shall we play a 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 -- one and a half songs unguessed.

Random Section

1. Do you smile 'cause I'm funny? said the man - "Unrelated Thing", They Might Be Giants, luvmoose


2. Please be philosophical - "Princes Familiar", Alanis Morissette, letters_to_ed


3. When you hear this sound a-comin',
   Hear the drummers drumming,
   I want you to [song title] with the band, - "Join Together", The Who, peachespig


4. This one goes out to [song title] - "The One I Love", R.E.M., luvmoose


5. This happened once before when I came to your door, [song title] - "No Reply", The Beatles, iamleaper


6. When she walks she swings her arms - "Let Me Go", Cake, luvmoose


7. All is quiet, his tired eyes
   See figures jotted down
   And clothes all strewn around the bedroom floor
   Now nothing's adding up - "Missing the War", Ben Folds Five, unguessed


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


9. I've lost my mind
   On what I'd find
   And all of the pressure that I left behind
   On [song title] - "Allison Road", Gin Blossoms, unguessed


10. You don't know how you met me
    You don't know why - "Follow Me", Uncle Kracker, iamleaper

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

1. Everyone I know is lonely - "O My God", The Police, madlori


2. In the empire of the senses - "Love is the Seventh Wave", Sting, luvmoose


3. What key is this in? - "Shadows in the Rain", Sting, luvmoose


4. I see me with you and all the things you do - "We'll Be Together", Sting, luvmoose


5. [song title] was all she wrote - "Seven Days", Sting, madlori

Theme: - Songs in which Sting quotes/covers himself, peachespig

Comments

[peachespig.livejournal.com]

These aren't all those ridiculous Sting/Police songs where he echoes one song at the end of another? Does that make c. "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"? (I think of that song as having a different first line - "Well 've tried before to tell her" etc. - but it sounds like you've got some muttered phrase at the beginning as the first line of c, instead of the first actual line of singing.)

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

You have the idea, but not quite, because of what c. is

[peachespig.livejournal.com]

So "Sting/Police sounds that include lyrics from/references to other Sting/Police songs" is not quite correct?

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

*That* is what I was looking for. (before, you mentioned the end specifically, that doesn't fit c.)

[peachespig.livejournal.com]

Excellent! (I meant "songs" not "sounds" of course.)

I'm pretty sure one of those sounds refers back to Every Little Thing, but I guess your meme is the songs that contain buts of other songs - but the meme is not the other songs themselves. :)

Faculty meeting!

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure one of those sounds refers back to Every Little Thing

Two of them do, actually -- "O/Oh My God" and "Seven Days".

but I guess your meme is the songs that contain buts of other songs - but the meme is not the other songs themselves. :)

Correct. Enjoy your meeting....

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

c: Shadows in the Rain. :) Which is the whole darned song.

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Which is why peachespig's first guess was wrong. :)