The long-awaited answers
And now, the answers to the extremely difficult lyrics game! Because I know you all care deeply about it.
1. Time is like a broken watch, I make money like Fred Astaire
Interpol - Take You On a Cruise. I expected someone to get this one.
2. Fee-fee-fi-fi-fo-fo-fum. Look at Molly now, here she come
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels - Devil With A Blue Dress. Pretty distinctive opening line, but nobody got it.
3. In the deserts of Sudan and the gardens of Japan, from Milan to Bhutan
Ian Dury - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick. It's a terrible song.
4. I hurt myself today, to see if I still feel
NIN and Bowie - Hurt. Barak got it.
5. In the corner of the morning in the past, I would sit and blame the master first and last
Bowie - Width of a Circle.
6. I want to take you to a gay bar. I want to take you to a gay bar.
Electric Six - Gay Bar. Laura and Jessica sort of got it.
7. With her killer graces and her secret places that no boy can fill
Springsteen - She's the One. Sally got it.
8. Take your time, and back up a little bit. C’mon now people, get yourselves out of it.
Spiritualized - Take Your Time. It's an album track off an album that's not so great.
9. We met out on open streets when we had no place to go. I remember how my heart beat when you said “I love you so”.
Springsteen - Loose Ends. It's off "Tracks", not a regular album, so it's tough.
10. Joanie went to fight in Belfast. Rudy stayed at home to starve.
Bowie - Star. No Ziggy Stardust fans here?
11. Regular exposure to insecticide has caused me to break out in hives. I’m losing weight, I cannot wait til Saturday.
Hot Hot Heat - Oh Godammit. One of my favorite opening lines.
12. Lately I’ve been thinking, lately I’ve been dreaming of you. Alive from the first, I’m denied by the ghost of you.
Howie Day - Ghost.
13. Mighty Thor thought he was bad. He was ??? harassing my girlfriend.
Wesley Willis - I Whupped Mighty Thor's Ass. With lyrics like that, who else could it be?
14. We took a walk that night but it wasn’t the same. We had a fight on the promenade out in the rain.
Killers - Jenny Was a Friend of Mine. Barak got it.
15. Sitting on a park bench, eyeing little girls with bad intent.
Jethro Tull - Aqualung. Jon got it.
16. Sittin’ here with nothing to do, sittin’ here thinking only of you.
Ramones - Chainsaw.
17. Day after day, I will walk and I will play. But the day after today, I will stop, and I will start.
Violent Femmes - Add It Up. This is one of the most well-known songs on the list; I expected someone to get it.
18. We move like caged tigers, oh we couldn’t get closer than this.
Cure - Lovecats. Sonya got it.
19. I don’t know what you’re talking about. I don’t know what you’re talking about.
Pylon - Dub. This one is basically impossible. The song only has two lines, repeated over and over. The other is "We eat dub for breakfast!" It's a very obscure band, and this line is so generic that nobody would ever associate it with the song.
20. Oh God it’s raining, but I’m not complaining, it’s filling me up with new life.
Depeche Mode - But Not Tonight. Sonya again.
21. Hey man, there’s a hole in my arm where all the money goes. Jesus Christ died for nothing, I suppose.
Spiritualized - Cop Shoot Cop.
22. It’s only when I lose myself in someone else that I find myself, I find myself.
Depeche Mode - Only When I Lose Myself. It's always easier when the title is in the first line. Barak got it.
23. Soma is what they would take when our tongues are in their eyes.
Strokes - Soma. The title is the first word!
24. What are we gonna do now? Taking off his turban, they said is this man a Jew?
Clash - Clampdown. The second line is really indistinct, so it's hard to get this one.
25. The angel rides with hunchbacked children, poison oozing from his engine.
Springsteen - The Angel. Sonya got it.
26. Suddenly our shortcomings don’t seem to matter that much. Your IQ is 20 points low.
Weezer - Devotion. I really thought my sister would get this; she gave me the song.
27. I’m curious to know exactly how you are. I keep my distance, but my distance is too far.
Husker Du - Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely. Specifically, the Catherine Wheel version. Great song.
28. Is that the way it goes? This city is so cold. And I'm, I'm so-so.
Heartbreakers - Born to Lose. I couldn't even find the lyrics to this on Google, even though the Heartbreakers were a fairly big name in the early New York punk scene. They're not related to Tom Petty's backing band.
29. He said “You’re just as boring as everyone else, when you tuck and you moan and you squeal and you squelch.”
Bloc Party - Positive Tension.
30. How can I just let you walk away, just let you leave without a trace, when I stand here taking every breath with you?
