Stolen from lady_violaceous and thewriter16
I have been in a meme-y mood lately.
Put your music player on shuffle. Write down the first lines of the first fifty songs [I did 75, because I was bored]. Make your flist guess them. Please don't Google songs (well, please don't Google songs and then post the title as if you'd guessed it--you can Google and keep the information to yourself).
Exceptions, as invented and/or used by me: the song has no lyrics. The song has no lyrics in a language that you can understand enough to accurately write down. The entire first line is the title (use your own discretion here--if it doesn't sound like a title, it's okay; if it's "oh hey, title", then you can leave it out). The song has a verbal introduction and you can't figure out where the song starts.
1. Please, folks, may I have your attention please...
2. David walked into the valley with a stone clutched in his hand... -- "Into the Fire", The Scarlet Pimpernel -- mikuru_chan
3. As roses bend through breeze, unbend me...
4. It's only when I lose myself in someone else that I find myself... -- "Only When I Lose Myself", Depeche Mode -- cianne
5. On the first part of the journey, I was looking at all the life...
6. Were you so blind you could not see I killed him--yes!... -- "Murderer's Confession: Rosa Bud", The Mystery of Edwin Drood -- quote_sheet
7. This is hard to say, but as I wandered through the lea...
8. Sayin' "I love you" now, baby...
9. Midnight, not a sound from the pavement... -- "Memory", Cats -- opportunemoment
10. Wandering child, so lost, so helpless... -- "Wandering Child", Phantom of the Opera -- isilwen_dreams
11. I've been Norman Mailer'd, Maxwell Taylor'd...
12. Once I had a secret love... -- "Secret Love", Doris Day -- mondragone
13. You're the top, you're the Colosseum... -- "You're the Top", Anything Goes -- opportunemoment
14. Love is but a word that wandered here from pastures green, where it was rarely said or seen and seldom sung...
15. I have learned to love the fallow way...
16. Honey, honey, how you thrill me, uh-huh... -- "Honey Honey", ABBA -- laurus_nobilis
17. In 1649 to St. George's Hill a ragged band they called the Diggers came to show the people's will...
18. It seems we've stood and talked like this before...
19. He's the kind of guy puts on a motorcycle jacket and he weighs about a hundred and five...
20. Good news! She's dead! -- "No One Mourns the Wicked", Wicked -- opportunemoment
21. Money talks, but it don't sing and dance and it don't walk... -- "Forever in Blue Jeans", Neil Diamond -- mikuru_chan
22. Belinda was mine 'til the time that I found her holdin' Jim...
23. On a clear day, rise and look around you... -- "On a Clear Day, You Can See Forever", On a Clear Day, You Can See Forever -- quote_sheet
24. It's the wrong time, and the wrong place, though your face is charming it's the wrong face... -- "It's All Right With Me", Cole Porter -- opportunemoment
25. Isn't it rich? Are we a pair? -- "Send in the Clowns", Stephen Sondheim -- opportunemoment
26. If we were perfect strangers, how perfect life would be...
27. See the moon sink down in the sky, darling, let your fantasies fly, darling... -- "The Riddle", The Scarlet Pimpernel -- mikuru_chan
28. Impossible things are happening ev'ry day...
29. I thought love was only true in fairy tales... -- "I'm a Believer", Neil Diamond -- laurus_nobilis
30. Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes... -- "Seasons of Love", Rent -- opportunemoment
31. It was the third of June, on that summer's day...
32. The night descends softly, with a hush of falling leaves...
33. Once I bet me last ten pence and won...
34. No, stay--I don't care what you've said or done... -- "Prayer", The Scarlet Pimpernel -- mikuru_chan
35. Where it began, I can't begin to knowin'... -- "Sweet Caroline", Neil Diamond -- quote_sheet
36. I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail...
37. Mama, she always told me this would happen...
38. While I'm far away from you, my baby...
39. Hello, darkness, my old friend... -- "The Sounds of Silence", Simon and Garfunkel -- laurus_nobilis
40. Left a good job in the city, working for the man every night and day... -- "Proud Mary", Creedence Clearwater Revival -- frostflowers
41. Little town, it's a quiet village--every day like the one before... -- "Belle", Beauty and the Beast -- laurus_nobilis
42. I got the horse right here, his name is Paul Revere... -- "Fugue for the Tinhorns", Guys and Dolls -- mikuru_chan
43. Hey, buds below, up is where to grow, up with which below can't compare with...
44. I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler, I'm a long way from my home...
45. 'Celia, you're breakin' my heart, you're shaking my confidence daily... -- "Cecilia", Simon and Garfunkel -- mikuru_chan
46. To everything, turn, turn, turn, there is a season... -- "Turn, Turn, Turn" (I have Googled, and determined that it was written by the Byrds; my version is sung by Judy Collins) -- isilwen_dreams
