Yet Another Lyrics Quiz (still 2 of 25 unguessed)
Submitted by openstacks on Tue, 08/03/2004 - 12:19
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- Update: Since this quiz has been available for over a month now and there are plenty of items left unguessed, it's time to provide further info. So here is a list of the artists who provided the as-of-yet unguessed lyrics:
- Wings
- Come on, people, I can't give too much more info! Anyone?
- “So I'll stop when I can, find some fried eggs and country ham.” (Albuquerque - Neil Young, guessed by rock'n'roll)
- “I wrote a song/it was slow and long/I wrote the words and the music wrong/but life goes on” (Stab - Built to Spill, guessed by flfrleta)
- “I may not be a Christian/But I’ve done all one man can” (Where to Now, St. Peter? - Elton John, guessed by singalonga)
- “And my love is an anchor tied to you, tied with a silver chain.” (Southern Cross - CSN, guessed by Imposter)
- “the band broke up in May/and in June reformed without me/and they’d got a different name” (Army - Ben Folds Five, guessed by AJDaGreat)
- “We do Chemistry, Biology and Maths/I want Poetry and Music and some laughs/And I don’t think it’s an awful lot to ask” (Family Tree - Belle & Sebastian, guessed by grapesaresou)
- “Ashes of laughter/The ghost is clear/ Why do the best things always disappear?” (Ophelia - The Band, guessed by 0dysseus)
- “You played the role of having sense/I always played the fool” (Love Rears Up Its Ugly Head - Living Colour, guessed by 0dysseus)
- “Eyes sometimes lie/They can be real deceivin’” (Time Loves A Hero - Little Feat, guessed by flfrleta)
- “And all the words we said yesterday/That’s a long time ago” (See a Little Light - Bob Mould, guessed by GreggB)
- “And I sure would like to handle what’s between your ears” (Hey Julia - Robert Palmer, guessed by 0dysseus)
- “You don’t even know the time/but you don’t mind”
- “It's the thought that counts and I think I'm a bit too broke” (Mr. Wrong - Cracker, guessed by pivvclam)
- “There are problems in these times/But, woo!, none of them are mine!” (Beginning to See the Light - Velvet Underground, guessed by AAA)
- “You take two bodies and you twirl them into one” (Hearts and Bones - Paul Simon, guessed by singalonga)
- “I really don’t know clouds at all” (Both Sides, Now - Joni Mitchell, guessed by AAA)
- “For one more time/let your madness run with mine” (Midnight Cruiser - Steely Dan, guessed by tdunnie)
- “So far away but it’s so easy to see you” (Stay Forever - Ween, guessed by FroggyDoggy)
- “The prison walls are crumblin',/ there is no end in sight,/I've gained some recognition/ but I lost my appetite.” (Tough Mama - Bob Dylan, guessed by flfrleta)
- "Oil paintings of x-rated picnics./Behind the walls of medication I'm free" (Wild Kindness - Silver Jews, guessed by phiveoff)
- "I can feel the hand/of a stranger/and it's tightening/around my throat" (I'm Your Captain/Closer To Home - Grand Funk Railroad, guessed by Miken21)
- "When the boy was a boy, the girl was a girl/they found each other in a wicked world" (Eat For Two - 10,000 Maniacs, guessed by cmonster)
- "Why not lie here in my arms/And listen to the night/You must know you have certain charm/And I feel the time is right" (Spare Me A Little - Fleetwood Mac, guessed by flfrleta)
- "Open my mouth/I couldn't make a sound/I could not scream/I could not shout" (Taste the Pain - Red Hot Chili Peppers, guessed by flfrleta)
- "And I guess that's what it takes/When comparing your bellyaches" (Trailer Trash - Modest Mouse, guessed by Cosgrove)
14. The Velvet Underground - "Beginning to see the light"
16. Joni Mitchell - "Both Sides Now"
5. Army by Ben Folds Five
That's it for me.
4. Southern Cross - CS&N
8. "Love Rears Up It's Ugly Head"-L.Color
11. "Hey Julia"-R.Palmer
17. Midnight Cruiser - Steely Dan
25 is "Trailer Trash" by Modest Mouse.
13. Mr. Wrong by Cracker
These don't seem easy to me! Hell, I don't know any of them!
3-Elton John-forgot the song title, but i remmeber the tune.
Well, that's right, so I guess you'll get half-credit if anyone else comes up with the title.
The song is "where to now St Peter"
That's right!
Well, if it really is "ghost" and not "coast," I've had yet another fine mondegreen.
7. "Ophelia"-The Band
Well, the lyrics are off of the fairly authoritative Band website, but your mileage may vary.
...no, I can believe you. But I don't think I understand the song anymore.
Of course I was the one who thought Dolly Parton said "jumping and shouting, the blood starts pumping" instead of "jump in the shower, the blood starts pumping" in the song "9 to 5".
[But my sister thought that Kenny Rogers had "four hundred children and a crop in the fields" not "four hungry children...." No wonder Lucille left him.]
22. "Eat for Two" - 10,000 Maniacs?
Nice!
Tightening around my neck
Closer to home - Grand Funk Railroad
Yes...thank you for giving me some hope that this quiz has not yet died.
20: The Wild Kindness - Silver Jews
Yes! The quiz is not dead after all.
2 is Stab by Built To Spill
9 is Time Loves a Hero by Little Feat
19 is Tough Mama by Bob Dylan
23 is Spare Me a Little of Your Love by Fleetwood Mac
24 is Taste the Pain by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
18. Ween "Stay Forever"
Well done.
6. "Family Tree" from Fold your arms... by Belle & Sebastian
Nice work.
1. Neil Young - I think its called Tonight's the night
10. Not sure of the artist but is this one "see a little light"
15 Paul Simon - Hearts and Bones
1. Right artist, right album, wrong song
10. OK, I'm thinking you can use process of elimination to determine which of the few remaining artists it is.
15. Yes
“And all the words we said yesterday/That’s a long time ago”
I believe that's See A Little Light by Bob Mould
GreggB gbelevick@hotmail.com
Oops! Missed this one. Of course, you're absolutely right.
im not sure about this but
Number 1 is Neil Young Albuquerque
Someone has probably already guessed that but i can't be bothered to check, and it hasn't been changed so there you go
Wow, more than two years later. And indeed correct.