This Lyric Game's for You (and you and you and you)
Submitted by AJDaGreat on Thu, 07/03/2003 - 10:15
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- 4. Your brains are locked away, but I love your company / I'll only ever leave you when you got no money
- 8. And I hate it when you'd look away when I was inside and slowly getting to it / It didn't help a lot when you would turn around and I was on the top and you would say, "Baby, you can do it!"
- 34. Was I surprised? Yeah / Was I surprised? No, not at all
- 35. Oh, I don`t know why you`re not there / I give you my love, but you don`t care
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- 1. All I need from you is all your love / All you gotta give to me is all your love (Out on the Tiles, Led Zeppelin, thanks to stumpy)
- 2. And I don't think it will be so bad / And I know it won't be so bad / 'Cause the man said, "That's the way it is" / And the man said, "It don't get better than this, no no no" / So I signed on to the record company / They say they're gonna give me lots of money / If I play what they want you to hear / They tell me it's cool, and I sure believe it (Sell Out, Reel Big Fish, thanks to geek)
- 3. It seems today, that all you see / Is violence in movies and sex on TV (Theme from Family Guy, thanks to tdunnie)
- 5. TV tells a million lies / The paper's terrified to report / Anything that isn't handed on a presidential spoon / I'm just profoundly frustrated by all this / So f*ck you, man (Ignoreland, REM, thanks to pivvclam)
- 6. I close my eyes only for a moment, and the moment's gone / All my dreams pass before my eyes, a curiosity (Dust in the Wind, Kansas, thanks to jim)
- 7. I have lied, I have begged, and I have cheated / And I know my ship won't be coming in (Dust in the Wind, Todd Rundgren, thanks to pivvclam)
- 9. You bought a guitar to punish your ma / And you didn't like school / And you know you're nobody's fool (Welcome to the Machine, Pink Floyd, thanks to dcstar)
- 10. A one-track mind, you can't be saved / Oblivion is all you crave (Addicted to Love, Robert Palmer, thanks to stumpy)
- 11. Your sister's gone out, she's on a date / And you just sit at home and masturbate / Your phone is gonna ring soon / But you just can't wait for that call / So you stand on the corner in your new English clothes / And you look so polished from your hair down to your toes / But still your finger's gonna pick your nose (Captain Jack, Billy Joel, thanks to pivvclam)
- 12. Moon's a common scene around my town / Yeah where everyone is painted brown / And if we do get stuck away / Let's go paint everybody gray (Maybe the People Would be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale, Love, thanks to lbangs)
- 13. I can't tell you how I feel / My heart is like a wheel (Let Me Roll It, Wings, thanks to stumpy)
- 14. The system... is down / The system... is down / The system... is down / The system... is down (Strong Bad Techno, thanks to AAA)
- 15. How many special people change? / How many lives are living strange? (Champagne Supernova, Oasis, thanks to AAA)
- 16. All you need is your own imagination / So use it, that's what it's for / Go inside for your finest inspiration / Your dreams will open the door (Vogue, Madonna, thanks to geek)
- 17. Hey darlin', can I buy you a drink? / Looking for Mr. Goodbar? Here he is / Wait a minute, I've got it, you're an Italian! / Huh? You're Jewish? / Love your nails, you must be a Libra / Your place or mine? (Dancing Fool, Frank Zappa, thanks to stumpy)
- 18. Entre nous, it's very true / The room temperature's higher than my IQ / But they like me more than Gerard Depardieu / How did this happen? I don't have a clue (Genius in France, Weird Al Yankovic, thanks to AAA)
- 19. When outlaws rule the West / And fear fills the land / A cry went up for a man with guts / To take the West in hand (Theme From Blazing Saddles, sung by Frankie Laine, thanks to stumpy)
- 20. I've never had to knock on wood / But I know someone who has (The Impression That I Get, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, thanks to jim)
- 21. You don't need Deck the Halls / Or Jingle Bell Rock / 'Cause you can spin the dreidel / With Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock! (Chanukah Song, Adam Sandler, thanks to pivvclam)
- 22. Now the mist across the window hides the lines / But nothing hides the color of the lights that shine / Electricity so fine / Look and dry your eyes (Steppin' Out, Joe Jackson, thanks to pivvclam)
- 23. Keats and Yeats are on your side (Cemetry Gates, The Smiths, thanks to lbangs)
- 24. I meet a cheerleader, was a realy young bleeder, oh the times I could reminisce / 'Cause the best things of lovin' with her sister and her cousin only started with a little kiss, like this (Walk This Way, Aerosmith, thanks to jim)
- 25. Lay down with me, tell me no lies / Just hold me close, don't patronize (I Can't Make You Love Me, Bonnie Raitt, thanks to pivvclam)
- 26. I never wanted to be your weekend lover / I only wanted to be some kind of friend / Baby I could never steal you from another / It's such a shame our friendship had to end (Purple Rain, Prince, thanks to pivvclam)
- 27. If someone in a movie show / Yelled "Fire in the second row! / This whole place is a powder keg!" / You'd notice him (Mr. Cellophane, Chicago, thanks to AAA)
- 28. And you may tell yourself / "This is not my beautiful house!" / And you may tell yourself / "This is not my beautiful wife!" (Once in a Lifetime, Talking Heads, thanks to jim)
- 29. He doesn't know who Jesus was or what praying is / How can he be saved from the eternal grave? (Christmas, from Tommy, The Who, thanks to dcstar)
- 30. Whenever life gets you down, keeps you wearing a frown, and the gravy train has left you behind / And when you're all out of hope, down at the end of your rope, and nobody's there to throw you a line / If you ever get so low that you don't know which way to go, come on and take a walk in my shoes / Never worry 'bout a thing, got the world on a string, 'cause I've got the cure for all of my blues (Enormous Penis, DaVinci's Notebook, thanks to stumpy)
- 31. He asked us, "Be you angels?" / And we said, "Nay, we are but men" (Tribute to the Best Song in the World, Tenacious D, thanks to lbangs)
- 32. So take a look at me now / Oh there's just an empty space / And there's nothing left here to remind me / Just the memory of your face (Against All Odds, Phil Collins, thanks to lbangs)
- 33. So, be you Italian, Jewish, Black or Mex / I can make the most virile of men forget their sex (King Heroin, James Brown, thanks to lbangs)
Author Comments:
I had fun with the first one, didn't you? Let's do it again.
