I only do this meme because I am a sadist
Ganked from various people, most recently jsburbidge:
1. Open up your music player. Hit shuffle.
2. Record the first few words of the first 20 songs that come up that do not give away the name of the song. Skip instrumentals, but don't skip the embarrassing ones. [I've put titular giveaways in some of the less recognizable songs, because seriously, I have an esoteric enough music collection as it is, and in one case I used the song's only recognizable lyric, although it is a quite well-known song.]
3. Make hapless LJ denizens guess the song names and artists [where possible]. Google is cheating.
4. Least hapless LJ denizen wins admiration.
1. Tell me why must a man be of service / to his lord and the god seldom high
2. Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua Sanctus (from the Missa L'Homme Armé), guessed by txanne
3. See how the little fishes how they do sport and play / Causing many a lad and many a lass to go there making hay Copper Family, "Month of May," guessed by lnhammer
4. The purest eyes and the daintiest hands / I love the ground on which she stands Pete Seeger, "Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair," guessed by ningloreth
5. By day and night they were contriving to fill their parents' hearts with fear Bellowhead, "Bruton Town," guessed by speak_me_fair
6. I never give you my pillow / I only send you my invitations The Beatles, "Carry That Weight," guessed by executrix
7. The sunnes cours, we may well kenne / Ariseth est and goth down west Mediaeval Baebes, "This World Fareth As A Fantasye," guessed by speak_me_fair
8. Two years ago, my sister and I / went from New York to Catskills
9. Oh, after morning there comes the evening / And after evening another day
10. Number nine...number nine...number nine... The Beatles, "Revolution 9," guessed by fuunsaiki
11. L 'amours dont sui espris / Me semont de chanter Martin Best Ensemble, "L'amours dont sui espris," guessed by speak_me_fair
12. She knows all the charts / Breaks her heart / Thinks a lot of you
13. We turn away to face the cold enduring chill / As the day begs the night for mercy, love U2, "One Tree Hill," guessed by kore_on_lj
14. In April and in May / When hertes be all merry
15. I heard a voice as of strong thunderings / Saying:
16. A recruiting sergeant came our way / To an inn nearby at the close of day Steeleye Span, "Fighting for Strangers," vocatus_fortis
17. Jolly Roger Twangdillo of Plowden Hill / In his chest had two thousand good pounds
18. Balow my babe, weep not for me / Whose greatest griefs are borne in thee Baltimore Consort, "Balow my babe," guessed by speak_me_fair
19. Come ye young men, come along / With your music, dance, and song Martin Carthy, "Staines Morris," guessed by arcadiaego
20. When the shades of night are falling / Comes a fellow everyone knows Tom Lehrer, "The Old Dope Peddler," guessed by lnhammer
1. Open up your music player. Hit shuffle.
2. Record the first few words of the first 20 songs that come up that do not give away the name of the song. Skip instrumentals, but don't skip the embarrassing ones. [I've put titular giveaways in some of the less recognizable songs, because seriously, I have an esoteric enough music collection as it is, and in one case I used the song's only recognizable lyric, although it is a quite well-known song.]
3. Make hapless LJ denizens guess the song names and artists [where possible]. Google is cheating.
4. Least hapless LJ denizen wins admiration.
1. Tell me why must a man be of service / to his lord and the god seldom high
2. Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua Sanctus (from the Missa L'Homme Armé), guessed by txanne
3. See how the little fishes how they do sport and play / Causing many a lad and many a lass to go there making hay Copper Family, "Month of May," guessed by lnhammer
4. The purest eyes and the daintiest hands / I love the ground on which she stands Pete Seeger, "Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair," guessed by ningloreth
5. By day and night they were contriving to fill their parents' hearts with fear Bellowhead, "Bruton Town," guessed by speak_me_fair
6. I never give you my pillow / I only send you my invitations The Beatles, "Carry That Weight," guessed by executrix
7. The sunnes cours, we may well kenne / Ariseth est and goth down west Mediaeval Baebes, "This World Fareth As A Fantasye," guessed by speak_me_fair
8. Two years ago, my sister and I / went from New York to Catskills
9. Oh, after morning there comes the evening / And after evening another day
10. Number nine...number nine...number nine... The Beatles, "Revolution 9," guessed by fuunsaiki
11. L 'amours dont sui espris / Me semont de chanter Martin Best Ensemble, "L'amours dont sui espris," guessed by speak_me_fair
12. She knows all the charts / Breaks her heart / Thinks a lot of you
13. We turn away to face the cold enduring chill / As the day begs the night for mercy, love U2, "One Tree Hill," guessed by kore_on_lj
14. In April and in May / When hertes be all merry
15. I heard a voice as of strong thunderings / Saying:
16. A recruiting sergeant came our way / To an inn nearby at the close of day Steeleye Span, "Fighting for Strangers," vocatus_fortis
17. Jolly Roger Twangdillo of Plowden Hill / In his chest had two thousand good pounds
18. Balow my babe, weep not for me / Whose greatest griefs are borne in thee Baltimore Consort, "Balow my babe," guessed by speak_me_fair
19. Come ye young men, come along / With your music, dance, and song Martin Carthy, "Staines Morris," guessed by arcadiaego
20. When the shades of night are falling / Comes a fellow everyone knows Tom Lehrer, "The Old Dope Peddler," guessed by lnhammer