(song) games people play

[owlmoose]

Guess the song from the first line. More lines will be added as the week progresses. iTunes et. al. yes, Google no. Answers for last time -- two songs unguessed.

Random Section

1. All the old paintings on the tombs - "Walk Like an Egyptian", The Bangles, letters_to_ed


2. It was twenty years ago today - "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band",The Beatles, letters_to_ed


3. Maybe I didn't treat you - "Always on My Mind", Pet Shop Boys, luvmoose


4. [song title] from misery to happiness today - "I'm On My Way", The Proclaimers, helianthemum


5. I change my clothes ten times
   Before I take you on a date
   I'm in a cold sweat, my panic it makes me late
   I know you never entered for this - "Does Everyone Stare", The Police, koshkalet


6. I'm sitting on the curb
   By the empty parking lot
   Of the store where they let me play the organ
   I'm waiting for my ride - "A Self Called Nowhere", They Might Be Giants, unguessed


7. Baby's playing dead in the cellar - "Dusted", Belly, letters_to_ed


8. She had an horror of rooms, she was tired
   You can't hide beat
   When I looked in her eyes they were blue
   But nobody home - "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)", David Bowie, unguessed


9. Have you ever been close to tragedy - "The Impression That I Get", The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, luvmoose


10. Today I am - "Small Blue Thing", Suzanne Vega, helianthemum

Theme Section
The songs in this section have something in common. Guess the songs, guess the theme.

1. I took a walk around the world - "Kryptonite", 3 Doors Down, grue23


2. I can't stand to fly - "Superman", Five for Fighting, madlori


3. I don't think I can handle this - "Jimmy Olson's Blues", The Spin Doctors, peachespig (with an assist from helianthemum)


4. Tarzan wasn't a ladies' man - "Superman's Song", Crash Test Dummies, madlori


5. I am, I am, I am [song title] - "Superman", R.E.M., luvmoose

Theme: Superman, luvmoose

Comments

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

3: Always on my Mind, PSB, Willie Nelson

[(Anonymous)]

3) PSB/Elvis - Always On My mind

[grue23.livejournal.com]

bloody "kick grue23 and then claim there's a database error so he can't post"

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

So is the anonomys comment you?

Also, Elvis? Really? Willie Nelson I knew about but...

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

9: Knock on Wood?, Mighty Mighty Bosstones

[grue23.livejournal.com]

I think it's the original. Presely, not Costello.

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

You have the right song in mind, but that's not the correct title.

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

The Impression That I Get?

[madlori.livejournal.com]

b. is Superman by Five for Fighting.
d. is The Superman Song by Crash Test Dummies

Theme is superheroes, perhaps?

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Yes!

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Correct on titles. Theme: be more specific.

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

It's gotta be something like Marvel Comics characters or something. Just so that I can't complain that you don't have Particle Man up there.

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

More specific than that.

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

e: Superman, REM.

Is Superman the theme?

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Yes and yes.

[letters-to-ed.livejournal.com]

1. The Bangles "Walk Like an Egyptian"

[letters-to-ed.livejournal.com]

2. The Beatles "Sgt. Pepper"

[letters-to-ed.livejournal.com]

Wow - this takes me back!

7. Belly - "Dusted"

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Excellent -- I wasn't sure anyone would get that one, because I don't think it was ever a single. :)

[grue23.livejournal.com]

a) 3 doors down - kryptonite

[letters-to-ed.livejournal.com]

I loved that album. It's been a while since I've heard it. I just looked in my mp3 player and it's not in there so I have to dig out the CD and load it. :)

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

I may have to listen to it now myself... I love it when these games drag out something I haven't thought about in ages!

[(Anonymous)]

Absolutely correct. The King, then Willie, then the PSB.

[peachespig.livejournal.com]

That was me! They kicked us all off last night. They're changing security or something... they already changed the format of our URLS, and now since last night the userinfo page is just "profile".

[grue23.livejournal.com]

next time I'll have to preload everything, make a couple sample comments, make sure I'm still logged in... sheesh!

[peachespig.livejournal.com]

Ya it's annoying. When you're leaving a comment you can look about the comment field to see under what account you are about to post - or if you're not logged in you will see that it's anonymous - but I NEVER look at that.

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Yeah, if you check lj_maintenance they explain what's going on. It's some security issue; they have to keep killing everyone's cookies.

[peachespig.livejournal.com]

c must, must, must be something by the Spin Doctors from "Pocket Full of Kryptonite." But I don't have the album. :)

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

You are, of course, correct. Artist credit given; however, I'm afraid there is no partial credit for album name. ;)

[helianthemum.livejournal.com]

4 - I'm On My Way, Proclaimers
10 - Small Blue Thing, Suzanne Vega

[peachespig.livejournal.com]

OK, we think it might be "Jimmy Olsen's Blues".

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Yes indeedy.

Does helianthemum get joint credit on this one? Or are you using the royal we?

[peachespig.livejournal.com]

She says she doesn't need credit, but she's trying to be modest. I was playing snippets on the iTunes music store and she said it sounded like the right song, but she wasn't sure, and I said it had a Superman-style name, so there we were.

[grue23.livejournal.com]

Superman's DC!

</teenage-comic-fan>

[koshkalet.livejournal.com]

#5 Does Everyone Stare - The Police

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Yup. :)