Monday, January 01, 2007

it's in the lyrics...a game of sorts

Stolen from a my brother.

Step 1: Put your media player of choice on random. (mine will be windows media player)
Step 2: Post the first line from the first 30 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing. (I'll give you the first 2 for some of them)
Step 3: Bold out the songs when someone guesses correctly.
Google is cheating!
April 1, 2007 - no more guesses? ok...here are the rest of the answers


  1. In order to place whatever's been done, you'll tell by the moon and the tide that has come.
    Sit There - The Black Seeds
  2. I'll wait for you till I turn blue, There's nothin' more a man can do.
    Salty Dog - Flogging Molly

  3. Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste
    Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones (identified by JMK)
  4. Tell me one more time again, justy like I didn't hear you
    Bulletproof - Blue Rodeo
  5. Who took the bomb? Every day and night, Every day and night
    I can see your disco disco dick is sucking my heart out of my mind
    (these are lyrics found online...this could be what she is saying...)
    Deceptacon - Le Tigre
  6. When they start falling, executions will commence. Sides will not matter now, matter makes no sense.
    Argument - Fugazi

  7. I went away across the island. Climbed on up - on top the mountain
    Bundle - The Gandharvas
  8. I want to live, I want to give. I've been a minor for...
    Heart of Gold - Neil Young (identified by Osbasso)
  9. A heart of stone, a smoking gun. I can give you life, I can take it away.
    Banquet - Block Party
  10. She said you'd given up, Your folks told me you should be left alone, On a mountain top knocking the aeroplanes down with stones.
    Do the Whirlwind - Architecture in Helsinki
  11. I picked you out, of the crowd and talked to you. Said I liked your shoes, you said Thanks, can I follow you?
    Lover I Don't Have to Love - Bight Eyes (identified by Bella)
  12. I let the beast in too soon, I don't know how to live without my hand on his throat, I fight him always and still...
    Fast As I Can - Fiona Apple (identified by Jenn)
  13. Today's gonna be the day that they're gonna give it back to you. By now you should have some how realized what you gotta do... (this is going to be tricky...it is a cover song, and this artist is not the only one to cover it...the song is easy, the artist not so much)
    Wonderwall - Ryan Adams (originally by Oasis...I also have a cover by Cat Power)
  14. I saw it written and I saw it say...
    Pink Moon - Nick Drake
    (identified by Lolita!)
  15. Everything is bleak, it's the middle of the night. You're all alone and the dummies might be right...
    Music @ Work - The Tragically Hip
  16. Here, have a dollar. Na, in fact brother, man, here have two. Two dollars means a snack to me, but it means a big deal for you...
    Mr. Wendel - Arrested Development (identified by Busted Toy Head - a.k.a. Mr J.)
  17. You give me that look that's like laughing, like liquid in you mouth. Like you're choosing between chocking and spitting it all out.
    Falling is Like This - Ani Difranco (identified by Rainypete)
  18. Eye on the TV, 'cause tragedy thrills me. Whatever flavour, It happens to be like;
    Vicarious - Tool
  19. Drink up baby doll, are you in or are you out.
    Let Go - Frou Frou (identified by 212designs - she put Static Lullaby as the artist...perhaps a cover I don't know about?)
  20. I'm feeling mighty lonesome, haven't slept a wink.
    Black Coffee - Ray Charles (the version I have is Ella Fitzgerald)(identified by 212designs)
  21. The silicone chip inside her head gets switched to overload
    I Don't Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats (identified by chrish)
  22. I want to hold the hand inside you. I want to take a breath thats true
    Fade Into You - Mazzy Star (identified by The Lily)
  23. Glad you made it, welcome to the farm
    Airport Song - Guster (identified by 212designs)
  24. your flirt finds me out, teases the crack in me, smittens me with hope
  25. Show me, Show me, Show me, how you do that trick
    Just Like Heaven - The Cure (Identified by JMK)
  26. I am a workin' man, but I ain't worked for a while
    All Hell For A Basement - Big Sugar
  27. Papa, he left home today, and said he ain't comin' back again
    Mama's got a Girlfriend - Ben Harper
  28. oh so all my lovin' goes, under the fog fog fog
    Y Control - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
  29. I keep my head up tight, I know my plans at night
    Shine a Light - Wolf Parade
  30. I should have known that this would happen from the start
    It's a Hit - We Are Scientists

12 comment:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I know a couple...

3.) Sympathy For The Devil by The Rolling Stones (assuming this isn't a cover)
25.) Just Like Heaven - The Cure

JMK

Mon Jan 01, 07:38:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

20. ray charles - black coffee
23. guster - airport song
19. a static lullaby - let go

that's all i have time for right this second though... lol

that was fun though thanks.

Tue Jan 02, 01:37:00 PM  
Blogger Osbasso said...

8. Heart of Gold--Neil Young

Wed Jan 03, 08:40:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

22. Is "Fade Into You" by Mazzy Star.

Wed Jan 03, 11:47:00 AM  
Blogger Joel McNally said...

16. "Mister Wendel" by Arrested Development

Thu Jan 04, 09:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

10. Pink Moon by Nick Drake?

Thu Jan 04, 11:39:00 AM  
Blogger Rainypete said...

Is 17 Ani Difranco "Falling Is Like This"

Fri Jan 05, 10:42:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

#11 Lover I don't have to love - Bright Eyes?

Wed Jan 24, 08:18:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

#8 - "I want to live, I want to give. I've been a minor for..."

could it be:
"Heart of gold"
by Crosby Stills Nash & Young?

Wed Jan 24, 11:13:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

#12 - As Fast As You Can by Fionna Apple

Thu Mar 01, 09:01:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

21: I don't like Monday. Boomtown Rats

(Unless of course yours is a cover version)

Mon Mar 12, 03:47:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks for writing this.

Mon Nov 10, 10:23:00 PM  

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