Lyrics guessing meme
I was digging throught the archives of my LJ looking for something else when I came across a lyrics guessing meme I did a few years ago that I thought might be fun to resurrect. Here's how it works:
1. Open up your music player. Hit shuffle.
2. Record the first few lines of the first 25 songs that come up. Skip instrumentals, but don't skip the embarrassing ones.
3. Make hapless LJ/DW denizens guess the song names and artists. Google is cheating. For musical songs, the name of the musical is acceptable in place of the artist.
4. Cross out the songs that have been guessed.
5. Pass it along.
A couple of these should be pretty easy. Some should be challenging but guessable for people who share some tastes in common with me, while several I am pretty sure won't be guessed. For one very well known song I have redacted a line that contains the title to keep at least a bit of challenge. There are other less universally-known lyrics that contain their song's title that I've left as is. Also, in addition to the instrumentals I skipped one song with lyrics in Gaelic. You're welcome.
Okay, let's play!
1.
Go to sleep, may your sweet dreams come true
Just lay back in my arms for one more night
I've this crazy old notion that calls me sometimes
Saying this one's the love of our lives
2.
We speak in the store
I'm a sensitive bore
You seem markedly more
And I'm oozing surprise
3.
Something I never would have known
Not knowing knowledge never ennobles
All her ideas were like smoke rings
I had to know things
4.
Once there was a way to get back homeward
Once there was a way to get back home
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullabye -guessed by qwentoozla. "Golden Slumbers" by The Beatles.
5.
I heard the sound of your bike,
as your wheels hit the gravel,
then your engine in the driveway
cutting off
6.
Your father's gone a-hunting
He's deep in the forest so wild
And he cannot take his wife with him
He cannot take his child
7.
We never ask for a handout
Or more than our fair share of pay
Downtown you all know where we stand
Out looking for work by the day
8.
The life I've always wanted
I guess I'll never have
I'll be working for somebody else
Until I'm in my grave
9.
You said "The world was magic"
I was wide-eyed and laughing
We were dancing up to the bright side
Forget about your ego, forget about your pride
And you will never have to compromise
10.
As I raise my head to broadcast my objection
As your latest triumph draws the final straw
Who died and lifted you up to perfection?
And what silenced me is written into law.
11.
When we arrive you still won't be there
You'll sleep through the drive and storm up the stairs
The sea breeze, it frees me
But you are like a gale wind, mad and unaware
12.
You give me that look that's like laughing
with liquid in your mouth
like you're choosing between choking
and spitting it all out
13.
Me and my baby on a February holiday
'Cause we got the news, yeah, we got the news
500 miles and we're gonna make it all the way
We've got nothing to lose, we've got nothing to lose -guessed by kaydeefalls. "City Hall" by Vienna Teng.
14.
When you’re lost never look down
When you’re lost know I’ll be around
In the meantime when you are found
In the meantime when you are found
I’ll be here
I’ll be here
15.
I certainly haven't been shopping for any new shoes
And
I certainly haven't been spreading myself around
I still only travel by foot and by foot, it's a slow climb,
But I'm good at being uncomfortable, so
I can't stop changing all the time -guessed by ladymercury_10. This is "Extraordinary Machine" by Fiona Apple.
16.
Coquet coquette you know I won't forget
How you kissed me strange to prove you were mythical
Oh my coquette you used my voice as your earthly vehicle
17.
Who's the girl inside of the blue-screen light?
The sun is just pouring out
And everything's out of sight
Turn around, the room is just black and white
She's whispering: Nah nah na-na-na nah, nah nah
Nah nah na-na-na nah
18.
Dark clouds are comin' like an army
Soon the sky will open up and disarm me
You will go just like you've gone before
One sad soldier off to war, enemies that only you can see.
19.
[First line redacted]
Singing the songs of angry men
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again! -guessed by theladymore. "Do You Hear the People Sing" from Les Miserables.
20.
There's no saving anything
Now we're swallowing the shine of the summer
There's no saving anything
How we swallow the sun -guessed by iwouldbegood. "Runaway" by The National.
21.
You were the mother who said to her child, "You bring it up slowly"
All of these buoys, they mark the traps, and you were the only
Woman for fifty miles who could lift something like that
You'd cook them up in seawater soon as you got back
22.
I hold your hands like ornaments
and all i meant was too be kind
and all i meant was to be kind
23.
Talking away
I don't know what I'm to say
I'll say it anyway
Today is not my day to find you
24.
Believe me, Natalie
Listen Natalie
This is your last chance to find
A go-go dance to disco now -guessed by theladymore. "Believe Me Natalie" by The Killers.
25.
And so she woke up
Woke up from where she was lyin' still.
