One of them "recognise the lyrics" things.
24 May 2007, 20:53
I bet everybody's seen this, or at least something similar to this:
Put your iTunes on shuffle, pick the first 25 songs that come up, and post your favourite line from each one. Then have people guess the songs.
Here are the lines (I hope there are no mistakes):
1. C'est comme une lettre qui c'était écrite à l'envers
Dans les rues de Londres - guessed by Arieka
2. If she breaks the rules I've said I'll quit / though I'll admit that hasn't happened yet
I Believe She's Lying - guessed by soundtrekkie
3. Bill Barilko disappeared that summer, he was on a fishing trip
Fifty-Mission Cap - guessed by ripleyy
4. Today's the day our younger son in going off to war / fighting in the age-old battle we sometimes won before
Flags of Freedom - guessed by CragMac
5. And you're powered by the hopeful lie that it's just around the bend
Driving Sideways - guessed by soundtrekkie
6. Out of college, money spent / see no future, pay no rent / all the money's gone, nowhere to go
You Never Give Me Your Money - guessed by lisardggY
7. The perfect gift for me would be completions and connections left from last year
8. Renegade woman, love me like there's no tomorrow / left to borrow
Ring Your Bell - guessed by jimmyarmstrong
9. Bells clang, I guess it's a holiday / Did that rhyme? Shit! I'm a poet now
Free Time - guessed by soundtrekkie
10. He wanted to live like a rolling stone / with a beautiful wife / and city and country homes
11. The radio man finally understands and plays you something you can move to
12. Lost in summer, morning, winter, travel very far / lost in musing circumstances, that's just where you are
Yours Is No Disgrace - guessed by CragMac
13. The only thing that they can't take / the guilt that spirals in my wake
I Live With It Every Day - guessed by Oollah
14. I need an easy friend with an ear to lend
About a Girl (originally by Nirvana) - guessed by paulmer2003
15. I must have brought the bad weather with me / The sky's the colour of lead / All you left me was a feather on an unmade bed
16. Everybody knows that she's going nowhere / everybody always tells her how much they care / but all they really care about is cutting their hair and letting it grow
500 Up - guessed by itsdavesblog
17. I must have lit my seventh cigarette at half past two / and at the time I never even noticed I was blue
The Day Before You Came - guessed by abbagirl
18. These train conversations are passing me by / and I don't have nothing to say / you get what you pay for / but I just had no intention of living this way
Raining in Baltimore - guessed by Oollah
19. I'm alright Jack keep your hands off my stack
Money - guessed by fr3d45
20. It is the springtime of my loving - the second season I am to know / you are the sunlight in my growing - so little warmth I've felt before
The Rain Song - guessed by lisardggY
21. 'Cause they're waiting for you like I waited for mine / and nobody ever came
Dream Brother - guessed by trialbyfire108
22. I died in a car crash a lifetime ago, it seems
23. I know that you went straight to someone else / while I worked through all this shit here by myself / and I think that you should spend some time alone
Gone - guessed by lizz-ay
24. The love I once felt I don't feel anymore for you / this time I'll even open the door for you
Where Were You When I Needed You - guessed by soundtrekkie
25. Wanna percent of every nation / you're the type to rise to that occasion / stole the race, no surprise there / the elevator always beats the stairs
Seconds - guessed by MarlaRocksSocks
The artists still unguessed are (in alphabetical order):
Bruce Springsteen
Juliana Hatfield
Spice Girls
Tom Waits
Vienna Teng
Already guessed:
Aimee Mann
ABBA
The Band
The Bangles
Barenaked Ladies
The Beatles
Ben Folds
Cibo Matto
Counting Crows
Jeff Buckley
Jon Brion
Le Tigre
Led Zeppelin
Michael Penn
Mylène Farmer
Neil Young
Pink Floyd
Sloan
The Tragically Hip
Yes
Put your iTunes on shuffle, pick the first 25 songs that come up, and post your favourite line from each one. Then have people guess the songs.
