That music memething

[fightingthecage]

Step 1: Put your MP3 player on random.
Step 2: Post the first line(s) of the first 25 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from.
Step 4: Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly.
Step 5: NO CHEATING (that goes for the guesser, too!)

These are all from my 'Favouites' playlist as if I took 25 songs at random from all the tunes on my ipod, chances are I wouldn't have a clue what they are and be totally unable to tell if you get them correct or not.


1. I really can't stay...I've got to go 'way...'Baby, it's cold outside' - Tom Jones and Cerys Matthews version. Guessed by sparklegirl79

2. A worried man with a worried mind, no one in front of me and nothin' behind... 'Things have Changed' - Bob Dylan. Guessed (and ganked from, ages ago) by im_a_yogi

3. Time, time, time, see what's become of me, while I looked around for my possibilities... 'Hazy Shade of Winter' - Simon and Garfunkel. Guessed by sparklegirl79

4. I don't want you to be no slave, I don't want you to work all day... 'I just want to make love to you' - Etta James. Guessed by innerbrat

5. Go to church on Sunday morning, come home and beat my wife... 'Joe' - Jude Cole. Guessed by lonely_streets

6. A need an alarm system in my house so I know when people are, creepin' about, these people are, freakin' me out... 'I just wanna live' - Good Charlotte. Guessed by lonely_streets

7. Back when Mark Whalberg was Marky Mark, this is how we used to make the party start... 'Drug Ballad' - Eminem. Guessed by kit_puma_kat

8. I don't need no TV, I don't need no news, all I need is a boppin' beat to bop away my blues...

9. On his way to dinner when he took me by surprise...

10. Daddy started out in San Francicso, tootin' on his trumpet loud and mean...

11. There must be some kind of way outta here, said the joker to the thief... 'All along the watchtower' - Jimi Hendrix. Guessed by lonely_streets

12. Breath right tonight through misuse, you can't avoid the static abuse...

13. Could you say that again babe? Not heard that one before... 'The things we never said' - Thea Gilmore. Guessed by walksbyherself

14. At last my love has come along, my lonely days are over, and life is like a song... 'At Last' - Etta James. Guessed by sparklegirl79

15. If you see a faded sign at the side of the road, that says fifteen miles to the.... 'Love Shack' - B-52's. Guessed by innerbrat

16. How are you doing there John? Chris! I got the hots for Yvonne, we should get drunk and get laid since the end is so near...* 'The heat is on in Saigon' - Miss Saigon soundtrack (original cast recording). Guessed by sparklegirl79

17. Right here, right now, right here, right now... 'Right here, right now' - Fatboy Slim. Guessed by innerbrat

18. Love makes me treat you the way that I do, gee baby, ain't I good to you... 'Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You' - Sammy Davies Jnr. Guessed by wonsuitewhirled

19. In my last years with him there were bruises on my face... 'Still' - Macy Gray. Guessed by tahira_saki

20. With a strut into the room, with his hat cocked sure defiantly... 'Sweet the Sting' - Tori Amos. Guessed by wonsuitewhirled

21. Here we are, born to be kings... 'Princes of the Universe' - Queen. Guessed by kit_puma_kat

22. I had no choice but to hear you, you stated your case time and again... 'Head Over Feet' - Alanis Morrisette. Guessed by innerbrat

23. Your own personal jesus, someone to hear your prayers someone who cares... 'Personal Jesus' - Marilyn Manson version. Guessed by innerbrat

24. These ideas are nightmares to white parents, whose worst fear is a child with dyed hair and who likes earrings... 'Sing for the moment' - Eminem. Guessed by lonely_streets

25. Speaking as a guy who's really got it going on, it's only natural, it's only me...


Heh, these is quite an alarming tendancy for the title of the song to be in the first line with some of these. Still, there ya go. Also in the case of * - those are the first lines of the first verse. The song starts with the chorus but that would have just been ridiculously easy.

Comments

[innerbrat]

I can sing you the song most of the time, but not tell you any more...

4. "I just wanna make love to you", but bugger if I can remember the singer.
15. Love Shack! Uh. B52s
17. Fatboy Slim, right here, right now?
22. Alanis Morissette, Head over Feet

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

Kerrrr-rect! #4 would be Etta James, who is made of awesome.

[innerbrat]

D'Oh. I have 23. I just couldn't remember the Band, then it came up on psyTunes.

Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

Heh, close enough. My version is the Marilyn Manson one but there's no way of telling that from lyrics. So, yep!

[innerbrat]

...why would the world need Marilyn Manson to cover Depeche Mode?

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

...because Depeche Mode are 80's and cheesy while Marilyn Manson kicks ass?

Um.

*hides*

[innerbrat]

Oh come now, since when was 90s cheese superior to 80s cheese?

[innerbrat]

(Except for Alice Cooper, the 80s career of whom we DO NOT SPEAK)

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

Since 90's cheese involved more guitar and thumpin' base, and less synthesized disco pop and...mullets.

(And no, NO WE DON'T!)

