friday random 10

Last week. This week:

1. “Rosa Parks” by Outkast
   We the type of people make the club get crunk
2. “Language City” by Wolf Parade
   I been here so long my heart is a parking lot
3. “Cry, Cry, Cry” by Johnny Cash
   I think you only live to see the lights of town
4. “Your Love” by Outfield, guessed by Clayton
   You know I like my girls a little bit older
5. “Lullaby of Birdland” by Sarah Vaughan (or others)
   That’s the kind of magic music we make with our lips
6. “When the Roses Bloom Again” by Sally Timms (or others)
   For duty calls your sweetheart’s name again
7. “Center of the Sun” by Conjure One
   They say the most horrible things
8. “You Make Me Hot” by the Donnas
   Long and lean, rock ‘n’ roll machine
9. “The Stake” by Steve Miller Band, guessed by Kim
   Wheels are turning in the bed you lay
10. “Slide” by Missy Elliott
    That’s the way a real diva like to floss it

Good luck!

Last week…well, not so much. I’ll assume it was all the turkey and whatnot. But this week, surely you can guess these lyrics?

1. “Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometimes” by Beck
   Change your heart, it will astound you
2. “Skinny Love” by Bon Iver
   Cut out all the ropes and let me fall
3. “Turn the Page” by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, guessed by Clayton
   You don’t dare make a stand
4. “Hungry Heart” by Bruce Springsteen
   We took what we had and we ripped it apart
5. “Whenever, Wherever” by Shakira
   So you don’t confuse them with mountains
6. “This Street, That Man, This Life” by Cowboy Junkies
   Lord, you play a hard game, you know we follow every rule
7. “Make it With You” by Dusty Springfield (orig. Bread), guessed by Occupant
   I may be climbing up rainbows
8. “Runaway” by Del Shannon, guessed by Kim
   I’m a-walkin’ in the rain
9. “She’s Got a Reason” by the Coral
   She’ll watch the sky as it fades into black
10. “Der Fuehrer’s Face” by Spike Jones & His City Slickers
    We would leave it if we could

Good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “I Can See for Miles” by the Who, guessed by Clayton
   Well, that’s as may be
2. “1234” by Feist, guessed by Kim
   Too scared to own up to one little lie
3. “Nashville Cats” by the Lovin’ Spoonful, guessed by Clayton
   And the record man said every one is a Yellow Sun
4. “TV to Take it Away” by Emily Maguire
   If it’s nuclear war then I must find something to wear
5. “Sinnerman” by Nina Simone
   Don’t you see me down here praying?
6. “Adore” by Prince
   I was rappin’ till the sun came up
7. “Girlfriend in a Coma” by Joshua Radin (orig. the Smiths)
   There were times when I could have murdered her
8. “Catch Me Now I’m Falling” by the Kinks
   Now I’m calling all citizens from all over the world
9. “Give a Little Bit” by Supertramp, guessed by Clayton
   So send a smile and show you care
10. “Boys With Girlfriends” by Meiko
    And I thought right then that you had everything

Good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “Chelsea Dagger” by the Fratellis
   Well, you must be a girl with shoes like that
2. “One Headlight” by the Wallflowers, guessed by Clayton
   That’s when they say I lost my only friend
3. “When Love Comes to Town” by U2 & B.B. King, guessed by Clayton
   Now I stand accused of the things I’ve said
4. “My Baby’s Got the Strangest Ways” by Southern Culture on the Skids
   She knocks me out with that hillbilly style
5. “Pressure” by Billy Joel, guessed by Clayton
   I’m sure you’ll have some cosmic rationale
6. “They Can’t Take That Away From Me” by Frank Sinatra (and others), guessed by Kim
   We may never never meet again on that bumpy road to love
7. “Layla” by Eric Clapton (orig. Derek & the Dominos), guessed by Clayton
   I tried to give you consolation
8. “Sacrificial Lambs” by Warren Zevon, almost guessed by Betty
   Start writing this down when I give you the nod
9. “10538 Overture” by Electric Light Orchestra
   Someone has been found on the rocks, down in the bay
10. “Girl From Mars” by Ash
    Sitting in our dreamy days by the water’s edge

You’re smart, with a good head on your shoulders, you’ll figure it out. Good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “Northern Lights” by Bowerbirds
   And I don’t need you to catch my wandering mind
2. “To Travels & Trucks” by Hey Marseilles
   Science says stones don’t fly through water
3. “Tomorrow Never Knows” by the Beatles, guessed by Clayton
   Lay down all thought, surrender to the void
4. “At First Sight” by Jay Brannan
   You like the guy on your iPod, not the guy in your bed
5. “The Carbon Cycle” by Hard ‘N Phirm, guessed by Kim
   Some monkeys eat only vegetables and fruit
6. “She’s Got You” by Rosanne Cash (or others), guessed by Betty
   And it’s signed with love, just like it used to be
7. “The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead” by Crash Test Dummies (orig. XTC), guessed by Kim
   Plots and sex scandals failed outright
8. “(Ghost) Riders in the Sky” by Johnny Cash (or others), guessed by Clayton
   An old cowboy went riding out one dark and windy day
9. “The Less You See” by I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness
   And the worst is still always near
10. “Liquid Diamonds” by Tori Amos
    You’ll know quite soon what my mistake was

You know the drill. Good luck!