Friday, October 28, 2005

99 Luft-Lyrics

Ah, Mendi-la thought we got them all, but there was one lonely song we missed… Lonely #5 Player – Baby Come Back.

Ok, I admit it, that was kind of cruel, but, well, I’m cruel. :)

Phantom Scribbler again earns bonus points – this time for the phrase ‘patron saint of the recently dumped.’

More bonus points to luckybuzz and Mendi-la for excellent clapping skills! It's almost imposible for me to hear that song without clapping. It makes bike-riding with the MP3 player a bit risky.

Hmm, start out with some odd tunes. Don’t sorry, oh 80s fans, I haven’t forsaken you completely, I’m just on a different station for awhile.

#1

better keep your head
Don't forget
what your good book said

#2

Now Watergate does not bother me
Does your conscience bother you?
Tell the truth

#3 - Bonus points for as many cover-artists as you can name

One day up near Salinas, lord, I let him slip away,
He’s looking for that home and I hope he finds it,

#4

Now I understand what you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps, they'll listen now

#5 - Bonus points for the singer's current name (Is that too big of a hint?)

Now I've been crying lately, thinking about the world as it is
Why must we go on hating, why can't we live in bliss

#6 - Tough lyric, wacky movie

Once in your life you find her
Someone that turns your heart around
And next thing you know you're closing down the town
Wake up and it's still with you
Even though you left her way across town
Wondering to yourself, "Hey, what've I found?"

#7 - This is one of the few songs I can sing almost completly without the music (excepting songs from the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Hey, I told you guys I was pathetic. Didn't you believe me?)

I'm so sad and lonely, sad and lonely
Won't some sweet mama come and take a chance with me
’Cause I ain't so bad

#8

One foot on the brake and one on the gas, hey!
Well, there's too much traffic, I can't pass, no!

#9 - I always thought this line was hilarious

Ah, you reach down, between my legs,
Ease the seat back.

#10 - Um. Creepy?

Seemed like he knew me - he looked right through me, yeah
"Come on home, girl" he said with a smile
"you don't have to love me yet, let's get high awhile”

Bonus Song! In googling this one, I found that there's a new version - interesting.. :)

I could flirt with all the guys, smile at them and bat my eyes
Press against them when we dance, make them think they stand a chance
Then refuse to see it through, that's a thing I'd never do

10 comments:

jayfish said...

yay for staying up late!!

#4 American Pie - Don McLean? Mclain? Mcmuffin?
#6 Arthur's Theme - Christopher Cross
#7 I Ain't Got Nobody - David Lee Roth (among others)
#8 I Can't Drive 55 - Sammy Hagar
#11 um... a song from grease... "what i wouldn't do"? by that brunette lady.. um.. damn.

zerodoll said...

#2 Sweet Home Alabama- (totally second-guessing myself on this one) Lynyryd Sykynyryd
#3 Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
#9 Panama- Van Halen (what a great lyric it is...)
#10 ?? - Heart

zerodoll said...

#5 Peace Train - crazy jihadist yusaf islam (or the fabulous incomparable sexy cat stevens)

Suzanne said...

Clearly the late bird catches no worms!

Filling in some blanks:

I think #4 is Vincent by Don McClean.
#10 is All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You by Heart.
Bonus is "There Are Worse Things I Could Do," sung by Stockard Channing in Grease.

jayfish said...

tee hee, thanks suzanne for fixing my mistakes!
that's what i get for trying to answer everything
at midnight (when i should be sleeping!)

New Kid on the Hallway said...

Drat, y'all all already answered the ones I know! Oh well...

luckybuzz said...

#1, Southern Man, Neil Young
#2, Sweet Home Alabama, Lynyrd Skynyrd (nice juxtaposition there, by the way..."I heard Mr Young sing about it...")
#3, Me & Bobby McGee, Kris Kristofferson (and, later, Janis of course)
#5, Peace Train, Cat Stevens (aka Yusef Islam) (but zerodoll's got the perfect answer for this!)
#7, Just a Gigolo...not originally David Lee Roth, but it escapes me
#8, I can't drive 55?--sammy hagar
#10, Magic Man, Heart

Too. Much. Fun.

Phantom Scribbler said...

Lucky I googled my guess for #1, so that I didn't embarrass myself with my wrong answer. Again, why am I an idiot?? I had a skater boyfriend one summer who could only play ONE SONG on his guitar, and that was it.

Overread said...

Jayfish - I would love to hear American Pie sung my Don McMuffin. That would be most excellent. Good thing I just ate :)

Suzanne! - You got so many points for pulling out Stockard Channing, but alas! missing Magic Man is a tragic mistake! :)

PS - Better that you didn't stay with the one-song skater then. I do hope he's got another song by now though.

Overread said...

err.. my=by