Welcome to your Friday iPod Quiz.
The Rules: Critical Condition reader Jen S. has put her iPod on shuffle. After the jump, she will list 30 lines from the first 30 songs that it plays. You provide artist and title. (Note: She will not necessarily list the first line of the song.)
Please don’t look up the lyrics on the web. That’s lame.
And please don’t provide more than three answers per day. That way, more people can play.
The Answers: Will be posted in the comments section of this post next Friday. You can find the answers to last week’s quiz here.
Now let’s do this thing!
1. If you walk without rhythm, you won’t attract the worm.
2. Should have been a father, but he never even made it to his twenties.
3. You spurn my natural emotions, you make me feel like dirt
4. Oh sergeant, I’m sorry, in my line of work they don’t teach no courtesy
5. Please don’t ask us why, beneath the sheltering sky
6. Darling, won’t you dance like the dancers do?
7. Dear Lord I sincerely hope you’re coming, ’cause you really started something
8. They come and they come and they come and they come, I accepted with a gentle tongue
9. No earthly church has ever blessed our union, no state has ever granted us permission
10. Rome was not built in a day, opposition will come your way
11. I’ve been set off by a pretty little girl
12. Summer has come and passed, the innocent can never last
13. Father wears his Sunday best
14. Last Saturday night I got married
15. Every time a big moon shines, you sit right down and cry
16. Can you imagine us years from today, sharing a park bench, quietly?
17. Johnny wanna be a big star, get on stage and play the guitar
18. Where’s the fire? What’s the hurry about?
19. Why do you try to cheat, and trample people under your feet?
20. You can’t fool me, I saw you when you came out
21. I spend my evenings alone, talking to your picture, babe
22. Where does it go from here?
23. It was still September when your daddy was quite surprised to find you with the working girls in the county jail
24. Five minutes in the closet with you
25. Damn that television! What a bad picture!
26. But nobody wants to hear this tale, the plot is cliche, the jokes are stale
27. If just for one night, I could feel not sad and lonely
28. You need me, like the wind needs the trees to blow in
29. Adjectives on a typewriter, he moves his words like a prize fighter
30. You seem to me like a man on the verge of burning
23 responses so far ↓
1 Laura Mc. // Aug 7, 2009 at 1:28 am
17. Black Eyed Peas. “Gone” ( unsure of title?)
2 Lee // Aug 7, 2009 at 1:59 am
20) Gracie – Ben Folds. I love this song, so sweet!
29)Shadow Stabbing – Cake.
3 Kris // Aug 7, 2009 at 2:01 am
14. “Goodnight, Irene.” It’s been covered a cajillion times, but I’ll guess either Leadbelly or Pete Seeger/The Weavers.
16. “Old Friends,” by Simon and Garfunkel.
4 Madge // Aug 7, 2009 at 2:17 am
12 – Wake me up When September Ends – Green Day
13 – Our House (in the middle of our street) – Madness
29 – Shadow Stabbing – Cake
5 zarathelawyer // Aug 7, 2009 at 3:09 am
24. Spin the Bottle – Julianna Hatfield
6 e. // Aug 7, 2009 at 3:13 am
18. Billy Joel – Vienna Waits For You
7 Miranda // Aug 7, 2009 at 3:43 am
18 — “Vienna,” Billy Joel
I knew #13 too … those are the only two I got.
8 Roommate Joe // Aug 7, 2009 at 9:20 am
1. “Weapon of Choice” (Fatboy Slim)
24. “Spin the Bottle” (Julianna Hatfield)
9 BDanger // Aug 7, 2009 at 9:37 am
18. Vienna- Billy Joel
10 Karen // Aug 7, 2009 at 9:50 am
21. Boa Constrictor–Magnetic Fields
26. Invisible Ink–Aimee Mann
28. Come Back from San Francisco-Magnetic Fields
11 cayenne // Aug 7, 2009 at 10:31 am
2 – Army Dreamers by Kate Bush
12 Julia // Aug 7, 2009 at 10:37 am
25 – Found a Job – Talking Heads
13 Maria // Aug 7, 2009 at 11:03 am
The fact that the only one I recognize is #13 (already guessed)? Making me feel decidedly old and unhip. Sigh.
14 Mark Blankenship // Aug 7, 2009 at 11:17 am
#30 — “99.9 F” by Suzanne Vega
Yes, I have the answers, but I knew this one anyway, y’all.
15 Ginger // Aug 7, 2009 at 12:42 pm
23 – My Old School – Steely Dan
16 Ginger // Aug 7, 2009 at 12:47 pm
10 – “You Can Get It If You Really Want” – Jimmy Cliff
I know I know #8, but it ain’t coming to me.
17 benvolio // Aug 7, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Ooh! I know two!
5. Tea in the Saraha: the Police
9. The Secret Marriage: Sting
18 cayenne // Aug 7, 2009 at 3:58 pm
#8 is “Fretless” by REM. Just got it because it just came up on my iPod. Weird.
19 Mark Blankenship // Aug 7, 2009 at 4:15 pm
@Cayenne — Spooky! I guess “Fretless” is your song now.
20 Ginger // Aug 7, 2009 at 5:18 pm
@ cayenne – Thank you!
21 Stefanie // Aug 8, 2009 at 12:07 am
7. Waiting for the End of the World – Elvis Costello
22 Jen // Aug 9, 2009 at 11:03 pm
Wow terrific, everyone! I just got back — was on vacation, happy to see tons of these answered!
@Laura — you’re right — it’s “Gone Going”
@Lee — yeah, that one is a great parent song…
@Kris — well guessed! Yep, it’s the Weavers
@RJ — Yay!! I love that line in Weapon of Choice
@Karen — hooray, another Fields fan
@Ginger — right on #10! — it’s the Desond Dekkar version that I have
@Stefanie — well done!
23 Mark Blankenship // Aug 14, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Hey y’all… here are the answers to Jen’s quiz.
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1. Weapon of Choice – Fatboy Slim
2. Army Dreamers – Kate Bush
3. Ever Fallen In Love — Actually the Nouvelle Vague cover. Originally buzzcocks.
4. I’ve Tried Subtlety – Game Theory
5. Tea In The Sahara – The Police
6. He Just Wants To Cha Cha – Swinger
7. Waiting For The End Of The World – Elvis Costello
8. Fretless – REM
9. The Secret Marriage — Sting
10. You Can Get It If You Really Want — Desmond Dekker
11. Rocket From A Bottle – XTC
12. Wake Me Up When September Ends – Green Day
13. Our House – Madness
14. Goodnight Irene – The Weavers
15. Full Moon Full Of Love – k.d. lang
16. Old Friends – Simon & Garfunkel
17. Gone Going – Black Eyed Peas
18. Vienna – Billy Joel
19. Wrong ‘Em Boyo – The Clash
20. Gracie – Ben Folds
21. Boa Constrictor – The Magnetic Fields
22. Love Plus One — Haircut 100
23. My Old School – Steely Dan
24. Spin The Bottle — The Juliana Hatfield Three
25. Found A Job – Talking Heads
26. Invisible Ink – Lost In Space
27. Just For Today – George Harrison
28. Come Back From San Francisco – The Magnetic Fields
29. Shadow Stabbing – Cake
30. 99.9f – Suzanne Vega
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