friday random 10

Last week. This week:

1. “Southern California Wants to Be Western New York” by Dar Williams
   There’s a part of the country could drop off tomorrow in an earthquake
2. “Frank and Jesse James” by Warren Zevon
   War broke out between the states and they joined up with Quantrill
3. “Time to Pretend” by MGMT
   Get jobs in offices and wake up for the morning commute
4. “No Easy Way Down” by Dusty Springfield
   Your toy balloon has sailed in the sky, love
5. “One Time Too Many” by Willie Nelson w/ Steven Tyler
   I let love die, broke a woman’s heart
6. “Animal” by Miike Snow
   There was a time when my world was filled with darkness, darkness, darkness
7. “Push” by Smash Mouth
   Keep your hands off my door
8. “The Parlour Rollers” by Christine Fellows
   A pair of real squeakers once rolled one hundred and twenty-five feet
9. “Lonely Teardrops” by Jackie Wilson, guessed by Occupant
   You know my heart does nothing but burn
10. “You’re Only King Once” by Beulah
    Hoping for a little more than just another kiss goodnight

Good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “Glory Days” by Bruce Springsteen, guessed by Clayton
   Back in school she could turn all the boys’ heads
2. “Sick Muse” by Metric
   And you wrote the song I wanna play
3. “Bleeders” by the Wallflowers, guessed by Occupant
   Sometimes it’s hard to tell the wishing from the well
4. “Breakdown” by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, guessed by Clayton
   Something inside you is feeling like I do
5. “Desert Train” by Kimmie Rhodes
   Gone like the souls who vanish from the plain
6. “St. Stephen” by the Grateful Dead, guessed by Occupant
   Wherever he goes the people all complain
7. “I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone” by Sleater-Kinney
   Pictures of me on your bedroom door
8. “Ignorance Is Bliss” by Jellyfish
   I’ve brought you here to bring me plumbers
9. “You’re No Good” by Linda Ronstadt, guessed by Kim
   I learned my lesson, it left a scar
10. “I’m Tongue-Tied” by the Magnetic Fields
    You kiss me, I’m history

Same as it ever was. Good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “My Rights Versus Yours” by the New Pornographers
   Same thing as the other time
2. “Unsingable Name” by Mike Doughty
   I want to be your absolute ultimate
3. “The President’s Dead” by Okkervil River
   Dear friends, is it not so horrible?
4. “Walkin’ on the Sun” by Smash Mouth, guessed by Kim
   I know it went out but it’s back
5. “Black Dog” by Led Zeppelin, guessed by Clayton
   Steady lonely woman gonna come my way
6. “Let it Bleed” by Edgar Winter (orig. the Rolling Stones), guessed by Clayton
   She said, My breasts, they will always be open
7. “Stop Me” by Mark Ronson
   And the pain was enough to make a shy, bald, Buddhist reflect
8. “Smitten” by Bree Sharp
   You can read me like a trashy book
9. “Who Knows” by Marion Black
   I pray the lord will help me carry on
10. “Perfect” by Alanis Morissette
    Don’t forget to win first place

Good luck!

You guessed just over half of these last week. Can you beat that this week?

1. “To the Dogs or Whoever” by Josh Ritter
   I lose my page then the plot then the book then I swear
2. “Hummer” by Smashing Pumpkins
   Shame my tongue, fat with promise all along
3. “Empty” by the Cranberries
   Did you know that I was sleeping?
4. “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” by Greg Laswell (orig. Robert Hazard, also Cyndi Lauper), guessed by Occupant
   I want to be the one to walk in the sun
5. “Particle Man” by They Might Be Giants, guessed by Thud
   Or does the water get him instead?
6. “Silent All These Years” by Tori Amos, guessed by Thud
   What’s so amazing about really deep thoughts?
7. “Sister Fatima” by Don McLean, guessed by Occupant
   And she knows your future, she knows what it’s worth
8. “Ode to a Superhero” by Weird Al Yankovic
   That mutated spider came down
9. “My Body Is a Cage” by Peter Gabriel (orig. Arcade Fire)
   But my mind holds the key
10. “Fly” by Nick Drake
    Please lend me your second name

As always, good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “Man Out of Time” by Elvis Costello, guessed by Generik
   In a private detective’s overcoat
2. “I Wanna Be Your Lover” by Yo La Tengo (orig. Bob Dylan)
   And the rainman leaves in the wolfman’s disguise
3. “Walkin’ the Dog” by Aerosmith (orig. Rufus Thomas), guessed by Clayton
   She broke the needle and she can’t sew
4. “Sway” by the Puppini Sisters
   Only you have that magic technique
5. “As Tears Go By” by the Rolling Stones, guessed by Generik
   I sit and watch the children play
6. “Mothers of the Disappeared” by U2, guessed by Kim
   Through the walls our daughters cry
7. “Burning Love” by Elvis Presley, guessed by Occupant
   I must be a hundred and nine
8. “Art of Dying” by George Harrison, guessed by Kim
   Living through a million years of crying
9. “As Is” by Ani DiFranco
   And when I look up, I just trip over things
10. “Natural Disasters” by Enon
    They want your heart to ache and take up all your time

As always, guess the lyric and win no prize! And, as always, good luck!