iTunes meme

[sarahmichelef]

Step 1: Put your iTunes or equivalent on random.
Step 2: Post the first line [or two or three] from the first 50 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing.
Step 3: Bold/Strike out the songs when someone guesses title and artist correctly.
Step 4: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING.

I culled ones that there was no way anybody was going to know (local bands from high school days, electronica by fellow academics). And a lot of them I had to look up to make sure I wasn't giving you bad information. And I went with the first REAL lyrics, not filler stuff... Oh, and for bonus points, there are two songs on here for which I have reproduced the complete lyrics. Which ones are they?

1. make your money with a suit and tie / make your money with a chain tonight - R.E.M. King of Comedy (nicepersonality)
   
2. O'Hare is nice this time of year / I check my bags and find my seat and buy a beer
3. I talk to you / you walk away
4. I am a man / as a man I've been told - Alanis Morissette (evilnicola ID'd the artist)
   
5. As he came into the window / it was the sound of a crescendo - Michael Jackson, Smooth Criminal (xayide79)
   
6. When the ship runs out of ocean and the vessel runs aground / Land's where we know the boat is found - They Might Be Giants, Women and Men (chargirlgenius)
   
7. We walked the loneliest mile / we smiled without any style
8. Stop / You'd better save it /  Stop
   
9. I stand there and kiss you / and promise to be your one and only
10. And here's to you Mrs. Robinson / Jesus loves you more than you will know - Simon & Garfunkel, Mrs. Robinson (mermaidlady)
    
11. I admit it / what's to say / I relive it without pain - Pearl Jam, Once (laurakc)
    
12. september 75 I was 47 inches high / my mom said by christmas I would have... - Ben Folds Five, One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces (evilnicola, of course - I giggled when that came up because i knew you would get it right away)
    
13. if i ever write this letter / all the pages I could write
14. I could feel at the time / there was no way of knowing
15. six o clock in the morning / you're the last to hear the warning - U2, Trying to Throw Your Arms Around the World (nicepersonality)
    
16. temperature's rising / fever is high - John Lennon, Cold Turkey (amuntari)
    
17. I'll give you countless amounts of outright acceptance if you want it / i will give you encouragement to choose the path that you want if you need it - Alanis Morissette, You Owe Me Nothing in Return (evilnicola)
    
18. Minimum wage / hyah - TMBG, Minimum wage (nicepersonality)
    
19. is there an army on the dance floor / its a fashion with a gun my love
20. finished with my woman 'cause she she couldn't help me with my mind - Black Sabbath, Paranoid (nicepersonality)
    
21. I am just a lousy bum searching for the unknown crumb... the crumb
22. one saturday I took a walk to zipperhead / I met a girl there and she almost knocked me dead - Dead Milkmen, Punk Rock Girl (nicepersonality)
    
23. something wrongs going on today / people with nothing getting thrown away
24. speak to me in a language i can hear / humor me before I have to go
25. My latest sun is sinkin' fast / my race is nearly run
26. she's a beauty queen / hey my sweet thing
27. I see the world / feel the chill / which way to go / windowsill
28. feeling tired / by the fire / the long day is over
29. Lewis is probably 30 years old / but he looks like a solid 45
30. Turn off your mind / relax and float downstream - The Beatles, Tomorrow Never Knows (nicepersonality)
    
31. I let you in on how I'm feelin / you've got a lot of nerve
32. she's addicted to nicotine patches / she's addicted to nicotine patches / she's afraid of a light in the dark - Tori Amos (kaslaania gets credit for the artist ID), Spark (nenie)
    
33. on six, six, sixty-six / I was little, I didn't know shit / about 7, 7, 77 - Morphine, French Fries with Pepper (nicepersonality)
    
34. mid-level manager / says he heard about / some mulatto girl / shot him in the mouth - Soul Coughing (laurakc), Collapse (nenie)
    
35. I wish I had not woke up today / every one mistakes the things you say
36. sometimes I feel I've got to run away / I've got to get away - Soft Cell, Tainted Love (nicepersonality)
    
37. Sorry / Is all that you can say / years gone by and still / words don't come easily
38. Busted flat in baton rouge / waitin' for a train - Janis Joplin, Me & Bobby McGee (meneleth)
    
39. Love / Love is strange / a lot of people / take it for a game - Mickey & Sylvia, Love is Strange (chargirlgenius)
    
40. when the world is on your shoulder / gotta straighten up your act and boogie down - Michael Jackson, Off the Wall (xayide79)
    
41. I wore the clothes you wanted / I took your name - R.E.M., I Took Your Name (nicepersonality)
    
42. They got the mustard out / they got the mustard out - Once More with Feeling (the Buffy Musical) (nicepersonality)
    
43. Paulina / she's on the cover of a magazine / paulina / a woman in my nightly dreams
44. come on girl / let's sneak out of this party / it's getting boring
45. The land of race car ya-yas / the land where you can't change lanes - Cake, Race Car Ya-Yas (nicepersonality)
    
46. well I see him every night in tight blue jeans / in the pages of the blue boy magazine - Cyndi Lauper, SheBop (erinwrites)
    
47. you walked into the room / i just had to laugh / the face you wore was cool / you were a photograph - Tears for Fears, Change (laurakc)
    
48. so you wanted / to take a break / slow it down some / and have some space - Ben Folds Five, Song for the Dumped (nenie)
    
49. All brawn and no brains /And all those nice things
50. Not the red baron / not charlie brown / think I've got the message figured / another pilot down

Comments

[mermaidlady]

And here's to you Mrs. Robinson / Jesus loves you more than you will know

Mrs. Robinson -- Simon & Garfunkel

[alphasarah.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that one's kind of not fair. ;^)

[mermaidlady]

I know, but I had limited time, so I went with the gimme.

