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Random 10 7/31

Last week. This week:

  1. “Bang Your Drum” by Wolf Parade
    Strike up the band, we have survived
  2. “Yer So Bad” by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, guessed by Eric B.
    I can’t decide which is worse
  3. “Roadkill” by Christine Fellows
    Can’t you drive a little faster?
  4. “Adventures in Solitude” by the New Pornographers
    We send the same blood back from the wars
  5. “Running Up that Hill” by Placebo (orig. Kate Bush), guessed by Occupant
    But see how deep the bullet lies
  6. “Caught a Lite Sneeze” by Tori Amos, guessed by Eric B.
    Rent your wife and kids today
  7. “Angelina” by Bob Dylan, guessed by Eric B.
    His eyes were two slits that would make a snake proud
  8. “Crazy” by Aerosmith, guessed by Eric B.
    But I know you ain’t wearin’ nothin’ underneath that overcoat
  9. “Spirit in the Sky” by Norman Greenbaum, guessed by Eric B.
    Gonna go to the place that’s the best
  10. “Wasted Time” by the Eagles, guessed by Eric B.
    The autumn leaves have got you thinking

Good luck!

Random 10 7/24

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

  1. “Challengers” by the New Pornographers
    I live with somebody too
  2. “Endless Dream” by Conjure One feat. Poe
    And I am just a trip that you are on
  3. “I Need to Know” by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, guessed by Clayton
    Well the talk on the street says you might go solo
  4. “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, guessed by Clayton
    Take me as I come ’cause I can’t stay long
  5. “Be the One for Me” by Dick Brave & the Backbeats
    Girl, hands up please and set me free
  6. “The Wind” by Cat Stevens, guessed by Eric B.
    I let my music take me where my heart wants to go
  7. “Veronica” by Elvis Costello, guessed by Eric B.
    Did he roam down the town all the while?
  8. “Anticipate” by Ani DiFranco
    We lose sight of everything when we have to keep checking our backs
  9. “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” by Bob Dylan, guessed by Clayton
    That long black cloud is comin’ down
  10. “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted” by Jimmy Ruffin, guessed by Generik
    Always moving and going nowhere

Am I the only one sensing a vague wanderlust theme in these lyrics? Maybe that’s just because I was listening to To the Best of Our Knowledge‘s Travel podcast this morning. Maybe I just need a vacation. Anyway, good luck!

Random 10 7/17

Last week. This week:

  1. “The Mountain” by Heartless Bastards
    They tear out the middle and they send it all away
  2. “Ripple” by the Grateful Dead, guessed by Generik
    Would you hold it near as it were your own?
  3. “Bright Side of the Road” by Van Morrison
    We’ll be lovers once again

  4. “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town” by the Killers (previously others), guessed by Occupant
    But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chore
  5. “Money” by Pink Floyd, guessed by Clayton
    Think I’ll buy me a football team
  6. “Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us” by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
    Looks like I’ve lost the love I’ve never found
  7. “A New England” by Billy Bragg
    I wished on them but they were only satellites
  8. “Truck Drivin’ Song” by Weird Al Yankovic, guessed by Occupant
    It’s time to put that hammer down
  9. “Hollow Man” by Kula Shaker
    Trying to see poetry within the shifting imagery of meaning
  10. “High 5 (Rock the Catskills)” by Beck
    Put that gadget in the random mode

Good luck!

Random 10 7/10

So not the greatest showing last week. Maybe the lyrics were just too obscure, or the holiday weekend was keeping people away. Anyway, let’s see what you make of this week’s random lyrics:

  1. “We Can Work it Out” by the Beatles, guessed by Eric B.
    Do I have to keep on talking til I can’t go on?
  2. “You Learn” by Alanis Morissette, guessed by Clayton
    I recommend biting off more than you can chew to anyone
  3. “People Got a Lotta Nerve” by Neko Case
    It will end again in bullets fired
  4. “The Arrivals Gate” by Ani DiFranco
    Watching excitement turn family dogs into dancers
  5. “We Can’t Make it Here” by James McMurtry, guessed by Thud
    Their kids won’t bleed in their damn little war
  6. “Pixie” by Ani DiFranco
    And all the little fishes are flapping wildly on their hooks
  7. “Lost Cause” by Beck, guessed by Eric B.
    Your sorry eyes, they cut through bone
  8. “Lies” by Violent Femmes, guessed by Kim
    I brought it to the end of the song and we didn’t get a chance to jam
  9. “Cartoons and Forever Plans” by Maria Taylor
    And did you know electricity favors us
  10. “Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da” by the Beatles, guessed by Eric B.
    And in the evening she still sings it with the band

Good luck!

Random 10 7/3

Just shy of half were guessed last week. Let’s see how you fare this week:

  1. “Badge” by Cream, guessed by Kim
    I told you not to wander round in the dark
  2. “Collecting Rocks” by Super XX Man”
    And their beauty told me they were beautiful
  3. “Scent of a Robot” by Pete Miser
    French kiss, smoke a splif, give a shit about baseball
  4. “Groovin'” by the Young Rascals, guessed by Kim
    Really couldn’t get away too soon
  5. “Always on My Mind” by Elvis Presley, guessed by Kim
    Tell me that your sweet love hasn’t died
  6. “Rainbows in the Dark” by Tilly and the Wall
    I was kidnapped real young by the sweet taste of love
  7. “I’m Sorry, Baby, But You Can’t Stand in My Light Anymore” by Bob Mould
    I always find the broken ones
  8. “I Grieve” by Peter Gabriel
    The news that truly shocks is the empty empty page
  9. “I Thought You Were My Boyfriend” by the Magnetic Fields
    I thought I was just the guy for you and it would never end
  10. “Dreamer” by K’naan
    These streets pull your number like a phone display

Guess the lyric, win no prize! It’s just that easy! Good luck!