music meme
Snagged from axa - unfortunately I didn't know a single song on her list!
I have taken 20 Random songs from Itunes, I'm posting the first line, you guess the title and artist. If there are covers and they're the same text wise, I'll count both the original and the cover artist.
I've skipped some songs: One was in an African language and I couldn't find the lyrics. A couple were mashups, which causes some problems concerning what song to count. A couple more actually start with their title, and that's no fun. And sadly, even I don't know who's singing "This Jedi Is a Hottie", so I had to skip that one despite the lovely lyrics starting with, "I wish Anakin could spend the night, 'cause I'd hold his light saber so tight."
A few Scandinavian songs popped up too, but to give everyone an equal chance I've put those as a separate bonus list at the end.
Everything else is included, so the difficulty ranges from the embarrassingly easy to the stuff I wouldn't know myself.
For all of the songs, I count lyrics from when people start singing, not introductory talks.
1.I'm a very quiet hound, I don't bark or run around. (mofic: O-U/The Hound Song, Tom Lehrer)
2.Once I loved such a shattering physician, quite the best looking doctor in the state. (nfalkestav: The Physician. May I have an artist - or failing that, a composer?)
3.This is a story of two straight men. They're straight, I swear, except for when...
4.Once there was a man who had a little too much time on his hands. (viciouswishes: Return to Oz, Scissor Sisters.)
5.You have banished me from the land where I was born. (irmelin: You Have to Be There, Alice Ripley.)
6.One day I will build a fountain, drink and never grow old. (andrastewhite: Some Fantastic, Barenaked Ladies.)
7.Well, I am going down to nowhere, it's not too far from here. (misachan: Down to Nowhere, Thea Gilmore.)
8.In days of old in a kingdom bold, there lived a fearsome dragon.
9.Going away to leave, won't be back no more. (linaxcq: I Can't Be Satisfied, Muddy Waters. (Jim Byrnes cover version, technically))
10.Listen, chaps, you've often paused to wonder what made Miss Blank wed Mister So-and-So.
11.You're wearing your squeaky shoes, and right there, taking a snooze... (mofic: L-Y, Tom Lehrer.)
12.A life of sanity and dignity, you know it takes two. (hibernate: I Can Buy You, A Camp.)
13.Little child, be not afraid, though rain pounds harshly against the glass. (mpoetess: Lullaby for a Stormy Night, Vienna Teng.)
14.We have walked in ancient times and we've been burned for many crimes. (andrastewhite: You Have The Sun I Have The Moon, Magnetic Fields.)
15.Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? (dorianegray, mpoetess: Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen.)
16.The one who survives by making the lives of others worthwhile... (mpoetess: The Tower, Vienna Teng.)
17.This is the man that I plan to entangle, isn't he fine? (misachan, dorianegray, mpoetess: I'll Never Tell, Emma Caulfield & Nicholas Brendon.)
18.Kiss me too fiercely, hold me too tight. (irmelin: As Long as You're Mine, from Wicked, Idina Menzel and Norbert Leo Butz.)
19.When I was a boy world was better spot.
20.The seniors threw a party down the end of Dutton Road.
Bonus: Scandinavian
1.Fra en radio strømmer gamle melodier og jeg våkner opp og spør meg hva som skjer. (greenet: La det swinge, Bobbysocks.)
2.Gudag på er alla, mitt namn är Karl Nilsson och jag ville sjunga en visa om mig själv. (nfalkestav: Karl Nilsson, Povel Ramel.)
3.Trötta mamma vaggar lilla Lina. "Dumma mamma, du får inte gå!" (linaxcq: Ingen kommer undan politiken, Marie Bergman.)
4.Go afton! Vill ni ha middan lite piffig, dang dang...
5.Det är bäst att börja om på nytt igen! För tio år sen börja' jag att skriva på en melodi... (nfalkestav: Povels Ofullbordade Opus Ännu, Povel Ramel.)
6.Rotums kanoner och krut kan man inte konkurrera ut! (irmelin: from the movie Leif, Galenskaparna & After Shave. Can I have a title?)
