Welcome to this week’s Friday Quiz, where a reader shuffles his/her iPod then lists the first lines from the first 30 songs that come up. It’s up to us to provide the artist and title of each song. Huzzah!
Basic rules: Post your answers in the comments section, don’t use internet to look up lyrics, and please don’t supply more than three answers per day.
For last week’s quiz, go here.
This week’s quiz comes from Pamie. Take it away!
1. Â ”She cuts her hair”
2. Â ”This is the sweetest letter that I have ever read.”
3. Â ”Love is but a song we sing”
4. Â ”There’s no mountain I can’t climb”
5. Â ”I was staring at the sky, just looking for a star”
6. Â ”I was dreaming of the past.”
7. Â ”I don’t want to hurt you, for no reason have I but fear”
8. Â ”Saturday steppin’ into the club”
9. Â ”Yesterday I went outside.”
10. Â ”Here’s the thing.”
11. Â ”Sometimes you’re better off dead”
12. Â ”I think I’m drowning”
13. Â ”Unghh, girl, tonight we’re gonna make love.”
14. Â ”No more timing each tear that falls from my eyes.”
15. Â ”Sometimes I get the feeling that I won’t be on this planet for very long”
16. Â ”I packed a few of my belongings, left I life that I was living”
17. “How do you do a cool dance?”
18. Â ”Well, I see them every night in tight blue jeans.”
19. Â ”I’ve been waiting.”
20. Â ”I’m the trouble starter”
21. Â ”I’m picking up the phone and putting down this pen.”
22. Â ”There ain’t no good in our goodbye-in’.”
23. Â ”In a Southern town where I was born”
24. Â ”To be lost in the forest, to be cut adrift”
25. “Every night my dream’s the same”
26. Â ”About the funniest guy I know”
27. Â ”Don’t be so quick to walk away.”
28. Â ”Baby you’ll find there’s only one love”
29. Â ”I can’t do it, I can’t conceive”
30. Â ”I can’t remember anything.”
Answers ahead…
… here they come…
… here are the answers we have so far…
1. “Give Me Back My Man” by B-52s
3. “Get Together” by The Youngbloods
4. “My Dad’s Gone Crazy” by Eminem
5. “Paper Bag” by Fiona Apple
6. “Jealous Guy” by John Lennon
7. “It Could be Sweet” by Portishead
8. “Rumors” by Lindsay Lohan
9. “Butterfly” by Weezer
10. “Since U Been Gone” by Kelly Clarkson
11. “West End Girls” by Pet Shop Boys
12. “Time Is Running Out” by Muse
13. “Business Time” by Flight of the Conchords
14. “I Can Dream About You” by Dan Hartman
15. “Don’t Change Your Plans” by Ben Folds Five
16. “St. Elsewhere” by Gnarls Barkley
18. “She Bop” by Cyndi Lauper
19. “Lazy Eye” by Silversun Pickups
20. “Firestarter” by Prodigy
21. “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend” by Her Space Holiday
22. “Let’s Hang On!” by The Four Seasons
23. “Ballad of Barbara” by Johnny Cash
24. “This Modern Love” by Bloc Party
25. “Keep the Car Running” by Arcade Fire
27. “Rock Your Body” by Justin Timberlake
28. “You Are” by Lionel Richie
29. “How Am I Different?” by Aimee Mann
30. “One” by Metallica
39 responses so far ↓
1 Kristian // Feb 27, 2009 at 1:02 pm
#20 “Firestarter” by The Prodigy
Cheers
2 Niki // Feb 27, 2009 at 1:12 pm
I believe that #27 is “Rock Your Body” by Justin Timberlake
3 KAB // Feb 27, 2009 at 1:13 pm
22. Let’s Hang On To What We’ve Got – Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
The title might just be Let’s Hang On or even Let’s Hang On (To What We’ve Got); frankly, I’ve never fully understood the whole parentheses in song titles thing.
4 TorontoJen // Feb 27, 2009 at 1:13 pm
11. West End Girls – Pet Shop Boys
5 TorontoJen // Feb 27, 2009 at 1:14 pm
18. She Bop – Cindy Lauper
6 TorontoJen // Feb 27, 2009 at 1:17 pm
6. Jealous Guy – John Lennon
…and that’s my 3 for the day!
7 Krista // Feb 27, 2009 at 1:36 pm
#1 is Give Me Back My Man by the B-52′s.
#14 is I Can Dream About You by Dan Hartman from “Streets of Fire”.
