Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Name that tune!

Found this over at Don't Forget to Flush, who stole it from Moomin Light.
This is an interesting little meme. Here are the instructions:

Step 1: Put your music player on shuffle.
Step 2: Post the first line from the 1st 25 songs no matter how embarrassing
Step 3: Strike through once someone guesses both the artist and the track correctly.
Step 4: For those who are guessing, looking up the lyrics is CHEATING.
Step 5: If you like the game post your own.

And awaaaaaayyyyyyyyy we go!!

1. "Sitting in the movie show thinkin' nasty thoughts." Shelley, Mel
2. "The road is long, with a-many a winding turn that leads us to who knows where, who knows where." Mel
3. "There go the street lights, the night's officially on, I got the green light to do whatever I want."
4. "I just can't get you out of my head, boy your lovin' is all I think about." That.Girl, Steph Su
5. "If I could turn the page, the time that I'd rearrange just a day or two, close my, close my, close my eyes." CDB
6. "And it's all right, and it's comin' on, we gotta get right back to where we started from." Jodi, Mel
7. "Superstar, where ya from, how's it goin'?" Mel
8. "Here's a groove, slightly transformed, just a bit of a break from the norm."
9. "One toke over the line, sweet Jesus, one toke over the line, sittin' downtown in a railway station, one toke over the line." That.Girl
10. "Who is this man, what sort of devil is he to have me caught in a trap and choose to let me go free?" Steph Su
11. "When this old world starts a gettin' me down, and people are just too much for me to face I'll climb way up to the top of the stairs and all my cares just drift right into space." Jodi, Mel
12. "When I was a little boy, the devil called my name, say now who do, who do you think you're fooling?" CDB
13. "Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book?"
14. "You always said you liked my style, you say I'm tough and kind of wild."
15. "As long as he needs me, oh yes he does need me, in spite of what you see, I'm sure that he needs me."
16. "People point and fingerpainting the world, even me the silhouette of my life, and I'm filling in the negative space with positively everything."
17. "The local rock group down the street is trying hard to learn its song."
18. "Hey girl, in your eyes, I see your picture of me all the time."
19. "Some dreams are in the nighttime, and some seem like yesterday but leaves turn brown and fade, ships sail away."
20. "I met a gin-soaked bar-room queen in Memphis, she tried to take me upstairs for a ride." CDB
21. "Come on-a my house, I'm gonna give you candy."
22. "The flame is burning deep in my soul, saying I was half now I'm whole."
23. "When I come to the clubs, step aside, pop the seats don't be hating me in the line."
24. "I don't remember what day it was, I didn't notice what time it was."
25. "Every day when the work is behind you and the shop and the store, put the lock on the door, just get away where your worries won't find you, if you'd like then I'll tell you more."

Good luck!

11 comments:

Brandi. said...

Hmm, interesting. I'm gonna steal this. :)

I can't think of any of them right off, thoug a few sound familiar. I'll be back to read them again, though. :)

Brandi. said...

Okay, #4 is "Can't Get You Out Of My head" by Kylie Manoge (or however you spell her name)
#9 is called "One Toke Over The Line", but I don't know who sings it...
The others I had to Google, so I won't post them. :)

CDB said...

I love this game!! But seriously, how long does it take to listen to 25 first lines?!

#5 is "Tell Me Lies" - Fleetwood Mac
#12 is Paul Simon? Think?
#20 Honky Tonk Girl - Rolling Stones and I NEVER knew he said "gin-soaked." Clever, Mick.

Steph Su said...

4. Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out of My Head
10. Les Miz - JAVERT'S SUICIDE!! (oh my god! You like Les Miz as well? Hero! lol)

Only 2. Goodness. My music exposure is lacking. You wanna recommend me some good bands or artists to listen to? :)

Steph Su said...

Same here!! Les Miz was my first Broadway show but it is and forever will be my favorite. I basically know the lyrics to every song, which is why I literally jumped when I knew the answer to 10! :)

Are you as much of a Broadway geek as I am? What other shows have you able to see??

Ahhh I love finding people with similar interests!

Shelley said...

So fun!
#1 "Nasty" by Janet Jackson
I used to watch the video over and over to learn the dance!
Some others sound so familiar. I can't wait to find out what they are!

Meg89 said...

#3 "There go the street lights, the night's officially on, I got the green light to do whatever I want."

We call this the green light song, and the sports section plays it every Wednesday night when they beat us (News) to deadline (I work for the University paper). It also happens to be the sort of song that you can't get out of your head, so for the next 3 hours someone's always humming it!

I have no idea what the actual name of the song is, but I thought I'd share the anecdote anyway :)

Jodi said...

Ok..this is fun!

#6 - Right Back Where To Where We Started From - Maxine Nightingale

#11 - Up On The Roof - The Drifters

Vickie said...

Man, I am bad at this meme.

The only one that sounded familar is the first one and I still don't know the answer!

Melanie Gillispie said...

I feel like I should know more, but these are the ones I think I know for sure:
1 - Nasty - Janet Jackson
2 - He's My Brother - artist??
6 - Right Back Where We Started From - Artist?? I want to say Doobie Bros, but I'm not sure
7 - Womanizer - Britney Spears
11 - Up on the Roof - Oh, it's The somethings, but I don't remember what the somethings are. Drifters, maybe?

Jenners said...

Darn .. I'm so late to the party but I have one that wasn't guessed already --

#15: Paperback Writer by the Beatles!

I am so going to have to play this game on my blog! Fo sho!