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Good Evening, Gentlefolk!
It's time for another Lyric Game. For those of you who aren't familiar, this is a game testing of the bounds of your musical memory. I will list a series of the first lines of various songs, and you, dear readers, will attempt to identify them. Using search engines is cheating, although going to your own music collections to listen to the beginning of a track to see if that's actually the one I'm looking for is entirely fair, and even encouraged.
Comments are screened, though I'll unscreen them after I have a chance to look at people's answers. Each correctly identified song title is worth half a point. Each correctly identified artist is also worth half a point. In some cases, I'm actually looking for a cover performance instead of the original; correctly identifying that is worth half a point, and correctly identifying the cover performer is worth another half point. Incorrectly identifying something as a cover when it wasn't what I was after is a quarter point penalty. Points will be awarded to everyone who identifies a song or song element in a screened comment; once I've unscreened an identification, further identifications of the same song will not receive points.
And now, the lyrics. Ready, Steady, Go!
And finally, a hat tip to
ariyanakylstram for introducing me to tracks 17 and 18. Oh, and an extra full point to anyone who can hand me a good transcription of the intro to track 8 in the performance I have in mind.
It's time for another Lyric Game. For those of you who aren't familiar, this is a game testing of the bounds of your musical memory. I will list a series of the first lines of various songs, and you, dear readers, will attempt to identify them. Using search engines is cheating, although going to your own music collections to listen to the beginning of a track to see if that's actually the one I'm looking for is entirely fair, and even encouraged.
Comments are screened, though I'll unscreen them after I have a chance to look at people's answers. Each correctly identified song title is worth half a point. Each correctly identified artist is also worth half a point. In some cases, I'm actually looking for a cover performance instead of the original; correctly identifying that is worth half a point, and correctly identifying the cover performer is worth another half point. Incorrectly identifying something as a cover when it wasn't what I was after is a quarter point penalty. Points will be awarded to everyone who identifies a song or song element in a screened comment; once I've unscreened an identification, further identifications of the same song will not receive points.
And now, the lyrics. Ready, Steady, Go!
- Why'd you run away? Don't you like my style?
- The deception with tact, just what are you trying to say?
- I met a boy, his name was Jay, he was so fine
- Every day my metal friend, shakes my bed at 6am
- I can't believe the news today
- Watching girls, passin' by, it ain't the latest thing
- Hey, little girl, is your daddy home?
- In the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway american dream
- Oh, Baby, don't it feel like heaven right now
- In the afterlife, you could be headed for the serious strife
- It was a slow day, and the sun was beating
- Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
- Madman drummers bummers and Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat
- Hold on tight to your dream
- Never know how much i love you
- You're a rich girl, and you've gone too far
- The night I laid my eyes on you
- I've got a bad boy and that's alright with me
- The daylight, cried for a cure
- Hold your breath, make a wish, count to three
And finally, a hat tip to
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easy ones...
Date: 2010-07-09 08:51 am (UTC)12) Eleanor Rigby by the Beatles
Re: easy ones...
Date: 2010-07-10 06:11 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-07-10 10:56 pm (UTC)Aside: When I made the list, I hadn't realized that I'd included quite so much Springsteen on it. That only became clear when I went fact-checking my artist list to make sure I had the attributions correct.
(Also, because the ordering I have sounds good on the mixed CD)
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Date: 2010-07-09 09:59 am (UTC)5. U2, Sunday Bloody Sunday
12. Eleanor Rigby, originally by the Beatles but I bet you're looking for a cover version because the "real" song doesn't technically start with that line
15. dunno who, Fever
...and I feel like I should know 20 but it's not coming to me. And I can sing 10 but not name it. Feh.
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Date: 2010-07-09 10:59 am (UTC)#12 Eleanor Rigby. The Beatles.
#15 Do you want to know a secret. The Beatles.
And that, I think, is all that touches a chord with me right now.
