friday random 10

Last week. This week:

1. “All at Once” by Lichtenstein
   In a town where they’ve got girls who are always sipping wine
2. “Goodbye to You” by Scandal
   Those times I waited for you seemed so long ago
3. “The Gambler” by Kenny Rogers, guessed by Clayton
   We were both too tired to sleep
4. “Your Hands (Together)” by the New Pornographers
   Play the scientist and vandal, sweating either way
5. “Always” by Junip
   Nomadic moves across a lawn
6. “Please” by Carsie Blanton
   Drive me to a town I don’t know
7. “Big Wheel” by Tori Amos
   Get off the cross, we need the wood
8. “Truckin'” by the Grateful Dead
   Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street
9. “Old Soul Song (For the New World Order)” by Bright Eyes
   We walk the forty blocks to the middle
10. “Wonder” by Willoughby
    Will it get colder when she’s older?

Good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “Good Man” by Josh Ritter
   These chords are old but we shake hands
2. “Family” by Dar Williams
   Can you fix this? It’s a broken heart
3. “Here Comes the Sun Again” by M. Ward
   Kingdoms and queens they all bow down to you
4. “I Think I’m Gonna Kill Myself” by Elton John, guessed by Occupant
   Get a little headline news
5. “Eclipse” by Pink Floyd, guessed by Betty
   And everything under the sun is in tune
6. “Even if I Don’t” by Rachael Yamagata
   I could call, I could come visit
7. “Fox Confessor Brings the Flood” by Neko Case
   How can people not know what beauty this is?
8. “Curl” by Jonathan Coulton, almost guessed by Betty
   C’mon, baby, put the rock in the house
9. “As I Went Out One Morning” by Mira Bilotte (orig. Bob Dylan)
   I spied the fairest damsel
10. “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” by Bob Dylan, guessed by Betty
    You just kinda wasted my precious time

It’s maybe the only reason you keep coming back here. Good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “Wish Me Well (Go to Hell)” by Bouncing Souls, guessed by Kim
   Kiss my ass, I hope you die
2. “Sweet Transvestite” from The Rocky Horror Picture Show, guessed by Kim
   Don’t get strung out by the way that I look
3. “It’s Coming Down” by Cake, guessed by random passer-by
   She’s mad and she’ll take her mattress with her
4. “The Big Guns” by Jenny Lewis w/ the Watson Twins
   Why are we still running from our own failing bodies?
5. “Crimson and Clover” by Joan Jett and the Blackharts
   Now I’ve been waitin’ to show her
6. “In an Operetta” by the Magnetic Fields
   Soon by gum she’ll become the brave captain of some pirate ship
7. “Black Sheep” by Metric
   You crack the whip, shape-shift, and trick the past again
8. “It Ain’t Me Babe” by Johnny Cash w/ June Carter Cash (orig. Bob Dylan), guessed by Clayton
   Leave at your own chosen speed
9. “James” by Camera Obscura
   I got scared by just how hard I fell
10. “I’ve Seen it All” by Bjork
    All walls are great, if the roof doesn’t fall

Good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “Pensacola” by Joan Osborne, guessed by Clayton
   I sold my blood for money
2. “Angel” by Sarah McLachlan, guessed by Betty
   Memories seep from my veins
3. “Short Fat Fannie” by Larry Williams
   On Monday we were married on Blueberry Hill
4. “Rocky Mountain High” by John Denver, guessed by Kim
   When he first came to the mountains his life was far away
5. “Not My Idea” by Garbage
   Now I’m here burning down your house
6. “Surfin’ USA” by Melt Banana (orig. the Beach Boys), guessed by Kim
   We can’t wait for June
7. “Fire and Rain” by James Taylor, guessed by Kim
   Lord knows when the cold wind blows it’ll turn your head around
8. “Actor Out of Work” by St. Vincent
   You’re a supplement, you’re a salve
9. “The Night Hank Williams Came to Town” by Johnny Cash
   Harry Truman was our president
10. “Atlantic City” by Bruce Sprinsteen, guessed by random passer-by
    But maybe everything that dies someday comes back

As always, good luck!

Well, last week…not so much. This week? Who knows?

1. “Ball and Chain” by Social Distortion
   Well it’s been ten years, and a thousand tears
2. “Spooky Girlfriend” by Elvis Costello, guessed by Occupant
   I want a girl who has no past
3. “Human Behavior” by the Decemberists (orig. Bjork)
   They’re terribly, terribly, terribly moody
4. “I Write the Songs” by Mark Lizotte (orig. the Captain & Tennille, also Barry Manilow), guessed by Occupant
   I put the words and the melodies together
5. “Bastards of Young” by the Replacements
   It beats pickin’ cotton and waitin’ to be forgotten
6. “All the King’s Horses” by the Monkees
   She’s gonna find a man with money instead
7. “Lodi” by CCR, guessed by Occupant
   I guess you know the tune
8. “Great DJ” by the Ting Tings
   Gotta love the BPM
9. “I Alone” by Live, guessed by Kim
   And measure these things by your brains
10. “Frozen Notes” by Warren Zevon
    I think I see the ship of the brokenhearted passing by

Good luck!