Late last week, jen of one plus two wrote an in-depth discussion of an important and versatile word of our times: dude. In that post, she suggested that if I were writing that post, I would include a list of song titles with the word dude. I took this as a challenge.¹ But being really, really freakin’ tired, it’s taken me a few days to get up off my metaphorical butt and figuratively rise to the challenge.
When I read her suggestion, the first song that popped into my head was the Beatles’ classic “hey, dude”. Following along with this, I bring to you a selection of dude songs from those fab four dudes.
- hey, dude
- baby you’re a rich dude
- love me dude
- I wanna be your dude
- dizzy dude Lizzy
- nowhere dude
- Norwegian dude
- with a little help from my dudes
- Martha my dude
- can’t buy me dude
- you’ve got to hide your dude away
- a hard dude’s night
- the dude on the hill
- why don’t we dude it in the road
- ob-la-di, ob-la-dude
- eight dudes a week
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¹ jen also offered a more direct challenge: for commenters to use the word dude in a haiku. My own dude haiku, which featured somewhat traditional references to nature, made me laugh. But it was late at night.
10 responses so far ↓
jenny // June 25, 2007 at 11:05 am |
given the flexibility of meaning of the word, given proper intonation, i believe the best haiku possible is as follows. (i’m linking to an image b/c i don’t trust the wordpress formatting. please forgive me.)
if you can’t tell, it’s a love poem.
jenny // June 25, 2007 at 11:06 am |
hey, it didn’t show!
it’s at http://laloca.org/photos/random/dude-haiku.jpg if anyone’s looking. *sigh*
NotSoSage // June 25, 2007 at 11:52 am |
Wow! Who knew The Beatles were so eminently dudifiable?
jwbates // June 26, 2007 at 12:10 am |
I prefer the little-known Aerosmith song, “Dude Looks Like a Dude”.
alejna // June 26, 2007 at 8:55 am |
jenny-
A beautiful love poem. Quite moving.
NotSoSage-
Yes, more dudifiable than expected.
jwbates-
He, he.
jen // June 26, 2007 at 11:52 pm |
dude. i loved your peach dude haiku. #15 had me snorting.
I am the dude.
i wanna hold your dude
helter skelter (dude)
talking about a dude-a-lu-tion.
i so adore you, sister. thank you.
Julia // June 27, 2007 at 9:15 am |
I want to hold your dude.
jenny // June 27, 2007 at 11:14 am |
gary thinks the dude haiku looks more like a warning against imminent shark attack. i ask: is there a difference between that and a love poem?
anyhoo. shaka, bra. dude.
alejna // June 27, 2007 at 7:49 pm |
jen-
You are the dude. Dude.
Julia-
That one seems somehow…suggestive…
jenny-
I wonder how many of the romantic poets were really warning against shark attacks? I’m starting to re-evaluate Byron’s “She Walks in Beauty”.
And I’m afraid I must ask for elucidation: “shaka, bra”?
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