06 July 2006

Yay, Lyrics!

K'wyn and Yena's fault
Step 1: Put your MP3 player on random.
Step 2: Post the first line from the first 25 songs that play.
Step 3: Ask everyone to guess what song and artist the lines come from.
Step 4: Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly.
Step 5: No cheating. (Note: Google is cheating.)

1. David Bowie, Changes
Oh yeah / mmm / still don't know what I been waiting for
Corey

2. Tal Bachman, She's So High
she's blood, flesh and bone
DD

3. Afghan Whigs, Hated
I smoke a pack a day
Corey

4. The time to rise has been engaged

Extra Credit 1: Só danço samba

5. Hey mom, there's something in the back room

6. The Heads, The King Is Gone
They came from the second city
Corey

7. Ain't had no fun all the time

8. Prepare to go forth

9. You're running fast and missing but cannot help convincing.

10. The Who, My Generation
People try to get us down
bonus points if you know more than one band who's covered this
Thess, who also got the extra credit

11. They Might Be Giants, Number Three
There's only two songs in me and I just wrote the third
Rob

12. The Pixies, Wave of Mutilation
There was a guy / an underwater guy who controlled the sea
Rob

13. Baby I don't like to tell ya

14. Smashing Pumpkins, 33
Speak to me in a language I can hear humour me before I have to go
Rob

15. Ani DiFranco, Company
Tell me what's the point / of all this pointless proximity
Alan Turing

16. Motley Crue, In the Beginning
In the beginning / Good always overpowered the evils / Of all mans sins
Corey

17. Tom Waits, What's He Building
What's he building in there / what the hell is he building
Rob

18. Once upon a sign I read a warning and it said

Extra Credit 2: ya sé que no vendrás

19. The Arcade Fire, In the Backseat
I like the peace / in the backseat
Rob

20. Here I lay motionless / catch me if you can

21. Beatles, Sun King
Here comes the sun king
Rob

22. Long legs don't give me no head rush in the morning

23. I didn't ask for as much / as maybe I oughtta

24. The Fray, Over My Head (Cable Car)
I never knew / I never knew that everything was falling through
K'wyn

25. Hey there / I know it's hard to feel

2 comments:

karen said...

3) Meet Virginia, by Train?

Étaín said...

Nope, older than that. Good guess, though!