A lyrics meme

[dr_whom]

Been a long time since I've done a song lyrics quiz meme! Taken this time from midnight_sidhe.

What follows are the first lines of 30 randomly selected songs (excluding ones whose titles appear in the first line, of course, and ones with no lyrics; no more than one supposed to be from a given album, though apparently I wasn't actually paying a lot of attention to that in making the list). Post your guesses below; Googling, of course, is cheating.

EDIT: Since there are in fact some that are on the same album, and I said I wouldn't do that, I've added #31, #32, and #33 as a bonus. UPDATE: all have been identified at least once except #1, #3, #5, #14, and #32. Good going so far!

There's some tough ones here!

1. You can think up some birds. That's what you can do.


2. Who can take the trash out, stomp it down for you...?


3. We shall walk again down along the lane....


4. When you are as old as I, my dear (and I hope that you never are)...


5. It's been hot, also very sweet...


6. The minute you walked in the joint...


7. This is the part of the song that's really quiet.


8. Hawks and crows do lots of things...


9. Some times in our lives, we all have pain...


10. Velvet I can wish you for the collar of your coat...


11. My question is about the body frame.


12. Start spreadin' the news.


13. Daddy started out in San Francisco...


14. Even without our help, look at the way he won!


15. Life's full of glamour and sparkle and zest!


16. God lift me up in mighty waters...


17. I do believe you've laid a curse on North America...


18. The sun comes up; I think about you.


19. The average unmarried female, basically insecure...


20. I like tacos... I like tacos...


21. There's no sun up in the sky, and the birds forgot to sing...


22. This step is once again our first.


23. I am going to the Lordy; I am so glad!


24. Behind the hill, there's a busy little still...


25. Everything has its season...


26. My baby don't mess around, because she loves me so...


27. May the Lord protect and defend you.


28. No man, no madness, though their sad power may prevail...


29. Boy, boy, crazy boy...


30. Ground control to Major Tom...


31. Hey, hobo man, hey, Dapper Dan, you've both got your style...


32. You are a splendid butterfly.


33. What a dream I had, pressed in organdy...

Comments

[wesleyjenn.livejournal.com]

I'll stick with one so others can play. :)

27 is the prayer from Fiddler on the Roof. I don't know the exact title.

[lowellboyslash.livejournal.com]

6. "Big Spender," Sweet Charity
9. "Lean on Me"
10. "More I Cannot Wish You," Guys and Dolls
11. "DB's Question," Les Phys
12. "New York, New York," and I bet you have the Sinatra recording.
16. "Doin' the Latest Rag," Titanic: The Musical
18. "Losing My Mind," Follies
19. "Adelaide's Lament," Guys and Dolls
21. "All You Have to Do Is Wait," City of Angels
23. This is one of the assassins' songs from Assassins, but I don't know which!
25. "Corner of the Sky," Pippin
28. "Anthem," Chess
30. Would you believe I don't know the name of this song? But it's by David Bowie.

[dr_whom]

Correct!

[dr_whom]

Correct, including Sinatra! (Well, except you don't have the Les Phys song title quite right.)

Since "More I Cannot Wish You" and "Adelaide's Lament" are both from Guys and Dolls, I've added a 31st clue at the bottom.

As for #30—I would indeed believe you don't know the name of it! If I didn't know better, I'd think the title was "Major Tom", but if it were I obviously wouldn't have put it on the list.

[striderhlc.livejournal.com]

I want to say #2 is The Garbageman Can, a musical number that was on the Simpsons once?
25, I think, is The Byrd's Turn,Turn, Turn
26 is the Black Eyed Peas' Hey Ya.
30 is by David Bowie- I believe that the name is Space Oddity?

- HC

[dr_whom]

Correct on #2 and #30!

#26 is "Hey Ya!", but it's not by the Black Eyed Peas.

#25: not quite; that's "To everything (Turn! Turn! Turn!) there is a season".

