I'm a sucker for lyric memes

[geoviki]

Step 1: Get your playlist together, put it on random, and play.
Step 2: Pick your favorite lines from the first 25 songs that play.
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song the lines come from.
Step 4: Cross out the songs when someone guesses correctly. P.S: no cheating and pasting the lyrics into a search engine.

Some of these are going to be very obscure, so don't let that stop you. Hint: These songs were all mentioned in my previous LJ entries!



1. And there does sit my false sister Anne, who drowned me for the sake of a man Loreena McKennett - The Bonny Swans

2. Possession is the motivation that is hangin` up the goddamn nation

3. When she walks she's like a samba that swings so cool and sways so gentle The Girl from Ipanema - Tom Jobim

4. Will the wind ever remember the names it has blown in the past,
And with this crutch, it’s old age and it’s wisdom, It whispers, no, this will be the last.

5. From the cities that stagger on the coast lines,
In a nation that just can't take much more,
Like the forest buried beneath the highways, never had a chance to grow

6. Did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts? Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change? Did you exchange a walk-on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

7. Put on your high heels shoes
I said we're goin' down here listen to em play blues,
We're gonna dig potatoes, We're gonna pick tomatoes

8. In the corner of my eye, I saw you in Rudy's,
You were very high. You were high, It was a cryin' disgrace

9. Coming in from London from over the pole, Flying in a big airliner Arlo Guthrie - Comin' into Los Angeles

10. I... I'm so in love with you, Whatever you want to do
Is alright with me....'Cus you make me feel so brand new....

11. Always tease tease tease (Siempre - coqetiando y enganyando)
You're happy when I'm on my knees (Me arrodilla y estas feliz)
The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go

12. You short-circuit all my nerves, Promisin' electric things
You touch me & suddenly there's rainbow rings

13. Crossroads, will you ever let him go? (lord, lord)
Will you hide the dead man’s ghost, Or will he lie beneath the clay,
Will his spirit roll away?

14. And I am not frightened of dying, any time will do, I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it, you've gotta go sometime. (spoken; these are the only "lyrics" of this song)

15. There are not many things in life you can be sure of...
Except, rain comes from the clouds, Sun lights up the sky,
Hummingbirds do fly.

16. You vitriolic, patriotic, slam, fight, bright light, feeling pretty psyched. R.E.M. It's the End of the World As We Know It

17. Get up, Get up, Get up, Get up, let's make love tonight
Wake up, Wake up, Wake up, Wake up, 'cos you do it right Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing

18. And if I could save you, and if I could find a solution,
I'd die a thousand times, to get you out of here Johnny Clegg - Warsaw 1943

19. Living in a place with time, Living in a place where reality is,
Standing on a big broad line Watching it all go by Capercaillie - Waiting for the Wheel to Turn

20. So... light me up like the sun,
To cool down with your rain,
I never want to close my eyes again, (big hint: title of one of my fics!)

21. I buy you cologne, You want axle grease,
You say get a mechanic, I say get a shrink

22. Angel, Angel or devil, I was thirsty And you wet my lips. U2 - Trip Through Your Wires

23. Live those dreams, Scheme those schemes,
Got to hit me, Hit me, Hit me with those laser beams Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood

24. Believe me, if it happens again, I'm leaving; if it stays the same, I'm gone UB40 - If It Happens Again

25. In the locust wind, comes a rattle and hum;
Jacob wrestled the angel, and the angel was overcome. U2 - Bullet the Blue Sky

Comments

[riverlight.livejournal.com]

1. And there does sit my false sister Anne, who drowned me for the sake of a man

Loreena McKennitt?

19. Living in a place with time, Living in a place where reality is,
Standing on a big broad line Watching it all go by

And this one I know is Capercaillie.

Any guesses as to what kind of music I listen to? ;)

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

Yes and yes! Go, you - those were two of the hardest.

#1 is The Bonny Swans, and #19, Capercaillie, is Waiting for the Wheel to Turn.

[riverlight.livejournal.com]

Bravo!
And I recall seeing references to Clannad in a fic of yours... I like your taste. ;)

[everythingisaid.livejournal.com]

11. Always tease tease tease (Siempre - coqetiando y enganyando)
You're happy when I'm on my knees (Me arrodilla y estas feliz)

the Clash--"Should I Stay or Should I Go" (although I suppose it could be a cover, now that I think of it)

I just had to guess that one real quick, because I was tickled to see it. : ) Now I'll see if I know anything else, but probably not.

I think?

[everythingisaid.livejournal.com]

6. Did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts? Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change? Did you exchange a walk-on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?

Pink Floyd--"Wish You Were Here"

16. You vitriolic, patriotic, slam, fight, bright light, feeling pretty psyched.

R.E.M.--"It's the End of the World as We Know It"

Re: I think?

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

Good for you. And I listen to the original Clash version.

[wordplay.livejournal.com]

A few more of these are familiar, but the immediately obvious ones are:

9. Comin into Los Angeleeeeeeeeeees, Arlo Guthrie

17. Sexual Healing, Marvin Gaye

22. Trip Through Your Wires, U2


I LOVE this meme. *toddles off to do it*

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

Wow, you picked three of the most unrelated of them! Right on all three.

[amariel.livejournal.com]

I think that 25. is U2, think it's called Rattle and Hum, not sure about that, though.
Recognised 11. Should I stay or Should I go, The Clash and 17. Marvin Gaye, Sexual Healing too. The rest, not so much, I'm awfully bad at remembering lyrics, even to records I own and listen to.

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

#25 is actually called Trip Through Your Wire - they confused things by calling one of their albums Rattle and Hum. It's a tricky one! And the rest are right on.

[sociofemme.livejournal.com]

#18: Johnny Clegg & Savuka: Warsaw 1943

And a couple of the others I recognize, but couldn't tell you title/artist. Like #24, which is driving me NUTS. AGH.

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

Oh, I knew you'd get this one! Good job!

Hint: #24 is a British band.

[sociofemme.livejournal.com]

It's not UB40, is it? /tentative guess

I've gacked the meme from you! Go looky! :) I put on a really obscure one, just for you. :)

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

Ding, ding, ding! We have a winnah!

UB40 - If It Happens Again (used as the songfic for my H/D "Telling Hogwarts", BTW).

[lenagirl42.livejournal.com]

#3 is...the Girl from Ipanema?

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

Yes it is! Good job.

[bookshop.livejournal.com]

damn, i wanted to be the one who guessed that one!

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

Maybe I should have put it in its original Portuguese!

[ridicu-liz.livejournal.com]

#23 Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood (love!)

#16 End Of The World As We Know It - R.E.M.

still thinking.... know I know more of these...

[spacetweenears.livejournal.com]

I'm taking partial credit on the Frankie guess since Liz asked me over e-mail at work *winks at Liz*. I also gacked this list (through Liz also) and put a list in my journal, too. Way to fun!!

[fluffyllama.livejournal.com]

Nah, I only knew 17, 23 and 24 :-)

Re: Er, just realized you don't know me xD

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

Hello. Anyone who knows both Al Green and Aja is welcome to friend me!