Friday Lyiric Quiz
Potpourri today, from the beginning of the rock era until now (aka, five years after the end of the rock era).
9-12-08 - QUIZ #359
1. "Oh I hate your friends, but I don't know how and I don't know when to open your eyes"
2. "No -- it's much better to face these kinds of things, with a sense of poise and rationality"
3. "You always knew to wear it well, and you look so fancy, I can tell"
4. "I gave my all for you, now my heart's in two and I can't find the other half"
5. "On to the street, on to the next, safe in the knowledge that they tried. Faking the smile, hiding the pain, never satisfied"
6. "Someday you'll laugh at the heartache, someday, you'll laugh at the pain, somehow you'll get through the heartbreak, somehow, you can get through the rain"
7. "Make you get hot, make you work up a sweat, when you skip-to-my-lou, my darling"
8. "And even as I wander, I`m keeping you in sight, you`re a candle in the window on a cold, dark winter`s night"
9. "She's got a wall around her nobody can climb. She lets her ladder down for those who really shine."
10. "Don't your feet get cold in the winter time, the sky won't snow and the sun won't shine"
11. "Things wouldn't be so confused, and I wouldn't feel so used, but you always really knew,
I just wanna be with you"
12. "Now through lines of the cheap venetian blinds, your car is pulling off of the curb"
13. "The passion's so complete, it's never ending. As long as I receive, the message you're sending"
14. "Take a good hard look for the very last time, the very last one in a very long line"
15. "It`s real to me - but not like these fools, and not like this scene"
ANSWERS TO 9-05-08 - QUIZ #358
1. "She wants to send him a letter, uh yeah yeah, just to try to make herself feel better"
Jamie's Cryin' - Van Halen
2. "Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers, that grow so incredibly high"
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds - The Beatles
3. "Wish you were here, I'm - a wounded satellite. I need you now, put me back together, make me right"
Anna Molly - Incubus
4. "One day up near Salinas, Lord, I let him slip away. He`s looking for that home and I hope he finds it"
Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
5. "Oh, the engineers used to see him sitting in the shade, strumming with the rhythm that the drivers made"
Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
6. "She caught me off my guard. It amazes me, the will of instinct"
Polly - Nirvana
7. "No, his mind is not for rent to any god or government. Always hopeful, yet discontent,
he knows changes aren`t permanent"
Tom Sawyer - Rush
8. "Won't come in from the rain, she's oceans running down the drain, blue as ice and desire"
Maria - Blondie
9. "Well, here she is again on the phone, just like me hates to be alone. We just like to sit at home, and rip on the President"
Meet Virginia - Train
10. "Just a few more hours, and I`ll be right home to you, I think I hear them calling…"
Beth - Kiss
11. "You tell yourself you're not my kind, but you don't even know your mind. And you could have a change of heart"
Rikki Don't Lose That Number - Steely Dan
12. "Your eyes have died, but you see more than I"
Daniel - Elton John
13. "When you see me shed a tear and you know that it's sincere. Don't you think it's kinda sad that you're treating so bad"
Cathy's Clown - The Everly Brothers
14. "With no loving in our souls and no money in our coats, you can`t say we`re satisfied"
Angie - Rolling Stones
15. "The sergeant cried, 'we`ve got to hang on, boys … we got to hold this piece of ground'"
Billy Don't Be a Hero - Paper Lace
9-12-08 - QUIZ #359
1. "Oh I hate your friends, but I don't know how and I don't know when to open your eyes"
2. "No -- it's much better to face these kinds of things, with a sense of poise and rationality"
3. "You always knew to wear it well, and you look so fancy, I can tell"
4. "I gave my all for you, now my heart's in two and I can't find the other half"
5. "On to the street, on to the next, safe in the knowledge that they tried. Faking the smile, hiding the pain, never satisfied"
6. "Someday you'll laugh at the heartache, someday, you'll laugh at the pain, somehow you'll get through the heartbreak, somehow, you can get through the rain"
7. "Make you get hot, make you work up a sweat, when you skip-to-my-lou, my darling"
8. "And even as I wander, I`m keeping you in sight, you`re a candle in the window on a cold, dark winter`s night"
9. "She's got a wall around her nobody can climb. She lets her ladder down for those who really shine."
10. "Don't your feet get cold in the winter time, the sky won't snow and the sun won't shine"
11. "Things wouldn't be so confused, and I wouldn't feel so used, but you always really knew,
I just wanna be with you"
12. "Now through lines of the cheap venetian blinds, your car is pulling off of the curb"
13. "The passion's so complete, it's never ending. As long as I receive, the message you're sending"
14. "Take a good hard look for the very last time, the very last one in a very long line"
15. "It`s real to me - but not like these fools, and not like this scene"
ANSWERS TO 9-05-08 - QUIZ #358
1. "She wants to send him a letter, uh yeah yeah, just to try to make herself feel better"
Jamie's Cryin' - Van Halen
2. "Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers, that grow so incredibly high"
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds - The Beatles
3. "Wish you were here, I'm - a wounded satellite. I need you now, put me back together, make me right"
Anna Molly - Incubus
4. "One day up near Salinas, Lord, I let him slip away. He`s looking for that home and I hope he finds it"
Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
5. "Oh, the engineers used to see him sitting in the shade, strumming with the rhythm that the drivers made"
Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
6. "She caught me off my guard. It amazes me, the will of instinct"
Polly - Nirvana
7. "No, his mind is not for rent to any god or government. Always hopeful, yet discontent,
he knows changes aren`t permanent"
Tom Sawyer - Rush
8. "Won't come in from the rain, she's oceans running down the drain, blue as ice and desire"
Maria - Blondie
9. "Well, here she is again on the phone, just like me hates to be alone. We just like to sit at home, and rip on the President"
Meet Virginia - Train
10. "Just a few more hours, and I`ll be right home to you, I think I hear them calling…"
Beth - Kiss
11. "You tell yourself you're not my kind, but you don't even know your mind. And you could have a change of heart"
Rikki Don't Lose That Number - Steely Dan
12. "Your eyes have died, but you see more than I"
Daniel - Elton John
13. "When you see me shed a tear and you know that it's sincere. Don't you think it's kinda sad that you're treating so bad"
Cathy's Clown - The Everly Brothers
14. "With no loving in our souls and no money in our coats, you can`t say we`re satisfied"
Angie - Rolling Stones
15. "The sergeant cried, 'we`ve got to hang on, boys … we got to hold this piece of ground'"
Billy Don't Be a Hero - Paper Lace