Lyrics Quiz
I saw this on Heart Songs…since I haven’t done a music meme in awhile I thought I’d give it a try!
Step 1: Put your MP3 player or whatever on random [ElfPod on shuffle]
Step 2: Post the first line from the first 25 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.
Step 3: Here’s the fun part: YOU get to guess what song it is from just the one line; if you’re really good, you’ll know the artist as well! [ahahaha good luck with this one!]
Step 4: Then I get to strike through the line when someone gets it right, linking to that someone, cause I’m nice like that
Step 5: No cheating! And by cheating, I mean no looking them up on Google or any other search engine
1. This speech is my recital: It’s Tricky by Run-DMC Ren
2. Drove downtown in the rain 930 on a Tuesday night: Brian Wilson by Barenaked Ladies Ren
3. The reason why oh I can’t say
4. She’s a good girl loves her mama: Free Fallin’ by Tom Petty Dawn
5. How come he don’t come and p.l.p. with me down at the meter no more?: Chuck E’s In Love by Rickie Lee Jones – April
6. I looked at you, you stole my heart…you were all that I anticipated: Rock Steady by The Whispers DebR
7. Having trouble with the high school head, giving you the blues?: Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap) by AC/DC – April
8. The 22nd of loneliness and we’ve been through so many things
9. Nineteen ninety, Chubb Rock jumps up on the scene with a lean and a pocket full of green: Treat ‘Em Right by Chubb Rock Malcolm
10. Hey hey Julia you’re acting so peculiar: Sailing Shoes by Robert Palmer Robin
11. Did I ask for you love…did I ask for your dedication?
12. I know it’s out of fashion and a trifle uncool: Echo Beach by Martha and the Muffins Julie
13. When your world is full of strange arrangements and gravity won’t pull you through…: The Look of Love by ABC Ren
14. I quit my job…ain’t go no money…seems I have to leave this town.
15. Spotcheck Billy got down on his hands and knees, he said “Hey momma, hey let me check your oil all right?”
16. Sitting at home watching Arsenio Hall: Me So Horny by 2 Live Crew Kristaloowho
17. My friends wonder why I call you all the time…what can I say…I don’t feel the need to give such secrets away.: Kiss on my List by Hall & Oates Dawn
18. Hey yo I’m still not a playa but you still a hater, elevator to the top hah, see you later, I’m gone
19. Back in my arms, girl, you ain’t got no reason for acting like a stranger to me.: Back In My Arms by Robert Palmer Charlotte
20. Hey, this is radio station W-S-K-E-E, we’re takin’ calls off the wish line, making all your wacky wishes come true: I Wish by Skee Lo Kristaloowho
21. See them walking hand in hand across the bridge at midnight: Girls on Film by Duran Duran Ren
22. Downtown we’ll drown, we’re in our never splendor, flowers, showers, who’s got the new boy gender: I’ll Tumble for Ya by Boy George Monique
23. Tonight there’s gonna be a jailbreak somewhere in this town: Jail Break by Thin Lizzy – April
24. Well I woke this morning with a pain in my neck, a pain in my heart and a pain in my chest; I went to the good doctor and the good doctor said, you gotta slow down your life or you’re gonna be dead.: Complicated Life by The Kinks Monique
25. Well she’s my woman of gold and she’s not very old – a ha: Hot Love by T.Rex Julie
Yeah…good luck with this one! Elfpod must’ve been in a mood…all 80s new wave & rap with a sprinkling of the 70s…not one Zeppelin? Damn. And I had to skip over some songs that basically started out with the name of the song (”Push It”, “She’s a brick house”, etc.).
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April 29th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
10 is Robert Palmer off the Sneakin’ Sally Thru The Alley album. I can sing it, but damned if I can remember the title!
April 29th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
4. Free Fallin’ – Tom Petty
17. Kiss is on My List – Hall & Oates
April 29th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
i’ve got a few and i am thinking a few more will kick in later but how about..
1. it’s tricky-run dmc
2. brian wilson-barenaked ladies
13. look of love-abc
21. girls on film duran duran
if the rest of the playlist lives up to those four, i think i love your elfpod.
(that’s my favorite run dmc song!)
April 29th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Man I got nothing!
April 29th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
I knew the Duran(2) one, but that was it. That is a cute idea.
April 29th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
5. Chuck E’s In Love – Rickie Lee Jones
7. Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap) – AC/DC
23. Jail Break – Thin Lizzy (that one’s really too easy)
BTW – LOVE your blog!
April 29th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
#25 – Hot Love by T-Rex.
And that is the only one I recognise.
April 29th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
#19 Robert Palmer — Back in my Arms
April 29th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Darn, as usual, the very few I actually recognized were already answered. I like this though, might have to steal it sometime.
April 29th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
I knew Robert Palmer and Duran Duran, but I don’t know any of the others…lol!
April 29th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
#6 is Rock Steady but I can’t remember who sang that. (Hell, I had to sing the song in my head until I got to the chorus before I could remember the title, even though I recognized the first line! LOL!)
April 30th, 2008 at 6:06 am
#12 Echo Beach – Martha and the Muffins. hehe, heard it on the radio today.
April 30th, 2008 at 8:02 am
i really want to say #24 is the Kinks… not sure why, don’t know what song. but it’s the Kinks.
April 30th, 2008 at 8:29 am
16. me so horny
20. skiii looooo wish
April 30th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Lyrics are my Achilles’ heel. Others already guessed the few that I did know, lol. My only guess is for #9: Treat Me Right by Chubb Rock.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
After posting, I looked it up… I should have typed “Treat ‘Em Right”.