Lyric Guessing.

[tablesaw]

Here are some lyrics from within, and mostly near, my musical tastes. Now, since I had a rather rude awakening to see a bunch of lists that had been almost entirely guessed while I was asleep, I'm going to say that you can only identify one song per person before noon Pacific (3 p.m. Eastern). Feel free to taunt others with the numbers of ones you know but aren't mentioning.

1. And being lost is worth the coming home. (—jessknoch)
   
2. And I bet you're making shells back home.


3. Been down one time, been down two times. (—rubrick)
   
4. Feel the beat from the tambourine. (—amojojo)
   
5. First the mic then a half cigarette, singing "Cathy's Clown." (—thedan)
   
6. Her Hitler hairdo is making me feel ill. (—taradinoc)
   
7. I call a cab 'cause a cab will come quicker. (—rikchik)
   
8. I heard her sobbing. Her tears tasted so sweet.


9. I just want to scream Hello! (—starsinmybelly)
   
10. I wouldn't talk down to you. (—playingpossum)
    
11. If you won't get your hands that dirty, what's inside?


12. I'm good here in my car, I'm good with what you said (—cnoocy)
    
13. I'm not scared, light my candles. (—sineala)
    
14. I'm waiting, I'm waiting for you. (—slipjig)
    
15. It was no one I had heard of. (—leighjen)
    
16. Smiling in the bright lights coming through in stereo. (—joenotcharles)
    
17. Smoke a lot of weed on the first . . . first . . . first . . . first . . .


18. The conductor, he's still stuck on the line.


19. Turn off your headlights and go slowly. I don't want it to let up.


20. Well, I had a little metaphor to state my case. (—paulobrian)
    
21. You gotta drive all night just to feel like you're OK. (—ojouchan)
    
22. You'll say you understand; you'll never understand. (—one_woman_army)
    
23. You look like shit, and the smell is even better!


24. You speak of signs and wonders, but I need something other. (—angelohana)
    
25. You think you're so smart, but I've seen you naked. (—off_coloratura)

Comments

[off_coloratura]

25 is Blame it on Me by Bare Naked Ladies.

[tablesaw]

Ding!

[joenotcharles.livejournal.com]

I keep seeing that one on these lists, and I never remember it the next time it comes up.

[tablesaw]

It's also notable as veek's IFmud connect. Or disconnect. Something. But it's such a striking line in the song that it's hard not to choose it.

[cnoocy]

12 is "Memo to Human Resources" by They Might Be Giants. I know at least 4 others.

[taradinoc.livejournal.com]

6. Radiohead - Karma Police

[joenotcharles.livejournal.com]

I only know two - #16 is Counting Crosws, "Mr. Jones". #22 seems really familiar but I can't place it.

[leighjen.livejournal.com]

#15 - "Tom's Dinner" - Suzanne Vega

[thedan.livejournal.com]

5 - Elliot Smith - "Waltz #2"

I think I know 14 as well. (Though that could probably be a number of things.)

[amojojo.livejournal.com]

4. Dancing Queen, ABBA.

[dustyskinandall.livejournal.com]

22. is "Never is a Promise" Fiona Apple? maybe?

[ojouchan.livejournal.com]

#21. Beck's The Golden Age...I think.

number nine

[starsinmybelly.livejournal.com]

"elderly woman behind the counter in a small town" pearl jam

i could name a lot of them but i'm not telling. i picked that one for it's nice, lengthy title.

[fmi-agent.livejournal.com]

i'll say #22 is from "common people," by pulp. recently covered by william shatner&co.

[tablesaw]

Although that song features the line "You will never understand," it is followed by "how it feels to live your life." The correct answer is Fiona Apple's "Never Is a Promise," as guessed by one_woman_army.

[sineala.livejournal.com]

For 13, I guess Nirvana, "Lithium."

[playingpossum.livejournal.com]

#10 is roxanne!

[rubrick.livejournal.com]

3 is Never Going Back Again by Fleetwood Mac. 13 is driving me crazy.

[rubrick.livejournal.com]

Okay, I broke down and Googled 13. I did know it, and I wouldn't have guessed it.

[tablesaw]

The song that came up was actually "Brushes", which is an instrumental outtake of the song. But since instrumentals (usually) aren't included, and because I was singing "Never Going Back Again" along witht eh instrumental, I decided to put up those lyrics. Besides, I added some songs that were just stuck in my head at the time and didn't strictly come up in the randomization process, so who's going to say anything? Nobody, that's who!

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

Dammit, I'm too late for #3...

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

Oh, wait: #4 = "Milk," by Garbage?

[thedan.livejournal.com]

I think you mean #14. Which is the one I was going to do as my second.

[nothings.livejournal.com]

#20 is Aimee Mann, but I can't actually get from that line to the rest of the lyrics to think what song it is. Probably on Whatever.

[paulobrian.livejournal.com]

It's "Jacob Marley's Chain"

[jessknoch.livejournal.com]

#1 is Stones, by Neil Diamond. I love that song.

[angelohana.livejournal.com]

24. Crumbs from your Table - U2

[rikchik.livejournal.com]

7. 911 Is A Joke, Public Enemy. Nice!