friday random 10

Last week. This week:

1. “Heretic Pride” by the Mountain Goats
   And I feel so proud when the reckoning arrives
2. “Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell” by the Flaming Lips
   But the moment never came
3. “Exterminate, Regenerate” by Chameleon Circuit
   It’s been such a long time since I met you back on Skaro
4. “Keynsham” by Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
   But sometimes the pattern is more obvious
5. “Straight Lines” by Dawn Landes
   You had a trampoline and a BMX bike
6. “Gotta Love It” by Aerosmith
   I wanna say you’re a switchblade knife
7. “Mrs. McGrath” by Bruce Springsteen (or others)
   And in their place two wooden pegs
8. “What Are Years?” by Christine Fellows
   A pair of shoes are swinging in the breeze
9. “I’m Not Like Everybody Else” by the Kinks
   I won’t take all that they hand me down
10. “Boy” by Ra Ra Riot
    With every ghost I’m looking through

And so it goes. Good luck!

I took the past couple of weeks off from this while I was in Canada, but here are last time’s answers. And here, now, are this week’s lyrics:

1. “Californication” by Red Hot Chili Peppers, guessed by Kim
   Psychic spies from China try to steal your mind elation
2. “Misguided Angel” by Cowboy Junkies
   I said, Mama, he’s crazy and he scares me
3. “Johnny 99” by Los Lobos (orig. Bruce Springsteen)
   Well they closed down the auto plant in Mahwah late that month
4. “A Place in the Sun” by Stevie Wonder
   Like a long lonely stream, I keep running towards a dream
5. “Go on, Say It” by Blind Pilot
   I am my breath, letting in waves
6. “Haunted” by Poe
   And these shadows keep on changing
7. “I Want You” by Bob Dylan
   The silver saxophones say I should refuse you
8. “Book of Love” by Peter Gabriel (orig. the Magnetic Fields), guessed by Clayton
   I love it when you read to me
9. “Dog Days Are Over” by Florence and the Machine
   Leave all your love and your longing behind
10. “Livin’ on the Edge” by Aerosmith, guessed by Kim
    And God knows it ain’t his

Good luck!

I’m away in Canada right now, but rather than make you wait several weeks for the answers to last week’s lyrics (and get a few new ones to tide you over), I’ve decided to post-date this. I’m not going to post another one of these next week — unless I get super-bored my last night in Calgary — so you’ll have to wait a little longer for the answers to these ones:

1. “You Make Me Hot” by the Donnas
   Long and lean, rock ‘n’ roll machine
2. “Positive Contact” by Deltron 3030
   Quantum jump, I’m right at your doorstep
3. “”Waterloo” by Popdudes (orig. ABBA)”, guessed by Clayton
   Oh yeah, and I have met my destiny in quite a similar way
4. “Piazza, New York Catcher” by Belle & Sebastian
   I will be your Ferdinand and you my wayward girl
5. “Those to Come” by the Shins, guessed by Kim
   Myriad lives like blades of grass
6. “Mull of Kintyre” by Wings, guessed by Kim
   Far have I traveled and much have I seen
7. “Mr. Apollo” by Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
   Uproot trees with his bare hands
8. “Holloway Park” by Fatty Gets a Stylist
   A man in overalls worries the weeds away
9. “Apple Scruffs” by George Harrison, guessed by Kim
   You’ve been stood around for years
10. “If God Would Send His Angels” by U2, guessed by Kim
    You know Jesus used to show me the score

But that just gives you more time to try your luck at guessing them, right? Good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “The Punks Are Writing Love Songs” by Tullycraft
   You want your record on the radio, you’d better sweeten up that verse
2. “He’s a Rebel” by the Zippers (orig. the Crystals), guessed by Occupant
   Watch the way he shuffles his feet
3. “I Can’t Stand the Rain” by Ann Peebles, guessed by Occupant
   But like a window you ain’t got nothin’ to say
4. “Orange Tree” by Hayley Taylor
   You’ve got me sleeping in the corner of your room
5. “Ghosts” by Fanfarlo
   They’re planning out a war
6. “Red Right Hand” by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
   He’ll rekindle all the dreams it took you a lifetime to destroy
7. “Peace in the Valley” by Alabama 3
   It’s too dangerous just to think about what she might have been
8. “Join Me in L.A.” by Warren Zevon
   It was midnight in Topanga
9. “Until We Burn in the Sun (The Kids Just Want a Love Song)” by Bedouin Soundclash
   City punk rocker rocking like he doesn’t try
10. “Desolation Row” by Bob Dylan
    Was that some kind of joke?

Good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “Desperados Under the Eaves” by Warren Zevon, almost guessed by Betty
   I predict this motel will be standing until I pay my bill
2. “Close the Door” by the Holmes Brothers
   I can feel your desperation when you sense I cannot stay
3. “Silent All These Years” by Tori Amos, guessed by Thud
   My dog won’t bite if you sit real still
4. “I Believe (When I Fall in Love it Will Be Forever” by Stevie Wonder
   Here am I encased inside a hollow shell
5. “Police & Thieves” by the Clash
   Fighting the nation with their guns and ammunition
6. “The Good Life” by Weezer
   I just need to admit that I want sugar in my tea
7. “Don’t Rain on My Parade” by Bobby Darin
   I gotta have my bite, sir
8. “Tonya’s Twirls” by Loudon Wainwright III
   Remember Olga Korbut — what happens to these girls?
9. “I Don’t Mind” by Slumber Party
   Live my life in the summer night with you
10. “Hey Ya” by Outkast, guessed by Clayton
    Now what’s cooler than bein’ cool?

That’s just how we roll. Good luck!