[tiamat360.livejournal.com]

4. Is this It Couldn't Please Me More, from Cabaret?
6. Big Spender, from Sweet Charity
9. Lean On Me, don't know the artist
11. DB Asks a Question(?), from Les Phys
12. New York, New York, sung by Frank Sinatra (and probably other people too)
13. Rhythm of Life, I think this is also from Sweet Charity?
17. Oh god this has to be from 1776
18. Losing My Mind, from Follies
19. Adelaide's Lament, from Guys & Dolls
21. All You Have to do is Wait, from City of Angels
22. In the Beginning, from Children of Eden
23. Ballad of Guiteau, from Assassins
25. Heh. Corner of the Sky, from Pippin
26. I think this is by Nelly? Called Why?
27. Sabbath Prayer, from Fiddler on the Roof
30. ...It's by David Bowie, but I'm damned if I can think of the name right now.

[dr_whom]

Right on most of them, but not on #4 and #26.

Gah, I have two from Sweet Charity also! Okay, adding another bonus.

[occultatio.livejournal.com]

This is my answer sheet as it would have been before talking with Alexa:

6. "Big Spender," Sweet Charity
10. "More I Cannot Wish You," don't know what show
11. "D.B. Asks a Question," Les Phys
12. "New York, New York," Frank Sinatra (probably from some show originally, i dunno)
13. "Rhythm of Life," Sweet Charity
14. "Two Lost Souls," Damn Yankees
15. "Take My Advice and Live," Musical of Musicals the Musical (?)
17. "Piddle, Twiddle (?) and Resolve," 1776 (I cannot for the life of me remember the nonsense words)
18. "Losing My Mind," Follies (Alexa sings this ALL THE TIME)
19. "[female character]'s Lament," Guys and Dolls
20. "Taco Bell Canon," dunno the group
22. "In The Beginning," Children of Eden
23. "Ballad of Guiteau," Assassins
25. "Corner of the Sky," the Harvard Noteables Winter Concert 2006
27. "Sabbath Prayer," Fiddler on the Roof
30. "Ground Control to Major Tom," David Bowie

[dumble.livejournal.com]

6. Big Spender
7. Is this the Grunge Song again? That was in the your music meme!
9. Lean on Me
10. More I Cannot Wish You
12. New York, New York
13. Darn, I know this one…
16. This is from the chorale at the beginning of Doing The Latest Rag, right?
18. Losing My Mind
19. Adelaide's Lament
21. Ain't Misbehaving?
22. In The Beginning
23. Ballad of Booth?
24. Moonshine Lullaby
25. Corner of the Sky
26. Does this song have a name other than Hey ya?
28. I think this is G&S, but I don't know its name.

[zdenka]

I don't know what 28 is, but it's not G&S. Because if it were, I would know it. :-)

[dr_whom]

6, 10, 11—correct.
12. Correct; it's from the movie New York, New York.
13. Correct.
14. Nope. Interesting guess, though! "Two Lost Souls" begins "Two lost souls on the highway of life...".
15. Yes indeed! Well done.
17. This is correct. What's wrong with "twiddle"?
18. Correct.
19. ...oookay.
20, 22, 23. Correct.
25. A little too clever for yourself here, I'm afraid. It's the regular version.
27. Correct.
30. The right song, but that's not the title.

[dr_whom]

6. Correct.
7. Yes! It was in the what now?
9, 10, 12. Correct.
13. You do!
16, 18, 19. Correct.
21. Nope!
22. Correct.
23. Close...
24, 25. Correct.
26. It doesn't! You're right.
28. As lignota notes, I'm afraid not.

[zdenka]

The ones that I knew have been guessed already, except I just remembered #4. It's from Pippin. The song that Berthe sings, though I am blanking on the name of it.

*frowns* That means you have two songs from Pippin, also. Unless I'm misremembering.

[dr_whom]

Okay, I've clearly done a really poor job with the "no two songs from one album" thing. New bonus, coming up.

[ophblekuwufu.livejournal.com]

My gosh, it's a lyrics meme of which I actually know some of the lyrics! Bless you!

4. When you are as old as I, my dear (and I hope that you never are)..
Just No Time At All

6. The minute you walked in the joint...
Big Spender

8. Hawks and crows do lots of things...
Sing for your Supper

10. Velvet I can wish you for the collar of your coat...
More I Cannot Wish You

17. I do believe you've laid a curse on North America...
Piddle Twiddle and Resolve

21. There's no sun up in the sky, and the birds forgot to sing...
All You Got To Do is Wait

22. This step is once again our first.
In the Beginning

23. I am going to the Lordy; I am so glad!
Ballad of Giteau

25. Everything has its season...
Corner of the Sky

27. May the Lord protect and defend you.
Sabbath Prayer

28. No man, no madness, though their sad power may prevail...
Anthem

29. Boy, boy, crazy boy...
Keep Cool

[dumble.livejournal.com]

And #33 is For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her

[cynara-linnaea.livejournal.com]

6. Big Spender
9. Lean on Me
19. A Person Can Develop a Cold (I'm sure that's not the official title)
21. Ain't No Sunshine?
27. The candlelighting song from Fiddler (no clue what the title actually is)
29. Cool
30. I know this one, just not the title. I could hum it! Argh, that's annoying.

