Tuesday afternoon 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 -- two songs unguessed.

Random Section

1. A public service announcement followed me home the other day - "Bad Day", R.E.M., letters_to_ed


2. I've had a question that's been preying on my mind for some time - "Perfect Love... Gone Wrong", Sting, helianthemum


3. I don't mind you coming here - "Just What I Needed", The Cars, luvmoose


4. Well it's about time - "Useless", Depeche Mode, luvmoose


5. I don’t know why I love her like I do - "Take Me to the River", Talking Heads, grue23


6. My name is [song title] - "Luka", Suzanne Vega, luvmoose


7. I got a bunch of bananas and a bottle of bleach - "Plastic or Paper", The Bobs, helianthemum


8. My promise could be your fiend - "Dreams Never End", New Order, grue23


9. Hey little sister what have you done - "White Wedding", Billy Idol, luvmoose


10. There are places I'll remember - "In My Life", The Beatles, peachespig

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

1. [song title, repeated]
   Let's not go home, we'll catch the late train - "Two Divided By Zero", Pet Shop Boys, luvmoose


2. Day after day - "Add It Up", Violent Femmes, grue23


3. When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful - "The Logical Song", Supertramp, letters_to_ed


4. All alone at the end of the of the evening - "Take It To The Limit", The Eagles, letters_to_ed


5. I, I went off to the right - "Love Plus One", Haircut 100, letters_to_ed

Theme: Math, peachespig

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

6: Luka, Suzanne Vega

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Yes, but who are you? I need a name to give you credit. :)

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

it's me. LJ hates me

[grue23.livejournal.com]

b) violent femmes - add it up

[grue23.livejournal.com]

8) new order.... gak

[grue23.livejournal.com]

dreams never end

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

a: Two Divided by Zero, PSB

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

9: white wedding, Billy Idol

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

3: Just What I Needed, The Cars

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

4: ??, Duran Duran?

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

No.

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

No, it's Depeche Mode!

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Ding!

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

Useless!!!!

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Aw, you're not useless. ;)

[peachespig.livejournal.com]

10 Beatles, In My Life

[peachespig.livejournal.com]

Theme: math

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Your theorem is proved correct, sir.

[grue23.livejournal.com]

7) ... is that... um

dead milkmen - smokin' banana peels

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

No.

Is that even a real song?

[grue23.livejournal.com]

yes it is. :) I just looked it up to make sure I wasn't making it up.

[letters-to-ed.livejournal.com]

1. PSA - REM

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

That's the band but not the title, at least not the title I know it by.

[letters-to-ed.livejournal.com]

Sorry! I thought PSA was the title. It's called Bad Day

[grue23.livejournal.com]

5) Talking Heads - "Take Me to the River"

[letters-to-ed.livejournal.com]

c. The Logical Song - Supertramp

[peachespig.livejournal.com]

Oho! That one was bugging me. :D

[letters-to-ed.livejournal.com]

d. Take It To The Limit - Eagles

[grue23.livejournal.com]

That's a really sneaky math tie-in.

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Isn't it?

I don't really have any good geek icon, hmm.

[letters-to-ed.livejournal.com]

e. Love Plus One - Haircut 100

[helianthemum.livejournal.com]

And as always, I get the recent Sting song... #2 is "Perfect Love... Gone Wrong," a love song written from the point of view of a dog and including French rap. Oh, Sting.

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

The French rap I knew about, of course; hard to miss. But I didn't realize that it was from the POV of a dog. The things you learn!

[helianthemum.livejournal.com]

7 - Plastic or Paper by The Bobs!

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Woo hoo! You've closed out the meme! :)

[helianthemum.livejournal.com]

That was a tricky one - I only have it on an old tape that I copied from someone in, oh, 1993. But the number of bands that would write a lyric like that is small, and disproportionately represented in my music collection. :)