friday random 10

Last week. This week:

1. “It’s Lonely at the Top” by Randy Newman
   Listen to the band, they’re playing just for me
2. “Canada vs. America” by Broken Social Scene
   I’m from the city of love
3. “The Beatles and the Stones” by the House of Love
   Oh I’m dazed and I’m dazed and I’m dazed
4. “Sweet Child o’ Mine” by Taken by Trees (orig. Guns N’ Roses), guessed by Clayton
   She takes me away to that special place
5. “Things Are What You Make Them” by Bishop Allen
   They had taken up inside of my heart
6. “When My Time Comes” by Dawes
   So I pointed my fingers, and shouted a few quotes I knew
7. “Dear God” by XTC
   Your name is on a lot of quotes in this book
8. “Old Mountain Line” by Po’ Girl
   I can hear the wheels turning
9. “Poison Moon” by Mary Timony
   We have love just the same as all of you do
10. “Nowheres Nigh” by Parts and Labor
    We don’t deny we’ve left our destiny behind

As always, good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet” by Figures on a Beach (orig. Bachman Turner Overdrive), guessed by Clayton
   He said that any love is good love, so I took what I could get
2. “Post-War” by M. Ward, guessed by Heather
   Don’t they love you in mysterious ways
3. “Everything Is Music” by Kris Delmhorst
   Let the beauty that you love be what you do
4. “Anything But Down” by Sheryl Crow
   Well, I got some wishes of my own
5. “Whiskey in the Jar” by Thin Lizzy
   I first produced my pistol and then produced my rapier
6. “Mystery Dance” by Elvis Costello
   And I was tryin’ to make it look like it was never in doubt
7. “No Key, No Plan” by Okkervil River
   Moralize all you might like, I don’t believe in it
8. “Folsom Prison Blues” by Johnny Cash, guessed by Clayton
   They’re probably drinking coffee and smoking big cigars
9. “Who Do You Love” by Dion (orig. George Thorogood), guessed by Clayton
   I’ve got a tombstone hand and a graveyard mind
10. “When the Ship Comes in” by Marcus Cole Franklin (orig. Bob Dylan)
    And the sands on the shoreline will be shaking

As simple as that. Good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “Mohammed’s Radio” by Warren Zevon, guessed by Betty
   Everybody’s restless and they’ve got no place to go
2. “How Can You Live in the Northeast?” by Paul Simon
   We heard the fireworks, rushed out to watch the sky
3. “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” by Bob Dylan
   I’ve walked and I’ve crawled on six crooked highways
4. “I Know” by Save Ferris
   Mama said to stay away from guys like you
5. “Beautiful World” by Colin Hay, guessed by Clayton
   I like making my own tea
6. “Hard Believer” by First Aid Kit
   That’s just human sense to me
7. “Heartless” by Kanye West
   Yo, I did some things but that’s the old me
8. “Crazy” by Willie Nelson (also Patsy Cline), guessed by Occupant
   I knew you’d love me as long as you wanted
9. “Hello Trouble” by Buck Owens
   I ain’t had the misery since you’ve been gone
10. “The Passenger” by Iggy Pop
    And everything looks good tonight

You know how it goes. Good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “Bye Bye Love” by the Everly Brothers, guessed by Thud
   And here’s the reason that I’m so free
2. “Yellow Haired Girl” by A B & the Sea
   We don’t really like the way you’re turning out
3. “Disappointment” by the Cranberries
   But it all boils down to what you did there
4. “Band on the Run” by Paul McCartney & Wings, guessed by Clayton
   All I need is a pint a day
5. “36-24-36” by Violent Femmes, guessed by Kim
   I got a red hot plan if you understand
6. “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey, guessed by Clayton
   The higher you fly the deeper you go
7. “My Pink Half of the Drainpipe” by the Bonzo Dog Do0-Dah Band
   Have you seen me bullfight poster on the wall?
8. “Train in the Distance” by Paul Simon, guessed by Clayton
   Let us say it’s for the child
9. “Love Is Trippy” by Amy Kuney
   But my name in them fit the rhythm better
10. “The Gardens of Sampson & Beasley” by Pink Martini
    Your face had a certain sadness

Unless it’s all some weird April Fool’s Day prank and none of these lyrics are real. Maybe I’m just messing with you. Either way, good luck!

Last week’s lyrics proved surprisingly difficult (or easy to ignore). Will this week’s prove the same?

1. “Ieee” by Tori Amos
   And there’s no sign of a parachute
2. “Bygones” by Sara Watkins
   Since your prey has become predator
3. “Down to the River to Pray” by Alison Krauss, guessed by Thud and Clayton
   And who shall wear the robe and crown
4. “Quiet” by Smashing Pumpkins
   We are the fossils, the relics of our time
5. “Measures & Scales” by Jill Barber
   And I would watch the notes fall one by one from his lips
6. “John the Determinist” by Jeremy Messersmith
   Hoping for a ghost inside the shell
7. “Tighten Up” by the Black Keys
   And I’m bound to fall, bound to fall
8. “Cosmic Charlie” by the Grateful Dead
   Calamity’s waiting for a way to get to her
9. “Labrythinian Pomp” by of Montreal
   Let’s just say you are not the destroyer
10. “Union Song” by the Nightwatchman
    There’s a thunder cloud exploding, and I’m free at last

Good luck!