friday random 10

Last week. This week:

1. “Rape Me” by Nirvana
   My favorite inside source
2. “Shut Out the Light” by Bruce Springsteen
   Beyond a stretch of Maryland pines there’s a river without a name
3. “Volcano” by Jimmy Buffett, guessed by Clayton
   Don’t want to land in no Buzzard’s Bay
4. “Strange Relationship” by Prince
   The more you love me, sugar, the more it makes me mad
5. “Love Lockdown” by Kanye West
   I’m in love with you but the vibe is wrong
6. “Shipwrecked” by Chameleon Circuit, more or less guessed by Betty
   If I give some of my life, we’ll use it to escape this place
7. “Sax Rohmer #1” by the Mountain Goats
   Every moment points towards the aftermath
8. “Between the Lines” by Sara Bareilles
   No right minds could wrong be this many times
9. “So Serious” by Electric Light Orchestra
   To be all broken up and delirious
10. “Jerry Was a Race Car Driver” by Primus
    It stuck in his craw that they made him retire at the age of 65

Good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “Walk Like an Egyptian” by the Puppini Sisters (orig. the Bangles), guessed by Kim
   They like the punk and the metal band
2. “Bastards of Young” by the Replacements
   Clean your baby womb, trash that baby boom
3. “I Come Prepared” by K’naan
   And he ain’t even from New York, that’s what’s weird yo
4. “Virus of the Mind” by Heather Nova
   I said, “I don’t have either but I have a guitar”
5. “The Village Green Preservation Society” by the Kinks), guessed by Kim
   God save strawberry jam and all the different varieties
6. “Hernando’s Hideaway” by Doris Day), guessed by Kim
   Just knock three times and whisper low
7. “Pin a Rose on Me” by Chuck Prophet
   You heard bells, I heard the hammer fallin’
8. “Spanish Harlem Incident” by Bob Dylan
   Your temperature’s too hot for taming
9. “Valleri” by the Monkees), guessed by Kim
   She’s the same little girl who used to hang around my door
10. “Good Hearted Woman” by Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson), guessed by Kim
    But she never complains of the bad times or the bad things he’s done, lord

Good luck!

Not many guessed last week. Let’s see how you fare this week:

1. “Uptown Girl” by Billy Joel, guessed by Clayton
   I bet her mama never told her why
2. “Archie & Veronica” by Lovage
   I look funny all dressed in black
3. “Haunted” by Shane McGowan & the Popes (feat. Sinead O’Connor), guessed by Chris McLaren
   You were so cool you could have put out Vietnam
4. “I Hate Myself for Loving You” by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, guessed by Kim
   Hey, Jack, it’s a fact they’re talkin’ in town
5. “Fever” by Neko Case
   To the spiders and the lumber and the dust of his conquests
6. “Fallin’ & Flyin'” by Jeff Bridges, guessed by Kim
   But lately I just lost the fight
7. “Cleveland Rocks” by Ian Hunter, guessed by Kim
   All this energy callin’ me back where it comes from
8. “Geek USA” by Smashing Pumpkins
   Cast into the world with apple eyes
9. “Hands Are Tied” by Gin Blossoms
   The whole damn thing isn’t what I want
10. “Secure Yourself” by Indigo Girls, guessed by Nyssa23
    Hearts and bones from days of youth

Good luck!

Last week went like this. This week goes like this:

1. “Let’s Go Get Stoned” by Amboy Dukes
   Why don’t you call your buddy on the telephone
2. “Ooby Dooby” by Roy Orbison, guessed by Kim
   Well you wriggle and you shake like a big rattlesnake
3. “Spaceboy” by Smashing Pumpkins
   Break your bones, Mr. Jones
4. “Layla” by Eric Clapton (orig. Derek and the Dominos), guessed by Clayton
   You know it’s just your foolish pride
5. “Sole Brother” from Passing Strange
   ‘Cause the whip across your shoulders is connected to your brain
6. “Skinny Love” by Bon Iver
   Cut out all the ropes and let me fall
7. “The Charging Sky” by Jenny Lewis w/ the Watson Twins
   If I spend all of my money then I’ve got no money left
8. “On to You” by the Constantines
   And the rooms have all been rented from the gutter to the roof
9. “Smile” by Grant-Lee Phillips
   Hold it in your heart like amber
10. “Caramel” by Suzanne Vega
    I know the way these things begin

The cow goes like this: moo!

Good luck!

So I guess last week’s lyrics were too tough. Only the first two wound up being guessed. Maybe you’ll have better luck with this week’s…

1. “Save Me” by Queen, guessed by Occupant
   It started off so well
2. “Tragic Kingdom” by No Doubt
   Once was a magical place
3. “Private Goes Public” by Suzanne Vega
   Take your last kick now at any regime
4. “Careless Love” by Camera Obscura
   So I don’t think I should see you again
5. “It’s All Wrong, But It’s All Right” by Dolly Parton
   The amber sunset glow has died
6. “Grace Cathedral Hill” by the Decemberists
   The light was slight and disappeared
7. “Yesterday” by the Beatles, guessed by Betty
   There’s a shadow hanging over me
8. “I Can Make You a Man” from The Rocky Horror Picture Show, guessed by Occupant
   Such strenuous living I just don’t understand
9. “Movin’ Out” by Billy Joel, guessed by Betty
   Who needs a house out in Hackensack?
10. “My Manic and I” by Laura Marling
    Morning is mocking me

Good luck!