It seems that I'm not speaking; my tongue has lingered here on words that slip away like a memory

[primroseburrows]

From malnpudl:

Step 1: Put your MP3 player or whatever on random.
Step 2: Post lyrics for the first 25 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from.
Step 4: Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly.

I'm gonna do it by the rules this time and actually use the first 25 random songs that come up. I'm using my iPod, which has four hundred something songs on it, so I should be fine. :)



1. I can't explain the feelings plain to me,
now can't you see,
Ah, she gave me more, she gave it all to me,
now can't you see.

2. He's there with a can of beer, got his work clothes on, but he never moves;
Look out, I think he's kind of weird,
he's setting up a bug-zapper barbecue.

3. A man hurts a woman and a woman hurts a man
when neither one of them will love and understand
and take it with a grain of salt.

4. Right behind you I see the millions,
on you I see the glory;
From you I get opinions,
from you I get the story.

5. Well there's two men lying dead as nails
On an east Virginia farm,
for charity's an argument
that only leads to harm.

6. Lock him in uniform and book burning,
blood letting. Every motive escalate.
Automotive incinerate.

7. We'll shake em all down tonight
were gonna mix in the street;
Strike at the stroke of midnight
Dance on the bones till the girls say when

8. Through this world I’ve stumbled,
so many times betrayed;
Trying to find an honest word,
to find the truth enslaved

9. The kid was just crass;
He was the nazz,
with God given ass

10. Why do we waste our breath, child
on what we like the most?
Seeing as we've wound up here,
we ought to do them both

11. And all the beads we made by hand
are nowadays made in Japan

12. In that August breeze
of those forgotten trees,
your time was set for leaving,
come a colder season

13. I won't let it show,
I'm all about denial,
but can't denial let me believe?

14. Too many people
and not enough eyes to see
Too many lives to lead
and not enough time

15. Don't throw your hand.
Oh, no. Don't throw your hand.
If you feel like you're alone,
no, no, no, you're not alone

16. But for every tiny dancer
there's a dog that's had its day;
The truth is never quite the same
as what the papers say

17. And when they're really listening,
listening so much closer,
what is it we're missing?
The skyline hears the ocean

18. But I'm not above
Making up for the love
You've been denying you could ever feel
I'm not above doing anything
To restore your faith if I can

19. There's love in your skies
reflecting the sunlight
in my lover's eyes

20. Disillusion has an edge so sharp;
It tears at your soul and leaves a stain upon your heart
I need you to wash mine clean;
You've felt it too, and you need me

21. If it's all the same to you,
here's what I'm gonna do:
I'm gonna buy a gun
gonna shoot everything, everyone

22. So churn them out quick and fast,
and we'll still pat your backs
'cause we need what we can get
to launch another dozen acts

23. Oh, if only I could nestle
in the cradle of your cabin,
my arms around your shoulder,
the windows wide and open

24. So tonight I'll set a vigil,
and my shadow's all that's cast,
and the iron that's encased it
is doing all that one could ask

25. I'm gonna lock my son up in a tower
till he learns to let his hair down
far enough to climb outside

Comments

[malnpudl.livejournal.com]

I know that I know #1... but I can't come up with it. I'm gonna kick myself over this one, aren't I?

4. Right behind you I see the millions,
on you I see the glory;
From you I get opinions,
from you I get the story.

Oh, that takes me back! "Listening to You" from "Tommy" by the Who

6. Lock him in uniform and book burning,
blood letting. Every motive escalate.
Automotive incinerate.

"It's the End of the World As We Know It" by R.E.M. (and covered by GBS)

8. Through this world I’ve stumbled,
so many times betrayed;
Trying to find an honest word,
to find the truth enslaved

Oh, crap... that's the one from the DS soundtrack and I always get two of them mixed up... is that "Possession"? Um... Sarah McLachlan, I think.

11. And all the beads we made by hand
are nowadays made in Japan

OMG, more time travel! I'm not sure if the title is "Cherokee Nation" or "Indian Reservation", and I have no clue who it's by... but I grew up singing it.

17. And when they're really listening,
listening so much closer,
what is it we're missing?
The skyline hears the ocean

"The Gods Have Spoken" by the HDRC *hearts*

19. There's love in your skies
reflecting the sunlight
in my lover's eyes

Oh, I LOVED this song! "Good Morning Starshine"... gliddy gloop gloopy, nibby nabby noopy la la la lo lo... hee! Can't remember who did it, though. Darn.

24. So tonight I'll set a vigil,
and my shadow's all that's cast,
and the iron that's encased it
is doing all that one could ask

So. Much. Love. "Cubically Contained" by the Headstones

[aphephobia.livejournal.com]

#15 is Everybody Hurts by REM

#25 is Whipsmart by Liz Phair.

And I totally didn't get the rest.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

1. You are going to kick yourself IN THE HEAD.

4. Yep. I have the See Me, Feel Me/Listening to you mp3.

6. Yes. I wasn't copying you, really. It's what came up! I have the R.E.M. version.

8. Yes indeedy. That one's been a favourite of mine since long before I'd ever heard of dS. It was always a Mulder/Krycek song to me. *g* Of course, now it's hard to listen to because WOE. IT'S FROM VICTORIA'S SECRET. *angsts*

11. It's "Indian Reservation". The band is Paul Revere and the Raiders, with Mark Lindsay (of "Arizona" fame) singing lead.

