Inspired by Lisa and Rob, I’ve got a little quiz for you.
It’s simple enough, 25 lyrics, guess the song and artist. I’ve used the “Party Shuffle” mode of iTunes to pull 25 random tracks from my library, so don’t blame me… entirely..
Ohh and it’s not always the first line of the song, some were a little to obvious for that.
UPDATE: DEADLINE passed, here are the answers to all… er… 26 tracks
- I want your tender charms, cause I’m lonely and blue
Rescue Me by Fontella Bass – PB Curtis - Spread out the oil, the gasoline. I walk smooth, ride in a mean, mean machine
Start me up by The Rolling Stones - From the torn or taffeta, You’re frozen in the contemplation of a win
4 pounds in 2 days by Lambchop - Go hug your sister, Go love your sister, Go hug your sister, One and the same<
Pistol of fire by Kings of Loen/li> - You can hear, dear Mother Nature murmuring low “Let yourself go”
It’s De-Lovely by Cole Porter (sung by Jeri Southern) – Cheerful One - And her hunky funky junky, Of a boyfriend, Got her on late nights, With her skirt tight
High Times by Jamiroquai - With all the will in the world, Diving for dear life
Shipbuilding by Elvis Costello – Rullsenberg - Put your hair back, we get to leave, Eleven gallows on your sleeve
Perfect Circle by R.E.M. – David - Inside you’re pretending, Crimes have been swept aside, Somewhere where they can forget
Mysterions by Portishead - Seven out a twenty one knocked down now only fourteen left to go
Out of nowhere by Athlete - There is nothin’ fair in this world, There is nothin’ safe in this world
White Wedding by Billy Idol – Joanna - I got a faulty parachute, I got a stranger’s friend, An exciting change in, My butchers blend
Losing Hope by Jack Johnson - I have a choice between the bat or the belt, each time I hear about the hand you’ve been dealt
Wind Up by Foo Fighters - Petrified for the millionth time. Slowly my soul evaporates, No parachutes no dismal clouds, Just this fucking space
I’m not working by the Manic Street Preachers – Lyle - Fear me you lord and lady preachers, I descend upon your earth from the skies
Seven Seas of Rhye by Queen – Tom - L.A. proved too much for the man, So he’s leavin’ the life he’s come to know
Midnight train to Georgia by Gladys Knight – robin - You stay the night at his house, With no ride to work, And I’m the one who tells you, He’s another jerk
You by Aimee Mann – pootlecat - We dive into a dark doorway, Hiding from the clouds of grey, Oh babe, I don’t mind it at all
Scottish Rain by The Silencers - May God bless and keep you always, May your wishes all come true, May you always do for others, And let others do for you.
Forever young by Bob Dylan – Canute - Yeah but nobody searches, And nobody cares somehow, When the loving that you’ve wasted, Comes raining from a hapless cloud
Slow Hands by Interpol - I dont have to sell my soul, Hes already in me
I Wanna be adored by The Stone Roses – Rullsenberg - Hold up, hold on, don’t be scared, You’ll never change what’s been and gone
Stop crying your heart out by Oasis - And into the sea goes pretty England and me, Around the Bay of Biscay and back for tea
This is a Low by Blur – Kerron - A year ago, last Thursday, I was strolling in the zoo, when I met a man who thought he knew the lot
I’m a Gnu by Flanders and Swann – Z - Viktor was born in the spring of ’44, And never saw his father anymore, A child of sacrifice, a child of war
Leningrad by Billy Joel – Blue Witch - Lost in a lullaby, Side of the road, Melt in a memory, Slide in a solitude
Fugitive Motel by Elbow
Honourable mentions: Adrian McEwen.
Right. Have at it people! I’ll update correct guesses when I can over the weekend. Ohh and we all KNOW it’d be easy to just Google for the answers but what’s the point in that?