Postal Service - Against All Odds. Originally by Phil Collins, but why would I have that version? My sister got it.
1. Time is like a broken watch, I make money like Fred Astaire
Interpol - Take You On a Cruise. I expected someone to get this one.
2. Fee-fee-fi-fi-fo-fo-fum. Look at Molly now, here she come
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels - Devil With A Blue Dress. Pretty distinctive opening line, but nobody got it.
3. In the deserts of Sudan and the gardens of Japan, from Milan to Bhutan
Ian Dury - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick. It's a terrible song.
4. I hurt myself today, to see if I still feel
NIN and Bowie - Hurt. Barak got it.
5. In the corner of the morning in the past, I would sit and blame the master first and last
Bowie - Width of a Circle.
6. I want to take you to a gay bar. I want to take you to a gay bar.
Electric Six - Gay Bar. Laura and Jessica sort of got it.
7. With her killer graces and her secret places that no boy can fill
Springsteen - She's the One. Sally got it.
8. Take your time, and back up a little bit. C’mon now people, get yourselves out of it.
Spiritualized - Take Your Time. It's an album track off an album that's not so great.
9. We met out on open streets when we had no place to go. I remember how my heart beat when you said “I love you so”.
Springsteen - Loose Ends. It's off "Tracks", not a regular album, so it's tough.
10. Joanie went to fight in Belfast. Rudy stayed at home to starve.
Bowie - Star. No Ziggy Stardust fans here?
11. Regular exposure to insecticide has caused me to break out in hives. I’m losing weight, I cannot wait til Saturday.
Hot Hot Heat - Oh Godammit. One of my favorite opening lines.
12. Lately I’ve been thinking, lately I’ve been dreaming of you. Alive from the first, I’m denied by the ghost of you.
Howie Day - Ghost.
13. Mighty Thor thought he was bad. He was ??? harassing my girlfriend.
Wesley Willis - I Whupped Mighty Thor's Ass. With lyrics like that, who else could it be?
14. We took a walk that night but it wasn’t the same. We had a fight on the promenade out in the rain.
Killers - Jenny Was a Friend of Mine. Barak got it.
15. Sitting on a park bench, eyeing little girls with bad intent.
Jethro Tull - Aqualung. Jon got it.
16. Sittin’ here with nothing to do, sittin’ here thinking only of you.
Ramones - Chainsaw.
17. Day after day, I will walk and I will play. But the day after today, I will stop, and I will start.
Violent Femmes - Add It Up. This is one of the most well-known songs on the list; I expected someone to get it.
18. We move like caged tigers, oh we couldn’t get closer than this.
Cure - Lovecats. Sonya got it.
19. I don’t know what you’re talking about. I don’t know what you’re talking about.
Pylon - Dub. This one is basically impossible. The song only has two lines, repeated over and over. The other is "We eat dub for breakfast!" It's a very obscure band, and this line is so generic that nobody would ever associate it with the song.
20. Oh God it’s raining, but I’m not complaining, it’s filling me up with new life.
Depeche Mode - But Not Tonight. Sonya again.
21. Hey man, there’s a hole in my arm where all the money goes. Jesus Christ died for nothing, I suppose.
Spiritualized - Cop Shoot Cop.
22. It’s only when I lose myself in someone else that I find myself, I find myself.
Depeche Mode - Only When I Lose Myself. It's always easier when the title is in the first line. Barak got it.
23. Soma is what they would take when our tongues are in their eyes.
Strokes - Soma. The title is the first word!
24. What are we gonna do now? Taking off his turban, they said is this man a Jew?
Clash - Clampdown. The second line is really indistinct, so it's hard to get this one.
25. The angel rides with hunchbacked children, poison oozing from his engine.
Springsteen - The Angel. Sonya got it.
26. Suddenly our shortcomings don’t seem to matter that much. Your IQ is 20 points low.
Weezer - Devotion. I really thought my sister would get this; she gave me the song.
27. I’m curious to know exactly how you are. I keep my distance, but my distance is too far.
Husker Du - Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely. Specifically, the Catherine Wheel version. Great song.
28. Is that the way it goes? This city is so cold. And I'm, I'm so-so.
Heartbreakers - Born to Lose. I couldn't even find the lyrics to this on Google, even though the Heartbreakers were a fairly big name in the early New York punk scene. They're not related to Tom Petty's backing band.
29. He said “You’re just as boring as everyone else, when you tuck and you moan and you squeal and you squelch.”
Bloc Party - Positive Tension.
30. How can I just let you walk away, just let you leave without a trace, when I stand here taking every breath with you?
Postal Service - Against All Odds. Originally by Phil Collins, but why would I have that version? My sister got it.