First lines meme

[rodneyscat]

While I was folding laundry, ironing and having some coffee (and cookies), I let itunes scramble my 'List of Absolute Favorites' and jotted down every song that came up. Here are the first lines of those songs. If you like you can have a go at guessing which songs by whom.

I've screened comments so everyone who likes to try has a fair chance, no matter the timezone ;)

You know what... I'm not cutting *is a rebel*

(Edited to add the answers and put the whole shebang behind a cut.)

1. So much for the city, tell me that you'll dance to the end

'Big Sur' by The Thrills

2. Come back to me awhile, change your style again

'Taste in men' by Placebo

3. Drink up baby doll, are you in or are you out?

'Let go' by Frou Frou

4. Do you feel like a chain store? Practically floored

'Coffee & tv' by Blur

5. Once I believed that when love came to me, it would come with rockets, bells and poetry

'It's getting better' by Mama Cass

6. I'm gonna fight 'em all, a seven nation army couldn't hold me back

'Seven nation army' by The White Stripes

7. This is how it works, it feels a little worse

'On the radio' by Regina Spektor

8. Can, can, someone just make me see, why oh why, music is my life for me

'Popmusic' by Laidback Luke (ft. Jay Underground)

9. I can't stand by and see you destroyed

'Pounding' by Doves

10. This wicked city just drags you down

'Blood' by The Editors

11. It'll all click when the mortgage clears

'Cells' by The Servant

12. Oh yeah, what we're living in (let me tell ya)

'Virtual insanity' by Jamiroquai

13. Crawling in my skin, these wounds they will not heal

'Crawling' by Linkin Park

14. Every face, even the one you saw yesterday

'You held the world in your arms' by Idlewild

15. Stop making the eyes at me, I'll stop making the eyes at you

'I bet you look good on the dancefloor' by The Arctic Monkeys

16. Yeah like it or not, like a ball and a chain

'Get off' by the Dandy Warhols

17. No sign of life, pulsing through these aging veins

'A peak you reach' by Badly Drawn Boy

18. Take, take all you need, and i'll compensate your greed with broken hearts

'The small print' by Muse

19. I never loved nobody fully, always one foot on the ground

'Fidelity' by Regina Spektor

20. When you left, the door was (slamming!)

'Get out of my house' by Kate Bush

Comments

[vensre.livejournal.com]

Agggghhh... I know #3, I've listened to it so many times, but can't place it! It's.... OHHHH I GOT IT OMG. Let Go by Frou Frou! ::fists of victory::

6 is Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes.

7 is On The Radio by Regina Spektor

9... Oh, DovesDovesDovesDoves, and I love Pounding.

13 is Crawling by Linkin Park.

17 is A Peak You Reach by Badly Drawn Boy.

19 is another Regina Spektor, Fidelity.


Hoho~! I'd like to see somebody top that! :D

[rodneyscat.livejournal.com]

All seven right! \o/

And I'm glad I'm not the only one loving 'Pounding'. It feels kind of my life-philosophy (even if I don't get the details of the lyrics, I get the gist of it, or so I'm hoping.)

[lucky-jack.livejournal.com]

1) Big Sur-The Thrills
4) Coffee and TV-Blur
6) Seven Nation Army-The White Stripes

And 12 is really annoying me because I know it but I just can't get the details in my head. Arghhhh!

[rodneyscat.livejournal.com]

Can I blame loreley_se for the fact that you knew 1.? Anyway, all three are correct.

12. is 'Virtual insanity' by Jamiroquai.

[lucky-jack.livejournal.com]

No, I can proudly claim to have discovered The Thrills all by my ownsome. And thank you for telling me no.12 because it was driving me mad!

[sterlingirl.livejournal.com]

There's only 2 that leap out at me. A couple of others sound familiar but I'm unsure of the artists. All these new bands have blurred together in my mind.

7. "On the Radio" Regina Spektor
19. "Fidelity" Regina Spektor

[rodneyscat.livejournal.com]

Ah, both Regina's songs correct. And there were a few songs in there by not so new bands! Not many though, I'll admit...

[samena.livejournal.com]

I only recognize two:

6. Seven Nation Army (duh) - The White Stripes
12. Virtual Insanity - Jamiroquai

I'll probably know more of these songs. I hope. <_< Can't wait to find out which songs they are. :)

[rodneyscat.livejournal.com]

6. was pretty duh yeah... But that's what popped up, so I had to put it in! And yep, you got Jamiroquai right :D

[samena.livejournal.com]

Jamiroquai is also pretty 'duh,' I guess, since I really like them. :)

BTW, something else completely, but have you seen this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onWjxc95E5M) John Barrowman interview? It's hilarious! Really fantastic. :D

[onecheekyhobbit.livejournal.com]

3. Frou Frou - Let Go
4. Blur - Coffee and TV
6. White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
7. Regina Spector - On the Radio
12. Jemiriqui (sp) - Virtual Reality
13. Linkin Park - Crawling
15. Arctic Monekys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor
19. Regina Spector - Fidelity

[rodneyscat.livejournal.com]

All 8 correct! *boggles*

You officially got the most right :D

[onecheekyhobbit.livejournal.com]

YAY! *confetti*

K

[vensre.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, you bested me. I am impressed. :D

[(Anonymous)]

*curtsey*

[kiltsandlollies.livejournal.com]

3) Let Go / Frou Frou
4) Coffee & TV / Blur
6) Seven Nation Army / White Stripes
13) Crawling / Linkin Park (I'm not really sure that's the title, but I know the song!)

and that's all I know!

[rodneyscat.livejournal.com]

All four guesses were right (and you got the title of the Linkin Park song correct too). The one I thought you would guess was no. 20, which is 'Get out of my house' by Kate Bush. Aw...

[ourdramaqueen.livejournal.com]

13. Crawling by Linkin Park

Well, that one was easy. :D 8 sounds really familiar...

[rodneyscat.livejournal.com]

Yep, you got 13 right. I doubt you (or hardly anyone else on my flist for that matter) will know 8, since that's a song by a Dutch artist. The theme is familiar though, I mean, a lot of musicians sing about music being important to them! ;)

[airgiodslv.livejournal.com]

2. Placebo, Taste in Men!

[rodneyscat.livejournal.com]

Rawr yessss! Also, you got the song right...

[sophinisba]

I only know one of them, 3 is Frou Frou. :)

[rodneyscat.livejournal.com]

It's just one, but you got it right!