Music collection fun
Dec. 17th, 2004 10:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
msluluSo here's the game:
* On your current playlist, hit shuffle and pick the first twenty-five songs on the list (no matter how embarrassing)
* Write down a line of the song. Try to avoid putting the song title in the line.
* Have your friends comment and see if they know the songs (and artists)
* When someone guesses correctly, strike out the line and list the correct name of the song next to it.
This was originally 35, which I agree was too many, then it got cut to 20 which I thought was too few, so I added a few more. I filtered out some of the truly obscure works in my collection, since George Mears' college roommate never had much of a following outside of Clark Kerr Campus, and also cut some of the things from Kevin's collection that I've assimilated, but I don't really know very well. I also regret that I had to leave out The Kimberly Trip lyrics, citing that the Sacramento crowd had an unfair advantage.
Have fun, and oh yeah, Thou shalt not Google:
1.Everybody seems to think I'm lazy/I don't mind/I think they're crazy The Beatles - I'm only sleeping (point to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tiggrrl)
2. When the strongest words have all been used and the new ones sound confused;
3. We're only human we were born to die/Without the benefit of reason why
4. Life is in the way that we undress/knowing that this will never be less
5. The world was on fire and no one could save me but you/Its strange what desire will make foolish people do - Chris Isaak, Wicked Game. (First correct ID goes to kshandra!)
6. My life down I will lie/should restless spirits try/to play tricks on your sacred mind
7.I fall down just to give you a thrill/prop me up with another pill Garbage - I think I'm paranoid (Score: evilgeek)
8. He fought the evil robot king/And saved the human race again
9.and in this place, can you reassure me/with a touch, a smile - while the cradle's burning Peter Gabriel - Signal to Noise (Nice work, lograh)
10.Wheat Sparkys!/Those delicious, nutritious breakfast cereals/... shot from GUNS! Negativland - Guns Then (point given to noodlboy)
11. See black empty eyes, staring, no hair, yet ahead/There's no dignity there, they're not living not dead
12. Young, uniform minds/In uniform lines/And uniform ties/Run 'round/With trousers on fire/And signs of desire
13. Biological clocks ask a complex moral question/How to start a family without adding to congestion?
14.And now it's alright without those boys/I stay at home at night and I play with my toys Book of Love - Boy (known by noodlboy)
15. Working on the black gas/Switch off your shield/Switch off and feel
16.I slink down the alley lookin' for a fight/Howlin' to the moonlight on a hot summer night - Stray Cats, Stray Cat Strut (Point to kshandra who got lucky on this one by being the first to play!)
17.so many adventures couldn't happen today/so many songs we forgot to play Alphaville, Forever Young (Thank you for playing, mamarhi!)
18.And I feel the way that every child should/Sit and listen/Sit and listen - Gary Jules, Mad World (And another one to kshandra, with bonus points for naming both original artist, Tears for Fears, and the cover artist.)
19. Heaven is waiting for me, my friend/Seven or eight dreams around the bend
20. Black is for the nighttime/Preys upon the day/Red is for the blood that flows like rivers in our veins
21.Take second best/Put me to the test/Things on your chest/You need to confess Depeche Mode, Personal Jesus (devafall nabs it.)
22. you touched my head and gave me faith/you said i must be strong in this world of hate
23. Take me to the streets where the bonfires burn/Take me in your arms and I'll fade away
24.I can't adjust to this disgust/we're done Amber Benson & Anthony Steward Head/"Tara" & "Giles" - Under Your Spell/Standing (Reprise) from Buffy the Vampires Slayer: Once More with Feeling (Score to devafall, proving my theory that this one would go quickly.)
25. I don't like your new friends and I hate your stupid haircut
EDIT: 6 & 18 are covers. I'll accept the original artist, but you get bonus points for the cover artist. #8 also has bonus points available based on the version.
* On your current playlist, hit shuffle and pick the first twenty-five songs on the list (no matter how embarrassing)
* Write down a line of the song. Try to avoid putting the song title in the line.
