friday random 10

Last week. This week:

1. “Dry the Rain” by the Beta Band
   This is the definition of my life
2. “The Time Warp” from The Rocky Horror Picture Show, guessed by Kim
   Madness takes its toll
3. “You Can Never Hold Back Spring” by Tom Waits
   You can be sure that I will never stop believing
4. “Haunted” by Poe
   And these shadows keep on changing
5. “Jake Summers” by Fight Like Apes
   Those geese were stupefied
6. “The Legionnaire’s Lament” by the Decemberists
   I am on reprieve, lacking my joie de vivre
7. “Baltimore” by the Tamlins
   Hard times in the city, in a hard town by the sea
8. “Across the Universe” by the Beatles, guessed by Kim
   They slither while they pass
9. “Jailhouse Rock” by Elvis Presley, guessed by Kim
   Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone
10. “Build That Wall” by Aimee Mann
    She’s feeling nostalgic and feeling that fall

Good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “Italian Leather Sofa” by Cake, guessed by Clayton
   She doesn’t care whether or not he’s an island
2. “Every Time” by Glen Hansard & Colm Maclomaire (orig. Britney Spears)
   Why carry on without me?
3. “I’m Not in Love” by Tori Amos (orig. 10cc), guessed by Clayton
   That doesn’t mean you mean that much to me
4. “Love Sick” by Bob Dylan
   I’m walking through streets that are dead
5. “Add it Up” by Violent Femmes, guessed by Clayton
   Why can’t I get just one kiss?
6. “Lonely Boy” by Andrew Gold, guessed by Clayton
   We’ll dress him up warmly and we’ll send him to school
7. “East of Woodstock, West of Vietnam” by Tom Russell
   And on the roads outside Oshogbo, Lord I fell down on my knees
8. “Didn’t Want to Have to Do it” by Marshall Crenshaw (orig. the Lovin’ Spoonful)
   I kept a-hopin’ there’d be somethin’ to delay it again
9. “I’m Free” by the Who” guessed by Betty
   And no one had the guts to leave the temple
10. “Pensacola” by Joan Osborne, guessed by Clayton
    He got all of the transcripts back to 1963

That’s just how it works. Good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “Long Tall Sally” by the Beatles (orig. Little Richard), guessed by Kim
   He saw Aunt Mary comin’ and he ducked back in the alley
2. “Help Me” by Joan Osborne, guessed by Thud
   Put on your nightshirt, baby, hand me my morning gown
3. “Trust” by Christine Fellows
   I fall in your arms when your head is turned
4. “Little Darling (I Need You” by Marvin Gaye
   Only my pillow knows how many tears I’ve cried, baby
5. “Ulysses” by Franz Ferdinand
   Well I sit and hear sentimental footsteps
6. “Padre Fear” by Poe
   It’s midnight and I’m howling for you
7. “Genius” by Warren Zevon, guessed by Betty
   Mata Hari had a house in France
8. “Dog New Tricks” by Garbage
   Take the simple truth and twist it all around
9. “Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let it Roll)” by George Harrison, guessed by Kim
   Let it roll for all it’s worth
10. “Luna” by Fanfarlo
    They serve it up in cups from overseas

Last week. This week:

1. “Take Me Home, Country Roads” by John Denver, guessed by Eric B.
   Miner’s lady, stranger to blue waters
2. “Sidedish Friend” by Rachel Yamagata
   We can stay together ’til the very end of time
3. “My IQ” by Ani DiFranco
   They showed me a picture of three oranges and a pear
4. “New Angels of Promise” by David Bowie
   I’m a blind man and she’s my eyes
5. “Rainbows in the Dark” by Tilly & the Wall
   Sometimes you just can’t hold back the river
6. “Fuckin’ Up My Christmas” by MC Chris, guessed by Kim
   I’ll open their drawers like the kid in The Sixth Sense
7. “On the Outside” by Sheryl Crow
   She’s crazy as anyone can be
8. “Celluloid Heroes” by the Kinks, guessed by Eric B.
   Their names are written in concrete
9. “The Times They Are A-Changin'” by Bob Dylan, guessed by Eric B.
   And accept it that soon you’ll be drenched to the bone
10. “In the Air Tonight” by Phil Collins, guessed by Kim
    I saw it with my own two eyes

As always, good luck!

Two weeks ago. One week ago. And this week:

1. “You Don’t Know Me” by Ben Folds (feat. Regina Spektor)
   You said things that I never said
2. “Levon” by Elton John, guessed by Betty
   And he sends him to the finest school in town
3. “Lost Highway” by Willie Nelson and Kurt Nilsen
   On the day we met, I went astray
4. “Into the Deep” by Kula Shaker
   You can feel that your eyes are shut closely now
5. “I Wish I Had an Evil Twin” by the Magnetic Fields
   Sometimes the good life wears thin
6. “Say Goodbye to Hollywood” by Billy Joel, guessed by Kim
   Bobby’s drivin’ through the city tonight
7. “I Can’t Tell You Why” by the Eagles, guessed by Betty
   Aren’t we the same two people who live through years in the dark?
8. “Rocky Raccoon” by the Beatles, guessed by Kim
   And one day his woman ran off with another guy
9. “I Will” by Jonathan Coulton (orig. the Beatles), guessed by Kim
   For the things you do endear you to me
10. “Shy” by Ani DiFranco
    And I’ve locked myself in it to think

I actually almost forgot it was Friday altogether. As always, good luck!