Said I gotta do something
About where we're goin'. -guessed by iwouldbegood. "Running to Stand Still" by U2.
1. Open up your music player. Hit shuffle.
2. Record the first few lines of the first 25 songs that come up. Skip instrumentals, but don't skip the embarrassing ones.
3. Make hapless LJ/DW denizens guess the song names and artists. Google is cheating. For musical songs, the name of the musical is acceptable in place of the artist.
4. Cross out the songs that have been guessed.
5. Pass it along.
A couple of these should be pretty easy. Some should be challenging but guessable for people who share some tastes in common with me, while several I am pretty sure won't be guessed. For one very well known song I have redacted a line that contains the title to keep at least a bit of challenge. There are other less universally-known lyrics that contain their song's title that I've left as is. Also, in addition to the instrumentals I skipped one song with lyrics in Gaelic. You're welcome.
Okay, let's play!
1.
Go to sleep, may your sweet dreams come true
Just lay back in my arms for one more night
I've this crazy old notion that calls me sometimes
Saying this one's the love of our lives
2.
We speak in the store
I'm a sensitive bore
You seem markedly more
And I'm oozing surprise
3.
Something I never would have known
Not knowing knowledge never ennobles
All her ideas were like smoke rings
I had to know things
4.
Once there was a way to get back homeward
Once there was a way to get back home
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullabye -guessed by qwentoozla. "Golden Slumbers" by The Beatles.
5.
I heard the sound of your bike,
as your wheels hit the gravel,
then your engine in the driveway
cutting off
6.
Your father's gone a-hunting
He's deep in the forest so wild
And he cannot take his wife with him
He cannot take his child
7.
We never ask for a handout
Or more than our fair share of pay
Downtown you all know where we stand
Out looking for work by the day
8.
The life I've always wanted
I guess I'll never have
I'll be working for somebody else
Until I'm in my grave
9.
You said "The world was magic"
I was wide-eyed and laughing
We were dancing up to the bright side
Forget about your ego, forget about your pride
And you will never have to compromise
10.
As I raise my head to broadcast my objection
As your latest triumph draws the final straw
Who died and lifted you up to perfection?
And what silenced me is written into law.
11.
When we arrive you still won't be there
You'll sleep through the drive and storm up the stairs
The sea breeze, it frees me
But you are like a gale wind, mad and unaware
12.
You give me that look that's like laughing
with liquid in your mouth
like you're choosing between choking
and spitting it all out
13.
Me and my baby on a February holiday
'Cause we got the news, yeah, we got the news
500 miles and we're gonna make it all the way
We've got nothing to lose, we've got nothing to lose -guessed by kaydeefalls. "City Hall" by Vienna Teng.
14.
When you’re lost never look down
When you’re lost know I’ll be around
In the meantime when you are found
In the meantime when you are found
I’ll be here
I’ll be here
15.
I certainly haven't been shopping for any new shoes
And
I certainly haven't been spreading myself around
I still only travel by foot and by foot, it's a slow climb,
But I'm good at being uncomfortable, so
I can't stop changing all the time -guessed by ladymercury_10. This is "Extraordinary Machine" by Fiona Apple.
16.
Coquet coquette you know I won't forget
How you kissed me strange to prove you were mythical
Oh my coquette you used my voice as your earthly vehicle
17.
Who's the girl inside of the blue-screen light?
The sun is just pouring out
And everything's out of sight
Turn around, the room is just black and white
She's whispering: Nah nah na-na-na nah, nah nah
Nah nah na-na-na nah
18.
Dark clouds are comin' like an army
Soon the sky will open up and disarm me
You will go just like you've gone before
One sad soldier off to war, enemies that only you can see.
19.
[First line redacted]
Singing the songs of angry men
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again! -guessed by theladymore. "Do You Hear the People Sing" from Les Miserables.
20.
There's no saving anything
Now we're swallowing the shine of the summer
There's no saving anything
How we swallow the sun -guessed by iwouldbegood. "Runaway" by The National.
21.
You were the mother who said to her child, "You bring it up slowly"
All of these buoys, they mark the traps, and you were the only
Woman for fifty miles who could lift something like that
You'd cook them up in seawater soon as you got back
22.
I hold your hands like ornaments
and all i meant was too be kind
and all i meant was to be kind
23.
Talking away
I don't know what I'm to say
I'll say it anyway
Today is not my day to find you
24.
Believe me, Natalie
Listen Natalie
This is your last chance to find
A go-go dance to disco now -guessed by theladymore. "Believe Me Natalie" by The Killers.
25.
And so she woke up
Woke up from where she was lyin' still.
Said I gotta do something
About where we're goin'. -guessed by iwouldbegood. "Running to Stand Still" by U2.