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Date: 2010-07-09 12:45 pm (UTC)7. I'm on Fire, by Bruce Springsteen
10. Hell, by The Squirrel Nut Zippers
12. Eleanor Rigby, by The Beatles
14. Hold On Tight, by ELO
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Date: 2010-07-09 12:47 pm (UTC)7 and 16 I can sing, but I wasn't sure of the titles until I looked them up, so those don't count.
going for the easy ones
Date: 2010-07-09 02:28 pm (UTC)12. Eleanor Rigby, Beatles
also 10: Argh, I totally know that song, but don't remember the name or who does it
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Date: 2010-07-09 02:37 pm (UTC)4. Plastic Age - Buggles
7. I'm On Fire - Bruce Springsteen
10. Squirrel Nut Zippers (where'd that album go?)
11. Paul Simon (that one too?!?)
12. Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles
15. Lady in Red
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Date: 2010-07-09 02:43 pm (UTC)8. Springsteen, "Born to Run"
10. Squirrel Nut Zippers. I think the track is "Hell", from "Hot"
12. Well, obviously "Eleanor Rigby", but who knows what version you want?
14. ELO. "Hold on Tight", from "Time". Do I get an extra 1/4 point for owning it on vinyl?
That is all I can do without resorting to Google.
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Date: 2010-07-09 03:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-09 03:49 pm (UTC)#12 The Beatles Eleanor Rigby (but this one seems too easy so I suspect you are asking for a cover for which I suspect there are several and I have no idea which it could be based on a written lyric)
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Date: 2010-07-09 03:56 pm (UTC)#10 Squirrel Nut Zippers Hell
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Date: 2010-07-09 04:06 pm (UTC)7. "I'm on Fire," Bruce Springsteen
10. "Hell," Squirrel Nut Zippers
12. "Elanor Rigby," Beatles
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Date: 2010-07-09 04:18 pm (UTC)8: Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run (not sure here because I can't understand much of his mumbled lyrics other than "runaway American dream")
11: Paul Simon - The Boy in the Bubble
12: The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby (are you looking for a cover here?)
13: Bruce Springsteen - Blinded by the Light - There's a good chance here that you're looking for the cover by Manfred Mann's Earth Band
16: Hall and Oates (can't remember the title though)
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Date: 2010-07-09 04:31 pm (UTC)5. Sunday Bloody Sunday (ditto, probably not U2)
7. I'm On Fire (ditto, probably not Springsteen)
10. In the Afterlife, Squirrel Nut Zippers (such a great band name)
12. Eleanor Rigby, probably not the Beatles since that's too obvious
15. Fever, Peggy Lee
16. Rich Girl, probably not Billy Joel
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Date: 2010-07-09 04:36 pm (UTC)7. Bruce Springsteen, "I'm On Fire"
10. Squirrel Nut Zippers, "Hell"
11. Paul Simon, "Boy in the Bubble"
12. Beatles, "Eleanor Rigby"
There's a certain Hellish afterlifeish demonic theme going here, although I don't see how #11 fits.
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Date: 2010-07-09 05:00 pm (UTC)13 - 'blinded by the light', Bruce Springsteen (not the Manfred Mann cover)
16 - rich girl, hall & oates
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Date: 2010-07-09 05:38 pm (UTC)12: Eleanor Rigby
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Date: 2010-07-09 06:18 pm (UTC)Pull out my Party Piece?
Date: 2010-07-09 06:38 pm (UTC)Well, I'll go for the easy ones, anyway
Date: 2010-07-09 07:17 pm (UTC)7. Bruce Springsteen, "I'm On Fire"
8. Bruce Springsteen, "Born To Run" (though judging by the footnote, you have a cover version in mind).
9. Tom Petty, "The Waiting"
10. ___, "Damnation" (It's one of those retro-swing bans that were effin' ubiquitous in the early 90s. Squirrel Nut Voodoo Daddies or something like that.)
11. Paul Simon,, "Boy in the Bubble"
12. ...um, srsly? The Beatles, "Eleanor Rigby". I'm guessing you're thinking of a cover.
14. ...well, I know it's the soundtrack to the Coffee Achievers commercial! That count for anything?
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Date: 2010-07-09 08:09 pm (UTC)10: Squirrel Nut Zippers, "Hell"
12: The Beatles, "Ruby Tuesday"
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Date: 2010-07-09 10:52 pm (UTC)12 - Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles.
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Date: 2010-07-09 11:50 pm (UTC)15. Prince, "Purple Rain".
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Date: 2010-07-10 10:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-10 12:58 am (UTC)7. I'm On Fire, Bruce Springsteen
8. Born To Run, Bruce Springsteen
10. Hell, Squirrel Nut Zippers
12. Eleanor Rigby, the Beatles
13. Blinded By The Light, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (the Manfred Mann version is an abomination)
14. Aw, I can HEAR this, but couldn't swear to title or artist. Cheap Trick?
15. Do You Want To Know A Secret, the Beatles