[alphasarah.livejournal.com]

There are several others in there that contain the song title in the quoted lines, but that one is certainly the best known.

And how many of these could have gone on a Players party mix?

[nicepersonality.livejournal.com]

1. make your money with a suit and tie / make your money with a chain tonight
R.E.M., "King of Comedy"

15. six o clock in the morning / you're the last to hear the warning
U2, "Trying To Throw Your Arms Around the World"

18. Minimum wage / hyah
They Might Be Giants, "Minimum Wage"

20. finished with my woman 'cause she she couldn't help me with my mind
Black Sabbath, "Paranoid"

22. one saturday I took a walk to zipperhead / I met a girl there and she almost knocked me dead
Dead Milkmen, "Punk Rock Girl"

30. Turn off your mind / relax and float downstream
The Beatles, "Tomorrow Never Knows"

33. on six, six, sixty-six / I was little, I didn't know shit / about 7, 7, 77
Morphine, "French Fries & Pepper"

36. sometimes I feel I've got to run away / I've got to get away
Soft Cell (I assume it's their cover, anyway), "Tainted Love"

41. I wore the clothes you wanted / I took your name
R.E.M., "I Took Your Name"

42. They got the mustard out / they got the mustard out
"They Got the Mustard Out" from Once More, With Feeling

45. The land of race car ya-yas / the land where you can't change lanes
Cake, "Race Car Ya-Yas"

Re: And how many of these could have gone on a Players party mix?

[alphasarah.livejournal.com]

Correct on all counts. and yeah, my music collection has changed very, very little in the last 8 years or so. It's sad, really.

[chargirlgenius.livejournal.com]

I so suck… :-)

6. TMBG, Women and Men
16. Raining Men, Bridget Jones Soundtrack
39. Love is Strange / Dirty Dancing Soundtrack

[alphasarah.livejournal.com]

Right, wrong, right (the artists are listed as "mickey and sylvia").

And you don't suck any more than I did on your list. ;^) I'm resisting temptation go to look up that pearl jam song.

[chargirlgenius.livejournal.com]

You can go look, but don't post. Because I HAD to go figure out why 16 wasn't what I thought.

more music stuff!

[meneleth.livejournal.com]

Ooh, Ooh! #38 is "Me & Bobby McGee" (is it Ballad of..?) by the one and only Janice Joplin.

Drat - I know, I know #16 but for the life of me I just can't quite get the song.

Re: more music stuff!

[alphasarah.livejournal.com]

of course it is... do you want a hint on #16, since another person already guessed it wrong, too. ;^)

[evilnicola.livejournal.com]

4 is alanis morrisette.

I know the next line is bacon is brought to the house in this mold, but I can't remember the actual name, but I'm pretty sure it is on Under Rug Swept

[evilnicola.livejournal.com]

12 is my favorite song ever, One Angry Dwarf, Ben Fold five

17 is you owe me nothing in return, by alanis morrisette also off under rug swept

[alphasarah.livejournal.com]

both correct. I giggled when One Angry Dwarf came up because I knew you would get it.

[alphasarah.livejournal.com]

You are right... keep thinking about it, you will come up with the title.

[julia-spring.livejournal.com]

5- "Annie are you ok?"
32- Tori Amos -I never remember her titles

[alphasarah.livejournal.com]

right on Tori, and on the right track with the other one.

[nenie.livejournal.com]

32's title is "Spark"

[xayide79.livejournal.com]

5. Michael Jackson, Smooth Criminal
40. Michael Jackson, Off the Wall

[laurakc.livejournal.com]

11: Once, Pearl Jam

[alphasarah.livejournal.com]

Of course.

[laurakc.livejournal.com]

34: Soul Coughing. Can't remember the song title.

[nenie.livejournal.com]

Collapse, I believe...man I'm all about the tip-ins tonight

[alphasarah.livejournal.com]

hey, you get a point for the assist.

(Yeah, you can guess what's on tv in canada buffalo right now!)

[laurakc.livejournal.com]

47: Change, Tears for Fears

[alphasarah.livejournal.com]

Yup.

[nenie.livejournal.com]

48- Ben Folds Five, Song for the Dumped

[alphasarah.livejournal.com]

Of course.

[laurakc.livejournal.com]

16 isn't U2's Silver & Gold, is it?

[alphasarah.livejournal.com]

Nope.

[erinwrites.livejournal.com]

Well, I was gonna guess 48, but I see someone beat me to it!


46 is Cyndi Lauper, She Bop (I think...)

;)

[alphasarah.livejournal.com]

you are correct.

Did you guys go see Ben Folds when he was here last year? Man, we felt old...

[amuntari.livejournal.com]

I've been away from LJ for far too long...

16. Cold Turkey, Lennon
(probably the only one on this whole list I'd know, other than #10)

[alphasarah.livejournal.com]

Ding! Wayward Child get the (apparently) hard one!