I have taken 20 Random songs from Itunes, I'm posting the first line, you guess the title and artist. If there are covers and they're the same text wise, I'll count both the original and the cover artist.
I've skipped some songs: One was in an African language and I couldn't find the lyrics. A couple were mashups, which causes some problems concerning what song to count. A couple more actually start with their title, and that's no fun. And sadly, even I don't know who's singing "This Jedi Is a Hottie", so I had to skip that one despite the lovely lyrics starting with, "I wish Anakin could spend the night, 'cause I'd hold his light saber so tight."
A few Scandinavian songs popped up too, but to give everyone an equal chance I've put those as a separate bonus list at the end.
Everything else is included, so the difficulty ranges from the embarrassingly easy to the stuff I wouldn't know myself.
For all of the songs, I count lyrics from when people start singing, not introductory talks.
1.I'm a very quiet hound, I don't bark or run around. (mofic: O-U/The Hound Song, Tom Lehrer)
2.Once I loved such a shattering physician, quite the best looking doctor in the state. (nfalkestav: The Physician. May I have an artist - or failing that, a composer?)
3.This is a story of two straight men. They're straight, I swear, except for when...
4.Once there was a man who had a little too much time on his hands. (viciouswishes: Return to Oz, Scissor Sisters.)
5.You have banished me from the land where I was born. (irmelin: You Have to Be There, Alice Ripley.)
6.One day I will build a fountain, drink and never grow old. (andrastewhite: Some Fantastic, Barenaked Ladies.)
7.Well, I am going down to nowhere, it's not too far from here. (misachan: Down to Nowhere, Thea Gilmore.)
8.In days of old in a kingdom bold, there lived a fearsome dragon.
9.Going away to leave, won't be back no more. (linaxcq: I Can't Be Satisfied, Muddy Waters. (Jim Byrnes cover version, technically))
10.Listen, chaps, you've often paused to wonder what made Miss Blank wed Mister So-and-So.
11.You're wearing your squeaky shoes, and right there, taking a snooze... (mofic: L-Y, Tom Lehrer.)
12.A life of sanity and dignity, you know it takes two. (hibernate: I Can Buy You, A Camp.)
13.Little child, be not afraid, though rain pounds harshly against the glass. (mpoetess: Lullaby for a Stormy Night, Vienna Teng.)
14.We have walked in ancient times and we've been burned for many crimes. (andrastewhite: You Have The Sun I Have The Moon, Magnetic Fields.)
15.Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? (dorianegray, mpoetess: Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen.)
16.The one who survives by making the lives of others worthwhile... (mpoetess: The Tower, Vienna Teng.)
17.This is the man that I plan to entangle, isn't he fine? (misachan, dorianegray, mpoetess: I'll Never Tell, Emma Caulfield & Nicholas Brendon.)
18.Kiss me too fiercely, hold me too tight. (irmelin: As Long as You're Mine, from Wicked, Idina Menzel and Norbert Leo Butz.)
19.When I was a boy world was better spot.
20.The seniors threw a party down the end of Dutton Road.
Bonus: Scandinavian
1.Fra en radio strømmer gamle melodier og jeg våkner opp og spør meg hva som skjer. (greenet: La det swinge, Bobbysocks.)
2.Gudag på er alla, mitt namn är Karl Nilsson och jag ville sjunga en visa om mig själv. (nfalkestav: Karl Nilsson, Povel Ramel.)
3.Trötta mamma vaggar lilla Lina. "Dumma mamma, du får inte gå!" (linaxcq: Ingen kommer undan politiken, Marie Bergman.)
4.Go afton! Vill ni ha middan lite piffig, dang dang...
5.Det är bäst att börja om på nytt igen! För tio år sen börja' jag att skriva på en melodi... (nfalkestav: Povels Ofullbordade Opus Ännu, Povel Ramel.)
6.Rotums kanoner och krut kan man inte konkurrera ut! (irmelin: from the movie Leif, Galenskaparna & After Shave. Can I have a title?)