Step 1: Put your iPod/iTunes/YouTube playlist on shuffle.
Step 2: Post the first line from the first 20 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song or artist the lines come from.
Step 4: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING!
1. The paranoia is in bloom, the PR transmissions will resume. Uprising - Muse
2. Nobody ever had a dream round here, but I don't really mind that it's starting to get to me.
3. Ain't found a way to kill me yet, eyes burn with stinging sweat.
4. The tactful cactus by your window surveys the prairie of your room. (HINT: This is a quarter of the whole song. ;D)
5. You get a shiver in the dark, it's raining in the park but meantime.
6. You sigh low tonight, you're so alone. You're so, you sigh low tonight. (HOLY SHIT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS SONG WAS IN ENGLISH. XDD)
7. Well, it would've been, could've been worse than you would ever know. Oh, the [name drop] melted, but we still have the radio.
8. [Name drop] to your dream, [name drop] to your dream. (LULZ GL.)
9. [Name drop] everything I've never seen before. She's the answer to the prayer I hadn't found.
10. [Name drop]? I wanna do it! Let's draw straws! Jack said we should work together, three of a kind, birds of a feather, whee! Kidnap the Sandy Claws - Nightmare before Christmas
11. I can see you in the morning when you go to [name drop], don't forget your books, you know you've got to learn the golden rule.
12. You say the hill's too steep to climb, chiding. You say you'd like to see me try, climbing. Fearless - Pink Floyd
13. And so she woke up, woke up from where she was lying still.
14. Down at an English fair one evening I was there, when I heard a showman shouting underneath the flair. (BAHAHA. XD) I've Got A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts - Danny Kaye
15. Wait, there's never been a mess like this. No more hands to hold. The page turns tomorrow with the hurt to give up. No World for Tomorrow - Coheed & Cambria
16. [Name drop], I'd never be the same. What began as laughter, so soon would turn to pain.
17. Hello darkness my old friend, I've come to talk with you again. Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel
18. Wide boys, wide boys, wide boys, born with [name drop].
19. (Say, hey) Hear the sound of pouring rain, coming down like an armageddon flame. Holiday - Green Day
20. I lost my leg like I lost my way, so no loose ends. Nothing to see me down. How are we going to work this out? Every Planet We Reach Is Dead - Gorillaz
Wow, that's a much friendlier batch than I got the first time round! There's only one Dream Theater song in that mix, and not a single Porcupine Tree song to be seen. A few tricky ones, but I'm interested to see how you guys do with it.
On an unrelated note, I hit 10k words on my NaNo last night. I am most pleased with myself, especially as I've managed to keep it going through all my coursework at Tec. GUYS I HAVE FOUR DAYS LEFT AND I'M FINISHED FOR GOOD. OH MY GOD. O_o
ETA: Right, well that's pretty much all the ones I figured people would guess done. Still a few I think are easy in there, but maybe not...anyway, I'ma go ahead and post the unguessed answers now. Because I feel like it. ~Yurr.
2. Sam's Town - The Killers
3. Rooster - Alice In Chains
4. Eight Line Poem - David Bowie
5. Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits
6. Vaka - Sigur Ros
7. Dashboard - Modest Mouse
8. Hold On Tight - Electric Light Orchestra
9. Blue Does - Blue October
11. School - Supertramp
13. Running To Stand Still - U2
16. A Nightmare To Remember - Dream Theater (AWESOME song, bee-tee-dubs)
18. Hearts of Lothian - Marillion