As you may remember, last week’s music quiz was awesome. I took the first 30 lines from 30 randomly shuffled songs on my iPod and asked you to supply the artist and title. And boy did you: As a group, you ended up identifying 27 of the mysterious tunes, only missing obscure tracks by Toad the Wet Sprocket (remember them?), country singer Lori McKenna, and Carrie Underwood.
I also invited you to submit your own lists, and there were enough responses to make me launch the Friday Quiz. So let’s try that: Every Friday, I’ll post a different fun, interactive quiz, and we can all enjoy the fun interactivity.
This week, I’m happy to feature 30 Random Songs from the iPod of Lee F., a Critical Condition reader who e-mailed his list from work. Same rules apply as last week: Don’t look the lyrics up on the internet, and try not to answer more than three per day. That way, more people can play.
Let’s go!
The First Lines from Thirty Randomly Played Songs on Lee F.’s iPod
(You supply artist and title)
1)Feel like I’ve been locked up.
2) Ah, look at all the lonely people.
3) You can doubt anything if you think about it long enough.
4) State trooper thinks I drive too fast, pulled me over to tell me so.
5) Ain’t found no way to kill me yet.
6) I wished I was smarter, I wished I was stronger.
7) I miss my mother and I miss being her son.
8 ) Well I’m reading this poem and it’s so profound.
9) Thing I’ll bag that trip for two and pack it up to Kakadu.
10) Some folks are born made to wave the flag.
11) Words are flowing off like endless rain into a paper cup.
12) They told you your music could make millions.
13) Ooh you make me live.
14) All the leaves are brown and the sky is grey.
15) You don’t have to live a life of sin.
16) She keeps Moet et Chandon in a pretty cabinet.
17) Life is so boring, it’s really got me snoring. I’m wearing out the flooring of a cheap motel.
18) I see your teeth flash, Jamaican honey so sweet.
19) It’s a simple day outside. The sun is the only thing shining.
20) I didn’t hear you say you’re sorry, the fault must be mine.
21) Early in the morning, rising to the street, light me up that cigarette and I strap shoes on my feet.
22) Saw a girl on the street from my home, like a fire on the hillside she shone.
23) This will be the day that you will hear me say that I will never run away.
24) When I let you go I cursed myself with empty hands.
25) I dreamed about a reefer five feet long.
26) I ain’t happy, I’m feeling sad, I got sunshine in a bag.
27) I want you to know that I’m happy for you.
28) It’s no secret that the stars are falling from the sky.
29) He’s got his work and she comes easy.
30) Did you happen to catch or did it happen so fast, what you thought would always last has passed you by.
Answers:
Are you sure you want to know?
Alright then…
Here are the answers we have so far…
1. Christina Aguilera, “Genie in a Bottle”
2. The Beatles, “Eleanor Rigby”
6. Dixie Chicks or Patty Griffin, “Top of the World”
7. The White Stripes, “I’m Lonely (But I Ain’t That Lonely Yet)”
8. Violent Femmes, “Lies”
10. Creedence Clearwater Revival, “Fortunate Son”
11. The Beatles, “Across the Universe”
12. Ani DiFranco, “Napoleon”
13. Queen, “You’re My Best Friend”
14. Mamas and the Papas, “California Dreamin’”
16. Queen, “Killer Queen”
17. The White Stripes, “The Air Near My Fingers”
18. Elton John, “Island Girl”
20. Nickel Creek, “Somebody More Like You”
21. Sublime, “What I Got”
23. Prince and the New Power Generation, “Diamonds and Pearls”
26. Gorillaz, “Clint Eastwood”
27. Alanis Morissette, “You Oughta Know”
28. U2, “The Fly”
29 R.E.M., “Fretless”
30. Nine Inch Nails, “Where Is Everybody?”
16 responses so far ↓
1 Dustin L // Feb 6, 2009 at 11:39 am
8. “Lies” by Violent Femmes
10. “Fortunate Son” by CCR
11. “Across the Universe” by The Beatles
14. “California Dreamin’” by The Mamas and the Papas
21. “What I Got” by Sublime (or is it called “Lovin’?”)
26. “Clint Eastwood” by Gorillaz
This is Dustin of GSH95, btw. I found your blog via facebook and have been enjoying it.
2 Lee // Feb 6, 2009 at 11:54 am
For the record, Top of the World is the Patty Griffin version. I didn’t even know there was a Dixie Chicks version of the song. Now I have to go listen to that.
3 Destiny // Feb 6, 2009 at 12:14 pm
2. Eleanor Rigby – Beatles
13. You’re My Best Friend- Queen
29. Fretless – R.E.M.
That’s all I can get that’s not already gotten. I love that both of these lists had lesser known R.E.M. songs.
4 e. // Feb 6, 2009 at 12:39 pm
12. Napoleon – Ani Difranco
Not sure about this, I think it’s “reach millions” in Napoleon, not “make millions,” but I read the line and the song started up in my head, so I figured it was worth a try. And all the other ones I know have been guessed already.
5 Carole // Feb 6, 2009 at 12:41 pm
12) They told you your music could make millions.
Ani DiFranco “Million You Never Made”
6 K. // Feb 6, 2009 at 12:57 pm
I knew more of these than the last one bust most of them are already there. Two that aren’t:
#1: Genie in a Bottle, Christina Aguilera
#27: You Oughta Know, Alanis Morrissette
7 Mark Blankenship // Feb 6, 2009 at 1:06 pm
I think #12 is Napoleon, too… Lee, are we right and “make millions” is a typo… or is it another song?
8 Lee // Feb 6, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Yeah, it’s a typo. Sorry folks! The rest are right on so far…
9 BDanger // Feb 6, 2009 at 1:43 pm
16. Killer Queen by Queen
10 Angie // Feb 6, 2009 at 2:07 pm
20 is “Somebody More Like You” by Nickelcreek! Which I love.
11 Lee // Feb 6, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Over half so far. How long until we unveil the answers?
12 LH // Feb 6, 2009 at 9:54 pm
7) I’m Lonely (But I Ain’t That Lonely Yet) – The White Stripes
17) The Air Near My Fingers – The White Stripes
18) Island Girl – Elton John
13 Mark Blankenship // Feb 7, 2009 at 10:49 am
Hey Lee — Let’s wait until Tuesday to do the big reveal. People may come back from the weekend and make a startling revelation.
14 pamie // Feb 7, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Number 30, which has been killing me for twenty-four hours is:
Nine Inch Nails: “Where is Everybody?”
15 Lee // Feb 10, 2009 at 3:08 pm
And now for the rest of the answers:
3) Ani DiFranco – Reckoning
4) Ani DiFranco – God’s Country
5) Alice in Chains – Rooster
9) The Indigo Girls – Gone Again
15) Lyle Lovett – She’s Already Made Up Her Mind
19) Girlyman – Say Goodbye
22) Gillian Welch – Lowlands
24) The Indigo Girls – You Left It Up To Me
25) Erin McKeown – If You A Viper
Apparently I’m a bit of a folkie
16 pamie // Feb 10, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Damn, I knew that Rooster lyric. It was driving me crazy.
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