17. Yes, indeed.

19. Yep. For some reason, patchfire says this is my song, which makes me love it all the more. Sadly, I remember when it was in the top forty and got regular radio play. Same with #11.

24. Yes! First Headstones song I ever heard. Hugh Dillon is a fucking poet, completely.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Yay! *g*

[malnpudl.livejournal.com]

Hugh Dillon IS a fucking poet. The more I listen to him -- and I've clocked hundreds of hours by now -- the more I'm impressed. Blown right the hell away.

And here's the Great Big Sea cover of "It's the End of the World As We Know It" -- it's FAST! And Alan Doyle makes it such an incongrously happy song. *g* (On a good day I can keep up singing along with him. But not always. And it took a lot of practice.)

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I will always love "Good Morning Starshine". I don't care how dorky that makes me.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Yay! Will listen to it tomorrow, because my brain is currently more fried than a two-egg omelet.

And OMG, yes, so much Hugh!Love. One thing about the pseudopods, they bring talent. :)

I have THREE songs by Oliver. ALL ON MY iPOD! HOW DORKY IS THAT?

[flutteringazure.livejournal.com]

Ooh, this is always fun! Let's see what I can make of it :)

4. The Who - Listening to You/See Me, Feel Me (Tommy)

9. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust (Ziggy Stardust)

16. Elton & Bernie - Just Like Noah's Ark (The Captain and the Kid)

22. Elton & Bernie - Bitter Fingers (Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy)

23. Elton & Bernie - Amoreena (Tumbleweed Connection)

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Woah, you even got the albums right.

And OMG, so much icon love.

[china_shop]

#13 is Pavlov's Bell. :)

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Yep. :)

[eltonroo.livejournal.com]

Since someone got the Elton and Sarah and The Who ones, I can at least contribute to #14 which can only be the boys from Winnipeg, namely Burton Cummings, Randy Bachman et al alias The Guess Who with the classic "No Time".

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

You got the band right, but not the song. Look again, Grasshopper. *g*

[neonnurse.livejournal.com]

People have already gotten some of the ones I knew. But

18. Innocent Man, Billy Joel (good song!)

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

I love that song. And Billy Joel in general.

[malnpudl.livejournal.com]

Oh, I should've got the Billy Joel. *grumbles*

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Lyrics look different out of context, though.

I thought most of these were easy. Usually when I do lyrics memes I pick the songs, but I figured I might as well play by the rules for once.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Oh, and there's another Elton there you didn't get. It's obscure, man. :)

[topaz7.livejournal.com]

Durn it, should've posted earlier. I had a couple that others have already named.

#14 - She's Come Undone by the Guess Who.

#7 - When Josie Comes Home - Steely Dan

[eltonroo.livejournal.com]

Okay I am an idiot sometimes.
The song is of course "Undun". I should know this because the first 45 record I ever bought was "Laughing" by the Guess Who and "Undun" was on the B side.

I also should know it because there is a Wally Lamb book called "She's Come Undone" which I loved.

Please forgive me.

[eltonroo.livejournal.com]

I can at least say that #1 is Silly Love Songs by Wings.
And #7 is Josie by Steely Dan (which I just noticed someone else got).

Leave me with the other Elton. I will find it!

[eltonroo.livejournal.com]

Okay I can now complete the Elton portion.
#5 is "Son of Your Father" from the wonderful Tumbleweed Connection album. I should have known you would have something from Tumbleweed.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Yes indeedy.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Hey, it's what came up on the iPod. ;)

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I had the same 45. I've been a Guess Who fan since I was a tiny, tiny little person. I remember when I was a teenager, people got sick of me saying, "You realise that 'American Woman' isn't about an actual woman, right?"

I was a wealth of silly trivia even back in the day. Which doesn't matter a whit, since I can't make any money from it. :)

I don't remember the first 45 I ever bought, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was something by the Partridge Family. *headdesk*

[bjohan57.livejournal.com]

It seems that I'm not speaking; my tongue has lingered here on words that slip away like a memory

Re The title of your post: Everytime I hit that line in that song, my brain seems to fixate on the word 'tongue' and refuses to move past it for at least 3 hours. By the end I need a cigarette and I still don't know how the song actually finishes .

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

So many consonants, so little time.

Listen to the end. It's actually good. *g*

[eltonroo.livejournal.com]

PF was my favourite show and I am not ashamed to say I still enjoy "Point Me In The Direction of Albequergue".
And I am impressed that I can spell Albequerque.
:)

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

...aaaand now I have that particular earworm running around in my head. But it's all right because it probably hasn't been there in at LEAST twenty years. I loved the PF, although I didn't go gaga for David Cassidy like everyone else did. I just liked the music. I was even a member of the fan club and got one of those floppy square records in the mail.

I redeemed myself LP-wise, though, because the first actual grownup LP I bought with my own money was Elton John, for $5 at Grant's department store. I still have it, too. I just wish I had a turntable.

[eltonroo.livejournal.com]

I still have a turntable. But my stereo receivor will not attach to it. This never occured to me when I bought the receivor. So I can only play cds and tapes on it.

Hello world there's a song that we're singing...

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

I'll see that earworm and raise you a parody of an earworm.

Moxy Früvous - Canada, We Love You.