Pop Music Contrapositives

Created
Wed, 09/07/2025 - 22:00
Updated
Wed, 09/07/2025 - 22:00

Nirvana
“The Spirit of People Aged Twenty and Older Is Odorless”

The Cure
“I’m Not in Love, Which Is How I Know Today Isn’t Friday”

Bruce Springsteen
“Do You Know What It’s Like to Be Someone Who Isn’t on Fire? Because I Don’t”

Beastie Boys
“Pacifists Abdicate Their Right to Party”

Queen
“That Which Is Sane or Large Cannot Be Love”

The Weeknd
“I Feel Something but It’s Not My Face”

Cyndi Lauper
“You Don’t Want to Have Fun; Therefore, You’re Not a Girl”

The Beach Boys
“An Unknowing Entity Cannot Be God”

The Pixies
“Hell Is Monkeyless”

Paula Cole
“If Their Location Is Known, They’re Not Cowboys”

Prince / SinĂ©ad O’Connor
“Can a Thing Be Compared to a Person? If So, That Person Is Not You”

Lou Reed
“Hey, That Side’s Looking Pretty Domesticated; Don’t Walk There”

Wang Chung
“You Didn’t Have Fun Tonight, Because You Are Literally Bodiless”

Joy Division
“By Chance, If We Remain Intact, It Won’t Be Because of Love”

Bachman-Turner Overdrive
“Someone May Have Seen Something by Now, But It’s Not You”

Jerry Lee Lewis
“Balls Lacking Fire Really Aren’t So Great”

REM
“Whatever Religion I Found Sure as Hell Isn’t Mine”