Oh, hell yeah! It’s Friday, and that means it’s time for the Friday music quiz. You know, 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 Lisa B. Take it away!
1. “Honey what have you done”
2. “I probably shouldn’t say this”
3. “The world is a vampire”
4. “Brosandi” (this one’s foreign, it means “beaming” in English)
5. “Are you gonna take me home tonight?”
6. “I hear more than I like to”
7. “You came in to my life”
8. “I’ve been sittin’ here starin’ at the clock on the wall”
9. “…we’ll get snow this summer”
10. “Do you derive joy when someone else succeeds?”
11. “I woke up in New York City”
12. “Well I know I miss more than hit”
13. “I never loved nobody fully”
14. “Just a small town girl”
15. “Say your prayes little one”
16. “Childhood living is easy to do”
17. “Gimme the fix, gimme back control”
18. ” All my life I’ve been slow and senseless”
19. “…a feeling deep inside”
20. “Buried way beneath the sheets, I think she’s having a meltdown”
21. “I was a little girl alone in my little world”
22. “The Salvation Army band played”
23. “Restless tonight ’cause I wasted the light”
24. “…try to make ends meet”
25. “Think I wanna tell you what I’m feeling today”
26. “On a warm summer’s evening”
27. “Well there’s a light in your eyes that keeps shining”
28. “Hello, I’ve waited here for you”
29. “You’re keeping in step”
30. “Remember when the days were long”
Answers…
Here come the answers that we’ve received so far…
No going back…
Answers in italics were not guessed
1. “Janie’s Got a Gun,” Aerosmith
2. “7 Things,” Miley Cyrus
3. “Bullet With Butterfly Wings,” Smashing Pumpkins
4. “HoppÃpolla,†Sigur Rós
5. “Fat Bottomed Girls,” Queen
6. “Drive In, Drive Out,” Dave Matthews Band
7. “In This City,” Iglu and Hartly
8. “Stay,” Sugarland
9. “Maybe,” Ten Years Too Late
10. “21 Things I Want in a Lover,” Alanis Morissette
11. “I Woke Up in a Car,” Something Corporate
12. “The Worst Day Since Yesterday,” Flogging Molly
13. “Fidelity,” Regina Spektor
14. “Don’t Stop Believin’,” Journey
15. “Enter Sandman,” Metallica
16. “Wild Horses,” The Rolling Stones
17. “Gimme Chemicals,” The Pink Spiders
18. “Madeline and Nine,” Mike Doughty
19. “I’ve Got a Feeling,” The Beatles
20. “Everything,” Buckcherry
21. “Dream,” Priscilla Ahn
22. “Life in a Northern Town,” Dream Academy
23. “One Thing,” Finger Eleven
24. “Bittersweet Symphony,” The Verve
25. “Weave My Way,” Brenda Weiler
26. “The Gambler,” Kenny Rogers
27. “Fool in the Rain,” Led Zepplin
28. “Everlong,” Foo Fighters
29. “The Hand That Feeds,” Nine Inch Nails
30. “End of the Innocence,” Don Henley
33 responses so far ↓
1 Amanda // Mar 13, 2009 at 12:56 am
14) “Living on a Prayer”-Bon Jovi
30) “End of the Innocence”-Don Henley (though the post title may have made this one unfairly easy)
2 JuliaC // Mar 13, 2009 at 1:19 am
14. Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey
16. Wild Horses – The Rolling Stones
3 Sarah // Mar 13, 2009 at 1:21 am
3. Smashing Pumpkins, “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”
5. Queen, “Fat Bottomed Girls”
14. Journey, “Don’t Stop Believing”
22. Dream Academy, “Life in a Northern Town”
4 Megan // Mar 13, 2009 at 1:32 am
23. One Thing – Finger Eleven
5 Mark Blankenship // Mar 13, 2009 at 1:48 am
Oh snap, Amanda! I didn’t even realize I was giving away an answer when I chose that as the title. Whoops!
6 Mark Blankenship // Mar 13, 2009 at 1:49 am
p.s. — an “8″ followed by a “)” will turn into a smiley face with sunglasses on. Observe:
7 e. // Mar 13, 2009 at 2:14 am
13. Regina Spektor – Fidelity
8 Kingoftunes // Mar 13, 2009 at 2:15 am
#13 is the fabulous “Fidelity” by Regina Spektor
#26 is “The Gambler” by Kenny Rogers – everyone just has to love that song!
