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My, there's been a flurry of blogging around here today! My blogging process is, like the Internet, a series of tubes. When one post that I perceive as particularly serious or long (like the one about Madeleine L'Engle) is in the works, it clogs everything else up. I don't want to blog anything else before I got that done, so a lot of things just hang around in the idea-stage until I finish.

Anyway, here's a little meme I got from pesky'apostrophe and then it's off to bed with me!¹

Here are the [adapted] rules for the meme:
Put your mp3 player or music player on your computer on random.
Post the first four lines from the first 20 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song (Skip repeat artists).
Post and let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from.

Leave your guesses in the comments. Some will be super easy, but try not to cheat by Googling.

They are in the extension below! I have only altered the list by skipping covers and mashups and songs in foreign languages.

¹ No, you can't come to bed with me.

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[spoken introduction that I ignored for the purpose of this meme because I didn't know how many lines it counted as]
Come along with us!
Come along to Awesometown!
Come along with us!
And wipe away your frown ✔ The Lonely Island, "Awesometown Theme Song"
[spoken lines, intro]
I call you up whenever things go wrong.
You're always there, you are my shoulder to cry on
I can't believe it took me quite so long.
To take the forbidden step - is this something that I might regret?
Don't wish it away
Don't look at it like it's forever
Between you and me
I could honestly say that things can only get better ✔ Elton John, "I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues"
One and one-half wandering Jews,
Free to wander wherever they choose
Are travelling together in the Sangre de Cristo
The Blood of Christ mountains of New Mexico [I know who'll get this one!] ✔ Paul Simon, "Hearts and Bones"
I don't want to hear it,
No more fussin' and fightin' baby, hold me tight.
Let's let bygones be bygones,
Let's think about tomorrow girl, our future's bright.
Muskrat, muskrat candlelight
Doin' the town and doin' it right
In the evenin'
It's pretty pleasin' [God, I hope this is the most embarrassing song that will come up in this.] ✔ Captain and Tennille, "Muskrat Love"
It's in her head
It's in her mind
She can't believe it
Can't believe she's running out of time [I think this is the hardest one so far.]
Don't stray
Don't ever go away
I should be much to smart for this
You know it gets the better of me sometimes
Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles
God took a Daniel once again
Stood by his side and miracle of miracles
Walked him through the lion's den ✔ Fiddler on the Roof, "Miracle of Miracles"
You say
That we've got nothing in common
No common ground to start from
And we're falling apart ✔ Deep Blue Something, "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
Suddenly before my eyes
Hues of indigo arise
With them how my spirit sighs
Paint the sky with stars ✔ Enya, "Paint the Sky With Stars"
Werewolves are dogs, vampires are cats
This ancient war is where I'm at
I'm the perfect killing machine
Killed every vampire that I've seen [Ha!] ✔ Lestrat, "Your Rock is Too Hard"
In a little while from now,
If I'm not feeling any less sour
I promised myself to treat myself
And visit a nearby tower ✔ Gilbert O'Sullivan, "Alone Again, Naturally"
Any time tomorrow I will lie and say I'm fine
I'll say yes when I mean no
And any time tomorrow the sun will cease to shine
There's a shadowman who told me so ✔ K's Choice, "Shadowman"
The lonesome Texas sun was setting low
And in the rearview mirror I watched it go
I can still see the wind in her golden hair
I close my eyes for a moment, I'm still there ✔ Nina Persson, "The Bluest Eyes in Texas"
I was alone, I found love
Now I got some (yeah yeah yeah yeah)
You came along, right on time
With a new song (yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Once my lover, now my friend.
What a cruel thing to pretend.
What a cunning way to condescend.
Once my lover, now my friend. ✔ Fiona Apple, "Shadowboxer"
I drink good coffee every morning
Comes from a place that's far away
And when I'm done I feel like talking
Without you here there is less to say ✔ Colin Hay, "I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You"
I had visions, I was in them,
I was looking into the mirror
To see a little bit clearer
The rottenness and evil in me ✔ Harvey Danger, "Flagpole Sitta"
Some people stay far away from the door
If there's a chance of it opening up
They hear a voice in the hall outside
And hope that it just passes by ✔ Billy Joel, "An Innocent Man"

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srah - Wednesday, 12 September 2007 - 10:35 PM
Tags: lyrics, memes, music

Comments (19)

Fraulein N - September 13, 2007 - 10:36 AM - ℓ

Ooh, I'm so excited 'cause I actually know some of these!

