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]

hey! I knew what the song was :)

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

But you didn't know the title without looking it up... that's the key here. ;)

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think he admitted to not looking it up. He was thinking about it, but it came to him first.

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

He told me that he recognized it from reading the Amazon track listing, which sounds like looking it up to me...

[grue23.livejournal.com]

I knew it was from the 8 mile soundtrack, then knew it when I opened that.