7/14/03 - Happy Bastille Day! I added a few more.
I think #6 is "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas (cringe), #20 is "The Impression That I Get" (?) by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, #24 is "Walk This Way" by Aerosmith, and #28 is something by the Talking Heads.
Correct on all counts. Any idea as to what song #28 is? I think it's what's generally regarded as their biggest hit.
I know, I just couldn't come up with the title. I kept replaying the tune in my head, and I think it's "Once in a Lifetime". Right?
Bingo.
#9 Hey You, Pink Floyd
#15 Wonderwall, Oasis
#21 Chanukah Song, Adam Sandler
#22 Steppin' Out, Joe Jackson
#25 Ican't Make You Love Me, Bonnie Raitt
#26 Purple Rain, Prince
#11 is from Captain Jack by Billy Joel, but I'm not sure
You are right for #11, #21, #22, #25, and #26. For #9 and #15, you have the bands right but not the songs. Nice job though.
AJ, I loved you comments on England! Sounds like you scored some great CDs too!
I know way too many of these to play, but you are very sly with 6 and 7, and I didn't know anybody else bothered to decipher number five before! A classic piece of spleen venting!
Great to hear from you!
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
I had a great time in England, and yes, I did pick up some excellent albums.
I thought the 6 and 7 thing was pretty clever too... :-)
#9- Welcome to the Machine/ Pink Floyd
#29- Christmas/ The Who (from Tommy)
Smart List!
Correct on both counts!
15. "Champagne Supernova" - Oasis (great song)
18. "Genius in France" - Weird Al
27. "Mr. Cellophane" - Kander & Ebb (Chicago: The Musical)
I wanted to include an Oasis song, but I thought I'd really fool everyone by including one that's not on the Oasis album I just bought. A great song, indeed. Also good calls on the Weird Al and Chicago.
1. "Out On The Tiles" - Led Zeppelin (best Bonham)
10. "Addicted To Love" - Robert Palmer
13. "Let Me Roll It" - Wings
19. This one drove me crazy for a little while... "He Rode A Blazing Saddle" - Frankie Laine
17. "Dancin Fool" - Zappa
30. This one I don't know the artist but I know where I've heard it - The "Bob and Tom Show" - "Enormous Penis" is the name.
Ooh, I'm so happy that someone got "Enormous Penis." Nice song-identifyin' there, stumpy.
3. Theme from 'The Family Guy'
Wow, haven't seen you around here in a while, tdunnie! Yes, you are correct, of course.
Alright, I'll do a few from the bottom. Heck, it is five o'clock...
33 - King Heroin - James Brown (killer song)
32 - Against All Odds (AKA Take a Look at Me Now) - Phil Collins
31 - This is the one that forced me to guess at one - TRIBUTE - Tenacious D
23 - Cemetry Gates - The Smiths
I'll hold off on a few others, as I'm hoping *somebody* knows them, especially several near the top.
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs (who hopes he got the numbers right...he didn't double-check like he should have...:()
Well, of the ones left, I know you know #5 and #7, and I think you probably know #4 and #12. Not sure if you know #8, but if you don’t, you (and everyone else out there) should download it, because it’s such an awesome song. #14 reaches to the deepest levels of obscurity (Jim *might* know it, but probably not). #34 I put in there in honor of jblack’s return. And if you’re like me, you’ve heard #35 waaaaay too many times.
Oh, and all of your guesses were right, of course. And also, "King Heroin" is one of my favorites on the compilation.
#2 Reel Big Fish, "Sell Out" ?
#16 Madonna, "Vogue" ?
Both correct. Nice going, geek.
Aha! #7 is Dust in the Wind of the great Something/Anything by Todd Rundgren
Ooh, another Rundgren fan? I'm very pleased.
OK, because I am both a completist and impatient (a bad combination), I'm posting some hints so we can be done with this lyric game. There are seven lyrics remaining: 4, 5, 8, 12, 14, 34, and 35.
1. One of the seven is an REM song.
2. 14 is very, very obscure. It comes from a cartoon. Jim or dgeiser13 might possibly recognize it.
3. As I said before, 34 is in honor of jblack's return.
4. One of the seven is by a group who was only together for a very brief period of time, but put out a masterpiece of an album.
5. One of the seven should remind you of an infamous sketch comedy.
6. One of the seven is by an artist whose name would be more commonly recognized as following the word "Hey."
7. lbangs, just say what 12 is, I don't think anyone else can get it. Except maybe Nick_Vane, but he hasn't been around much lately.
Aye aye, captain!
12 - Maybe the People Would be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale - Love - Forever Changes
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
Wow, how did you know that?!?!?!?!
Maybe #5 is Ignoreland?
It certainly is!
Let's get this quiz finished, eh? I'll separate the ones already answered.
Alright, #14 is from Homestar Runner, but I can't remember anything other than that. It's the lightswitch rave, no?
Nice job! I thought that was too obscure for everyone.