friday random 10

Last week. This week:

1. “The Galaxy Song” by Monty Python, guessed by Clayton
   It bulges in the middle, sixteen thousand light years thick
2. “Mandelbrot Set” by Jonathan Coulton
   Pathological monsters! cried the terrified mathematician
3. “Take Your Carriage Clock and Shove It” by Belle & Sebastian
   Honor forbids me, but honor be damned
4. “Catch Me Now I’m Falling” by the Kinks
   This is Captain America calling
5. “Pantry” by Lyle Lovett
   And don’t cheat on me with bacon, cooked up with collard greens
6. “Chicago” by Sufijan Stevens
   We sold our clothes to the state
7. “The City of New Orleans” by Arlo Guthrie (orig. Steve Goodman), guessed by Clayton
   Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail
8. “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore” by the Walker Brothers, guessed by Occupant
   The tears are always clouding your eyes
9. “Stinging Velvet” by Neko Case
   Water through my lashes look just like Christmas lights
10. “Watch the Moon Come Down” by Graham Parker
    Women take their sheets down to the laundromat

Once again, good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “My Own Little World” by Mocean Worker (feat. Lyrics Born)
   I’m in my own little world, little boys, little girls
2. “The Refugee” by U2, guessed by Clayton
   Her mama say one day she’s gonna live in America
3. “Southern Boys” by Kate & Anna McGarrigle
   Were you born? Where do you come from?
4. “The Siren or the Sea” by Carice van Houten
   And your little world is not a little safe
5. “I’ve Got the World on a String” by Frank Sinatra (and others), guessed by Occupant
   I’ve got the world on a string
6. “Angel of the Morning” by the Pretenders (and others), guessed by Occupant
   There’ll be no strings to bind your hands
7. “Learning to Ride” by Caitlin Rose
   A few broken bones for a place to hide
8. “My Friend” by Sara Watkins
   He’s badly wounded
9. “The Road” by Tenacious D
   Why can’t I stay in one place for more than two days
10. “Angel on My Bike” by the Wallflowers
    I could be killed if the train goes faster

Good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “Bad Reputation” by Joan Jett, guessed by Betty
   You’re living in the past, it’s a new generation
2. “The Circle Married the Line” by Feist
   Living in the past begins the ending first
3. “Girls’ Room” by Liz Phair
   I’m sleeping in the water
4. “To Ramona” by Bob Dylan
   Shut softly your watery eyes
5. “Born Under a Bad Sign” by Cream (orig. Albert King), guessed by Occupant
   A big bad woman’s gonna carry me to my grave
6. “Watching the Detectives” by Elvis Costello, guessed by random passer-by
   She’s filing her nails while they’re dragging the lake
7. “Another Tattoo” by Weird Al Yankovic
   Next to Hello Kitty and a zombie ice skatin’
8. “Voodoo Child” by Rogue Traders, guessed by Betty
   You play me like a puppet, stick in pins like a doll
9. “Killing Me Softly With His Song” by Lori Lieberman (later Roberta Flack), guessed by Occupant
   I felt all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd
10. “Tribute” by Tenacious D
    Play the best song in the world, or I’ll eat your soul

Good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “Baby Baby” by Chris Issak
   I said I didn’t want to talk about love ’cause I’d been hurt so bad
2. “Alice’s Restaurant” by Arlo Guthrie, guessed by Clayton
   And friends, they may think it’s a movement
3. “Pressure” by Billy Joel, guessed by Clayton
   You’ve only had to run so far so good
4. “Pillar of Davidson” by Live
   Go see the foreman, go see the profiteer
5. “Miles on a Car” by Rachael Yamagata
   You’ve always been a city boy at heart
6. “Dog New Tricks” by Garbage
   Everyone mistakes the things you say
7. “Come Round Soon” by Sara Bareilles
   I could use another cigarette
8. “I Never Loved Eva Braun” by the Boomtown Rats
   Oh yeah, I conquered all those countries
9. “Don’t Get Me Wrong” by the Pretenders
   I see neon lights whenever you walk by
10. “Sleepless” by Soul Coughing
    So much smoke is wasted

You know the drill. Good luck!

Maybe we could try a little harder than last week?

1. “On the Road Again” by Willie Nelson, guessed by Betty
   The life I love is making music with my friends
2. “Hound Dog” by Big Mama Thornton
   You made me weep and moan
3. “With of Without You” by U2, guessed by Betty
   See the thorn twist in your side
4. “It’s Thunder and Lightning” by We Were Promised Jetpacks
   And it’s all things too frightening
5. “Paper Bag” by Fiona Apple
   Hunger hurts, but starving works
6. “Back in the High Life Again” by Steve Winwood
   And we won’t stop ’til we’re done
7. “Sign ‘o the Times” by Prince, guessed by Clayton
   Hurricane Annie ripped the ceiling of a church and killed everyone inside
8. “Say Goodbye to Hollywood, guessed by Clayton
   So many faces in and out of my life
9. “Fourth Time Around” by Yo La Tengo (orig. by Bob Dylan)
   It was then that I got up to leave
10. “Josephine” by the Wallflowers
    You must taste just like sugar and tangerines

I’m just saying. Good luck!