[Most ridiculous band names]

The Barenaked Ladies

Deep Blue Something

Enigma (just try to figure it out)

Herman's Hermits

Mr. Mister

Quiet Riot

Yes

[SONGS ON WAR!!!!!!]

If you like something a bit harder, there's a song called Holiday by Green Day...speaks out about todays war. Otherwise, I've always cried and associated Paint It Black by the Rolling Stones with war...maybe because it was a theme song for an old TV show?

I remember that show - China beach, wasn't it?

Let me check my library...

Somebody already mentioned War by Edwin Star, that's a great one.

Two Tribes - Frankie goes to Hollywood

Ordinary day - Duran Duran (I'm not sure it's about war, but a some of the imagery speaks of war and grief)

One of the living (technically more of postwar desolation than war itself - from the opening of mad max 3)

[songs that inspire you...]

Video - Des'ree

Things can only get better - Howard Jones (that one helped me a lot when I was in a really bad space years ago.)

Dreams can come true - Des'Ree

Let the river run - Carly Simon

Caravan of love - The Isley brothers (Hiroshima also has a good cover of it).

Dreams - Van Halen

No such thing - John Mayer

Dance into the Light - Phil Collins

Higher love - Steve Winwood

A lot really depends on the situation. Anyway, I hope your friend feels better soon. Music can be great therapy.

[B Movies]

The last starfighter . Video game player with no life gets called upon to defend the universe. A serious guilty pleasure.

The final countdown Aircraft carier gets pulled back to just before pearl harbor. Will they change history, or will a blatant plot cop-out prevent them from doing so?

[Walk like an egyptian- subtle drug references?]

I'm not sure, so I checked the listings first, then searched the forums to see if it had been asked before.

In the song 'Walk like an Egyptian" there appear to at least a few veiled drug references. For example:

Gold crocodiles (oh whey oh)

They snap their teeth on your cigarette

That would seem to be a reference to a 'roach clip'. The reference to a hookah in the following line would seem to confirm this.

Does anybody know if my guesses have any merit, or am I completely off here?