friday random 10

So last week’s lyrics puzzled — or were ignored by — many. It was, after all, a holiday, when the champagne flows freely and random song lyrics from somebody else’s iPod are the last things on anyone’s mind. But now, as we settle more snugly into 2011, here’s another chance at lyrical-guessing glory:

1. “Get it While You Can” by Janis Joplin, guessed by Kim
   You know everybody’s fighting on with each other
2. “Subterranean Homesick Blues” by Rickie Lee Jones (orig. Bob Dylan), guessed by Clayton
   Twenty years of schoolin’ and they put you on the day shift
3. “Good Girls Don’t” by the Knack, guessed by Kim
   And her parents won’t be coming home till late
4. “Watching the Detectives” by Elvis Costello, guessed by Eric B.
   She looks so good that he gets down and begs
5. “Seven Years in Tibet” by David Bowie
   And I’m holding your brains, the old woman said
6. “Loose Lips” by Kimya Dawson
   We won’t stop until somebody calls the cops
7. “Stolen Car” by Bruce Springsteen
   At first I thought it was just restlessness
8. “Kettering” by the Antlers
   Those singing morphine alarms out of tune
9. “The Acid Queen” by the Who, guessed by Betty
   Gather your wits and hold on fast
10. “David” by Nellie McKay
    Days offer spades of hurled outcries

As always, good luck!

Last week. Well, it was Christmas Eve, and people were probably busy. I know I was. Maybe this week, on New Year’s Eve…

1. “Strange Little Girl” by Tori Amos (orig. the Stranglers)
   It didn’t take long before she knew she had enough
2. “I Don’t Want to Get Over You” by the Magnetic Fields
   I could dress in black and read Camus
3. “Absinthe” by the Damned
   Be blinded by the green faerie
4. “Locked Box” by Frankie Big Face
   She isn’t weird, she’s unorthodox
5. “Save Ginny Weasley” by Harry and the Potters
   Are you worried that the spiders run away?
6. “Selling the Drama” by Live, guessed by Kim
   It’s the way we sing that makes ’em dream
7. “Carry on Wayward Son” by the Oakridge Boys (orig. Kansas), guessed by Betty
   My charade is the event of the season
8. “Sparks Will Fly” by the Rolling Stones
   You better grease up, I’m coming back
9. “In Perfect Time” by Jill Barber
   Better that than to wait to prove you wrong
10. “Blame it on the Stones” by Kris Kristofferson
    And the taste of his martini doesn’t please his bitter tongue

There won’t be another one of these until next year, so good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “Pretty Good Year” by Tori Amos, guessed by Clayton
   Don’t wanna be a boy today
2. “San Bernardino” by the Mountain Goats
   But we consulted maps from earlier days
3. “The Gymnast, High Above the Ground” by the Decemberists
   The bosun calls upon the quay
4. “Special Delivery” by Peter Blegvad
   Everyone’s too nice to me, the way Vincent Price would be with midnight coming on
5. “Do You Realize??” by the Flaming Lips
   It’s just an illusion caused by the world spinning round
6. “Wake Up” by Arcade Fire
   We’re just a million little gods causing rainstorms

7. “Dazed and Confused” by Led Zeppelin, guessed by Occupant
   Wanted a woman, never bargained for you
8. “Pledging My Time” by Bob Dylan
   I got a poison headache
9. “17 Again” by Eurythmics
   Sweet dreams are made of anything that gets you in the scene
10. “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard” by Paul Simon, guessed by Occupant
    Goodbye to Rosie, the Queen of Corona

You get the gist. Good luck!

Last week was apparently really tough. Will this week be any better?

1. “Gotta Serve Somebody” by Bob Dylan, guessed by Eric B.
   You may be an ambassador to England or France
2. “The Breeze” by Dr. Dog
   Are you moving much too fast?
3. “Piece of My Heart” by Erma Franklin, guessed by Kim
   Didn’t I give you nearly everything that a woman possibly can?
4. “Cheap and Evil Girl” by Bree Sharp
   And you fantasize about the ample, milky thighs you’d like to sample
5. “Slow Show” by the National
   Everything I love gets lost in drawers
6. “When Doves Cry” by Prince, guessed by Kim
   Animals strike curious poses
7. “Toussaint, Grey, First in Life and Death” by Jerry Messersmith
   I’m not thinking of the friends I’ll leave behind
8. “Are There Any More Real Cowboys” by Neil Young & Willie Nelson
   Not the one that’s snortin’ cocaine when the honky-tonk’s all closed
9. “Set the Twilight Reeling” by Lou Reed
   I accept the new-found man
10. “Live and Let Die” by Wings, guessed by Kim
    You gotta give the other fellow hell

As always, good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “Rosa Parks” by Outkast
   We the type of people make the club get crunk
2. “Language City” by Wolf Parade
   I been here so long my heart is a parking lot
3. “Cry, Cry, Cry” by Johnny Cash
   I think you only live to see the lights of town
4. “Your Love” by Outfield, guessed by Clayton
   You know I like my girls a little bit older
5. “Lullaby of Birdland” by Sarah Vaughan (or others)
   That’s the kind of magic music we make with our lips
6. “When the Roses Bloom Again” by Sally Timms (or others)
   For duty calls your sweetheart’s name again
7. “Center of the Sun” by Conjure One
   They say the most horrible things
8. “You Make Me Hot” by the Donnas
   Long and lean, rock ‘n’ roll machine
9. “The Stake” by Steve Miller Band, guessed by Kim
   Wheels are turning in the bed you lay
10. “Slide” by Missy Elliott
    That’s the way a real diva like to floss it

Good luck!