"+Quiz: Rentastrawberry's Lyrics Challenge+"
Submitted by rentastrawbe on Sun, 08/12/2007 - 09:42
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- Try to guess the songs and artists for each lyric!
- “There’s blood in the streets, it’s up to my ankles” (Peace Frog - The Doors 1 point to buddy)
- “Here’s your ticket pack your bags/Time for jumping overboard” (Burning Down the House - Talking Heads 1 point to Critico)
- “I worked for the union/Cause she’s so good to me”
- “Share bright failing star/Caroline, Caroline, Caroline/ Riding the Shirley Shirley Shirley um…”
- “Talking to the trees of the cobweb strange”
- “I’ll be your plastic toy/For you”
- “Squeeze my lemon ‘till the juice runs down my leg” (Lemon Song – Zeppelin, Traveling Riverside Blues – Robert Johnson 2 points to Cosgrove)
- “I traveled far and wide for many different times/What did you see there?” (Wilderness - Joy Division 1 point to ZeppelinPage)
- “No blind spots in leopards eyes”
- “Take a look at my girlfriend/She’s the only one I got” (Breakfast in America – Supertramp 1 point to Cosgrove)
- “Your eyes are blue/Blue jewels/Yeah yeah”
- “They got a name for the winners in the world/I want a name when I lose.” (Deacon Blues – Steely Dan 1 point to Cosgrove)
- “I ain’t never never kissed a car before/It’s like a door ugh…”
- “And if a Double Decker bus crashes into us/To die by your side is such a heavenly way to die” (There Is a Light That Never Goes Out – The Smiths 1 point to AJDaGreat)
- “The words of the Prophets are written on the subway walls” (Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkle 1 point to 0dysseus)
- “Got to scrape this shit right off your shoe” (Sweet Virginia – Rolling Stones 1 point to AJDaGreat)
- “You fly in thunderclouds above the city into one that I love”
- “Give me a bodyguard/A black belt Judo expert with a machine gun” (My Wife - The Who 1 point to Imposter)
- “They’ll zip you and dress you down/Stand you in a row/But you know you don’t have to” (The Ballad of El Goodo - Big Star 1 point to Imposter)
- “Mother Earth is pregnant for the third time/Ya’ll have knocked her up”
- “Like the ghost of someone near/She comes to haunt me in my sleep”
- “Make me a deal and make it straight/All signed and sealed/I’ll take it to Robert E. Lee”
- “I waited patiently for the Lord/He inclined and heard my cry”
- “I’ve been fobbed off and I’ve been fooled/I’ve been robbed and ridiculed” (Handle With Care - Traveling Wilburys 1 point to Imposter)
- “I was struck by lighting/Walkin' down the street/I was hit by something last night in my sleep” (Dead Man’s Party – Oingo Boingo 1 point to Cosgrove)
Author Comments:
No internet use, keep it fair.
Add comments for points. I'll keep a leaderboard going.
Cosgrove - 5
Imposter - 3
AJDaGreat - 2
0dysseus - 1
buddy - 1
ZeppelinPage - 1
Critico - 1
Well, #7 is both "Traveling Riverside Blues" by Robert Johnson and "The Lemon Song" by Led Zeppelin. #10 is "Breakfast in America" by Supertramp. #12 is "Deacon Blues" by Steely Dan. And #25 is "Dead Man's Party" by Oingo Boingo. Also, I know the band who created #1, but the title escapes me. Poop.
very good all correct!
I love these games, but I'm really bad at them in general. I do, however, know that #14 is the Smiths' "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" and that #16 is the Rolling Stones' "Sweet Virginia."
great!
#15 is "The Sound of Silence"
If it's comments you want then I've already said some stuff about the use of the Simon & Garfunkel song(s) in The Graduate:
[snipetty]
The movie starts with an anonymous Ben exiting unnoticed from a noisy crowded plane. Alone [as "The Sound of Silence" plays], he is carried along by a walkway. He has no purpose, no direction, no idea. He is empty. I also think I remember The Judge, Milt Hinton, telling a story about being called into a Simon & Garfunkel studio session. It was for what would become the album Sounds of Silence. Virtually no recording was done and Paul Simon said that they weren't going to use the music in any case. Simon explained that their previous record had been produced so cheaply that their record company had barely promoted it. Simon was determined to deliver an album so expensive that Columbia would have no choice but to promote it heavily.
As I recall it, Hinton said that there was a great deal of late night card playing and sandwiches. It was late at night because Paul Simon wanted to pay time and a half union rates to the musicians. It was sandwiches because musicians can always eat. I'll say this for Paul Simon: he seems to have a lot of respect for musicians.
I have to admit that I had a little thought that #24 was "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right." But I googled the song (and not the lyrics above) and figured out that I was wrong. Then I figured out that I was thinking of dummy lyrics I'd made up in my own head.
Damn you! imaginary life that I lead. Thank goodness that I'm the jazz trumpet-playing confidant of Kermit the Frog or I'd feel the complete fool.You seem like you know a lot about music...yep your right with sound of silence, and I can see the similarities with number 24.
#1 is the Doors, Peace Frog. I generally suck at these, but I'm pretty sure know that one at least.
correct
18. My Wife - The Who
19. The Ballad Of El Goodo - Big Star
24. Handle With Care - The Traveling Wilburys
all are right.
#2 burning down the house by Talking Heads, there is also a cool cover of this one by Tom Jones and the girl from Cardigans.
correct
#8 is Wilderness by Joy Division
yup
#22 is Virginia Plain by Roxy Music
#23 = 40 by U2
#6 - "Just Like Honey" by The Jesus And Mary Chain