* Have your friends comment and see if they know the songs (and artists)
* When someone guesses correctly, strike out the line and list the correct name of the song next to it.
This was originally 35, which I agree was too many, then it got cut to 20 which I thought was too few, so I added a few more. I filtered out some of the truly obscure works in my collection, since George Mears' college roommate never had much of a following outside of Clark Kerr Campus, and also cut some of the things from Kevin's collection that I've assimilated, but I don't really know very well. I also regret that I had to leave out The Kimberly Trip lyrics, citing that the Sacramento crowd had an unfair advantage.
Have fun, and oh yeah, Thou shalt not Google:
1.
tiggrrl)2. When the strongest words have all been used and the new ones sound confused;
3. We're only human we were born to die/Without the benefit of reason why
4. Life is in the way that we undress/knowing that this will never be less
kshandra!)6. My life down I will lie/should restless spirits try/to play tricks on your sacred mind
7.
evilgeek)8. He fought the evil robot king/And saved the human race again
9.
lograh)10.
noodlboy)11. See black empty eyes, staring, no hair, yet ahead/There's no dignity there, they're not living not dead
12. Young, uniform minds/In uniform lines/And uniform ties/Run 'round/With trousers on fire/And signs of desire
13. Biological clocks ask a complex moral question/How to start a family without adding to congestion?
14.
noodlboy)15. Working on the black gas/Switch off your shield/Switch off and feel
16.
kshandra who got lucky on this one by being the first to play!)17.
mamarhi!)18.
kshandra, with bonus points for naming both original artist, Tears for Fears, and the cover artist.)19. Heaven is waiting for me, my friend/Seven or eight dreams around the bend
20. Black is for the nighttime/Preys upon the day/Red is for the blood that flows like rivers in our veins
21.
devafall nabs it.)22. you touched my head and gave me faith/you said i must be strong in this world of hate
23. Take me to the streets where the bonfires burn/Take me in your arms and I'll fade away
24.
devafall, proving my theory that this one would go quickly.)25. I don't like your new friends and I hate your stupid haircut
EDIT: 6 & 18 are covers. I'll accept the original artist, but you get bonus points for the cover artist. #8 also has bonus points available based on the version.
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Date: 2004-12-18 06:47 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-12-18 07:56 am (UTC)I'll give you the benefit of doubting you were referring to the recent Marilyn Manson cover. ;)
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Date: 2004-12-18 06:32 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-12-18 06:36 pm (UTC)Your edit gives me #18....
Date: 2004-12-18 07:58 am (UTC)Re: Your edit gives me #18....
Date: 2004-12-18 06:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-18 02:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-18 06:39 pm (UTC)(of course, now that it's morning, even I'm gonna have to look at my cheat sheet on a few of them)
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Date: 2004-12-18 06:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-18 05:40 pm (UTC)numbers 7 and 20 seem annoyingly familiar.. and Devafall got 21 allready..
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Date: 2004-12-19 03:23 am (UTC)Others sound familiar...bah
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Date: 2004-12-20 06:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-21 10:44 pm (UTC)#14 is Boy by Book of Love
#25 is really familiar... Argh. I may have to Google it just to ease my curiosity. I won't post it if I break down and Google, though...
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Date: 2004-12-21 11:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-22 12:48 am (UTC)#10 - I'll give it to you, since nobody's even dared to get that close on it. It's Guns Then.
#25 - Can't be Googled! (as you have since discovered.) Don't know if you're insane or not. The band didn't have too strong of a following outside of the SF Bay Area, however they had been known to tour with Depeche Mode.
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Date: 2004-12-22 04:18 pm (UTC)8. He fought the evil robot king/And saved the human race again
Mr Roboto-Styx?
20. Black is for the nighttime/Preys upon the day/Red is for the blood that flows like rivers in our veins
Is that from "Les Mis"?
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