The 'Who Done That?' lyrics quiz #1
Submitted by GreggB on Thu, 12/29/2005 - 05:23
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- You know the way it throws about, it takes you in and spits you out.
- The silence of conspiracy. Slaughtered on the altar of apathy. You gotta wake up from your sleep. 'Cause meek inherits earth six feet deep.
- I tried my best to hide. In a crowded room, it's nearly possible.
- He laughed at accidental sirens, that broke the evening gloom.
- Above us is a dirty sky, full of youths and liquors. A little girl, a little guy, this air can't get much thicker.
- On truth devoured, a silent play on the shadow of power. A spectacle monopolized, the camera's eye on choice disguised.
- Too much caviar only points to middle aged spread. There won't be room for many playboys in your single bed.
- Out here on the perimeter there are no stars. Out here we is stoned - immaculate.
- I've been around, seen some things, I've slept in dumpsters, got high with kings. - Kid Rock, Wasting Time solved by openstacks.
- Left my home in Music City, in the back of a limosine. Now I'm doin' my own laundry, and I'm gettin' those clothes clean.
- Well you can tear a plane in the falling rain. I drive a rolls royce 'cos it's good for my voice (** extra credit for the correct ORIGINAL artist **)
- Get out of Bombay and go up to Brixton And look around, to see just what is missing.
- Hey mister Whistler, here comes the click of dice. Roulette and blackjack, build us a paradise.
- The way you swerve and curve, really wrecks my nerves (** yeah, it's a tough one **)
- 'Cause fires and rockhouses and grape-flavored rat poison, are the new trinity in this so-called community.
- Are we living in a land, where sex and horror are the new Gods?
- Too hard for clever folks to understand, yeah they're more used to words like ideology.
- The mutants, creeps and musclemen, are shaking like a leaf.
- That's why I sometimes stand alone at parties. That's why I drink, so I'll be who they think I am.
- I was sayin let me out of here before I was even born--it's such a gamble when you get a face.
- They're pulling down the old slums, to build the new. They're bringing back the old rules, to please the few.
- I've got a madman of my own to contend with, cursing in the cave of my skull.
- Cause it’s all about money, ain’t a damn thing funny; You got to have a con in this land of milk and honey.
- You're staring at me, suspiction in your eye. You say what game are you playing? What's this that you're saying? I know that I can't reply.
- Tired of doing day jobs, with no thanks for what I do.
- They got fifty thousand watts, in a big acoustic tower. Securlty's so tight tonight, oh they're ready for a tussle. Gotta keep your backstage passes, 'cause your promoter has the muscle. - Nick Lowe, And So It Goes solved by Imposter
Author Comments:
I am new to the list but have already been inspired by the many lyrics quizes already here...so here's my first try.
I have adhered to the following rules in compiling these:
1. I own it....somewhere.
2. It's not some obscure B-side'er. They all got airplay, though some may not have got much past college radio.
3. There is one artist for each letter of the alphabet (not listed in order).
4. I tried to go with snippets of lyiric that, at least for me, stuck in my mind.
A hint: My musical taste has always tended towards what is now called Alternative Rock, mostly from the early 70's through the early 90's (though list list has some outside that range and genre :-) )
Good Luck
How sad that the only one I know for sure is number 9 - Kid Rock's Wasting Time.
Not really. I hoped I didn't make it too easy.
It does imply you're a bit younger than me (but yes, I DO own Devil Without A Cause).
try this (more recent) one, which probably locates me geographically too:
"Shoe glue. What can I do. A man's not dressed if his shoes are a mess. Rock n' Roll, I got a hole down in my sole."
GreggB
The first one to jump out at me was:
26. And So It Goes - Nick Lowe
Guess I put in too many words ;-)
Correct. One of the underrated (along with Dave Edmunds) artists of the early New Wave scene.