[dr_whom]

Of course it is!

[dr_whom]

All correct, except for one or two minor errors in titles!

[dr_whom]

21 isn't right. You're correct on the others, though as you note you don't have the titles right for some of them. A lot of people have had that reaction to #30.

[lord-codfish.livejournal.com]

Okay, yeah, I know others have already gotten all of these, but this is before looking...

6. Big Spender, Sweet Charity
9. Lean on Me, don't know by whom
10. More I Cannot Wish You, Guys and Dolls
11. D.B. Asks a Question, Les Phys
16. Doing the Latest Rag, Titanic
17. Piddle, Twiddle, and Resolve, 1776
19. Adelaide's Lament, Guys and Dolls
20. Taco Bell Canon, not sure who sings it
22. In the Beginning, Children of Eden
23. Ballad of Guiteau, Assassins
25. Corner of the Sky, Pippin
27. Sabbath Prayer, Fiddler on the Roof
28. Anthem, Chess
29. Cool, West Side Story

There's a few others that are familiar, but not enough for me to get them...

[lord-codfish.livejournal.com]

Oh, I feel like #14 would be from Fiorello!, but I actually don't know the show at all so no idea what the song is called.

[dr_whom]

You're right!

[khyros.livejournal.com]

1. "Oh The things you can think" from Seussical?
6. "Hey Big Spender" from Sweet Charity.
9. "Lean on Me"
10. "More I cannot wish you" Guys and Dolls
11. "DB Asks a Question" from Les Phys
12. "New York New York"
13. "Rhythm of Life"
15. "Take my advice and Live" from Musical of Musicals the Musical
16. "Hymn/Doing the Latest Rag" from Titanic
19. "Adelaide's Lament" Guys and Dolls.
21. "All you have to do is wait" City of Angels (I'd BETTER know this one).
23. "Ballad of Guiteau" Assassins.
25. This sounds vaguely familiar but I have no idea what it's from.
26. "Hey Ya" by Outkast.
27. "Sabbath Prayer" from Fiddler on the Roof
28. "Anthem" from Chess
30. That isn't the title of the David Bowie song? I mean... that's how I refer to it.

[midnight-sidhe.livejournal.com]

People are actually getting yours...

[dr_whom]

1. Very close...! In fact, you've got the right title, but it's not the song from Seussical.
6–23. Right.
25. Hee!
26. Right, although the track that actually came up for this was the Mat Weddle cover of it.
27–28. Right.
30. I know, right?

[dr_whom]

...It's mostly showtunes that the people who read my posts mostly know.

[midnight-sidhe.livejournal.com]

I thought a lot of mine were pretty easy, though. Some of them weren't, but I wasn't expecting the list as a whole to be so difficult.

[dr_whom]

It might be that you just have a different Set Of Canonically Familiar Songs than the people who happen to look at either of our LJs do? I mean, more than half of the ones I even got on your list I only got because I'd heard them relatively recently on your mix CDs, not because I actually would have recognized them independently, I think.

[midnight-sidhe.livejournal.com]

That's probably true.

[dr_whom]

Similarly, of course, there are probably several on yours that I would recognize if I heard them but just don't happen to recognize the first lines of.

[midnight-sidhe.livejournal.com]

I can say for a certainty that this is true.

[dr_whom]

Hmm. Maybe I'll try and take another look at them.

[boojum42.livejournal.com]

6. Hey, Big Spender (Sweet Charity)
12. New York, New York (Sinatra)
19. Adelaide’s Lament (Guys and Dolls)
25. Corner of the Sky (Pippin)
27. Sabbath Prayer (Fiddler on the Roof)
31. You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile (Annie)
33. Emily’s Song (Simon and Garfunkel)

(posted without reading comments)

[dr_whom]

Correct on all, except you don't have the title quite right for #33. You're the first one to get #31!