friday random 10

Last week. This week…

Well, there isn’t one this week, I’m afraid, nor will there be for the next two weeks after that. As you may have noticed, if you read any of my non-random-10 posts — and even as I say that, I realize how crazy it sounds — you may know that I’m going on vacation. While I don’t know that the blog will necessarily be on hiatus all that time, the weekly musical quiz that seems to draw most of you here will be. It’s just easier if I don’t have to worry about it.

But I expect it will return the first Friday of October, provided I’m not eaten by a bear escaping an avalanche of snow while in Canada. (I make no promises.)

Until then, an as always, good luck?

Last week. This week:

1. “Beware of Darkness” by George Harrison
   They’ll take you where you should not go
2. “Another Story” by the Head and the Heart
   Everybody feels a little crazy
3. “Jet Airliner” by the Steve Miller Band, guessed by random passer-by
   Funky kicks goin’ down in the city
4. “Suffer for Fashion” by Of Montreal
   We just want to emasculate them forever
5. “Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)” by Waylon Jennings
   Buy some boots and faded jeans and go away
6. “Playing in the Band” by the Grateful Dead
   Some folks look for answers, others look for fights
7. “Hard Out Here” by Hayes Carll
   They say “boy, you ain’t a poet, just a drunk with a pen”
8. “Walk Away Renee” by Billy Bragg
   She said it was just a figment of speech
9. “Whatever You Like” by Weird Al Yankovic, guessed by random passer-by
   I can take you to the laundromat downtown
10. “With a Little Help from My Friends” by the Beatles, guessed by random passer-by
    Yes I’m certain that it happens all the time

Good luck!

Last week. (I guess they were real tough or something?) This week:

1. “Cloudy” by Simon & Garfunkel
   From Tolstoy to Tinker Bell
2. “Storm Across the Sea” by Chuck Prophet
   She’s completely nude, standing on the fence
3. “Letter to a John” by Ani DiFranco, guessed by random passer-by
   I’m just gonna sit on your lap for five dollars a song
4. “Fame” by David Bowie, guessed by Clayton
   Is it any wonder I reject you first?
5. “Bumper” by Cults
   I threw his shit on the floor
6. “Elephants” by Rachael Yamagata
   All of my instincts have failed me for once
7. “Bored” by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
   I hate each Julie Andrews film they’ve made
8. “I’m Afraid of Britney Spears” by LiveonRelease
   Let’s get the number of their choreographer
9. “Red Receiver” by Sons and Daughters
   Untying the ribbons for the good of the family
10. “Burn Down the Mission” by Elton John
    Living in the parish of the restless folks I know

Good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “Straight Outta Compton” by Nina Gorton (orig. N.W.A.)
   Here’s a murder rap to keep you dancin’
2. “Lipstick Vogue” by Elvis Costello
   Don’t say you love me when it’s just a rumor
3. “Lonely Teardrops” by Jackie Wilson, guessed by Occupant
   You know my heart does nothing but burn
4. “”Trouble Every Day” by Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention, guessed by Clayton
   Take your TV tube and eat it
5. “Puddle of Grace” by Amy Jo Johnson
   Have you seen yourself today?
6. “Once a Gambler” by Lightnin’ Hopkins
   That’s the reason I don’t have no sweet woman
7. “Sarah” by Ray LaMontagne
   Eyes closed tight, throwing punch after punch at the world
8. “Stranger” by Electric Light Orchestra
   Lookin’ at the all-night dancer
9. “Honey Bee” by Tom Petty, guessed by Betty
   I’m the king of Milwaukee
10. “Elephant Gun” by Beirut
    If I was young I’d flee this town

Good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “Groovin'” by the Young Rascals, guessed by Occupant
   There’s always lots of things that we can see
2. “High Fidelity” by Elvis Costello
   Holding hands in the corridors of power
3. “Tentative Decisions” by Talking Heads
   I want to talk as much as I want
4. “Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall” by Simon & Garfunkel
   And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow
5. “O’Oh” by Yoko Ono
   I never thought we’d be singing together
6. “Hands Are Tied” by Gin Blossoms
   I’m a lot afraid that it’ll hurt too much
7. “The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead” by Crash Test Dummies (orig. XTC)
   Plots and sex scandals failed outright
8. “Graceland” by Paul Simon, guessed by Betty
   As if I didn’t know my own bed
9. “Gunships” by Bedouin Soundclash
   And with them goes the cause we all were fighting for
10. “Money Changes Everything” by Cyndi Lauper
    We don’t pull the strings

Good luck!