking forward to trying to dry out the interior when I get it back 🙁

  64. As a board-certified music therapist, I loved this post! Good on them for asking you what music you wanted, and to you for having some giggles about it all! I think I’ll be asking for some of this music when I go to my next procedure – they probably won’t even ask me…

  65. I apologize if it’s already been mentioned, I’m at work and don’t have time to read all the comments but you missed:

    The Oscar Meyer bologna song

    And all the children’s songs. The wheels on the bus, Mary had a little lamb Barney’s theme song, THE SONG THAT NEVER ENDS!! etc

  66. Probably way before you even took a breath–Scotch and Soda. Or maybe the 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin Groovy)

  67. Right there with you today on the needle poke arm. Wish I could post a picture of mine.

  68. I chose the rock channel for my MRI once and struggled not to laugh when Fat Bottom Girls came on.

  70. I’m a surgery nurse and I can tell you Don’t Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult and Another One Bites the Dust by Queen are not the best songs to play while a patient is going under anesthesia.

  73. Oingo Boingo’s Dead Man’s Party. Weird Science would be a good one too!

  75. I didn’t know about the Meow Mix songs… I meow at my husband all the time and now I have a new way to torment/love him!! Thank you!!

  76. Anything from the Fantasia movie, or Saturday Night Fever, or Sound Of Music, or The Wizard Of Oz, or the Big Chill, or The Four Seasons original movie, or Almost Famous, or some other classic musical soundtrack movie, or any top 100 song from the 1950’s, ‘60’s, ‘70’s, or ‘80’s. They’re all a lot of fun, and would put me in a good mood, and be fun for the medical staff.
    I’m glad you’re hanging in there, I’m a multiple weird autoimmune conditions sufferer myself, it sucks!
    And I’m usually a easy draw, but every once in a while a medical practitioner can’t get my IV inserted right or do a blood draw on first jab, and then my arm looks like yours, and I feel compelled to tell everyone I don’t inject drugs.
    They should give patients a sticker for a bruise like that which says “I don’t do injectable drugs, I just had a procedure done and my nurse couldn’t find the vein.”

  77. I just love that My Vagina is Eight Miles Wide was one of your choices. And of course I will now be singing it all day…

  78. I also have a number of weird things, and my go to music of choice is always Yacht Rock. I had to have an emergency crown in Vegas the day of my daughter’s wedding (seriously), and had to educate the 32 year old dentist on what Yacht Rock was. “Have you heard of Stevie Nicks?” “Um, maybe?” “WHAT have your parents been teaching you?” (I didn’t bother to talk about Michael MacDonald. If you don’t know Stevie, you don’t know Michael.) He did tell me that he knew he was getting old because his back was starting to hurt. I told him to come back and see me when it fell out of his body.

    The crown looked great, though. Hope you’re feeling better.

  79. You just have to make the best out of the cards you get dealt. In my case, my journey through diabetes allowed to me to figure things like there’s no way “The Price Is Right” wasn’t invented by a diabetic. You’re always guessing numbers, and if you go over, you lose 🙂

  80. If I was on the surgical table, and the Banana Splits Adventure Hour theme song started playing, I don’t care how deeply I was sedated, I’d be the guy screaming “KILL ME! KILL ME, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!” (World’s worst earworm.)

    OTOH, sticking to theme songs, I’d enjoy “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes”. Catchy and amusing. (But probably not best for surgery, ’cause I’d probably start moving around to the beat.)

  81. I cannot be the first for this….
    “I Wanna Be Sedated” by The Ramones.
    OR… “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” by Wham!
    Could go either way.

