Song Meme answers

[hatman]

In case you haven't guessed, these are the answers to the Song Meme I posted directly below.

1.
Lyric: Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see...
Song: Straberry Fields
Artist: Beatles
Guessed by: bananabelcher

2.
Lyric: You were my lesson, I had to learn. I was your fortress, you had to burn...
Song: The Power of Goodbye
Artist: Madonna
Guessed by: psychofurball

3.
Lyric: You can't tell me it's not worth trying for. I can't help it, there's nothing I want more...
Song: Everything I Do (I Do It For You)
Artist: Bryan Adams
Guessed by: bananabelcher, kaylle, and half credit to ksarasara

4.
Lyric: As I hung up the phone, it occured to me: He'd grown up just like me. My boy... was just like me.
Song: Cats in the Cradle
Artist: Harry Chapman
Guessed by: brianamj, kaylle, and another half credit to ksarasara.

5.
Lyric: It's just a ball of dust, underneath my feet. It goes around the sun, doesn't mean that much to me...
Second Lyric: There's a raging fire in my heart tonight, growing higher and higher in my soul. There's a raging fire in the sky tonight. I want to ride on a silver dove far into the night...
Song: Might Wings
Artist: Cheap Trick (from the Top Gun soundtrack)
Guessed by: vigii

6.
Lyric: Shot through the heart, and you're to blame!
Song: You Give Love A Bad Name
Artist: Bon Jovi
Guessed by: psychofurball, ksarasara, brianamj, half credit to kaylle for getting the band and the other half to bananabelcher for (unknowingly!) getting the title! Go team! :D

7.
Lyric: Let's not do the wrong thing, and I'll swear it might be fun. It's a long way down when all the knots we've tied have come undone...
Song: Follow You Down
Artist: The Gin Blossoms
Guessed by: No one!! Shame, really. It's not their best song, but they were my favorite band of the early 90s...

8.
Lyric: Let's go surfin' now, everybody's learnin' how. Come on and safari with me...
Song: Surfin' Safari
Artist: The Beach Boys
Guessed by: brianamj, bananabelcher, kaylle, and 3/4 credit to ksarasara for almost getting the title.

9.
Lyric: I pick up a box. I lifted some rocks. While I stood on my head...
Song: Yoda (parody of Lola)
Artist: "Wierd Al" Yankovik
Guessed by: kaylle

10.
Lyric: It's a thousand pages, give or take a few. I'll be writing more in a week or two...
Song: Paperback Writer
Artist: The Beatles
Guessed by: annabtg and kaylle

11.
Lyric: I have run, I have crawled. I have scaled these city walls. These city walls...
Song: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Artist: U2
Guessed by: psychofurball, ksarasara, kaylle, half credit to brianamj, and a smile and a nod to bananabelcher, who at least knows the song well enough to get the next line.

12.
Lyric: But wait! What do I see? ... Is she walking back to me? Yeah, she's walking back to me!
Song: Pretty Woman
Artist: Roy Orbisen
Guessed by: ksarasara, brianamj, and kaylle

13.
Lyric: Mama tells me I shouldn't bother, that I should just stick to another man, a man who surely deserves me... But I think you do. So, I cried, I prayed, and I begged. Love, me love me. Say that you love me...
Song: Lovefool
Artist: The Cardigans
Guessed by: ksarasara

14.
Lyric: So gather up your jackets, move out to the exits. I hope you have found a friend...
Song: Closing Time
Artist: Semisonic
Guessed by: Half credit to bananabelcher and kaylle for getting the title.

15.
Lyric: Laughin' and a-running (hey, hey), skippin' and a-jumpin', in the misty morning fog with, ah, our hearts a-thumpin'...
Song: Brown Eyed Girl
Artist: Van Morrison
Guessed by: bananabelcher, plus full credit to ksarasara and kaylle, since, even though neither one of them knew the artist, I must admit that I didn't, either.

16.
Lyric: You planned a trip, to Idaho, just to watch potatoes grow... No one on this? Really? Hmm... Well, if you don't recognize a parody song involving potatoes, I don't know what to tell you.
Song: Addicted to Spuds (parody of Robert Palmer's Addicted to Love)
Artist: "Wierd Al" Yankovick
Guessed by: 3/4 credit to ksarasara for getting the artist and part of the title.

17.
Lyric: You say you'll give me a highway with no one on it. Treasure, just to look upon it. All the riches in the land... No one on this, either? Now I'm really surprised.
Second Lyric: But all the promises we break, from the cradle to the grave...
Song: All I Want Is You
Artist: U2
Guessed by: No one! Come on! It's a U2 classic! *sigh*

18.
Lyric: They gave you life, and in return you gave them hell. As cold as ice, I hope we live to tell the tale...
Song: Shout
Artist: Tears For Fears
Guessed by: psychofurball

19.
Lyric: Is there anybody trying to get through? My eye's so cloudy, I can't see you... Look now, look all around. There's no sign of life. Voices and other sounds. Can you hear me now?
Song: Planet Earth
Artist: Duran Duran
Guessed by: No one! I guess I don't know all of their hits, either, but this is from my favorite of their albums.

20.
Lyric: And I walk these streets, a loaded six-string on my back. I play for keeps, because I might not make it back. I've been everywhere, and still I'm standing tall. I've seen a million faces, and I've rocked them all!
Song: Wanted (Dead or Alive)
Artist: Bon Jovi
Guessed by: ksarasara

Final score (for those interested):
kaylle: 8
ksarasara: 7.75 plus Bon Jovi bonus points!
brianamj: 6.5
bananabelcher: 5 plus a smile plus a bonus for being the only one to know Van Morrison.
psychofurball: 4
annabtg: 1
vigii: 1

and 3.5 points to me for stumping you guys!



Since we're having so much fun with this, I'll probably post Round 2 soonish. Are you excited yet?

How about now?

Now?

Comments

[ksarasara.livejournal.com]

I'm ready for round two!! (Though I may be headed out shortly...)

my happy/excited icon

[kaylle.livejournal.com]

I'm excited ;)

Re: my happy/excited icon

[pgwfolc.livejournal.com]

KERMIT!!

*ahem*

lol, nice icon.

And, with that unanimous support... ;)

I guess I'll go get to round 2.

Re: my happy/excited icon

[pgwfolc.livejournal.com]

P.S. Your exciting icon also happens to be attached to comment #50 in this journal! That's two things you've won in this post! Go you!

(Hmm. Does this mean I should come up with some sort of prize?)

[brianamj.livejournal.com]

Ah, crap. In my defense, I haven't heard either of those Weird Al songs much. I'm fairly sure I don't have Addicted to Spuds. I think I have Yoda somewhere... then again, I just acquired a 4-disc set, which I still need to listen to/move where I want it.