Life is not all brunettes and games : a "find the song by its lyric" pastime quiz (now with names of the artists)
Submitted by cramoukji on Fri, 02/11/2005 - 08:33
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- "Which way to Loveland ? Which way to something better ? Which way to forgiveness ? Which way do I go ?" (Tom Petty)
- "And I look the other way as they are kissing their hellos" (Suzanne Vega)
- "I stepped into a church I passed along the way" answer by imposter
- "We had never heard of a dump closed on Thanksgiving before" rightly answered by stumpy
- "She drinks coca-cola with valium" (John Hiatt)
- "But I fear tomorrow we'll be crying" answer by tdunnie
- "I drive a Rolls-Royce cos' it's good for my voice" answer by AAA
- "She was masturbating with a magazine" answer by imposter
- "You won't find my name in your book of Who's who" answer by imposter
- "I turn the engine but the engine doesn't turn" cosgrove gave the answer
- "And for Christmas buy her a drum" Wezzo was right
- "I'd rather feel the Earth beneath my feet" congratulate Penny for the answer
- "Aphrodite on a barstool by your side" good job from Wezzo
- "There's a small boat made of china sailing nowhere on the mantlepiece" answer by imposter
- "But they just can't kill the beast" cosgrove gave the answer
- "Letters I've written never meaning to send" answer by imposter
- "I know I won't be leaving here with you" Wezzo did it
- "Every junkie's like a setting sun" cosgrove gave the answer
- "But the man there said the music wouldn't play" cosgrove gave the answer
- "And every landlord in the district cried" (The Beautiful South)
- "But I knew I'd find a much better place either with or without you" answer by imposter
- "Sens la pluie comme un été anglais" (Visage)
- "Easy come easy go will you let me go ?" cosgrove gave the answer
- "On the steps by the fountain light will you sit and talk to me ?" (Hub Moore)
- "Joltin' Joe has left and gone away" cosgrove gave the answer
Author Comments:
Come on, they're easier to find now that there are clues added
Scorbeoard so far:
With six correct answers, four one-points, one two-point, one three-point, imposter leads with nine points
Cosgrove and Wezzo are tied at the second place with six points (six one-pointers for Cosgrove and one 4-point and two one-point for Wezzo)
tdunnie and stumpy tie at fourth place with one answer worth two points each
AAA and Penny tie at sixth place with one point each
Let's get some o' them ones outta the way...
#10 = "One Headlight" by the Wallflowers
#15 = "Hotel California" by the Eagles
#18 = "The Needle and the Damage Done" by Neil Young
#19 = "American Pie" by Don Mclean
#23 = "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
#25 = "Mrs. Robinson" by Sion & Garfunkel
first come, first served, you got yourself six easy points well done thank you come again and play
3. California Dreamin' - The Mamas & The Papas
8. Darling Nikki - Prince
9. (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone - The Monkees
14. Weather With You - Crowded House
16. Nights In White Satin - The Moody Blues
21. Don't You Want Me - Human League
all good answers good job
6. Epitaph - King Crimson
nice one, both your answer and the song by King Crimson
#4 is Alice's Restaurant (Massacree) - Arlo Guthrie
and #1 reads like an old R&B hit that I just can't finger. ..."to get to Loveland... with you"
it is the Massacree, yes but number one is not an old song, it's from 1994
#7. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out? If it is, I think the lyrics are "leaving here".
#11. Bob Dylan - She Belongs To Me
#13. Gin Blossoms - Pieces Of The Night?
7. T. Rex - "Children of the Revolution"
12. El Condor Pasa Simon and Garfunkel
all winners... "I won't be leaving here with you ?" indeed so thanks Wezzo for correcting that... I never read those lyrics and didn't hear them well I guess, as you know by now I have excuses as english is not my first language