8 Maria // Feb 27, 2009 at 1:36 pm
14 – “I Can Dream About You,” Dan Hartman. From Streets of Fire. Awesome.
9 Krista // Feb 27, 2009 at 1:36 pm
Oh and #30 is “One” by Metallica.
10 Maria // Feb 27, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Shit! and #3 is “Come Together” but by whom?
11 Beth // Feb 27, 2009 at 1:48 pm
13- Flight of the Conchords- Business Time
4. Eminem- My Dad’s Gone Crazy.
12 kristen // Feb 27, 2009 at 1:56 pm
#5 is that “Hunger Hurts” (not sure if the title’s right) by Fiona Apple.
13 kristen // Feb 27, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Oh, oops, I didn’t see that somebody had already gotten #5 and you’d listed the answer. Now I feel dumb.
14 sb // Feb 27, 2009 at 2:08 pm
29. “How Am I Different?” by Aimee Mann
15 jmd // Feb 27, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Thanks Maria – I knew I knew the line – the group is the Youngbloods, but the song is actually called “Get Together”.
16 Steph // Feb 27, 2009 at 2:22 pm
24. Bloc Party, “This Modern Love”
17 Lee // Feb 27, 2009 at 2:31 pm
15) Ben Folds Five – “Don’t Change Your Plans”
18 Karen // Feb 27, 2009 at 2:39 pm
#19 “Lazy Eye” Silversun Pickups
19 kris // Feb 27, 2009 at 2:40 pm
#3 is Get Together by the Youngbloods.
20 Destiny // Feb 27, 2009 at 3:10 pm
#12 Time is Running Out- Muse
#25 Keep the car running- Arcade Fire
21 Maria // Feb 27, 2009 at 3:29 pm
@jmd – The Youngbloods, yes! And dammit! I was singing it in my head and the “Come on, people, now” part melded with “get together” to form “Come Together” which is an entirely different story altogether.
Can’t believe I didn’t get “One.”
22 Carrie Ann // Feb 27, 2009 at 3:29 pm
27- Rock Your Body, Justin Timberlake
23 Carrie Ann // Feb 27, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Oh snap, Niki already got #27! Sorry!
24 Mark Blankenship // Feb 27, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Damn! I can’t believe I didn’t get Arcade Fire!
And since “How Am I Different?” is number 29, let me take this time recommend Bettye LaVette’s version of the song. It’s awesome.
25 pamie // Feb 27, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Yes, Mark, that Bettye LaVette version is fantastic.
You guys are kicking ass! I worried it would be too easy…
26 Steph // Feb 27, 2009 at 4:34 pm
9. Weezer – “Butterfly”
27 mkaims // Feb 27, 2009 at 4:40 pm
21 – My Girlfriends Boyfriend – Her Space Holiday
28 I'm too disturbed to leave it // Feb 27, 2009 at 7:15 pm
#28. “You Are,” Lionel Richie?
29 Joan // Feb 27, 2009 at 7:15 pm
16 – St. Elsewhere – Gnarls Barkley
30 pamie // Feb 27, 2009 at 7:26 pm
too disturbed: yes.
31 Jen // Feb 27, 2009 at 7:27 pm
28. “You Are,” Lionel Richie? (I’ll be disturbed if I’m right.)
Is 2. “Sweetest Day,” Static Revenger?
32 Jen // Feb 27, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Oh, just outed myself via impatience. D’oh!
33 Danielle // Feb 27, 2009 at 7:31 pm
Is it wrong that I know #8 is Lindsay Lohan “Rumors”? And is it wronger (more wrong) that someone else has that on her iPod???
34 Mark Blankenship // Feb 27, 2009 at 7:45 pm
@Jen — My friends and I once had this running joke that Lionel Richie was our archnemesis. I felt the need to share that with you.
I can’t find the Static Revenger song online. Pam, is she right about that one?
35 pamie // Feb 27, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Danielle, it’s only wrong if you let it be. It’s a really sweet love song.
Although, Jen, you are wrong about # 2.
36 Stef // Feb 28, 2009 at 3:00 am
#7 – “It Could Be Sweet” Portishead
#23 – “Ballad of Barbara” Johnny Cash
37 pamie // Mar 3, 2009 at 2:44 pm
#2: “Letter from my Darling” Solomon Burke
#17: “Kick It” Peaches, feat. Iggy Pop
#26: “Kiss Alive II” Candy Butchers
38 Pamie » Song Sung Blue // May 18, 2011 at 3:12 am
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39 Pamie » Song Sung Blue // May 18, 2011 at 3:12 am
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