  83. How bout “Jagged Little Pill” by Alanis or “Just Like A Pill” by P!nk
    Also, for fun “Kumbaya”

  84. To add to your (very brilliant) list:

    Anything by a barbershop quartet
    Mr Sandman, The Chordettes
    Rabbit rabbit, Chas & Dave
    The Addams Family theme tune
    Teletubbies
    Barbie Girl
    Hot in herre, Nelly
    Gettin’ jiggy wit it, Will Smith
    Backstreet’s back, Backstreet boys
    Sexual healing, Marvin Gaye
    Baggy trousers, Madness
    Everybody hurts, REM
    Stayin’ alive, Bee Gees
    Hooked on a Feeling, David Hasselhoff (the video is👌😜!)
    O Fortuna from Carmina Burana
    The wedding march
    Rocky theme tune

    (I’ve just realised that the start of the wedding march and the start of the Rocky theme tune are almost identical… 🤣!!)

    🎵🎼🎤🎶🖤

  85. I can’t help it. My brain starts with the AC/DC Trio – “Highway to Hell” / “Thunderstruck” / “Dirty Deeds” followed by Crazy Train and ending with the live version of Alice’s Restaurant…

  86. I would go for “sitting on the dock of the bay”. Nice and soothing to relax you into going under, and nothing in the lyrics that would give bad dreams. Unless you hate the ocean.

  87. No suggestions but I went in for cardiac ablation one time and the team was talking about playing country music because my doctor hates it. I said I’m not a big fan either and PLEASE DON’T ANNOY THE DR WHILE HE IS BURNING AWAY CRAZY HEART CELLS. They agreed it was not a good idea. I don’t remember what they turned on, but it was not country.

  88. Retired OR nurse. Just before an elderly patient was wheeled in, I chastised anesthesia because his speaker was playing Blue Oyster Cult’s Don’t Fear the Reaper! He immediately said “Oh crap! I’ll put on some Frank!” So instead, just as we wheeled the patient in, we heard Sinatra solemnly singing, “And now…the end is near…” 😬😂

  89. I had cataract surgery in October and Stayin’ Alive was BLASTING when they wheeled me into the operating room. I may have asked where the disco ball was.

  90. Once upon a time, I went for an MRI, and they told me to hold still for, like, an hour. I wasn’t asked what I wanted to listen to, but they had some sort of classic pop music piped in. “You’re The One That I Want” from Grease came on, and I involuntarily moved my shoulders at the “ooh ooh ooh, Honey” part. They had to run that part of the test again.

    I’d probably be happy with any song on Paul Simon’s Graceland album. ❤️

  91. Triangle man, from they might be Giants, really almost any they might be Giants song.

  92. I survived and didn’t rip off anyone’s arms.

    Well done, Jenny…

  97. Isn’t it awfully nice to have a Penis
    Or
    Every sperm is sacred
    Or
    Always look on the bright side of life

    All Monty Python contributions I felt had been sorely overlooked.

    And I had surgery last week and was *not* offered to make a playlist. I now feel gypped.

  100. old-school:

    Lionel Ritchie, “Dancin’ On the Ceiling“

    Dead or Alive, “You Spin Me ’Round“

    Diana Ross, “Upside Down”

    5th Dimension, “Up, Up and Away”

    Real Life, “Send Me an Angel“

    .38 Special, “Hold On Loosely”

    Yes, “Owner of a Lonely Heart“

    Wang Chung, “Everybody Have Fun Tonight”

    Al Green “Let’s Stay Together“

    The Committment’s “Take Me to the River“ would get the whole OR staff singing along

    –
    I insist on showing those poke-happy people where my magic vein is. As a blood donor I don’t want random pokes or lectures on my “roller“ veins. If you know your best spot, this is a useful tip.
    –
    Are you & Victor getting your “Buy ten surgeries, get one free!“ card punched?
    PS So glad to hear you’re on the other side of this!

  101. I’d probably go with my at-bat song, which is (of course) Crazy Train.

  102. weasels ripped my flesh F.Z. (i always wanted to request that on radio)

  103. Paradise by the Dashboard light. Seems like it would be a good play by play…

  105. Not a song, but the anesthesiologist was putting something in my IV before my colonoscopy & I’m certain he said, “these are the drugs that’ll f*ck you up” right before I was OUT. I don’t think I told them what I do for a living & I wasn’t actively cussing. I guess he just gathered that my sense of humor was intact? Maybe he just says that right before he knocks people out.

