friday random 10

Random 10 1/29

I was a little surprised that none of last week’s lyrics were guessed, but maybe you’ll all have better luck with these ones:

  1. “Private Goes Public” by Suzanne Vega
    Take your last kick now at any regime
  2. “Whistling in the Dark” by They Might Be Giants, guessed by Betty
    By hitting it with a rock, he said, though I am not unkind
  3. “Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien” by Edith Piaf, guessed by Generik
    Tout ça m’est bien égal
  4. “Movin’ Right Along” from The Muppet Movie, guessed by Betty
    With good friends, you can’t lose
  5. “5:15” by the Who, guessed by Clayton
    The ushers are sniffing, eau-de-cologning
  6. “Mother and Child Reunion” by Paul Simon, guessed by Occupant
    I never been laid so low
  7. “Midnight Rambler” by the Rolling Stones, guessed by Generik
    He don’t give a hoot of warning, wrapped up in a black cat cloak
  8. “A Matter of Time” by the Leisure Society
    She lacks in desire what I lack in direction
  9. “Dead Man Walking (A Dream Like This)” by Mary Chapin Carpenter, guessed by Chris McLaren
    Broken worlds will not be fixed
  10. “Nights in White Satin” by the Moody Blues, guessed by Clayton
    Letters I’ve written, never meaning to send

Good luck!

Random 10 1/22

Last week. This week:

  1. “Calling America” by Electric Light Orchestra
    Talk is cheap on satellite
  2. “Television” by Robyn Hitchcock
    You’re the devil’s fishbowl, honey
  3. “Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell” by the Flaming Lips
    I was waiting on a moment
  4. “Kiss Me ‘Til it Bleeds” by Nina Gordon
    Inciting a riot on my radio
  5. “Jump Around” by House of Pain
    Try and play the role and the whole crew will act up
  6. “House of the Rising Son” by Public Enemy
    The gun didn’t know I was loaded
  7. “Poetry of the Deed” by Frank Turner
    They’re quicksilver wracked by some invisible heat
  8. “Take This Heart of Mine” by Marvin Gaye
    Sounds like a real bad case of a girl who needs a guy
  9. “Somebody” by Aerosmith
    Said I won’t be choosy, you could send me a floozy
  10. “Mutiny, I Promise You” by the New Pornographers
    What’s the weight of the world worth to ya, kid?

Guess the lyric, win no prize! Good luck!

Random 10 1/15

A surprisingly low turnout last week. Were the songs really that obscure? Is nobody but me really enjoying this? Oh well, here are this week’s puzzling song lyrics:

  1. “Elephants” by Rachael Yamagata
    And I am dreaming of them on the plains, dirtying up their beds
  2. “My Brother Makes the Noises for the Talkies” by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
    But what is even better is his noise for Mickey Mouse
  3. “We’ll Be Free” by BLAMMOS
    We spent so much time neglecting what’s before our eyes
  4. “Awaiting on You All” by George Harrison, guessed by Eric B.
    You don’t need to designate or to emigrate before you can see Jesus
  5. “Since I’ve Been Loving You” by Led Zeppelin, guessed by Kim
    I said you had the nerve to tell me you didn’t want me no more, yeah
  6. “Broad Daylight” by Gabriel Rios
    Lloyd’s still got them Polaroids
  7. “Apeman” by the Kinks, guessed by Generik
    I don’t want to die in a nuclear war
  8. “When Will I Be Loved?” by Linda Ronstadt, guessed by Clayton
    He always breaks my heart in two
  9. “Suck on the Jugular” by the Rolling Stones
    Let’s live lasciviously down in the muck
  10. “Got to Get You Into My Life” by the Beatles, guessed by Generik
    And had you run, you knew in time we’d meet again for I had told you

Good luck!

Random 10 1/8

Last week. This week:

  1. “Answer” by Sarah McLachlan
    For the night has been unkind
  2. “Shadow on the Wall” by Pale Young Gentlemen
    Bask in the light of the day
  3. “O Canada Girls” by Dar Williams
    In the late-night sun at Winnipeg
  4. “Fallen” by Bree Sharp
    She has starry eyes, starry eyes
  5. “Cannonball Blues” by Those Darlins (orig. the Carter Family)
    From Buffalo to Washington
  6. “Open All Night” by Son Volt (orig. Bruce Springsteen)
    Early north Jersey industrial skyline
  7. “In My Head” by the Ballet
    I know it’s wrong to make you fall in love with me
  8. “Come Away From it” by Ani DiFranco
    Are you trying to tell me this world just isn’t beautiful enough?
  9. “El Condor Pasa (If I Could)” by Simon & Garfunkel, guessed by Clayton
    A man gets tied up to the ground
  10. “Time Is a Healer” by Eva Cassidy
    I spoke such harsh words before goodbye

And so it goes. Good luck!

Random 10 1/1

Last week. This week:

  1. “Crazy” by Gnarls Barkley
    Even your emotions have an echo in so much space
  2. “Iris” by Live, guessed by Kim
    I liked the way my hand looked on your head
  3. “Take it to the Limit” by the Eagles, guessed by Occupant
    You can spend all your love making time
  4. “Day Tripper” by the Beatles, guessed by Occupant
    Got a good reason for taking the easy way out
  5. “Hitch Hike” by Marvin Gaye
    That’s what the sign on the highway read
  6. “Please Be Kind” by Frank Sinatra
    My dreams are on parade
  7. “Seven” by David Bowie
    The gods forgot they made me, so I forgot them too
  8. “Bad Moon Rising” by the Holmes Brother (orig. CCR), guessed by Occupant
    Looks like we’re in for nasty weather
  9. “Changing of the Guards” by Bob Dylan
    A messenger arrived with a black nightingale
  10. “Lazybones” by Soul Coughing
    Drunkenness is a hand-held scrambling down Delancey

As always, good luck!