friday random 10

I’ve been having computer issues for the past couple of days, first with my iPod — I wound up buying a new one — and then with my internet connection — I tweaked the router settings and now can’t log on with either the new or old laptop. Still, just a day late, here’s that weekly musical quiz I keep doing and you people keep answering. Last week, it went like this. This week, it goes like:

1. “Super Agent” by Public Enemy
   But you can’t pledge allegiance to the block
2. “Ramshackle” by Beck
   Your old bones are on their own
3. “Trinco Dog” by Bedouin Soundclash
   The road we’ve traveled is rock and gravel
4. “One of Us” by Joan Osborne, guessed by Kim
   What would you ask if you had just one question?
5. “Getting Better” by Fionn Reagan (orig. the Beatles), guessed by Kim
   I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved
6. “Don’t Worry About the Government” by Talking Heads
   I see the clouds that move across the sky
7. “Long Way Home” by Norah Jones
   Money’s just something you throw off the back of a train
8. “Paranoid” by Kanye West
   You wanna kill the vibe on another night?
9. “Take it Easy” by Jackson Browne (also the Eagles), guessed by Kim
   I’ve got seven women on my mind
10. “Why Do I Lie?” by Luscious Jackson
    I don’t want to be hazy

Good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “Bang Your Drum” by Wolf Parade
   Strike up the band, we have survived
2. “Yer So Bad” by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, guessed by Eric B.
   I can’t decide which is worse
3. “Roadkill” by Christine Fellows
   Can’t you drive a little faster?
4. “Adventures in Solitude” by the New Pornographers
   We send the same blood back from the wars
5. “Running Up that Hill” by Placebo (orig. Kate Bush), guessed by Occupant
   But see how deep the bullet lies
6. “Caught a Lite Sneeze” by Tori Amos, guessed by Eric B.
   Rent your wife and kids today
7. “Angelina” by Bob Dylan, guessed by Eric B.
   His eyes were two slits that would make a snake proud
8. “Crazy” by Aerosmith, guessed by Eric B.
   But I know you ain’t wearin’ nothin’ underneath that overcoat
9. “Spirit in the Sky” by Norman Greenbaum, guessed by Eric B.
   Gonna go to the place that’s the best
10. “Wasted Time” by the Eagles, guessed by Eric B.
    The autumn leaves have got you thinking

Good luck!

Last week, it went like this. This week, it goes like this:

1. “Challengers” by the New Pornographers
   I live with somebody too
2. “Endless Dream” by Conjure One feat. Poe
   And I am just a trip that you are on
3. “I Need to Know” by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, guessed by Clayton
   Well the talk on the street says you might go solo
4. “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, guessed by Clayton
   Take me as I come ’cause I can’t stay long
5. “Be the One for Me” by Dick Brave & the Backbeats
   Girl, hands up please and set me free
6. “The Wind” by Cat Stevens, guessed by Eric B.
   I let my music take me where my heart wants to go
7. “Veronica” by Elvis Costello, guessed by Eric B.
   Did he roam down the town all the while?
8. “Anticipate” by Ani DiFranco
   We lose sight of everything when we have to keep checking our backs
9. “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” by Bob Dylan, guessed by Clayton
   That long black cloud is comin’ down
10. “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted” by Jimmy Ruffin, guessed by Generik
    Always moving and going nowhere

Am I the only one sensing a vague wanderlust theme in these lyrics? Maybe that’s just because I was listening to To the Best of Our Knowledge‘s Travel podcast this morning. Maybe I just need a vacation. Anyway, good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “The Mountain” by Heartless Bastards
   They tear out the middle and they send it all away
2. “Ripple” by the Grateful Dead, guessed by Generik
   Would you hold it near as it were your own?
3. “Bright Side of the Road” by Van Morrison
   We’ll be lovers once again
4. “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town” by the Killers (previously others), guessed by Occupant
   But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chore
5. “Money” by Pink Floyd, guessed by Clayton
   Think I’ll buy me a football team
6. “Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us” by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
   Looks like I’ve lost the love I’ve never found
7. “A New England” by Billy Bragg
   I wished on them but they were only satellites
8. “Truck Drivin’ Song” by Weird Al Yankovic, guessed by Occupant
   It’s time to put that hammer down
9. “Hollow Man” by Kula Shaker
   Trying to see poetry within the shifting imagery of meaning
10. “High 5 (Rock the Catskills)” by Beck
    Put that gadget in the random mode