Thursday, May 8, 2008

Song Line Meme (Easy Version)

I will take pride in the easiness of this list. No obscure indie rock for me, thank you. Straight up fluff.

From Napster, instead of the pod.

This is following from feminist, ph.d's welcome introduction of this meme. The rules:

Step 1: Put your MP3 player or whatever on random.

Step 2: Post the first line from the first 25 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.

Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from.

Step 4: Strike through when someone gets them right.

Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING.

So here goes, in no particular order - or as the kids might say, "Randomly..."

Update (with hints!): Let's wrap this bad boy up! With the possible exception of #22, you've heard of all of these artists. You've probably heard most of these songs. Possibly even made sweet, sweet love while listening to them. Five of the remaining songs contain the title of the song in the first two lines. Where the hell is Pattyjoe when you need him. Oh yes, actually doing important work.

1. I am skin and bone, I am pointy nose
2. I've been really tryin', baby/Tryin' to hold back this feelin' for so long (Let's Get It On, Marvin Gaye)
3. I got a letter from the government the other day
4. Just because we've gone away/Here's a message from me and Ray (Descendents, Descendents)
5. I love love you darling/Come and go with me Actually it was the Beach Boys version
6. Jesus take me to a higher place
7. I'm going to hell, who's coming with me?/Somebody, please help him, I think my dad's gone crazy! (My Dad's Gone Crazy, Eminem)
8. Working all week, nine to five for my money/So when the weekend comes I go get live with the honey (Wild Thing, Tone Loc)
9. Everybodys talking about the girl who went and killed the delivery man/But she looks so kind and gentle, it just doesn't stand to reason (Anesthesia, Bad Religion)
10. When the going gets tough and the stomach acids flow/The cold wind of conformity is nipping at your nose
11. Shake your money maker like somebody about to pay ya/I see you on my radar, don't you act like you're a faker (Money Maker, Ludacris)
12. The weather outside is frightful (okay, but which singer?) Vegas, baby! (Wayne Newton)
13. Going down to Rosie's/Gonna talk to Fanny May (Don't Start Me Talkin', New York Dolls)
14. You can do it, put your back into it/I can do it, put your ass into it (You Can Do It, Ice Cube)
15. Back, caught you looking for the same thing
16. Just yesterday morning, they let me know you were gone
17. Rock me, give me that kick now/Rock me, show me that trick now (Rock Me, ABBA)
18. Starry, starry night, paint your pallet blue and gray
19. I'm on my time with everyone
20. One baby to another says I'm lucky to have met you
21. I was talking with a friend of mine/Said a woman had hurt his pride
22. Gather together, be brothers and sisters/We're independent, we're independent (Forward March, Derrick Morgan)
23. I've spent a lifetime looking for you/Single bars and good time lovers, never true (Looking for Love, Waylon Jennings)
24. In a little while from now/If I'm not feeling any less sour (Alone Again, Naturally, Gilbert O'Sullivan)
25. All of me, why not take all of me? (NOFX) I have many versions of this song - it's one of my all-time favs - in the Napster.

15 comments:

wobblie said...

20. "Drain You" - Nirvana

dr said...

1. "ain't no right" -- Jane's Addiction

dr said...

3. "" -- Public Enemy.

I think the second line is, "It said they were suckers"

dr said...

25. Better be Willy.

Dennis said...

18. "Vincent" - NOFX

25. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Dennis said...

oops!

25 is also NOFX.

Anonymous said...

6. In and Out of Grace - Mudhoney




Thank goodness dr saved me on #3 from revealing that I thought of the Tricky remake before the PE original.

ash said...

15: Public Enemy, "Bring the Noise"
16: "Fire and Rain"? James Taylor, really? Or a cover?
19: Nirvana, "Pennyroyal Tea"

wobblie said...

12 is obviously Let It Snow. Knowing you, I'm going to guess you're a Dean Martin man rather than Bing Crosby.

dave3544 said...

If I may direct your attention to numbers 10 and 21, you should be able to get these.

dave3544 said...

I meant number 11 instead of 10, but number 10 is waiting to be claimed as well.

wobblie said...

21 is "Don't Do Me Like That" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

I'm pretty sure 10 is Primus, but I can't remember the song.

Turi Becker said...

#10 Primus, yep. Seas of cheese, first song on the album...

Anonymous said...

5. Come Go with Me - The Dell Vikings




Since you said #22 was such a reach I went ahead and Googled it. Doh! Not only do I know the song, I have it on cd.

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