Lyric Game - I Can't Believe The News Today

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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!

1. Why'd you run away? Don't you like my style?
   
2. The deception with tact, just what are you trying to say?
   
3. I met a boy, his name was Jay, he was so fine
   
4. Every day my metal friend, shakes my bed at 6am
   
5. I can't believe the news today
   
6. Watching girls, passin' by, it ain't the latest thing
   
7. Hey, little girl, is your daddy home?
   
8. In the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway american dream
   
9. Oh, Baby, don't it feel like heaven right now
   
10. In the afterlife, you could be headed for the serious strife
    
11. It was a slow day, and the sun was beating
    
12. Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
    
13. Madman drummers bummers and Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat
    
14. Hold on tight to your dream
    
15. Never know how much i love you
    
16. You're a rich girl, and you've gone too far
    
17. The night I laid my eyes on you
    
18. I've got a bad boy and that's alright with me
    
19. The daylight, cried for a cure
    
20. Hold your breath, make a wish, count to three

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.

Comments

easy ones...

[blue-estro.livejournal.com]

5) Sunday, Bloody Sunday by U2.
12) Eleanor Rigby by the Beatles

Re: easy ones...

[xthread.livejournal.com]

Yes to both.

[blue-estro.livejournal.com]

Also, the only voice I can think of hearing sing the word diplomat is Bob Dylan, but I am pretty sure that isn't the correct lyric, and thus probably not the correct singer.

[xthread.livejournal.com]

Warmer than you realized

[tronpublic.livejournal.com]

Just curious, how is that warm?

[xthread.livejournal.com]

While I was looking for the Mannfred Man performance, which is solid mid-seventies Pop, the original Bruce Springsteen feels to me to be more of a piece with Dylan's Folk-Rock style and sensibilities, before Springsteen became a pop mega-star with Born in the USA.

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)

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

2. The Fixx, One Thing Leads to Another
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.

[michiexile]

#5 Sunday, bloody Sunday. U2?

#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.

[mangosteen]

5. Sunday Bloody Sunday, by U2
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

[solan-t.livejournal.com]

12 "Eleanor Rigby" (But I always think of it as "all the lonely people")- The Beatles.

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

[kest]

5. Sunday Bloody Sunday, U2
12. Eleanor Rigby, Beatles

also 10: Argh, I totally know that song, but don't remember the name or who does it

[hydrolagus.livejournal.com]

2. One Thing Leads to Another
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

[3diff.livejournal.com]

I don't have a good memory, but...
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.

[ratontheroad.livejournal.com]

10. Hell, by Squirrel Nut Zippers. They wrote the song about me, btw, they just didn't know it. No good at the others, but I know that one.

[ragani.livejournal.com]

#4 The Buggles Living In The Plastic Age
#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)

[ragani.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, and I meant to include:
#10 Squirrel Nut Zippers Hell

[anthologie.livejournal.com]

5. "Day in the Life," Beatles
7. "I'm on Fire," Bruce Springsteen
10. "Hell," Squirrel Nut Zippers
12. "Elanor Rigby," Beatles

[tronpublic.livejournal.com]

5: U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
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)

[malabar.livejournal.com]

2. One Thing Leads to Another (no idea whose version you want)
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

[corpsefairy.livejournal.com]

1. "What You Feel" from the Buffy musical, sung by the demon Sweet (Hinton Battle).

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.

[jeffpaulsen.livejournal.com]

7 - I'm on Fire, Bruce Springsteen
13 - 'blinded by the light', Bruce Springsteen (not the Manfred Mann cover)
16 - rich girl, hall & oates

[jessicac.livejournal.com]

10: Hell, Squirrel Nut Zippers
12: Eleanor Rigby

[melissa-actress.livejournal.com]

#1- What You Feel. From the Buffy Musical soundtrack.

Pull out my Party Piece?

[kevinelong.livejournal.com]

You have been spending too much time in Detroit.

Well, I'll go for the easy ones, anyway

[shoutingboy.livejournal.com]

5. U2, "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
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?

[zunger.livejournal.com]

7: Bruce Springsteen, "I'm on Fire"
10: Squirrel Nut Zippers, "Hell"
12: The Beatles, "Ruby Tuesday"

[plymouth.livejournal.com]

5 - Sunday Bloody Sunday by U2
12 - Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles.

[shoutingboy.livejournal.com]

Oh, and another one:

15. Prince, "Purple Rain".

[xthread.livejournal.com]

<deadpan> uh-huh.

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

5. Sunday Bloody Sunday, U2

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