9 Maggie // Mar 13, 2009 at 2:40 am
8. Stay – Sugarland
26. The Gambler – Kenny Rogers
10 Gonzalo // Mar 13, 2009 at 8:06 am
#10 is “21 Things I Want in a Lover” by Alanis Morissette (from the very underrated Under Rug Swept).
#24 sounds like “Bittersweet Symphony” by The Verve.
11 Erica // Mar 13, 2009 at 8:21 am
19. I’ve got a Feeling – The Beatles
12 Angie // Mar 13, 2009 at 8:46 am
15 is Enter Sandman. I’m very surprised that’s not gotten picked up yet!
All the others I know have been guessed.
13 Bdanger // Mar 13, 2009 at 10:30 am
27. Fool in the Rain by Led Zepplin
28. Everlong- Foo Fighters
14 Elise // Mar 13, 2009 at 10:50 am
2. 7 Things- Miley Cyrus
15 Stef // Mar 13, 2009 at 10:57 am
4 – Sigur Rós – “HoppÃpolla”
21 – Priscilla Ahn – “Dream”
Why will my brain spit out the weird stuff before coffee, but completely fails to pick up on items such as #10, which I once listened to on a regular basis?!?
Coffee … now!
16 michelle @ TNS // Mar 13, 2009 at 10:59 am
i don’t think #14 is livin’ on a prayer, the first line of which is, i believe “tommy used to work on the docks.”
you know, because the union’s been on strike. he’s down on his luck. it’s tough.
so tough.
17 Louise // Mar 13, 2009 at 11:50 am
Yea! I actually know one…
12. Worst Day Since Yesterday – Flogging Molly
18 Mary // Mar 13, 2009 at 11:55 am
#12 is The Worst Day Since Yesterday by Flogging Molly.
19 Mary // Mar 13, 2009 at 12:01 pm
18 is Mike Doughty’s “Madeline and Nine”
20 Lisa // Mar 13, 2009 at 12:36 pm
My music taste looks more ridiculous when it’s posted for the internet world to see. I thank you all for not commenting on the Miley Cyrus selection.
@Michelle — Love the Smackdown. You make my Friday mornings much more entertaining.
21 Michelle Kinsey Bruns // Mar 13, 2009 at 12:42 pm
#29: “The Hand That Feeds,” NIN.
I’m irrationally excited that my Friday schedule has changed and now I can play
“Life in a Northern Town” is a freaking great song, BTW. I need to get that one on my iPhone too.
22 Gracie // Mar 13, 2009 at 12:49 pm
Oh, yay, I know one!
#6: “Drive In, Drive Out” by Dave Matthews Band
I only recently found this quiz and am LOVING it!
23 Gonzalo // Mar 13, 2009 at 1:21 pm
@Lisa: I was *just* about to shout “It’s Miley!”, but you beat me to it
24 Alexandra // Mar 13, 2009 at 2:14 pm
11. Dave Stewart – Heart of Stone? (I was too young to realize that it’s not all good listening to Now That’s What I Call Music (the Swedish version.)
25 Lisa // Mar 13, 2009 at 4:01 pm
@ Alexandra: Nope, that’s not it. I am now very intrigued about the Swedish version of Now That’s What I Call Music though.
26 michelle @ TNS // Mar 13, 2009 at 4:12 pm
@ lisa: thanks! and now, thanks to your ipod, you have done the same for me.
27 Rachael // Mar 13, 2009 at 6:07 pm
11. Something Corporate – I Woke Up in a Car
28 Maggie // Mar 14, 2009 at 2:30 am
Is #1 Janie’s Got a Gun (Aerosmith)?
29 Mark Blankenship // Mar 14, 2009 at 11:57 am
@Maggie — Yes it is!
30 Stef // Mar 14, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Is #20 by Buckcherry? Don’t remember the song title, though ….
31 Lisa // Mar 15, 2009 at 11:19 pm
@Stef: Yes.
32 Alexandra // Mar 16, 2009 at 6:54 pm
@Lisa: here you go. The official Absolute site is in Swedish though: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_(record_compilation), http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_Music and http://www.absolute.se/
33 Lisa // Mar 17, 2009 at 12:40 pm
I was going to comment that the Swedish seem to have had a bit of a Roxette obsession with their compilation CDs, but then I realized they’re actually from Sweden. That seems like something I should have already known.
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