Here are the lines (I hope there are no mistakes):
1. C'est comme une lettre qui c'était écrite à l'envers
Dans les rues de Londres - guessed by Arieka 2. If she breaks the rules I've said I'll quit / though I'll admit that hasn't happened yet
I Believe She's Lying - guessed by soundtrekkie
3. Bill Barilko disappeared that summer, he was on a fishing trip
Fifty-Mission Cap - guessed by ripleyy4. Today's the day our younger son in going off to war / fighting in the age-old battle we sometimes won before
Flags of Freedom - guessed by CragMac
5. And you're powered by the hopeful lie that it's just around the bend
Driving Sideways - guessed by soundtrekkie6. Out of college, money spent / see no future, pay no rent / all the money's gone, nowhere to go
You Never Give Me Your Money - guessed by lisardggY7. The perfect gift for me would be completions and connections left from last year
8. Renegade woman, love me like there's no tomorrow / left to borrow
Ring Your Bell - guessed by jimmyarmstrong9. Bells clang, I guess it's a holiday / Did that rhyme? Shit! I'm a poet now
Free Time - guessed by soundtrekkie10. He wanted to live like a rolling stone / with a beautiful wife / and city and country homes
11. The radio man finally understands and plays you something you can move to
12. Lost in summer, morning, winter, travel very far / lost in musing circumstances, that's just where you are
Yours Is No Disgrace - guessed by CragMac13. The only thing that they can't take / the guilt that spirals in my wake
I Live With It Every Day - guessed by Oollah
14. I need an easy friend with an ear to lend
About a Girl (originally by Nirvana) - guessed by paulmer200315. I must have brought the bad weather with me / The sky's the colour of lead / All you left me was a feather on an unmade bed
16. Everybody knows that she's going nowhere / everybody always tells her how much they care / but all they really care about is cutting their hair and letting it grow
500 Up - guessed by itsdavesblog17. I must have lit my seventh cigarette at half past two / and at the time I never even noticed I was blue
The Day Before You Came - guessed by abbagirl18. These train conversations are passing me by / and I don't have nothing to say / you get what you pay for / but I just had no intention of living this way
Raining in Baltimore - guessed by Oollah19. I'm alright Jack keep your hands off my stack
Money - guessed by fr3d4520. It is the springtime of my loving - the second season I am to know / you are the sunlight in my growing - so little warmth I've felt before
The Rain Song - guessed by lisardggY
21. 'Cause they're waiting for you like I waited for mine / and nobody ever came
Dream Brother - guessed by trialbyfire10822. I died in a car crash a lifetime ago, it seems
23. I know that you went straight to someone else / while I worked through all this shit here by myself / and I think that you should spend some time alone
Gone - guessed by lizz-ay24. The love I once felt I don't feel anymore for you / this time I'll even open the door for you
Where Were You When I Needed You - guessed by soundtrekkie25. Wanna percent of every nation / you're the type to rise to that occasion / stole the race, no surprise there / the elevator always beats the stairs
Seconds - guessed by MarlaRocksSocksThe artists still unguessed are (in alphabetical order):
Bruce Springsteen
Juliana Hatfield
Spice Girls
Tom Waits
Vienna Teng
Already guessed:
Aimee Mann
ABBA
The Band
The Bangles
Barenaked Ladies
The Beatles
Ben Folds
Cibo Matto
Counting Crows
Jeff Buckley
Jon Brion
Le Tigre
Led Zeppelin
Michael Penn
Mylène Farmer
Neil Young
Pink Floyd
Sloan
The Tragically Hip
Yes
Comments
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trialbyfire108 wrote:
number 21 is dream brother by jeff buckley!
i love that line... i also love
asleep in the sand with ocean washing over -
fr3d45 wrote:
19 is Money, Pink Floyd :)
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leende wrote:
Both correct :)
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lisardggY wrote:
6 is The Beatles. A part of the Abbey Road medley. You Never Give Me Your Money, probably.
20 is Led Zeppelin, but again, it's all a blur. It's a later song. From Houses of hte Holy, perhaps? -
lisardggY wrote:
Rain Song!
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leende wrote:
Right you are, about both songs! (I love Rain Song.)
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[deleted-user]
wrote:
23's ben folds! gone
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leende wrote:
Correct! One of my first Ben Folds favourites.
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MarlaRocksSocks wrote:
25 is Le Tigre - Seconds :)
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CragMac wrote:
4. Neil Young : Flags of Freedom
Bah, this The Band on will keep me up all night... -
CragMac wrote:
Oh. Is 12 Yes? Yours is no Disgrace.
Still not getting The Band one. Ill have to have a proper listen to my stuff.
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leende wrote:
All correct! The Band song was one of the songs that got me properly into them a few years back :)
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CragMac wrote:
Got The Band one but i've already answered a couple so I'll wait to see if anyone else gets it.
(I'm actually liking this lyrics game, unlike other ones). -
leende wrote:
I know there are a million of these around, but I find this entertaining nonetheless :)
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abbagirl wrote:
17. ABBA - The Day Before You Came
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leende wrote:
Yes! Yay, somebody else knows their ABBA too :D
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jimmyarmstrong wrote:
#8. The Band - Ring Your Bell!!!!! =)
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leende wrote:
Correct!
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Oollah wrote:
13. BNL - I Live with It Every Day
18. Counting Crows - Raining in Baltimore -
leende wrote:
Oikein :D
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Arieka wrote:
The first song is by Mylene Farmer, 'Dans les rues de Londres'
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leende wrote:
That's right! I'm so happy somebody knew it :)
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ripleyy wrote:
#3 is The Tragically Hip - Fifty Mission Cap
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leende wrote:
Correct!
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itsdavesblog wrote:
#15 is Sloan -
500 Up :-)
