One of those mp3 memes

[dr_whom]

Taken this time from clauclauclaudia.

You know the drill: I put my iTunes on shuffle, and then put the first line of each song here; and then all of you guys are supposed to identify the name and source of each song. In the event that a song begins with its title, I've given its last line instead. No cheating. And have at it!

The ones that have been identified are italicized.

1. Peacocks? Sink me!...
2. Look, ma'am—an invitation!...
3. ...It's beautiful, and I think it's what I want to be.
4. Oh, the bases were empty on the diamond of my heart...
5. Giorgio, I stand here staring at the sunrise...
6. ...very merry vegetarian!
7. Mother said straight ahead...
8. Mayn kind, mayn treyst, du forst avek... ('My child, my comfort, you're going away...')
9. Hello and goodbye; I've just unemployed you...
10. Paris, the city of lovers, is glowing this evening...
11. May the Lord protect and defend you...
12. ...Let this embracing replace forever, keep us together evermore!
13. Finders can be weepers; losers can be keepers...
14. Of all the boys I've known (and I've known some)...
15. Gray skies are gonna clear up...
16. In a place that won't let us feel...
17. Every day I wake up, pour myself a cup...
18. There he goes! My congressman!...
19. Hey nonny ding dong, alang alang alang...
20. One minute I'm in Central Park...
21. Hey, up there! Way up there!...
22. Pennies or nickels or dimes....
23. Everybody's lover! Everybody's brother!...
24. Do you remember the night I held you so tight...
25. Times have changed...
26. Could be.... Who knows...
27. It takes a lot of men to make a gun...
28. ...boldly going forward, 'cause we can't find reverse.
29. There's a face that we wear in the cold light of day...
30. Many's the time I've been mistaken...
31. You'll never know how much I really love you...
32. Standing cold and scared on top of blue hill...
33. Here we are, your grateful children...
34. And soon we're humming along...


By the way: midnight_sidhe asked me to point people towards her execution of this meme also.

Comments

[sen-ichi-rei.livejournal.com]

11 is "Sabbath Prayer" from Fiddler on the Roof
15 is "Put on a Happy Face."

Those are the only two I can identify from the outset. My guess is that is 19 is from Spamalot and has something to do with the knights who say "ni" but I haven't seen Spamalot yet. I'm seeing it in a few hours!

[timmypowg.livejournal.com]

2 - Weekend in the Country
6 - Plant a Radish?
27 - Gun Song

That's all I can come up with...

[dr_whom]

So far so good!

[dr_whom]

Well, you're right on (11) and (15). Hope you enjoy Spamalot; I'm seeing Avenue Q in a few hours!

[lowellboyslash.livejournal.com]

YAY AVENUE Q!

[dr_whom]

Tried last night, but we were 23d in line and they had only 20 rush tickets. We'll be earlier today!

[sen-ichi-rei.livejournal.com]

Avenue Q is the other show that I really want to see but haven't yet (the first two were "Wicked" which I saw in the summer of 2005 and "Spamalot" which I just finished seeing). I'm so totally wrong on 19, but that's okay.

[lord-codfish.livejournal.com]

1. Creation of Man, Scarlet Pimpernel
2. A Weekend in the Country, A Little Night Music
6. Plant a Radish, Fantasticks
7. I Know Things Now, Into the Woods
11. Sabbath Prayer, Fiddler on the Roof
16. Last Night of the World, Miss Saigon
22. Change, A New Brain
24. The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz, Tom Lehrer
26. Is this from Rent? I don't remember which song...
27. The Gun Song/Ballad of Czolgosz, Assassins
28. Star Trekkin'. I don't know the artist, since I just heard it on one of the Dr. Demento compilations.
29. Facade, Jekyll and Hyde
33. Lost in the Wilderness, Children of Eden
34. Grr! It's that song! From Merrily We Roll Along! That I can't stand! And whose title I can't remember! The guy's name, Inc.!

[dr_whom]

All right except for (26), which I'm surprised hasn't been identified yet....

I'll count "Star Trekkin'" as a complete answer, because I don't really expect anyone to know that it's by a group called "The Firm".