47. They call you "Lady Luck"... -- "Luck Be a Lady", Guys and Dolls -- opportunemoment
48. My baby's crying on a Saturday night...
49. I am not myself these days--for all I know I might be you...
50. I touch your hands and my heart grows strong...
51. I remember days full of restlessness and fury, I remember nights that were drunk on dreams... -- "Where's the Girl?", The Scarlet Pimpernel -- mikuru_chan
52. Down once more to the dungeon of my black despair... -- "Down Once More", Phantom of the Opera -- opportunemoment
53. Who will love a little sparrow...
54. I caught you, sir, having a look at her, as she went strolling by... -- "Once in Love with Amy", Where's Charley? -- quote_sheet
55. I've been cheated by you since I don't know when... -- "Mamma Mia", ABBA -- laurus_nobilis
56. The lady comes to the gate, dressed in lavender and leather...
57. I bet you're wondering how I knew about your plans to make me blue... -- "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", Marvin Gaye -- mikuru_chan
58. Cosette, it's turned so cold... -- "Come to Me (Fantine's Death)", Les Miserables -- opportunemoment
59. We've got sunlight on the sand, we've got moonlight on the sea...
60. I am Lazarus, risen from the grave!...
61. My my, at Waterloo Napoleon did surrender... -- "Waterloo", ABBA -- laurus_nobilis
62. Who is this man, what sort of devil is he, to have me caught in a trap and choose to let me go free?... -- "Javert's Suicide", Les Miserables -- opportunemoment
63. Tell me why your features all delight me, tell me why I love your hair...
64. Dearest, darlingest Momsie and Popsicle... -- "What Is This Feeling?", Wicked -- opportunemoment
65. People everywhere--a sense of expectation hanging in the air... -- "Voulez-Vous?", ABBA -- nirejseki
66. Go to sleep, say your prayers, rest your head upon my shoulder... -- "Lullaby", The Scarlet Pimpernel -- mikuru_chan
67. The night is bitter, the stars have lost their glitter...
68. Through the corridors of sleep, past shadows dark and deep... -- "Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall", Simon and Garfunkel -- opportunemoment
69. Don't wish, don't start: wishing only wounds the heart... -- "I'm Not That Girl", Wicked -- opportunemoment
70. Between the very dead of night and day... -- "Moonfall", The Mystery of Edwin Drood -- quote_sheet
71. I'm limited--just look at me, I'm limited... -- "For Good", Wicked -- opportunemoment
72. It's true! It's true. The crown has made it clear... -- "Camelot", Camelot -- quote_sheet
73. The sea is darker than the sky...
74. You swore that you had taught me everything from "A" to "Zed"...
75. Bad news, bad news, I heard you're packing to leave...
Yes, I have widely varying tastes in music. There are whole genres I have that didn't even turn up, too. (Also, my iTunes really likes some things, apparently...)
Put your music player on shuffle. Write down the first lines of the first fifty songs [I did 75, because I was bored]. Make your flist guess them. Please don't Google songs (well, please don't Google songs and then post the title as if you'd guessed it--you can Google and keep the information to yourself).
Exceptions, as invented and/or used by me: the song has no lyrics. The song has no lyrics in a language that you can understand enough to accurately write down. The entire first line is the title (use your own discretion here--if it doesn't sound like a title, it's okay; if it's "oh hey, title", then you can leave it out). The song has a verbal introduction and you can't figure out where the song starts.
1. Please, folks, may I have your attention please...
2. David walked into the valley with a stone clutched in his hand... -- "Into the Fire", The Scarlet Pimpernel -- mikuru_chan
3. As roses bend through breeze, unbend me...
4. It's only when I lose myself in someone else that I find myself... -- "Only When I Lose Myself", Depeche Mode -- cianne
5. On the first part of the journey, I was looking at all the life...
6. Were you so blind you could not see I killed him--yes!... -- "Murderer's Confession: Rosa Bud", The Mystery of Edwin Drood -- quote_sheet
7. This is hard to say, but as I wandered through the lea...
8. Sayin' "I love you" now, baby...
9. Midnight, not a sound from the pavement... -- "Memory", Cats -- opportunemoment
10. Wandering child, so lost, so helpless... -- "Wandering Child", Phantom of the Opera -- isilwen_dreams
11. I've been Norman Mailer'd, Maxwell Taylor'd...
12. Once I had a secret love... -- "Secret Love", Doris Day -- mondragone
13. You're the top, you're the Colosseum... -- "You're the Top", Anything Goes -- opportunemoment
14. Love is but a word that wandered here from pastures green, where it was rarely said or seen and seldom sung...
15. I have learned to love the fallow way...
16. Honey, honey, how you thrill me, uh-huh... -- "Honey Honey", ABBA -- laurus_nobilis
17. In 1649 to St. George's Hill a ragged band they called the Diggers came to show the people's will...
18. It seems we've stood and talked like this before...
19. He's the kind of guy puts on a motorcycle jacket and he weighs about a hundred and five...
20. Good news! She's dead! -- "No One Mourns the Wicked", Wicked -- opportunemoment
21. Money talks, but it don't sing and dance and it don't walk... -- "Forever in Blue Jeans", Neil Diamond -- mikuru_chan
