The Random Lyrics Game
Via Jamelah, we have another meme. I'm not sure if I've done this exact one before, but I've certainly done similar ones. The rules this time:
- 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.
Readers, leave your guesses in the comments. Some will be super easy, but try not to cheat by Googling!
Lyrics are after the jump. I have taken liberties in some places with what the "first four lines" are (for example, the actual first four lines of #5 just consist of the title of the song plus "Ohhhhh," so I thought that was a little easy and skipped ahead to the verse).
- Can you keep up?
Baby boy, make me lose my breath,
Bring the noise, make me lose my breath
Hit me hard, make me lose my (hah hah)
"Lose My Breath", Destiny's Child - guessed by jess (I didn't even know I had this mp3 until it came up on Random) - I feel pretty, oh, so pretty,
I feel pretty and witty and bright!
And I pity
Any girl who isn't me tonight.
"I Feel Pretty" from West Side Story - guessed (first) by jess - They tried to make me go to rehab
I said no, no, no.
Yes I been black, but when I come back
You wont know, know, know.
"Rehab", Amy Winehouse - guessed by Gretchen - So wild, standing there, with her hands in her hair
I can't help remember just where she touched me
There's still no face here in her place
So cool, she was like jazz on a summer's day
"Valerie", Steve Winwood - guessed by ashley - If you said goodbye to me tonight
There would still be music left to write
What else could I do, I'm so inspired by you
That hasn't happened for the longest time
"For the Longest Time", Billy Joel - guessed by Gretchen - Come back again
I want you to stay next time
'Cause sometimes the world ain't kind
When people get lost like you and me - You think you lost your love,
Well, I saw her yesterday.
It's you she's thinking of
And she told me what to say.
"She Loves You", The Beatles - guessed by Gretchen - Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waiting for a train
And I's feeling nearly as faded as my jeans.
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained,
It rode us all the way to New Orleans.
"Me and Bobby McGee, Janis Joplin - guessed by Jamie - A little less conversation, a little more action please
All this aggravation ain't satisfactioning me
A little more bite and a little less bark
A little less fight and a little more spark
"A Little Less Conversation", Elvis Presley - guessed (first) by jess - Sur ma Remington portative
J'ai écrit ton nom Laetitia
Elaeudanla
Teïtéïa
"Elaeudanla Teïtéïa", Serge Gainsbourg - guessed by Didi - Wouldn't it be nice if we were older
Then we wouldn't have to wait so long
And wouldn't it be nice to live together
In the kind of world where we belong
"Wouldn't It Be Nice", The Beach Boys - guessed by jess - I'm not in love, so don't forget it
It's just a silly phase I'm going through
And just because I call you up
Don't get me wrong, don't think you've got it made
"I'm Not In Love", 10cc - guessed by Jamie - When the foeman bares his steel (Tarantara! tarantara!)
We uncomfortable feel (Tarantara!)
And we find the wisest thing (Tarantara! tarantara!)
Is to slap our chests and sing (Tarantara!)
"When the Foeman Bares His Steel" from The Pirates of Penzance - guessed by alfie - She loves the finer things
Gold and diamond rings
Give her the moon but
wouldn't be enough
"Hate 2 Love Her", Blake Lewis - guessed by all the wine - Un jour que j'étais dans mon antre
Où l'on entre sans frapper
Quelqu'un a pris l'escalier
Sur une petite idée de colimaçon
"Señor", Paris Combo - guessed by Jez - Love, love will keep us together
Think of me babe whenever
Some sweet talking girl comes along singing her song
Don't mess around, you just gotta be strong
"Love Will Keep Us Together", The Captain and Tennille - guessed by Jamie - Unsealed on a porch a letter sat
Then you said I wanna leave it again
Once I saw her on a beach of weathered sand
And on the sand I wanna leave it again. - I wake up to find you laying awake
with your hands in your head
You cannot run, can't escape from the things
that you say-ay-ay - Father, I
Killed my monkey, I
Let it out to
Taste the sweet of spring
"Bliss", Tori Amos - guessed by jamelah - Each morning I get up I die a little
Can barely stand on my feet
Take a look in the mirror and cry
Lord what you're doing to me
"Somebody To Love", Queen - guessed by Elisabeth
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srah - Thursday, 10 July 2008 - 9:26 PM
Tags: lyrics, memes, music
Jamie - July 11, 2008 - 4:08 AM - ℓ
Cheryl - July 11, 2008 - 8:19 AM - ℓ
Didi - July 11, 2008 - 5:04 PM - ℓ
all the wine - July 11, 2008 - 5:28 PM - ℓ
Jez - July 11, 2008 - 10:27 PM - ℓ
Is there a limit as to how many we can guess?
3. Rehab, Amy Winehouse
5. The Longest Time, William Joel
7. She Loves You, The Beatles
I also know 9, 11, 16, and 20, but I'll leave those or come back and do them later.