Lyrics game for a Friday

[owlmoose]

You all know the drill. Guess the songs from the first lines. iTunes et. al. yes, Google no. No duplicate artists. Includes my first attempt at a theme section! Answers for last week.

1. Switch off the mind and let the heart decide
   who you were meant to be
   Flick to remote and let the body glide
   There is no enemy - "Windpower", Thomas Dolby, unguessed


2. This is a story of seven brothers - "Love is Stronger Than Justice", Sting, madlori
   
3. I recommend getting your heart trampled on to anyone - "You Learn", Alanis Morissette, madlori


4. We were at a party
   His ear lobe fell in the deep
   Someone reached in and grabbed it - "Rock Lobster", B-52s, grue23


5. I know you deceived me
   Couldn't sleep last night
   Now my tearstains on the wall reflect an ugly sight
   I can see your secrets -- They Might Be Giants, grue23, "The World's Address", peachespig


6. And I was lost for words in your arms
   Attempting to make sense of my aching heart - "Not Enough Time", INXS, angeltaisha


7. You see me in a foreign face
   In ships that sink without trace - "The Advesary", Crime and the City Solution, grue23


8. Lights go out and I can’t be saved - "Clocks", Coldplay, madlori


9. And you know it's time to go - "A Sort of Homecoming", U2, grue23


10. The streets are lined with camera crews - "Family Snapshot", Peter Gabriel, grue23

These songs have something in common. Guess the songs, guess the theme

1. I can hear the soft breathing of the girl that l love
   As she lies here beside me, asleep with the night
   And her hair in a fine mist floats on my pillow
   Reflecting the glow of the winter moonlight - "Wednesday Morning 3AM", Simon & Garfunkel, unguessed


2. Hello, I saw you, I know you, I knew you - "Pop Song '89", REM, freudian_slip


3. baby, your da-da loves you - "'97 Bonnie & Clyde", Tori Amos/Eminem, madlori


4. I used to live in New York City
   Everything there was dark and dirty - "Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls are Coming to the Canyon)", The Mammas and the Pappas, angeltaisha


5. It was January, [song title] - "1963", New Order, grue23

Theme: songs referencing a date or time, grue23

Comments

[grue23.livejournal.com]

Aww. Do you have "1985" by SR-71?

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Don't think so.

[grue23.livejournal.com]

Debbie just hit the wall
she never had it all
one Prozac a day
husband's a CPA
her dreams went out the door
when she turned 24
only been with one man
what happend to her plan
she was gonna be an actress
she was gonna be a star
she was gonna shake that ass
on the hood of Whitesnake's car
now her yellow SUV has now become the enemy
looks at her average life and nothing has been all right

since Springstien Madonna
way before Nirvana
there was U2 and Blondie
and music still on MTV
her two kids in high school
they tell her that she's uncool
'cause she's still preocupied
with 19, 19, 1985

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Oh, that song! I've heard it on the radio but I don't have it. That's a fun song.

[madlori.livejournal.com]

It sounds fun, but it actually kind of depresses me. It's all about some woman stuck back in her high-school glory days of 1985 who can't live in the now and yearns for the Good Old Days.

I hate that mentality. It's just a way to displace and avoid living one's life as it is.

/sanctimonious rant

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

I see where you're coming from, definitely. There's a fine line between nostalgia and living in the past.

You are just pulling out all the awesome userpics today.