Tuesday morning song game for the road

[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 -- all songs answered, and in record time.

Random Section

1. I never jumped in and rescued you - "Told You So", Barenaked Ladies, luvmoose


2. All through the day, [song title x3]
   All through the night, [song title x3]
   Now they're frightened of leaving it
   


3. Even if I am in love with you - "Marlene on the Wall", Suzanne Vega, peachespig


4. We spotted the ocean - "Walk on the Ocean", Toad the Wet Sprocket, peachespig


5. Calling out around the world- "Dancing in the Street", David Bowie and Mick Jagger, luvmoose


6. All you've got is this moment - "Need You Tonight", INXS, luvmoose (artist) & grue23 (title)


7. Over the mountain
   Down in the valley - "'All Around the World (The Myth of Fingerprints)", Paul Simon, peachespig


8. [song title] but I'm holding on - "The Tide is High", Blondie, cosmorific


9. All the waiters in your grand cafe - "Don't Ask Me Why", Billy Joel, peachespig


10. You get a shiver in the dark - "Sultans of Swing", Dire Straits, anzubird

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

1. Come gather 'round people - "The Times They Are A Changin'", Bob Dylan/Simon & Garfunkel, cosmorific


2. That's great, it starts with an earthquake - "It's the End of the World As We Know It", R.E.M., grue23 & luvmoose


3. You walked into the room
   I just had - "Change", Tears for Fears luvmoose


4. We're not scared to lose it all - "Things Can Only Get Better", Howard Jones, luvmoose


5. Watch out, you might get what you're after - "Burning Down the House", Talking Heads, grue23

Theme: Change, grue23

Comments

[grue23.livejournal.com]

b) REM - End of the World

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

b: End of the world as we know it, REM

[grue23.livejournal.com]

c) BNL - conventioneers

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

No. adding a line for clarity.

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

c: conventioneers, BNL

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

No. Ading a line for clarity.

[grue23.livejournal.com]

We can't outvote you?

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Also, it doesn't really fit the theme.

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

Change, Tears for Fears

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

d: Things can only get better, Howard Jones

[grue23.livejournal.com]

e) Talking Heads - "Burning Down The House"

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

6: Something I can't place that is driving me crazy, INXS

[grue23.livejournal.com]

I Need You Tonight!

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

theme: disaster?

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

No but you're sort of close.

[grue23.livejournal.com]

destruction?

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Again, along these lines, but not quite.

The other songs will help.

[grue23.livejournal.com]

destruction & rebirth, or change?

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

We're going for the simple one here: change. Very nice.

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

1. Something that's not eating me as much, Alanis Morrisette

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

No.

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

1. Told You So, BNL

(okay, so it wasn't eating me because the voice wasn't quite right, but it threw me off completely)

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Ding.

How do you mean that the voice isn't quite right?

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

5: Dancing in the Streets, Bowie & Jagger

[peachespig.livejournal.com]

Here I am!!

3. Marlene on the Wall, Suzanne Vega
4. Walk on the Ocean, Toad the Wet Sprocket
9. Don't Ask Me Why, Billy Joel

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Here you are!

Yes, yes, and yes.

[anzubird.livejournal.com]

you gotta stop posting these at lunchtime

10. dire straits, sultans of swing

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

you gotta stop posting these at lunchtime

With the new job, who knows if I will have time to post them at all. :-/ But I will take it under advisement.

[cosmorific.livejournal.com]

a. Bob Dylan, "The Times They Are A-Changin'."

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Given the theme, I expected that to go much faster. ;)

[cosmorific.livejournal.com]

Heh, me too.

[cosmorific.livejournal.com]

Oh, and also, 8. "The Tide is High," Blondie.

[peachespig.livejournal.com]

7 is Paul Simon - All Around The World or The Myth of Fingerprints.