Until I get around to making an iTunes run, I'm listening to the four-and-five-star playlist, which is much better fodder for the "Random Ten" thing than a bunch of filler tracks off really recent albums. We'll do this in guess-the-lyrics fashion because, well, because I can.
Despite the title, there are some absolute meatball songs on this list, that ought to be pretty easy to guess (1, 5, 7, 8, 10, 19, 20). There are also some things that are really damn near impossible-- I'll be absolutely stunned if anybody recognizes #16, and Google didn't turn up lyrics for #3 or #6..
Here's the list:
- "She can see no reasons 'cause there are no reasons, what reason do you need to die?"
- "I'm going down to Hollywood, they're gonna make a movie of the things that they found crawling in my brain."
- "And all the Spanish Mission houses slide into the sea."
- "You've looked for something greater than this, I promise you it doesn't exist"
- "Your tongue, your transfer, your hand, your answer."
- "They say love's more precious than gold, it can't be bought and it can't be sold."
- "Consider this the slip that brought me to my knees."
- "The one who insists he was first in the line is the last to remember her name."
- "When I was just a little boy, I threw away all my action toys."
- "In their eyes there's something lacking, what they need's a damn good whacking."
- "The scene ends badly as you might imagine, in a cavalcade of anger and fear."
- "I'll be the moon when the sun goes down, Just to let you know that I'm still around."
- "Tomorrow is gonna make you cry/ It's gonna to make you kneel/ Before it breaks you from inside."
- "When the music starts to playin'/ She slides out on the floor/ Dancing without a partner/ Swaying on the two and four."
- "Got a headache burnin' bad gasoline/ I'm gonna relieve it baby/ My solar powered lovin' burns clean/ You're gonna receive it baby."
- "No cash, no credit, no car, no home, just with these two feet these two feet that I roam."
- "Call it a crutch when you plan it too much/ Waste your whole life without living/ Gimme a moment that should have been spent/ Time isn't very forgiving."
- "Tryin' to make other people lose their minds, well be careful you don't lose yours."
- "He loved the Golden Gophers but he hated all the drawn out winters."
- "I remember when you were here, and all the fun we had last year."
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I don't know that playing "I don't like mondays" is allowed on university campuses this quarter.
I think 19 is tricky. Unless it is the gimmicky "silence" single
2. Counting Crows, "I Wish I Was a Girl"
7. I think that line actually ends with "failed." REM, "Losing My Religion"
13. Wallflowers, "Beautiful Side of Somewhere"
10. The Beatles, "Piggies"
Steinn: I don't know that playing "I don't like mondays" is allowed on university campuses this quarter.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's a great song, though.
I think 19 is tricky. Unless it is the gimmicky "silence" single
It's actually "Unclosed Tag" by I Can't Type.
Fixed, now.
Kate: 7. I think that line actually ends with "failed." REM, "Losing My Religion"
Yes.
I'm never sure if that "failed" is the end of that line, or the beginning of the next, or just a random Michael Stipe interjection.
#2 and #13 are also correct.
onymous: 10. The Beatles, "Piggies"
Yep.
18. Aretha Franklin, "Think".
I'm afraid that and 1 (already identified by Steinn) are the only ones I recognised. (Unless 7 is from Pink Floyd's "One Slip", but I suspect not.)
11. Mountain Goats, "This Year"
18. Aretha Franklin, "Think".
Yep.
11. Mountain Goats, "This Year"
Yes. I really like that song. Kate remains skeptical.
#1 I Don't Like Mondays by the Boomtown Rats.
1. Boomtown Rats - I don't like Mondays
5. Replacements - Kiss Me On The Bus
7. REM - Losing My Religion
9. Andrew Bird... can't recall the song title
10. Beatles - Piggies
8 is "Pretty In Pink" by the Psychedelic Furs.
19 is "Stuck Between Stations" by the Hold Steady - come on people, a lyric in the third person about Minnesota, who else could it be?
The only other one I knew was #2, actually.
11. Mountain Goats, "This Year"
Yes. I really like that song. Kate remains skeptical.
I like the whole album. That's probably my favorite song on it. That, or maybe "lion's teeth" or "up the wolves".
5. Replacements - Kiss Me On The Bus
Yes.
9. Andrew Bird... can't recall the song title
It is, indeed, Andrew Bird. The title would probably be a better for for Rob Knop's blog than mine.
8 is "Pretty In Pink" by the Psychedelic Furs.
19 is "Stuck Between Stations" by the Hold Steady
Yes, and yes.
Forwarding from my wife:
Got these right away!!
1.) The Boomtown Rats "I don't like Mondays"
8.) The Psychadelic furs "Pretty in Pink"
10.) The Beatles "Piggies"
7.) REM "Losing My Religion"
20.) "It's Christmas, Baby Please COme Home" - My favorite modern Christmas
song!!!! I think originally this was the Ronnettes, but my favorite version is
U2!!
Those are the obvious ones to me. I'll have to look at the others later.
I forgot to mention:
I like the whole album. ["This Year" is] probably my favorite song on it. That, or maybe "lion's teeth" or "up the wolves".
I have to say, I'm inordinately amused by a song with the title "Up the Wolves" whose chorus is "Our mother has been absent, ever since we founded Rome, but there's gonna be a party when the wolf comes home."
20.) "It's Christmas, Baby Please COme Home" - My favorite modern Christmas song!!!! I think originally this was the Ronnettes, but my favorite version is U2!!
That's the song. This particular version was by Death Cab for Cutie, but there's really no way to convey that.
It is, indeed, Andrew Bird. The title would probably be a better for for Rob Knop's blog than mine.
Ah! I had been meaning to buy the new Andrew Bird album from iTunes, but kept forgetting. Now I have it. The song is "Darkmatter."
#6 - Kevin Welch song called Millionaire
They say love's more precious than gold, it can't be bought and it can't be sold." I've got love enough to spare that makes me a millionaire.
Recently released on the Solomon Burke CD - Nashville.
jwb