3. Elton John, "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
10. Deep Blue Something, "Breakfast at Tiffanys" (why do I remember the name of this group?)
17. Fiona Apple, "Shadowboxer"
19. Harvey Danger, "Flagpole Sitta" (this one's in my ipod too!)

srah - September 13, 2007 - 11:42 AM - ℓ

All correct!

Brian - September 13, 2007 - 1:27 PM - ℓ

Usually, I stink at these, but I actually picked one out: #18 is I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You by Colin Hay (it's even on my ipod)

srah - September 13, 2007 - 2:19 PM - ℓ

Well done!

jamelah - September 13, 2007 - 10:01 PM - ℓ

4 is "Hearts and Bones" by Paul Simon.

srah - September 13, 2007 - 10:06 PM - ℓ

Yep!

alfie - September 14, 2007 - 12:19 AM - ℓ

1. "Awesometown Theme" performed by Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer and extras (including Chester)
6. Oh dear. I sincerely hope this is "Muskrat Love" by The Captain and Tenille, but why do you have this song? Oh yeah, the Book of Bad Songs.
9. "Wonder of Wonders, Miracle of Miracles." Is that the title? Sung by whoever is playing Motel in your mp3 of "Fiddler on the Roof.
12. "Your Rock is Too Hard" sung by that guy Chris who was playing Earl in "LeStrat."
13. "Alone Again (Naturally)" by Gilbert O'Sullivan

That's all I can think of right now.

srah - September 14, 2007 - 8:18 AM - ℓ

I'll give you #1 and #12, because you gave me more information than I was looking for. #6 and #13 are right. #9 needs a little work. You're almost there, but I don't want to just give it away.

alfie - September 14, 2007 - 12:12 PM - ℓ

Ok, "Miracle of Miracles" sung by Motel and Tzeitel?

srah - September 14, 2007 - 12:31 PM - ℓ

That'll do, pig.

srah - September 14, 2007 - 9:25 PM - ℓ

I bet my college roommate could get a few of the ones that haven't been guessed yet... if no one gets them by the end of the weekend, I'll have to call in the big guns!

Aunt Pam - September 19, 2007 - 8:51 AM - ℓ

Number 11: "Paint The Sky With Stars" by Enya

Aunt Pam - September 19, 2007 - 8:59 AM - ℓ

I have to pick a bone about The Captain & Tenille getting credit for "Muskrat Love". Let the whole world know that it was America that did us all proud with that song. If you are going to have this song you simply must rid yourself of T.C. & T. version and try one of the many recorded versions by the great band America.

srah - September 19, 2007 - 9:06 AM - ℓ

#11 is right. And as for Muskrat Love, I'm not really fond of the song in any form! I only have that mp3 because I have a mission to collect all of the songs mentioned in Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs. So its badness is what endears it to me. :D

Aunt Pam - September 19, 2007 - 9:20 AM - ℓ

#20 An Innocent Man by the legendary Billy Joel who has made my toes curl since 1973 with Travelin' Prayer & You're My Home.

Aunt Pam - September 19, 2007 - 9:22 AM - ℓ

But it's badness is better with the America Version. Plus you don't have to go out and kill anyone after you've listened to it. (I really hate it when I have to do that)

srah - September 19, 2007 - 10:23 AM - ℓ

That's another one! Seven left!

spaz - September 20, 2007 - 1:10 PM - ℓ

14. Shadowman by K's Choice
15. Bluest Eyes in Texas by Nina Persons

srah - September 20, 2007 - 1:40 PM - ℓ

Roommate FTW! I bet you could get #8, too. I'm pretty sure you have/had the CD. :D

srah blah blah

We'll collect the moments one by one/ I guess that's how the future's done
- Feist, 'Mushaboom'

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srah blah blah

We'll collect the moments one by one/ I guess that's how the future's done - Feist, 'Mushaboom'

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We'll collect the moments one by one/ I guess that's how the future's done
- Feist, 'Mushaboom'