friday random 10

Last week. This week:

1. “Basket Case” by Warren Zevon, guessed by Betty
   She’s pretty as a picture and totally crazed
2. “London Calling” by the Clash, guessed by Clayton
   Meltdown expected, the wheat is growing thin
3. “Ballad of a Thin Man” by Stephen Malkmus & The Million Dollar Bashers (orig. Bob Dylan), guessed by Generik
   You’ve been through all of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s books
4. “California Dreamin'” by the Mamas and the Papas, guessed by Clayton
   You know the preacher likes the cold
5. I Know This Bar” by Ani DiFranco
   It’s not that far from old Voelker’s Bowling Alley
6. “The Spirit of Giving” by the New Pornographers
   Mark says the herald angels won’t hear it
7. “Spiderman” by Jill Sobule
   I’m in my costume, my mask and tights
8. “Cancer for the Cure” by Eels
   Buckle up and endure now, sweet thing
9. “What Makes the Cherry Red” by Christine Fellows
   Here’s the line break to remind you there has been a struggle
10. “Michael Myers Resplendent” by the Mountain Goats
    No one emerges triumphantly from it

Good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “Union Song” by the Nightwatchman
   There’s a thunder cloud exploding
2. “You Could Be Happy” by Snow Patrol
   Is it too late to remind you how we were?
3. “If I’m Dreaming My Life” by David Bowie
   Was it air she breathed?
4. “Run Like Hell” by Pink Floyd, guessed by Clayton
   They’re gonna send you back to mother in a cardboard box
5. “Play the Game” by Queen, guessed by Kim
   Light another cigarette and let yourself go
6. “New Speedway Boogie” by the Grateful Dead, guessed by Generik
   Things went down we don’t understand, but I think in time we will
7. “Road to Nowhere” by Talking Heads, guessed by Clayton
   And we’re not little children
8. “Roll Me Away” by Bob Seger, almost guessed by Kim
   Took a bead on the northern plains and just rolled that power on
9. “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” by the Rolling Stones, guessed by Clayton
   She was practiced at the art of deception
10. “Johnny 99” by Los Lobos (orig. Bruce Springsteen)
    The bank was holdin’ my mortgage and they were gonna take my house away

And so it goes. Good luck!

So…not so great last week. But maybe this week’s lyrics will prove easier to guess:

1. “Jenny Says” by Dash Rip Rock
   I got no reason for the things I fear
2. “Making Me Nervous” by Brad Sucks
   I could tell you a thing about taking your time
3. “Three Gray Walls” by the Holmes Brothers
   For forty years and counting, I’ve been put away
4. “The Clean Break” by Talking Heads, guessed by Occupant
   In a minute I’ll wash that love away
5. “A Good Life” by Jill Sobule
   The aliens land on the 105
6. “No One’s Gonna Love You” by Band of Horses
   We are the ever-living ghost of what once was
7. “Does Your Chewing Gum Lose its Flavor” by Lonnie Donnegan, guessed by Occupant
   Hallelujah, the question is peculiar
8. “Lazybones” by Soul Coughing
   Cameraman sways to remember how the eye dances
9. “Different People” by No Doubt
   You don’t have to be a famous person just to make your mark
10. “Please Come to Boston” by Dave Loggins, guessed by Clayton
    Now this drifter’s world goes ’round and ’round

As always, good luck!

Last week, we didn’t do so well. I don’t know how we’ll fare this week, but here are the random lyrics:

1. “Somebody to Love” by Queen, guessed by Kim
   They say I got a lot of water in my brain
2. “Everybody’s Talkin'” by Harry Nilsson, guessed by Thud
   Going where the weather suits my clothes
3. “You Don’t Know Me” by Ben Folds (feat. Regina Spektor)
   I’ll say something that I should have said long ago
4. “Napoleon” by Ani DiFranco
   They told you your music could reach millions
5. “Tender Mending” by Brooke Waggoner
   We vacuumed up the carpets and we mopped up the floors
6. “I Can’t Be With You” by the Cranberries
   But it’s bad and it’s mad and it’s making me sad
7. “Wild Is the Wind” by Nina Simone
   I hear the sound of mandolins
8. “Danny Callahan” by Connor Oberst
   Stop reading the weather charts
9. “As Tears Go By” by the Rolling Stones, guessed by Kim
   I want to hear the children sing
10. “O Canada Girls” by Dar Williams
    I guess it’s got to feel like some exodus

Good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “My Beautiful Enemy” by Dar Williams
   Hail to your vast hegemony
2. “Coldest Winter” by Kanye West
   On lonely nights I start to fade
3. “Wiggley Fingers” by Patty Griffin
   And who in the hell is gonna be your savior now
4. “Sever” by Fever Ray
   We talk about love, we talk about dishwasher tablets
5. “Ring Them Bells” by Sufijan Stevens (orig. Bob Dylan)
   And time is running backwards, and so is the bride
6. “Valentine Moon” by Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra (feat. Sam Brown)
   Cette fois que tu m’embrasse, au bout de notre rue
7. “Derelict” by Beck
   I’m spinning round like a gambling wheel
8. “The Democratic Circus” by Talking Heads
   They drive in Cadillacs, using walkie-talkies and the Secret Service
9. “Undun” by the Guess Who, guessed by Thud
   She didn’t know what she was headed for
10. “To the Teeth” by Ani DiFranco
    Yeah, Malcolm forecasted this flood

Good luck!