Aw man, not another music game

[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 -- one song unguessed.

Random Section

1. [Song title]
   I'll be awake - "All Through the Night", Cyndi Lauper, luvmoose


2. You had something to hide - "Policy of Truth", Depeche Mode, luvmoose


3. You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar - "Don't You Want Me", Human League, luvmoose


4. What'll you do when you get lonely - "Layla", Derek & the Dominos/Eric Clapton, letters_to_ed


5. Your hand on his arm
   The hay stack charm around your neck
   Strung out and thin
   Calling some friend trying to cash some check - "Needle in the Hay", Elliott Smith, unguessed


6. I was afraid you'd hit me if I'd spoken up I was - "Sympathetic Character", Alanis Morissette, letters_to_ed


7. Everything is catching, yes - "Fingertips", They Might Be Giants, grue23


8. All I need is what you've got
   all I'll tell is what you're not
   all you know is what you hear
   I get this way when you come near - "Touch and Go", The Cars, unguessed


9. I got no means to show identification - "I Don't Remember", Peter Gabriel, grue23


10. He's a movie star - "Spin the Bottle", The Juliana Hatfield 3, luvmoose

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

1. Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons
   Packed up and ready to go - "Life During Wartime", Talking Heads, regann


2. You walked into the room - "Conventioneers", Barenaked Ladies, luvmoose


3. Every time I think of you - "Bizarre Love Triangle", New Order, grue23


4. I waited patiently for the Lord - "40", U2, peachespig


5. Another suburban family morning - "Synchronicity II", The Police, luvmoose and grue23

Theme: Song title never appears in the song lyrics, regann

Comments

[grue23.livejournal.com]

theme: present tense

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

No, although that's interesting.

[grue23.livejournal.com]

It's not 40 as much, but the other three all use present tense throughought the course of talking about multiple things that happen. It's always been particularly interesting to me in Conventioneers since it's so pronounced in the song.

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

True.

It's very interesting to me that this guess, like several of your others, also applies to the Talking Heads song, which was unguessed when you made them.