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tiamat360), so here's my version of it. I post the first lyrics of randomly chosen songs; you get to guess what songs they are. When you get them right, I'll add the titles here. I omit songs that I've already seen used in this meme.
All done!
Answers are below.
1. I may not always love you...
2. Every day a little death...
3. Welcome to my secret lair on Skullcrusher Mountain.
4. Run, freedom, run!
5. Here's to us!
6. You can get anything you want...
7. Lovely Rita Metermaid!
8. Is this the real life?
9. Hold me close and hold me fast.
10. You can't take three from two; two is less than three.
11. Why did he look at her that way?
12. I am a man with an ordinary head.
13. Thousands on board...
14. Join us! Leave your field to flower.
15. Oh, there's no fire in the fireplace!
16. Ain't this the kind of weather...?
17. A little slower, and please keep the fingers curved as nice and high as you possibly can.
18. Remember?
19. We are the Folk Song Army!
20. Look at the stars; / look how they shine for you.
21. A good bit of me sleeps underneath / in the bed of my soul, lying next to belief. / If I stay where I lay, I might turn away...
22. The sun sinks low.
23. I lit out from Reno; I was trailed by twenty hounds.
24. A public-service announcement followed me home the other day.
25. Some enchanted evening...
26. I can't sing a note!
27. Money makes the world go around.
28. Let us be lovers; we'll marry our fortunes together.
29. Gotta sing sing!
30. Whatever happened to fair dealing?
...and, followingclauclauclaudia, a bonus one for each song whose title appears in the excerpted line:
31. How do you come out of numbingly humble beginnings...?
32. First there was nothing; then there was something; / it was the world.
33. You wanna lose your only friend? Well keep it up; you're doing fine.
34. A salute to the man on the deck of that ship.
35. It's time for me to be on my way, I know.
36. Rock! Rock! Rock! / The water running down that pipe...
37. Come gather round, people, wherever you roam.
38. All the leaves are brown.
Answers follow:
1. "God Only Knows", the Beach Boys
2. "Every Day a Little Death", A Little Night Music
3. "Skullcrusher Mountain", Jonathan Coulton
4. "Run, Freedom, Run", Urinetown
5. "Old Friends", Merrily We Roll Along
6. "Alice's Restaurant", Arlo Guthrie
7. "Lovely Rita", the Beatles
8. "Bohemian Rhapsody", Queen
9. "La vie en rose", the Louis Armstrong version
10. "New Math", Tom Lehrer
11. "Impossible", A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
12. "Easter Island Head", Throat Culture
13. "To Be a Captain", Titanic
14. "Magic to Do", Pippin
15. "Happiness Hotel", The Great Muppet Caper
16. "What a Game!", Ragtime
17. "Piano Lesson", The Music Man
18. "Remember", A Little Night Music
19. "The Folk Song Army", Tom Lehrer
20. "Yellow", the Logarhythms
21. "Everywhere I Go", the Logarhythms
22. "The Sun Won't Set", A Little Night Music
23. "Friend of the Devil", the Greatful Dead
24. "Bad Day", R.E.M.
25. "Some Enchanted Evening", South Pacific
26. "Where Tina Gets It From", Ruthless!
27. "Money", Cabaret
28. "America", Simon and Garfunkel
29. "Prisoners of Love", The Producers
30. "Class", Chicago
31. "Make the Most of Your Music", Follies
32. "It Was the World", Songs to Wear Pants To
33. "Nobody's Side", Chess
34. "Journey On", Ragtime
35. "Temptation", Billy Joel
36. "The Biggest One", They Might Be Giants
37. "The Times They Are a-Changin'", Bob Dylan
38. "California Dreamin'", The Mamas and the Papas
There's a lot of these that I don't think I'd be able to get. 32 is definitely the hardest.
tiamat360), so here's my version of it. I post the first lyrics of randomly chosen songs; you get to guess what songs they are. When you get them right, I'll add the titles here. I omit songs that I've already seen used in this meme.All done!
Answers are below.
