Lyrics meme!

[snacky]

You all know how this game works. I put the iPod on shuffle, get lyrics from the next 20 songs, and you guess the title and artist.



1) Makes you wanna feel / Makes you wanna try / Makes you wanna blow the stars from the sky Head On - I was listening to the Pixies cover, but Jesus and Mary Chain works too - guessed by musesfool


2) Summer came like cinnamon so sweet / Little girls double-dutch on the concrete Put Your Records On, by Corinne Bailey Rae - guessed by lone_lilly


3) She said, "His first name is Homeboy" / I said "Could his last name be Trouble?" See How We Are, by X - guessed by comice


4) She's changing her name from Kitty to Karen / She's trading her MG for a white Chrysler La Baron Short Skirt, Long Jacket, by Cake - guessed by musesfool


5) But I'd started off my teenage years with a poison in my mouth Summer of Drugs, by Soul Asylum - guessed by musesfool


6) Does anyone recall the saddest love of all / the one that lets you fall nothing to hold


7) I heard her say over my shoulder / We'll meet again someday on the avenue Tangled Up In Blue - I was listening to an Indigo Girls cover but of course Dylan - guessed by musesfool


8) I want to crash here right now / The hourglass spills its sand / if only to punish you


9) See myself in the pouring rain / I watch hope come over me South Side, by Moby featuring Gwen Stefani - guessed by musesfool


10) You are the girl that I've been dreaming of /ever since I was a little girl I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You, by Black Kids - guessed by lone_lilly


11) I watched Atlantis sink below, hung out with Bowie at the Alamo / I didn't like being Edgar Allen Poe, I was sick a lot when I was Rimbaud My Past Lives, by Too Much Joy - guessed by musesfool


12) Hearts cannot be broken, they're small squishy things


13) If you say so / I'll leave home, I'll leave home Dawn of the Dead, by Does It Offend You, Yeah - guessed by bedlamsbard


14) The man of the hour, tower of power, I'll devour Mama Said Knock You Out, by LL Cool J - guessed by musesfool


15) Rulers make bad lovers / You better put your kingdom up for sale Gold Dust Woman, by Fleetwood Mac - guessed by musesfool


16) Your groove I do deeply dig / No walls only the bridge Groove Is In The Heart, by Dee-Lite, guessed by xturtle and sorchar


17) I've got two tickets to Iron Maiden baby / Come with me Friday- don't say maybe Teenage Dirtbag, I was listening to the Girls Aloud cover - guessed by giddygeek


18) All I ever really want to do is get nice /get loose and scoop a little slice of life Jimmy James, by The Beastie Boys - guessed by comice


19) Leroy says, "Send a picture" Leroy says, "Hello" / Leroy says, "Keep on rocking girl, yeah keep on rocking" - Anchorage by Michelle Shocked, guessed by
haphazardmethod, sorchar, and barkley


20) Beautiful beautiful girl from the north / You burned my heart with a flickering torch - Candy, by Iggy Pop and Kate Pierson - guessed by musesfool


Ready? GO!

Comments

[musesfool]

1. Head On - Jesus & Mary Chain
4. Short Skirt, Long Jacket - Cake
5. Summer of Drugs - Soul Asylum
7. Tangled Up in Blue - Bob Dylan
11. My Past Lives - TOO MUCH JOY
14. Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J
15. Gold Dust Woman - Fleetwood Mac
20. Candy - Iggy Pop & Kate Pierson

I know I know others, but I am blanking on them, especially 9 & 18...

[snacky]

Yay, you got Too Much Joy!

I think these were all easy. :D

[musesfool]

Ooh, ooh, 9. is South Side by Moby f. Gwen Stefani!

I know 18 is the Beasties but I can't place it. WAH!

[snacky]

Yes, you are close!

[lone_lilly]

2.) "Put Your Records On" -- Corinne Bailey Rae

10.) "I'm Not Going To Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You" -- Black Kids

[snacky]

Excellent guesswork! :D

[giddygeek]

17) I've got two tickets to Iron Maiden baby / Come with me Friday- don't say maybe

So bad at this game but ooh I got one? Teenage Dirtbag, Weezer *grins*

[snacky]

You are better at it than you think! :D

[bedlamsbard]

13. Dawn of the Dead, Does It Offend You, Yeah? (Always recognize Pevensies!)

[snacky]

Always! <3

[sorchar]

16. "Groove is in the Heart" Dee-Lite
18. "Anchorage" - Michelle Sharp

[snacky]

Partial credit for 18! :D

[sorchar]

Why only half? :(

[snacky]

Because her last name is Shocked, not Sharp! :)

[sorchar]

GAH! Stupid epilepsy meds. I thought that was what I typed. Might've been because the title of the album is Short Sharp Shocked.

[snacky]

That makes sense! An understandable typo!