  106. When I went under for my first colonoscopy they were playing Angel by Sarah McLachlan and I suggested maybe that wasn’t super helpful and the male nurse replied, “Oh honey! It could be worse… some people get Don’t Fear The Reaper” and I fell asleep laughing.

  107. I just finished doing a dramatic reading of this post to my wife and now we are both laughing/crying. Thank you.

  110. You passed up the opportunity to have them play Herman’s Hermits’ “I’m Henry the Eighth, I Am”?? I don’t even know what to say, Jenny. 😱
    Sorry about your blown vein. That happened to me the last time I was in the hospital, and it seemed to bother other people much more than it bothered me. Try arnica gel—it works wonders.
    Fingers crossed you get good news about your biopsy!

  112. the first two songs I thought of are ‘Hallelujah’ and “Mustang Sally” (the version from ‘the Commitments’)

  113. Inna Godda Da Vida–I used to sing this to me baby and she fell asleep every time

  114. If it was a colonoscopy I would have asked for the Whole of the Moon by the Waterboys just to be punny

  115. For next time, how about:

    Flying Purple People Eater

    Love Potion No 9

    Puff The Magic Dragon

    Yakkity Sax (the one people say is from that one old British show)

    Bette Davis Eyes

    Footloose

  117. Oooo! Oooo!!!! ‘Evvverybody was kung-fu-fiiiiiihhhhhhhhting …..’ or ‘When the moooon is in the ssevvvennnth hooowwse, and juuuupittter ahhlllines with Mahhhhhhrrssss ……..’ *dances along to both*

  120. Oh my god… it’s 2am, I’m wide awake, and I’m like, ok, let’s see if Jenny has anything to talk about today. BAD IDEA. Now I have all these songs stuck in my head!!

  121. Well, this one is a no-brainer for me. There is only one answer: “My Neck, My Back”.

    Seriously though? Bowie. Always. When in doubt, Bowie. ALL THE BOWIE.

    Your Pal,

    Storm the Klingon

  122. Well you, an everyone in the comments, have much more entertaining picks than I would! I think it’s funny that the go-to seems to be funny/entertaining/questionable-lyrics/etc, because my first thought would just be any/all of the songs in my anxiety-calming playlists. (Which, fyi, I’m listening to *while typing this* thanks to a run-in with a gigantic roach that made my anxiety want to jump out of my body.)
    Picks from that playlist (that most people probably never hear of):
    Heart Turns Black by Alexz Johnson
    Slow Burn by Alexz Johnson
    Bystander by Alexz Johnson (I’m sensing a pattern here…)
    Scars of You by A Light Divided
    Knife Under My Pillow by Maggie Lindemann
    She Ain’t Me by Sophia Scott

  123. No song suggestion, but this does remind me of a story that probably no one cares about. When I would go get my teeth cleaned, as a teenager, I would always start humming/singing ‘Dentist’ from Little Shop of Horror when the hygienist would start cleaning my teeth, at the beginning of the appointment, to their annoyance and eye rolls.

  124. my kids are obsessed with walk like a camel by storybots. Also the time warp

  125. When I was in labor with my son, my OB came into the room singing the Oscar Mayer weiner song, and 25 years later, I still sing it to him on his birthday.

  127. Thanks for making me smile on behalf of your sites and steady weird humor! Hope they figure out what’s going on and get you some relief! As for songs… “Mah Na Mah Na” from Sesame Street!

  129. I went into an MRI a few years ago and requested “Classical,” bc that drowns out the jackhammers that are MRIs; and somehow Smells Like Teen Spirit came on, anyway; and that really is the perfect GenX procedure song .. Acting stupid, and contagious; here we are, now; entertain us!!