1. I may not always love you...
2. Every day a little death...
3. Welcome to my secret lair on Skullcrusher Mountain.
4. Run, freedom, run!
5. Here's to us!
6. You can get anything you want...
7. Lovely Rita Metermaid!
8. Is this the real life?
9. Hold me close and hold me fast.
10. You can't take three from two; two is less than three.
11. Why did he look at her that way?
12. I am a man with an ordinary head.
13. Thousands on board...
14. Join us! Leave your field to flower.
15. Oh, there's no fire in the fireplace!
16. Ain't this the kind of weather...?
17. A little slower, and please keep the fingers curved as nice and high as you possibly can.
18. Remember?
19. We are the Folk Song Army!
20. Look at the stars; / look how they shine for you.
21. A good bit of me sleeps underneath / in the bed of my soul, lying next to belief. / If I stay where I lay, I might turn away...
22. The sun sinks low.
23. I lit out from Reno; I was trailed by twenty hounds.
24. A public-service announcement followed me home the other day.
25. Some enchanted evening...
26. I can't sing a note!
27. Money makes the world go around.
28. Let us be lovers; we'll marry our fortunes together.
29. Gotta sing sing!
30. Whatever happened to fair dealing?
...and, following
clauclauclaudia, a bonus one for each song whose title appears in the excerpted line:31. How do you come out of numbingly humble beginnings...?
32. First there was nothing; then there was something; / it was the world.
33. You wanna lose your only friend? Well keep it up; you're doing fine.
34. A salute to the man on the deck of that ship.
35. It's time for me to be on my way, I know.
36. Rock! Rock! Rock! / The water running down that pipe...
37. Come gather round, people, wherever you roam.
38. All the leaves are brown.
Answers follow:
1. "God Only Knows", the Beach Boys
2. "Every Day a Little Death", A Little Night Music
3. "Skullcrusher Mountain", Jonathan Coulton
4. "Run, Freedom, Run", Urinetown
5. "Old Friends", Merrily We Roll Along
6. "Alice's Restaurant", Arlo Guthrie
7. "Lovely Rita", the Beatles
8. "Bohemian Rhapsody", Queen
9. "La vie en rose", the Louis Armstrong version
10. "New Math", Tom Lehrer
11. "Impossible", A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
12. "Easter Island Head", Throat Culture
13. "To Be a Captain", Titanic
14. "Magic to Do", Pippin
15. "Happiness Hotel", The Great Muppet Caper
16. "What a Game!", Ragtime
17. "Piano Lesson", The Music Man
18. "Remember", A Little Night Music
19. "The Folk Song Army", Tom Lehrer
20. "Yellow", the Logarhythms
21. "Everywhere I Go", the Logarhythms
22. "The Sun Won't Set", A Little Night Music
23. "Friend of the Devil", the Greatful Dead
24. "Bad Day", R.E.M.
25. "Some Enchanted Evening", South Pacific
26. "Where Tina Gets It From", Ruthless!
27. "Money", Cabaret
28. "America", Simon and Garfunkel
29. "Prisoners of Love", The Producers
30. "Class", Chicago
31. "Make the Most of Your Music", Follies
32. "It Was the World", Songs to Wear Pants To
33. "Nobody's Side", Chess
34. "Journey On", Ragtime
35. "Temptation", Billy Joel
36. "The Biggest One", They Might Be Giants
37. "The Times They Are a-Changin'", Bob Dylan
38. "California Dreamin'", The Mamas and the Papas
There's a lot of these that I don't think I'd be able to get. 32 is definitely the hardest.
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Date: 2006-06-06 11:51 pm (UTC)4. "Run Freedom Run" from Urinetown
11. "Impossible" from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
25. "Some Enchanted Evening" from South Pacific
27. "Money" from Cabaret
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Date: 2006-06-06 11:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-07 12:00 am (UTC)8. "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
9. "La Vie En Rose" (not sure who it is by)
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Date: 2006-06-07 12:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-07 12:39 am (UTC)3. Skullcrusher Mountain (Jonathan Coulton)
6. Alice's Restaurant
7. Lovely Rita, Meter Maid (Beatles)
10. New Math (Tom Lehrer)
12. Easter Island Head
14. Magic To Do (Pippin)
17. OH GOD I KNOW THIS WHAT
18. Remember (A Little Night Music)
19. Folk Song Army (Lehrer)
22. The Sun Won't Set (Night Music)
31. Make The Most of Your Music (Follies)
38. California Dreamin (The Mamas and the Papas)
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Date: 2006-06-07 12:40 am (UTC)30. Class (Chicago)
That one took me a fourth look.