[innerbrat]

Bah, I say. BAH. There were guitars in the 80's. And you know you secretly love the mullets. You KNOW YOU DO. And poodle perms. No one can resist the power of the poodle perm.

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

*resists it omg*

Yeah, there were guitars. With cool stadium-rock bands like Queen and Def Leppard and Kiss and Bon Jovi etc...and they rocked! But the others...just no.

I DO NOT LOVE THE MULLET AND NO ONE CAN FORCE ME TO ADMIT OTHERWISE NO NO NO NO NO...ooooh, looong. And short. It's the best of both worlds on one head!

And dude, that icon? Is love.

[innerbrat]

See? SEE? I'm getting you to compromise already! I knew I could do it! Ahahahaha!

But seriously, Marilyn is at his best covering 80s songs by cute little pop bands. Depeche Mode is too close to his actual sound to be worth it.


I know, isn't it? *squeezes it*

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

80's songs by cute little pop bands...or Annie Lennox. *nods* It's a thing.

*digs heels in, refuses to compromise, stubborn as mule etc but still strokes mullet ew ew ew...*

I'd laugh SO damn much if Depeche Mode were an influence on MM's sound - because that would just be odd. Then again, nothing much would surprise me with him.

[sparklegirl79.livejournal.com]

16, The heat is on in Saigon. Miss Saigon sdtk.

[sparklegirl79.livejournal.com]

14 is 'At Last' but which version you've got is anyone's guess.

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

Von hundert percent correct, on both. And - Etta James version! Oh yeah baby, it's made of gorgeous. @D!

[sparklegirl79.livejournal.com]

MMm.... good song, I haven't got that one anywhere... which is sad.

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

Rrrr! I will attempt to upload it for you because it's amazing. I am on my mother's computer which makes things complicated - and means you'll get a WMP version, not itunes - but fear not! For it will be with you soon. :D

[sparklegirl79.livejournal.com]

OH! 3: Hazy shade of winter. Simon and Garfunkle, or the Bangals?

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

Simon and Garfunkle! Man, the Bangle's did a version? Ew! *pulls face*

[sparklegirl79.livejournal.com]

yeah, they did a version. It's actually... not bad. But I'm a classicist, personally.

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

As am I. Except in the case of whenever Marilyn Manson covers some Annie Lennox or some such, then I'm all about the re-make.

And! Etta James - At Last

Enjoy! :D

[sparklegirl79.livejournal.com]

OOoh.... *glees*

And yes, there are times when the remake really is all that...

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

Hell yes, there really are. *nods emphatically*

[sparklegirl79.livejournal.com]

1: Baby it's cold outside, again with the 190,000 possible versions. Please tell me it's not Jessica Simpson and Kick whats-his-name.

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

*snicker* Ew no, although I'm sure the Brits on my flist will roll their eyes just as much when they hear that its Tom Jones and Cerys Matthews.

[sparklegirl79.livejournal.com]

Hee... and I'm going to stop guessing, as it's now 6AM, and I ought to get some sleep...

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

Bloody hell, yes you should! But if you kept going, I'm fairly sure you'd get 'em all - you rock at this!

Sleep well!

[thewrittenfae.livejournal.com]

7. Drug Ballad by Eminem

21. Princes of the Universe by Queen?

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

Yes and yes!

[walksbyherself]

#13 is like the only one I know (appropriate, given the day):

Thea Gilmore - The Things We Never Said

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

Yes! Ha, I think I ganked it off you. SO MUCH LOVE for that tune. :D!

[walksbyherself]

XD Just glad I can bring music to the masses; glad you like it.

[im-a-yogi.livejournal.com]

# 2 Things have changed with Bob Dylan! :D

*whispers* actually wrote a little on that fic today! Don't tell anyone! ;)

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

I knew you'd be the one to get that one! And thanks to you reccing it, it's now in my personal top 5 songs of all time.

*squees!* You did?! Omg, I thought you'd abandoned it. EEEEE! *bounces*

[im-a-yogi.livejournal.com]

Heh. My fics don't let me abandon them... They just keep haunting me forever!

(and when they keep quiet I get emails from readers begging!)

[shadowofdoubt.livejournal.com]

5. "Joe," Jude Cole
6. "I Just Wanna Live," Good Charlotte
11. "All Along The Watchtower," Jimi Hendrix
24. "Sing For The Moment," Eminem

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

Yep to all four! Heh, I knew you'd get 'Joe' if you caught this and were inclined to reply - didn't think anyone else would.

[suitem.livejournal.com]

18. "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You"... hmmm, maybe the Billie Holiday version? *ponders*

20. "Sweet the Sting"-- Tori Amos. Oh yes. :)

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

*jumps on you* Hellooooo! How are yoooou? I was just thinking about you yesterday, how weird! And hoping life is going swimmingly for you. :)

You're right on the tunes, although the first is the Sammy Davies Jnr. version. As for Tori...heh, yes. My love for that song is entirely due to you. Oh yes. Oh yes oh yes oh yes. :D!