friday random 10

Last week. This week:

1. “We Used to Be Friends” by the Dandy Warhols
   But I haven’t thought of you lately at all
2. “Heaven Help Me” by Common Rotation
   It’s a Nobel Prize right there
3. “9 Crimes” by Damien Rice
   Give my gun away when it’s loaded
4. “Sleeper Awakes” by Sarah Blasko
   Use your hands, I know you love to get them dirty
5. “Genetic” by Sonic Youth
   And I think it’s all the same to me today
6. “Doctor Robert” by the Beatles, guessed by Betty
   You’re a new and better man
7. “Flight 180” by Bishop Allen
   Their lives take such strange shapes
8. “Sweet Transvestite” from The Rocky Horror Picture Show, guessed by Nyssa23
   You look like you’re both pretty groovy
9. “Imagine” by John Lennon, guessed by Nyssa23
   But I’m not the only one
10. “Walk on Down” by Aerosmith
    You wonder why they got more money than you

Good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “Walkin’ on Sunshine” by Katrina & the Waves
   Now every time I go for the mailbox, gotta hold myself down
2. “Find Love” by Clem Snide
   Dig for gold in the parking lot
3. “I’m a Believer” by Neil Diamond (later, The Monkees), guessed by Clayton
   I thought love was only true in fairy tales
4. “God” by Tori Amos
   Do you need a woman to look after you?
5. “Dry Lightning” by Bruce Springsteen
   I’d drive down to Alvarado Street
6. “Get Dis Money” by Slum Village
   We dedicate this to these people out here getting bank
7. “The President’s Dead” by Okkervil River
   They just foam the mouth and they champ at the bit
8. “Paul Simon” by the Russian Futurists
   It’s the strangest, most dangerous place I could hide
9. “Love of the Loveless” by Eels
   Always been my own man, pretty much alone
10. “Sundown” by Gordon Lightfoot, guessed by Clayton
    Getting lost in her lovin’ is your first mistake

Good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “Summerland” by the Woodlands
   Once you have come through the doors that look like trees
2. “Ringtone” by Weird Al Yankovic
   They’re beggin’ me to move out of town
3. “Throwing Stones” by the Grateful Dead, guessed by Clayton
   But his pants are down, his cover’s blown
4. “Do You Believe in Magic?” by the Lovin’ Spoonful, guessed by Thud
   But it’s like trying to tell a stranger ’bout rock ‘n roll
5. “Let’s Never Stop Falling in Love” by Pink Martini
   And sparkle through the clouds and stormy weather
6. “Losing My Religion” by R.E.M., guessed by Kim
   It’s bigger than you, and you are not me
7. “Runnin’ Down a Dream” by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, guessed by Clayton
   Me and Del were singin’
8. “Ramalama (Bang Bang)” by Roisin Murphy, guessed by Kim
   Lend to my ear a clear and a deafening sound
9. “Not a Virgin” by Poe
   I don’t think you want to start that shit with me
10. “For the Price of a Cup of Tea” by Belle & Sebastian
    She took her winter coat from her plastic wrapper

And so it goes. Good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “Breathe” by Melissa Etheridge
   I can’t ask if I could walk through the world in your eyes
2. “We Will Rock You” by Queen, guessed by Thud
   Pleadin’ with your eyes gonna make you some peace some day
3. “Support Your Local Emperor” by Blues Traveler
   And with the ears of the bat and the eyes of a hawk
4. “Santa Ana Wind” by Tom Russell
   Won’t be no saints come marching in, no cowboy stars or clergymen
5. “Use It” by the New Pornographers
   And two chicks in the parking lot crack wise on the price of fame
6. “Son of a Son of a Sailor” by Jimmy Buffett, guessed by Clayton
   And the rum is for all your good vices
7. “Enemy Within” by Frida Hyvönen
   Stone on the bottom of the ocean says I know this is not a cul-de-sac
8. “He Got Game” by Public Enemy
   Don’t freestyle much but I write ’em like such
9. “Wooden Ships” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
   All we can do is echo your anguished cries
10. “Tentative Decisions” by Talking Heads
    I want to talk as much as I want

Last week. This week:

1. “Girl in the War” by Josh Ritter
   Paul said to Petey, “You gotta rock yourself a little harder”
2. “The Grave” by Don McLean
   The man, barely twenty, did answer the calling
3. “Go On, Say It” by Blind Pilot
   A hitchhiker told me I don’t talk a lot
4. “From Me to You” by the Beatles, guessed by Thud
   Just call on me and I’ll send it along
5. “Mad Mission” by Patty Griffin, guessed by Kim
   We were drinking like the Irish, but we were drinking scotch
6. “Blame Is a Killer” by Amy Ray
   There’s a big big love I need to be part of
7. “I Hope That Something Better Comes Along” by Matt Nathanson (orig. the Muppets), guessed by Thud
   There’s somethin’ irresistible-ish about ’em
8. “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” by Marvin Gaye
   If you’ve heard tales of transformation
9. “Ghost Train” by Counting Crows
   I told you you could always count on me
10. She buys a ticket ’cause it’s cold where she comes from

As always, good luck!