new year, new song game

[owlmoose]

You know the drill. 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 -- five songs unguessed (iTunes must not have loved you all that day).

Random Section

1. Beautiful girl lovely dress - "Gone Daddy Gone", Violent Femmes, grue23 & luvmoose


2. How many of you people out there - "Brand New Day", Sting, letters_to_ed


3. Look, if you had one shot, - "Lose Yourself", Eminem, grue23 (artist); luvmoose & grue23 (title) (honorable mention to ratgrl for knowing the title without external research)


4. Tied to the tracks and the train's fast coming
   Strapped to the wing with the engine running
   You say that this wasn't in your plan
   And don't mess around with the [song title] - "Demolition Man", The Police, unguessed


5. I checked the time, it was almost time - "Chant No. 1", Spandau Ballet, letters_to_ed


6. Ah, look at all the lonely people - "Eleanor Rigby", The Beatles, grue23


7. I hear the Seven Deadly Sins
   and the Terrible Twins came to call on you
   the bigger they are babe
   the harder they fall on you - "It Never Rains", Dire Straits, unguessed


8. Oh, I can't take another heartache,
   Though you say you're my friend, I'm at my wits' end! - "Cruel to be Kind", Nick Lowe, peachespig


9. Moving forward - "Melt With You", Modern English, luvmoose & grue23


10. Friday night I'm going nowhere - "Babylon", David Gray, letters_to_ed

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

1. And if I die today I'll be the [song title] - "Happy Phantom", Tori Amos, peachespig


2. I'm still young, but I know my days are numbered - "At My Funeral", Crash Test Dummies, ratgrl


3. Driving home to be with you - "Tonight is the Night I Fell Asleep at the Wheel", Barenaked Ladies, ratgrl


4. Sometimes I feel like being wispy
   And once in a while I feel like being dry - "I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die", They Might Be Giants, grue23


5. When the men take me to the devil tree
   I will be free and shining like before
   Papa don’t tell me what I should’ve done
   She’s the one who begged me - "Free Until They Cut Me Down", Iron & Wine, unguessed

Theme: Songs in which the singer is discussing his/her own death, luvmoose

Comments

[grue23.livejournal.com]

1) violent femmes - gone daddy gone

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

d'oh! vicious clock!

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

1: Gone, Daddy, Gone, Violent Femmes

[grue23.livejournal.com]

6) the beatles - eleanor rigby

[grue23.livejournal.com]

I can play that on my guitar!

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

9: I Melt With You, Modern English

[ratgrl.livejournal.com]

c. Tonight is the night I fell asleep at the wheel, bnl

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

The clock hates me today

[grue23.livejournal.com]

9) modern english - I melt with you

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

c: Asleep At The Wheel, BNL

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

Theme: dying young?

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

No.

[ratgrl.livejournal.com]

b. At my funeral, crash test dummies

[ratgrl.livejournal.com]

Theme: songs about death/dying

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

More specific.

[grue23.livejournal.com]

3) eminem - I have no idea what the title is

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's the theme song to 8Mile which I just saw a few days ago.

[letters-to-ed.livejournal.com]

10. "Babylon" David Gray

[letters-to-ed.livejournal.com]

2. "Brand New Day" Sting

[letters-to-ed.livejournal.com]

5. "Chant No. 1" Spandau Ballet

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

Whoa! I think that's the best call today!

[ratgrl.livejournal.com]

is 3) Lose Yourself?

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Yes. Did you have to look it up on Amazon? Because if not, I think I may have to bump those people up there who did research. ;)

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

Songs where the singer is talking about their own death?

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Yes!!!

[peachespig.livejournal.com]

a Happy Phantom, Tori Amos

Sorry I missed the beginning, I'm Mr. Professor Man now... time hard to come by!!

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Correct.

Congratulations, Mr. Professor Man!

[grue23.livejournal.com]

d) TMBG - I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Clear off the kitchen table, darling
For on the kitchen table I must lie.

I love that line. :) Too bad it's not the first one.

[peachespig.livejournal.com]

8 is "Cruel to be kind". We know the Letters to Cleo version off the 10 Things I Hate About You soundtrack, but I believe the original is by Nick Lowe.

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Correct on title and original artist. I don't know the other version, how is it?

[i-iambe.livejournal.com]

4. Eurythmics "Missionary Man"?

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Nope. Although you are on the right track with looking for a rhyme. ;)