[occultatio.livejournal.com]

1. "The Creation of Man," Scarlet Pimpernel
2. "Weekend in the Country," A Little Night Music
6. "Plant a Radish," The Fantasticks
7. "Hello, Little Girl," Into The Woods (though it might be some other song from that show, I don't know for sure).
11. "Sabbath Prayer," Fiddler
13. It's from the Sondheim bit of Musical of Musicals, and hell if I know what any of the little bits are titled. Jitter sings this line.
15. "Put on a Happy Face," dunno the original artist
19. "Sh'boom," I have an a cappella version but no idea as to its provenance.
21. "Waiting for the Girls Upstairs," Follies
22. "Change," A New Brain
24. "The Weinerschnitzel Waltz," Tom Lehrer
27. "The Gun Song," Assassins
32. "Change in My Life," Rockapella (though I honestly prefer the Opportunes' cover)
33. "Lost in the Wilderness," Children of Eden

[dr_whom]

All correct except (7); it's actually "I Know Things Now". That line is in the middle of "Hello, Little Girl", not the beginning.

13. Good enough. The title of this song is actually "Stay With Me".
19. I think I'm not going to check this off until the artist is identified; the song is well-known enough that the best-known performers of it should be identifiable.
32. How is the Opportunes' version different from Rockapella's?

[dr_whom]

And, dude, "Put On a Happy Face" is from Bye Bye Birdie!

[lowellboyslash.livejournal.com]

Okay, without looking at any other comments...

1. "The Creation of Man," The Scarlet Pimpernel
7. "Hello Little Girl," Into the Woods
10. "A Guy Like You," Hunchback of Notre Dame ("True, that's because it's on fire, but still there's l'amour...")
12. This can't be "We'll Meet Tomorrow/Autumn" from act II of Titanic?
15. "Put On a Happy Face"! Bye Bye Birdie
19. "Life Could Be a Dream" from Clue??
24. ...and we danced to the "Wienerschnitzel Waltz" by Tom Lehrer?
25. "Anything Goes"! from, of course, Anything Goes.
27. Oh bugger it's that song from assassins by that Polish guy whose name I can never remember.
28. "Star Trekkin'" by... okay, you got me on the artist.
29. Is this "Facade" from Jekyll & Hyde?
34. "Franklin Shepard, Inc."! Merrily We Roll Along.

Whew!

[dr_whom]

(7) is actually "I Know Things Now"; the line is in the middle of "Hello, Little Girl".

I hoped you'd get (10) and (12)! "We'll Meet Tomorrow" it is!

The title of (19) is "Sh-Boom", and it is in Clue... and all the rest are right.

I can't believe nobobdy's gotten No. 26

[notachnai.livejournal.com]

"Something's Coming" from West Side Story, no?

Re: I can't believe nobobdy's gotten No. 26

[dr_whom]

Could be! Who knows?

(Of course!)

[khyros.livejournal.com]

Damn, people have already gotten to, 2, 6, 11, 13, 22, 24, 27, 28, 29.

The only one not guessed I know is:

19. "Sh-Boom" (Life could be a dream) and I think it's... the Platters? (but you could have a Harvard a capella group doing it, for all I know.)

[dr_whom]

Not the Platters, but a good guess.

[dumble.livejournal.com]

Here's my list before I looked at what anyone else had guessed. And I'd just like to point out that it's really hard to do this while simultaneously listening to SRO. =)

2. A Weekend in the Country, A Little Night Music
6. Plant a Radish, The Fantasticks
7. I Know Things Now, Into the Woods
15. Put On A Happy Face, Bye Bye Birdie
17. The Folgers Song, Rockapella
18. Sh'boom, I'm guessing you have it from the Din and Tonics, though it's presumably by someone else originally
22. Change, A New Brain
25. Gaaah, some a capella song whose name I can't think of
26. Something's Coming, West Side Story
27. "MEN! The answer is MEN!" ahem. Gun Song, Assassins
30. American Tune, Paul Simon
(Darn, there goes my showtunes/a capella streak! =)
31. Do You Want To Know a Secret, The Beatles
32. A Change in My Life, once again I'll guess that you have the Rockapella version, though it's originally by, you know, someone...

[dr_whom]

18. The version I have isn't Din & Tonics, but I don't suppose there's any way you could tell that from what I posted, so I may as well mark it correct. (It's the Crew-Cuts, by the way.)
25. Hee! Not really.
27. HA HA HA right.

All the rest are correct too.

