GAME0008: Dan's Lyrical Snippet Challenge
Submitted by dgeiser13 on Thu, 06/21/2001 - 01:12
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- "Between Marx and Marzipan in the dictionary, there was Mary." - "The Short Answer" by Billy Bragg from Workers Playtime (1988) [jokow11 +2 1/2]
- "He kinda shoulda sorta woulda loved her if he could've. He'd rather be alone than pretend." - "Confetti" by Lemonheads from It's a Shame About Ray (1992) [drtyhalo +3]
- "History repeats the old conceits" - "Beyond Belief" by Elvis Costello from Imperial Bedroom (1982) [lbangs +2 1/2]
- "I can't believe you, you bend your words like Uri Geller's spoons. Not quite safe here when every judgement seems to smack of doom." - ? by Toad The Wet Sprocket from ? (?) [geisercd +1]
- "I wish you would come pick me up, take me out, fuck me up, steal my records, screw all my friends (they're all full of shit) with a smile on your face, and then do it again."
- "I'd never really known you, but I realized that the one you were before had changed into somebody for whom I wouldn't mind to put the kettle on."
- "I'm a dime a dozen, a worthless tourist, a walking target with his eyes stuck on, glue and paper, no roof to crawl under but with a heart full of rain, full as the clouds."
- "If I stole somebody else's wave to fly up. if I rose up with the avenue behind me. Some kind of verb, some kind of moving thing, some kind of hand is motioning to rise, to rise, to rise." - "Super Bon Bon" by Soul Coughing from Irresistible Bliss (1996) [jodic +2 1/2]
- "It was as though I'd been spit here, settled in, into the pocket of a lighthouse on some rocky socket, off the coast of France."
- "Love consigned, serpentine line uncoils before me. Tough luck turn on, stop on a dime for 'Princess Ignore Me'"
- "Never mind mannequins drunk in the hollow town, drinking the spoils down. Cheap imitations, a revelation is now."
- "One of these days when you figure, figure it all out, well be sure to let me know. Well, I'll be waiting right here, come and whisper in my ear what it is I want to know"
- "Dear Daddy, I write you in spite of years of silence. You've cleaned up, found Jesus, things are good or so I hear. This bottle of Steven's awakens ancient feelings. Like father, stepfather, the son is drowning in the flood." - "Say It Ain't So" By Weezer from Weezer (1994) [drtyhalo +3]
- "The ashtray says you were up all night." - "A Shot in the Arm" by Wilco from Summer Teeth (1999) [jodic +3]
- "The kids have held court and we're glad to report that from now on we'll take orders from the young and the short. In fact. adults should only speak up as a final resort when there's a grown-up problem through which one must sort. Trust the people whom for living is a sport. If you need us we'll be back out in our new tree fort." - "The Kids' Song" by Moxy Früvous from The B Album (?) [taryn +2 1/2]
- "There was a fleet of battleships and one reclining chair headed north on the Arabian sea. Now he's back to tell us what he and his oldest boy Blair are getting rich with their mail-order scheme." - "Uncle Walter" by Ben Folds Five from Ben Folds Five (1995) [noahveil +2]
- "Well, your CD collection looks shiny and costly. How much did you pay for your bad Moto Guzzi? And how much did you spend on your black leather jacket? Is it you or your parents in this income tax bracket?" - "Rock & Roll Lifestyle" by Cake from Motorcade of Generosity (1994) [jodic +2]
Author Comments:
If you can divine from whence these lyrical snippets came then I think that you are I are soulmates. I am dispensing one point for the artist and one point for the song. 1/2 bonus point if you can name the album and another 1/2 bonus point if you can name the year.
drtyhalo: +6
geisercd: +1
jodic: +7 1/2
jokow11: +2 1/2
lbangs: +2 1/2
noahveil: +2
taryn: +2 1/2
I can't refuse a Costello line!
3 - Elvis Costello, Beyond Belief, Imperial Bedroom
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
great job, L!
Well, number 2 is The Lemonheads, from It's a Shame About Ray, and the song is "Confetti"(1992)
Number 13 is Weezer, from Weezer(?), with the song "Say It Ain't So"(1994?)
good job, drty!
alright, all the songs I know have already been filled in. but, 'sound unheard', the last song on your list is my new favourite song of all time! how good is that line! damn.
so, busy? I'd be interested in knowing what speaks to you about this lyric. once the artist is revealed i believe you should be familiar with them.
them, eh? (sound of squeaky mind gears turning, painfully slow)
there is some about the 'leather jacket/income bracket' reference in that line that kills me. it sound just like the sarcastic and self-important nouveau punk rock crap i love. once the answer is posted, i will check the song out, for sure.
it's cake! rock-n-roll lifestyle.
the ashtray song is wilco, from summer teeth, shot in the arm. . was it circa 1999?
jodi, rocks!
The first one is Billy Bragg. The Short Answer from Workers Playtime. Don't know the year. Great song.
2 and 1/2 points for you!
number 8 is super bon bon by soul coughing. i cannot believe i missed it the first time. i *heart* soul coughing.
it's off irresistable bliss circa 1997?
oh, so close. right album, wrong year. 2 1/2 points for jodi!!!
and she takes a commanding lead!!!
Could #16 be some of the exploits of Ben Folds' "Uncle Walter?"
Good job, Noah! 2 points for you!
#4 is Toad the Wet Sprocket.
That's the right band.
posolutely absotively number 15 is "kids' song" by moxy fruvous from the B album... (not sure on the year)
you are correct...
Isn't #12 One of These Days by Camper Van Beethoven? The album is Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart and...I'm guessing the year...1988?