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Lyrics Quiz
I've been struggling a bit with the whole lyrics quiz thing because so much of the music on my iRiver is stuff I don't even know. Dad gave me a huge mp3 archive of jazz and country and folk stuff which I'm slowly listening through, but I don't really know yet. So for most of the stuff that comes up on random, I don't have a favourite line. I'll do one based off one of my big playlists soon, but while looking for something else this afternoon, I had a brainwave. The following are all lyrics I've included in my quotes database. In some cases the full quote includes the name of the song and so those are cut off short.
The Lyrics
1) You're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan
2) Into the night, I went looking for angels, Only to find that I was walking alone.
3) There's a world outside, and I know, 'cos I've heard talk
In my sweetest dreams I would go out for a walk
4) The truth is boredom, it's excess
5) I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad: I got sunshine in a bag
6) Oh good lord what has he done
Traded in his mind for a bullet and his heart for a gun
7) When none of the pieces fit, you make sense of it
8) Lucky that my breasts are small and humble
So you don't confuse them with mountains
9) I made a deal with the ocean, I made a deal with the ground.
10) It was on Monday, my mother told me: Never pay the reaper with love only
11) It's always cold, it's always day, you're always here, you always say "I'm alright, I'll be OK"
12) When you clean out the hive does it make you want to cry?
13) Elvis lives in my room, tied up to my bed. Love me til I'm tender
14) We'll never say goodbye; We'll just lay down and die
15) You know I've got my pick of any toy little boy - Replaceable, disposable, fully action posable
16) When I'm in the middle of a dream, stay in bed, float upstream
17) Remember the time we made love in the roses, and you took my picture in all sorts of poses.
Yes, you could easily cheat, but then you could anyway. One point per song, one per artist. Some of them are really obvious, some a bit obscure. Comments are screened. Have fun :)
The Lyrics
1) You're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan
2) Into the night, I went looking for angels, Only to find that I was walking alone.
3) There's a world outside, and I know, 'cos I've heard talk
In my sweetest dreams I would go out for a walk
4) The truth is boredom, it's excess
5) I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad: I got sunshine in a bag
6) Oh good lord what has he done
Traded in his mind for a bullet and his heart for a gun
7) When none of the pieces fit, you make sense of it
8) Lucky that my breasts are small and humble
So you don't confuse them with mountains
9) I made a deal with the ocean, I made a deal with the ground.
10) It was on Monday, my mother told me: Never pay the reaper with love only
11) It's always cold, it's always day, you're always here, you always say "I'm alright, I'll be OK"
12) When you clean out the hive does it make you want to cry?
13) Elvis lives in my room, tied up to my bed. Love me til I'm tender
14) We'll never say goodbye; We'll just lay down and die
15) You know I've got my pick of any toy little boy - Replaceable, disposable, fully action posable
16) When I'm in the middle of a dream, stay in bed, float upstream
17) Remember the time we made love in the roses, and you took my picture in all sorts of poses.
Yes, you could easily cheat, but then you could anyway. One point per song, one per artist. Some of them are really obvious, some a bit obscure. Comments are screened. Have fun :)
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(one of the first mp3s i had incidentally)
5) Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
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5. Gorillaz - 'Clint Eastwood'. I think.
6. Gemma Hayes. Can't remember the song title. Argh argh argh.
8. I have no idea what this is, but I'm amused by it. :)
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Red Right Hand, by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
5) ..I'm useless, but not for long; my future is coming on..
[bollocks can't remember what it's called] by Gorillaz
Others ring bells, but not loud enough to be identified.
Thanks for an excellent christmas meal, by the way. Have a wonderful new year.
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Eee, I actually got one! Red Right Hand (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
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1, 10 & 17 I will kick myself if they don't come to me before you post the answers.
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8. Oh that's that Shakira song. Hahaha...
I know 9 too; it's driving me nuts. I'll reply later if I think of it.
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My answers
Red Right Hand - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
2) Into the night, I went looking for angels, Only to find that I was walking alone.
[Aargh. It's on Exile On Coldharbour Lane]- Alabama 3
3) There's a world outside, and I know, 'cos I've heard talk
In my sweetest dreams I would go out for a walk
Don't think I'm Ready Yet - Eels
4) The truth is boredom, it's excess
Walking Zero(?) - Sneakerpimps
5) I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad: I got sunshine in a bag
Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz
6) Oh good lord what has he done
Traded in his mind for a bullet and his heart for a gun
??
7) When none of the pieces fit, you make sense of it
Everywhere - Vanessa Williams(?) [or possibly Michelle Branch?]
8) Lucky that my breasts are small and humble
So you don't confuse them with mountains
Wherever, Whenever - Shakira
9) I made a deal with the ocean, I made a deal with the ground.
Billy Listens - Joan Osbourne
10) It was on Monday, my mother told me: Never pay the reaper with love only
11) It's always cold, it's always day, you're always here, you always say "I'm alright, I'll be OK"
Keep Myself Awake(?) - [on the Buffy soundtrack]
12) When you clean out the hive does it make you want to cry?
??
13) Elvis lives in my room, tied up to my bed. Love me til I'm tender
In My Head - Transister
14) We'll never say goodbye; We'll just lay down and die
??
15) You know I've got my pick of any toy little boy - Replaceable, disposable, fully action posable
? - Josie and the Pussycats
16) When I'm in the middle of a dream, stay in bed, float upstream
Only Sleeping - The Beatles (or a cover thereof)
17) Remember the time we made love in the roses, and you took my picture in all sorts of poses.
??
I can only hope that no-one did better than me...
Re: My answers