[dumble.livejournal.com]

25. Hmm. So not that this is something I'm proud of, but actually the reason I know Anything Goes is because the Dins sing it.

[timmypowg.livejournal.com]

Guess on 8: Oifn Pripitchik. No, that can't be right. I don't know enough Yiddish music. Damn.

Oy, you narrische kind!

[notachnai.livejournal.com]

The first line of Oyfn Pripichik, is, not surprisingly,
"Oyfn pripichik brennt a fier'l, und in shtib iz heyss";

THIS song would be that all-time Jewish mother guilter, "A Brivele der Mamen".

Re: Oy, you narrische kind!

[dr_whom]

Is it ever! Nicely done.

[redcat9.livejournal.com]

4. Not sure I've ever known the name of this song but it's something like "Bagged Me a Homer" sung by Lurleen Lumpkin.
9. I've always thought this little part was actually called "Hello and Goodbye" but it's right before "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" so maybe that's the right answer. From Evita, of course.

Yours are the only song memes I ever have a clue on.

[dr_whom]

Quite right on both! And I'm glad you, uh, enjoy my taste in showtunes.

[lediva.livejournal.com]

3 - Kermit the Frog, "It's Not Easy Being Green"

[dr_whom]

Thank you!

[tiamat360.livejournal.com]

First, the one that hasn't been guessed, judging by italics:

9. Oh shoot. It's from Evita. But I sure can't think of the title.
31. This really sounds like You Are My Sunshine, but the words aren't quite right.

And now, just for fun, everything I can get:

1. Creation of Man, from the Scarlet Pimpernel
2. Weekend in the Country, from A Little Night Music (::glee!::)
6. Plant a Radish, from the Fantasticks
7. Hello Little Girl (?), from Into the Woods
11. Sabbath Prayer, from Fiddler on the Roof
15. Put on a Happy Face, from Bye Bye Birdie
21. Oh this is totally something from How to Succeed
22. Change, from A New Brain (sigh. If only there were more semesters for me to be in the Noteables, and if I didn't feel the lure of such songs as Miller's Son...)
27. Gun Song, from Assassins
33. Lost in the Wilderness, from Children of Eden (::alsoglee!::)

[dr_whom]

You should totally do "Change". It'd be a lot more fun than "Miller's Son".

[(Anonymous)]

I'll come late to the game and help clean up the leftovers:
5. Sunrise Letter, Passion
18. When Did I Fall in Love?, Fiorello
23. I'm pretty sure it's from The Muppet Movie, but that's the best I can do...

[dr_whom]

Right on all three, but who is this?

[http://users.livejournal.com/-mycroft-holmes/]

Oops... that was me.
Although it would have been kinda fun to wait and see whether you could have guessed that.

[dr_whom]

Yeah, I had kind of guessed that—you're the only person who seemed likely, apart from maybe notachnai, to get both Passion and Fiorello!

[http://users.livejournal.com/-mycroft-holmes/]

Sounds like my kind of person.

If I don't get all the showtunes

[notachnai.livejournal.com]

and I'm mad as Hell I didn't get Passion (didn't see it somehow) and Fiorello (didn't think of it), I can get all the Yiddish ones.

No. 14, I'm pretty sure, is the English language version of Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen, sung by the Andrews Sisters. The Yiddish original was written by someone (God knows who) for a show called I Would If I Could. Sounds crazy, no?

Re: If I don't get all the showtunes

[dr_whom]

It's by Sholom Secunda, of course! The, what, the Irving Berlin or someone of the Yiddish musical.

Re: If I don't get all the showtunes

[notachnai.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but Secunda, unlike Berlin, wrote only music. The lyrics, I have learned, were by Jacob Jacobs (a name to reckon, or at least repeat, with).

And to finish the clean-up

[notachnai.livejournal.com]

No. 20 is from a Billy Joel song that Disney used for Oliver & Co., but I'm damned if I can remember the name (I keep thinking "What, Me Worry?", but that would be Mad).

And I'm almost certain No. 23 is a Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem number called something like "Picture This".

Re: And to finish the clean-up

[dr_whom]

Well, good enough. The titles are "Why Should I Worry?" and "Can You Picture That?"

[midnight-sidhe.livejournal.com]

By the way: midnight_sidhe asked me to point people towards her execution of this meme also.

Thanks.