Another Music Thing, Because I Lack All Originality. Dana's Fault This Time.
Step 1: Put your music player on shuffle.
Step 2: Post a line (or two) from the first 22 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing.
Step 3: Strike through the songs when someone guesses both artist and track correctly.
Step 4: For those who are guessing -- looking the lyrics up on a search engine is CHEATING!
Step 5: If you like the game post your own
ETA: Cross-posted to Facebook. To give folks a better chance of participating, since most of these aren't what you'd call hopelessly obscure, please limit your forays to one forum or the other. Thanks!
1. Het is goed zolang het duurt: / Hele jaren, of een uur. (It's good as long as it lasts: / Entire years, or an hour.)
2. Watch out! / You might get what you're after.
3. She never mentions the word "addiction" / In certain company. selenityk "She Talks to Angels" by The Black Crowes
4. Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl 'cause she doesn't have a lot to say. omarm_me & orange_fell "Her Majesty" by The Beatles
5. Slippery Jack, no more turning back, all-around morning humour.
6. I been down, I been beat, / I been so tired that I could not sleep. nippa56 "Back to You" by Bryan Adams
7. She was a fast machine. / She kept her motor clean. selenityk "She Shook Me All Night Long" by AC/DC
8. There's a backseat (lover) / That's always under(cover) watch_over_me "Walk This Way" by Run-D.M.C. & Aerosmith
9. Fear no more the heat o' the sun / Nor the furious winters' rages; orange_fell "Cymbeline" by Loreena McKennitt (lyrics by W. Shakespeare)
10. It's easier not to be wise selenityk "I Alone" by +Live+
11. Did you ever wake up / In the morning / With a freight train running through your head?
12. I see the way the salesmen stare into the sun. / I stood and watched them as they fell off one by one.
13. I wish you could adore / The way you did before. / Now you're living through another year.
14. Watch your words / Or your words might drown you.
15. Well, the mood settled down / Once the movie hit town.
16. Caught, / Caught in the way, / In the way of a bus.
17. Well, you're dirty and sweet, clad in black. / Don't look back and I love you.
18. Watch me. I'm coming closer. / I am the mood you're in tonight: Pretty poser.
19. You've got your ball, you've got your chain. eimajunknown "Crash into Me" by Dave Matthews Band
20. There's a way to drive. I see it once in a while. / I watch the tail lights and memorize.
21. Far away, / This ship is taking me far away. selenityk "Starlight" by Muse
22. Got your tape and it changed my mind. / Heard your voice in between the lines. orange_fell "Singing in My Sleep" by Semisonic
Step 2: Post a line (or two) from the first 22 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing.
Step 3: Strike through the songs when someone guesses both artist and track correctly.
Step 4: For those who are guessing -- looking the lyrics up on a search engine is CHEATING!
Step 5: If you like the game post your own
ETA: Cross-posted to Facebook. To give folks a better chance of participating, since most of these aren't what you'd call hopelessly obscure, please limit your forays to one forum or the other. Thanks!
1. Het is goed zolang het duurt: / Hele jaren, of een uur. (It's good as long as it lasts: / Entire years, or an hour.)
2. Watch out! / You might get what you're after.
3. She never mentions the word "addiction" / In certain company. selenityk "She Talks to Angels" by The Black Crowes
4. Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl 'cause she doesn't have a lot to say. omarm_me & orange_fell "Her Majesty" by The Beatles
5. Slippery Jack, no more turning back, all-around morning humour.
6. I been down, I been beat, / I been so tired that I could not sleep. nippa56 "Back to You" by Bryan Adams
7. She was a fast machine. / She kept her motor clean. selenityk "She Shook Me All Night Long" by AC/DC
8. There's a backseat (lover) / That's always under(cover) watch_over_me "Walk This Way" by Run-D.M.C. & Aerosmith
9. Fear no more the heat o' the sun / Nor the furious winters' rages; orange_fell "Cymbeline" by Loreena McKennitt (lyrics by W. Shakespeare)
10. It's easier not to be wise selenityk "I Alone" by +Live+
11. Did you ever wake up / In the morning / With a freight train running through your head?
12. I see the way the salesmen stare into the sun. / I stood and watched them as they fell off one by one.
13. I wish you could adore / The way you did before. / Now you're living through another year.
14. Watch your words / Or your words might drown you.
15. Well, the mood settled down / Once the movie hit town.
16. Caught, / Caught in the way, / In the way of a bus.
17. Well, you're dirty and sweet, clad in black. / Don't look back and I love you.
18. Watch me. I'm coming closer. / I am the mood you're in tonight: Pretty poser.
19. You've got your ball, you've got your chain. eimajunknown "Crash into Me" by Dave Matthews Band
20. There's a way to drive. I see it once in a while. / I watch the tail lights and memorize.
21. Far away, / This ship is taking me far away. selenityk "Starlight" by Muse
22. Got your tape and it changed my mind. / Heard your voice in between the lines. orange_fell "Singing in My Sleep" by Semisonic