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23 April 2008

Music meme

Terry @ 12:03 pm

I’ll post answers on Saturday. Meanwhile, there’s still a couple of easy ones in there.

I’m in the “between drugs wasteland,” so here’s a fun little thing I lifted from Billie. Some of these are really easy and others pretty obscure. I’m not sure how many I’d get if I were taking the test.
The rules:

Step 1: Put your MP3 player or whatever on random.
Step 2: Post the first line from the first 25 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from.
Step 4: Strike through when someone gets them right
Step 5: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING.

1) Mary Anne and Wanda were the best of friends Good-bye Earl, the Dixie Chicks

2) Maybe I’m right and maybe I’m wrong Nevertheless, Rod Stewart and Dave Koz (originally Hank Snow)

3) You say you’re leaving on a 7:30 train and you’re heading out to Hollywood Crazy, Aerosmith

4) What we’ve just seen’s a pathetic display from a man who’s beginning to crack Where I Want To Be, Chess Soundtrack

5) Tin Soldiers and Nixon coming, we’re finally on our own Ohio, Crosby Stills Nash & Young

5) On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair Hotel California, Eagles

6) The moon upon the ocean Is swept around in motion Anywhere Is, Enya

7) The lights are on, but you’re not home Addicted To Love, Robert Palmer

8 ) Far, We’ve been traveling far Coming To America, Neil Diamond

9) End of October, the sleepy brown woods seem to bow down their heads to the winter Old Tennessee, Dan Fogelberg

10) I ain’t got a fever got a permanent disease Bad Medicine, Bon Jovi

11) Sometimes I wake with a weary head and I wonder how I’ll ever get through Strange Cup of Tea, Sister Hazel

12) Gotta take a little time, A little time to think things over I Want To Know What Love Is, Foreigner

13) The kiddie ride just keeps turning round and round You Can’t Stop Thinking About Me, Blues Traveler

14) Two hearts Throwing off sparks Sweet Magnolia, Dan Fogelberg

15) Half a mile from the county fair, the rain kept pouring down And It Stoned Me, Van Morrison

16) Grew up in a small town And when the rain would fall down I’d just stare out my window Breakaway, Kelly Clarkson

17) I’ve been working so hard I’m punching my card Footloose, Kenny Loggins

18) Its hard for me to say the things I want to say sometimes Thank You For Loving Me, Bon Jovi

19) Take me to the room where the red’s all red Dragon Attack, Queen

20) Aint no need to worry Aint no use to cry cause Ill be comin home soon I Need You, Lynyrd Skynyrd

21) I could stay awake just to hear you breathing Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing, Aerosmith

22) Now here you go again You say you want your freedom Dreams, Fleetwood Mac

23) I’m a travelin’ man, made a lot of stops all over the world Travelin’ Man, Ricky Nelson

24) Almost heaven, West Virginia Country Roads, John Denver

25) The problem is all inside your head, she said to me 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover, Paul Simon

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9 Responses to “Music meme”

  1. Billie Says:

    1. “Goodbye, Earl” Dixie Chicks (a fav!)
    5. “Ohio,” CS&N (Meagan had this one, too)
    15. “And it Stoned Me” (Van Morrison. Hey, this looks familiar!)

    A couple more sound familiar, but I can’t place them.

  2. Tracie Says:

    5. Hotel California — the Eagles
    24. Take me home, country roads — John Denver

  3. Ahistoricality Says:

    #4 is from Chess — Molotov, if memory serves, after the American storms out of the opening ceremonies?
    I’m pretty sure #22 is from Chess, too, but I can’t place it offhand.

    #5 is the Eagles, “Hotel California”
    #24 is John Denver, “Country Roads.”

    #23 is an oldie, but I don’t know title and artist. I know the tune, though….

    Oh, yeah. #8 is from Jazz Singer: Neil Diamond, “Coming to America”

    That’s about as much as I think I’m gonna get.

  4. Mere Says:

    16) Breakaway, Kelly Clarkson
    17) Footloose, Kenny Loggins
    21) Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing, Aerosmith

    shazam

  5. Stephen Leigh Says:

    #25 is 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover by Paul Simon

  6. Tracie Says:

    Can’t believe I didn’t notice this the first time:
    23. Travelin’ Man — Ricky Nelson

    and 22. Argh! I can’t remember the title, but it’s a Fleetwood Mac song. Earworm!

  7. Julie Says:

    Given how many of these are in both of our libraries, do these count? :-p
    3- ‘Cryin’ by Aerosmith
    9- ‘Old Tennesee’ by Dan Fogelberg
    10- ‘Bad Medicine’ by Bon Jovi
    11- ‘Strange Cup of Tea’ by Sister Hazel
    14- ‘Sweet Magnolia’ by Dan Fogelberg

  8. Terry Says:

    Wow! You folks are good! There’s still a couple of easy ones up there ….

  9. Terry Says:

    Thanks for playing, everyone!

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