22. Belinda was mine 'til the time that I found her holdin' Jim...
23. On a clear day, rise and look around you... -- "On a Clear Day, You Can See Forever", On a Clear Day, You Can See Forever -- quote_sheet
24. It's the wrong time, and the wrong place, though your face is charming it's the wrong face... -- "It's All Right With Me", Cole Porter -- opportunemoment
25. Isn't it rich? Are we a pair? -- "Send in the Clowns", Stephen Sondheim -- opportunemoment
26. If we were perfect strangers, how perfect life would be...
27. See the moon sink down in the sky, darling, let your fantasies fly, darling... -- "The Riddle", The Scarlet Pimpernel -- mikuru_chan
28. Impossible things are happening ev'ry day...
29. I thought love was only true in fairy tales... -- "I'm a Believer", Neil Diamond -- laurus_nobilis
30. Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes... -- "Seasons of Love", Rent -- opportunemoment
31. It was the third of June, on that summer's day...
32. The night descends softly, with a hush of falling leaves...
33. Once I bet me last ten pence and won...
34. No, stay--I don't care what you've said or done... -- "Prayer", The Scarlet Pimpernel -- mikuru_chan
35. Where it began, I can't begin to knowin'... -- "Sweet Caroline", Neil Diamond -- quote_sheet
36. I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail...
37. Mama, she always told me this would happen...
38. While I'm far away from you, my baby...
39. Hello, darkness, my old friend... -- "The Sounds of Silence", Simon and Garfunkel -- laurus_nobilis
40. Left a good job in the city, working for the man every night and day... -- "Proud Mary", Creedence Clearwater Revival -- frostflowers
41. Little town, it's a quiet village--every day like the one before... -- "Belle", Beauty and the Beast -- laurus_nobilis
42. I got the horse right here, his name is Paul Revere... -- "Fugue for the Tinhorns", Guys and Dolls -- mikuru_chan
43. Hey, buds below, up is where to grow, up with which below can't compare with...
44. I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler, I'm a long way from my home...
45. 'Celia, you're breakin' my heart, you're shaking my confidence daily... -- "Cecilia", Simon and Garfunkel -- mikuru_chan
46. To everything, turn, turn, turn, there is a season... -- "Turn, Turn, Turn" (I have Googled, and determined that it was written by the Byrds; my version is sung by Judy Collins) -- isilwen_dreams
47. They call you "Lady Luck"... -- "Luck Be a Lady", Guys and Dolls -- opportunemoment
48. My baby's crying on a Saturday night...
49. I am not myself these days--for all I know I might be you...
50. I touch your hands and my heart grows strong...
51. I remember days full of restlessness and fury, I remember nights that were drunk on dreams... -- "Where's the Girl?", The Scarlet Pimpernel -- mikuru_chan
52. Down once more to the dungeon of my black despair... -- "Down Once More", Phantom of the Opera -- opportunemoment
53. Who will love a little sparrow...
54. I caught you, sir, having a look at her, as she went strolling by... -- "Once in Love with Amy", Where's Charley? -- quote_sheet
55. I've been cheated by you since I don't know when... -- "Mamma Mia", ABBA -- laurus_nobilis
56. The lady comes to the gate, dressed in lavender and leather...
57. I bet you're wondering how I knew about your plans to make me blue... -- "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", Marvin Gaye -- mikuru_chan
58. Cosette, it's turned so cold... -- "Come to Me (Fantine's Death)", Les Miserables -- opportunemoment
59. We've got sunlight on the sand, we've got moonlight on the sea...
60. I am Lazarus, risen from the grave!...
61. My my, at Waterloo Napoleon did surrender... -- "Waterloo", ABBA -- laurus_nobilis
62. Who is this man, what sort of devil is he, to have me caught in a trap and choose to let me go free?... -- "Javert's Suicide", Les Miserables -- opportunemoment
63. Tell me why your features all delight me, tell me why I love your hair...
64. Dearest, darlingest Momsie and Popsicle... -- "What Is This Feeling?", Wicked -- opportunemoment
65. People everywhere--a sense of expectation hanging in the air... -- "Voulez-Vous?", ABBA -- nirejseki
66. Go to sleep, say your prayers, rest your head upon my shoulder... -- "Lullaby", The Scarlet Pimpernel -- mikuru_chan
67. The night is bitter, the stars have lost their glitter...
68. Through the corridors of sleep, past shadows dark and deep... -- "Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall", Simon and Garfunkel -- opportunemoment
69. Don't wish, don't start: wishing only wounds the heart... -- "I'm Not That Girl", Wicked -- opportunemoment
70. Between the very dead of night and day... -- "Moonfall", The Mystery of Edwin Drood -- quote_sheet
71. I'm limited--just look at me, I'm limited... -- "For Good", Wicked -- opportunemoment
72. It's true! It's true. The crown has made it clear... -- "Camelot", Camelot -- quote_sheet
73. The sea is darker than the sky...
74. You swore that you had taught me everything from "A" to "Zed"...
75. Bad news, bad news, I heard you're packing to leave...
Yes, I have widely varying tastes in music. There are whole genres I have that didn't even turn up, too. (Also, my iTunes really likes some things, apparently...)