  131. Because it’s timely, given the recent passing of the Pope, I can recommend The Vatican Rag” by Tom Lehrer.
    “First you get down on your knees,
    Fiddle with your rosaries,
    Bow your head with great respect, and
    genuflect! genuflect! Genuflect!”

  134. I’d pick Godsmack’s Voodoo. It totally chills me out, so it would be perfect. I might requested that on repeat for my next MRI.
    Los by Rammstein is relaxing – I love a song with good bass.
    Dragula by Rob Zombie

  136. YOU DUN STOMPED ON MY HEART
    You dun stomped on my heart and you mashed that sucker flat,
    You just sorta stomped on my aorta…

  137. My immediate reaction was The Rainbow Connection by Kermit the Frog. I mean, how do you NOT relax when you hear that?

  138. I have ADHD & couldn’t focus long enough to scroll through the 189 comments to see if anyone asked if you shrunk Dorothy Barker. But did you?

  139. I get knocked out so quickly. For my most recent scope, she was like I’m starting the meds. I just looked at her, said “good night” and was out. If I had to pick one I might go for “Sweet Dreams” by the Eurythmics. I’m glad you (or Victor) didn’t rip off any arms during your procedures!

  140. 75 minutes of Barry White got me through an excruciatingly long MRI back in 2004. Bless the memory of that man …

  141. Might I suggest The Doobie Brothers “Listen to the Music”? Also, my favorite song by Rush is “Vital Signs”!

  143. True story: An uncle was a songwriter [I’ll Be Home for Christmas was one of his biggies]. Jews don’t play music at funerals, but…his wife had a tape playing as we walked in. Frank Sinatra singing “I’m Gonna Live ‘Til I Die”

  144. When I have MRIs I always want to hear The Rolling Stones. I usually hear Paint It Black and You Can’t Always Get What You Want before it’s over.

  145. Bat out of Hell by Meatloaf

    The universal adjective by Pinkard and Bowden. And their song She dances with meat

    The Canadian compilation from The Arrogant Worms

  146. A whole thread of song suggestions and no one has yet mentioned Enormous Penis by DaVinci’s Notebook?

  147. I do not know what a good song for a biopsy, but I know my daughter was the only one laughing when I played WALK THIS WAY at the ER after she broke that same damn ankle again!

  148. I’ve always asked for Bob Marley’s Legend LP. I asked for it during my first childbirth (silly me, I thought I wouldn’t need meds because of its mellow goodness) (wrong). And when I lost a child and had to have a DNC, I think Bob Marley was a good choice for me.

    Speedy healing and hope you have good results.

  151. Broken Hearts are for Assholes – Frank Zappa
    Great Gig in the Sky – Pink Floyd

  154. When I had my MRI, they needed to keep me in the tube for several scans of my head and I requested Taylor Swift because I couldn’t think of any songs of hers I didn’t like. But then they started playing and I realized that this was the stupidest decision of my life because I was unable to move and yet REALLY WANTED TO DANCE AND SING ALONG.

  155. How about “It’s a Dead Man’s Party” by oingo boingo?

  156. OMG, this is hilarious! The werewolf story is too good! I’m totally stealing the idea of making a bad song playlist for any future procedures. I’d probably add “Baby Shark” just to mess with the doctors, lol.

  157. One of my favorites is Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” Beethoven actually called it “Quasi una fantasia”

  158. I guess any song that doesn’t make the doctor want to dance is a safe choice. All the best of luck to you

  160. Mister, Would You Please Help My Pony? is hard to top…

    If you want to wake up enraged, you could try some Enya.

    Apart from that:

    Thank You (Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin) —— Sly and the Family Stone

    Ride In The Sky —— The Brand New Heavies

    I Have Seen —— Zero Seven

    Cantaloop ——Us3

    Tell Me Something Good —— Chaka Khan and Rufus

    Brick House —— The Commodores

    OR……

    Zombie —— The Cranberries

    (if that’s not too on the nose. or maybe especially because it is?)

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