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Date: 2006-06-07 12:43 am (UTC)Your answers are all correct except #17.
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Date: 2006-06-07 01:04 am (UTC)2) Every day a little death (A Little Night Music)
3) Skullcrusher mountain (by that guy who also does Mandelbrot Set)
4) Run freedom run (Urinetown)
6) Alice's Restaurant (I forget who)
7) I think Lovely Rita Metermaid is more or less the title (The Beatles)
8) Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)
11) Impossible (Forum)
12) Easter Island (Toxic Audio?)
17) Goodnight my someone (The Music Man)
24) I'm 100% sure I know this. Is it End of the World (REM)? If not, then I still know what it is, but I'll have to think about it more...
25) Some Enchanted Evening (South Pacific)
28) America (Simon & Garfunkel)
34) Journey On (Ragtime)
37) The Times are A'Changing (originally Bob Dylan, no?)
38) California Dreamin' (The Mamas and the Papas)
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Date: 2006-06-07 01:10 am (UTC)The rest you have right.
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Date: 2006-06-07 01:16 am (UTC)24) Yeah, I knew that. This would be easier if we didn't have the Beatles blasting all through the apartment. =)
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Date: 2006-06-07 01:18 am (UTC)24. Well, all told, that's not a bad trade-off.
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Date: 2006-06-07 05:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-07 05:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-07 04:16 am (UTC)5. Here's To Us / Little Me ?
13. To Be a Captain / Titanic
33. You Want to Lose Your Only Friend? (Broadway) or The American and Florence (London) / Chess ;-)
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Date: 2006-06-07 04:20 am (UTC)13. Yup!
33. Good enough... whichever recording it is I have, it's the same track as "Nobody's Side".
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Date: 2006-06-07 04:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-07 04:29 am (UTC)5. Old Friends / Merrily We Roll Along?
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Date: 2006-06-07 04:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-07 05:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-07 05:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-07 05:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-07 05:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-07 05:18 am (UTC)Songs
Date: 2006-06-07 12:14 pm (UTC)No. 26
Date: 2006-06-07 12:20 pm (UTC)Re: No. 26
Date: 2006-06-07 01:34 pm (UTC)Re: No. 1
Date: 2006-06-07 01:54 pm (UTC)Re: No. 1
Date: 2006-06-07 01:57 pm (UTC)It Was The World
Date: 2006-06-07 03:18 pm (UTC)Rock, rock, rock
Date: 2006-06-07 03:23 pm (UTC)Re: Rock, rock, rock
Date: 2006-06-07 03:29 pm (UTC)Re: Rock, rock, rock
Date: 2006-06-07 03:30 pm (UTC)Re: Rock, rock, rock
Date: 2006-06-09 03:12 am (UTC)Re: It Was The World
Date: 2006-06-07 03:23 pm (UTC)I did say it was the hardest one. And, in my defense, you solved it, didn't you?
Re: It Was The World
Date: 2006-06-07 03:27 pm (UTC)Re: It Was The World
Date: 2006-06-07 03:35 pm (UTC)Say, it looks like this one was suggested by
Re: It Was The World
Date: 2006-06-07 03:42 pm (UTC)I didn't know Dan, but he has quite a resume! By the way, I will be in Philly this weekend with thekinginyellow and ophblekuwufu. Perhaps we could have dinner motzi Shabbos?
Re: It Was The World
Date: 2006-06-07 05:59 pm (UTC)Re: It Was The World
Date: 2006-06-11 01:43 am (UTC)I do?
Yes, I did request that song, and amazingly it actually got posted within about three days of my sending the e-mail. And then my request got quoted in an Oregon newspaper. It was weeeeird.
Re: It Was The World
Date: 2006-06-12 02:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-07 06:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-07 07:22 pm (UTC)No.21
Date: 2006-06-12 12:27 pm (UTC)Re: No.21
Date: 2006-06-12 02:51 pm (UTC)